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Trump Renews Call for SAVE Act to Keep Illegal Aliens (and Dead Citizens) from Voting as the Spanish Left Legalizes Illegal Alien Voting
With high-stakes midterms approaching, Trump has urged GOP lawmakers to stop dithering and move legislation he says is essential to securing U.S. elections. The president has called for mandatory voter ID, proof of citizenship, and a rollback of mass mail-in voting, arguing that states have failed to protect the integrity of federal elections. In recent remarks and social media posts, Trump said elections must be conducted "legally and honestly" -- and warned that if states can't do that, the federal government should step in. He has repeatedly pushed Congress to act, calling for passage of the SAVE America Act while demanding tighter standards for who can vote and how ballots are cast. The SAVE America Act would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Acceptable documentation would include a passport, a REAL ID-compliant identification showing citizenship, a military ID with proof of U.S. birth, or a government-issued photo ID paired with a birth certificate or naturalization papers. The bill also directs states to ensure only citizens are registered and requires in-person verification for mail-in applicants. It does not ban mail-in voting outright, nor does it change who counts ballots -- points Democrats and voting-rights groups have seized on as Trump continues to call for broader reforms.
In Spain, the socialists and communists felt their Phony-Baloney jobs in jeopardy, so they said the Quiet Part Out Loud and actually passed the Quiet Part into law -- the legalized voting for illegal aliens and foreigners in hopes that 500,000 foreign voters would save them. Apparently the socialist government offered citizenship to illegals... if they just showed up to vote. Which they did. In hordes, of course.
Yossi BenYakar
@YossiBenYakar
Chaos in Spain after the government approved the option to obtain citizenship in exchange for a vote in the elections. Crowds of migrants are heading there after hearing that all they need to do is vote for the far left to receive Spanish citizenship in return.
They still suffered a defeat in the regional elections.
[Brussels Signal EU:] Spain's ruling Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) suffered a crushing setback in the snap regional elections in Aragón. In the ballot yesterday, it slumped to one of its worst historical performance, losing ground amid a surge by the right-wing Vox party. Provisional results from the Government of Aragón and the National Electoral Commission, with more than 98 per cent of votes counted, show the centre-right People's Party (PP) emerging as the largest force with 26 seats in the 67-seat Cortes of Aragón. That is down two from its 2023 tally, despite topping the poll with around 34 per cent of the vote. The PSOE, led by former minister Pilar Alegría, collapsed to 18 seats, down five, equalling its all-time low from 2015. It secured 24.3 per cent of the vote in what analysts describe as a humiliating defeat for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's party. Vox delivered the night's clearest winner, more than doubling its representation from seven to 14 seats and claiming nearly 18 per cent of the vote, a sharp rise that cements its role as kingmaker in any right-wing coalition.Note that a far-left government official admitted -- declared proudly -- that she "hopes for a replacement theory," whereby native Spanish "fascists and racists" are replaced by foreign migrants. She says this straight up. And Google's AI still claims "replacement theory" is a "white nationalist conspiracy theory," despite an actual government official in a left-wing government declaring for all to hear that that is precisely the left's master plan:
Spain's former Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, has publicly stated that she hopes for the "great replacement" theory to take place in Spain. During an event, Montero, a leader of the far-left Podemos party, stated: "Of course I hope for 'replacement theory,' I hope we can sweep this country of fascists and racists with immigrants. Whatever their skin color, whether 'Chinese, Black, or Brown'". The "great replacement" theory is a white nationalist conspiracy theory that claims white populations are being intentionally replaced by non-white immigrant populations, often through deliberate political action. Montero's statement has sparked significant debate, with critics warning against endorsing a conspiracy theory considered dangerous, while her supporters call for dialogue on the topic of population changes and political dynamics.Here's the video of this Spanish left-wing government official endorsing the "white nationalist conspiracy theory."
Spanish Feminist: "I hope for 'replacement theory,' I hope we can sweep this country of fascists and racists with immigrants..."
— Men Are Human (@men_are_human) February 1, 2026
The Woke are fascists. pic.twitter.com/K5S2HwltWP
Step 1: It's not really happening
— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) June 14, 2021
Step 2: Yeah, it's happening, but it's not a big deal
Step 3: It's a good thing, actually
Step 4: People freaking out about it are the real problem
Babe wake up new entry on the It’s Not Happening meme just dropped https://t.co/PctgfxI3Uw pic.twitter.com/7LkSXRnXC2
— Jarvis (@jarvis_best) December 30, 2025
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Max Bone at February 10, 2026 04:28 PM (jc0TO)
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Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 04:30 PM (KN2gu)
Olympics update!
Don't know where to drop this, but....
US Womens Hockey Team is FARRRRRR superior to US Women's Soccer Team!!!!!
US -5
Can - ZERO!!!!!!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at February 10, 2026 04:30 PM (7kJyR)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 04:31 PM (KN2gu)
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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 04:31 PM (zjgNU)
I'm glad Trump clarified that VOTER ID is IDENTIFICATION, because otherwise people would just show their id, their ego, and their superego and demand a ballot.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 04:32 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: doug at February 10, 2026 04:32 PM (Hy+R4)
Freedom! I approve
Posted by: Goth Fonzie at February 10, 2026 04:32 PM (mymNa)
I simply tell them, "go ahead and say it. You know you want to. Black people are too stupid to get id".
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 04:33 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 04:33 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 04:33 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 04:31 PM (2swu2)
Carried over...
Casey Putsch, aka "The Car Guy", likely doesn't use 'her' as his pronoun.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 04:33 PM (ExV1e)
Hear, hear! Require voter ID! Legislate it!
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 04:34 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 04:34 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 04:34 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 10, 2026 04:34 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM
I don't think the "runner's high" does that.... maybe some OTHER kind of high...
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 04:34 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Eeyore at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (AlhUl)
Yet another mid whose shrill, loud ass couldn't get laid on a troop train.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (5aZAZ)
Anyway...
If the 500,000 illegals activates millions more Spaniards to say "fuck the socialists," it would amuse me.
Let it be done.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (qBdHI)
Apologies: I thought I published this an hour ago. Sorry, I got out for a run for the first time in two weeks and I guess my head was little goofy.
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"And I thought I was a knucklehead."
-Tim Walz
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (GBKbO)
No, you don't get to vote by mail just because you're on vacay. This is the exception that swallows the rule. Entire cemeteries of Democrat voters will be "traveling.'
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (ujXVj)
THIS IS THE WAY!!!!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (7kJyR)
That's the stupidest talking point they ever stuck to.
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (N8ZBc)
That's the stupidest talking point they ever stuck to.
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (N8ZBc)
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Which they earnestly believe. They think black people are too stupid to get IDs. I've gotten one to admit it fully to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 04:36 PM (GBKbO)
Let it be done.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (GBKbO)
Does Spain have an Islamist Party?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 04:36 PM (ExV1e)
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Real ID compliant =/= citizenship ! it's just legal status! so a green card holder can get that little star on the DL
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 04:36 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 04:37 PM (N8ZBc)
I'd suggest he use it. Now. Openly. And frequently.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2026 04:37 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026 04:37 PM (W2Pud)
Irish Illegal Alien Who Dodged Deportation for 20 Years Will Finally Be Kicked Out of Country;
Supposedly "anti-Racist" Libertarian Nick Gillespie Says We Shouldn't Deport Him, Because He's White Like Us
Of course.
Nick Gillespie will claim that he made his racist plea of special privilege only because he assumes that we're the Real Racists Here and will keep this White Criminal in the country because he's white, but I don't know man, this attempt at Judo Reverse Racism just sounds like plain old racism to me. Libertarians are just nasty 1960s "Hey man" hippies with a strong streak of racism. Here are the facts, via Twitchy's JustMindy:His criminal record is 20 years long. 20 years of illegal visa overstaying plus the crimes we know he must have committed, including identity theft and illegally working under a fraudulent Social Security number. He was ordered to leave and said "F*** you."
The Irish Times
@IrishTimes Seamus Culleton was arrested on September 9th, 2025, and has been in an Ice detention facility in Texas for nearly five months, despite having no criminal record, "not even a parking ticket"
He overstayed a visa, was told to leave, refused to leave even when offered a trip back to his home country and so he was detained, but this apparently is communism or something.Susan Glasser, an egregious communist propagandist at the New Yorker and wife of nasty liberal Peter Baker of the New York Times, goes immediately into AWFUL Meltdown Mode:
Susan Glasser
@sbg1 Kafka meets ICE
Gerard BakerThe only argument in favor of keeping this guy around is that he 1, applied for a Green Card and is here provisionally while his case is considered and 2, he got married to a US citizen. But here's the thing: He only took those two steps when he was about to be deported. The left, and Nick Gillespie, are claiming "he has a valid work permit." But that was only issued on the basis of his sudden application for a green card. Which he only applied for in 2025, when Trump was about to deport him. What did he do for the 20 years prior as far as work or money? Did he work illegally using someone else's social security number? Did he just sit on welfare for 20 years? Did he, perhaps, engage in an actual criminal trade? But we have to pretend his entire record began exactly when he took two desperate, last minute steps to confabulate a fraudulent set of facts to avoid deportation.
@gerardtbaker Oh please. He was admitted on a 90 day visitor's visa 20 years ago and never left. He was offered instant deportation to Ireland last year and declined so he’s awaiting his case in a detention center. His choice. Kafka? You undermine your own argument with such hyperbole.
Remember yesterday, I mentioned the Fifth Circuit approving Trump's new policy of detailing deportable aliens until they exhaust their last legal challenge? But offering to let them out of detention if they agree to finally get on a plane and GTFO? Well, this poor poor man has the same standing offer. Supposedly, his ICE detention is an "absolute hell" -- but one he voluntarily agrees to remain in, instead of JUST GOING BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTRY. Boy Ireland must be like, Hell Squared or something. It's Gaza of the North Atlantic.
HoodlumDoodlum
@HoodlumDoodlum Also he has been in detention that long ONLY because he wants to fight his deportation. We would have been happy to deport him back months ago.
His "valid work permit" was temporary and issued as part of his green card application in April 2025 (after he'd been here illegally for 19 years).
— HoodlumDoodlum (@HoodlumDoodlum) February 10, 2026
A final removal order obviously supersedes a temporary work permit! He has no legal standing to stay; he will be deported. pic.twitter.com/d4xINmZakj
This is appalling and I hope cuts through to the 'heritage American' types who otherwise could care less about due process for immigrants:
— Nick Gillespie (@nickgillespie) February 9, 2026
'Culleton said he was carrying a Massachusetts driving licence and a valid work permit issued by the US government when he was pulled over…
Phillip: Like this irishman who has been in the country for 20 years with a valid work permit, who was months away from a green card interview
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 10, 2026
Rantz: This guy from Ireland who overstayed a 90 day Visa since 2009
Phillip: That's an administrative infraction. And under U.S. Law… pic.twitter.com/W5RgIlCHR7
Michael MacNeilOh yes, this is all totally legitimate. As a "Heritage American," I want to keep this white criminal in the country forever because his skin matches my Heritage. I saw someone sum up the reaction on Twitter in about this way: Nick Gillespie: Checkmate, racists! Now that a white man of your Heritage is about to be deported, you see the evil of your racist ways! Twitter MAGA types: No, no race-based inconsistency, we want his "potato-gobbling" ass deported back to Ireland too. Nick Gillespie: Wait you racists don't even have mercy for Your Own Kind? You're not just racists, you're the worst kind of racists -- race-traitor racists!!!
@Mike_OMac 1h He intentionally overstayed his tourist Visa? He didn't apply for a Green Card for 17 years? He didn't marry until he applied for a Green Card? I have little sympathy.
Philosophy PhD btw https://t.co/tdVVXHesSQ pic.twitter.com/yKMkrZ1hsb
— Pay Roll Manager Here (@UsingLyft) February 10, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: XTC at February 10, 2026 02:32 PM (6Uni8)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 02:33 PM (klxjG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 02:33 PM (8Xy/A)
He may be "white like us," but he's Irish. Out.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 02:34 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 02:34 PM (77rzZ)
James O'Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII
2h
We have footage of an individual who has gotten to the top of various conservative organizations in order to take them down. He admits he was an informant to the SDNY/FBI. I confront this individual. He threatened to kill me.
Tune in at 1 PM.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (Hbs7G)
BTW, did they throw out the milky white guy thinking we would demur? Hahahahaha.
How’s that detention food, Mickey?
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (klxjG)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (vbXSk)
They were all illegal, and laughing. (This was before the Irish tech boom) and seemed to think they would never get caught. They mostly worked bars and clubs, so I assume off the books.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (mymNa)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 02:36 PM (77rzZ)
IIRC, Ireland, just like everywhere else in the Western world, has its own problems with "refugees".
Posted by: Thrawn at February 10, 2026 02:36 PM (9Ovst)
I'm getting the impression, based on no data at all, that there are a yuuuuuge number of Irish here who have "overstayed" their visas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 02:36 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Blazing Saddles, Sorta! at February 10, 2026 02:36 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 02:36 PM (klxjG)
And is continually angry when we don't act the way they expect because we're just hiding our racism.
(Like with police bodycams, the thought that they might be wrong never shakes their faith.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 02:38 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (vbXSk)
Surely, any random supermax can lend out Big Black Bubba or White Power Bill to... do what they do...
Posted by: XTC at February 10, 2026 02:38 PM (6Uni8)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 10, 2026 02:38 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 02:38 PM (klxjG)
I have been told numerous times that shipping illegals back to their home countries is just like sending them to a Nazi death camp.
Mexico must be like Mordor, only worse.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 10, 2026 02:38 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 02:39 PM (klxjG)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 10, 2026 02:40 PM (trQM9)
Well nowadays...Yes. Thank you Commie politicians!
Posted by: purely an academic question at February 10, 2026 02:40 PM (F/35S)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM
Man, they get 3 meals a day AND a thorough cleaning!?
Trump's a monster.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 02:40 PM (zjgNU)
This is like robbing a bank and afterwards going oh let me open a checking account at the bank. See I didn’t rob the bank I just made withdrawal.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 02:41 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 02:41 PM (klxjG)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 10, 2026 02:41 PM (AywZy)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at February 10, 2026 02:41 PM (ssz2a)
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 02:42 PM (y6810)
he�s awaiting his case in a detention center.
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What "case"? Does every illegal alien in detention get to go before a judge, with a taxpayer-supplied defense lawyer, to make a "case"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:44 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 02:45 PM (klxjG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:45 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Marcus T
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Worse than a liberal, a libertarian.
Goth Fonzie wants NO borders. He is a libertarian-utopianist who wants free movement across borders until all people below his socioeconomic status are poor serfs.
This is just a ploy to get MAGA to hesitate, not understanding that our rejection of illegals has nothing to do with race, and is about economics, costs to society, wages, welfare, culture, ....
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 02:45 PM (mymNa)
Posted by: Hillary at February 10, 2026 02:45 PM (Riz8t)
Despite having multiple opportunities and methods easily available to become legal.
But they really, really want to be part of America.
Just not the part that requires you to follow the rules.
That stupid bullshit is for suckers and losers.
You know, citizens.
But, when they finally, finally get snatched up for their decades-long crime spree, we're supposed to feel sorry for them?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 02:45 PM (HXT0k)
She’s gonna have some free time and a hankering. IM her.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 02:46 PM (klxjG)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)
I don't much mind "informants". If they are advocating illegal acts, they should be reported. Don't the cobs report posts like that in here?
By that token, if this asshole threatened to kill O'Keefe, it is time he was reported to the FBI.
Sidenote, we should assume that the Dems and antifa have many moles in "conservative" orgs. Including the Senate, looking at you Tim Scott.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 10, 2026 02:46 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:46 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: John Kasich at February 10, 2026 02:46 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 10, 2026 02:46 PM (emBoF)
IIRC, Ireland, just like everywhere else in the Western world, has its own problems with "refugees".
Posted by: Thrawn at February 10, 2026 02:36 PM (9Ovst)
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I was technically an illegal immigrant in Italy from 2008-09.
Had a job, got paid under the table.
If the Carabinieri had decided to pay attention to me and deport me? I would have been pretty okay with it. I didn't expect to build a life in Italy while living "in the shadows".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 10, 2026 02:47 PM (y9ksN)
Goth Fonzie wants NO borders. He is a libertarian-utopianist who wants free movement across borders until all people below his socioeconomic status are poor serfs.
This is just a ploy to get MAGA to hesitate, not understanding that our rejection of illegals has nothing to do with race, and is about economics, costs to society, wages, welfare, culture, ....
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 02:45 PM (mymNa)
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When a Democrat is in charge, it's regulation that's the most important issue. When a Republican is in charge, it's spending that's the most important issue.
When Trump is in charge, it's open borders that's the most important issue.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:47 PM (GBKbO)
it's so awful I go their for vacation
it's corrupt, but then again so are we
looks to me like the main difference is the welfare giveaways
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 10, 2026 02:48 PM (emBoF)
Let him stay but he has to give us his pot o’ gold.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 02:48 PM (jbnUc)
She’s gonna have some free time and a hankering. IM her.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 02:46 PM (klxjG)
'I don't need a baked potato on the nightstand to get it up, baby.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:48 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:48 PM (sSB0N)
It was the patriotic thing to do. Plus, the free steak was awesome!
Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 10, 2026 02:48 PM (trQM9)
Goth Fonzie wants NO borders. He is a libertarian-utopianist who wants free movement across borders until all people below his socioeconomic status are poor serfs.
This is just a ploy to get MAGA to hesitate, not understanding that our rejection of illegals has nothing to do with race, and is about economics, costs to society, wages, welfare, culture, ....
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 02:45 PM (mymNa)
My favorite is when you confront them with their god, Milton Friedman, saying that you cannot have open borders coexist with a welfare system, they just brush it off.
They insist that once we get fully open borders THEN they'll focus on the welfare system.
(No, they aren't disingenuous, they are actually that stupid and cannot connect that "open borders" means "more votes for the welfare system.")
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 02:48 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: brak at February 10, 2026 02:49 PM (jGJov)
Yeah, Muhammad Atta had a driver's license as well.
I also like the part where he should get to stay because he "may" apply for asylum.
Asylum from the hellscape shithole that is ... Ireland.
"I was gonna give the money back, I promise: I didn't really mean to rob the bank!!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 02:49 PM (HXT0k)
Let him stay but he has to give us his pot o’ gold.
What about his lucky charms?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 02:49 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 02:49 PM (klxjG)
They are at a Patriots game. However hot she is she probably has a Boston accent.
Don't go there...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 10, 2026 02:48 PM (emBoF)
I think this is missing a period. 🤣
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:50 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 02:50 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 02:50 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 02:50 PM (gWBY1)
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A Peter Weir joint. Minor Weir.
It's nice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
it was cute I guess? I dimly remember it.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 10, 2026 02:51 PM (emBoF)
Not even a parking ticket? 8 USC 1182 begs to differ, he is committing a felony every day he over stayed his visa.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 10, 2026 02:51 PM (0N4FZ)
Remember yesterday, I mentioned the Fifth Circuit approving Trump's new policy of detailing deportable aliens until they exhaust their last legal challenge?
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I gather from the evidence that "their last legal challenge" is theoretically NEVER exhausted.
By the way, that smirking Turkish bitch from Tufts is staying in the US for now thanks to a judge's order. It was DHS that tried to deport her, but I don't get why Rubio can't do it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:51 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Confused Old Retured Guy at February 10, 2026 02:51 PM (sFNX2)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 02:51 PM (Kmu/P)
Why did Lindsey Vonn compete again this year? She's as narcissistic as Tom Brady. Is the US ski team so pathetic that she's their only shot for a medal? A geriatric skier known to get hurt right before every Olympics. Our best and brightest.
Oh, and US women's hockey is pounding the beaver 2-0!
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 02:51 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 02:51 PM (yI5mB)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 02:51 PM (g47mK)
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Is that the one with Andie MacDowell ?
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 02:51 PM (g47mK)
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And Gerard Depardieu.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:51 PM (GBKbO)
Trump's a monster."
They should get one meal a day (OMAD) and fasting once a week ... For Their Own Good.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 10, 2026 02:51 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Gaff at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM (EqzMw)
the Swedish brother and sister team narrowly beat the two Corey team (USA)
it was exciting!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: brak at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: brak at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM (jGJov)
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Quite good in Manon of the Spring.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM (GBKbO)
But I look at Ireland today, and I kind of understand the English looking down on them -- what a mess. What a bunch of despicable people - loving Gaza, hating MAGA, all in on socialism... they seem deranged. And so fucking hung up on hating the English.
Did all the sane ones emigrate?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM (mymNa)
All of those cork soakers at "Reason" are nothing but bad faith jagoffs.
Wonder if the Koch's think they're getting their money's worth....
Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM (Iwv3U)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM (b4o9z)
WE had gotten an offer from a really nice black couple that I actually liked. I don't really like most people, period.
She was absolutely insistent that we didn't sell it to "those people". I told her it was against the law to discriminate based on skin color and she said it wasn't racism because she didn't want to sell it to Hispanics either.
That gave here a pass in her mind.
Posted by: pawn at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM (uvB+6)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Jonah G at February 10, 2026 02:53 PM (sSB0N)
"No. Deport him."
"You racist!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:53 PM (GBKbO)
I never saw the romcom Green Card, where a sham marriage to keep someone in the US turns to love, was it any good?
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I thought it was a typically stupid and predictable 1990s romcom.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:53 PM (n7rxJ)
I thought Libertarians just wanted to ingest byproducts of the combustion of the Devil's weed?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM (viF8m)
Slavery is not worth that level of criminal behavior
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM (sn5xH)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM (g47mK)
Oh and we do have principals. Unlike the left which has endless fits of rage with zero sanity.
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM (61TgR)
I thought Libertarians just wanted to ingest byproducts of the combustion of the Devil's weed?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM (0sNs1)
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The Libertarian Party ethos comes down to:
"Conservatives are icky. Democrats, please think I'm cool."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Back to the auld sod, Paddy! at February 10, 2026 02:55 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 10, 2026 02:55 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 02:55 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:55 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM (GBKbO)
Also the Empire Strikes Back. Wasn't as good in A New Hope, though.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 02:55 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:56 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 10, 2026 02:56 PM (MZ+PY)
But... he's right about the flyovers.
I shouldn't be paying money to an exceedingly wealthy for-profit business for the privilege of using our own airspace.
Unconscionable. If I were in charge of this the conversation would go like this:
"We'd like to do a flyover."
"Pay us."
"Do it for free. It's added value for your fans and us."
"Pay us."
"Fine. I'm pre-empting you, closing the airspace, and doing it without your approval. Enjoy halftime, you might want to push back the onfield entertainment a few minutes."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 02:56 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 02:56 PM (Cjt/F)
Yet again, the anti-MAGA gang fails to understand their "enemy."
Clue: We mean what we say.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:55 PM (n7rxJ)
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"America will be a hellscape with only 150,000,000 people in it!"
"It wasn't."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:56 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM (g47mK)
Heinous? Defame us? Entertain us? Inflame us?
Posted by: Spitballing doesn't rhyme at February 10, 2026 02:56 PM (TbWk/)
They insist that once we get fully open borders THEN they'll focus on the welfare system.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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Exactly!
They never fight for reduced welfare state. This gives away the game - they want to stratify the country and think they will always be on top, just like the commies.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 02:56 PM (mymNa)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 10, 2026 02:56 PM (b4o9z)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 02:57 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:57 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:57 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)
Faye Dunaway was Queen Isabella.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 02:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 02:57 PM (PYyV9)
She was also a bisexual Latina. But those native Irish men really luckied her charms for some reason.
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 02:57 PM (gWBY1)
How do you know they are ICE until they identify themselves?
So you should be able to demand ID of every person you come across...
Posted by: Operator Error at February 10, 2026 02:57 PM (YZMsH)
Posted by: brak at February 10, 2026 02:57 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 02:58 PM (PYyV9)
It's like a reverse Occam's Razor:
Having first discarded the most likely, obvious and reasonable motivation--equal enforcement of all laws--they always land on: It must be racism!!!
Along comes this leather-coat Sherlock gazing through his giant magnifying glass:
"Holmes! A white man! Now we will discover the secret racist motivations these deplorables sought to conceal!!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 02:58 PM (HXT0k)
Good play, Seamus.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 02:58 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at February 10, 2026 02:58 PM (ssz2a)
Nope. MA passed a law a couple of years ago allowing anyone, regardless of immigration status, to get a drivers license. MA has gone full commie.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 02:58 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Little Johnny Kasich at February 10, 2026 02:59 PM (9FEtL)
Anyway, the Irish Times doesn't seem to know the proper graphic conventions. Seamus should be wearing a sweater and gazing out a window.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:59 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 02:59 PM (pDt9x)
Goth Fonzie wants NO borders. He is a libertarian-utopianist who wants free movement across borders until all people below his socioeconomic status are poor serfs.
This is just a ploy to get MAGA to hesitate, not understanding that our rejection of illegals has nothing to do with race, and is about economics, costs to society, wages, welfare, culture, ....
Posted by: bob
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The entire Reason crew and Cato Institute are infested with aging 90's era hipsters whose vapid thoughts are out of touch with reality. They might as well be dancing around like troons doing the Time Warp in Rocky Horror Picture Show.
All they care about nowadays is getting paid by their sugar daddies for advocating what teh sugar daddies want. Same with NR and the spiraling down the toilet types at Bulshit Bulwark and the Lincoln Man Love Boy Project.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:59 PM (2swu2)
He was in Jean de Florette, the first part IIRC
Posted by: brak at February 10, 2026 02:57 PM (jGJov)
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I consider it one work and refer to the whole thing as Manon of the Spring!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:59 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2026 02:59 PM (Y1sOo)
"Conservatives are icky. Democrats, please think I'm cool."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM
"That's our shtick. They should stay in their lane."
-- GOPe
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 10, 2026 03:00 PM (0sNs1)
2h
We have footage of an individual who has gotten to the top of various conservative organizations in order to take them down. He admits he was an informant to the SDNY/FBI. I confront this individual. He threatened to kill me.
Tune in at 1 PM.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (Hbs7G)
Anglea McArdle, the former Chair of the Libertarian National Committee had a number of feds show up getting into the leadership roles at the state level LP parties. She posted that she was doing a deeper review since the party always seemed snakebit.
I would not be at all surprised at feds getting in control positions with conservative movements
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 03:00 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Kathy is good people. She's been married to the same guy forever, and a few year ago led the opposition to that horrible abortion law they passed in California.
And she's still a 1.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:00 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (PYyV9)
"Conservatives are icky. Democrats, please think I'm cool."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM
"That's our shtick. They should stay in their lane."
-- GOPe
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 10, 2026 03:00 PM (0sNs1)
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Nah. The GOPe is "I fucking hate conservatives and take Democrat dick in my ass to make me feel better about saying shit I hate at election time."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (GBKbO)
"Conservatives are icky. Democrats, please think I'm cool."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM
It is cute that you think the Libertarians have a single unifying ethos. Half of them think Rothbard was a traitor.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: pookysgirl, not The Official AoSHQ Movie Critic at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM (mymNa)
The Old Country looks much better from an ocean away.
Not exclusive to the Irish.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: pookysgirl, not The Official AoSHQ Movie Critic at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (Wt5PA)
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw this story
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 03:02 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: Liberal Woman Hysteria at February 10, 2026 03:02 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Wally at February 10, 2026 03:02 PM (65cLN)
Don't expect this to go anywhere or be remembered, its about a white guy being deported and the narrative demands it is only racists deporting brown people.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Oh this one carries its own burial order thanks to the way it defeats the raayyciss argument.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:02 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (HbB1p)
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He didn't sign the waiver and probably tried to fight it legally.
Average deportation time is down to about 45 days now.
He just ended up wasting, most likely, tens of thousands of dollars to fight the inevitable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:02 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (HbB1p)
Could be worse. Could be Abrego Garcia. He got untossed.
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 03:02 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: pookysgirl, not The Official AoSHQ Movie Critic at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (Wt5PA)
NOOOOOO. NO IT'S NOT.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 03:02 PM (BI5O2)
"As you guys know, I'm Irish, so it's cool to be here." ... "Obviously, I am not from here, but it's really cool to come somewhere and, like, everybody looks exactly like you, and you're all just as pasty as me, I love it". She added that it made her feel "so seen".
White supremacist! It's not ok to be white! Burn the witch!
(She was cracking a joke. But the woke rules are the woke rules!)
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 03:03 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2026 02:59 PM (Y1sOo)
Listen.........
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:03 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 03:04 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (GBKbO)
I mean, if the shoe fits
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:04 PM (sSB0N)
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Sounds like the Super Bowl halftime show.
Alternate Headline: "Texas Man" Ordered Released From ICE Detention and To Be Provided Free Margaritas for Life by US District Clown Judge in 5 .. 4 .. 3 ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 03:04 PM (nXRBt)
Posted by: Alec Leamas
I am amused that one of Insty's vapid law prof friends who is still at Reason. When he comes onto Insty, increasingly rarely these days, he posts the most brain dead unaware parody of a libertarian stuck in the 90's so that the regulars there point and laugh at his spiel in the comments.
His particular grifting gig is trying to eliminate all zoning laws so that massive apartment complexes could be set up in quiet and peaceful neighborhoods undoubtedly exposing residences and their schools to diversity in all its vibrance.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 03:04 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 03:02 PM (pDt9x)
But the Maryland Dad is Hispanic.. This is a white guy....
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 03:04 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 03:04 PM (Sy6m/)
This does remind me how much I still yearn for Kathy Ireland, however. I wonder if she returns to hydrogen squeaky mode in the throes of passion though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 02:57 PM (PYyV9)
I can tell you from personal knowledge that when you wake her up at 3am, her voice is throaty and sleepy. Not squeaky at all.
Just like anyone else who's woken up by their burglar alarm at 3am and having to talk to Cur and give her security code when he's working for her alarm company in their monitoring station....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 10, 2026 03:04 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 03:05 PM (yI5mB)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026 03:05 PM (W2Pud)
"Like this irishman who has been in the country for 20 years with a valid work permit"
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What was "valid" about the work permit? Just because some bureaucrat stamped it?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:05 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 03:05 PM (XuXeR)
Kathy is good people. She's been married to the same guy forever, and a few year ago led the opposition to that horrible abortion law they passed in California.
And she's still a 1.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:00 PM
She was my friend's babysitter.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 10, 2026 03:05 PM (AywZy)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 03:06 PM (8ZVmQ)
tldr: married to a us citizen, has a valid work permit, was picked up by ice and shipped to buffalo, pressured to sign deportation docs against his will, ice agents the forged his signature, and now he’s stuck because the courts cant decide if ice is actually lying
"See! We're not racist!" - ICE, probably. Immigration in this country is a profoundly broken system and instead of actually providing substantive change, this administration is just disappearing people and violently reacting to protesters.
The goal is to scare citizens, including white citizens, into compliance. It's all absolutely barbaric.
Irish embassy should be making a stink about this
The article says he been offered to be deported voluntarily, and he keeps declining. What's the option for ICE here? Just release him?
Yes, for fuck's sake! he took the steps to become legal, is documented and has a current work visa!!!
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2026 03:06 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 03:06 PM (pDt9x)
Yeah she's genuinely a good person and fairly smart, especially for a model. She used her money wisely and is quite well set up as well. And it pretty clear that she and her husband love each other very much and I wish them all the best even is she should have fallen for me instead.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:06 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:07 PM (n7rxJ)
@FoxNews
>>Investigators say Singham sits at the center of a network that allegedly uses nonprofits to produce research, media, and social messaging that later fuels coordinated protests in the U.S.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: It's me donna
Becuz appeals but the district judge's decision above is pretty clear. And a recent fun sue and settle agreement bans US government from paroling illegals into the country for fifteen years.
Trump's immigration people and their DoJ lawyers are doing yeoman work in the courts and winning all kinds of precedents that will force rebel district courts to knuckle under.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 03:07 PM (2swu2)
I bet he was on the cusp of curing cancer AND solving world hunger before he was violently and rudely abducted by ICE.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:07 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 03:07 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:07 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:07 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Wally at February 10, 2026 03:02 PM (65cLN)
I think Kasich just likes the humiliation. An elderly white guy like him - so white that vanilla ice cream is spicy by comparison - professing his admiration of some ethnic weirdo who despises him is like wearing a cockcage for public display. He probably has one of those hippy bracelets with the letters spelling out "Choke me harder, daddy."
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 10, 2026 03:07 PM (9FEtL)
Nick Gillespie,
As a 100% White Guy Chicagoan, permit me to say this to Seamus Culleton:
Na, Na, Na, Na,
Na, Na, Na, Na,
Hey, Hey, Hey
Goodbye
Posted by: Chuck C at February 10, 2026 03:08 PM (D0HYP)
Who had no respect for his penis
He married a thot
To share his sad lot
And now he'll be tossed like detritus !
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 03:08 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 03:08 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2026 03:06 PM (JCZqz)
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There is a visa process for marrying an American citizen by a non-citizen.
You have to go back to your home country and apply for a spousal visa. It's shall issue, and the administration just grants it once the marriage is proven. If the marriage is real, the actual process is fairly immaterial outside of the going back home for a couple of months thing.
It's not automatically given. In fact, not getting it doesn't shield you from deportation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)
So, he paid some THOT to marry him.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2026 02:59 PM (Y1sOo)
Probably one of the regulars at the Irish pub he bartends at.
Every Irish pub I'd ever walked into had Irish illegal aliens working behind the bar who were open about being illegals. Almost proud of it.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 10, 2026 03:08 PM (y9nCu)
Is his status final? What grounds did a judge argue he can stay in the US?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)
And this is why the left is screaming PEDO and yelling about PEDO PROTECTORS and rioting in the streets. they are fighting back with all the weapons they have, including bullets and bombs, against being stripped of their entire power structure.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:08 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Gaff at February 10, 2026 02:52 PM
connecticut started giving drivers licenses to illegals back in 2013 when we lived there. It was supposed to bring them out of the shadows and let them be able to function in society without fear of legal consequences.
It wasn't 10 minutes after the first illegal got their DL that they started voting in elections.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 10, 2026 03:08 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: SciVo
He's just mailing it in.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 10, 2026 03:09 PM (sn5xH)
Posted by: CaliGirl
Is your friend male or female?
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:07 PM (77rzZ)
Female and she has a sister that's two years younger.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 10, 2026 03:09 PM (AywZy)
Totally masked up.
If he is an illegal this kidnapping story will disappear.
Posted by: Get out of my fucking shot at February 10, 2026 03:09 PM (jZ3ZM)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2026 03:06 PM (JCZqz)
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It's the forcibily deport him and bar him from re-entry to the US ever again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:09 PM (GBKbO)
I think he died at the end of "Jean". In the sequel, "Manon" his hot daughter torments her dead father's despicable frog killers until they off themselves.
Posted by: Martin Tell at February 10, 2026 03:09 PM (sFNX2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:09 PM (GBKbO)
Of all the people in the country in ICE detention, somehow this gay leprechaun gets elevated to national news? Come on now. The left was looking for some (very) white guy facing deportation to highlight his case, hoping MAGA would step on their dicks.
But MAGA wants all these illegal parasites out of the country. Black, brown, white -- it don't matter. GTFO!
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 03:09 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:11 PM (PYyV9)
Is his status final? What grounds did a judge argue he can stay in the US?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)
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Latest I see is that he had his habeus petition granted, and Xenis put up some order protecting him from deportation while the process continues to play out.
Oh, and DHS has forcibly deported 700,000 people since the end of last January.
Garcia is a sideshow.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
George Gaertner had been captured in North Africa in 43. He escaped in Sept 1945 fearing he would be deported to his hometown which was now part of Communist Poland. Finally in 1984 with the threat of divorce from his wife he finally confessed to her his real past. But because he had been a POW and his escape happened after the war ended, the FBI decided not to prosecute him. In 2009 Gaertner finally became a US citizen. He passed away in 2013 in the US.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 03:11 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 03:11 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Wally
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Nah, I think he is just missing the limelight of attention and withdrawal from losing any sort of power. A lot of politicians are attention whores just like Hollyweird. If they are not in the limelight, then they get down and depressed.
These are by and large broken people as a class and many have to take the ticket in order to stay relevant just like Hollyweird. It really is Hollywood for ugly people.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 03:11 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:09 PM (GBKbO)
Lad, you will take this here empty bottle of Jameson's from my cold dead hands, you will!
Posted by: Seamus at February 10, 2026 03:11 PM (g47mK)
But MAGA wants all these illegal parasites out of the country. Black, brown, white -- it don't matter. GTFO!
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 03:09 PM (iFTx/)
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Without him, where will America go to get Guinness from a tap?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:12 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: BrianOnTheBay at February 10, 2026 03:12 PM (lhcSJ)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 03:12 PM (8ZVmQ)
He probably asked ChatGTP to write him a tweet praising a singer that was at a sporting event
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:12 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 03:12 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 03:13 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 03:12 PM (2GVsD)
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A quality analogy.
Buy yourself a new plane model in celebration!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:13 PM (GBKbO)
he took the steps to become legal, is documented and has a current work visa!!!
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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And I took the steps to get rich. Now why hasn't the bank transferred a million dollars into my account?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:13 PM (n7rxJ)
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At his age, he has to go for increasing levels of humiliation in a desperate bid for tumescence.
Posted by: I saw desperate bid for Tumescence open for the wiggles at February 10, 2026 03:14 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Wow, that's quite the story, Anna. Thanks for sharing that.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:14 PM (77rzZ)
You have to go back to your home country and apply for a spousal visa. It's shall issue, and the administration just grants it once the marriage is proven. If the marriage is real, the actual process is fairly immaterial outside of the going back home for a couple of months thing.
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I think there is also some sort of length of the marriage requirement.
And also a sort of probation, like I think they have to stay married for 2 years after the visa. Or maybe longer, IDK.
I also think you grant them the right to randomly show up at your home to prove the marriage.
Despite being the plot of many a H-wood production, they're pretty good at keeping marriage visa fraud from happening.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:14 PM (HXT0k)
I don't know nuttin from nuttin, but if he's married to a US citizen (albeit it could be argued as shady) now, there's his Golden Willy Wonka Ticket.
Posted by: Lady in Black
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No. It doesn't guarantee anything.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:14 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: steevy at February 10, 2026 03:14 PM (YwEeS)
Garcia is a sideshow.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
People should consider it more like a war, deporting particular assholes may be a battle lost time to time but the deportations move on and the precedents are being created at the appellate level to expedite the removals beyond resistance judges' abilities to stop it.
And by the way, Boasberg's rulings, aka demands, to bring the Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act and to expedite due process is being defied by the Trump admin.
This is teeing up an repeat of the Alien Enemies Act at Scotus revisit and I think Boasberg is going to get a chapped ass from that.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 03:15 PM (2swu2)
The article says he been offered to be deported voluntarily, and he keeps declining. What's the option for ICE here? Just release him?
Yes, for fuck's sake! he took the steps to become legal, is documented and has a current work visa!!!
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2026 03:06 PM (JCZqz)
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Screw sending him to Ireland. I bet we could add another $10K to the bill and ship his ass to El Salvador.
Posted by: mrp at February 10, 2026 03:15 PM (rj6Yv)
Huh.
I mean, I know the law is a ass and all, but that still seems strange to me.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:15 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:15 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Lady in Black
Nutting from nutting? Sounds awesome, or really painful. Tell me more!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 10, 2026 03:16 PM (JCZqz)
It's now wall to wall in this country, probably the East and West Coasts in particular.
More examples: A New Jersey shop owner or resident, such as in cases involving Ming Xi Zhang or the Emanet family (who, bless their hearts, look to have had an autistic son born in the US), who overstays a visa for 20 years faces mandatory removal proceedings, 10-year inadmissibility bars, and potential criminal charges for violating immigration law.
ICE often targets such sorry individuals, even those with community support, leading to detention and possible deportation.
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Locally, "associates" with children and/or grandchildren are marrying felon material men with records of not just decades long overstays in the US but also theft*, fleeing across country, gun and dope stops and charges, and more.
But they believe in decency and, after all, we're a nation of immigrants.
(Allegedly, the men had been hungry, or the police stopped the wrong guy, or picked up the wrong person. They wind up sitting in metal health day care to avoid ICE until legal aid comes.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 03:16 PM (NFX2v)
The article says he been offered to be deported voluntarily, and he keeps declining. What's the option for ICE here? Just release him?
Yes, for fuck's sake! he took the steps to become legal, is documented and has a current work visa!!!
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2026 03:06 PM (JCZqz)
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Why would Ireland object to taking back one of their great, law-abiding, business building citizenry?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:16 PM (GBKbO)
Is Steve Hilton the real deal? The guy says all the right things, and he's got a literal Trump card. When the Minnesota fraud popped up on the radar, he took the initiative and immediately set up a tip line and claims that just through that, they think they've documented over $250 Billion in fraud (and he isn't even in office). If the timing works out California votes in May, and if the fraud is nailed down in the meantime, he gains a resonating campaign issue across the state.
I had heard of the guy before, but didn't know he was a Brit. California only votes for Republicans if they have a unique quality....like a weight lifter that can't even pronounce the name of the state properly.
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 03:16 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:16 PM (06Hmj)
https://x.com/i/status/991880567057764358
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 03:16 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Chuck C at February 10, 2026 03:16 PM (D0HYP)
USA 3
Canada 0
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 03:17 PM (8ZVmQ)
Posted by: steevy at February 10, 2026 03:17 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Cray Cray at February 10, 2026 03:17 PM (FUi+p)
He's as American as apple pie, worked - good job, married a friend, has a child Nobody Knew - he never thought about it UNTIL he got a traffic ticket and they ran a check BINGO!
Here's a kicker. His mom went with him to Mexico to help him become oriented to the culture.
Mel Brooks, where are you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:17 PM (y79kU)
yeah I cannot figure out how people think this is some sort of compelling argument. "But he broke the law for 20 straight years!" Yeah, that makes it even worse, dude.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:18 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: steevy
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Because it is an emo argument, not one based on actual law or logic. The dude is also a liar based on the judge's ruling in his case. He claims he was not served and that was not his signature on a form and the evidence clearly points otherwise.
My guess is he is in fact a useless lying pos wanker that got here illegally, stayed here illegally, and either did identity theft to work, worked off the books with no taxes, or collected welfare illegally.
Send him back the Ireland COD.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 03:18 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Unkaren at February 10, 2026 03:18 PM (cDrfF)
And the law places multiple burden on the couple to prove it's not.
Almost to the point that it's easier to just apply for citizenship without relying on the marriage.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:18 PM (HXT0k)
You worked for her alarm company and didn't.... nevermind
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:19 PM (sSB0N)
https://x.com/i/status/991880567057764358
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 03:16 PM (BI5O2)
Bill Kristol looks like the journey to Mordor was really hard on him.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 10, 2026 03:19 PM (9FEtL)
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Robert Kraft introd him to Goodell. This was on the heels of the not drafting Kapernick bullshit. The goal was to have the half time shows do outreach. Of course you are turning production over to a horrible person. Also Dan Snyder blackmail powerpoint leading to leaked NFL emails, mostly blowing up on Grudin. But no, billionarres dont do weird sex stuff like pimp out their cheerleading squad.....
Posted by: I saw desperate bid for Tumescence open for the wiggles at February 10, 2026 03:19 PM (6rdCx)
Exactly, what kind of argument is that to try??? Its only worse, not better. Every day he is here compounds his lawbreaking. Saying "well he didn't break any other laws significantly all that time" is not a defense.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:19 PM (PYyV9)
I don't get these driver's licenses for illegals. Even in California it's theoretically illegal, per the Real ID Act.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:19 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 10, 2026 03:20 PM (9FEtL)
Are these other Epstein fixers like Sarah Kellen?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)
Forgive my ignorance, but who is Wexner?
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to be put some knowledge at February 10, 2026 02:21 PM (Wt5PA)
Billionaire businessman - Bath & Body Works, The Limited, Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria's Secret, etc.
Epstein was his "financial manager" for about 20 years. There was some hinky goings on with a house he owned on the upper east side and Epstein.
Posted by: Ann at February 10, 2026 03:21 PM (w9jrX)
Boller, who said she watches Owens everyday, demanded that Dillon stop calling Owens an "antisemite". She also wore a pin of the U.S. flag and the Palestinian flag.
. . .
Boller: "I don't know why you keep bringing her up and Tucker"
Dillon: "Well, because they're the two most famous antisemites" (crowd cheers)
Dillon explained that Owens "goes far beyond not merely supporting Zionism", noting that she often denigrates Jews directly
Dillon later asks Boller if she thinks anything Owens has said is antisemitic
Boller responds: "No I don't. ... I have not heard one thing out of her mouth that I would say is antisemitic"
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Not one damn antisemitic thing!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 03:21 PM (J+Psw)
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Again: what job was the work permit for?
Tell us what valuable contribution he was making to the fabric of America.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:22 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at February 10, 2026 03:22 PM (EXiAQ)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at February 10, 2026 03:22 PM (Seukk)
https://tinyurl.com/Culleton-Deportation-Ruling
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 03:22 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:18 PM (HXT0k)
BiL spent a disgusting amount of time with and money on lawyers and trips to go get interviewed by whatever agents they are when he married my sister.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:23 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 10, 2026 03:23 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:23 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:14 PM
Show us the bedsheets!
Posted by: INS at February 10, 2026 03:23 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: mishdog at February 10, 2026 03:23 PM (sqiOS)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at February 10, 2026 03:22 PM (Seukk)
Any pundit with a gimmick is a twat by default.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:24 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: I saw desperate bid for Tumescence open for the wiggles at February 10, 2026 03:24 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Purple People Eater at February 10, 2026 03:24 PM (TmfuF)
Probably not an aspiring rapper, although House of Pain...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:25 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: steevy
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Agree.
I've been raping and murdering for over 20 years. I should be allowed to continue raping and murdering because of my long standing illegal actions that have not been punished.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 10, 2026 03:25 PM (xvV+O)
"Ireland demands extradition of their national being held by ICE as he is wanted in the Republic of Ireland for a string of crimes in the early 2000's"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:25 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:25 PM (sSB0N)
Yeah fine you believe people have the right to cross borders but since you aren't an idiot you know that in every western country that has had massive immigration the immigrants vote for an anti-libertarian political platform.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 03:25 PM (sKqQm)
@PpollingNumbers
Money is the one thing Republicans won't be short on heading into the midterms, they're outraising Democrats and sitting on a massive cash advantage (NYT)
https://x.com/PpollingNumbers/
status/2021309176169791787
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)
Again: what job was the work permit for?
Tell us what valuable contribution he was making to the fabric of America.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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He got the work permit in 2025 upon applying for green card status. His entry visa twenty years ago would have been something else and it explicitly did not allow contesting his deportation by law if he overstayed his 90 day original visa.
Read the habeas ruling link I posted above. It has the details and the guy is a lying pos that we simply do not need here.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 03:26 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 10, 2026 03:20 PM
They're honorary whites, like Poles.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 03:26 PM (jc0TO)
Out! Ye deceitful bastard!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:26 PM (HXT0k)
Hey California Morons (first, you have my condolences)....my question:
Is Steve Hilton the real deal?
Posted by: Orson
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Probably, but he has the personality of a shortbread cookie and he would be running against 1) a loud-mouthed overweight woman, 2) some Hispanic, 3) Eric Swalwell (now endorsed by Adam Schiff), or 4) someone even more dishonest and "marginalized."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:26 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:14 PM (HXT0k)
That's the ironic thing about "The Proposal." Margaret actually admits that the whole thing is a sham in front of God, Andrew's family, and the immigration official. And then, of course, Andrew's rant at her afterwards is so epic.
Posted by: pookysgirl, not The Official AoSHQ Movie Critic at February 10, 2026 03:26 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: zigggggy at February 10, 2026 03:26 PM (EDeJ/)
You need to leave the property.
No.
Leave the property now, or you're be placed under arrest.
No.
You're now under arrest.
Okay, okay, I'm going....hey, why are you grabbing me?!? Help!!!!
Because this guy still hasn't reached the last stage where, once caught, he retroactively tries to self-deport.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 10, 2026 03:26 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:27 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 10, 2026 03:27 PM (cwGMH)
@Julio_Rosas11
Rep. LaMonica McIver asks Acting ICE Director Lyons:
"How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
Lyons: "I'm not going to entertain that question."
"Of course not. Do you think you're going to hell?"
When called out by Chairman Garbarino, McIver defended her questions.
"Mr. Chairman, I'm just asking a question. You guys are always talking about religion and the Bible..."
Democrats will even malign God. They have no shame.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 03:27 PM (hLZfT)
@PpollingNumbers
Money is the one thing Republicans won't be short on heading into the midterms, they're outraising Democrats and sitting on a massive cash advantage (NYT)
https://x.com/PpollingNumbers/
status/2021309176169791787
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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What will be interesting is how Act Blue contributions are up or down to launder funds from shady locations or to avoid contribution limits. Ironically, it appears that teh GOP started doing that shit too with WinRed for specific individuals like Lady Lindsay.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 03:27 PM (2swu2)
Hot Damn! I like rape!
Posted by: Bill Clinton at February 10, 2026 03:27 PM (TmfuF)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 10, 2026 03:27 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Purple People Eater
Well played.
Posted by: mikeski at February 10, 2026 03:27 PM (5ClO2)
Posted by: zigggggy at February 10, 2026 03:26 PM (EDeJ/)
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I'd rather not pay for their housing.
Also, "We can't do this because Democrats will undo it," is just so deeply uninteresting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:28 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: mishdog at February 10, 2026 03:28 PM (sqiOS)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 03:28 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
As I understand matters, states are free to issue non-Real ID DLs that are only legal in the issuing state. These state DLs are accepted as government issued IDs for just about everything including voting. It is the least we can do for our newly arrived American citizens.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 03:28 PM (8ZVmQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook
CBS, 2025, 'Irish, undocumented, and unsure of their future in Trump's America.'
But why should they skate, as do the Dreamers?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 03:28 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 03:27 PM (hLZfT)
Didn't they boo God?
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:28 PM (sSB0N)
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Was it rape-rape? Murder in the commission of a vient felony?
Posted by: The Hon. Whoopie Goldberg at February 10, 2026 03:29 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:29 PM (77rzZ)
"Wait, what?"
--Orion Girl on Star Trek
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:29 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 03:27 PM (2swu2)
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I've never assumed WinRed didn't do it, to be honest.
But, the difference of cash on hand is orders of magnitude, not just some few millions of dollars.
USAID, other grant cuts, and the rescissions in the OBBB followed by...this cash on hand situation. It feels like too much too be just coincidence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:29 PM (GBKbO)
‘ I don't get these driver's licenses for illegals. Even in California it's theoretically illegal, per the Real ID Act.’
Yeah. All that does is make it easier for an illegal to vote and get a job. Why does California do that? It’s so baffling.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 03:29 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:26 PM (n7rxJ)
_________________________
Just heard him interviewed on "Clay and Buck" and he sure sounded resolute, charismatic, and fired up. Maybe he took some acting lessons. Every question, he was right on it, and provided examples. He was so impressive in that interview that Clay actually commented on it and confirmed for the audience they didn't prep the interview. He was even pointing out the cost of gas in different parts of the state and why. BTW LA is not flirting with $7.00 a gallon.
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 03:30 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 03:29 PM (jbnUc)
You answered your own question!
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:30 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: The Hon. Whoopie Goldberg at February 10, 2026 03:30 PM (6rdCx)
I've been to Kilkenny and it was lovely. Far better than the weird lands of Somolia. I would have said, ok! And left. It's far nicer than Boston (no offense to MA Morons).
He could have easily gone back with his American gf and applied for her visa or married her or whatever they do in Ireland. Should have obeyed our law.
Instead he'd rather be a pasty white martyr in jail. Got it!
Did he vote in any elections? D for Dims?
Does he have a fake SS card milking the system?
Does he pay taxes like the rest of us?
Does he have insurance for car and business?
Health insurance or "free" ED healthcare?
How long as he been married?
He can be a "plasterer" just as easily in Ireland but not stopped to chat due to his cute accent in American pubs. Kiss my Blarney Stone!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 10, 2026 03:30 PM (WONhk)
Home contractor. Plasterer. Which means cash under the table.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2026 03:31 PM (Y1sOo)
So the guy's (fake) marriage is completely irrelevant.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)
·
32m
Jasmine Crockett on James Talarico:
"Even the most well-intentioned White folk might be saying [racist] things" in private
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Oh, lord...the black ladies of the Democrat Party are not going to let up on the failures of their white, especially male, allies anytime soon.
This is gonna be great!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:31 PM (GBKbO)
You violate the terms of the visa or don’t get one at all by crossing the border between PoEs? You can get kicked out of the country, immediately.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 03:31 PM (O3dBq)
So the guy's (fake) marriage is completely irrelevant.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)
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But he has a good heart, Elric!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:31 PM (GBKbO)
Take a good look at Congress. They're often protecting themselves and their families when they pretend to plead for decency and blindness for illegal immigration.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 03:32 PM (NFX2v)
"Is there any illegal that the left won't defend? They have tried to block deportations of human trafficker, child molesters, rapists, murderers, gang banger, drug traffickers, and worse. WHO WON'T YOU ARGUE SHOULD NOT BE DEPORTD?"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:32 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:31 PM
in a jar, under the floorboards.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 03:33 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 10, 2026 03:33 PM (20t9f)
Mic can't lie very well.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2026 03:33 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 03:33 PM (8ZVmQ)
Click on that photo of Seamus to expand it. His shoes must cost $300. What's his source of income?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:33 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 03:33 PM (n5tGW)
>> For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 03:34 PM (hLZfT)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)
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But he has a good heart, Elric!
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Its true love. It was a sham at first, but they got to know each other under difficult circumstances and it really pulled them together!
Posted by: Ryan Reynolds at February 10, 2026 03:34 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:34 PM (PYyV9)
'Cheer up, for the worst is yet to come'. :-)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 10, 2026 03:34 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 03:28 PM (BI5O2)
Ok, ok, but here me out, during the Bush administration it took us about 15 months or so from start to finish to get my wife's fiance visa started September 06 and got her here December 07. So it took a while, and nothing was guaranteed then.
Posted by: mishdog at February 10, 2026 03:34 PM (sqiOS)
Gillespie is not a libertarian.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at February 10, 2026 03:35 PM (3kVUX)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 03:35 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
Well, the Irish are the blacks of Europe. So, yeah.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:35 PM (77rzZ)
I am not holding my breath
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 10, 2026 03:35 PM (qFwJc)
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Three times. Publicly.
😈
Posted by: The Hon. Whoopie Goldberg
Come on! It happens to the best of us!
Posted by: Peter at February 10, 2026 03:35 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 03:33 PM (8ZVmQ)
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What's a seven-course meal for an Irishman?
A six-pack and a potato.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 03:35 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:35 PM (PYyV9)
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Under the table construction work. The occasional armed robbery. Have you not seen The Town?
Posted by: Ryan Reynolds at February 10, 2026 03:35 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:33 PM (n7rxJ)
I'm that came out of Irish Times' photography budget. They couldn't very well have their martyr show up barefoot, wearing a potato sack.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 03:36 PM (BI5O2)
Decriminalize prostitution. Remove Age of Consent. Open the Borders
Do you see a pattern?
They want to get high while they lawfully bang trafficked children
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 03:36 PM (BvPIe)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 03:36 PM (8ZVmQ)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 03:36 PM (zZu0s)
https://tinyurl.com/Culleton-Deportation-Ruling
Posted by: whig
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This is amazing.
He really is a lying silver-tongue Irish devil.
At some point, one of these illegals is going to sue their lying shitbag attorney's for making them think if they fight, they'll win.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:37 PM (HXT0k)
You can generally be added to your US citizen spouse’s employer-provided health insurance plan, and your non-citizen status usually does not disqualify you from coverage. Marriage is a qualifying life event allowing for special enrollment within 60 days. While immigration status may be requested for Marketplace plans, employer plans typically do not require citizenship, though a Social Security Number (SSN) may be required for processing.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 03:37 PM (NFX2v)
I am not holding my breath
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 10, 2026 03:35 PM (qFwJc)
It took them 20 years to implement Real ID. When I got my DL renewed in TX I had to take my passport with me to DPS. All for something that ultimately means nothing.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 03:37 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 10, 2026 03:37 PM (4b7CV)
They'll probably be a little sore tomorrow.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 10, 2026 03:37 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 02:45 PM (klxjG)
In this instance, "deranged Commie faggot" would have been more appropriate.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 03:38 PM (8zz6B)
He really is a lying silver-tongue Irish devil.
At some point, one of these illegals is going to sue their lying shitbag attorney's for making them think if they fight, they'll win.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:37 PM (HXT0k)
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"Sue me from Ireland, dumbass."
-lawyer, taking his $20,000
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:38 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 03:21 PM (J+Psw)
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Who bitch dis is?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 03:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: Paul at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (aVf49)
Take your L like a true Irishman and begone, your new missus with you.
Posted by: Random PJ at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: wth at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (BI5O2)
It took them 20 years to implement Real ID. When I got my DL renewed in TX I had to take my passport with me to DPS. All for something that ultimately means nothing.
Posted by: Cow Demon
'bama made me and Smash bring in our dd-214, passport, olde driver's license, and a damned utility bill to verify the address. Then they verified the damned utility bill account owner and address. NYS and CA can kiss my ass.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (sSB0N)
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The second loss was...decisive.
I think she was cheated only once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:40 PM (GBKbO)
This is gonna be great!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:31 PM (GBKbO)
I saw Goody Schumer dancing with the racism.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:40 PM (06Hmj)
You really ARE a pussy.
lol
Posted by: wth at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (UjdFS)
Right before the three point field goal and the first place gold medal
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:40 PM (sSB0N)
Per the sob story, he owns a plastering business in the Boston area and he was pulled over by Ice on the way home from work in September.
Of course it's all under the table.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:40 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (BI5O2)
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Sinn Fein?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:40 PM (GBKbO)
How about felony charges against those who issued out the fraudulent documents?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 03:40 PM (U4c/V)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 10, 2026 03:41 PM (4b7CV)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 03:41 PM (hLZfT)
Posted by: cherries in season at February 10, 2026 03:41 PM (//2Io)
Kasich features in one of my all time favoritest tweets.
https://x.com/i/status/991880567057764358
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
.......
Behold the power of the shirt buttons.
Posted by: wth at February 10, 2026 03:42 PM (UjdFS)
More comedy gold from the Irish Times sob story:
“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp.
“I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
Please, please I want details!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:42 PM (n7rxJ)
@sbg1
Kafka meets ICE"
That makes no sense. Something like illegal aliens being protected and given priority by the govt. over normal, tax-paying citizens trying to protect their country and culture who are told to shut-up and sit down is Kafkaesque. But that would probably escape her deep insight.
Posted by: Ripley at February 10, 2026 03:42 PM (GUOwU)
I think those states that actually verify identity and citizenship should refuse to acknowledge the personal credentials of anyone from a sanctuary state, county or city.
Posted by: ErikInTexas
Oh hell yes!
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 03:42 PM (QVmho)
I think she was cheated only once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:40 PM (GBKbO)
Which was the one where she ran against the person in charge of elections?
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:43 PM (sSB0N)
*Its not the actual certificate, its the document issued my parents but people generally call that the birth certificate
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:43 PM (PYyV9)
Toss them out
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 03:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 03:43 PM (g47mK)
“I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
Please, please I want details!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:42 PM (n7rxJ)
hahaha
Seriously.
The hell you think we pay them for, cupcake?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:43 PM (06Hmj)
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Yes yes, the staff is very much capable of how you say anything
Posted by: Paolo at February 10, 2026 03:44 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Meaner Dude at the Dexter Lake Club at February 10, 2026 03:44 PM (wVcYX)
Let him stay but he has to give us his pot o’ gold.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 02:48 PM (jbnUc)
If you put him in a PMITA prison, with a white Bubba, and a black Bubba, and an hispanic Bubba, you would have the "United Bullers of Culleton".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 03:44 PM (8zz6B)
I liked how he associated "wonderful Latino culture" with cross-dressing and glorifying depraved sex.
Definitely a Hole in One!
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 03:44 PM (U4c/V)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 03:44 PM (g47mK)
LOL I will never understand this kind of thing. Because a detention center is supposed to be a great place? A resort?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:44 PM (PYyV9)
“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp.
“I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
Please, please I want details!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
If the ginger wetback is getting his ass stomped by the staff, how does a normie civilian buy into this ass enstompening action, as a stomper?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 03:44 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 10, 2026 03:44 PM (OR60z)
*insert "weren't you a little hard on the beaver" joke here*
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 03:44 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: RobertM at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM (btIS/)
‘ You answered your own question!’
I’m not actually confused about why California facilitates cheating. I’m confused that someone else would be confused.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM (jbnUc)
I'm sure he thought the point he was trying to make in that tweet was just gold.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:43 PM (sSB0N)
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The first. Hobbs became governor.
The second, Trump ran 6 points ahead of her on the same ballot.
"We can cheat enough to beat Lake, but we won't try it on Trump for president" doesn't pass the smell test.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM (GBKbO)
Asked what his message to Irish politicians would be, he said: “Just try to get me out of here and do all you can please. It’s an absolute torture, psychological and physical torture. I just want to get back to my wife. We’re so desperate to start a family”.
“I’d be so grateful if we could just end this. I’ve been detained now for five months. It’s just a torture, I don’t know how much more I can take,” he said, as his voice broke on the line.
He would like the Taoiseach to bring up his release on his upcoming St Patrick’s Day visit to meet Trump in Washington, he said.
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On what planet do you beg the leader of your country to get you citizenship in another country?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM (n7rxJ)
His criminal record is 20 years long. 20 years of illegal visa overstaying plus the crimes we know he must have committed, including identity theft and illegally working under a fraudulent Social Security number.
14,600 violations. 20x365=7,300 for illegal visa overstay & 7,300 violations for fraudulent use of a ss number.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM (NFX2v)
......
That's what you get for going commando under your kilt.
Posted by: wth at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM (UjdFS)
If you read the order of deportation whig linked above, you'll find that ICE arrested him "after local police ran a license plate check on his vehicle outside a Home Depot in Massachusetts."
Huh? In blue Massachusetts? Something put this scumbag on the local police or ICE radar.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)
Whatever retard school you went to, obviously you aren't Harvard-Smart or you'd understand.
He also pulled out the "and besides, it's always been done this way" secret law.
LOL, he's about to get curb-stomped by the reasoning of the 5th.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:46 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:43 PM (sSB0N)
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The first. Hobbs became governor.
The second, Trump ran 6 points ahead of her on the same ballot.
"We can cheat enough to beat Lake, but we won't try it on Trump for president" doesn't pass the smell test.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM
I believe that a lot of women won't vote for a pretty woman. It's not overwhelming but in a close race, it makes a difference.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 03:46 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 03:47 PM (XuXeR)
If the ginger wetback is getting his ass stomped by the staff, how does a normie civilian buy into this ass enstompening action, as a stomper?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: BifBewalski
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Heh, I'd like to know what percentage of the staff is Black or Hispanic?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:47 PM (n7rxJ)
*Its not the actual certificate, its the document issued my parents but people generally call that the birth certificate
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:43 PM (PYyV9)
You didn't get Real ID from DMV in Oregon because Oregon was still having trouble not issuing it to illegals. I doubt they have solved that problem.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 03:47 PM (rbvCR)
You really ARE a pussy.
lol
Posted by: wth at February 10, 2026 03:39 PM (UjdFS)
Right before the three point field goal and the first place gold medal
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:40 PM (sSB0N)
That's a wicked googly on the chukker!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 10, 2026 03:47 PM (wVcYX)
New York Times put out a story about how pot use has skyrocketed while booze use is down (as I noted when the report about less drinking among younger generations). Twixxer has exploded with potheads and weed advocates spewing nonstop nonsense and cheering.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:47 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Stumbo at February 10, 2026 03:47 PM (38jsa)
I believe that a lot of women won't vote for a pretty woman. It's not overwhelming but in a close race, it makes a difference.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 03:46 PM (jc0TO)
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Also, she had lost a statewide election 2 years prior. Running recent losers is generally a losing proposition. There are exceptions (Trump), but it's probably safe to assume that most aren't the exception.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:48 PM (GBKbO)
Make him feel safe and comfy and give him the same staff that tortured the J6 political prisoners.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 03:48 PM (pUU4E)
Please, please I want details!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:42 PM (n7rxJ)
This is quite true in the federal pen.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 03:48 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 03:49 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM (jbnUc)
That's good because I was confused about you being confused. But now that I know you weren't confused, I'm definitely less confused.
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:49 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 03:49 PM (XuXeR)
“I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
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In the background, Sarah McLauchlin start wailing "In the arms of the angles ...."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:49 PM (HXT0k)
well that and I didn't want to pay the extra fifty bucks since I won't be flying anywhere.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:49 PM (PYyV9)
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If he's that fearful, how about, oh, I don't know, going back to Ireland?
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 03:49 PM (qBdHI)
... Woolback?
I mean, we went through a whole phase of the bastards moving here and nobody liking it, and yet the only slurs that survived are "Mick" (real creative, guys. Phbhhthbbhtt.) and "Paddy", which isn't even a fucking slur, it's just "Hey you're probably named Patrick aren't you" and they're like "O aye how'd ya gess?" because they actually are all named fucking Patrick by law or some shit.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:49 PM (06Hmj)
We’re so desperate to start a family” he tells the Irish Times.
How desperate? Because I think procreating is legal in... IRELAND. Assuming his wife is allowed to go there.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:50 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:50 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 10, 2026 03:50 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 03:50 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:49 PM (HXT0k)
Or the arms of a saxon for all I care, whatever, just get him the hell outta here.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:50 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 03:50 PM (8ZVmQ)
We’re so desperate to start a family” he tells the Irish Times.
How desperate? Because I think procreating is legal in... IRELAND. Assuming his wife is allowed to go there.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:50 PM (n7rxJ)
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"Have you seen Ireland's immigration laws?!"
-leftist trying to move out of America because of the racist immigration laws
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:51 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 03:51 PM (VE6XX)
Their kids, their dogs and their cats too.
Posted by: nurse ratched
And the dumbass "spouses" who are enthusiastic participants in their fraudulent attempts to stay here.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 10, 2026 03:51 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 03:51 PM (KN2gu)
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: BifBewalski
Is there a pay-per-view opportunity?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 10, 2026 03:51 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 03:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:47 PM (PYyV9)
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IMO it's because alcohol is mostly a social substance unless you have a bad relationship with it...meaning it used to be that young people would go out to bars and have a few and interact with each other.
Social media and dating apps ruined that, so now all the kids sit around smoking grass by themselves because weed makes you want to become your couch while eating funyuns.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (5aZAZ)
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Quite the sob story! *wipes tear*
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (qBdHI)
How desperate? Because I think procreating is legal in... IRELAND. Assuming his wife is allowed to go there.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:50 PM (n7rxJ)
Does he know about flipping her over? 'Cause that's the key, I'm told.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:49 PM (HXT0k)
Or the arms of a saxon for all I care, whatever, just get him the hell outta here.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Everybody forgets about us.
-- the Jutes
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (77rzZ)
"Have you seen Ireland's immigration laws?!"
-leftist trying to move out of America because of the racist immigration laws
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Didn't one of the fat cow leftists find that out?
Rosie O?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (sSB0N)
How desperate? Because I think procreating is legal in... IRELAND. Assuming his wife is allowed to go there.
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I read Johnathan Swift.
You know what they do to babies in Ireland?!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (gPsAl)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
Is there a biologist in the house?
Posted by: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 03:45 PM (jbnUc)
That's good because I was confused about you being confused. But now that I know you weren't confused, I'm definitely less confused."
How the hell am I supposed to assemble a workable quote out of this drivel?
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 10, 2026 03:53 PM (UwzVt)
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Taoiseach: we are prepared to pay a cartload of Kerrygold for our wayward fuckwit.
Trump: not enough! Not nearly enough!
Taoiseach: we will lash Rosie to the churn and she will be told she is churning it for you personally. YMCA will be played at top volume the whole time.
Trump: Love it! Art of the Deal! Gift of gab, I've heard ofbthat!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)
I'm not actually confused about why California facilitates cheating. I’m confused that someone else would be confused.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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That's good because I was confused about you being confused. But now that I know you weren't confused, I'm definitely less confused.
Posted by: ...
Totes not socking TJM
... I don't get it.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 03:53 PM (QVmho)
And here we are in our culture where I can fire off ten different racial slurs, but have to censor one.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:53 PM (PYyV9)
Failure register is a felony.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at February 10, 2026 03:53 PM (cA9ON)
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Inshallah.
Posted by: Mohammed O'Muhammed at February 10, 2026 03:53 PM (EXiAQ)
Posted by: Lady in Black"
I know, huh?
/Italian Iron eyes Cody
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 03:53 PM (XuXeR)
"Have you seen Ireland's immigration laws?!"
-leftist trying to move out of America because of the racist immigration laws
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Didn't one of the fat cow leftists find that out?
Rosie O?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (KN2gu)
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She did actually move. She's there. But she's famous and famous people get special visas because they bring "special skills" with them even though she just sits at home and Zooms with Jim Acosta.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:53 PM (GBKbO)
Can't he just leave detention whenever he wants, as long as he gets on the plane bound for home? His wife can visit him on tourist visa and apply for citizenship in Ireland, no?
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Yes to the first, we don't know to the second. If she can't just stroll in and get permanent residence, free healthcare and housing and a welfare check, we'd like to call your attention to that squirrel over there.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:53 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at February 10, 2026 03:54 PM (uI8hj)
Huh? In blue Massachusetts? Something put this scumbag on the local police or ICE radar.
ALPRs run automatically for as long as there is something to scan, they will scan. Mounted ALPR cameras are always on and often police will just drive through high opportunity parking lots like hotels, interstate proximate restaurants and LowesDepot just to scoop up plates and see if there is a hit, then wait for the driver to emerge.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 03:54 PM (pUU4E)
-- the Jutes
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (77rzZ)
yes, yes, yet another culture entwined in the fabric of England.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:54 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 03:54 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:47 PM (PYyV9)
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IMO it's because alcohol is mostly a social substance unless you have a bad relationship with it...meaning it used to be that young people would go out to bars and have a few and interact with each other.
Social media and dating apps ruined that, so now all the kids sit around smoking grass by themselves because weed makes you want to become your couch while eating funyuns.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (5aZAZ)
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Also weed is being heavily promoted by Big Weed as an almost wonder drug, while all the downsides are swept under the rug. Weed is a $50 billion business now.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 03:55 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 03:55 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn"
Do it like i do. Just post away on the internet
Posted by: Abe Lincoln at February 10, 2026 03:55 PM (XuXeR)
Trump became away Epstein was running girls when he became aware Epstein was doing it in his club.
Ruh Roh.
As the maître d' once said, 'this is a high class joint, we don't do that here.
The effrontery, the level of offense astounding.
Well, of course, offense enough to bust him.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:55 PM (y79kU)
Their kids, their dogs and their cats too.
Posted by: nurse ratched
......
If they don't eat them first.
Posted by: wth at February 10, 2026 03:55 PM (UjdFS)
USA Women's Hockey is taking the Canadian Beavers to pound town.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 03:56 PM (KN2gu)
-- the Jutes
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:52 PM (77rzZ)
yes, yes, yet another culture entwined in the fabric of England.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
But the Muslims hate the Joooots.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:56 PM (77rzZ)
Failure register is a felony.
America's most notable illegal alien, Barack Obama, never registered for Selective Service.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 03:56 PM (pUU4E)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 03:55 PM (iFTx/)
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Hell yeah it is! Ask me how I know!
Posted by: John Boehner at February 10, 2026 03:56 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 03:55 PM (5aZAZ)
And "potato breath".
I mean, at some point, it ain't even a slur anymore, it's just plain old name-calling.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 03:56 PM (06Hmj)
If you read the order of deportation whig linked above, you'll find that ICE arrested him "after local police ran a license plate check on his vehicle outside a Home Depot in Massachusetts."
Huh? In blue Massachusetts? Something put this scumbag on the local police or ICE radar.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)
Someone upthread posited that he was likely wanted in Ireland for crimes against the state of some sort. Anecdotal, but I was coming back from Galway to Dublin and a bloke (it seems the best term for him) jumped on the train at one of the multitude of stops along the way. When we arrived in Dublin, he asked me to have a pint with him. After a few minutes of chatting, he asked if I would marry him so he could go to the US, since he had "issues" in the Isles. I excused myself to go to the restroom and grabbed a taxi to get the heck out of there. Soooo, based on that, and visa work, my guess is the detained Irish fellow is wanted in two or more countries and gave some gal a chunk of cash to marry him tout de suite.
Posted by: moki at February 10, 2026 03:57 PM (wLjpr)
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I think if you arrive by boat, have no papers, cover your face and other exposed parts with burnt cork, you become a citizen and get money for lodging, car, phone. It's a litlle unorthodox for a somewhat civilized country's immigration laws, but they do things different over there.
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Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 03:57 PM (Dv3i1)
You are probably on to something there. Booze interferes with gaming reflexes too. Pot might not, unless you have a lot of it. Plus edibles let you eat candy to get high.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:57 PM (PYyV9)
Huh? In blue Massachusetts? Something put this scumbag on the local police or ICE radar.
ALPRs run automatically for as long as there is something to scan, they will scan. Mounted ALPR cameras are always on and often police will just drive through high opportunity parking lots like hotels, interstate proximate restaurants and LowesDepot just to scoop up plates and see if there is a hit, then wait for the driver to emerge.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 03:54 PM (pUU4E)
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Well yea, but a hit on what? It's not like your license plate is tied to your legal status. Something popped up on the guy that caused the police to arrest him.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ballistic
Weren't they the team that Washington always lost to?
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 03:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 03:57 PM (XV/Pl)
"Have you seen Ireland's immigration laws?!"
-leftist trying to move out of America because of the racist immigration laws
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Didn't one of the fat cow leftists find that out?
Rosie O?
Posted by: rickb223
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What Rosie found out is that the Irish countryside is boring. No parties, no red carpets, no premieres, no fans mobbing her in the streets, no excuse to keep a stylist on staff, no Broadway plays or pubs or t.v. studios. She complained about it in a xeet or something.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:58 PM (n7rxJ)
USA Women's Hockey is taking the Canadian Beavers to pound town.
Posted by: rickb223
The American women are really roughing up those Canadian beavers!!!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 10, 2026 03:58 PM (JCZqz)
Yeah its my observation that slurs used on white people aren't so much fighting words or offensive so much as they are silly.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:58 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 03:58 PM (n7rxJ)
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It's my understanding that she's still there.
It's Ellen, who had decamped to the English countryside, who came back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:59 PM (GBKbO)
USA Women's Hockey is taking the Canadian Beavers to pound town.
Posted by: rickb223
Elite Women's is just excellent; they are ruthless and great athletes. This stands in stark contrast for what passes as "pro level" basketball in the WNBA.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 03:59 PM (8ZVmQ)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 04:00 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 04:00 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 04:00 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: imp at February 10, 2026 04:00 PM (g6TN6)
She's been making noises about moving back. "For the fans" or something...
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 04:01 PM (XuXeR)
It's my understanding that she's still there.
It's Ellen, who had decamped to the English countryside, who came back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Oh that's right, it was Ellen who got bored. I bet Rosie is also bored, just not publicly bitching yet.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 04:01 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 04:01 PM (sSB0N)
-leftist trying to move out of America because of the racist immigration laws
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Just pass through Damascus. All is good.
Posted by: Mo Beniz at February 10, 2026 04:01 PM (yFLFB)
We haff goood place for heem!
Posted by: The Front Lines of Ukraine at February 10, 2026 04:02 PM (1hcLc)
She's been making noises about moving back. "For the fans" or something...
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 04:01 PM (XuXeR)
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Fans? Her illegal immigrant slaves she forgot she left chained in her basement?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 04:02 PM (GBKbO)
"Jutes"...
*golf clap*
Posted by: man
Oh shit. I completely missed that one. Well done.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 04:03 PM (77rzZ)
Potato, tomato...
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 04:04 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 10, 2026 04:04 PM (gLikB)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2026 04:04 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 04:05 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 04:05 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 04:06 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at February 10, 2026 04:06 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 04:06 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 04:07 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2026 04:07 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 03:53 PM (GBKbO)
To be fair, the immigration system is dumb unless you have money. Apparently we are letting female OnlyFans legally immigrate to America. Sigh.
But Nicki Minaj for her gold immigrant card, and was flashing it around and super happy. She's from Trinidad and Tobago. Came here illegally as a kid. So that's another reason the left hates her. A woman once illegal that loves Trump. She's a traitor to them.
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 04:08 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 04:08 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 10, 2026 02:56 PM (b4o9z)
The last guy that waddled in frame to stop the car has me wondering when they started making bandanas the size of tablecloths so this round Guatemalan can wear one like a poncho.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 04:08 PM (6ydKt)
Shelves won't mount themselves...
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 04:08 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 04:06 PM
Hey, man, you don't talk to Ace. You listen to him. The man's enlarged my mind. He's a poet-warrior in the classic sense.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 04:08 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: fourseasons
Definitely had that on my bingo card.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 04:08 PM (KN2gu)
They really are. They are excellent. It's about as good a game of hockey as I've seen. Great pace and consistency. They simply aren't making mistakes and are just a level above everyone they've played so far. If anyone wants an intro to hockey, this has been the time to watch.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 10, 2026 04:08 PM (gLikB)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 04:08 PM (BI5O2)
You'll see a lot of bankers pining for one. In fact, Mark Carney (Canada) has a dual citizenship with Ireland.
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 04:09 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:09 PM (8avO+)
Now tell us... his wife still the #1 suspect?
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 04:09 PM (gWBY1)
"Life in Cuba is grinding to a halt under US oil blockade"
Excerpt:
"Lizzel Jimenez, 64 years old, can no longer travel to work. Even if she wanted to, her job at the Department of Agriculture—which pays 4,000 pesos a month, or less than $10— has been frozen until further notice."
Posted by: mrp at February 10, 2026 04:09 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: quite a sight at February 10, 2026 04:09 PM (TbWk/)
I just saw aa great new virtue signaling sign people are sticking in front of their houses:
"Fight For Those Who Don't Have Your Privilege"
It made me eyes roll so hard, they popped out of my head and rolled down to Jack-in-the-Box for an order of jack Tacos.
So, many people need their taints kicked, repeatedly, but there's just not enough time.
And then there's the questionable legality of taint kicking.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 04:10 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Maybe a Punchline at February 10, 2026 04:10 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 04:07 PM (3ek7K)
We knew that....
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 04:10 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: Martin Tell at February 10, 2026 04:10 PM (sFNX2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 04:10 PM (jc0TO)
https://tinyurl.com/vamk3mrb
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 04:11 PM (n+Zyl)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at February 10, 2026 04:11 PM (azbh7)
Posted by: fourseasons
Definitely had that on my bingo card.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 04:08 PM (KN2gu)
or as my mother would say- no shit sherlock, where did you park your bus.
Not exactly sure what it meant, but she said it a lot.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 04:11 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 04:09 PM (gWBY1)
He was a rich junkie. A lotnof motive for a lot of people junkies hang around with.
But yeah, that would be my first guess, too. Courtney Love is... unseemly.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 04:11 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Kamala at February 10, 2026 04:11 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 04:11 PM (XuXeR)
Proper Forms of Address: Bog-mouth, peat-face, Mr. Potato Head, num-buns, dumb Mick
Posted by: Martin Tell at February 10, 2026 04:12 PM (sFNX2)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 04:06 PM
Hey, man, you don't talk to Ace. You listen to him. The man's enlarged my mind. He's a poet-warrior in the classic sense.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 04:08 PM (jc0TO)
We are the hollow Ewoks. We are the stuffed Ewoks.
Posted by: Water buffalo decapitation at 11. Bring friends! at February 10, 2026 04:13 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 04:13 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Orson
What kind of 3rd world country allows their PM to be a dual citizen? He can screw the place up so badly that even the stupid NPC Liberals could come at him with pitchforks and he can use the escape hatch and thumb his nose and do that stupid elbows up thing to taunt those idiots from his safe perch in Ireland.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 04:13 PM (Dv3i1)
Home contractor. Plasterer. Which means cash under the table.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2026 03:31 PM (Y1sOo)
I would not be the least bit surprised if it turned out to be a euphemism for bartender, getting people plastered.
Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 04:13 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at February 10, 2026 04:13 PM (azbh7)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 04:14 PM (iFTx/)
"Fight For Those Who Don't Have Your Privilege"
It made me eyes roll so hard, they popped out of my head and rolled down to Jack-in-the-Box for an order of jack Tacos.
So, many people need their taints kicked, repeatedly, but there's just not enough time.
And then there's the questionable legality of taint kicking.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 04:10 PM (iJfKG)
Tell them get a time machine, go back to nazi germany, stand in front of auschwitz, spit on the SS and tell them they're a bunch of meanies. See how far it gets them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 04:14 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 03:57 PM (PYyV9)
From my MMO experience the edibles definitely affect gameplay, I've had to baby a user through trivial issues when they were on them. Like a toddler, but probably taller.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:14 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 04:09 PM (gWBY1)
He was a rich junkie. A lotnof motive for a lot of people junkies hang around with.
But yeah, that would be my first guess, too. Courtney Love is... unseemly.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 04:11 PM (BI5O2)
And yet, I have a really hard time believing she had him killed.
Dude was messed up. Serious stomach issues on top of the drugs. He was never meant to live a long life.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 10, 2026 04:15 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 04:15 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 04:15 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 04:15 PM (BI5O2)
That is an interesting thought, but wouldn't surprise me.
Related, Twixxer is tough to read sometimes, like when the coroners for Goode and the other person were ruled homocide. Dozens of people screamed I KNEW IT WAS MURDER WHEN WILL ICE PAY THE PRICE AND TRUMP BE IMPEACHED???!?!!?!???
Homicide simply means "death at the hands of another" it has nothing to do with legality, murder, or implications of why it happened. Its opposed to suicide, natural causes, or unknown causes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 04:16 PM (PYyV9)
https://is.gd/nzRrCg
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 04:15 PM (J+Psw)
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"I'd fuck her"
-- Jabba the Hutt
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 04:16 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at February 10, 2026 04:11 PM (azbh7)
Those noble freedom fighters couldn't have done crap without UK welfare keeping them and their gals and kids afloat. And most of the crap they did was killing other Irish.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:17 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Kratwurst at February 10, 2026 04:17 PM (C362Q)
"Fight For Those Who Don't Have Your Privilege"
The privilege of paying for their food, lodging, healthcare and lawyers if they get nabbed ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 04:18 PM (HbB1p)
Yeah I have noticed that people who talk about being stoned tend to suck at play, but I have no experience with how they are when not stoned.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 04:18 PM (PYyV9)
"Fight For Those Who Don't Have Your Privilege"
The privilege of paying for their food, lodging, healthcare and lawyers if they get nabbed ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 04:18 PM (HbB1p)
I notice the sign doesn't say, "Trade Places With..."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 10, 2026 04:19 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 04:19 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 10, 2026 04:19 PM (PYyV9)
https://is.gd/nzRrCg
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Strange lady is making me nervous. I chundered a little bit.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 04:19 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (sSB0N)
Strange lady is making me nervous. I chundered a little bit.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 04:19 PM (Dv3i1)
Did she make you breakfast ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (HbB1p)
https://is.gd/nzRrCg
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 04:15 PM (J+Psw)
_____
"I'd fuck her"
-- Jabba the Hutt
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 04:16 PM (iFTx/)
Jabba wouldn't fuck that Palpatine's dick and Boba fett pushing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (snZF9)
It’s a temporary decision (ha) but they said the govt. is likely to win and has allowed Tru p to do his thing for now.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (y6810)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 04:13 PM (g47mK)
Our family legend was the ancestor left when he found someone starved to death in his yard during the Potato famine. The German ancestor left when his side lost one of the civil wars in 1848. He joined the Union army in 1861 in an artillery battery with other Germans in Ohio.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)
Homicide simply means "death at the hands of another" it has nothing to do with legality, murder, or implications of why it happened. Its opposed to suicide, natural causes, or unknown causes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Homicide is the official cause of death in legal executions, too.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 10, 2026 04:21 PM (XMwZJ)
She take you in and gave you breakfast?
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 04:21 PM (XuXeR)
Isn't Ace of Irish extraction?
Maybe he ran down to the local ICE station to show solidarity for a brother of the Auld Sod, by throwing potatoes and cans of Pringles at the officers.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 04:21 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 10, 2026 04:21 PM (XMwZJ)
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Ohio's grand and successful history of electing incredible governors means it's impossible for Vivek to win the governor's mansion!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 04:22 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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8th Circuit most likely. Law from other circuits is treated as quasi authoritative. Law from your own circuit binds lower court judges. And Scotus binds them all in the darkness with the one ring of judicial power.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 04:22 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)
https://is.gd/nzRrCg
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 04:15 PM (J+Psw)
Tasmania has a lot of crazies.
Most Ozzies won’t even claim them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 04:22 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 04:19 PM (Dv3i1)
Did she make you breakfast ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (HbB1p)
Bets they win?
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:22 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)
Ah, family lore! the best !
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 04:22 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)
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"This proves that FL is going blue!"
-person who lived through FL going deep red through the Great Migration
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 04:22 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Imperial Customs Enforcement at February 10, 2026 04:22 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 04:23 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 04:14 PM (iFTx/)
I can't believe I missed that when it happened. Wow.
As a frequent air traveler, I doff my cap to this gentleman of distinction.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 04:23 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 04:23 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 10, 2026 04:21 PM (XMwZJ)
__________________
I particularly am impressed by his grasp of pop culture and sports. I mean, using a baseball metaphor to make a point about the Super Bowl was inspiring.
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 04:23 PM (dIske)
Don't know where to drop this, but....
US Womens Hockey Team is FARRRRRR superior to US Women's Soccer Team!!!!!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at February 10, 2026 04:23 PM (7kJyR)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 04:23 PM (XuXeR)
About the same number that dropped watching the official halftime show watched the alternate halftime show. they should hire Nicki Minaj for the one next year!
I finally watched the BunBun halftime show. If it has been a part of the upcoming LA games, as one of many sketches showing the unique fabric of American culture, and they cleaned up the lyrics, I might have adored it. But it was otherwise for an Americana event, very exclusionary.
I saw a comment from someone that said hey I'm Puerto Rican, and even I can't understand him! His voice is very slurry on a good day.
The opening of the halftime show did make me want coco frio! Suck it from a straw right from the coconut. Yum.
They had a bunch of Latinos dressed as sugar cane. Parts of PR grow sugar which is back breaking labor. Somehow I think If the same scene had been done for a southern black rapper, dress black people up as props in cotton plants, it would not have gone as well.
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 04:24 PM (gWBY1)
USA 5
Canuks 0
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 04:24 PM (8ZVmQ)
What's a good slur for an illegal Irishman?
A Bushmill's
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 03:51 PM (KN2gu)
Fookin' Protestant swill
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 10, 2026 04:24 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)
Mine left when nunzio looked up and said I dona trust-a dat tower, she's all a crook. Well, that and mussolini.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 04:24 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Recent polling show Vivek fading and his GOP female primary challenger rising. Vivek has said a lot of shit over the years that doesn't play well outside the GOPe tent. Reminds me a lot of Bobby Jindal so if Vivek does win the governorship, I don't think it will go well with him.
DeWino had the advantage of a lot of peeps in the state GOP party owing him due to his long political career including the Senate and he was still a useless twat. Vivek won't.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 04:24 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)
He’ll still donate $50M to progressive causes though. As will Bezos and the rest of Florida’s billionaire class.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 04:24 PM (y6810)
Is an Irisman who drinks too much plastered? Yes, among other things like peeing in the wind. A Drunk Irishman. Perhaps this is what he meant by "occupation" but I will never know.
On the dark side maybe he helped plaster bodies into walls, that even now, people think hold dead rats.
First of all, Seamus, you should have changed your bloody name to Sean. I am sure I don't say it correctly anyway, but I am thankful I am not married to a Seamus.
Secondly, learn to read! There was a date on your visa 20yrs ago! Find a calendar and circle that number with the addess of where you needed to go. Was this hard for you? Maybe ask your girlfriend, who you maybe married for the anchor baby, to help you remember. Oh? You only met her a month ago or in 2025 when you got your deportation order. Nevermind!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 10, 2026 04:25 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)
Ah, family lore! the best !
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 04:22 PM (g47mK)
His battery commander won a medal of Honor at Chancellorsville. About a 1 of 6 chance he was with him doing it.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:25 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 04:23 PM (XuXeR)
Fried-out combi on a hippie trail.
Posted by: Who moved my Vegemite sandwich? at February 10, 2026 04:25 PM (TbWk/)
You'd think this dude would be thrilled to leave racist Trumpist Ameriva amd return to Green Progressive Paradise.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&
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All of them. Why don't they all want to escape this intolerant, racist hellhole and return to their welcoming, diverse countries of origin?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 04:25 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 10, 2026 04:25 PM (XMwZJ)
DeWino had the advantage of a lot of peeps in the state GOP party owing him due to his long political career including the Senate and he was still a useless twat. Vivek won't.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 04:24 PM (2swu2)
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Just poking fun at the idea that Ohio Republicans would be aghast at not electing a true conservative Republican to the gorvenor's mansion since they've...never done that before.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 04:26 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at February 10, 2026 04:27 PM (azbh7)
Posted by: Imperial Customs Enforcement
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Well Ace came to us as a refugee from the Star Wars in the 2000's but never got around to getting the paperwork to stay here.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 04:27 PM (2swu2)
Also left: if you deport someone from here back to their better place you’re a Nazi
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 04:27 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 04:27 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)
Mine were here before the revolution, and we have no lore to explain the arrival.
Although at least one side of my family, they were either "transported" here or fled criminal charges, given the history I know of the family.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 04:27 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 04:28 PM (XuXeR)
--
Who is the woman running?
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 04:28 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania were the core machine states for the GOP during and after the Civil War. They haven't changed much.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 04:28 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 04:29 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 04:29 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 04:29 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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He broke Louisiana during his terms in office. Course it was already prebroken but Jindal didn't do much for them as his eyes were already on the presidency.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 04:29 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 04:29 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 04:28 PM (qBdHI)
______________________
Jim Traficant's scalp merkin?
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 04:29 PM (dIske)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 04:30 PM (3ek7K)
Ace came to us as a refugee from the Star Wars in the 2000's but never got around to getting the paperwork to stay here.
Posted by: whig
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But he was taking steps to get his citizenship and he runs a bodega that employs 10 Naboolians.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 04:30 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 04:31 PM (2swu2)
Vivek a strange case.
He was smart enough to play Bombay Trump.
But, so dumb, he started mouthing off on immigration stuff that was the polar opposite of Trump's political appeal.
Weird dude.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 04:31 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Heh.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 04:31 PM (2swu2)
Although at least one side of my family, they were either "transported" here or fled criminal charges, given the history I know of the family.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 04:27 PM (zjgNU)
Signing up to work for a term to pay for passage was also pretty common in those days.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:32 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Plasterers and drywall guys are 2 different things. Plasterers are artists, drywall dudes are on vacation. I know how to do both. I would rather tape a room than plaster. Plaster is a bitch.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 04:32 PM (snZF9)
Thomas Jackson's attack that rolled up the Union right at Chancellorsville was initially launched on a German artillery unit. Apparently, they did not speak a lick of English, and were laughing at all the wildlife coming out of the brush until all the Johnny Rebs came running next,
Posted by: Martin Tell at February 10, 2026 04:32 PM (sFNX2)
Our family legend was the ancestor left when he found someone starved to death in his yard during the Potato famine. The German ancestor left when his side lost one of the civil wars in 1848. He joined the Union army in 1861 in an artillery battery with other Germans in Ohio.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)
Family legend on the Mexican side of the family is that my great great grandfather was killed by Pancho Villa himself in Durango, which was frankly, bullshit. Villa was actually far to the north in Chihuahua at the time, but he'd sent a force through S Chihuahua and Durango to pillage the countryside and embarrass the local powers that be.
My GGGF sent the kids to stay with family over the border into Texas in 1910 when he saw the Revolution coming. He stayed in Durango because he worked for the railroad and owned a small silver mine. He was checking on the mine when Villa's men came through. They gut shot him after a short gunfight and left him in the mine to die slowly.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 10, 2026 04:35 PM (y9nCu)
Newsom's Lawless "Law" Presuming to Strip ICE Agents of Their Masks So That His Anatifa Paramilitaries Can Bomb Their Houses Rejected by Even a Left-Wing Judge
Attorney General Pamela BondiThis isn't as clear a victory as Bondi suggests, unfortunately. The judge does rule partly in favor of the Insurrectionist Left and says she might allow the law to be enforced, if it's enforced against all law enforcement officials. That's nuts. Newsom does not have power over federal agents. He cannot direct them, he cannot hire or fire them, he cannot dictate how they do their jobs.
@AGPamBondi ANOTHER key court victory thanks to our outstanding @TheJusticeDept attorneys. Following our arguments, a district court in California BLOCKED the enforcement of a law that would have banned federal agents from wearing masks to protect their identities. These federal agents are harassed, doxxed, obstructed, and attacked on a regular basis just for doing their jobs. We have no tolerance for it. We will continue fighting and winning in court for President Trump's law-and-order agenda -- and we will ALWAYS have the backs of our great federal law enforcement officers.
A federal judge on Monday blocked California from enforcing a new law that would have barred federal immigration agents from covering their faces during enforcement operations, handing the Trump administration a clear courtroom win and halting a Democrat-led attempt to rein in ICE and Border Patrol. U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder ruled the mask ban cannot take effect because it exempted state and local law enforcement while singling out federal agents -- a distinction she said unlawfully discriminates against the federal government.This is an error. Newsom also can't dictate how federal agents perform their jobs even if he extends this "law" to state agents.
"Selectivity" has noting to do with it. If George Wallace got a law passed that said neither federal nor state agents could integrate schools in the 1960s, the courts would not have said "Yes he can block federal judge-ordered integration, so long as he bars both state and federal agents from doing it." It's absurd. The left is suddenly very States Rights and very neo-Confederate.
The law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last fall after a summer of high-profile ICE operations in Los Angeles, had been set to take effect earlier this year before the Trump administration sued. Federal officials argued the measure would strip agents of basic safety protections amid rising harassment and threats tied to immigration enforcement. Snyder agreed, siding with Washington's position that California lacks the authority to selectively regulate how federal officers perform their duties.
... The judge blocked the mask ban itself -- which would have prohibited masks, neck gaiters, and other facial coverings -- but allowed a separate requirement to stand forcing officers, including federal agents, to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number while on duty. Snyder also left Democrats a narrow path to try again, writing that California could pursue a mask ban if it applied equally to all law enforcement agencies.Can't antifa track agents by badge number? Doesn't that defeat the entire point of protecting agents' identities? If the left wants to go extra-judicial, well: We can go extra-judicial, too. Do you like Right-Wing Death Squads? Because this is how you get Right-Wing Death Squads. Meanwhile: Remember when the left demanded all cops wear body cameras in the mentally-ill delusion that cops were randomly target Innocent Black Citizens and executing them for no good reason? Well, that didn't turn out to be true. In fact, the BLM/antifa left has been very frustrated that cops' wearing of body cameras disprove almost all of their attempts to gin up a violent race-revolution with lies about cops just murdering people "for being black or brown." And they've had a very hard time getting their new Race Hoaxes to go viral. So you'll never guess what the left has decided: That's right, cops must stop wearing body cameras, because body cameras invade the privacy of innocent black and brown people (and frustrate their efforts to hatch new race hoaxes).
Liberals are against body cameras now? Wasn't this an Obama thing after Ferguson. Why are body cameras bad especially if ICE are the gestapo...? pic.twitter.com/4G0D7ViiWf
— stricture (@bog_beef) February 4, 2026
🚨#BREAKING: Tennessee Highway Patrol has just released dashcam footage after a TN legislator claimed a person was "run over" by a state trooper during an anti-ICE protest.
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) February 5, 2026
However, the footage shows 3 people jumping in front of a police car and 1 person flopping onto the hood… pic.twitter.com/kCMGImlENd
Breaking Minneapolis: Rabid Responder unleashes "You're next N*GGER!" at a black ICE agent.
— Kim "Katie" USA (@KimKatieUSA) February 5, 2026
Vile racism pouring out the second they're challenged. Left's true colors on blast.
Minorities nothing but pawns for white Democrat overlords. Vote accordingly. pic.twitter.com/KnH3rhCEzJ
ICE agent to protester: “are you a man?”
— Kentucky Girl (@Notwokenow) February 3, 2026
😂😂😂😂 As if they know!!!
But the response is to call this black ICE agent the n word- with a hard R.
The left is full of deviants and racists. pic.twitter.com/o6kU9ZjwAe
This is one of the fastest Lib Virtuous Thing You Must Support Or You Are Bad to Actually, the Former Virtuous Thing Is Bad Now shifts I've ever seen. https://t.co/ziI5TyLQ52
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) February 9, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 10, 2026 01:34 PM (u73oe)
-the Democrat Party
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:34 PM (GBKbO)
Well, maybe he can't...
Posted by: Hawai at February 10, 2026 01:34 PM (wGerL)
Not today, Satan.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 10, 2026 01:34 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Max Bone at February 10, 2026 01:34 PM (Mo3R6)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 01:35 PM (xcxpd)
People who hadn't noticed things before, now notice them.
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 01:35 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 01:35 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Hawaiian judge at February 10, 2026 01:35 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:36 PM (jc0TO)
The definition of fascist economics by the way is for government and big business to work together (usually crushing small competitors along the way). This makes Dims fascistic even while they cling to pointless government jobs like they work at Gosplan in 1989.
Posted by: the lower depths at February 10, 2026 01:37 PM (Dg7ng)
Wear the mask! Don't wear the mask!
How about I shove the mask down your throat?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 01:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 10, 2026 01:38 PM (9FEtL)
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I have seen no indication that the Right in the USA has the cahoonies to do "death squads".
You might get the occassion lone wolf killer but they are always immediately denounced by conservatives.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 10, 2026 01:39 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: huerfano at February 10, 2026 01:39 PM (98kQX)
@mkhammer
This is one of the fastest Lib Virtuous Thing You Must Support Or You Are Bad to Actually, the Former Virtuous Thing Is Bad Now shifts I've ever seen.
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This. They think everyone is too stupid to see the hypocrisy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 01:40 PM (RIvkX)
18 I don't see how body cameras could be banned. They are worn in public, for the most part, and you have no right to privacy in a public place. I think the democrats have hoist themselves once again.
Posted by: huerfano at February 10, 2026 01:39 PM (98kQX)
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The left are dumb.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:40 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 01:40 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 01:40 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)
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Well, then.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:41 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 01:41 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 01:41 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 01:40 PM
Wear balaclavas.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:41 PM (jc0TO)
New: Turn that off, my scabies is showing.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 10, 2026 01:42 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 01:42 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)
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Well, then.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:41 PM
That aged...poorly.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 01:42 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 01:41 PM (g47mK)
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Body cameras have real limitations.
Mostly, they film where the torso is facing, not what the officer is looking at.
That's why the DHS officer interacting with Good was using his phone to record her license plates. Also...he didn't have a body cam, of course.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:42 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:43 PM (jc0TO)
Damn. When you've even lost a left wing Kalifornicating judge...
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 01:43 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 10, 2026 01:43 PM (9DoQP)
Congress should learn to just smoke these m’fr’s.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 01:43 PM (Py+sj)
fun match tho!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 10, 2026 01:43 PM (emBoF)
if it's enforced against all law enforcement officials.
SWAT & local drug cops just quit.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 01:44 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)
Please turn off the lights before you leave.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 01:44 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 01:42 PM
unlike bacon.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:43 PM (jc0TO)
Aged bacon does not exist.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 10, 2026 01:44 PM (dK+Kv)
doesn't really matter
maybe it will shut down the TSA which everyone will enjoy
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 10, 2026 01:44 PM (emBoF)
Damn. When you've even lost a left wing Kalifornicating judge...
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 01:43 PM (KN2gu)
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In other crazy CA court news, the 9th Circuit struck down a ruling from a district court saying that Trump couldn't let TPS expire on some previous classes at issue (I can't remember the countries involved off the top of my head) in the last few days.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:44 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Strunk and White at February 10, 2026 01:44 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
Well, then.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
He was the first to be the last.
Posted by: Cheap Trick at February 10, 2026 01:45 PM (5ClO2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 01:45 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
Well, then.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
He was the first to be the last.
Posted by: Cheap Trick at February 10, 2026 01:45 PM (5ClO2)
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Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:45 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2026 01:45 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:44 PM (GBKbO)
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Was it about the new cover sheets?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 01:46 PM (bxiOq)
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 01:46 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: gp
That's why the left at the local level doesn't favor them anymore. Seems it was showing "their people" in a piss poor light.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 01:46 PM (KN2gu)
The judge does rule partly in favor of the Insurrectionist Left and says she might allow the law to be enforced, if it's enforced against all law enforcement officials.
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Really stupid ruling but a loss for Newsom in practice.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 01:46 PM (n7rxJ)
In fact, in some settings, California is still strongly encouraging people to wear masks. Am I to understand that the "intent" of wearing a mask can be legislated?
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 01:47 PM (dIske)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:44 PM (GBKbO)
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Was it about the new cover sheets?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 01:46 PM (bxiOq)
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The old ones certainly look better.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Jesus on Internet Commenting Especially at February 10, 2026 01:47 PM (9FEtL)
In fact, in some settings, California is still strongly encouraging people to wear masks. Am I to understand that the "intent" of wearing a mask can be legislated?
Posted by: Orson
Wear a mask. Open carry into a bank. What a country!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 01:48 PM (KN2gu)
So the ban on masks was never enforced, and now can't be enforced. By the time CA amends the law to try again, the left will have moved on to something newer and dumber.
As for the badge numbers, I think they are already wearing them, or at least they are in the vids I've seen. But the badge numbers are of limited value. It's the masks that were the big play, and CA lost.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)
Somebody was allegedly once caught on a helmet cam wondering if underneath a burka some chick had a nice behind. A whole conversation ensued from there. Allegedly.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 01:48 PM (Py+sj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:47 PM (GBKbO)
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Bill Lumbergh hardest hit.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 01:48 PM (bxiOq)
Trespassing. Too many people believe that a property owner has to have a good reason to trespass somebody. Nope, they can do it for ANY reason. This crops up over and over on bodycams. Teach it in the schools, for cripes sake.
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 01:48 PM (N8ZBc)
the threads always end up talking about boobs.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 01:48 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 01:48 PM (yI5mB)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:48 PM (jc0TO)
The saga on our neighborhood FB page continues....
Apparently, I am a weirdo because I don't condone people defacing public property by affixing stickers with the word "ICE" under the word "STOP" on stop signs around the neighborhood.
I keep trying to tell these idiots that allowing "small" things like that to go unchallenged only leads to neighborhood decay - like it was when we first moved into this neighborhood.
It took a LOT of vigilance by us old-timers who have been here for 40+ years to bring this neighborhood to a desirable location to live and raise families. We didn't allow defacement of public or private property to happen - we nipped it in the bud whenever we saw it starting to take hold.
But apparently I am the bad guy because I support ICE - or as these yabows refer to them "kidnappers and murderers" - and not property crime.
I would argue further with them, but it's like talking to a brick wall. Their "feelz" are more important than my facts.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 10, 2026 01:49 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: huerfano at February 10, 2026 01:39 PM (98kQX)
Body cameras worn by law enforcement officers can be banned via law or policy order. Same way they were required to be worn. You can bet your bottom dollar that if a Democrat wins the White House the DHS Secretary will immediately issue a policy directive that ICE and Border patrol are required to wear body cams during certain duties, and prohibited doing so during other duties. To protect Democrat client groups in both cases.
Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 01:49 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: garrett at February 10, 2026 01:49 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: Der Spiegel at February 10, 2026 01:49 PM (oftw2)
https://youtu.be/BDJiT0dkHgY
Shane's commentary adds that je ne sais quoi.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 10, 2026 01:49 PM (wVcYX)
Did it have the coversheet?
Posted by: Bill Lumbergh at February 10, 2026 01:50 PM (D0HYP)
335 Bad news for Sparkle Beach Ken.
Is it? Schiff and Swalwell are both creeps. This is like "Dahmer endorses Gacy".
Newsom isn't a creep, or at least is a sight better at hiding it than those two.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 10, 2026 01:20 PM (gKWVE)
Gavin Newsom has the micro-expressions of a stone-cold sociopath -- which is to say, none. When he debated Ron DeSantis in 2023, that was the one thing that stuck out the most: no matter what Ron said, Gavin had a perfectly frozen smile that never reached his eyes.
I was actually relieved by this, because I hadn't really watched him before, and I was afraid he was slicker than that. A full-blown personality disorder is a disability that its holder cannot pause at will, and I think that a lot of normies (of both sexes) will be more creeped out the more they watch him. That was the moment where I decided that he would probably not be able to make the leap to national politics, unless as a foil and a footnote.
Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 01:50 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: garrett at February 10, 2026 01:50 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 01:52 PM (Py+sj)
They thought it would OBVIOUSLY show how racist the police are.
And now, when faced with actual evidence, do they address their priors and change their position?
HEAVENS NO!! The answer is we must get rid of the cameras that provide the evidence against their idea that the police are always racist.
If only we had a word for someone whose belief will not be shaken EVEN when faced with contrary evidence...
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 01:52 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Dirty Henry at February 10, 2026 01:53 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 01:53 PM (BI5O2)
Federal agencies have to simply ignore state laws that conflict with federal law, no matter what temporary support a low level judge provides.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 10, 2026 01:53 PM (azNOR)
It was named for a very nice poster by the handle of "Willow" who inevitably would both just after we got a new thread.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 01:53 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:53 PM (jc0TO)
Willow was a commenter who was famous for posting a remark RIGHT AFTER a nood was called. So bringing over that last two or three comments immediately from the last thread became to be known as Willowed.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 01:53 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: A dude in MI at February 10, 2026 01:53 PM (/6GbT)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:48 PM (jc0TO) "
All of Wisconsin agrees!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 01:54 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 01:54 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:54 PM (jc0TO)
Meant that she would post after a new thread was called.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 01:54 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 01:54 PM (5aZAZ)
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Nah.
The 1986 amnesty signed by Reagan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:54 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:54 PM (sSB0N)
>>>According to The Wall Street Journal, the so-called “endangerment finding” of 2009 that labeled six greenhouse gasses as a threat to public health and welfare will be overturned.
- TGP
Hello, diesel hiluxes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 10, 2026 01:55 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at February 10, 2026 01:55 PM (ssz2a)
Posted by: Marcus T
Don't need consent if in public.
1st Amendment. All day, every day.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 01:55 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 01:54 PM (5aZAZ)
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Nah.
The 1986 amnesty signed by Reagan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at Februar
Nah. Stealing 2020 and reenergizing The Trumpinator while giving him 4 years to plan his response.
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:56 PM (sSB0N)
The stuff cops have to deal with on an hourly basis would drive most normal people to become Travis Bickles.
What always makes me laugh is when the criminal finally gets cuffed (after doing everything possible to resist), and then (inevitably) goes on a mile-a-minute explosive tirade hurling triumphant declarations of victory combined with vicious abuse at the cops:
"You white-ass-cracker! That';s all you got? What's your badge number? I'm suing y'all I CAN'T BREATHE! I'll get you for murder, you small-dick loser! Took cops to cuff me -- y'all are weak? Take these off and we'll see who's in charge! I'll be out in an hour, and my homies will take you out! Imma rape your wife! Hahahahaha! You can't do shit to me!!!"
Nearby every video has a tirade like that. The cops just sit there and take it silently.
Posted by: zombie at February 10, 2026 01:56 PM (se8lQ)
Mostly, they film where the torso is facing, not what the officer is looking at.
That's why the DHS officer interacting with Good was using his phone to record her license plates. Also...he didn't have a body cam, of course.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:42 PM (GBKbO)
compared with nothing it is an improvement
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 01:56 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 01:54 PM (5aZAZ)
It's a bad one for sure - but I'm going with "setting up Trump to be killed in a Serpico-style hit, failing at that, then doing a palace coup at the last minute to install the Bay Area blow job queen at the top of the ticket" as the worst one.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 01:56 PM (BI5O2)
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Antifa is just an idea. (Smug.)
Posted by: Fey Wray at February 10, 2026 01:56 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (7S15B)
Antifa and BLM have murdered people. The right has done nothing extra judicial about it and honestly won't.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:56 PM (sSB0N)
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What would America be like today if Reagan had rejected the amnesty in toto and said, "I'm deporting everyone instead"?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (GBKbO)
It's because 98% of LEOs aren't cosplaying in balaclava like they're the terrorists in Counter-strike. Can't tell ICE from ISIS these days.
Are you fucking kidding me? What federal law grants anonymity to law enforcement? Hot take: masking = quartering. Where my 3A peeps at?
You'd have to be either stupid AF or in someone's pocket to allow law enforcement agents to not identify themselves.
this sorta looks like a 10th amendment issue. There's nothing at the federal level permitting federal agents to operate anonymously. The masks are not a required component of any uniform. And anti-mask laws have been in place for decades without challenge. So, it would seem that this judge is just straight up blocking the state's power to execute their own laws. The most I can find to the contrary is ice policy. But since when has policy trumped law?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 01:35 PM (xcxpd)
Back in the Obama days someone on the .03 slice of the internet posted a story that posited that 1000 people disappearing from America would solve 90 percent of our problems.
I never looked to see if there was a "list" of sorts because you had to suspect glowies online even in the wayback when glowies wasn't a term.
Looking in the rearview, I suspect the list may have had more than its fair share of Jooooos in it.
Posted by: Michael Stipe at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (Hx0tZ)
Have ICE raid the French Laundry. That hits Newsom where it hurts.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (8ZVmQ)
Am I right? Did some shit really say that?
These asshats will push and push.
They want a Kent State moment.
What they're going to get is a Ft Sumpter moment.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 01:50 PM (Sy6m/)
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Election fraud + right flight makes all Dem politics local
Posted by: mrp at February 10, 2026 01:58 PM (rj6Yv)
The 1986 amnesty signed by Reagan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:54 PM (GBKbO)
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I don't think that qualifies as an own goal. Reagan got outmaneuvered and straight-up lied to by the democrats. That was an offensive goal by the Dems due to poor defense by the R's.
In the case of body-worn cameras, the left explicitly argued for them because they just KNEW it would prove that cops go out hunting black folk for sport, and the cameras have proved basically the opposite.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 01:58 PM (5aZAZ)
Not if you each agent a 6+ digit badge number that changes with every missuon every day.
HQ, if guven the date and badge number, knows who was there.
Everybody else? Fvck you.
Posted by: Operator Error at February 10, 2026 01:58 PM (YZMsH)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 01:58 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (JCZqz)
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"I've never read the 10th Amendment."
-a translation
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
Trespassing. Too many people believe that a property owner has to have a good reason to trespass somebody. Nope, they can do it for ANY reason. This crops up over and over on bodycams. Teach it in the schools, for cripes sake.
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 01:48 PM (N8ZBc)
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The confusion surfaces based on the premise of the property. Some locations will have an invitee status, and trespassing doesn't apply until they exceed their permissions. That's a debatable situation. And, in many cases it is implied. Not always easy to prove. Minors are genuinely excluded from understanding of private property tresspassing up to a certain age.
What I'm saying is that trespassing isn't a black and white issue at all. For example, going into an open store is invitee status with permissions. Wandering back into the "employees only" room is trespassing. But, it must be proved. That's a whole lot of paperwork for a misdemeanor that might have been someone looking for the restroom.
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 01:58 PM (dIske)
In most cities if you could lock up maybe 150 people crime would drop to 1950s levels. Soros DAs and judges of course have the specific job of keeping those people on the streets.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 01:58 PM (2ocoG)
What would America be like today if Reagan had rejected the amnesty in toto and said, "I'm deporting everyone instead"?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (GBKbO)
Not much different. When every member of both parties wants something like a fat kid wants cake, it's going to happen. It might have bought a few years, no more.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 01:59 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Operator Error at February 10, 2026 01:59 PM (YZMsH)
When having cops where bodycams was first discussed it was generally anti-police people demanding them and pro-police people not wanting them.
The general belief was that it would paint cops in a bad light. Now, its not that police have never gotten in trouble for what's shown on their body cams, but as you note overwhelmingly it is has been actually proving that cops are generally doing a better job then people thought...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)
All I will feel is a little recoil.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 10, 2026 01:59 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 01:35 PM (xcxpd)
Back in the Obama days someone on the .03 slice of the internet posted a story that posited that 1000 people disappearing from America would solve 90 percent of our problems.
I never looked to see if there was a "list" of sorts because you had to suspect glowies online even in the wayback when glowies wasn't a term.
Looking in the rearview, I suspect the list may have had more than its fair share of Jooooos in it.
Posted by: Michael Stipe at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (Hx0tZ)
Long ago, Col. Krautman said (IIRC) that removing about 5k bad actors would mend the problems America was experiences. That number is probably a lot higher now, sadly.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 02:00 PM (xcxpd)
In the case of body-worn cameras, the left explicitly argued for them because they just KNEW it would prove that cops go out hunting black folk for sport, and the cameras have proved basically the opposite.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 01:58 PM (5aZAZ)
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Reagan's signature was the final kick into the goal that ended up counting massively against the GOP, creating a wholescale incentive structure for people to come and just wait for the next amnesty.
It's honestly amazing we never got another one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:00 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (GBKbO)
Hard to say. There was plenty of time to reverse. Look at what "Biden" did in just four years. 2020 was an epic own goal and they could have just left it and let 2nd term Trump twist and wither away on the back of covid and all their other bs while keeping Albatross Pence and Barr around his neck.
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:00 PM (sSB0N)
More proof that Peak Stupid will never be reached.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 02:00 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:00 PM (zZu0s)
All I will feel is a little recoil.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 10, 2026 01:59 PM
*fistbump*
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 02:00 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
One of the most succinct definitions of leftist "thought" I've ever seen.
Posted by: mikeski at February 10, 2026 02:01 PM (5ClO2)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)
Or it's making them do a better job......
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:01 PM (sSB0N)
This has to be the dumbest take on policing, the 3A, or law in general I've ever seen.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:01 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Just got here at February 10, 2026 02:01 PM (blb7N)
Posted by: zombie at February 10, 2026 01:56 PM (se8lQ)
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Donut Operator is one of my favorite channels.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 02:01 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 10, 2026 01:59 PM (2WIwB)
During the wounding phase. Once the metal rod comes out, the workout begins.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 10, 2026 02:02 PM (7S15B)
That is possible as well, though my memory on the use of workplace cams in general is that they only produce a short term increase in due diligence...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:02 PM (sKqQm)
In part, "Moreover, wearing a mask is a perfectly legitimate surveillance self-defense practice during a protest. There has been a massive proliferation of surveillance camera networks, face recognition technology, and databases of personal information. There also is a long law enforcement’s history of harassing and surveilling people for publicly criticizing or opposing law enforcement practices and other government policies. What’s more, non-governmental actors may try to identify protesters in order to retaliate against them, for example, by limiting their employment opportunities.
All of this may chill our willingness to speak publicly or attend a protest in a cause we believe in. ..."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 02:02 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 10, 2026 02:02 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:03 PM (sSB0N)
In the case of body-worn cameras, the left explicitly argued for them because they just KNEW it would prove that cops go out hunting black folk for sport, and the cameras have proved basically the opposite.
Posted by: ballistic
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Republicans were in on the Simpson Mazzoli bill. The Senate was Republican at the time (the Simpson in the bill was Alan Simpson from WY who was majority whip for the GOP) and Reagan coming from California which even then had a fair chunk of the illegals, did not view them as a particular threat. There was, as always, a demand for illegals for crops, etc. in California, TX, AZ, etc. so the cheap labor Chamber types wanted it.
Like Reagan as governor signing onto an abortion bill in CA, Reagan was complex and often did things in hindsight that were as GOPe as anything else was during the period.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:03 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (JCZqz)
"This sorta looks like a vagina."
- Some Reddit neckbeard that has never seen a vagina
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 02:03 PM (5aZAZ)
In the case of body-worn cameras, the left explicitly argued for them because they just KNEW it would prove that cops go out hunting black folk for sport, and the cameras have proved basically the opposite.
Posted by: ballistic
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Further proof of their stupidity. They really don't know their "enemy." Another reason why Jussie Smollett's story was so bad. "This is MAGA country!" + a noose. Suuuure.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:04 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 10, 2026 01:49 PM (SRRAx)
14% of the illegals deported are arrested for serious crimes. That is seven out of fifty. That is a really high number, about 10x the number for the general population. Slavery is not worth that level of criminal behavior
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 02:04 PM (rbvCR)
It was worth noting, the bottom line is the Left lies about everything and is wrong 99% of the time. Overall the whole brutality and especially racism shit was always a big nothing burger in the modern era.
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:04 PM (sSB0N)
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Mmmmmmm, balaclava......
Posted by: ...
Too many l's & aww, nevermind.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 02:04 PM (KN2gu)
The saga on our neighborhood FB page continues....
Apparently, I am a weirdo because I don't condone people defacing public property by affixing stickers with the word "ICE" under the word "STOP" on stop signs around the neighborhood
Maybe you should get some of those same stickers and put them on the bumpers of the offenders' cars. Seems like the same exact crime, so they shouldn't complain about it
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at February 10, 2026 02:04 PM (aVO1v)
This has to be the dumbest take on policing, the 3A, or law in general I've ever seen.
Posted by: 18-1
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It is because most people view documents now as Pez dispensers. You shake it up and get a random nugget to throw out there. Same with the Bible. I despise people like that.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:05 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Dirty Henry at February 10, 2026 01:53 PM (qUkBO)
The Libtards expected white cops wearing body cams would continue the brutal, raycisss, murderous, acts that Libtards KNEW they were routinely committing. They apparently believed white cops would be unable to stop their lawless ways against blacks.
They think they know everything about human behaviors. They were once again shown to be idiots, much more stupid than the cops they h@ted. They failed to realize most people, when knowing they are observed and recorded, take care to act within terms of employment and laws.
Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 02:05 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: pookysgirl is still trying to teach her kids cause and effect at February 10, 2026 02:05 PM (Wt5PA)
The cop pulled the guy over for expired registration and notes the Afghani has a gun. He calmly asks for license and registration which the Afghani refuses to give - instead he listed all of his problems - taxes, government paperwork, the cost of living, and claims it is all the cop's fault for bringing him here to the US.
Eventually the refugee reaches for his gun and dies when the cops return fire. But it was the most restrained and polite policing I've ever seen to that point. If I had a jihadi figdeting with a gun and saying all his problems were my fault I would just keep polity asking for his ID...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:05 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 02:05 PM (Ia/+0)
The Role of "Sedition Hunters"
Citizen Investigators: A group of online, often anonymous, volunteers—sometimes called "sedition hunters"—have used open-source intelligence (OSI), such as videos and social media posts, to identify participants in the Jan. 6th attack.
Assistance to FBI: These individuals create dossiers, including identifying information and locations, and provide this evidence directly to the FBI. The FBI has acknowledged that this public assistance has been significant.
Motivations: Supporters of this approach argue it is necessary for accountability and to "hold people responsible."
(AI Overview, in part)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 02:06 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at Februar
The Dave Chappelle skit on this really is perfect.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:06 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 10, 2026 02:06 PM (7S15B)
I bet not
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 02:06 PM (Ia/+0)
This has to be the dumbest take on policing, the 3A, or law in general I've ever seen.
Posted by: 18-1
More proof that Peak Stupid will never be reached.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
I got all those unbelievably stupid comments from just one moderate-sized thread of about 100 comments, and there were at least a dozen to choose from. It was from r/law "a place to discuss developments in the law and the legal profession." Experts and those interested in the law. And they love Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson lol.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2026 02:06 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:57 PM (GBKbO)
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RR didn't open the borders to each and all. The Mexican drug cartels were in their infancy, and the US economy was booming by 1984. Globalization was just gathering steam and the main trade deficit villain was Japan. A different time with different faces.
Posted by: mrp at February 10, 2026 02:07 PM (rj6Yv)
I get the notion that people shouldn't be perma-cancelled for doing something stupid one time.
But if it reaches the point where its on a cop bodycam haven't we gone from something small and stupid to something more significant?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:04 PM (n7rxJ)
The whole point of that op - would you believe - was to turn the word MAGA into an easy slur for the election.
Up to that point the Left had had a hard time branding us and Trump because he was so slippery, and his slogan at that poont was inimitably cool.
By globally deploying the phony visual of that word (which had hardly been used by them at the time to describe us) associated with a noose and bleach going around a random black person's neck was perfect.
And it stuck - even though the whole thing was very obvious bs. They are still riding the high off it. They didn't have the easy pigeonhole for us until then. The words of the hoax were chosen very carefully by some focus group somewhere. Jussie was Kamala's boy.
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:08 PM (sSB0N)
This has to be the dumbest take on policing, the 3A, or law in general I've ever seen.
Posted by: 18-1
I would like to subscribe to that gentlepersyn's newsletter.
Posted by: Justice Jumanji at February 10, 2026 02:08 PM (9FEtL)
It's hard to tell if it's a female trying to be a male or a male...but there should be identifying weapon, clothes, and possibly glasses...
Although Ring coughing up footage that shouldn't exist without paying for the service is a thing that some subscribers might want to know. Apparently, they turn off your service, but they don't turn off your service all the way...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 10, 2026 02:09 PM (tOcjL)
The links seem to think that if police aren't wearing bodycams, they will be holding camera phones to record. They will thus have at least one less hand to beat the shit outta brown people with. But wearing bodycams means they can record video with both hands free to do their dastardly violence.
No, I'm serious. This is their argument. See the link above: bodycam "equates to a chest mounted phone case so that ICE agents can brutalize while filming hands-free."
These people are seriously mentally ill.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 02:09 PM (iFTx/)
Fundamentally the left approaches law with an take that purely looks at the ends.
They want illegals to be allowed to stay, collect welfare, and vote. So if they can reduce the effectiveness of ICE by any means then that's what they'll claim the law is.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:09 PM (sKqQm)
In my understanding of the latest tranche of released Epstein documentation our 'dintdunuffin' friend has come up:
A file lists Wexner as a possible "co-conspirator" or "secondary co-conspirator" in Epstein's 2019 trafficking investigation. It notes "limited evidence" of his involvement and mentions he was served a subpoena. This document was highlighted after Rep. Massie (R-KY) pointed out redactions; Deputy AG Todd Blanche quickly unredacted Wexner's name on February 10, 2026, stating it already appeared thousands of times in the files and "DOJ is hiding nothing."
Documents discuss Wexner's attempts to hire defense counsel in 2019, bank records from JPMC showing ties extended beyond the 2007 severance date he previously claimed, and notes on his cooperation with investigators. Wexner's name appears unredacted over 1,000 times across the files.
No proof of guilt of course BUT more than a few of us have been pointing this finger for a long, long time.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 02:09 PM (cYBz/)
Relatives came once she got arrested, and you could tell they were SO hoping they could sue for police brutality and claim the cop smacked her down. Sadly for them it was all on camera.
I don't usually laugh at other people in pain. But the way she fell like a sack of potatoes after running to
To the pole... it was like a comedy sketch. Like something Chris Farley would have done.
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 02:09 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Wisdom from Chris Rock at February 10, 2026 02:09 PM (blb7N)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 10, 2026 01:49 PM (SRRAx)
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Yeah. I really want to dive into a group chat I'm in with some people who have convinced themselves that Trump is a pedo and he was Epstein's right hand man in the kiddie diddling industry and club them over the head with today's drop saying that no, Trump actually dimed Epstein out to the cops...but it's just an exercise in futility. I've quit arguing with anyone vaguely on the left because they already have their minds made up.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 02:10 PM (5aZAZ)
I have a gift for you for an afternoon thread - exciting dashcam video from Chile
https://tinyurl.com/mwenac5h
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 10, 2026 02:10 PM (42yrw)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:00 PM (sSB0N)
They thought after losing he'd go away.
Remember, they also thought the police bodycams would support them in wanting to abolish the police.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 02:10 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:10 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Eeyore at February 10, 2026 02:10 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 10, 2026 02:10 PM (7S15B)
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Cops has been on the air since what, the 80s?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 02:11 PM (XvL8K)
Like Reagan as governor signing onto an abortion bill in CA, Reagan was complex and often did things in hindsight that were as GOPe as anything else was during the period.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:03 PM (2swu2)
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Cesar Chavez was strongly opposed to illegal immigration, as it greatly weakened the bargaining power of his farm workers' union.
Posted by: mrp at February 10, 2026 02:11 PM (rj6Yv)
it's logically absurd, like saying "almost to infinity."
innit?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 02:11 PM (Cjt/F)
What kind of logic is that, white man?
Posted by: Vengeance at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (7S15B)
Remember, they also thought the police bodycams would support them in wanting to abolish the police.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 02:10 PM (zjgNU)
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Well, the legal battles weren't just hoping he would go away. It was making him go away by trying to put him in prison.
I do think the GOP leadership thought the intraparty politics would instantly snap back to 2003, though. Because they are genuinely stupid and don't understand politics in the least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2026
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Only if you never read the debates at the Constitution and the First Congress regarding the Bill of Rights. McCulloch v. Maryland put the stamp on it. States cannot put restrictions on federal agents doing their federal duties.
Since the Convention, immigration and naturalization is explicitly a power of Congress to regulate, not any state. Even the worst of the Confederates did not contend that Congress did not have the power to ban imports of slaves in 1807. So the power to regulate means the powers to enforce those statutes e.g. federal law enforcement under the direction of the president.
Congress may, if it so choose do something like 287(g) where fedgov and a locality enter into an agreement allowing jails to screen and call ICE for pickup of criminal illegals. Probably kosher if Congress allowed states to enforce federal immigration laws as is common in some other areas like the Clean Air and Clean Water statutes.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (2swu2)
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I object! That's no man. That's a doughnut wearing a "Where's Waldo?" hat.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (FgifN)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (9FEtL)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)
Or it's making them do a better job......
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:01 PM (sSB0N)
While possible, the numbers of people killed during police apprehension has not really changed.
That suggests that bodycams haven't made a difference to police behavior around shooting people.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: mrp
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Fair points, but one of the, if not THE, core issues - the illegals were line-jumping those who were trying to enter legally - was part of the conversation.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (Vrf7V)
My favorite one last week was on a thread where people were talking about silver premiums in their areas and on different websites.
One guy chimes in saying he wanted to sell his right away, at a local shop. A bunch of people advised him to hold off til this volatility cools off, or at least don't sell to a local.
This dude freaks out... "BUT I HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO SURVIVE IN TRUMP'S AMERICA REEEEEEEE!!"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:13 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (9FEtL)
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Maybe not intended as an instruction manual, but just as good as one.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 02:13 PM (FgifN)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The end of the party for the invade the world and invite the world was not in their fortune cookies. Nor was removal of a servile cheap labor class.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:13 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: bear
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This is a key right here.
- Body cams document the violent behavior of people the police encounter
- But they also keep the police in check from abusing their authority.
Removing the bodycams will both
(a) create doubt that the Left can exploit to accuse police of wrongful acts that they have not done, and
(b) allow some abusive acts by police, usually when the person they encounter needs a bit more force than the law strictly allows.
They crave abuse of power because it justifies their actions against police. They want to tear down the normal checks on society because they want to tear down civilized society and create chaos.
Posted by: Tucker and Candice at February 10, 2026 02:13 PM (mymNa)
Supply and demand, the more of something you have, the less price it can demand.
So if you import millions of low skilled workers then the price of low skilled labor will go down.
Though our policy has been even dumber then this because we also put most of those illegals on welfare too.
My rough estimation is about 10% of illegals are working in some non-crime related field like agriculture (and there are only about 1M farmhands in the US anyway)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:13 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: pahound at February 10, 2026 02:13 PM (eyOo6)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:10 PM (sKqQm)
Yes, that's why Massie provided the name.
Posted by: Ann at February 10, 2026 02:14 PM (w9jrX)
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:13 PM (2swu2)
Or gardeners to please mommy while daddy was also doinking him on the back door.
We call that double dipping.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 10, 2026 02:15 PM (7S15B)
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:13 PM (2swu2)
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Second generation party bosses do not have the same skillset as first generation party bosses.
Second gen don't know how to appeal to people to gain political power. They know how to manipulate levers of established power to influence those already in power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Ian S.
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Right in the silky thong.
Posted by: wth at February 10, 2026 02:15 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Tucker and Candice at February 10, 2026 02:13 PM (mymNa)
Well said, Tucker and Candy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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I find Reddit as a retarded version of Usenet.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:16 PM (2swu2)
I never allow my photograph to be taken. Cameras steal your soul.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 02:16 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 10, 2026 02:10 PM (7S15B)
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I think you might be getting so worked up you are ignoring the power of middle-aged AWFL's, and teachers unionists.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 02:16 PM (FgifN)
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The agents' families are also threatened by the leftist brownshirt domestic terrorists (BIRM thrice) -- while being encouraged & celebrated by virtually every Democrat-Communist pol & MDM-MSM talking head..
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 02:16 PM (k1X1R)
Posted by: mrp at February 10, 2026 02:07 PM (rj6Yv)
Now, I look for "Made in Japan" labels because I know it will be quality and they don't hate me like the Chinese government does.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 02:16 PM (zjgNU)
To the pole... it was like a comedy sketch. Like something Chris Farley would have done.
Posted by: LizLem
I did that when I was little. About six or seven. At aunt and uncle's house one Christmas. Us kids were playing in the basement chasing each other. I turned to grab a cousin and wham. Knocked my ass down and out. Turns out I hit a cast iron drainpipe going up to the kitchen so everyone upstairs heard it and came running. Put an egg on my forehead, but didn't cut it.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 02:17 PM (KN2gu)
The bodycams have probably increased the "here's your ticket" vs "slow it down. here's a warning" ratio simply because someone without a life is monitoring and marking down demographics and ignoring driver attitude.
Posted by: Chuck C at February 10, 2026 02:17 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (BI5O2)
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All of it is so predictable as to be tiresome, from my perspective.
Reddit is basically a microcosm of how the world would be if the left ruled it. A bunch of shrill faggots whining about literally anything and everything, and any reason or dissenting voice immediately squelched by some other faggot with a thimble full of authority so that the echo chamber persists.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 02:18 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 10, 2026 02:18 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 02:18 PM (5aZAZ)
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Reddit is Canada.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:18 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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I find Reddit as a retarded version of Usenet.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:16 PM (2swu2)
At least on Usenet you could grab software, albeit pirated. So it had a purpose.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 10, 2026 02:18 PM (N39Ws)
Second gen don't know how to appeal to people to gain political power. They know how to manipulate levers of established power to influence those already in power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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This has been going on longer than 2003. To wit, GHWB in 1988 decided like the elitist he was, to destroy the US in service of globalism.
Whatever their problems were on the domestic level, Ike, Nixon, Ford, and Reagan never bought into the bullshit. Their administrations were populated by realists, not fey dreamers of End of History bullshit.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:18 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 02:18 PM (8ZVmQ)
I thought the Current Thing was Old Lady Guthrie.
What happened to her?
Posted by: Just got here
Zed's dead, baby.
Posted by: Butch Coolidge at February 10, 2026 02:18 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:05 PM (2swu2)
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Gentlemen. I despise each and every one of you!
Posted by: Michael Stipe at February 10, 2026 02:19 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 10, 2026 02:18 PM (N39Ws)
Nekkid women- but it was Russian roulette.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:19 PM (zZu0s)
There are some number of people that are so heavily leveraged into investing into specific things they have no emergency funds. So...this guy has money, he used it to buy a bunch of silver after all...but he doesn't have an emergency fund in a HYSA or something similar?
Again, I get if you don't have any extra money you might not be able to deal with an emergency, but if you do have extra money you should leave some where you can get to it if you need to.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:19 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
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Usenet was not infested with Millennial techies. Old school and severe, but Usenet forums often had pretty harsh beatdowns on idiots spouting crap.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:19 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 10, 2026 02:20 PM (Hx0tZ)
I do think the GOP leadership thought the intraparty politics would instantly snap back to 2003, though. Because they are genuinely stupid and don't understand politics in the least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (GBKbO)
I stand with your correct estimation of the GOP leadership's relationship with reality.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 02:20 PM (zjgNU)
Whatever their problems were on the domestic level, Ike, Nixon, Ford, and Reagan never bought into the bullshit. Their administrations were populated by realists, not fey dreamers of End of History bullshit.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:18 PM (2swu2)
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I was thinking squarely of Mitch and his obvious assumption that once Trump was out of office, his entire influence on the party would be over. Hence, his interview in late January 2021 where he said...exactly that (which he reversed about a week later).
Mitch knew how to manipulate the powerful. He had literally no idea how to appeal the actual electorate. The closes he could do was holding up a rifle and not saying anything at the NRA conference.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:20 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Hot Estonian chick or babushka.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 02:20 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:18 PM (GBKbO)
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Accurate!
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 02:20 PM (5aZAZ)
The protesters won't stop recording, so it will also shift the editing power to them. Look at the recent Good and Pretti disasters where they made claims but there was enough footage to show those two as the violent instigators.
How does that work -- "I can record you, but you can't record me"
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 02:20 PM (mymNa)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (GBKbO)
I stand with your correct estimation of the GOP leadership's relationship with reality.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 02:20 PM (zjgNU)
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It helps the understanding since Mitch essentially admitted to it in an interview.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:21 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 02:21 PM (k1X1R)
Posted by: whig
tx.guns. You'd better bring 'receipts'.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 02:21 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:10 PM (sKqQm)
Yes, that's why Massie provided the name.
Posted by: Ann at February 10, 2026 02:14 PM (w9jrX)
Forgive my ignorance, but who is Wexner?
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to be put some knowledge at February 10, 2026 02:21 PM (Wt5PA)
Who looks at that failed, corrupt pile of garbage (him and the state) and says, we should spread this carnage to rest of the country?
He exudes failure and narcissism, complete with the faggy limp wrists and perrrrfect hair.
Fuck you Vidal Sasoon.. you belong behind the counter at Burger King.
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 10, 2026 02:22 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell explains at February 10, 2026 02:22 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Michael Stipe
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It is more forgive them Father for they know not what they do. I despise the casual laziness of abusing a recognized authority in order to support their point when it is really just an opinion.
If they want to state it as their opinion, then fine, but when they distort the Bible or the Constitution out of context, they are being intellectually dishonest. Which the left has to be in order to believe such idiotic ideas.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:22 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Wally at February 10, 2026 02:22 PM (65cLN)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 02:20 PM (KN2gu)
Well, it might well be porn- but it might not be the porn you were looking for IYKWIMAITYD. Or strictly speaking legal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:22 PM (zZu0s)
Somebody convinced RDS to run for prez last cycle.
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 10, 2026 02:23 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Going full pan in the panopticon at February 10, 2026 02:23 PM (TbWk/)
Second gen don't know how to appeal to people to gain political power. They know how to manipulate levers of established power to influence those already in power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO) "
That is some real deep insight into basic truth, there!
thinking about it, I watched that happen in realtime last century, in Chicago; the transition from Hizzoner da (late) Mare to , well, a pack of wastrels, capped by Richie (who was too dumb for a career in politics according to his father).
& now, look all around, you can see that everywhere.
Thx, TJM!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 02:23 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to be put some knowledge at February 10, 2026 02:21 PM
Wasn't he the bad guy in Resident Evil?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 02:23 PM (jc0TO)
Who looks at that failed, corrupt pile of garbage (him and the state) and says, we should spread this carnage to rest of the country?
He exudes failure and narcissism, complete with the faggy limp wrists and perrrrfect hair.
Fuck you Vidal Sasoon.. you belong behind the counter at Burger King.
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 10, 2026 02:22 PM (61TgR)
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I don't understand why people think that accomplishments, intelligence, or rates of failure has anything to do with appealing to Democrat voters.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:23 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: pookysgirl
The Les Wexner made his fortune via Victoria's Secret and other retail establishments. And he has some pretty skeezy Ohio stories floating around about his rise and perhaps mob money being laundered to get Victoria's Secret started.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:25 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to be put some knowledge at February 10, 2026 02:21 PM (Wt5PA)
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Ohio based retaining entrepreneur, probably best known for "Victoria's Secret" stores.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 02:25 PM (FgifN)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 02:25 PM (FgifN)
thinking about it, I watched that happen in realtime last century, in Chicago; the transition from Hizzoner da (late) Mare to , well, a pack of wastrels, capped by Richie (who was too dumb for a career in politics according to his father).
& now, look all around, you can see that everywhere.
Thx, TJM!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 02:23 PM (Cjt/F)
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The Obama machine is going through this right now, by the way.
Their current crop only know two things: racial animus and corruption. Every attempt at another Obama fails because the machine simply doesn't understand why Obama gained popularity in the first place.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:25 PM (GBKbO)
I don't think the left really understands just how insulting it is to even think that Newsome should be a candidate..
Who looks at that failed, corrupt pile of garbage (him and the state) and says, we should spread this carnage to rest of the country?
He exudes failure and narcissism,
Posted by: melodicmetal
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Add to that the fact that he's neck-in-neck with Kamala in the polls.
Is it possible that we'll lose to this in 2028?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:25 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:23 PM (GBKbO)
Or climbing the corporate ladder, for that matter.
Posted by: Perception beats competence every time at February 10, 2026 02:25 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:25 PM
He was clean and articulate. Textbook, man.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 02:26 PM (jc0TO)
Add to that the fact that he's neck-in-neck with Kamala in the polls.
Is it possible that we'll lose to this in 2028?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:25 PM (n7rxJ)
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They're not neck and neck.
Kamala beats him all the time. If they were neck and neck, Newsom would be ahead at least some of the time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:26 PM (GBKbO)
The infamous El Salvador deaths squads kept the country from becoming a Cuba style socialist paradise in the 70s/80s. Bloody and ruthless but better than the alternative.
Posted by: Ripley at February 10, 2026 02:26 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 10, 2026 02:26 PM (n1OCj)
Les Wexner of the Limited Group (Clothing; Victoria's Secret, Limited, etc.)
Posted by: garrett at February 10, 2026 02:26 PM (gH8T+)
There's a city that will mail out tickets using the intersection cameras. They only photograph the back of the car and the back plate.
They used to photograph the front of the cars too and who is driving. Until the mayor was caught running a red light with his mistress next to him. And the ticket was mailed to his house. And his wife got the mail first. So, they changed the law you can't take pics of the front seats any more! Imagine that.
Heard that directly from a cop working in that town.
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 02:27 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 02:27 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 02:27 PM (yI5mB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:25 PM
He was clean and articulate. Textbook, man.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 02:26 PM (jc0TO)
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An empty suit against a deeply unpopular party that had tried to stab its own voters in the back with amnesty. The story of the rise of Obama is no different than the story of the hatred the GOP has for its own base and nation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:27 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: JackStraw
I didn't know the Amish loved to sail. LOL
Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 02:27 PM (cYBz/)
His connection with Epstein has been known for years.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 02:28 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 02:27 PM
No auxillary engines though. It's all oars.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 02:28 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:19 PM (sSB0N)
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I did that Sunday night. More into my shoulder than my face.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 02:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: rickb223
I was a long time poster on firearms websites and involved in 2A activism for a time at the state level. Later was briefly an admin at a such a place. Got sick of it--you have the lefty trolls trying to do Moby shit to damage the rep of the place and then you had the ones that wanted to post brags about illegal actions, endless factless constitutional and legal discourses, and kill everyone you meet types. Got doxxed as an admin for probably doing something to piss someone off an admin and quit as it affected my dayjob.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:28 PM (2swu2)
But this is an odd way to look at it. The cops can only arrest people who commit a crime* and "underpolicing" wouldn't decrease the number of crimes, just the number of arrests. And honestly there are way more unsolved crimes in urban areas then suburban/rural one.
*Unless you want to argue massive numbers of people are falsely arrested and the police making up the robberies, rapes, and murders...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:29 PM (sKqQm)
This won't happen because our side thinks there are still rules. The Trump administration should have "Sicario" style CIA teams rendition Antifa people to some black site in the North Atlantic.
Posted by: UGAdawg at February 10, 2026 02:29 PM (SurNx)
I can't wait for that moment. It's only a matter of time
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 10, 2026 02:29 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Sorry. I was hung over. at February 10, 2026 02:29 PM (blb7N)
Every attempt at another Obama fails because the machine simply doesn't understand why Obama gained popularity in the first place.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Mamdani is another Obama. I bet he has a future in electoral politics well beyond NYC mayor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:30 PM (n7rxJ)
The saga on our neighborhood FB page continues....
Apparently, I am a weirdo because I don't condone people defacing public property by affixing stickers with the word "ICE" under the word "STOP" on stop signs around the neighborhood
Maybe you should get some of those same stickers and put them on the bumpers of the offenders' cars. Seems like the same exact crime, so they shouldn't complain about it
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at February 10, 2026 02:04 PM (aVO1v)
I'm halfway tempted to get stickers printed up that say, "Illegal Aliens" and slap those up on all of the stop signs around here.
Somehow, I don't think these people would think something like that was okay in "their" neighborhood....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 10, 2026 02:31 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 10, 2026 02:32 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Nova Local at February 10, 2026 02:09 PM (tOcjL)
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You screwed a surveillance camera to your house in an era of pervasive surveillance. Of course that's what it is going to do. Whether you're paying for the service or not determines your ability to access the footage, not theirs.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 10, 2026 02:32 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The GOP always had a class problem in the 20th century in that the corporate class expected and demanded that regular GOP voters had to accept their leadership. And most of that leadership was progressive other than anti-Communism, anti-union, and taxes. Even now, you still see that play out in local and state party organizations. The insiders that promptly spread their networks for grifting and influence peddling versus the outsiders. Some of the outsiders get coopted but most are driven away if possible.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:32 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Bond Villains R Us at February 10, 2026 02:32 PM (blb7N)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 10, 2026 02:32 PM (w/O5Q)
Yeah, cops are just like T-Rex's that way.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 10, 2026 02:33 PM (Hx0tZ)
Saw a video a while back with a couple of female bobbies trying to arrest some scrawny stoned guy. He didn't realize what they were doing until they got his arms behind him but then he turned and pushed he bobby away with one arm. Then he just slowly jogged off.
Both bobbies tried to give chase but being rotund his slow jog was too much for them and they shortly gave up...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:34 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
You don’t win silver. You lose gold.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 02:34 PM (zgWR7)
Posted by: Ripley at February 10, 2026 02:26 PM (GUOwU)
A friend's brother wound up emigrating to Sweden because he was on the wrong side of that little war.
It turned into MS-13 themed hellscape anyways.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 02:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 02:27 PM
No auxillary engines though. It's all oars.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 02:28 PM (jc0TO)
Hate keeps a man alive, Hezekiah.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:34 PM (zZu0s)
There was a period in my twenties when it seemed like everyone wore their fragrances. Like how in high school, everyone wore scents from Gap, and lotion from Bath and Body Works.
Then they became not edgy. And they ended their runway shows and that was the kiss of death for them.
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (gWBY1)
Kamala beats him all the time. If they were neck and neck, Newsom would be ahead at least some of the time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I just checked it out, and he does beat her in some polls.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)
The slavery guilt game would probably only work once though.
But "my friendsh you have nothing to fear with Obama in the WH" still stands as the most pussy bullshit I've ever seen a politician say. What an imbecile.
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 02:01 PM
Midwest Safety brings the subtle snark. Anyone who comes up with funny subtitles for the K9 barking gets my vote.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: As Steve Inman would say at February 10, 2026 02:37 PM (blb7N)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 02:37 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 02:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Nova Local
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Buy Eufy or some other brand that has local storage rather than the cloud and don't allow it access to the internet without setting permissions in your router.
Basically, the fed courts have expanded the case involving pen registers to include every single transaction and tech item not requiring a warrant. Like your car, cellphone, Ring cameras, etc. 4th Amendment requires taking positive steps to purposefully deny as much of that third party data to anyone, not just the feds. Basically, if anyone can buy or get your data, then it is not protected in any real sense from the 4th Amendment. As in two can share a secret if one of them is dead.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:37 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:37 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: runner
Silver is acceptable if the gold set a record.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026 02:37 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 02:30 PM (n7rxJ)
He is going to have to do something about the coming rat plague, first.
My bet is by the end of his term, NYC will have devolved into separate cities along borough lines
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)
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Eh, smart people largely view it a store of value -a savings account that will consistently beat inflation and usually yield more than the typical savings rate - that's it. So an emergency is a legit reason to liquidate some or all of it.
But this was a not a smart person. I suspect he was trying to day trade the shit like he's a crypto bro, and fucked himself over.
Or, more likely, he's a degenerate neckbearded indigent looking to unload grandma's flatware to pay for monkeypox salve.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 02:38 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:35 PM (sSB0N)
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Having met and interacted with McCain in person, I can say that he did me one favor: Disabusing me as a young man of the notion that the politician you see smiling on TV is likely not that person in real life.
He was a fucking asshole, and I reserve that vitriol for very few people. If his grave was on fire, I wouldn't walk three steps to piss on it.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 02:38 PM (5aZAZ)
The first time can be quite traumatic.
https://tinyurl.com/3jnckcjh
Posted by: Stewie Griffin at February 10, 2026 02:39 PM (Y1sOo)
Or detained longer than was necessary to determine status.
Yet, they are still accusing ICE of deporting innocent people.
And demanding they "identify" themselves because somehow all these "innocent" people have no reason to know why they are being arrested by ICE.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 02:39 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:39 PM (sSB0N)
It is very hard to generate consistent high short term earnings with investments...especially commodities (hi Hillary!).
The stock market is sort of like gambling with the house slightly in your favor at least...but commodities? Not so much...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:40 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026 02:40 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:40 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 02:40 PM (Kmu/P)
Posted by: 18-1
There are models including the older ones like Swann, etc. that use cabled cameras. But you should never store any information on the cloud that you want protected because the tech industry does not give one shit about protecting client's privacy. Eufy is a popular and fairly easy to install camera that gives you a choice for local storage and it is better probable than Arlo. I've set up Swann (installation pain but effective) and Eufy. Eufy is easier. Arlo had a spotty rep for quality and I started small with a doorbell camera versus the system I installed for my mother back in the day (Swann).
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:41 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: runner
Silver is acceptable if the gold set a record.
Posted by: nurse ratched
New England won Silver in the Super Bowl.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 02:41 PM (8ZVmQ)
Or detained longer than was necessary to determine status.
I saw an infographic that showed that Obama apparently incorrectly deported 4 people while president - someone posted this to a leftist arguing that "Obama did it better!"
But the Trump score on that so far is 0 which is impressive.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 02:42 PM (yI5mB)
Posted by: ballistic
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I knew him as an incoming House member and you are right, piece of shit personally. He replaced a nice guy, John Rhodes who retired.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 02:42 PM (2swu2)
This won't happen because our side thinks there are still rules...
Posted by: UGAdawg at February 10, 2026 02:29 PM (SurNx)
You're right. Many of us still believe there exists a social contract that comes with easy-to-follow rules. Further, good people refrain from violence not just because they're good but because they have jobs and families and plans for the future. They have a stake in keeping things stable and secure. However, if you threaten those fundamental, foundational anchors or even take them, tear them away, you'll see things (and people) change with a quickness.
Posted by: troyriser at February 10, 2026 02:42 PM (DPeYO)
My bet is by the end of his term, NYC will have devolved into separate cities along borough lines
After the first snowstorm some of his supporters were crowing on X that Mamdani got the streets plowed! What a hero.
Now the snow is piling up and so is the garbage and they aren't so talkative. But at least they have free buses that aren't free.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 02:43 PM (viF8m)
He has to keep his homeless death count down. He has at least 12 at this point?
He won't force homeless to shelters when it's below freezing. It's their choice. Eric Adams was screaming at him that he needs to move them inside even if they don't want to.
Mamdami is, of course, going to lose no sleep over their deaths. And the legacy media won't hound him. The great commie hope of NYC God that he is cannot be seen bleeding.
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 02:43 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 02:43 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 02:44 PM (8ZVmQ)
Oh, libertarian fonzie tweeted rhe story out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 02:45 PM (yI5mB)
If you know what you're doing, there's money in frozen concentrated orange juice
Posted by: Mortimer and Randolph at February 10, 2026 02:46 PM (65cLN)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 02:46 PM (zZu0s)
Why did Lindsey Vonn compete again this year? She's as narcissistic as Tom Brady. Is the US ski team so pathetic that she's their only shot for a medal? A geriatric skier known to get hurt right before every Olympics. Our best and brightest.
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 02:46 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 02:47 PM (nXRBt)
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18, as of yesterday
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 02:47 PM (Kmu/P)
Why did Lindsey Vonn compete again this year? She's as narcissistic as Tom Brady. Is the US ski team so pathetic that she's their only shot for a medal? A geriatric skier known to get hurt right before every Olympics. Our best and brightest.
Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 02:46 PM (gWBY1)
She got a new knee in 2024 and thought she could make a comeback...she actually did this season and was a medal favorite...blowing out her knee 1 week before the games meant we couldn't replace her spot anyway.
And we did have a female unheralded ski team get bronze today and Breezy Johnson win downhill...so our newbies are winning (while Shiffren, our liberal choker, is not)...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 10, 2026 02:48 PM (tOcjL)
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18, as of yesterday
He has a VERY long way to go to match Cuomo numbers
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 02:53 PM (kHd4y)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 10, 2026 02:54 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 02:25 PM (GBKbO)
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Barry was carefully groomed by Thomas and Billy Ayers. Everything in his life was carefully prepped and greased, all the way through Harvard. Editor of the Harvard Law Review without a single published contribution? No prob. Upstart candidtate against an established Dem state senator? No prob. Unseal divorce records to tank a GOP opponent's election chances? No prob.
Dems don't have the political infrastructure to make that happen anymore. The activist coalition structure is no more. The Communist patronage is no more. The legacy MSM is a shadow of its former self. The Dems have been reduced to a type of criminal syndicate.
Posted by: mrp at February 10, 2026 03:01 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 04:23 PM (TN0g+)
EPSTEIN FILES BOMBSHELL SHOWS TRUMP'S CONNECTION TO THE CONVICTED PEDOPHILE!
And That Connection Is: Trump Dropped Dime on Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and Urged Police to Investigate Them
Sorry to scare you with the red font headline, but that's how the " " " Mainstream " " " media is playing this story and I want to prove I'm a Real Journalist Too.
Trump did know Epstein socially. A bit. They were both rich people who lived in Palm Beach. Of course they crossed paths. And when he found out more about Epstein, he did what we'd hope he'd have done: He called the cops.Newly unsealed Department of Justice documents reveal that in July 2006, then businessman Donald Trump was one of the first to call police to warn them about sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. The documents include a previously unreported 2019 FBI interview summary with former Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter. Trump had contacted the department shortly after reports of Epstein's criminal sex investigation became public. The future president contacted Reiter to express relief that authorities were finally acting, suggesting his associates in New York had described Epstein's behaviors as "disgusting," and advised investigators to focus on Ghislaine Maxwell, whom he described as "evil." ... "Thank goodness you're stopping him, everyone has known he's been doing this," Trump reportedly told the Palm Beach Police Department. "TRUMP told him people in New York knew EPSTEIN was disgusting. TRUMP said MAXWELL was EPSTEIN's operative, 'she is evil and to focus on her,' the report continues. The president also noted that he had witnessed Epstein in the presence of teenagers and was apparently dismayed by what he saw and "got the hell out of there."The left will claim that the fact Trump knew enough about Epstein to report him to the cops somehow proves that Trump was diddling children with him, without ever explaining why a child-diddler would report a co-conspirator. And I have to ask: Did Bill Clinton ever call the cops on Epstein? Did Hillary Clinton? Did Charles Schumer? Did Bill Gates? I have long had a theory that what embarrasses Trump about Epstein is that he was an informer on Epstein. You might wonder, what's embarrassing about that?, but informers are regarded by some, especially on the criminal left, as like the worst thing possible. I think it's pretty obvious Trump is a major, major gossip -- how many times have you heard him taunt a political opponent by hinting he knows "very bad things, very bad" about him? -- and likes hearing and spreading dirt about his enemies. He may be sensitive about this tendency. But whether that's true or not, informing on a pedophile is a good and righteous thing and it proves, conclusively, that Trump was not involved in Epstein's nefarious child sex trafficking. Kiddie-diddlers do not call the cops on the Top Diddler who provided him with kiddies to diddle. Prepare to hear a lot of claims from vicious, mentally-sick left-wing propagandists claiming "Uhhh, akkkshually, kiddie diddlers spontaneously call the cops on other diddlers all the time, akkkshually." For example, from Rusty Weiss at Red State:
The media, of course, is framing the latest revelation not as 'Trump tried to warn authorities' but rather, as 'this contradicts the president's previous claims.' From the Miami Herald:Even with Trump calling the cops on Epstein, they're still trying to insinuate that akkkshually Trump must have been in on it, because he previously said "I had no idea."
That stands in sharp contrast to what Trump told reporters in July 2019 when he was asked if he had any knowledge that Epstein had molested girls.
“No, I had no idea. I had no idea,” Trump said at the time.
That's not a "sharp contrast." It's not even a contrast. Someone can have suspicions without having actual knowledge. And even though the media is now in the business of public defamation, Trump might have decided, as many people involved in these matters have decided, that it is legally dangerous to name names or accuse people of specific crimes without actual proof to back up those claims. The famous "20 Epstein Victims," for example, continue to say that they'd like to release the names but won't release the names because of fear of legal consequences.
The radical Democrats, Thomas Massie, and MTG have spent the last year trying to link President Trump to Jeffrey Epstein.
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) February 10, 2026
According to the FBI at the time he was the hero of this story "Thank goodness you're stopping him"
This is the biggest political backfire in history! pic.twitter.com/h9DzuHSFdW
The Democrats' Trump-Epstein smear just collapsed. pic.twitter.com/CEqRn8uRiJ
— Matt Margolis (@mattmargolis) February 10, 2026
Democratic Rep Stacey Plaskett Pressed Jeffrey Epstein To Fund Project That Would Allow Her To 'Completely Outperform' OppositionChuck Ross is being careful not to assert facts he cannot prove, but he knows the reason just as all of you do: Democrats routinely use these dummy email addresses to conduct their nefarious business so that their names are difficult to find when you search someone's correspondence in compliance with a court-issued subpoena. As I've said, when you subpoena documents, you are not given free access to the other party's files. Instead, a judge orders you, the subpoenaed person, to conduct a search on your own documents, searching for highly-specific keywords and names (which are argued about by lawyers until a judge agrees on a tight list). By simply always sending emails from pseudonymous accounts and deliberately misspelling keywords, you can defeat 90% of all court-ordered searches on your documents, telling the court, "Gee, I tried and tried, but could find no documents talking about bribes from Ukraine." Because you know you deliberately misspelled all references to "bribes" as "Burisma salary" and all references to Joe Biden as "The Big Guy." And we've seen FBI Straight-Shooting Democrat Operatives deliberately misspelling all key words in their emails in order to defeat a court-ordered search of their records.
Emails show that Plaskett, using the pseudonym 'LeRoy Daughter,' asked Epstein to fund a one-year project to 'create a new voter file' for the Virgin Islands
... "This project would allow us to completely outperform anyone in any race," wrote Plaskett. "Jeffrey, would really appreciate your support in the project and thoughts on our home and national scene." It is unclear why Plaskett used an alternative email account in the exchange with Epstein.
The pseudonymous account, which appears to be a reference to Plaskett's father, LeRoy Plaskett, is copied on a July 11, 2018, email in which Plaskett invited Epstein to a campaign fundraiser in New York City. The email adds to an existing pile of evidence that Plaskett was far closer to Epstein, both personally and politically, than she has conceded publicly. In November, Plaskett defended revelations that she exchanged text messages with Epstein during a February 2019 congressional hearing, describing the exchange as correspondence with a "constituent" who had sent her unsolicited messages. She denied that she had "a friendship" with Epstein, who was convicted in 2008 of soliciting a minor for prostitution.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 12:10 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Nazdar at February 10, 2026 12:11 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:11 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 10, 2026 12:11 PM (vbXSk)
TRUMP KNEW THE POLICE WERE CLOSING IN SO HE JUST TRIED TO SAVE HIMSELF!
/all the TDS people
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 12:11 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 10, 2026 12:11 PM (u73oe)
He seems to actually be a decent human being. Which is rare these days.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:12 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 12:13 PM (jc0TO)
So OF COURSE they have no problems, whatever the deviancy is.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 12:14 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)
At least that's what the leftist on my FB feed are probably going to say. They want him on trial until the "correct" verdict is reached and we're marched to the gallows.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 12:14 PM (lXoJ5)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 12:14 PM (pDt9x)
Jeffrey Epstein is dead, but his shadow is shaking Europe’s political and elite class. Two weeks after sealed files were released, the fallout has hit London, Oslo and Paris—not Washington. In Europe, proximity equals accountability: resignations, investigations and collapsing careers follow mere association. In Britain, PM Keir Starmer faces a crisis over Peter Mandelson’s appointment. By contrast, the US remains largely unmoved. Fixed terms, partisanship and scandal fatigue blunt consequences, allowing Epstein’s American connections to absorb the shock while Europe burns.
>France 24, Epstein taints European governments and royalty, US corporate elite
Paris (France) (AFP) – Nearly seven years after his death by suicide in a New York prison, sex offender tycoon Jeffrey Epstein is still tarnishing the reputations and careers of those he was in contact with.
😉
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:14 PM (NFX2v)
My general attitude is that I don't much care about people's crimes, so long as they keep me out of it.
That ends at physical abuse of a child. THAT has to be stopped immediately, and I don't want to go to prison for doing it myself.
Keep your goddamn cotton-picking fingers off of kids, and you'll never have any problem from me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 12:15 PM (voQc3)
Posted by: Zombie Jeffrey Epstein at February 10, 2026 12:15 PM (hXJe5)
Jeez...
Posted by: Zombie Jeffrey Epstein at February 10, 2026 12:15 PM (hXJe5)
Heh. Probably troll. Doesn't mean it's not funny.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:16 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: MSM at February 10, 2026 12:16 PM (affD0)
and the fact that all the perps are from the opposition party.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 12:16 PM (jc0TO)
I have no doubt the left would run with a "Trump's a rat" narrative.
They wouldn't think about what he was informing about .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 12:16 PM (yI5mB)
They *literally* don't even know what learning is. As a concept. You don't know something. Then you learn it. Now you know it.
But that's ridiculous. Saying you once didn't know something that you know now? What does that even mean, man? If there's a thing to know, you know it forever, duh. I'm not some basic bitch walking around not knowing things. It all sounds like some kind of MAGA retard Q anon shit to me.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:17 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 10, 2026 12:18 PM (affD0)
There were no Epstein client or list. Why do you people think everyone you don't like is a pedo?
and
Of course Trump is an Epstein client...look here are pictures of them at the same party in NYC! And a picture of Trump with a pretty young girl *
*its his daughter
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 12:18 PM (sKqQm)
Hmmmm.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 10, 2026 12:18 PM (EJWxb)
CNBC, Politics
Trump Commerce Sec. Lutnick admits visiting Epstein island during family vacation
Published Tue, Feb 10 2026
Points
-Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he and his family had lunch on the private island of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein years earlier.
-“We had lunch on the island, that is true, for an hour,” Lutnick said in Senate testimony.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:18 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
We need to punch back hard against people who want perversion like that normalized.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 12:18 PM (lXoJ5)
I have no doubt the left would run with a "Trump's a rat" narrative.
They wouldn't think about what he was informing about .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 12:16 PM (yI5mB)
It was the primary problem I had with Scent of a Woman.
A 'rat' is not the worst thing you can be. A man stands for things and calls out those who go against that. This is not the left's posturing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:18 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at February 10, 2026 12:19 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 12:20 PM (yI5mB)
Posted by: MSM
......
They'll never find the body.
Posted by: wth at February 10, 2026 12:20 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: MSM
She's hangin' out in Tel Aviv with Jeffrey Epstein.
Turns out they both knew too much about Matt Lauer.
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 12:20 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 10, 2026 12:20 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: MSM at February 10, 2026 12:16 PM (affD0)
This is a very complicated case, MSM. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous. And, uh, a lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head.
Posted by: The Dude at February 10, 2026 12:20 PM (hXJe5)
Wouldn't standing on a street corner in fishnet stockings and hot pants be quicker?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 10, 2026 12:20 PM (CWTWj)
Don't shit up my planet with your bullshit. If I gotta follow the rules, you do to, motherfucker.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:20 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 12:21 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 12:21 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: m at February 10, 2026 12:21 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 10, 2026 12:21 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 12:21 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: MSM
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They'll never find the body.
Posted by: wth at February 10, 2026 12:20 PM (UjdFS)
You want a toe? I can get you a toe. *With* nail polish.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:21 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm)
To hell with the "honor" of scumbags.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:22 PM (JwNbV)
Did Bill Clinton ever call the cops on Epstein?
Did Hillary Clinton?
Did Charles Schumer?
Did Bill Gates?
Don't try to change the subject! We all know Trump is guilty (of what we cannot say, to preclude Trump suing us for lying)!!!
Posted by: Every member of the Democrat-Media Complex at February 10, 2026 12:23 PM (5rh/l)
234 Canada's flop over to Swedish multi-role jets makes North American air defense more complicated than necessary. It's a poke in the eye. Trump's eye.
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It's a poke in America's eye. Not criticizing this post, I just want to point out that when Trump is trying to Make America Great Again, he's trying to help the US citizen. So when countries "get back at Trump" for something he is trying to do, I take it personal. It isn't Trump that is being harmed, he'll be fine no matter.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 12:23 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 12:23 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Dems and MSM at February 10, 2026 12:23 PM (w9Wax)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 10, 2026 12:23 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 12:24 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: MSM
......
They'll never find the body.
Posted by: wth at February 10, 2026 12:20 PM (UjdFS)
Tucson's only about - what - 50 miles from the Messican Border....I wonder if they spirited her away over there....?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:24 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 12:24 PM (jc0TO)
Yeah! Wait...what?
Posted by: Blue Wall of Silence at February 10, 2026 12:24 PM (TbWk/)
CNN, 2 hours ago, 'Chappell Roan leaves Casey Wasserman talent agency after Epstein files revelations'
That was the vampiric looking woman at the awards ceremony with her nipple rings holding up thin material.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:24 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:24 PM (QGaXH)
That's what I was thinking.. Cartel related
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 12:24 PM (HbB1p)
If course they don't want to talk about it.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 12:24 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 12:24 PM (n5tGW)
GodDAMMIT Leroy!
Posted by: I don't even have chicken at February 10, 2026 12:25 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Democrats everywhere at February 10, 2026 12:25 PM (9DoQP)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 12:21 PM (Dv3i1)
TDS worse than bath salts/pcp.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:25 PM (QGaXH)
Exhibit A: Linda Tripp. The left used every means to tear her down, every media tool they had.
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 12:26 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 12:26 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 12:26 PM (KN2gu)
This is all bullshit. Truth is the defense to a defamation charge and Musk has already pledged to pick up their legal tab. Besides, what retard wants to sue for defamation and open up Discovery?
If they are still in fear of legal consequences, its because if they named names, they would be lying. These women are likely frauds.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 12:26 PM (9Hs2w)
CNN, 2 hours ago, 'Chappell Roan leaves Casey Wasserman talent agency after Epstein files revelations'
That was the vampiric looking woman at the awards ceremony with her nipple rings holding up thin material.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:24 PM (NFX2v)
I looked her up yesterday, I think. I said then that she looks exactly like a saloon whore with syphilis from the 1800s.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:26 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 12:26 PM (XV/Pl)
This. Completely this.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:27 PM (bss/y)
Bombshell!
Beginning of the end!!
The walls are closing in!!!!
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 12:27 PM (B4Se1)
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Sure. But when so many cops, DAs and judges are also criminals, snitching is basically inserting yourself into a melee between rival gangs.
None of my bidness.
But I draw the line at child abuse. That's worth getting involved in all that seamy shit.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 12:27 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 12:27 PM (XeU6L)
Who was first president born in 20th Century?
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:27 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 10, 2026 12:28 PM (w9Wax)
Posted by: 29Victor at February 10, 2026 12:28 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
If Trump had any real exposure, that syphilitic whore Nanzi Pelosi would have had every media conglomerate in her office.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 12:28 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 12:28 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Epstein's mother at February 10, 2026 12:28 PM (blb7N)
This is all bullshit. Truth is the defense to a defamation charge and Musk has already pledged to pick up their legal tab. Besides, what retard wants to sue for defamation and open up Discovery?
Interestingly Virginia Guiffre made her claims and you'll note no one sued her...
But perhaps more to the point she did die unexpectedly after a really odd car accident.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Brian Dennehy at February 10, 2026 12:29 PM (affD0)
Trump likes to co-opt the elites when he can such as Musk, Zuckerberg, Gates, even the Hollywood studio slime. He even tried to charm and co-opt Mamdami after the election. He supposedly said to Marjorie Taylor-Greene that he didn't want to hurt his friends by releasing the files.
Trying to suppress the files backfired on him in that sense.
Posted by: Henry Jarecki's Jiggly Man Boobs at February 10, 2026 12:29 PM (80kdn)
Posted by: Archimedes
Going for the DOCTOR Jill Biden Christmas Card look?
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (Y8DZL)
susan mcdougal refuses to talk to prosecutors about whitewater: she's heroic
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (CWTWj)
That was one hideous dress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (8Xy/A)
I'm a Chlamydic whore.
Posted by: San Fran Nan at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (blb7N)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (lXoJ5)
They are sacrificing all the contractors and ride-along personalities to save their necks.
At some point this may not fly anymore, because the powerful and rich sometimes dislike being targeted for destruction
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (rbvCR)
"Convicted of mail fraud and perjury for leaking Bush campaign materials to Al Gore's campaign during the 2000 presidential election"
Posted by: Chuck C at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 10, 2026 12:31 PM (GPa4z)
That was one hideous dress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (8Xy/A)
The dress itself wasn't hideous. On the right person...
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 12:31 PM (B4Se1)
Posted by: Vinny Barbarino at February 10, 2026 12:31 PM (affD0)
That was one hideous dress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (8Xy/A)
If it somehow got pulled down maybe when sitting.. Ouch...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 12:31 PM (HbB1p)
Whatever may or may not be going with Epstein or anything else, MTG's input is never useful. She's a person can be categorically disregarded.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 12:31 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 12:31 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: toby928(c)
FIRST you call 811, then you dig.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 12:26 PM (KN2gu)
I think you can use IR or other hyper spectral imaging to find recently disturbed earth from above.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:31 PM (QGaXH)
If you recall her husband cooperated with the investigators and unexpectedly died of a heart attack
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)
I think you can use IR or other hyper spectral imaging to find recently disturbed earth from above.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:31 PM (QGaX
And Cadaver dogs
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 12:32 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 12:32 PM (lXoJ5)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 12:32 PM (sSB0N)
🎍 (👈 closest found to a potted plant)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:33 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 12:33 PM (n5tGW)
It appears in 2019 the Police Chief confirmed the story.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 12:33 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 10, 2026 12:33 PM (w9Wax)
Posted by: Kristi Noem at February 10, 2026 12:33 PM (sSB0N)
Funny, that.
Posted by: Hillary at February 10, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 12:34 PM (2GVsD)
Funny, that.
Posted by: Hillary at February 10, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
Arkancide
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 12:34 PM (gbOdA)
That is why you dig the hole like you are sinking a post and place the subject head-first into the hole since the organs are closer to the head and will be further from the surface when they bring out cadaver dogs.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 12:34 PM (9s47C)
Look! Squirrel!!!
Posted by: Dems and MSM at February 10, 2026 12:23 PM (w9Wax)
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Don't bring me into this!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2026 12:34 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Sultain Ahmed bin Sulayem's Camel Toe Examiner at February 10, 2026 12:35 PM (80kdn)
Posted by: Seasoned Theorist at February 10, 2026 12:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Megthered at February 10, 2026 12:35 PM (7kCyy)
The left heavily publicized the PoundMeToo movement in 2015/16 to try and get Trump.
Rose McGowan saw the opportunity to use it against a guy that had actually done the sorts of things they were supposedly rallying against
The professional feminist left though was fine letting the Weinsteins of the world do their thing as long as they could get President Hillary
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 12:35 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 12:35 PM (pDt9x)
Do the math, if you dare!
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 10, 2026 12:33 PM (w9Wax)
Key...rect!!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:35 PM (QGaXH)
=
That would actually explain a lot.
Posted by: Methos at February 10, 2026 12:36 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 10, 2026 12:36 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:36 PM (JwNbV)
when you subpoena documents, you are not given free access to the other party's files. Instead, a judge orders you, the subpoenaed person, to conduct a search on your own documents, searching for highly-specific keywords and names
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What an utter joke. How do we change this? Oh right, we don't, because the people who make the rules and the laws are also protected by this charade.
I know that in some cases, feds pick up hard drives. What does it take to permit that?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 12:36 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:37 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Seasoned Theorist at February 10, 2026 12:35 PM (oftw2)
***
I was there...
Posted by: Brian Dennehy at February 10, 2026 12:37 PM (affD0)
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I saw a story somewhere indicating that Nancy Guthrie's social media was chock-full of anti-Trump material.
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 12:38 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 12:38 PM (XvL8K)
Trump Commerce Sec. Lutnick admits visiting Epstein island during family vacation
Published Tue, Feb 10 2026
Points
-Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he and his family had lunch on the private island of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein years earlier.
-“We had lunch on the island, that is true, for an hour,” Lutnick said in Senate testimony.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:18 PM (NFX2v)
********
And had a meeting with Saint Pope John Paul II.
Howard Lutnick does not need to resign over this.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2026 12:38 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 10, 2026 12:38 PM (42yrw)
Apparently she's a camp and Drag Queen influenced singer. I think she was really born as woman though. She's just a weirdo.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 12:39 PM (8Xy/A)
Democrats: Trump is a Pedophile
Also Democrats: We Must Sexualize All Children Immediately
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 12:28 PM (sSB0N)
Looking back at the past 10+ years, it seems to me all the Dem-Media accusations against Trump were designed to force non-Leftists to feel ashamed for even thinking about voting for Trump.
The problem with that strategy is, it can be near-impossible to force people to feel shame. As Leftists should know all too well, given their shameless lying, thieving, and whoring.
Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 12:39 PM (5rh/l)
On today's Gunsmoke, doc treats Kitty for hemeroids.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 12:39 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:31 PM (QGaX
And Cadaver dogs
Posted by: It's me donna
I only need long enough to get them in the ground since I'm using Garrett's backyard.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 12:40 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 12:40 PM (2GVsD)
🎍 (👈 closest found to a potted plant)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:33 PM (NFX2v)
Another great back-fire that I never see any discussion of was California passing a Proposition that allowed employees to sue for wage discrimination if they suspected unfairness, presumably to rectify unfairness to women. This is back around 2010 +/- as I dimly recall. First thing they did - marched Google right into court. Outcome - Google had to increase the salary of MALE engineers because they were paying the women more than the men.
Never heard another thing about Proposition after that....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:40 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 12:38 PM (XvL8K)
Third time's the charm?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:40 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 12:40 PM (BI5O2)
That's not exactly a "fear of legal consequences" that is fear of a Fixer clearing the Prosecutor's witness list.
We had that problem in Afghanistan where officers who swore out search warrants were dead before trial.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 12:40 PM (rgGn5)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:31 PM (QGaX
And Cadaver dogs
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 12:32 PM (HbB1p)
Concrete shoes FTW.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 10, 2026 12:41 PM (dK+Kv)
People have made up their minds about Epstein -- for better or worse -- and no force on Earth can change their minds even in the slightest.
My view on Epstein is the same as that Bad Bunny dick-centric dick-riding creep: I'd rather never think about him ever again.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 12:41 PM (iFTx/)
103 I think you can use IR or other hyper spectral imaging to find recently disturbed earth from above.
That is why you dig the hole like you are sinking a post and place the subject head-first into the hole since the organs are closer to the head and will be further from the surface when they bring out cadaver dogs.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 12:34 PM (9s47C)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 10, 2026 12:41 PM (YlWIZ)
And REDACTIONS!!!
What are they HIDING?!!!!
lol, he's such a fucking retard.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 12:41 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 12:41 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
Trump - do it legal and run balls to the wall and we never have to look over our shoulder or worry.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 12:42 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 12:42 PM (2GVsD)
The FNM: Trump is despicable. Do you know he once said the word p*ssy?!?
Also the FNM: Bad Bunny is a true groundbreaking hero. When he sang Me gusta la chocha de Puerto Rico we knew he was a great rockstar!
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: REEEE at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (6rdCx)
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Sadly, Kitty (Amanda Blake) died of AIDS in real life.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (qBdHI)
MSM: Trump is a snitch!
Posted by: Ripley at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:31 PM (QGaX
And Cadaver dogs
Posted by: It's me donna
I only need long enough to get them in the ground since I'm using Garrett's backyard.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 12:40 PM (KN2gu)
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Make sure you get some of the dirt on Garrett's crocs. The devil is in the details...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Megthered at February 10, 2026 12:35 PM (7kCyy)
Savannah obviously stumbled upon information that will lead finally to the arrest and conviction of Hildabeast....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (kIJ/b)
Headlines are; Trump did something bad
Story is: well he actually did something good
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (y6810)
Howard Lutnick does not need to resign over this.
Posted by: redridinghood
An Amen then.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Jepprey Efstein's Cheese Pizza Delivery Service at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (80kdn)
You may want to do some more prep on the body, like stabbing it dozens of times around the genitals and anus.
Homicide scene investigators often encounter such horrific treatment of the corpse when it involves jilted homosexual lovers.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 12:44 PM (rgGn5)
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Sadly, Kitty (Amanda Blake) died of AIDS in real life.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (qBdHI)
I read that too. Married to a homosexual I think.
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 12:44 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 12:38 PM (TN0g+)
There was a time people didn't give a shit what people thought and felt but the Left has made it mandatory we find out. Sad. Easiest way to divide people is, amazingly, force them to pick a side.
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 12:44 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:44 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 12:21 PM (Dv3i1)
Given the tendency of Democrats to accuse others of what the Dems themselves are actually doing. Let's just put a pin in that and hope we never have to come back to it. Also, can we get an RFP for trebuchets out to potential vendors?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 10, 2026 12:45 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
Me, either.
Posted by: JC at February 10, 2026 12:45 PM (yFLFB)
Posted by: REEEE
Step 1: Turn on the f'n grill!!!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 12:45 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: REEEE at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (6rdCx)
LOL.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Megthered at February 10, 2026 12:35 PM (7kCyy)
Fuck her. She is (was?)a rabid TDS sufferer. As is the daughter. They both hate you and want you dead. Give them zero sympathy.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 12:45 PM (y6810)
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We'll see. I don't trust anything related to the Epstein stories.
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 12:45 PM (TN0g+)
Or is it the 'baby' part?
Which lane are we picking here?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:46 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 12:21 PM (Dv3i1)
TDS worse than bath salts/pcp.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:25 PM (QGaXH)
*****
Ridiculous. Trump only eats McDonald's hamburgers and their Filet-O-Fish.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2026 12:46 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: REEEE
St. Louis or North Carolina style? This will determine my level of outrage.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 12:46 PM (lXoJ5)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 10, 2026 12:46 PM (sl73Y)
Or is it the 'baby' part?
Which lane are we picking here?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:46 PM (bss/y)
The part where he uses a plastic knife and fork?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:47 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 10, 2026 12:47 PM (w9Wax)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2026 12:46 PM (NpAcC)
Sadly, The Filet-o-Fish is the best of the fast food fish sandwiches (it's a low bar.)
Although, I seem to remember at one time, the Burger king fish was not bad. (Maybe two decades ago.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:47 PM (JwNbV)
Heh. How gauche.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 10, 2026 12:48 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (qBdHI)
I read that too. Married to a homosexual I think.
Posted by: tubal
IMDb says Aids related hepatitis. She was only 60.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 12:48 PM (KN2gu)
BTW our entire political class are the ones who act and speak because it suits their selfish desires. Watch how fast Hero Rubio fucks you over the moment he gets the chance. There was a time when Pence was very highly regarded too. Hell, there was a time Rubio was highly regarded. Fool us once, right?
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 12:48 PM (sSB0N)
“The United States government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex trafficking scandal and influence peddling scandal in the history of the United States, and Donald Trump is right at the center of it.”
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 12:49 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 12:20 PM
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Weird because I remember when Europe could give a fig about infidelity and sexual deviancy.
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 10, 2026 12:49 PM (9DoQP)
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 12:49 PM (N8ZBc)
Sherlock Holmes: "The Adventure of the Priory School"
Nancy Drew: "The Clue in the old Album", "The Clue of the Tapping Heels"
Hardy Boys: "The Disappearing Floor", "The Flickering Torch Mystery", "The Hooded Hawk Mystery"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 12:49 PM (xE0sV)
Although, I seem to remember at one time, the Burger king fish was not bad. (Maybe two decades ago.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
_________
Get thee to Culvers. You won't regret it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 12:49 PM (XvL8K)
But now we have proof of the one thing that was manifestly obvious all along: that Trump’s hands are clean.
Good. Now that this is established, I'm done caring about this story. Everyone got away with it, they'll continue to, and Epstein's IC handlers will see to it that we never even know the truths that no law enforcers would even act upon. Another day, another massive, unpunished crime by our ruling class, the American Way.
This thing is a wrap, AFAIC.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 12:50 PM (BI5O2)
Then she would be Woody Guthrie.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 10, 2026 12:47 PM (w9Wax)
Good post.
Ace considers clocking out for the day.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 10, 2026 12:50 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 10, 2026 12:46 PM (sl73Y)
Question was who was the first president to be born in 20th century.
Kennedy preceded Johnson.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:50 PM (QGaXH)
He just needs to keep kicking asses on both sides of the aisle.
And the UN. And NATO. And the EU. And globally.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 12:50 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 12:50 PM (sSB0N)
[Whoopi nods sagaciously in agreement]
Posted by: Joyless Behar at February 10, 2026 12:50 PM (7Q0e+)
Posted by: pookysgirl just ran out of apple juice at February 10, 2026 12:50 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 12:51 PM (pDt9x)
THERE IS NOTHING THERE WITH REGARDS TO TRUMP AND EPSTEIN.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 12:51 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: 18-1"
I have been reliably informed by media experts that his performance was all about Puerto Rico culture tradition and family so it is all good. Especially with the numerous mentions of 'puta' which I think means gramma right?
Posted by: Ripley at February 10, 2026 12:51 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 12:51 PM (sSB0N)
That was one hideous dress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (8Xy/A)
The BK Whaler was tasty!
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 12:51 PM (B4Se1)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 12:48 PM (sSB0N)
Then fool us again and again.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 10, 2026 12:51 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 10, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
You're right there!
California (well, the West Coast states) has had a terrible 'habit' of doubling down on Federal laws and then making a huge mess for itself in areas such as employment.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:52 PM (NFX2v)
Sherlock Holmes: "The Adventure of the Priory School"
Nancy Drew: "The Clue in the old Album", "The Clue of the Tapping Heels"
Hardy Boys: "The Disappearing Floor", "The Flickering Torch Mystery", "The Hooded Hawk Mystery"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
Nancy Drew: F it. Where's Peppermint Patty?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 12:52 PM (KN2gu)
Nor will any of the Epstein Truthers ever explain why each new revelation always keeps undermining their cockamamie bullshit.
But the Epstein Truthers always have a New! and Improved! theory as to WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WAS.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 12:52 PM (HXT0k)
Although, I seem to remember at one time, the Burger king fish was not bad. (Maybe two decades ago.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)
HAHAHA! Horrible copy/paste fail at 184
THIS is what was supposed to precede my comment about the BK Whaler
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 12:52 PM (B4Se1)
I don't subscribe to the 11th dimension chess stuff very often but I feel like in this case this was Trump playing the left like a Stradivarius.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 12:52 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 12:53 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 12:53 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 12:53 PM (gbOdA)
Kennedy preceded Johnson.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:50 PM (QGaXH)
What is the hottest place in the whole world?
...
The core
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:54 PM (JwNbV)
Get fucked, Democrats.
Posted by: cheshirecat at February 10, 2026 12:54 PM (TwA+r)
I'm too lazy to see what she said about Bad Bunny but I'm guessing not nearly as upset as she was about Trump...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 10, 2026 12:54 PM (Vh9CX)
They are sacrificing all the contractors and ride-along personalities to save their necks.
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You are quite the optimist! I hope you are correct. The more damage done to the psychopaths in the IC the Better. Spies are not nice people. James Bond is a fiction. You have to have some extremely based virtuous people riding shotgun on those assholes or you get total fcking chaos. Those asholes are convinced they are entitled to Everything.
Posted by: George Smiley at February 10, 2026 12:54 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 12:52 PM (B4Se1)
Heck, here I thought you had just invented a whole new stratum of snarky obtuseness.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:55 PM (JwNbV)
The politics of buggery are such that they demand the right to donate infected blood, and California decriminalized spreading AIDS. Truly insane
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 12:55 PM (gUqk9)
I think it was more that some names will come up that really didn't do anything bad just business acquaintances and they will be dragged into being guilty of child molestation...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 12:55 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: cheshirecat at February 10, 2026 12:55 PM (TwA+r)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 12:55 PM (cGjQu)
The rule is that you report immediately when you have reason to believe.
It's a freaking rule for Little League and rec soccer.
Trump followed it for Epstein. The left will never accept it.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 10, 2026 12:55 PM (KbCG3)
They will have to double-down on their accusation that if Trump waited to much as a micro-second to call the cops once he knew of or suspected what Epstein and Maxwell were doing, Trump is totally guilty of aiding and abetting their pedo and white slavery crimes!!!
That is now all they have remaining to throw at President Trump.
Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 12:56 PM (5rh/l)
That was one hideous dress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (8Xy/A)
The BK Whaler was tasty!
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 12:51 PM (B4Se1)
Banana.
*golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:56 PM (bss/y)
If they had Trump implicated here, why would they have tried framing him for piss hookers?
None if it ever made any sense.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 12:56 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Lady in Black
I thought she was so beautiful when I was a kid, plus she had that copper bathtub.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 12:56 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 12:57 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 12:57 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 12:57 PM (g47mK)
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It's much better to have people die from AIDS-related blood transfusions than to dare contemplate stigmatizing the gheys. Everybody knows that!
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 12:57 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 12:53 PM (n5tGW)
But it seems inconsistent. One year, their fish will be good. The next two years, crap.
At least McDonald's is consistent.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:57 PM (bss/y)
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Strangely enough Arby's makes good fish sandwiches.
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 12:58 PM (TN0g+)
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A Karen Gillan and Sydney Sweeney sandwich? Or have I said too much
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 12:58 PM (sSB0N)
Every married man knows at least one woman who specializes in this.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 12:58 PM (9s47C)
Posted by: PSA at February 10, 2026 12:58 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 12:52 PM (B4Se1)
Heck, here I thought you had just invented a whole new stratum of snarky obtuseness.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:55 PM (JwNbV)
I outdid myself on the obtuseness scale!
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 12:58 PM (B4Se1)
Posted by: Ripley at February 10, 2026 12:51 PM (GUOwU)
And AOC. She is a real Puta Riqueña, just like Bad Bunny claims
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 12:58 PM (rbvCR)
It appears that the Epstein files may cause political hell for European leftist elite. Schadenfreude on steroids and human growth hormone
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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I haven't paid attention beyond the headlines, but what is bringing them down? It seems Epstein was not pimping underage girls to his clients, so why are these Euro elites getting canceled over?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 12:59 PM (n7rxJ)
They also make the 2nd best chicken sandwich behind Chik-Fil-A.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 12:59 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 12:59 PM (qBdHI)
They have two gyros, a regular and a Greek. Get the Greek.
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 12:59 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 12:52 PM (B4Se1)
Heck, here I thought you had just invented a whole new stratum of snarky obtuseness.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
I outdid myself on the obtuseness scale!
Posted by: Doof
I read that and immediately associated it with Boston Whaler and was wondering why you were talking about boats.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 01:00 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (
Concede. Too lazy to check.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 10, 2026 01:00 PM (sl73Y)
At least McDonald's is consistent.
Because they don't use actual fish?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 01:00 PM (9s47C)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Was Miss Kitty the Ghislaine Maxwell of Dodge City?
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 10, 2026 01:00 PM (w9Wax)
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That would actually explain a lot.
Posted by: Methos at February 10, 2026 12:36 PM (vSvIl)
Would love to give Trump the benefit of the doubt on this but can't. Sure, maybe he didn't want to look like a rat, but I think it's more that he was protecting some people. He was friends with the Clintons long after 2006.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 10, 2026 01:00 PM (KbCG3)
The rule is that you report immediately when you have reason to believe.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 10, 2026 12:55 PM (KbCG3)
Good on you.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 10, 2026 01:00 PM (dK+Kv)
The same people who "want justice for Epstein's victims" laughed and laughed and laughed when Carville called the victims of Clinton's sexual assaults $100 trailer park whores.
So, I really don't fucking care about the $1000 island whores.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (B4Se1)
I went there for a fish sandwich, when I got it they forgot to give me tarter sauce, it told them they forgot to give me tarter sauce, they said it would cost 50 cents for a tarter sauce.
NEVER AGAIN.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: George Takai at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (kIJ/b)
I looked it up--trick question, or ambiguous.
Johnson was born in 1908, Kennedy in 1917, but Kennedy served in the office first.
Posted by: barbarausa at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 12:59 PM (XV/Pl)
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Popeye's, Wendy's.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 01:02 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 01:02 PM (N8ZBc)
The politics of buggery are such that they demand the right to donate infected blood, and California decriminalized spreading AIDS. Truly insane
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 12:55 PM (gUqk9)
Which could have been curtailed if not for ghey bathhouse enthusiast Fauci insisting it was an equal-opportunity disease and fueling the myth of a heterosexual AIDS epidemic to cover for the bathhouse buggerers taking 40+ random dicks in the ass on an average weekend.
Posted by: A public health debacle, but not like ACTUP claimed at February 10, 2026 01:02 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Gollum at February 10, 2026 01:02 PM (Q+gd/)
Arby's 2
McDonald's 1
White Castle 1
Burger King 0
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (n5tGW)
Arby's for sure. Their tartar sauce tasted unlike any other tartar sauce I've ever had.
I shan't ask why.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 10, 2026 01:02 PM (KbCG3)
I don't think it was 11th dimension chess. I think more Americans need to look at the fallout that is happening around the world. Trump isn't just POTUS he is the leader of the free world and a lot of allies and so called allies are getting exposed in the UK, Norway and other countries.
And when people get tired of the sex stuff and find out what Epstein was really doing with the US and foreign intel communities things will get very spicy. Epstein was a protected CIA asset and it was because he was a rich pervert.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:02 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (B4Se1)
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Yeah that sounds about up the alley of British "cuisine" so it tracks.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (5aZAZ)
The same people who "want justice for Epstein's victims" laughed and laughed and laughed when Carville called the victims of Clinton's sexual assaults $100 trailer park whores.
So, I really don't fucking care about the $1000 island whores.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (HXT0k)
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The victims are all known and already got multi-million dollar payouts from Epstein's estate and from Deutsche Bank.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (sSB0N)
A whale is not a fish.
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All I can think of are those two geeky twins in Fast Times who can't decide what to get at the fish restaurant Judge Reinhold works at..."Get a whaler!" as they push each other in the booth.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 12:34 PM (9s47C)
**scribbles notes on napkin**
Posted by: Vinnie Boombatz Jr at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Martin Tell at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (sFNX2)
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For what, maybe 30 seconds? All I needed to learn was he folded like a cheap suit when Indiana had some kerfluffle, school prayer or something like that. He might have looked like Race Bannon but he was standard issue RINO failure theater squish.
Barr was another saviour on a white horse. Then we learned he was counsel for one of the federal agents that wasted Vickie Weaver out in Idaho several decades back. A company man, so to speak. I mean, everyone had high hopes - but we’ve seen this movie before. Many times.
Whatever happened to Bobby Jindahl? He was gonna fix all this stuff, too.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (gUqk9)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 12:53 PM (gbOdA
Does Trump count as one or two?
Posted by: Josephistan at February 10, 2026 01:04 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (gUqk9)
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Minority. Wonk. Governor of a sort of swing state (in state politics).
NRO splooged over him for years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:04 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Cheri at February 10, 2026 01:04 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 01:04 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: Martin Tell at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (sFNX2)
HARD! HARD! HARD! HARD! HARD!
Posted by: Every curling event ever at February 10, 2026 01:05 PM (O3dBq)
And they defend hiding abortions of 12 year olds from their parents because, again, "their body, their choice."
So, I really don't fucking care about the $1000 island whores.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 01:05 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:05 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (B4Se1)
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Cool. Now I can convince people I'm well-traveled by making fish sandwiches "Bermuda style" (between 2 slices of raisin bread).
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 10, 2026 01:05 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: Martin Tell at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (sFNX2)
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Right there with you. USA!
Posted by: WisRich at February 10, 2026 01:05 PM (G0vdT)
Where did all of his money come from?
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:05 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 10, 2026 01:04 PM (y9ksN)
Two.
Posted by: Department of State at February 10, 2026 01:06 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:06 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:05 PM (qBdHI)
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Pretty sure he ran for president in 2016.
Like everyone else.
But "amnesty but with a brown face" sells just as well in the GOP as "amnesty but with a white face".
He dropped out before Iowa, in November of 2015.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:06 PM (GBKbO)
Yet not even a yawn from the same people when its discovered that Bill Clinton is featured in two volumes of photos and incriminating notes.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 01:06 PM (9s47C)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:06 PM (jc0TO)
Scary looking.. Might be a Woman ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 01:06 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:07 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:07 PM (jc0TO)
Who was first president born in 20th Century?
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 12:27 PM (QGaXH)
Kennedy, then LBJ (1917, 1908 respectively)
Posted by: Department of State at February 10, 2026 01:07 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 01:06 PM (9s47C)
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"Bill Clinton is yesterday's news. No one is going to vote for Bill Clinton again. Also, Trump, who is never going to run for election again, must be held accountable for the crimes I invented in my head."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:07 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 01:03 PM (HbB1p)
Maybe they can do a "gait analysis"
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: George Takai at February 10, 2026 01:07 PM (PNDTF)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: Once Bitten at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM (oftw2)
The politics of buggery are such that they demand the right to donate infected blood, and California decriminalized spreading AIDS. Truly insane
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It's much better to have people die from AIDS-related blood transfusions than to dare contemplate stigmatizing the gheys. Everybody knows that!
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 12:57 PM (qBdHI)
Teh gheys love their bug parties, they just want to share the joy with everyone else, regardless of provincial old customs like "consent".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM (y9nCu)
I called the police to report that my sad, flaccid, drooping chesticles are "disgusting," suitable only for displaying and viewing on German fetish sites, like MannMilchers.Org.
Posted by: Bill Gates at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM (9FEtL)
There was a LOT of Pence worship. He seemed the good soldier, said the right things, but he had showed what he was as governor. I said from jump that Pence was Trump's HW and that he was potentially even forced upon him (or more likely Trump was given a silly shortlist).
Rubio is bad news. Good for now. Kind of this term's Nikki.
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM (sSB0N)
Bad Bunny has exposed the psyop to normies. I've seen several posts on X by people whose elderly mothers are suddenly Bad Bunny superfans. They're noting how completely out of character that is and when they ask things like, "What's your favorite song?" or "When did you start listening to Bad Bunny?" they have no answer.
The normies are noticing the only reason their elderly, white, boring mothers are claiming to like Bad Bunny is because the TV told them to.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: Once Bitten at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM
It's mayo with relish.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM (DgMqy)
Les Wexner was one client, but that wouldn't have given Epstein the income he had alone.
And how the hell did a random former teacher end up managing the funds of a guy like Wexner?
This is another item that shows Epstein was working with someone. Yes you can make relatively easy money managing funds but how do you get clients if you are a nobody?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)
Political Polls
@PpollingNumbers
News - Sen. Adam Schiff has endorsed Rep. Eric Swalwell in California’s governor’s race
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 01:09 PM (J+Psw)
Where did all of his money come from?
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:05 PM (viF8m)
Adnan Khashoggi, for one.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 01:09 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:09 PM (viF8m)
Political Polls
@PpollingNumbers
News - Sen. Adam Schiff has endorsed Rep. Eric Swalwell in California’s governor’s race
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 01:09 PM (J+Psw)
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Why is that bad news for Newsom? He's not running for re-election.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:09 PM (GBKbO)
>>Where did all of his money come from?
It came from you and me funneled through NGO's/Shells and other off the books slush funds the LE/IC's use for their contractors, cutouts and assets.
Of which Ol' Jeff was surely one.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 01:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 10, 2026 01:04 PM (y9ksN)
Always thought it was stupid to count Cleveland as two separate Presidents merely because his terms were non-consecutive.
HOWEVER---
I'm throwing out a new(?) idea regarding the 2028 election. Since Trump 45 is considered a different President than Trump 47, I'm making the case that Trump 47 is serving his first term and is therefore eligible to serve another term. My legal interpretation is as valid as any garden variety Hawaiian judge!
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 01:09 PM (B4Se1)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 10, 2026 01:10 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Canadian Women's Curling Team at February 10, 2026 01:10 PM (w9Wax)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:02 PM (viF8m
If I nick myself shaving that is also the CIA’s fault, right?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 01:10 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 12:43 PM (qBdHI)
I read that too. Married to a homosexual I think.
Posted by: tubal
IMDb says Aids related hepatitis. She was only 60.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 12:48 PM (KN2gu)
Shit happens ...
Posted by: zombie Arthur Ashe at February 10, 2026 01:10 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:11 PM (qBdHI)
Nice set up.
And of course Khashoggi was working with the CIA after the Church Commission drove a lot of their work underground.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 01:11 PM (PVBkQ)
Posted by: Case at February 10, 2026 01:12 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: Canadian Women's Curling Team at February 10, 2026 01:10 PM (w9Wax)
Back in 2010 the Canadian women’s skip was Cheryl Bernard of Grande Prairie, AB.
HOT.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 01:12 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: bonhomme at February 10, 2026 01:12 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: Rendered Raccoon Fat And Curdled Milk at February 10, 2026 01:12 PM (oftw2)
>>Why was Jeffrey Epstein working as a financial fixer for Adnan Khashoggi, one of the biggest arms traders in the world?
As has been noted, there are bookends to Jeffrey Epstein's life, one bookend begins when Donald Barr hires him to teach math to kids at a swanky private school, the other bookend is dying in a prison run by his son Bill Barr.
Somewhat Ironic, don't you think?
Between that is a whole lot of corruption and criminality that a great many people do not want explored or answered for.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 01:12 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Saw one on local news at lunch a few minutes ago. Looked like a Labrador in a hoodie.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 01:12 PM (KN2gu)
No, that's your own dumbass fault.
But Epstein was indeed a protected CIA asset no matter how sad that makes you.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:12 PM (viF8m)
WTH?
Many of my friends have their cellphones synched to their parents' homes so they can see deliveries outside and if the parent or parents are moving about inside every once in a while.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 01:13 PM (NFX2v)
https://tinyurl.com/4husa66v
El Conejo Desagradable !
😂😂😂
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 01:13 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:14 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 01:01 PM (B4Se1)
Your check is in the mail
Posted by: Big Raisin at February 10, 2026 01:14 PM (3sXRv)
The normies are noticing the only reason their elderly, white, boring mothers are claiming to like Bad Bunny is because the TV told them to.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM (Yp6az)
Bad Bunny is a con artist and definitely not a musician in any sense.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 01:14 PM (O3dBq)
NRO splooged over him for years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:04 PM (GBKbO)
Then he flamed out doing one of those response to a SOTU(?) Had the charisma of a tuna sandwich left on the counter overnight.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 01:14 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Seed of Chucky at February 10, 2026 01:14 PM (FxINA)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 01:14 PM (g47mK)
I knew this would happen. The red faces are also Dims who are not insane, about 0.01%.
If they had anything at all on Donald Trump in 2016 they would have used it. Hag Hillary would have been spewing & whipping her head around like the demonic girl on the Exorcist.
Instead they dreamed up the gold showers lie with !Russia!
It was foretold in my mind & I lived to see it. I am apparently a seer.
I never worried about this but tired of it. Like 9th grade algebra, the only class I flunked, due to a witch of a teacher hag. No worries in 9th grade because my parents understood after speaking to her raspy & evil self. I took it again, made a B, figured I did not need it as a flight attendant that I never became. Passed again in college & an A in trig. Never used either that I can recall in life.
The Clintons, however, should worry. I want to ask Bill Gates how he thought he could get his wife to take antibiotics without her knowing. Was he going to mix them with her wine or booze? Inject penicillin in her sleep? This is the only thing I have wondered about.
Regarding the pedo stuff, they will all go to hell with millstones around their necks in the lake of fire.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 10, 2026 01:14 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: It's me donna
https://is.gd/Fm0NRz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 01:16 PM (J+Psw)
Remember all the investigations the Biden admin didn't do?
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:16 PM (sSB0N)
Then he flamed out doing one of those response to a SOTU(?) Had the charisma of a tuna sandwich left on the counter overnight.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 01:14 PM (bss/y)
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The narratives around bad SOTU responses are overblown.
What killed him nationally is that he was...boring. He said nothing out of step with anyone else he was up against other than, "Well, I can say that in more detail."
And then he was just in lock step on the border with 14 other GOP nominees in 2016, leaving the open ground for Trump and, to a lesser extent, Cruz, to just stomp over all the sameness of the whole field.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Figgy Puddin' at February 10, 2026 01:16 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 01:17 PM (XV/Pl)
Remember all the investigations the Biden admin didn't do?
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:16 PM (sSB0N)
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Biden protected pedophiles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:17 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 01:17 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:09 PM (viF8m)
Bear Stearns was doing essential money laundering for BCCI. It all goes back to gun running and trafficking drugs.
I lost some friends - some died and some became druggies with different friends - during the war on drugs. The most horrific thing is that Nancy Reagan was out preaching "just say no" while Ronny was in the back room with Bush Senior and the CIA agreeing that drug trafficking was the only way to fund the arms sales to our declared enemies the Dems didn't want to fund.
To be charitable, Just Say No was the only drug prevention tactic they left themselves.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 01:17 PM (rbvCR)
No, that's your own dumbass fault.
But Epstein was indeed a protected CIA asset no matter how sad that makes you.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:12 PM (viF8m)
Everything to you if the fault of the two thins you hate the most:
1) the United States
2) the CIA
It makes you angry that I see through your bullshit, and, well, so be it. The truth ain’t nothing but the truth.
Continue blaming everything on this country and the CIA. By the way, either the CIA is worthless and incompetent, or so powerful and masterful it is at the center of every imaginable conspiracy. Which is it?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 01:17 PM (O3dBq)
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Yes, LBJ took over after LBJ participated in Kennedy's assassination.
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 01:18 PM (TN0g+)
1) the United States
2) the CIA
I would add the FBI to my hate list.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:18 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)
You did read the part of my comment where I said he had the charisma of week old milk, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 01:18 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Figgy Puddin' at February 10, 2026 01:16 PM (oftw2)
This calumny shall not stand.
Our attorneys have been made aware of your statements sirrah ...
Posted by: Big Raisin at February 10, 2026 01:18 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 01:10 PM (O3dBq)
It is if you shoot up with heroin to ease the pain.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)
But Epstein was indeed a protected CIA asset no matter how sad that makes you.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:12 PM (viF8m)
I have it on good authority that the IC, LE and defense establishment are Top Men and if you don't like them then you are a Code Pink pacifist who wants America to be weak.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 01:19 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)
You did read the part of my comment where I said he had the charisma of week old milk, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 01:18 PM (bss/y)
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Nope!
Illiterate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:19 PM (GBKbO)
Rubio is bad news. Good for now. Kind of this term's Nikki.
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:08 PM (sSB0N)
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Pence also suckered in a lot of the religious right with his meek pious bullshit, let's be honest.
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 01:19 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 01:19 PM (N8ZBc)
Girl next to me asked question I was going to.
Teacher's answer? Slapped her smartly across her face.
Taught me well, don't ask questions!!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 01:19 PM (Kt19C)
Rat turds are the same size and shape as raisins and probably taste better.
Posted by: Figgy Puddin' at February 10, 2026 01:16 PM (oftw2)
Everything will be all right once the cream custard arrives....
Posted by: Captain Darling at February 10, 2026 01:19 PM (y9nCu)
Is it? Schiff and Swalwell are both creeps. This is like "Dahmer endorses Gacy".
Newsom isn't a creep, or at least is a sight better at hiding it than those two.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 10, 2026 01:20 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 01:20 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Something ASS might say at February 10, 2026 01:20 PM (w9Wax)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)
You did read the part of my comment where I said he had the charisma of week old milk, right?
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Like the guy who wore sweater vests all the time? Out of WI, I think? So boring I can't even remember his name.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:20 PM (qBdHI)
It makes you angry that I see through your bullshit, and, well, so be it. The truth ain’t nothing but the truth.
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LOL
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)
Teacher's answer? Slapped her smartly across her face.
Taught me well, don't ask questions!!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 01:19 PM
Did she ask if the teacher was a dyke?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:20 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 12:51 PM (B4Se1
Popeyes Classic Flounder Fish Sandwich for the win.
Posted by: javems at February 10, 2026 01:20 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:19 PM (GBKbO)
Own damn fault.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 01:21 PM (bss/y)
Rep. LaMonica McIver-- currently under indictment for assaulting ICE agents-- tells ICE Director Todd Lyons that he's going to hell:
"How do you think Judgement Day will go for you with so much blood on your hands? You think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 01:21 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:20 PM (qBdHI)
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Scott Walker sat on a throne of skulls!
Until he had to open his mouth on immigration, then he became a mealy mouthed retard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:21 PM (GBKbO)
I have an alternate theory that Trump knows that the case provides an unwelcome distraction from his accomplishments. He understands marketing and every headline on Epstien is a headline he doesn't get on the economy and other initiatives..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 10, 2026 01:21 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:21 PM (jc0TO)
>>1) the United States
2) the CIA
Yea, you caught me. I hate the US.
Go take your meds.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:22 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:20 PM (qBdHI)
No different boring guy...
F something? The left came at him a bunch of times and we built him into a folk hero.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 01:22 PM (bss/y)
I'm thinking that this was never a kidnapping.
Posted by: Cheri at February 10, 2026 01:22 PM (oiNtH)
Which makes sense now, as he is who Savannah called first before the cops.
This is my new theory.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 10, 2026 01:22 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 01:21 PM
I would say that I don't respond to lectures from pagans.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:22 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:22 PM (qBdHI)
Rep. LaMonica McIver-- currently under indictment for assaulting ICE agents-- tells ICE Director Todd Lyons that he's going to hell:
"How do you think Judgement Day will go for you with so much blood on your hands? You think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 01:21 PM (J+Psw)
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"I am sending brown people out of racist, capitalist America where brown people are hunted for sport and there is no single payer healthcare because of the greed of corporations. I think I'm going to heaven."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:22 PM (GBKbO)
But Bobby Jindal is who I was saying was boring first.
In this thread.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 01:22 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 10, 2026 01:22 PM (gKWVE)
Jesus would have opposed ICE. He was an illegal alien himself. Plus he tore up a place of worship.
Posted by: Ripley at February 10, 2026 01:23 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:22 PM (qBdHI)
THAT boring retard was Pennsylvania.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 01:23 PM (bss/y)
He obviously started his career as a guy who could move money and make bad paper go away in the time before the internet, and that's what his main job was for the LE/IC/MIC apparatus.
The problem is he had a kiddy-diddling predaliction, so the people monitoring and controlling him had there work cut out for him.
Once money began being tracked better with things life SWIFT and other financial tracking systems, the Op moved to getting the creme de la creme to fund him, and in turn this funding probably flowed into IC/LE black Ops and other things.
His game was compromat and blackmail to get the movers and shakers funding him and to zipping their lips.
The problem is we are never going to definatively prove this but this is what the game was.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 01:23 PM (XV/Pl)
and Doof is an honourable man."
This should remain an all-purpose comment for some time.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 10, 2026 01:23 PM (zdLoL)
Which makes sense now, as he is who Savannah called first before the cops.
This is my new theory.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 10, 2026 01:22 PM (WONhk)
Mark Kelly is definitely plumper.. This kind of looks like a woman
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 01:23 PM (HbB1p)
WTH?
Many of my friends have their cellphones synched to their parents' homes so they can see deliveries outside and if the parent or parents are moving about inside every once in a while.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 01:13 PM (NFX2v)
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This is all going to wind down to a real estate matter. Whoever has their developer eyes on that land area hired a third party to speed up the process and get past some obstacles. Happens all the time. Usually it's just threats and creative encouragement. Sometimes it's worse. And, Catalina Foothills is nothing but developments surrounding that area.
I hope the FBI has the smarts to go looking at recently sold property surrounding Guthrie's land.
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 01:23 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 01:14 PM (O3dBq)
Bad Bunnny got his start be being funded by the ex-vice minister of the Venezuelan Ministry of the Interior, Rafael Ricardo Jiménez Dán.
If you are wondering, the Ministry of the Interior in Venezuela does not do the National parks or agriculture, it is the ministry for internal security
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 01:23 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 01:24 PM (g47mK)
Teacher's answer? Slapped her smartly across her face.
Taught me well, don't ask questions!!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats
There may be no such thing as a stupid question but there are definitely unwise questions.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 01:24 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 10, 2026 12:59 PM (n7rxJ)
Well, three things. One, even if he was the only one using the girls that Ghislaine trafficked to him, Epstein was still an unsavory character. Two, even if he wasn't literally a pimp selling ass for cash money, that doesn't mean he was the only one using them; he was a dealmaker and they were mood boosters -- maybe eye candy, or maybe party favors, so there's a cloud of suspicion. Three, even if they almost certainly didn't use the girls themselves, that doesn't mean they weren't corrupt; for example, there is a homo close to Queer Starmer who gave Epstein non-public foreknowledge of England's imminent bailing out of their banks in the housing crash, and coincidentally he and "his husband" (as the legal fiction goes) received money from Epstein.
Whether or not they were dipping their wicks on the side of a sleazy deal, they shouldn't have been engaging in sleazy deals or even associating with a sleazy dealmaker.
Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 01:24 PM (Sy6m/)
Rep. LaMonica McIver-- currently under indictment for assaulting ICE agents-- tells ICE Director Todd Lyons that he's going to hell:
"How do you think Judgement Day will go for you with so much blood on your hands? You think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
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Well, if THEY want to have theological discussions Lyons should have responded with "Tell us what God will have to say to you regarding your support of abortion?"
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 01:24 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:02 PM (viF8m
If I nick myself shaving that is also the CIA’s fault, right?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 01:10 PM (O3dBq)
There's only two possibilities, either he was run by the CIA or he was run by someone else. Unless someone wants to argue that the whole thing wasn't an intelligence op?
If he's CIA, they are playing Home Games, and that's a big no no. If he's not CIA, then they should have at least known about it enough to prevent the penetration of US gov't and power elites by a foreign power.
The CIA either ran this op or failed utterly to protect us from it. They're dipped in shit either way.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 10, 2026 01:24 PM (w/O5Q)
Two things happened after CK assassination. 1) A lot of podcasters suddenly began basing their arguments on Christian principles, where they hadn't before. 2) They started calling MAGA 'America First.' They subtly rename it now.
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 01:25 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 01:25 PM (7HFJp)
Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 01:24 PM (Sy6m/)
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I think the Epstein thing has taken down more politicians in Europe than the Panama Papers did.
And the Panama Papers were much, much worse. They just didn't include the sex angle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:25 PM (GBKbO)
and Doof is an honourable man."
This should remain an all-purpose comment for some time.
Considering who determines Comments of the Week - not sure which of the two (if not both) will score.
Posted by: Nazdar at February 10, 2026 01:25 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:21 PM (viF8m)
He's not crazy. Just in love with anyone who draws a green Treasury check, especially if they are big strong men with badges and guns. They are Better Class of People than dirty Americans who might like a say in what they do, and if you don't get that then you're un-American.
These people used to be the majority of the Right, but it becoming rare and confusing to see them in the wild.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 01:25 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Cheri "
You are suppose to kidnap the kids of the rich and famous, not the parents. None of it makes sense, I'm starting to think Savannah Guthrie is somehow involved, maybe to get attention?
Posted by: Ripley at February 10, 2026 01:26 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 01:21 PM (J+Psw)
Demons know scripture better than believers
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:26 PM (sSB0N)
The CIA is the epicenter of the Deep State. They're startlingly incompetent at their officially assigned job, but they balance that out by being really good at pushing gay race communism around the world, money laundering, gun and drug running, and a number of other things.
Pull up your favorite podcast app and search Joe Rogan's backlog for Mike Benz's appearances. He's got all the receipts on the un-intelligent community.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 01:26 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Anne I. Diot, Marshfield, MA at February 10, 2026 01:26 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 01:27 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 01:23 PM (HbB1p)
Newest theory: a plump trans who looks like Mark Kelly.
The photo with the masked marvel with the picked flowers now baffles me. Holding them up to the camera.
I now will meditate on this as I do productive things.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 10, 2026 01:27 PM (WONhk)
Sendyourdonationstome@gmail.com
Please make a note of it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 01:27 PM (RIvkX)
Are you Nigerian Royalty ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 01:27 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 01:24 PM (TN0g+)
No because that would seem like an equivocation to enforcing immigration law
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:28 PM (sSB0N)
'There is no such thing as a stupid question, but there are inquisitive idiots' - J. Ringo.
Posted by: Nazdar at February 10, 2026 01:28 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 01:28 PM (g47mK)
Anyone who believes the rot in those agencies started with them knows nothing about the history of either agency. They put the deep in Deep State.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 01:28 PM (viF8m)
The photo with the masked marvel with the picked flowers now baffles me. Holding them up to the camera.
I now will meditate on this as I do productive things.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 10, 2026 01:27 PM (WONhk)
Looks like he/she/it was moving a hanging plant out of the way to me...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 01:29 PM (HbB1p)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 10, 2026 12:51 PM (dK+Kv)
Spoiler tag that shit, bro
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 01:30 PM (sSB0N)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 01:30 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:30 PM (qBdHI)
Best by: Jun 7, 2011.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:31 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:30 PM (qBdHI)
From what I gathered forced entry
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 01:31 PM (HbB1p)
And the Panama Papers were much, much worse. They just didn't include the sex angle.
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European elites are even worse than ours (probably because they aren't constrained by anything as well-written as our Constitution). They tolerate so much mediocrity that there's a surfeit of them all jostling for position. The Epstein thing is a rare situation that annoys people across the political spectrum, and allows some elites to force out other ones, thinning the herd, so to speak and slightly lowering popular annoyance with their incompetence.
Posted by: the lower depths at February 10, 2026 01:31 PM (Dg7ng)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 01:31 PM (8ZVmQ)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 10, 2026 01:31 PM (9FEtL)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 10, 2026 01:31 PM (Vh9CX)
https://tinyurl.com/4husa66v
El Conejo Desagradable !
😂😂😂
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 01:13 PM (g47mK)
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So can we call the President Donald Doc?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 01:31 PM (Hbs7G)
Rep. LaMonica McIver-- currently under indictment for assaulting ICE agents-- tells ICE Director Todd Lyons that he's going to hell:
"How do you think Judgement Day will go for you with so much blood on your hands? You think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
Many Leftists throw Christian lingo or Bible quotes at conservatives, when they don't have any legal or logical arguments to use. The purpose is to label evil MAGA people as religious hypocrites. The leftist drones eat it up.
Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 01:31 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 01:32 PM (yI5mB)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 01:27 PM (HbB1p)
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Heh if I was I wouldn't be living in this third world sh*thole.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 01:32 PM (RIvkX)
this is SO STRESSFUL
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 10, 2026 01:32 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 01:32 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 01:24 PM (g47mK)
You were a sheltered little boy. I wish more children could grow up like you, unfortunately they don't. They grow up with pain, shame and fear.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 01:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Fred. Phelps, maybe?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 10, 2026 01:32 PM (a+4eV)
Sendyourdonationstome@gmail.com
Please make a note of it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 01:27 PM (RIvkX)
It bounced
Posted by: A dude in MI at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (/6GbT)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 01:32 PM (RIvkX)
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Ontario?
No...Louisville...
No, wait...it's gotta be Paris, Texas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 10, 2026 01:31 PM (Vh9CX)
Same here, except I use Gorton's Fish Sandwich Filets.
Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (9DoQP)
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (qBdHI)
Jesus would have opposed ICE. He was an illegal alien himself. Plus he tore up a place of worship.
Posted by: Ripley at February 10, 2026 01:23 PM (GUOwU)
Jesus was a Roman citizen in the Roman Empire. Stop huffing glue and think. You already know this stuff. If you've had a massive head injury seek medical help, don't post here.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 10, 2026 01:34 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 01:33 PM (5rh/l)
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Sometimes I'll do that and use hotdog buns.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 10, 2026 01:35 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 01:35 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 01:35 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 10, 2026 01:36 PM (4b7CV)
Posted by: Ripley
There's a theory that it was her sister and brother in law who were the last to see her that night. BIL took her home, a fight ensued, probably over money, things got out of hand, and she's dead. They take her out of the house resulting in the blood drops outside the front door and the camera being removed and bury/hide the body somewhere. Also, they removed her Apple Watch that recorded her pace maker, etc. and let events play out. Weird but not too far fetched IMO. The news media blasts it all over and some opportunists send a ransom note/s which explains the delay in sending a note. Oh well, we'll see I think eventually.
Posted by: Cheri at February 10, 2026 01:36 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: toby928(c) tugs collar at February 10, 2026 01:38 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Lady in Black
Some evidence that the crime scene was staged but like most things it is muddled. Statistically speaking though, it is very possible that someone intimately related to the family murdered the poor woman and concocted the evidence to point the finger of accusation away from them.
See this dynamic often in situations where the wife (and rarely the husband) disappears.
Two criminal defenses anyone should be away of are a) TODDI, the other dude did it (when two or more perps are involved in a crime) and b) SODDI, some other dude did it. B) is the choice for criminals when they try to point the finger at other unknowable perps.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 01:38 PM (2swu2)
Alex Acosta would not return the calls of Epstein's lawyers and seemed to want nothing to do with the case, presumably after being told to back off, Epstein belongs to intel.
The dealings Epstein's lawyers had were with Mark Filip and others at Main Justice.
Posted by: Lawrence Krauss's Galactic Probe at February 10, 2026 01:40 PM (NBTu1)
Many Leftists throw Christian lingo or Bible quotes at conservatives, when they don't have any legal or logical arguments to use. The purpose is to label evil MAGA people as religious hypocrites. The leftist drones eat it up.
Posted by: Gref
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Because to them is the Bible is a ridiculous Sky God myth so they feel free to do such ludicrous quotations out of context. In reality, they worship themselves and there is no truth in them, only expediency and lies.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 01:42 PM (2swu2)
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A Karen Gillan and Sydney Sweeney sandwich? Or have I said too much
Posted by: ... at February 10, 2026 12:58 PM (sSB0N)
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Haven't said enough
Posted by: Michael Stipe at February 10, 2026 01:43 PM (Hx0tZ)
Mein Fuhrer ... Jesus ...
Posted by: toby928(c) tugs collar at February 10, 2026 01:38 PM (jc0TO)
I feel like I should follow this, but I don't. Did I step on a land mine somewhere? Enlighten me.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 10, 2026 01:45 PM (w/O5Q)
Ivana, Donald's first wife, ran around with Ghislaine a lot in the 1980's. There are a lot of photographs of them together.
Again, they ran in the same social circles.
Which proves nothing that Donald or Ivana knew what either of them were actually up to.
Just to illustrate what the social life was in the 80's and 90's in New York City, there was a scene at the Christmas Party at the beginning of "Eyes Wide Shut" where look-alikes of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein pass by in the background. Kubrick had a research assistant that worked for the New York Post, and he suggested that they be in the shot, because even then there were suspicions about the two of them.
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at February 10, 2026 01:45 PM (vcOmj)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 01:45 PM (8ZVmQ)
Sendyourdonationstome@gmail.com
Please make a note of it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Not without your promise to triple fund my donation.
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 01:51 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 01:52 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928(c)
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It should also be noted that moving about the Roman Empire from one region to another was not what we think of as refugees in the modern sense. His family left one Roman jurisdiction for another.
So it would be more like moving from California to Arizona. Different state but same country.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 01:56 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (w6EFb)
This is interesting. Trump had suspicions. heard things. Then saw some stuff, that, while not illegal, was questionable.
I'd go a bit further - Trump and Epstein were business rivals. Trump outbid Epstein for a home in Palm beach in 2004. Spreading rumors about Epstein is well within Trump's business ethics for a business rival. Tie Epstein up with the cops, maybe there is something there, maybe not. Either way that distracts Epstein.
Turns out his suspicions were correct.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 10, 2026 02:29 PM (tV890)
So, act reluctant, get people mad, act guilty, get the Ds out over their skis, demanding the release, then give them exactly what they want. Something very Trump about that.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 10, 2026 02:32 PM (tV890)
The second thing is the five year gap in the files SDNY held on Epstein. From 2013-2018 there is very little on Epstein, to the point of nothingness. His activity is only picked up in Hoffman's emails about the Roy Moore fraud.
Posted by: wferrin at February 10, 2026 02:40 PM (lCdHU)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 10, 2026 04:26 PM (w/O5Q)
The Morning Rant
In 2022 Ottawa selected the U.S. Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II – a fifth-generation, stealth multirole fighter – committing to 88 aircraft to meet agreed NORAD, NATO, and Arctic security requirements. The F-35’s advanced sensor fusion capabilities and deep strike profile were seen as essential to defending vast northern airspace alongside U.S. forces. However, that consensus about what it takes to meet these requirements appears to have evaporated. After Prime Minister Mark Carney ordered a review of the F-35 contract in 2025 amid escalating U.S.–Canada trade tensions, Ottawa signalled interest in alternative options – notably Sweden’s Saab JAS-39 Gripen E, a 4.5-generation fighter pitched with the promise of 12,600 Canadian industrial assembly and jobs. In response to reports that Ottawa is on the verge of siding with Saab, U.S. ambassador Pete Hoekstra warned that a pivot away from the F-35 would strain or “alter” the NORAD framework, likely forcing the U.S. to deploy its own fighters more often into Canadian airspace if interoperability is lost. Carney’s stance on the situation is undeniably political, reflecting ongoing friction with Washington over tariff disputes and rhetoric seen in Ottawa as unpredictable. Those problems have contributed to the growing unease among Canadian policymakers over a perceived over-reliance on U.S. defense systems.
I am not sure why relying on American military systems is a bad thing. We share a continent, a border, a language, and even some culture. Canada simply isn't big enough, rich enough, or technologically advanced enough to go it on their own. Canada and Carney remind me of the joke about the mouse that creeps up to an elephant and begins to hump its leg. The elephant looks down, the mouse looks up and says, "Don't worry, I'll be gentle." [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 10, 2026 11:00 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 11:00 AM (48ipd)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 11:00 AM (QVmho)
Hoppes #9, just a dab behind the ear.
Like the rest of us Real Men.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
Ballistol is right out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Amen.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 11:01 AM (KN2gu)
ESPONJA!!11!!1!1
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 10, 2026 11:01 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 10, 2026 11:01 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 11:01 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 11:01 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:02 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:02 AM (bss/y)
Yeah. And we do it out of love for our neighbors.
Here canuks, pull the other one.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 11:02 AM (XuXeR)
The Chinese stuff is probably better than the Russian stuff, but neither is really capable at this point of going up against our best stuff. Not that that really matters to Carney. Flipping off Trump is apparently his primary motivation.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
MUNKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 10, 2026 11:04 AM (y9nCu)
Wide stance.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats
*makes "call me" gesture*
-- Larry Craig
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 10, 2026 11:04 AM (JkO4W)
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LOL.
The Canadian military is effectively a subsidiary unit of NORTHCOM. For all practical purposes, it's under US command.
This is pointless virtue signaling.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 11:04 AM (voQc3)
Good luck with that attitude, buddy.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 11:05 AM (48ipd)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 11:05 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 11:05 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 11:05 AM (XuXeR)
This is so silly.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 11:05 AM (8UiBJ)
From the sidebar....
I see TJM is now imploring us.
Hmmmm.
I think I'll hold out for beseeching.
Yes, definitely...beseeching is the thing.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 11:05 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
He probably is also able to get more graft by 'exploring other options' as well.
Fuck, it's all graft at this point.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:06 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 10, 2026 11:07 AM (JkO4W)
Years ago the Cannucks built the "Arrow", a fighter they regularly bragged about being the best in the world, until the Diefenbaker regime closed down their fighter plane business.
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 11:07 AM (Y8DZL)
I can sympathize with other countries. Nobody wants their foreign affairs policies to be dictated by reliance on another country. That certainly includes us.
India is developing its own aircraft carriers, and the planes to go on them. No, they won't be world class, not even close, but they're really anxious to have an indigenous weapons capability. It's hard to blame them, but sometimes you just have to accept that you don't have the tech base to be world class.
China has dumped untold amounts of money into their MIC, because they DO have the tech base, and they want to develop it further. They accept that much of their stuff isn't quite there yet, but they're willing to continue dumping money into it because they can't really depend on anyone else.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Jacque LeFucked at February 10, 2026 11:07 AM (qUkBO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:06 AM (jc0TO)
Purpose built is probably F-22.
But everyone wants a swiss army knife now.
I always hated swiss army knives to actually carry.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:07 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Terrence and Phillip at February 10, 2026 11:08 AM (P7vXf)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 10, 2026 11:08 AM (GPa4z)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:09 AM (fQqaC)
But everyone wants a swiss army knife now.
I always hated swiss army knives to actually carry.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:07 AM (bss/y)
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Your time is coming, my man.
F-47. Soon.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 11:09 AM (8UiBJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:07 AM
And that was designed in the 1980s yet still rocks. specialization is a thing.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:09 AM (jc0TO)
But TRUMP! makes things worse!
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 11:10 AM (lXoJ5)
Like their TATA car, there will be only one hatch on their aircraft carriers. It saves money.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 11:10 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 11:10 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:10 AM (jc0TO)
There are just so many things one has to keep track of.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:10 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 11:10 AM (8UiBJ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:09 AM (fQqaC)
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Their GDP for Q4 2025 was 0.0.
Our final numbers aren't out yet, but it's going to be 5%+.
And Canada hasn't slowed down its immigration policies while America has deported so many people (including self-deportations) that there are concerns that overall population in the country may...outright decline.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 11:10 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:11 AM (jc0TO)
But TRUMP! makes things worse!
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 11:10 AM (lXoJ5)
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"If we're going to be servile to strong men, it's going to be to China!"
-pro-Canada poster
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 11:11 AM (GBKbO)
The Chinese stuff is probably better than the Russian stuff, but neither is really capable at this point of going up against our best stuff. Not that that really matters to Carney. Flipping off Trump is apparently his primary motivation.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
Surprisingly, the Russian aircraft are almost certainly superior. The ChiComs still have to buy Russian engines to stuff into their home-built airframes if they want them to have any reliability or performance. Their huge J20 stealthcrap airframe didn't start shipping with Chinese engines until about 2-3 years ago.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 10, 2026 11:11 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 11:11 AM (xFfhU)
From the sidebar....
I see TJM is now imploring us.
Hmmmm.
I think I'll hold out for beseeching.
Yes, definitely...beseeching is the thing.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 11:05 AM (iJfKG)
If you love good cinematography, I'll add a beseech.
Mind you...he does get a little beyond the pale in subject matter.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Envy, leftist superiority complex, little brother syndrome.
Why do so many of 'em pick Cuba as a vacation spot?
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (Y8DZL)
Those two words can’t go together without laughter.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (y6810)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:06 AM (jc0TO)
Purpose built is probably F-22.
But everyone wants a swiss army knife now.
I always hated swiss army knives to actually carry.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:07 AM (bss/y)
In my little corner of the engineering world we hold to the maxim that any system with multiple capabilities might be able to do all its roles decently… but it won’t be the best at any one of them. Optimization for a single mission is a real thing…. It’s a whole other question as to whether we need optimized single-mission systems at this point. I suspect we don’t but don’t know for sure…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (fQqaC)
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM
Teen prostitutes, of both sexes.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (jc0TO)
F-47. Soon.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 11:09 AM (8UiBJ)
Clean sheet from Boeing?
Those are going to take 25 years to make and cost $1B each.
Posted by: Sjg at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (aqZN1)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 10, 2026 11:13 AM (y9ksN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlwkIuvIvlA
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Don Black at February 10, 2026 11:14 AM (ZxPkt)
But everyone wants a swiss army knife now.
I always hated swiss army knives to actually carry.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:07 AM (bss/y)
That's why I carry two knives. One for cutting, one for misc tools. Swiss army knives are good for that. Unless you need pliars.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:14 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM
To show support for fellow Comrades.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 11:14 AM (y6810)
As a (potential) force multiplier, that's significant.
But it's very risky to have UAV's and manned aircraft in the same physical airspace, separated by less than a mile if you're not 100% confident in the system as a whole.
Trust... is what we're working on right now. The tech's already there.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2026 11:14 AM (jtM2q)
For some values of superior, I suppose that's true.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
The the F15 is 106-0 in air-to-air.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:15 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Envy, leftist superiority complex, little brother syndrome.
Why do so many of 'em pick Cuba as a vacation spot?
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (Y8DZL)
The weather's nice and Cuban women are busty and amazing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:15 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Dudley Dowrong at February 10, 2026 11:15 AM (hXJe5)
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 11:16 AM (y6810)
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 11:16 AM (5aZAZ)
F-47. Soon.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 11:09 AM (8UiBJ)
Clean sheet from Boeing?
Those are going to take 25 years to make and cost $1B each.
Posted by: Sjg at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (aqZN1)
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So, I guess you aren't buying the Air Force mutterings that developmental versions are flying now?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 11:17 AM (8UiBJ)
The Socialists in Spain just got reamed in the new elections. Apparently the people of Spain are not on board with the Socialists giving citizenship to 1/2M Africans so they'd vote for them.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
‘Why Experts Say Canada's Plan to Ditch the F-35 Is a Strategic Disaster’
The only thing Canada could ever do that could rise to the level of strategic disaster would is allow their territory to be a base to some country like China.
In which case, I hope they have been explicitly threatened with invasion.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 11:18 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
——
Ballistol will attract the ladies, too. Where ever you might he using it in the house, she is sure to comment.
Usually something like “WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SMELL!!??”
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 11:18 AM (s3dxE)
Carney was previously a Governor of the Bank of England. There has never been nor will there ever be a US citizen who holds that position.
The idea that NATO is one big happy alliance is a myth. We are on our own.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 11:18 AM (viF8m)
Mind you...he does get a little beyond the pale in subject matter.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (xcxpd)
That was just a joke, a jape, a frippery if you will.
I've been watching
I like him, but I don't love him like TJM. I find his output a pretty mixed bag.
After a recent rewatch of "Lady Vengeance", I now consider that his best movie.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 11:18 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 11:19 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 11:19 AM (Hbs7G)
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They’re so far gone I don’t think it’s possible. The entire identity of Canada is we’re not American. So they do shit like cozy up to the CCP to prove how not American they are. They’d rather be poor and miserable and not American than rich and prosperous but like Americans.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 11:20 AM (y6810)
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Eh, if we conquer it we'd have to occupy it.
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 11:21 AM (TN0g+)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:21 AM (jc0TO)
Mind you...he does get a little beyond the pale in subject matter.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (xcxpd)
That was just a joke, a jape, a frippery if you will.
I've been watching Ding Bang-Ow Park Chan-wook for years and years ever since I saw "Oldboy".
I like him, but I don't love him like TJM. I find his output a pretty mixed bag.
After a recent rewatch of "Lady Vengeance", I now consider that his best movie.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 11:18 AM (iJfKG)
I haven't watched then all yet, I have an order of DVDs coming from, but I think Sympathy for Mister Vengeance might be his best drama. Lady Vengeance has the best scene transitions I think I've seen in a movie though.
Korean cinema is really underrated. It's better than Hollywood in everything but SFX and better than Japanese cinema made in the past 30 years.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:21 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 11:21 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 11:21 AM (/rdnj)
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM
Teen prostitutes, of both sexes.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (jc0TO)
Unsurprisingly, AIDS is now a big problem on Cuba.
CUBA
Come for the Rum and Cigars, Stay for the AIDS!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 11:21 AM (iJfKG)
https://t.co/JPYUGl46hj
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 11:19 AM (Hbs7G)
"Free" paywall. Nope, Epoch Times, fuck you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 11:21 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Trudeau, no not that one at February 10, 2026 11:22 AM (Fs0KI)
359
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There is a town just north of Vero, whose name I can't recall off hand, whose "welcome" sign said "Welcome to a town of nice people and six grumpy old men".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 10:53 AM (K3qLL)
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The town is Sebastian. My folks lived there from 1985 until 2012 when they had to move to Melbourne for assisted living care.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 11:22 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Ballistol will attract the ladies, too. Where ever you might he using it in the house, she is sure to comment.
Usually something like “WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SMELL!!??”
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 11:18 AM (s3dxE)
hint: it smells like cat pee
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:22 AM (xcxpd)
F-47. Soon.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 11:09 AM (8UiBJ)
That thing is intense. I'm waiting for the X-wing. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 11:22 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 11:22 AM (5dzh4)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 11:22 AM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: Bad Idea Jeans at February 10, 2026 11:23 AM (jc0TO)
‘ until the Diefenbaker regime closed down their fighter plane business.’
And Diefenbaker was an anti-American twat just like Carney. Coincidence?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 11:23 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 10, 2026 11:11 AM (y9nCu)"
Even if the PRC can't make jet engines for shit (performance and uptime is really important), I would suspect Chinese avionics are better as Russian semiconductor mfg. is still, what, late 90s level? Though Russians take ECM way more seriously than anyone else.
This may be irrelevant anyways with PRC advantages in manufacturing in general, and drones in particular.
Posted by: heya at February 10, 2026 11:24 AM (neSLO)
We will have to step in and buttress Canada's already pathetic armed forces if they choose the clearly inferior Swedish plane.
Here's a thought: no, we won't.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 11:24 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 11:24 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 11:25 AM (/rdnj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 11:24 AM
Dolphin smooth.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:25 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 11:25 AM (5dzh4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Ballistol will attract the ladies, too. Where ever you might he using it in the house, she is sure to comment.
Usually something like “WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SMELL!!??”
Posted by: Common Tater
*snort
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 11:25 AM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 11:22 AM
F111, right?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 11:26 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 11:22 AM (5dzh4)
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The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark, developed under the Tactical Fighter Experimental (TFX) program.
The Navy's variant, the F-111B, was intended for carrier operations but proved too heavy and unsuitable, leading to its cancellation after trials.
The Air Force adopted the F-111A as a strike bomber but didn't need or want the naval features like reinforced structure for carrier landings, which added unnecessary weight and complexity.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 11:26 AM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 11:21 AM (8zz6B)
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WH Rapid Response X account:
https://tinyurl.com/2zbptbed
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 11:26 AM (Hbs7G)
Other guests there would find out I’m American and immediately go to Bush and the war as a topic of conversation. I’m like fuck dude, I don’t want to talk about Bush or the war or anything political. I’m here to have a good time at a wedding. It was relentless and really annoying.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 11:27 AM (y6810)
Posted by: ballistic at February 10, 2026 11:16 AM (5aZAZ)
And that makes it incredibly good at BVR engagements. Dogfight performance just doesn't matter when fighter engagements are happening >100 miles out.
Most of the marketing for the F-47 is pushing its capability to be a forward drone controller.
Posted by: Sjg at February 10, 2026 11:28 AM (aqZN1)
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[looks around current U.S.]
I wouldn't become too uppity about it...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 11:28 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 11:28 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 11:18 AM (jbnUc)
At that point, invading Canada is moot.
We'd have to invade West Taiwan.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 11:28 AM (JwNbV)
It's that last part that is really what's going on here. Plus, I'm sure the Saab is much cheaper. Why should Canada spend any money on defense? Who is gonna invade it? Greenland? Us?
I personally think the age of hyper-expensive hyper-fighters is over. It's an obsolete or near-obsolete concept in the new drone era.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 11:28 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 11:28 AM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 11:28 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 11:20 AM (y6810)
We're not going to put up with the fucking chinese on our northern border. Canada is being really fucking stupid.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 11:29 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 11:24 AM (XeU6L)
On to the boobs!
https://tinyurl.com/5xear26u
Sidenote: it is becoming impossible to find on a quick search an image that is not either outright AI or might as well be because of all the filtering.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:29 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Ryan Frank at February 10, 2026 11:29 AM (fgmuN)
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at February 10, 2026 11:30 AM (EcHpA)
‘ Where ever you might he using it in the house, she is sure to comment.
Usually something like “WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SMELL!!??”’
What the hell kind of women are you dating?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 11:30 AM (jbnUc)
https://tinyurl.com/5xear26u
Sidenote: it is becoming impossible to find on a quick search an image that is not either outright AI or might as well be because of all the filtering.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:29 AM (bss/y)
hot and busty
And I'm ok with AI boobs, it's all fictional online hotness at this point anyway. Unless you can capture a pair in the wild...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:30 AM (xcxpd)
I tend to agree, but the transition will be very tricky. Pilots do have some advantages. Thus, for awhile, we'll have both.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:31 AM (Riz8t)
Take a trip to Vancouver and other areas in BC and you'll see who has already invaded them, round eye.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 11:31 AM (viF8m)
When did Canada become such a clown show?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 10, 2026 11:07 AM
the late 1700s / early 1800s?
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 10, 2026 11:31 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 11:28 AM (Sy6m/)
Canada's more or less chosen to be a Chinese satrapy with their signing of that weird treaty that allows China to land military on their shores and fight if China considers any Chinese population or interests or property at risk.
That's what we in the world of poker call a tell.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 11:31 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 11:31 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:30 AM (xcxpd)
I disagree. They (meaning women) are hotter if they are real.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:32 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 11:32 AM (Cqx++)
Canada's flop over to Swedish multi-role jets makes North American air defense more complicated than necessary. It's a poke in the eye. Trump's eye.
UK and their dicking around with the islets that Diego Garcia is on, tossing them into China's sphere of influence is another poke in the eye.
Both designed to "punish" the US (but mostly Trump) for not doing what those politicos in the UK and Canada wanted him to do.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2026 11:32 AM (jtM2q)
The Chinese might find that a bit more difficult than they anticipate.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)
I read the thread after it was dead, and have been looking to tell you to try Freixenete Cordon Negro.
Spanish Champagne, I like both the Brut and the Extra Dry, very affordable, and very good IMO.
Depending on prices in your area, should be between $10-15 ($11-12 where I am) per bottle, so give it a go if you like.
Posted by: barbarausa at February 10, 2026 11:33 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 11:34 AM (/rdnj)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 11:17 AM (8UiBJ)
Having a prototype and having a running production line are two very different things.
Boeing has had cost overruns and massive delays on all their recent military contracts and none of those were even clean sheet designs. Miniscule chance the F-47 arrives on time or on budget.
Posted by: Sjg at February 10, 2026 11:35 AM (aqZN1)
I do wonder if the recent contretemps with Gen. Zhang Youxia, the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and Gen. Liu Zhenli, Chief of the Joint Staff Department wasn't really about them trying to seize power so much as them telling Xi that his plans for conquering Taiwan and other places are insane.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes
MADRID — The Socialist Party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez endured a major defeat on Sunday in an election in the Spanish region of Aragón, while the far right made substantial gains. Politico, Feb. 8
Aragon regional vote. Perhaps fighting back against the EU's great replacement 'theory.'
And there's also: The JP, January 2026, Spain: The first case of state antisemitism in the EU
What began as street-level hostility toward Jews has metastasized into the normalization of anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric at the highest levels of government.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 11:35 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 10, 2026 11:07 AM
1783. When all of our Tories fled there.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:36 AM (fQqaC)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 11:36 AM (5dzh4)
-PDJT
Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2026 11:36 AM (Y1sOo)
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This is SO TRUE.
Confirmed via Y-DNA testing that my paternal grandfather was a Scot from Nova Scotia. I was able to connect with a couple of third cousins online at the testing site -- and one invited me to come visit and show me around our ancestral lands back in 2018.
He was a wonderful guy, but here are the first three things he had to tell this American (I was wearing a baseball cap with an American flag on it) when we met:
(1) don't forget that the British burned down The White House in 1814;
(2) you're not gonna be popular around here wearing that hat; and
(3) we all hate Trump (and when one of his friends asked me "What's one good thing about Trump?" -- I replied "He doesn't give a shit what anybody thinks about him!", to which the dude paused ... and said "I guess you're right").
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 11:36 AM (0Eh0f)
I read the thread after it was dead, and have been looking to tell you to try Freixenete Cordon Negro.
Spanish Champagne, I like both the Brut and the Extra Dry, very affordable, and very good IMO.
That was me. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)
‘ At that point, invading Canada is moot.
We'd have to invade West Taiwan.’
It took me a second then I chuckled.
Yes, we should help Taiwan recover their renegade province. The ghost of MacArthur approves.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 11:37 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 11:38 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 10, 2026 11:38 AM (wBaIH)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:38 AM (fQqaC)
Posted by: barbarausa at February 10, 2026 11:38 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Or Canada and the EU.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 11:39 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 10, 2026 11:38 AM (wBaIH)
Cousin Eddie?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:39 AM (fQqaC)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 11:22 AM (QGaXH)
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That's it!
Always trust that horde knowledge will come through
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 11:39 AM (MZ6Is)
I have a couple of scented candles in that combination. Love love love it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026 11:39 AM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 10, 2026 11:41 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Archimedes
_________
That's what scares me about atheist commies with nukes. What do they care if they take a few billion with them when they go out?
Posted by: George Costanza at February 10, 2026 11:41 AM (XvL8K)
-PDJT
Posted by: one hour sober
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What a brilliant idea!
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 10, 2026 11:41 AM (Vrf7V)
Colorado police tell unicyclist he can no longer juggle fire in the crosswalk
https://is.gd/17DdR69
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 11:41 AM (rC33A)
What began as street-level hostility toward Jews has metastasized into the normalization of anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric at the highest levels of government.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 11:35 AM (NFX2v)
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"Pikers."
-- The F. Joe Mugabe AutoPen Empire
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 11:42 AM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:38 AM (fQqaC)
good question, mostly the F35 will live because of its EM and air superiority capabilities. Right now, drones can't challenge the F-35 but the F-35 can control drones and carry broad spectrum jammers that can disable most cheap drones.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:42 AM (xcxpd)
Because taking out ground troops is only one aspect of warfare. We're going to need both autonomous systems for a variety of roles, but also platforms with a human in the loop, at least for awhile. There will be an ever-present danger that the enemy will figure out how to disrupt our communications with the platforms, or in the case of full autonomy, scramble its "thinking".
The biggest danger, IMHO, is the ability to park a pedestrian container full of attack drones somewhere near large military and infrastructure assets. It doesn't matter how good your platform is if it's a pile of smoking slag in a hangar.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
Colorado police tell unicyclist he can no longer juggle fire in the crosswalk
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An affront to our Precious Democracy!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 11:43 AM (XeU6L)
It is to my great shame that I did not destroy the masters and all associated materials for Farenheit 9/11 when I had the opportunity, and it, instead of OldBoy won the Palm d'Or.
I will take this shame to my grave.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 11:43 AM (XV/Pl)
Child porn
Solicitation of Minor
Human Smuggling
Seems like them illegals do like fuckn the chillrens
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 11:43 AM (gbOdA)
Where in Canada did my hot A.I. girlfriend move to?
I was really getting excited to introduce you to her next year.
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 11:44 AM (Y8DZL)
Colorado police tell unicyclist he can no longer juggle fire in the crosswalk
https://is.gd/17DdR69
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 11:41 AM (rC33A)
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Next you'll be telling me they're mandating helmets for unicyclists.
Wait, wut?
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 11:44 AM (0Eh0f)
https://tinyurl.com/2zbptbed
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 11:26 AM (Hbs7G)
Heh! Thank you, BD! A local Ontario matter, made worse by Ontario's "conservative" Premier, Blubber Dougie. Alberta has 5 or 6 land crossings into Montana. We don't need no steenkin' bridges.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 11:44 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 11:36 AM (5dzh4)
yes, and it makes a fine general lubricant too. I have replaced all my other non-gun oils with Balistol to fix creaking doors, sticky windows, etc. Good product, smells terrible.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:45 AM (xcxpd)
Jasmine Crockett: “I’ve always been someone who has been intellectual.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 11:45 AM (rC33A)
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According to AI, the United States has the most military aircraft at just over 13,000. Nations 2-10 have a COMBINED total of 17,505.
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 11:46 AM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 10, 2026 11:46 AM (wBaIH)
Link won't open on my Kindle. What town is it? I always like to know if my hometown has done something cringe worthy lately.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 10, 2026 11:46 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 10, 2026 11:47 AM (w/O5Q)
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Because the generals don't trust the drones enough. I suspect that's changing, slowly.
But I think the larger issue is what to do with a huge military/industrial complex sitting on trillions of dollars of assets (and costs) just to switch over to $1200 drones that are probably manufactured in China. (That trust issue again.)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2026 11:47 AM (jtM2q)
Jasmine Crockett: “I’ve always been someone who has been intellectual.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 11:45 AM (rC33A)
'The Juwes are the men who will not be blamed for nothing!'
Coincidence?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:47 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 11:45 AM (rC33A)
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She's a proud graduate of The Learing Center.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 11:47 AM (Hbs7G)
I am against protecting a CCP satellite country like canada, YMMV.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 10, 2026 11:47 AM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 10, 2026 11:46 AM (wBaIH)
I like Project Farm and his rigor but for my uses, CLP Break Free and Hoppe's work best for gun cleaning/lube. And Ballistol for misc lubrication and protection.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:48 AM (xcxpd)
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Then account for the fact that for every "charged" or "convicted" crime committed, there are like 20+ more crimes most criminals have committed and for which they are NOT charged.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 11:48 AM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 10, 2026 11:49 AM (zjgNU)
Drones have their place but not in large scale warfare.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 11:49 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 10, 2026 11:50 AM (Vh9CX)
Drones have their place but not in large scale warfare.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 11:49 AM (XV/Pl)
I'd say it would depend on the situation. Same as anything else.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)
I am against protecting a CCP satellite country like canada, YMMV.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 10, 2026 11:47 AM
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"Next you'll want to stop protecting a CCP satellite state like Califzuela." -- Gov. Gruesome Newscum
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 11:50 AM (0Eh0f)
Link won't open on my Kindle. What town is it? I always like to know if my hometown has done something cringe worthy lately.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
"The intersection of US-85 and 60th isn't exactly the Las Vegas Strip… or is it?
"We got numerous calls the other day when drivers were treated to a little stoplight entertainment courtesy of this fire-juggling unicyclist."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 11:51 AM (rC33A)
But I think the larger issue is what to do with a huge military/industrial complex sitting on trillions of dollars of assets (and costs) just to switch over to $1200 drones that are probably manufactured in China. (That trust issue again.)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2026 11:47 AM (jtM2q)
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We talk about the gigantic fraud in HHS but the DoD is certainlu just as vast.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 10, 2026 11:51 AM (Vh9CX)
It is to my great shame that I did not destroy the masters and all associated materials for Farenheit 9/11 when I had the opportunity, and it, instead of OldBoy won the Palm d'Or.
I will take this shame to my grave.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 11:43 AM (XV/Pl)
There's nothing I can say that you have not already thought of. What could have been....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:52 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 11:52 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 11:53 AM (u82oZ)
>>I'd say it would depend on the situation. Same as anything else.
Drones are really good for guerilla actions and quick surprise strikes on limited target sets.
But like how you can't win a war with air power alone, this is exponentially true of drones.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 11:53 AM (XV/Pl)
The Left wants slaves. They should be much more careful what they wish for.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 11:53 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Envy, leftist superiority complex, little brother syndrome.
Why do so many of 'em pick Cuba as a vacation spot?
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 11:12 AM (Y8DZL)
Magik 8-Ball says: Fewer will be vacationing in Cuba.
Cuba warns airlines they can’t refuel amid Trump tariff threat
https://tinyurl.com/5drjfay5
"The communist government warned international airlines they can no longer refuel at its main airport in Havana for the next month after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any nation that supplies Cuba with oil. A-1 jet fuel won’t be available at Jose Marti International Airport beginning Tuesday through March 11, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said in a notice Sunday."
"Canada’s flagship carrier said Monday it was halting flights to Cuba effective immediately, though it plans to send empty planes to bring back about 3,000 vacationers currently on the island. Air Canada “will continue to monitor the situation to determine an appropriate restart of normal service” at a future date, the Montreal-based company said."
Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 11:54 AM (5rh/l)
Maybe the Canadians should listen to it too. Not the Horde Canadians - the other ones.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 11:54 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 10, 2026 11:54 AM (up14Y)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 11:54 AM (rC33A)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:55 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 10, 2026 11:54 AM (up14Y)
Not surprising. It's all a grift on us. ALL of it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:55 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 11:55 AM (xFfhU)
Drones have their place but not in large scale warfare.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 11:49 AM (XV/Pl)
Let's define what people think a drone is.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 10, 2026 11:56 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 10, 2026 11:54 AM (up14Y)
"How many bullets do they got? OK, how many humans live in Russia? Ok, divide by.... carry the one.... Yup. Eight days."
This is fun! Reports are easy!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 11:56 AM (JwNbV)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 11:53 AM (XV/Pl)
Oh, absolutely, but for playing havok on supplies/lines and causing chaos?
Think about if you used drones to deploy anti-personnel mines.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)
That is all.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:55 AM (bss/y)
Because you go in circles?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:56 AM (ZCxQ+)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 10, 2026 11:46 AM (wBaIH)
AoSHQ Rules Mandatory Response -
Clenzol! It's a gun cleaner! No, it's a dessert topping!
Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 11:57 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 10, 2026 11:58 AM (qFwJc)
The eight day Russian conquest timeline was quoted a lot in 2022 as well...
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 11:59 AM (Y8DZL)
It's so Dunning-Krueger it hurts.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 11:59 AM (JwNbV)
>>Let's define what people think a drone is.
The US has 300 Reaper Drones, so with duty cycle, maintaniance and and inoperation, there are roughly 75 available for combat usage at any time.
That's not going to cut it in a large scale war, for onesy, twosey operation it's fine.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 11:59 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)
The Ukrainians already do this, probably also the Russians.
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at February 10, 2026 11:59 AM (EcHpA)
Posted by: XTC at February 10, 2026 12:00 PM (6Uni8)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:38 AM (fQqaC)
More advanced radars and sensors give you more capabilities to track and intercept drones. You also need a fighter that can effectively engage enemy fighters that are hunting your drone killers.
You could employ a bunch of F-4s to hunt enemy drones, but you'll quickly run out of pilots to fly them, and once your ground based radars are destroyed and AWACS is shot down they're going to struggle to even spot drones.
Posted by: Sjg at February 10, 2026 12:00 PM (aqZN1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:56 AM (ZCxQ+)
I kept telling reef to stay back (he kept wanting to get right under the weight) and finally just let him get bonked in the head once. He stopped doing that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:00 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 12:00 PM (voQc3)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 12:00 PM (jbnUc)
Drones have their place but not in large scale warfare.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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I'd call the Fritz X a drone, albeit guided. It took out the Italian battleship Roma in WWII. And almost the Warspite too. That's some payload.
Posted by: George Costanza at February 10, 2026 12:01 PM (XvL8K)
--64% of Canadians think they should stop buying all military equipment from the US immediately.
-- 65% of Canadians think they should spend more on Canada's expense than it does
-- 32% of Canadians would support a new $100 tax to increase the Military budget
-- 60% of Canadians have a positive opinion of their Armed Forces
AND, here's the best one:
-- 50% (half of the population of Canada) of Canadians believe that Canadian Armed Forces can effectively defend Canada
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My point is that it's not just TDS. Most Canadians are unaware of their current situation. They have no concept of their degraded military branches or their outdated, and outright non-existent m military apparatus. Unfortunately, Canada's Constitution bars individual provinces from purchasing their own military equipment. It would have been funny to sell F-35's to Alberta and Saskatchewan individually to see Ottawa have a coronary.
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 12:01 PM (dIske)
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What remorse did he exhibit at sentencing?
"'Off the record, the defendant was speaking to Ms. Zgonjanin and stated, ‘I will see you in 20 years, b****,'" Judge Davis read aloud. "On the record, in front of the entire court, he stated, ‘D**** s*****, f**** y'all kids, and f**** y'all's dead loved ones.' In addition to that, speaking directly to the court, he said, ‘Eat my d****, b****. I'm going to pop your *** and s*** my d***, b****.'"
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I'm not sure what all those "*" mean but I am sure he deeply regrets any harm he may have caused.
https://is.gd/5LdFP9
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 12:02 PM (rC33A)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 12:02 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 10, 2026 11:28 AM
Maybe tactical air and ground support but, drones aren't going to punch a hole in peer air defenses and let bombers through to pound major sites.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 12:03 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:38 AM (fQqaC)
How many inexpensive drones have made air-to-air kills of Uke and Russian high-performance fighter and attack aircraft?
Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 12:04 PM (5rh/l)
Two words:
Kevlar.
Umbrellas.
To anyone at the DoD right now, please make the check out to Waraiotoko Smith. Yeah. Ess. Em. Aye. Tee.....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:04 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 10, 2026 12:04 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 12:02 PM (u82oZ)
That's not Western Europe. My point is that, to the extent Europe has any future, it now belongs to the Slavs.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 12:05 PM (voQc3)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 11:36 AM (fQqaC)
I think it gets even worse for them when actual combat readiness is taken into account. The corruption in Europe is so bad, even when they had plenty of time -- not pressed by enemy forces, just sending war machines to Ukraine at their leisure -- a lot of them were unusable, and just went straight to the "cannibalize for parts" section.
Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 12:05 PM (Sy6m/)
It's so Dunning-Krueger it hurts.
It sounds like she has become aware of how much everyone laughs at her.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 12:06 PM (jc0TO)
Today the Fritz X would probably be classified as a glide bomb. In addition to the Roma and Warspite, the USS Savannah (CL-42) was hit, and put out of the war.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 12:07 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 12:06 PM (jc0TO)
*pictures fifteen dudes in liederhosen carrying MP5s sitting in the bucket of a trebuchet*
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:08 PM (JwNbV)
No.
The German Defense Secretary responsible is now in charge of the EU. She failed upward.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 12:08 PM (u82oZ)
How many Russian ground, air, and naval platforms have the Ukes destroyed with drones? There's a reason the Russians can no longer keep a serious Navy in the Black Sea and they're running out of their AWACS. Russia is even running out of tanks. Russia.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 10, 2026 12:04 PM (qFwJc)
I think the left loves the idea of drones in the same way they envision a civil war where they get to menace children and old folks.
Just remember kids. You have to sleep. You have to go somewhere to sleep. Drone operators have to sleep. And have families.
Sleep tight.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:08 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 12:09 PM (jc0TO)
Sure, but the Albatross is no longer a cutting edge fighter.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)
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I'd bet some of those MENSA types do a little peacocking. If you're willing to take the effort to join, there's a decent chance you'll boast about it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 12:09 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 12:10 PM (xFfhU)
‘ It's so Dunning-Krueger it hurts.
It sounds like she has become aware of how much everyone laughs at her.’
She’s ign’nt.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 10, 2026 12:10 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Nazdar at February 10, 2026 12:10 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 12:11 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:11 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 12:11 PM (fQqaC)
Posted by: MichiCanuck at February 10, 2026 12:11 PM (YXfnZ)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 12:09 PM (XvL8K)
I would rank MENSA membership somewhere roughly in between people who do a Wordle every day, and people who bet on horses every day.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 10, 2026 12:11 PM (JwNbV)
Some sources indicate mission-capable rates may have previously hovered around 36%, reflecting long-term sustainment challenges. The CF-18s, many nearing 45 years of service, are being kept operational through upgrades like the Hornet Extension Project (HEP), but structural fatigue and supply chain issues continue to constrain readiness. You may now continue.
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at February 10, 2026 12:12 PM (jc0TO)
"We got numerous calls the other day when drivers were treated to a little stoplight entertainment courtesy of this fire-juggling unicyclist."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 11:51 AM (rC33A)
Looked it up. Would appear to be Commerce City.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 10, 2026 12:13 PM (lFFaq)
Since then, the gray cells are dying off.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 10, 2026 12:14 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 10, 2026 11:54 AM (up14Y)
Even if they hadn't spent their arsenal in Ukraine. The Russians couldn't invade the rest of Europe. Their logistics would turn it into a turkey shoot. The different gauge rail lines would force large concentrations of material. The entire NATO war machine is built to blow up your stuff and deny it to you. The Russians still insist on running their army on big, rail based piles of stuff.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 10, 2026 12:15 PM (w/O5Q)
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It's a poke in America's eye. Not criticizing this post, I just want to point out that when Trump is trying to Make America Great Again, he's trying to help the US citizen. So when countries "get back at Trump" for something he is trying to do, I take it personal. It isn't Trump that is being harmed, he'll be fine no matter.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 12:15 PM (Dv3i1)
How many Russian ground, air, and naval platforms have the Ukes destroyed with drones? There's a reason the Russians can no longer keep a serious Navy in the Black Sea and they're running out of their AWACS. Russia is even running out of tanks. Russia.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
Air-to-ground/sea kills. Different combat environment.
Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 12:17 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 12:17 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 12:19 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 12:11 PM (fQqaC)
Large swarms are no longer inexpensive.
Pakistan just recently sent over 1000 drones at India, and India appears to have very successfully defended themselves using AA and jamming.
Posted by: Sjg at February 10, 2026 12:30 PM (aqZN1)
Posted by: REEEE at February 10, 2026 12:41 PM (6rdCx)
Jeans? You're wearing jeans?
Posted by: Juding is Lonely Work at February 10, 2026 12:46 PM (zFsEm)
And you know why they rejected their liberty?
Because paying for a doctor was JUST TOO HARD.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 01:28 PM (O3dBq)
Because GE makes the Engines for them, and that gives the US ITAR control over who get the plane and who doesn't. So if Canada cancels the F-35 order, there's nothing they can do to stop the US from not sending Engines to Sweden to put in Canadian Gripens.
Sure, they can say they're going to use a Rolls Royce, or maybe a SNECMA, but that's not an easy switch.
Posted by: Andrew at February 10, 2026 02:12 PM (Pp3zn)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Adriaen van Ostade
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I like the lighting.
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Does your husband misbehave?
Grunt and grumble?
Rant and rave?
Shoot the brute some
Burma-Shave
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Posted by: cmeat at February 10, 2026 09:39 AM (R11M+)
I did like hanging one's violin (to dry???)...
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Some of these guys look like Leatherface's family and friends. It's very unsettling/off-putting.
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Is it just me or do some of the figures look like Ralph Bakshi hobbits? Perhaps it is set in Bree where men and Hobbits coexist.
Or maybe I just need more coffee.
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Just lost one three weeks ago. All healed up now, tho.
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Someone Has to Say It - a limerick
The old country barber Jack Brown
Was a stylist of certain renown
"I need a shave and a haircut, Jack
What d'you think that'll set me back?"
"That'll be two bits...same as in town!"
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As in Tom?
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:40 AM (XuXeR)
"I guess I've got to get this cavity filled," said Tom hollowly.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 09:44 AM (ufSfZ)
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YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!
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Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
The commenter who makes the best dental pun of the day should get a plaque.
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Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
The commenter who makes the best dental pun of the day should get a plaque.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ
Or a crown.
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Artist: Adriaen van Ostade (1610–1685)
Year: 1630–1635
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 34 cm × 41.3 cm (13 in × 16.3 in)
Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Would love to visit this museum.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 09:47 AM (/Z6GR)
You know the drill. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 09:48 AM (48ipd)
Posted by: The Barber of De Drill at February 10, 2026 09:48 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 09:48 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Oof at February 10, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: The Barber of De Drill at February 10, 2026 09:48 AM (vFG9F)
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lol
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 09:49 AM (/Z6GR)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 10, 2026 09:49 AM (+u9S1)
Northern or Southern hemisphere?
*yeah, I know. Still funny, tho*
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:49 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)
Can't brush off that achievement!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 09:50 AM (48ipd)
Shave and a haircut, two bits.
Dentistry? A bit more.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:50 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 09:43 AM (09exb)
Since we've insisted on Mumbai, things are much better.
Posted by: guy who is taking a shit in the street at February 10, 2026 09:51 AM (CzMNg)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026
***
Same at the Walmarts around here
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Jerry at February 10, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)
Brace yourself - the worst is yet to come!!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 09:51 AM (48ipd)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 09:51 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:51 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: The Barber of De Drill at February 10, 2026 09:51 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 09:52 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:52 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Kramer at February 10, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)
"Beijing Duck" just doesn't have the same ring to it...
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:52 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026
***
And being fed barley instead of wheat was considered a punishment.
On a related note, can you still buy Roman Meal bread?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 09:52 AM (wzUl9)
Shaving is a royal pain, Toots
You have to do it every day
I suggest: Pull 'em out by the roots
It's the long-lasting, manly way!
...PERMA SHAVE
Posted by: muldoon at February 10, 2026 09:53 AM (qgHp7)
It wasn't too hot or cold? Just right?
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:53 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 09:53 AM (09exb)
Posted by: Mama Celeste at February 10, 2026 09:54 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Welcome to Mayberry at February 10, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Yes, but it's not as available as it used to be.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 09:54 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:54 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 09:54 AM (Hbs7G)
WV, home of the tooth brush.
*get it? "tooth", not "teeth"
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:55 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2026 09:55 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: The Barber of De Drill at February 10, 2026
***
Twenty guilders?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Burma Shaver at February 10, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 09:55 AM (ufSfZ)
irish foreplay.
Posted by: cmeat at February 10, 2026 09:56 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026 09:56 AM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 09:56 AM (09exb)
Posted by: Eromero at February 10, 2026 09:56 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 09:56 AM (ufSfZ)
*
Yes, but it's not as available as it used to be.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026
***
I was never enough of a fan to seek it out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 09:55 AM (ufSfZ)
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I'm planning on making both of my sourdough starters into bread this week. I want to compare them side by side since they started with different flour types. Gotta feed them today, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:56 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 10, 2026 09:56 AM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 09:57 AM (iJfKG)
Heaven!
The aroma from the baking bread makes it even better.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 09:57 AM (48ipd)
Ugh. A grotesquerie of deformed mutants.
Would hang. With prejudice.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 10, 2026 09:56 AM (Hx0tZ)
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In the mother-in-law suite?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:57 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 10, 2026 09:57 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:57 AM (XuXeR)
irish foreplay.
Posted by: cmeat at February 10, 2026
***
The kind of joke Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, who was part Irish, would have loved.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 09:57 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 09:57 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Zebedee at February 10, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: cmeat at February 10, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
>That's just the floss from his sexy underpants.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 09:58 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 09:58 AM (48ipd)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 09:58 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 09:58 AM (bxiOq)
"A Picture From JRR Tolkien's Failed Sequel to Lord of the Rings, "The Retards of Hobbiton"
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 09:59 AM (iJfKG)
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Yes, but it's not as available as it used to be.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026
***
I was never enough of a fan to seek it out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)
I used to see it in the local grocery all the time when I was a child. I hadn't thought about it in years until I saw a loaf in the kitchen of the sitcom Reba.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 09:59 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 10:00 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 10:00 AM (48ipd)
https://tinyurl.com/u9nxyxnj
I think they are on to me...
Also, not really that sorry.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:00 AM (bss/y)
Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 10:00 AM (yI5mB)
"A Picture From JRR Tolkien's Failed Sequel to Lord of the Rings, "The Retards of Hobbiton"
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026
***
More like the boggies of the Sty in Bored of the Rings: "They are a simple people, uncomfortable with tools more complex than a blackjack or a Luger."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 09:59 AM (iJfKG)
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We boggies are a hairy folk
Who like to eat until we choke
Loving all like friend and brother
And hardly ever eat each other.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:01 AM (bxiOq)
Twenty denari. Same as in Capernaum.
Posted by: Zebedee at February 10, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)
If it's "Roman" meal, shouldn't the price be in sesterces?
(take note, kids - you don't get this kind of content on just any blog)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:01 AM (ufSfZ)
Actually how I always pretty much imagined LOTR...
Jackson's sets were too pretty.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
>That's just the floss from his sexy underpants.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 09:58 AM (xFfhU)
Thongs were made from wool in those days...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:01 AM (bss/y)
The Aztek Hobbits closed that show.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 10:01 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 10:01 AM (xFfhU)
Up 5% already for 2026. Odd since the entire msm is telling me we’re in a recession.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 10:01 AM (y6810)
I read somewhere that the Brits consider the American smile full of perfectly braces-aligned teeth to be ridiculous and unattractive. Could they be making lemonade from lemons?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 10:02 AM (8zz6B)
The horde gets to the root if things.
Posted by: Lizzy
Yes,the horde is usually incisor this morning.
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 10:02 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Person with no kids at February 10, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Methinks I should do other things.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 10:00 AM (2GVsD)
The second one with the ponytail is nice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:02 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:57 AM (GBKbO)
I meant the subjects of the picture not the actual picture.
That there is a three bagger
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 10, 2026 10:02 AM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:03 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Always makes me nervous when the barber trims my ear hair. I sit super still so as not to get a perforated eardrum.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:57 AM (GBKbO)
I meant the subjects of the picture not the actual picture.
That there is a three bagger
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 10, 2026 10:02 AM (Hx0tZ)
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I think my question is still relevant, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:03 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)
Normal shaped heads are too.
Posted by: Somalians at February 10, 2026 10:04 AM (CzMNg)
He was pretty one dimensional, he usually plays a bumbling absent minded type, though unlike Floyd, not always a nice guy. His career went all the way back to Speed Gibson radio serial of the 1930s.
Parley Baer played the Mayor on Andy Griffith, and he also had a very prolific radio career.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 10:04 AM (09exb)
Would hang. With prejudice.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
______
Looks like a bad Bruegel knockoff.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 10:04 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Monty Python at February 10, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026
***
On a related note, I'm waiting for some new shaving cream, soap, and blades to arrive via USPS. The only decently-priced things you can buy at WM or the drugstore$$$ are shaving gels and foams in cans, and they dry my face out. And forget about finding double-edge blades. Bed, Bath, and Beyond carried Wilkinson blades, but their stores are gone.
(I know, Target has some blades, and a safety razor in that orange box.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:05 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:05 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Archimedes
When my son and I went on a middle-school trip to the Galapagos in 2014, ALL of the middle-schoolers (including my son had braces.
"Braces -- those things that support your kid's teeth and your orthodontist's family."
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)
Well, don't look a gift h....
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:06 AM (XuXeR)
He was pretty one dimensional, he usually plays a bumbling absent minded type, though unlike Floyd, not always a nice guy. His career went all the way back to Speed Gibson radio serial of the 1930s.
Parley Baer played the Mayor on Andy Griffith, and he also had a very prolific radio career.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026
***
I spotted McNear in a similar role on a Peter Gunn from 1960, just before he started as Floyd.
Did someone mention Hal Smith too? He was Otis the town drunk, but he too was a busy voice actor.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)
I read somewhere that the Brits consider the American smile full of perfectly braces-aligned teeth to be ridiculous and unattractive. Could they be making lemonade from lemons?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)
Heh. Vast fortunes are spent on shiny teefus in America. Anything less is simply declasse. I have several friends who are dentists and they live large on the proceeds of the pursuit of dental perfection. The big thing now is dental implants, has been for a little while. Big money in implants.
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:06 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Monty Python at February 10, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)
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Brought peace?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:07 AM (bxiOq)
Posted by: Russian Hands, Roman Fingers at February 10, 2026 10:07 AM (oftw2)
Without them, we'd never have developed the roman a clef.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 09:55 AM
Do eet!
I would, myself, but I'm traveling this weekend. Maybe Monday...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 10:07 AM (kgE5c)
"family"?
That's funny. It's "side piece" or "porsche dealer"
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:07 AM (XuXeR)
Esp. now that we got a new snazzy OLED TV and sound system. OLED definitely makes movie watching 10x better.
What a great movie(trilogy)! Just draws you in. Watching the Extended version.
Tonight...."The Return of the King".
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: cmeat at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (XuXeR)
That sounds like cope to me.
Posted by: Halfhand at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (cO6Mr)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (iJfKG)
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"SPOILERS!"
-Tolkien
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Common Tater
He makes a brief appearance as Jimmy Stewart's business partner in 1958's Bell, Book, and Candle.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Moe, Larry, Curly
I'm your huckleberry.
Posted by: Doc Holliday
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (KN2gu)
"Braces -- those things that support your kid's teeth and your orthodontist's family."
I always told my wife that the likelihood of one's children needing braces is in direct proportion to one's bank account.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (J+Psw)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:57 AM (GBKbO)
I meant the subjects of the picture not the actual picture.
That there is a three bagger
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 10, 2026 10:02 AM (Hx0tZ)
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I think my question is still relevant, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:03 AM (GBKbO)
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Sure. The MIL suite it is! (I don't have one of those nor a MIL so I think I'm off the hook here now)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:06 AM (pDt9x)
—-
Chris Rock on dentists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24PcF7LDQ7M
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 10:09 AM (y6810)
What a novel idea.
*tip your waitress*
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:09 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 10:09 AM (voQc3)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:09 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Nobody was on more radio shows than Bea Benaderet. She was sometimes on 5 or 6 different shows per day.
Posted by: Kate Bradley at February 10, 2026 10:09 AM (oftw2)
"Braces -- those things that support your kid's teeth and your orthodontist's family."
I always told my wife that the likelihood of one's children needing braces is in direct proportion to one's bank account.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t
NEEDING braces. yes indeed.
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Always makes me nervous when the barber trims my ear hair. I sit super still so as not to get a perforated eardrum.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
Was in kollege with a guy whose whole family was barbers. He trimmed the top off a drunk's ear off when he was a student barber. Just dabbed some styptic on it and said 'there you go, buddy,'.
Posted by: Eromero at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
He voiced Owl in the Disney Winnie-the-Pooh cartoons.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)
I have a dental implant for a tooth that split down to the root. I can't imagine going through all that for the sake of vanity, but obviously people do.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026 09:56 AM
Give Lucy the Fink scritches from the Horde!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 10:08 AM (iJfKG)
I enjoy all three of those movies, although I will admit to zipping past a lot of the Frodo/Sam travel. Elijah Wood irritates the hell out of me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM (bxiOq)
Am I the only one who uses shaving soap and a brush?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Monty Python at February 10, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)
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Brought peace?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:07 AM (bxiOq)
Yes. The peace of the slave and the dead.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 10, 2026 10:11 AM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 10:11 AM (09exb)
"Braces -- those things that support your kid's teeth and your orthodontist's family."
I always told my wife that the likelihood of one's children needing braces is in direct proportion to one's bank account.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026
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I got so sick of hearing from my father how my parents spent $600 on my braces. In the 1960s, that wasn't cheap. (Worth it, of course.). But he continually brought it up, making me ungrateful as well as annoyed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:12 AM (XuXeR)
OMG. That must have hurt like heck.
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 10:12 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM
No. No, you are not.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 10:12 AM (Wnv9h)
And YouTube clearly has a filter nowadays to do the same thing.
Uncanny how many females have suddenly gotten dazzling white smiles while pontificating from the driver's seat.
Posted by: It's blinding at February 10, 2026 10:12 AM (2Ez/1)
He also played the mayor of whatever city the Addamses lived in; Gomez ran against him in the episode "Gomez, The People's Choice."
I've also seen him in at least one Hogan's Heroes episode.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:12 AM (ufSfZ)
OMG. That must have hurt like heck.
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 10:12 AM (lJ0H4)
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Probably not if he rubbed some dirt on it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:13 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:13 AM (pDt9x)
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Ritalin at February 10, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)
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Am I the only one who uses shaving soap and a brush?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026
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Aside from me? Dunno. I seem to recall Oregon Muse mentioning on the blog years ago that he used a Gillette adjustable and Tabac soap.
I don't have the nerve to try a straight razor. Safety razors for me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:13 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:13 AM (pDt9x)
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"Archeological evidence of this twig suggests it was when Europe was ruled by black women."
-modern science
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:14 AM (GBKbO)
Artist Adriaen van Ostade
Year c. 1630–1635
Medium oil on panel
Barber Extracting a Tooth is an oil-on-panel genre painting by Adriaen van Ostade, dated from c. 1630–1635. It is held in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, in Vienna.[1]
Description
The painting depicts a genre scene in a humble barbershop, where the village barber surgeon extracts a villager’s tooth under the gaze of several figures, some of whose faces appear slightly blurred. A shaft of light from the window illuminates the left side of the scene, a characteristic technique of the artist, while the right side remains in partial shadow. On the wall, a series of scissors alludes to the barbershop’s function. As was often the case, the painter favored popular themes, which he approached with great realism.[2][3] (Wikipedia)
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At first glance, I looked for more dwarves.
Interesting (and sort of cute) because it's realistic, at least in as far as the barbering and tooth pulling. However, I would pass hanging this particular painting. Thank you.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 10:14 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Eromero
>There's been more than a couple of times where I get home and see blood clots around my ears and neck.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 10:14 AM (xFfhU)
This Washington teen says a competitor purposely jammed fingers into her vagina [during a high school girls wrestling match]. She learned afterward that he is biologically male.
https://is.gd/1VOy2a
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 10:15 AM (J+Psw)
One Million Years BC was pretty bodacious...
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:15 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 10:09 AM (voQc3)
Word.
Posted by: zombie Jimmy Carter at February 10, 2026 10:15 AM (8zz6B)
OMG. That must have hurt like heck.
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 10:12 AM (lJ0H4)
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Probably not if he rubbed some dirt on it.
I went the "slap hot iron to it" route.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:16 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026
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Gibbon opens his Decline and Fall with the observation that the period from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus (AD 96 to 180) was the best time in human history. That was just about one long human lifetime, or about three generations.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)
I cannot imagine entering old age without all of my teeth! I plan on eating a nice juicy steak the day I die (hopefully in my 90s), and that will be a result of money well spent on my dentist's summer house!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2026 10:16 AM (n9ltV)
The proper rejoinder evolved to be “Got a sister, mister?” LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 10:16 AM (09exb)
Posted by: tubal
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Gibbons? - "If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 10:17 AM (XvL8K)
They actually said something like that. By which I think they meant learning to read and do math at 3 grade levels below their age which will get them a B in the dumbed down curriculum and promoted to the next grade.
Posted by: Ripley at February 10, 2026 10:17 AM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)
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"Life is easy, boy."
-a father to his son, circa 178
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:17 AM (GBKbO)
Did I read that correctly? One hundred and ninety pound women's weight class?
One hundred and ninety pounds in High Skrool?
Better be 6'11"
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:17 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 10, 2026 10:17 AM (BCuCF)
Unfortunately, the dentist who performed that demonstration later became addicted to chloroform, lost his mind, and committed suicide.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)
Well, dental implants are incredibly easy to do. I mean, they require skill and common sense(which may or may not be in good supply with your dentist) but they're easy and almost always work, if the patient doesn't abuse the hell outta them.
The thing that made me laugh is now Endodontists are doing implants instead of root canals, cuz quick and easy.
If your Endo guy is flogging implants, you may be going to the wrong endo guy or you may not.
As always YMMV
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 10:18 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 10:18 AM (XvL8K)
Unfortunately, the dentist who performed that demonstration later became addicted to chloroform, lost his mind, and committed suicide.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)
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Preston Sturges, of all people, made a movie about early anesthesia. The Great Moment.
Not his best film.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:19 AM (pDt9x)
The proper rejoinder evolved to be “Got a sister, mister?” LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 10:16 AM (09exb)
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One of the heartwarming things I liked in "Masters of the Air" was the relationship between the airmen and the local kids who hung out at the airfield.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:19 AM (bxiOq)
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I didn't even know the Bible had a good and plenty clause.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 10:19 AM (J+Psw)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:19 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 10:19 AM (0KSrI)
I agree with you, CBD. I had to have some implants last year and I was amazed at the speed and ease of the procedures (of the price, I was not so enthused).
This year I want to get a bleaching. Even with "stain removal" paste, my consumption of tea plays heck with my rarely-seen smile.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:19 AM (ufSfZ)
Hunter Biden was probably his test case.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:20 AM (Riz8t)
Pretty much, yeah.
Braun...
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026
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I used a Braun electric shaver for some years, until I cut myself.
'Struth. The foil head split so a tiny spur of metal stuck up and scratched me. I bought a Norelco rotary head shaver the next day.
Then in 2012, bugging out for a hurricane, I forgot to pack the shaver. At Target I bought some disposable razors and a can of Barbasol, and had the best shave in years. Since then it's been safety razors, soap or cream, and a brush.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:20 AM (wzUl9)
The lonely Brit lasses over there....
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:20 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026
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I get their catalogs all the time. I'll have to have a look. But there are more than a few online vendors with such shaving supplies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:21 AM (wzUl9)
Chris Tucker was a frequent visitor of Epstein Island.
Well, well, well. My dislike of you has reached new heights.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: cmeat at February 10, 2026 10:22 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 10:19 AM (0KSrI)
In my area, nearly every drugstore carries double-edged blades.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:22 AM (ufSfZ)
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I didn't even know the Bible had a good and plenty clause.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 10, 2026 10:19 AM (J+Psw)
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I think he's eliding over the whole "man and woman he created them" thing.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:22 AM (bxiOq)
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That makes no sense. Figured he'd be trying to position himself as a relatively sane alternative for '28.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 10:23 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:23 AM (pDt9x)
If your Endo guy is flogging implants, you may be going to the wrong endo guy or you may not.
As always YMMV
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 10:18 AM (iJfKG)
Root canals can and do fail, as do crowns. Skip the bullshit, and go straight for the implant. Pay once, cry once.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 10:23 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Wouldn't That Be Loverly - a limerick
An old British dentist named Keane
Did the worst work you ever have seen
At the end of the day
Every client walked away
With a mouth full of Boston baked beans
Posted by: muldoon at February 10, 2026 10:23 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 10:24 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:25 AM (XuXeR)
I cannot imagine entering old age without all of my teeth! I plan on eating a nice juicy steak the day I die (hopefully in my 90s), and that will be a result of money well spent on my dentist's summer house!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2026 10:16 AM (n9ltV)
I'll second this.
I remember a dozen years or so ago (Maybe more, I was in my 30s.) I went to the dentist and after the cleaning the dentist was checking the teeth out and mentioned, you seem to have a lot of wear. Asked me some more questions. Sounds like you're grinding your teeth at night. Might want to look at getting fit for a nightguard- you wouldn't want dentures by the time you're 50. *laughter*
I made the appointment with the receptionist right then. I come back about a week later and he says: Hey, I did not expect to see you so quick. I said: 'Doc, there are very few things that will get me more motivated than the word dentures.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:25 AM (bss/y)
This is the script that seems to be appearing hither and yon:
'Review: Bad Bunny brought Puerto Rico’s history and culture to a revolutionary Super Bowl show.'
Oh, yes, that should be a State. The best and the brightest were here before BB was born. Cut it free.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 10:25 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:25 AM (pDt9x)
Speed? Perhaps you had a different procedure than I did. First, they had to drill out the fragments of my broken tooth. Then, they sliced open my gums and smeared a paste on the bone of my jaw to stimulate bone growth. After that, I waited for about 6 months for the bone to grow. Then, they reopened the initial wound, and tapped a thread into the new bone and installed the threaded stud. In the meantime, they had someplace off site make the new tooth (after lots of careful measurements, of course). After another few months, they put the new tooth on the stud. All told, I'd guess it took about a year.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:25 AM (Riz8t)
In my area, nearly every drugstore carries double-edged blades.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026
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Here there seems to be nothing but the multi-blade razors and refills. If a store does have double-edged blades, they are probably twice as much for five blades as you'd pay online.
The only drugstores we have here, aside from a couple of small independents, are Walgreens and CVS.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:26 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 10:23 AM (XvL8K)
247 Kentucky is sort of a clown show, maybe.
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:23 AM (pDt9x)
Fucking three ring circus.
He probably figures he does not have enough nationwide street cred for the dem base.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:26 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 10:26 AM (09exb)
This. It's funny that the USGOV keeps prompting PR to vote on statehood... we don't get a say?
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:26 AM (XuXeR)
any relation to the 90's "Bell Biv DeVoe"?
Posted by: man
I don't know that second one. But BB&C had peak Kim Novak.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM
No. No, you are not.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
That’s incredibly sexy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026 10:27 AM (68lhN)
This. It's funny that the USGOV keeps prompting PR to vote on statehood... we don't get a say?
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:26 AM (XuXeR)
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Congress would get a say.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:27 AM (GBKbO)
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Yeah, when I had to have an implant, it took several months for the entire process.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:27 AM (bxiOq)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:27 AM (ufSfZ)
Speed? Perhaps you had a different procedure than I did. First, they had to drill out the fragments of my broken tooth. Then, they sliced open my gums and smeared a paste on the bone of my jaw to stimulate bone growth. After that, I waited for about 6 months for the bone to grow. Then, they reopened the initial wound, and tapped a thread into the new bone and installed the threaded stud. In the meantime, they had someplace off site make the new tooth (after lots of careful measurements, of course). After another few months, they put the new tooth on the stud. All told, I'd guess it took about a year.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:25 AM (Riz8t)
Yes is normally takes months from start to finish. The bone grafting if necessary is a wait on it process. For the upper jaw sometimes a sinus lift is necessary.
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:28 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:26 AM
Those usually carry double-edged blades. Not a wide variety, but they do have them. At least up here.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 10:28 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:28 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 10:23 AM (8zz6B)
Maybe.
Implants can and do fail. Mostly, because the patient aftercare sucks. They definitely need brushing, flossing, etc. You'll lose an implant much faster than a real tooth. They aren't magic.
There's a reason that a successful implant is considered one that lasts 2 years.
But, with proper care and placement, you may get a lifetime out of them.
Again, YMMV.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 10:28 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026
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I've been wet-shaving, as it's called, since 2012. Still I zing myself from time to time. But it's rare, and a styptic pencil usually handles it.
When I shave I chase the cats off the bathroom counter. I don't want them startling me while I'm wielding a sharp implement near my own personal face.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)
So, not the public at large, then.
/heh
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:28 AM (XuXeR)
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Life in a constitutional republic, not a democracy, it seems.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:29 AM (GBKbO)
However, I do need shaving products for my head, which I shave with disposable razor every other day.
So yes, I look like a bearded, shaved-headed monk.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 10, 2026 10:29 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:29 AM (XuXeR)
Ha. I just picked up my night guard yesterday. Amazing fitting technology. They stick this wand in your mouth and somehow make a 3D map of your teeth on the computer.
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 10:29 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026
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MP4, I appreciate your offer! But I have a solid inventory already. What brands do you see there?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:29 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM
No. No, you are not.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
That’s incredibly sexy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026 10:27 AM (68lhN)
**blushes**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:29 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:30 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:23 AM (pDt9x)
It seems that the Turtle might be doing everything he can to stop passage of the SAVE act, because his personal pique at Trump is more important than the future of the country.
Mitch McConnell Might Try To Smother The SAVE Act To Spite Trump
https://is.gd/F9Rxk4
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:31 AM (Riz8t)
That's not a wand...
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:31 AM (XuXeR)
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Did I miss the announcement where CBD now has his own personal enforcer?
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 10:31 AM (B4Se1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM
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No. No, you are not.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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That’s incredibly sexy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026
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* Waves 1960s Gillette and badger brush * Don't forget me!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:26 AM
Those usually carry double-edged blades. Not a wide variety, but they do have them. At least up here.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 10:28 AM
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I'm right here.
Posted by: WallyMart at February 10, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
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Huh. I've had mine for well over a decade. Doesn't seem to be giving up.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:32 AM (bxiOq)
**sings**
Skull Shaver, the time saver -
Ninety seconds and you're done!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:32 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM
No. No, you are not.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
That’s incredibly sexy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026 10:27 AM (68lhN)
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Entire male horde now heads to CVS for shaving soap and a brush
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 10:32 AM (lAk6g)
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Did I miss the announcement where CBD now has his own personal enforcer?
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 10:31 AM (B4Se1)
Code Name: Promethetard
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026
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* Waves 1960s Gillette and badger brush * Don't forget me!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)
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*ponders using straight razor*
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:32 AM (bxiOq)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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Butter
Posted by: George Costanza at February 10, 2026 10:32 AM (XvL8K)
"....
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"
/M. McConnell
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:32 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:27 AM (ufSfZ)
They have to be forged from steel recycled from Naploeon Solo's pistol, of course.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 10:33 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:33 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 10:31 AM (B4Se1)
No...you didn't.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2026 10:33 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 10:33 AM (8zz6B)
I use blades forged from meteorites.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2026 10:34 AM (n9ltV)
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"Mitch McConnell" and "smother" in the same sentence caught my attention
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 10:34 AM (lAk6g)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:10 AM
No. No, you are not.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
That’s incredibly sexy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 10, 2026 10:27 AM
See, MP4? There's hope for us old-school throwbacks!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 10:34 AM (kgE5c)
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Huh. I've had mine for well over a decade. Doesn't seem to be giving up.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:32 AM (bxiOq)
You're taking good care of it and the implant had good placement.
The two year thing is a result of the Wide World of Patient Intelligence and Compliance.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 10:35 AM (iJfKG)
Who had the better halftime show?
Bad Bunny 16%
Kid Rock 84%
35,206 votes.
7:31 pm on 02-08-26
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 10:36 AM (KN2gu)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Where do you buy your spats?
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 10:09 AM (voQc3)
Word.
Posted by: zombie Jimmy Carter at February 10, 2026 10:15 AM (8zz6B)
Satanic is the word you're looking for.
Posted by: Eromero at February 10, 2026 10:37 AM (LHPAg)
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I went to a highly-recommended dental surgeon. She was a good-looking lady in her fifties and she had two very attractive female assistants. It was kind of nice to have them surrounding me when I was in the chair.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:37 AM (bxiOq)
I'd settle for "Mitch McConnell" and "aware of one's surroundings"...
My $.02 is that every bit of dreck from his office is staffer's work.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:38 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026
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I've been refusing to buy modern Gillette products ever since that anti-male ad campaign of some years ago. No Gillette-made blades or gels. My vintage Gillette razors do not put any money in Procter & Gamble's pockets, so I'm fine with those.
It's hard to avoid *all* P & G products, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:38 AM (wzUl9)
shave margarine is sustainable and better for the planet
Posted by: anachronda at February 10, 2026 10:38 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 10, 2026 10:38 AM (OUMaO)
And I borked myself, bigly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2026 10:38 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
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I'm lazy, and bearded, and retired. I shave my neck once a week, before church. BIC disposables, Gillette foaming gel. A single razor lasts a couple of months.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 10:38 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:39 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 10:31 AM (B4Se1)
No...you didn't.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2026 10:33 AM (n9ltV)
TJM is to CBD as Marty McSorely was to Wayne Gretzky!
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 10:39 AM (B4Se1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 10:32 AM (lAk6g)
I enjoy the ritual of a proper shave. Mrs. Meta appreciates my face being as smooth as a baby's ass. Currently using Taylor of Old Bond Street sandlewood soap. Old time barbershop smell.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 10, 2026 10:39 AM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:37 AM (bxiOq)
I had a wisdom tooth extracted about 30 years ago. The oral surgeon was fine, but his assistant was a total smokeshow with an unbelievable body. Gorgeous!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2026 10:40 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026
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That's the brand I see there and at Target. Never tried them; Personna, Rapira, Astra, and the Japanese brand Feather are my preferences. And Bic sells blades too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026
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If your stores have such things.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:41 AM (pDt9x)
This. It's funny that the USGOV keeps prompting PR to vote on statehood... we don't get a say?
Posted by: man
And this is just a coincidence: The Hill, Puerto Rican statehood is a national security no-brainer, Feb. 9, 2026
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AI Overview:
Arguments for Statehood: Supporters argue it would provide full democratic rights (voting for President/Congress), increased federal funding ($10+ billion annually), and BETTER ACCESS to social programs like Medicare and SNAP. (Emphasis mine.)
Arguments Against/Concerns: Opponents fear the loss of Puerto Rican cultural identity, potential negative economic impacts of paying federal taxes, and the impact of federal laws on the local economy.
In other words, more $, yes; assimilation, a definite no.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 10, 2026
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The cream I have coming today (I hope) is a TOBS "tobacco leaf" aroma. Also a "barbershop scent" soap from Phoenix Shaving.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:42 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:42 AM (wzUl9)
Huh. I love the smell of tobacco. Let us know how that smells.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:42 AM (bss/y)
It's hard to avoid *all* P & G products, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
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You've given me pause for thought. I doubt that the Gillette gel that I use is particularly better than other products. I'll keep that in mind when I restock.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 10:43 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)
I picked up a case of Astra blades for cheap. I'm good for a while. I may upgrade my razor to something a bit more aggressive.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 10, 2026 10:43 AM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 10:38 AM (XeU6L)
That's me before you know it, Mike Hammer. I mean like PDQ.
Posted by: Eromero at February 10, 2026 10:43 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 10, 2026
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Did the Belters have asymmetrical beards too, or was that just the Wunderland colonists?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 10:43 AM (XeU6L)
Creamo shave cream is a great option.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 10, 2026 10:44 AM (GTqXr)
https://tinyurl.com/4kbfm945
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:44 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 10:44 AM (O3dBq)
In other words, more $, yes; assimilation, a definite no.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)
Once Cuba becomes free, let PR become a department of free Cuba. Keep the naval base and radio telescope, of course.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 10:44 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 10:45 AM (xFfhU)
You've given me pause for thought. I doubt that the Gillette gel that I use is particularly better than other products. I'll keep that in mind when I restock.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026
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I used gels for a while in 2012-2014, but they always allowed some irritation. I've done vastly better with old-school soaps and creams that require a brush.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:45 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
The Arecibo Observatory is no more. It collapsed several years ago.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)
Rich Eisen was all-in for Bad Bunny like the good little NFL employee he is.
A big fan of Sherrone Moore, too, being a rabid Wolverine.
Posted by: Auspex at February 10, 2026 10:45 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:45 AM (pDt9x)
How you doin'?
Posted by: Axe Body Spray at February 10, 2026 10:46 AM (GTqXr)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 10:46 AM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 10:44 AM (8zz6B)
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I thought Arecibo was kaput after the antenna structure crashed into the bowl.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:46 AM (bxiOq)
In other words, more $, yes; assimilation, a definite no.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)
I don’t want another Quebec added to the country. I don’t want the United States to be another Belgium. PR should be independent.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 10:47 AM (O3dBq)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 10, 2026
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"Slant" razors like my Fatip Lo Storto are quite efficient. They look odd, but they really work.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:47 AM (wzUl9)
I've done vastly better with old-school soaps and creams that require a brush.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
This is the way.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 10:47 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 10:46 AM (0Eh0f)
But how are your Teefus? Are they shiny and straight??
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:47 AM (pDt9x)
That'll buff right out.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:48 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Vieques? Is there still a base there? For some reason I thought the island reverted to isolated nothing-to-see here status.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 10:48 AM (K3qLL)
Posted by: Martbell at February 10, 2026 10:48 AM (as6X5)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)
Well keep the site anyway. It could be fixed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 10:49 AM (8zz6B)
The Arecibo Observatory is no more. It collapsed several years ago.
Posted by: Bulg
Pierce Brosnan blew it up to kill Sean Bean.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 10:49 AM (QVmho)
Agree completely. Why should we import a Balkans problem?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:49 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 10:49 AM (RIvkX)
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That's me before you know it, Mike Hammer. I mean like PDQ.
Posted by: Eromero
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Fellow travelers. I meet with a very informal group of acquaintances once or twice a week for coffee. I refer to them as 'The Geezers'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 10:49 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 10:50 AM (voQc3)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:50 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
👍 Such a good mind for politics, too.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)
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I gave up the NFL (and MLB and every other pro sport) in 2020 after the "Kill Whitey" endorsements swept the nation.
However, my cousin was drafted into the NFL last year, so I started listening to sports talk radio on occasion -- and most of those asshat commentators, even the conservative ones on Fox Sports Networks (FSN), justified the lewd disgusting anti-American halftime scumbag as "The NFL wasn't being political, only trying to expand their brand internationally."
lol gf
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 10:50 AM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Stay with it! Stretch it to three days!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 10:51 AM (XeU6L)
We should still control them militarily. But no more US welfare.
Same deal with Greenland.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)
My son got me hooked on the soap and brush.
Posted by: MkY at February 10, 2026 10:52 AM (q6tQZ)
Even MS NOW Mocks Kamala Harris's 'Headquarters' Reboot
When you're a Democrat who's lost MS NOW... no, wait... when you're a female Democrat who's lost MS NOW [record scratch] OK, last try... when you're a female Democrat of color and MS NOW sees right through your latest B.S. [there it is!] then it's obvious to everybody but you that you're not only drowning, but that new life preserver you just bought is actually a boat anchor.
https://is.gd/By1U8U
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:52 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 10:53 AM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026
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I've found that a 48-hour beard makes for a good shave experience. At 24 hours, my beard is bristly and close to the skin; 36 is not bad; 72 is good too, but I know I'll look dirty for the last third of that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:53 AM (wzUl9)
And now it's "Their appeal is becoming more selective."
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 10:53 AM (lXoJ5)
Posted by: tubal
>Does this mean manscaping is off of the table? Or is that a whole other art thread?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 10:53 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 10:49 AM (XeU6L)
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There is a town just north of Vero, whose name I can't recall off hand, whose "welcome" sign said "Welcome to a town of nice people and six grumpy old men".
That could probably describe a lot of towns buy I admire those folks for just putting it out there.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 10:53 AM (K3qLL)
My body wash and cologne are classic Lagerfeld, with the sandalwood scent.
My after-shave slap-on is classic Old Spice.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:54 AM (ufSfZ)
So, Scotland was a good observation...
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:54 AM (XuXeR)
Even MS NOW Mocks Kamala Harris's 'Headquarters' Reboot
When you're a Democrat who's lost MS NOW... no, wait... when you're a female Democrat who's lost MS NOW [record scratch] OK, last try... when you're a female Democrat of color and MS NOW sees right through your latest B.S. [there it is!] then it's obvious to everybody but you that you're not only drowning, but that new life preserver you just bought is actually a boat anchor.
https://is.gd/By1U8U
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:52 AM (Riz8t)
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So, she's started losing in Democrat primary polls because of this?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:54 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 10:49 AM (XeU6L)
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There is a town just north of Vero, whose name I can't recall off hand, whose "welcome" sign said "Welcome to a town of nice people and six grumpy old men".
That could probably describe a lot of towns buy I admire those folks for just putting it out there.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 10:53 AM (K3qLL)
sounds like Monroe, speaking as one of the six.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 10:54 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 10:54 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 10:54 AM (wzUl9)
And now it's "Their appeal is becoming more selective."
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 10:53 AM (lXoJ5)
Yeah, expand by pissing all over the existing fans.
How's that going for Marvel, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:54 AM (bss/y)
My body wash and cologne are classic Lagerfeld, with the sandalwood scent.
My after-shave slap-on is classic Old Spice.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 10:54 AM (ufSfZ
Awesome!!!!
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:55 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 10, 2026 10:39 AM
Trumper guy, myself, but I have used Taylor. Good stuff. For cologne, Truefitt & Hill 1805.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 10:55 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
Old Spice was always my go to, as well.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:55 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: MkY at February 10, 2026 10:55 AM (q6tQZ)
Yeah, expand by pissing all over the existing fans.
How's that going for Marvel, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:54 AM (bss/y)
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"Please come to see Avengers Doomsday. We have Robert Downey Jr. again AND Patrick Stewart as Professor X!"
-Kevin Feige
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:55 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Stay with it! Stretch it to three days!
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I shave on Monday night/Tuesday morning. In the office Tue - Thur.
Good enough until next Mon/Tue.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 10:56 AM (KN2gu)
Which works well, because as every American idiot knows - all "not Americans" think exactly the same way...
*pounds head against keyboard*
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:56 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 10:56 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:55 AM (77rzZ)
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Hai Karate!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:56 AM (bxiOq)
Posted by: MkY at February 10, 2026 10:55 AM (q6tQZ)
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He should smell of the smoke of his hand-wrought fire and the blood of the kill he made to feed his family. A hint of paper from reading the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is allowed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:56 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 10:54 AM (lJ0H4)
I thought you were supposed to hammer them in, and chew them off on the inside?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 10:57 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:55 AM (77rzZ)
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Hai Karate!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 10:56 AM
Brut! By Faberge...
Posted by: Eddie Murphy's Father at February 10, 2026 10:57 AM (kgE5c)
You could call it the Great Fan Replacement theory (tm)?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 10:57 AM (48ipd)
Bay Rum?
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:57 AM (XuXeR)
-Kevin Feige
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:55 AM (GBKbO)
But that is after 5(?) years of just shitting and pissing on the existing audience.
I am also seeing speculation that they will never call Steve Rogers Captain America. I can see it.
And Falcon was a good character, well done. Better than the comics and they had to fucking ruin it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:57 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 10:57 AM (voQc3)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 10, 2026 10:58 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 10, 2026 10:39 AM
Trumper guy, myself, but I have used Taylor. Good stuff. For cologne, Truefitt & Hill 1805.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Tam Dao cologne by Diptyque is a wonderful sandalwood scent.
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 10:58 AM (lJ0H4)
I like Sandalwood for cologne scents but I often default to Drakkar Noir because hot chicks still say I smell nice when I wear it. And no, not just when I'm sliding $5 bills into their g-strings.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 10:58 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Sweeney Todd at February 10, 2026 10:58 AM (bxiOq)
Posted by: MkY
I knew a busty German gal who loved the smell of my Old Spice.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 10:49 AM (XeU6L)
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There is a town just north of Vero, whose name I can't recall off hand, whose "welcome" sign said "Welcome to a town of nice people and six grumpy old men".
That could probably describe a lot of towns buy I admire those folks for just putting it out there.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Father-in-law would refer to the old goats he'd have coffee with as the Spit & Whittle Club.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 10:58 AM (KN2gu)
Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 10:58 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:52 AM (Riz8t)
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So, she's started losing in Democrat primary polls because of this?
Dems are selected or at least pushed over the finish line by the media. If even MS NOW!!! knows she's a loser, she's not going to be able to develop any momentum.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:59 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
I have a feeling that if I search for it, I'm going to find out that it's still being made.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 10:59 AM (lXoJ5)
I agree... but in my case The Missus is pleased with the occasional beard balm or whatever scent.
Keep Mama Happy lol
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 10, 2026 10:59 AM (DgMqy)
Like the rest of us Real Men.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 10, 2026 10:58 AM (y9nCu)
Ballistol is right out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 10:59 AM (8zz6B)
But that is after 5(?) years of just shitting and pissing on the existing audience.
I am also seeing speculation that they will never call Steve Rogers Captain America. I can see it.
And Falcon was a good character, well done. Better than the comics and they had to fucking ruin it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 10:57 AM (bss/y)
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The Avengers brand is relatively untouched by the fouling of the overall Marvel brand, plus the desperate effort at "remember this?" will work with a lot of people.
I suspect a decent success.
However, the movie's stupid expensive (over $400 million, if I remember correctly) and will need to make something like $1.2-$1.3 billion to break even. Will it get there? Possibly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 10:59 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Rookie numbers. Not retired, and working on 3 years.
I do shave my head though.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 10:59 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
And whiskey. You forgot the whiskey.
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 10, 2026 11:00 AM (luW68)
Dems are selected or at least pushed over the finish line by the media. If even MS NOW!!! knows she's a loser, she's not going to be able to develop any momentum.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:59 AM (Riz8t)
He's not going to give it up, Desantis primary guy, until after the primary. If she wins it, he's going to be insufferable. We are going to have to beat him to death with our shovels in the concentration camps.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:00 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 11:00 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 10:59 AM (QVmho)
This is the way.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 11:00 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 10, 2026 11:00 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 10, 2026 10:59 AM (Riz8t)
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This is why Joe Biden was called a racist by the preferred candidate in 2020 and still won.
Black vote is what matters now, not media coverage.
Until anyone shows any proof that Kamala is losing black support, she's the frontrunner.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 11:01 AM (GBKbO)
lol gf
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 10, 2026 10:50 AM (0Eh0f)
Any other country that was trying to "expand their brand internationally" would be showcasing the appealing aspects of their own culture. If I were to travel to Italy, I want to try the native dishes and would have little interest in being fed hamburgers or fried chicken. I want to hear Italian music and see Italian architecture. I want to experience their culture. It would be silly for Italian hosts to try to make my visit as American as possible.
Why is the US the only nation that is expected to suppress our own culture to appeal to the rest of the world? What foreigners like about us are the things that make us distinct. Why erase that?
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 10, 2026 11:01 AM (FMtrg)
Posted by: anachronda at February 10, 2026 11:01 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)
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Oh, whiskey is the life of man
Whiskey, Johhny!
I drink my whiskey when I can
Whiskey for my Johnny!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 11:01 AM (bxiOq)
also Amazon has more double edge blade choices than you can shake a stick at
Posted by: Don Black at February 10, 2026 11:02 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 11:02 AM (8UiBJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:00 AM (bss/y)
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Actually, I was a "Trump is easily going to win the primary, but I'll vote for DeSantis in the primary because I always throw my vote away and feel like incumbents should be afraid of primary challengers on principle," guy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 11:02 AM (GBKbO)
More likely imo because FIFA and the USA.
AI - FIFA and the USA have a significant relationship, highlighted by the USA co-hosting the expanded 2026 Men's World Cup with Canada and Mexico, marking the first time three nations have hosted; the US will host 11 of the 16 host cities, bringing major international attention and economic focus, alongside ongoing security and logistical planning by federal task forces. This event follows the U.S. Soccer Federation's long-term efforts, but recent political tensions and policies have sparked international calls for boycotts, questioning the US's suitability as a host due to immigration issues and perceived human rights concerns, creating complex challenges for FIFA and the host nation.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 11:02 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 11:03 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Dr. Wellington Yueh at February 10, 2026 11:03 AM (jc0TO)
Barber. At first glance, I thought it was a tooth extraction. Also the barber's job.
What a bizarre agglomeration of cartoonish folk in odd poses. In dim light. And muddy tones. I always wonder, was it that brown when painted or has it accumulated mud over the decades?
Artfully awful. Or awfully artful.
Wot? Nood? I be willered again.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the artful codger at February 10, 2026 11:04 AM (kqXjy)
https://tinyurl.com/msa6va6d
Posted by: Don Black at February 10, 2026 11:04 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 11:02 AM (GBKbO)
No, Archimedes was a DeSantis ride or die guy back when.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:04 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
And whiskey. You forgot the whiskey.
Posted by: Bulg
>My smoking jacket smells like pipe tobacco. And scotch.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 11:05 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:04 AM (bss/y)
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Pronouns are hard, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 11:05 AM (GBKbO)
Pretty much, yeah.
Braun...
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 10:12 AM (XuXeR)
Norelco triple head since 1972. Rechargable. All I need. At my age, now, every three days. Even when I was young, my "beard" was not dark. Slovak genes from Dad's side, I guess, Magyar on Mom's side. Light colored whiskers.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 10, 2026 11:10 AM (5xuJ/)
The Morning Report — 2/10/26
The daughter of Republican Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson was stabbed to death in a botched murder-suicide over the weekend — leading her father to abruptly suspend his 2026 campaign. Hallie Marie Tobler, 22, was discovered dead with multiple stab wounds inside her locked apartment in St. Cloud after cops responded to a medical emergency on Saturday evening, according to the St. Cloud Police Department. Tobler’s husband, 23-year-old Dylan Michael Tobler, was also critically wounded inside the home with what investigators believed to be self-inflicted stab wounds, police said. . . Dylan, who is now in stable condition, has been taken into police custody and is expected to be hit with homicide charges in connection with Hallie’s death following his release from the hospital, cops added. . . . . . “Out of respect for his family and the enormity of this loss, Jeff has suspended his campaign for Governor of Minnesota. We ask all Minnesotans to join us in lifting up the Johnson family during this incredibly painful time.” Johnson ran a campaign that was tough on crime, immigration and fraud in the North Star State, which has become the battleground of ICE operations and clashes between protesters and federal officers in recent months.Indeed this is something but the question is, "Is this Something something?" Obviously we do not know as of yet the interpersonal dynamics of the relationship between the victim and her husband, nor do we know the politics of either, especially the latter. But, given what is going on in Minnesota as well as who the victim's father is, as well as the established fact that political terrorism and violence in service to ideology and the lust for absolute power are the stock in trade and sine qua non of the Democrat Party and leftists, it is well within the realm of possibility and most likely IMHO what will be the motive behind this attack. That is not hyperbole my friends, as these next two items will underscore: First up there's this awful AWFL...
A video by Democrat Suzanna Karatassos, who exemplifies the AWFUL acronym (“Affluent White Female Urban Liberal") better than anyone I’ve seen in the past 20 minutes, is going viral. Suzanna is running for Georgia’s 120th District in the state legislature. She’s privileged, and she oozes virtue signaling from every pore. Suzanna’s “final solution” to the “MAGA problem” is to ban us all from the Internet for four years: When this is all over, and Trump is gone, and Democrats are back in charge, and we’re rebuilding everything, the punishment for MAGA for voting Trump three times needs to be that they lose their internet access for four years. That they cannot post videos or comments on social media, for four straight years, so that none of us are subjected to their lies and misinformation. While we are rebuilding the chaos that they caused, the whole world and America gets to be without their BS online for four straight years. Can we all agree to this?And as if mere muzzling weren't final enough, this next sick bastard sure has a solution that sounds pretty damn final to me:
After decades of American institutions of higher education teaching that whites are the “oppressors” in the intersectional hierarchy, Texas politician Gene Wu is encouraging other racial groups to team up politically based on claims of shared victimhood. In a recently circulated clip from a December 2024 interview, Wu says: “I always tell people, the day the Latino, African American, Asian and other communities, realize that … they share the same oppressor is the day we start winning. Because we are the majority in this country now. We … have the ability to take over this country and to do what is needed for everyone and to make things fair.” Rep. Gene Wu (D) goes mask off: "Non-whites share the same oppressor and we are the majority now. We can take over this country."I seem to recall another Socialist named Schickelgruber who after he and his supporters took over their country did what was needed by building high speed railroads so they could send their perceived oppressors and usurpers directly to the gas chambers and crematoria. While Wu is a Chinese emigré there is no doubt that he still has very deep connections to the CCP. Who by the way are provably funding and fueling much of the mayhem in Minnesota.
Those Minnesota riots, once described by some as “spontaneous,” look more and more like a backdoor attempt by China, allied with extreme groups in the U.S., to foment violence and outright rebellion.One Slippery Slope — Yup that is what we are on, dear reader . . . Regardless of who's funding the Democrat/Left insurrection, the strategy and tactics are quite revealing and very familiar.
When you think about recent events in the Middle East, it’s easier to understand what’s happening in Minnesota. There are significant parallels between the tactics of Hamas and pro-illegal immigrant agitators. Start with this. Both have no realistic way to achieve their objective through conventional means. . . Outmatched in bullets and ballots, both groups have sought to use political pressure to achieve their aims. Putting their own people in danger is key to these efforts. Hamas hides its military infrastructure in and around hospitals and schools. Israel either avoids attacking legitimate military targets, or Hamas rushes out pictures of dead women and children. Something similar is happening in Minnesota. Agitators are actively stalking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and then physically trying to prevent federal agents from arresting illegal immigrants. Crowd control should be a job for local cops. But Minnesota politicians have prevented local police from coordinating with ICE. In December, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara even told residents to call the cops on ICE. Federal agents are put in a no-win situation. Either they allow agitators to stop them from arresting a criminal illegal immigrant, or they must use physical force to arrest the agitators. At a minimum, that will produce ugly-looking videos. Twice when an agitator has resisted, things have turned deadly. Illegal immigration activists then promote out-of-context videos and lob vile accusations at federal agents.There is no negotiating with terrorists. What the Democrat/Left have been attempting to do for the past 200 years is coming to a head. Forget slavery and the Civil War. They have never accepted the American founding and have been attempting to overthrow the Republic ever since Aaron Burr murdered Alexander Hamilton. The only things that have changed are the personalities involved and the temporal issues real or concocted. That said, it's funny how they keep calling us a Democracy which is why I find this comment from the execrable tosser Ossoff rather amusing in a vomitus inducing chutzpocritical way. It has been evident for a very long time that the Democrat Left is a completely alien political/cultural entity that is antithetical to our own, and that co-existence is impossible. Even if there were to be some sort of national divorce and physical cleaving into two separate nations, like Islamic nations bordering Israel, they could never accept our existence. Beyond a complete collapse of their economy and inability to fend for themselves, feed house or clothe their populace, that we would be thriving as they starved and froze to death (think the iconic picture of the Korean peninsula at night, the north in total darkness and the south lit up like a Christmas tree), their innate desire to dominate and subjugate could never allow for accepting our independent existence. Sad to say but it's us or them. As we head towards the semiquincentennial this summer, will we reach a tricentennial and all things considered, you have to wonder if we'll actually make it to 250. Have a great day.
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- Hallie Marie Tobler, 22, was discovered dead with multiple stab wounds inside her locked apartment in St. Cloud after cops responded to a medical emergency on Saturday evening, according to the St. Cloud Police Department.
22-year-old daughter of Republican Minnesota gov candidate Jeff Johnson stabbed to death - From Gaza to Minnesota, the tyrants' playbook is the same.
ICE and Israel Face the Same Dilemma
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- Gene Wu, member of the Texas House of Representatives, encouraged select racial groups to engage in an intersectional struggle against their shared “oppressor.”
Texas Lawmaker Goes Mask Off: Non-Whites Can “Take Over This Country”
- “We have the ability to take over this country.”
China’s Democrat Minority Leader in Texas Calls for Race War - She’s running in a solid Republican district, but with the election shenanigans we’ve come to know from Georgia, I wonder if she might slip in by the skin of her teeth.
Democrat candidate comes up with a ‘final solution’ to the ‘MAGA problem’
- It is especially noteworthy that the anti-government protests are well-organized and funded, which suggests the involvement of groups with substantial networks.
Why Minnesota Keeps Erupting in Anti-Government Chaos
- The ‘Seditious Six’ called for a mutiny, and the administration decided to ‘go on offense and make them tap-dance a little.’
The Trump Administration Defeated The ‘Seditious Six’ By ‘Going On Offense’ "BIDEN BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - The report proves a large majority of the illegals detained by ICE are known threats to the American public.
CONFIRMED: Majority of Illegals Detained by ICE Have Criminal Records.
- "It is a crime to smuggle illegal aliens into this country, and particularly horrendous to expose a child to untold dangers."
Feds Save Migrant Child From Sex Offender As Trump Cleans Up Biden Trafficking Crisis
- “The Trump administration will not comply with a court order requiring due process for hundreds of Venezuelan migrants deported to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador last year, DOJ lawyers said,” reports Fox News Digital. “It sets up a heated clash in court next week in a case that is almost certainly headed back to the Supreme Court.”
The Trump Administration FINALLY Tells Boasberg to Pound Sand WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - Robert Spencer: A convert from Islam to Christianity issues a sobering warning.
‘America, Wake Up — and Don’t End Up Like England’ OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY - The list also includes a policy analyst who accused Israel of terrorism and a 'Community Engagement Training Specialist' who said the Jewish state amounts to 'modern-day Nazi Germany'
Mamdani Hires Slew of Anti-Israel Activists, Including Brooklyn Borough Director Who Praised 'Heroes' Ripping Down Israeli Hostage Posters and Adviser Who Led College Divestment Movement J-6 FBI/PELOSI-ENGINEERED FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, - The move signals a significant reversal in the five-year legal saga involving Bannon and the corrupt January 6 Select Committee.
DOJ Moves to DISMISS Bannon’s J6 Conviction and Indictment. FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - The Guardian issued a correction, undermining the credibility of the newspaper and the related accusations against the Trump administration peddled by lawyer Andrew P. Bakaj, who helped orchestrate the first impeachment effort against President Donald J. Trump in 2019.
Top News Outlet FAKES NatSec Bombshell, Aided by Anti-Trump Impeachment Lawyer.
- During Monday's Morning Intern-Murderer Joe, so-called ‘conservative’ writer Matt Lewis alleged ICE was “buying” local police forces across the country through the federal 287(g) program in order to serve as a “paramilitary” force for a possible plot by President Donald Trump to steal the midterm elections.MS NSDAP: ‘Paramilitary’ ICE ‘Buying Off’ Police to Help Steal Elections RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
- Less regulation can ensure data centers pay their own way.
The Answer to AI’s Power Problem? Free Markets EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - The government does a poor job of educating students but excels at fleecing taxpayers.
$MORE
- With Rosie Bsheer at the helm, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies brought speakers to campus who 'appeared to justify' October 7, according to Harvard's anti-Semitism report
EXCLUSIVE: She Was Dismissed From a Leadership Post at Harvard. Now She's a Candidate for Columbia's Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies.
- “UW-Madison is a repeat offender, having previously resolved another OCR complaint regarding another BIPOC-only program, yet instituting and promoting the present BIPOC MOSAIC program anyway.”
Investigation Into UW-Madison Finds Closed DEI Unit Faculty Still Working on Equity Issues THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH - The SAVE America Act, a Republican-backed election integrity measure, would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote — including by mail — mandate photo ID for federal elections, direct states to verify citizenship and remove non-citizens from federal voter rolls.
Senate Republicans Have The Power To Force Democrats To Filibuster Voter ID — So Why Don’t They?
- There is only one conclusion: Democrats want foreigners voting because they cannot win without them.
Democrats oppose SAVE Act because they cannot win without millions of illegal votes
- Voter ID laws affect Democrats in much the same way that kryptonite affects Superman. These laws diminish the party’s strength, instill fear, and incite outrage.
When a Democrat Supporting the SAVE Act is News L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN - That's why it all comes down to that original court case
Why Were So Many Powerful Men Comfortable With Epstein After His Arrest?
- Maxwell was to be questioned during a video call to the federal prison camp in Texas where she’s serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. She’s come under new scrutiny as lawmakers try to investigate how Epstein, a well-connected financier, was able to sexually abuse underage girls for years.
Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions from a House committee, citing 5th Amendment rights
- Maxwell met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in late July and answered questions about her ties to Jeffrey Epstein and her alleged role in the trafficking network. . . Honig said Maxwell’s decision to speak openly with Blanche may have weakened her ability to invoke the Fifth Amendment.
Elie Honig Explains How Maxwell May Have Inadvertently Waived Her Fifth Amendment Protection
- Emails show that Plaskett, using the pseudonym 'LeRoy Daughter,' asked Epstein to fund a one-year project to 'create a new voter file' for the Virgin Islands
Democrat Rep Stacey Plaskett Pressed Jeffrey Epstein To Fund Project That Would Allow Her To 'Completely Outperform' Opposition POLITICS - Welp. How much do you want to bet that Los Angeles becomes the third city with a socialist mayor?
Avowed Socialist Nithya Raman Enters Los Angeles Mayoral Race
- On the favorability question, 72 of likely Republican primary voters said they had a favorable opinion of Paxton and 22 percent had an unfavorable opinion. Hunt came in second with 70 percent of the respondents saying they had a favorable opinion on him, and just 10 percent saying unfavorable. Only 61 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of Cornyn and 30 percent held an unfavorable opinion.
Poll: Attorney General Ken Paxton Beating John Cornyn, Wesley Hunt in Texas GOP Senate Primary
- But, but, but, Lefties keep insisting America is a "democracy?!" pfft! - jjs
(T)Ossoff: ‘We May Lose Our Republic’ if We Don’t Rebuke Trump in Midterms IRAN ON the BRINK?! - Israel pushes for limits on missiles as Trump continues build up in the Middle East
Trump Huddles With Netanyahu As U.S. Military Show Of Force Builds Near Iran
- Many of the involved accounts targeting Mora Namdar pose as anti-regime actors but are in fact aligned with the Islamic Republic
Inside the Iranian Regime's Online 'Bot Army' Campaign Against Trump State Department Official ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS - “For forms sake we should send it to Jeff, however I am sure we will get it back many fold!”
A Reckoning Comes for the Epstein Pals Behind Israel’s PLO Deal
- Israeli forces have discovered explosives hidden near the ceasefire line and faced renewed attacks from Hamas terrorists over the past several days
Hamas Works To Replenish Military Arsenal as Trump Admin Demands It Disarm
- A group demoralized.
A Hezbollah Terrorist’s Despair FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - So at the same time, it’s clear, I think, that there is more room, more space for more dialogue. And I’m sure I have the impression that the President is willing to engage — he’s willing to engage with his own approach — which is about reaching an outcome. It’s not about discussing for the sake of discussion or conversation. So my message is, it’s very clear that the EU cannot and should not be seen as an adversary. On the contrary, we see that there is great potential for making the relation grow in terms of trade and in terms of the various things that affect us both from migration, from a number of files, connectivity, and so on. So Cyprus has now this role.
Exclusive — Cypriot Foreign Minister: President Trump in ‘Unique Position to Define Global Order and Developments’
- What to do? Most conservatives favor military deterrence, while liberals seek arms control deals.
As U.S.-Russia Nuke Deal Expires, 2/3 Of U.S. Voters ‘Concerned’ About Nuclear War: I&I/TIPP Poll
- The ruling could complicate upcoming U.S.-China negotiations and has drawn international criticism.
Who is Jimmy Lai, and Why Did He Just Get 20 Years for Opposing Chinese Communism?
- Any growth in the U.S.-India trade relationship is a blow to China.
A Tentative Trade Deal with India, but What Does It Mean?
- Vance called the agreement a "win-win" that will provide additional energy exports for the United States as well as economic development and security.
‘A New Beginning’: JD Vance Signs Nuclear Deal In Historic Visit To Armenia
- Washington’s answer to China’s Belt and Road Initiative begins in Armenia, and Vice President JD Vance is in the South Caucasus to pave the way.
Vance Paves the Way for Trump’s Route to the Asian Heartland: The American BRI Starts in Armenia
- Canadian tourists trapped in Cuba as fuel runs out.
Liberal Tourism in Danger as Cuba Runs Out of Jet Fuel DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - Overnight, U.S. military forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding on the Aquila II without incident in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility. The Aquila II was operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean. It ran, and we followed. The Department of War tracked and hunted this vessel from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean.
WATCH: U.S. Military Hunts Down, Boards Vessel Defying ‘American Power’ in Indian Ocean HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - The law expanding the state’s culture of death will go into effect in six months to allow the Department of Health to put regulations into place, making New York the 13th state, plus Washington, D.C. to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Hochul released a statement equating assisted suicide with “freedoms” and a “right to bodily autonomy” — a similar argument used by pro-abortion and pro-transgender activists who promote mutilation and the killing of unborn babies.
New York Becomes 13th State to Legalize Assisted Suicide - The rise of medetomidine in street drugs poses significant public health risks and complicates efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
The Cartels Are Blending Fentanyl With Chinese Animal Tranquilizer to Boost Addiction. ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - Using data collected by the orbiter Cassini while it orbited Saturn more than a decade ago, scientists now think they have mapped out how the moon Enceladus interacts with Saturn’s magnetic field and helps create an aurora in Saturn’s polar regions.
How Saturn’s moon Enceladus causes an aurora on Saturn
- In other words, the next rehearsal will focus almost entirely on fueling to make sure these issues are resolved. The agency however has not set a date for that countdown rehearsal. To launch in March, as presently planned, it must occur sometime in the next three weeks, and go perfectly. Otherwise that launch will slip again, and begin to bump up against the end of the launch window on April 6th.
NASA provides update on Artemis-2 repairs for future dress rehearsal countdown FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - Medical fad meets legal reality.
Is This The End Of Transgender Hysteria?
- Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.: A major change in the medical landscape on transgender surgeries on minors arrives, and the press is trying to ignore it.
When Medicine Abandons Children -– And the Reckoning to Come CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - Hess, 27, sparked a backlash last week that spread from the internet to the White House after telling reporters in Italy about his apparent conflict in representing his home country.
American Skier with ‘Mixed Emotions’ About Representing the US, Suddenly ‘Cannot Wait to Represent Team USA’
- He was making an inherently political claim that the left has been pushing for years, which is that the United States of America — colloquially known as America — isn’t for Americans and that national borders are arbitrary at best but illegitimate at worst.
The Super Bowl Halftime Show Was Literally About Erasing ‘America’
- TPUSA decided to create a cool, all-American show that they knew conservatives would enjoy.
TPUSA staged a triumph amid Super Bowl halftime controversy
- I want that 40 minutes of my life back, please.
TPUSA Halftime Show Ruled a Fumble
- When politics upstage talent at the Grammys, it’s not just bad television—it’s proof that America’s cultural gatekeepers have traded art for ideology, and now want a monopoly to spread it.
The Grammys Were Bad, but at Least They Were Consistent
- Christian Toto: 'Club Random' host suggests bipartisan critiques stopped pair from talking
Bill Maher: Jimmy Kimmel Ended Our Friendship Over Politics HITHER & YON - Though I read a lot of good, detailed, and well-researched histories, I repeatedly find that if I really want to get a sense of the reality of times past, it is necessary to read something that was written by a person who lived at the time, and was an actual witness to great events.When you do this you instantly cut through the political narratives that color all histories, whether sincere or not.
What life was really like in the American wild west
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 10, 2026 07:01 AM (DDJSl)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 07:01 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 07:03 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at February 10, 2026 07:03 AM (S108+)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2026 07:09 AM (jtM2q)
May your spouse have a good day today on her road to recovery.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:09 AM (YXyUj)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 07:11 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 07:13 AM (xNh50)
Posted by: Trying to keep up at February 10, 2026 07:13 AM (2Ez/1)
May your spouse have a good day today on her road to recovery.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:09 AM (YXyUj)
Thanks. Yes she had a great day yesterday and day by day she seems to be improving. Hoping she gets into a rehab unit ASAP
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2026 07:13 AM (x0n13)
Strip state and federal funding until every single person who worked at the DEI unit is fired without any severance. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 07:15 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 07:15 AM (gbOdA)
Nearly everyone who celebrated Bad Bunny has absolutely no idea what he was saying (looking directly at you, dumb shit John Kasich). Here is the translation of just a few lyrics.
https://tinyurl.com/7h35yahb
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:18 AM (buPQP)
Yo my flo
like a dyna-mo
Tail is flat
Full of fat
Wood chip sticken
In my teeth
Too much maple
Gotta queef
Posted by: Bad Beaver at February 10, 2026 07:18 AM (vFG9F)
And I have to figure out when to get my wife her birthday card as well as some stuff for Valentine's Day.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 07:19 AM (jjoN6)
Trump, Noem: Sounds good. Consider it done.
Congressional Democrats: Whoa, whoa, whoa, just what do you plan on doing with those body cameras, fascists!?
It is to laugh...
Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2026 07:21 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 07:21 AM (7RYym)
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Several "experts" have made that observation too. And made the observation that those so-called riots look an awful lot like an insurgency you'd find in the Middle East.
Confined to Minneapolis is one thing... spreading nationally is quite another.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 10, 2026 07:22 AM (jtM2q)
Good morning, everyone.
Gene Wu, member of the Texas House of Representatives, encouraged select racial groups to engage in an intersectional struggle against their shared “oppressor.”
China’s Democrat Minority Leader in Texas Calls for Race War
She’s running in a solid Republican district, but with the election shenanigans we’ve come to know from Georgia, I wonder if she might slip in by the skin of her teeth.
Democrat candidate comes up with a ‘final solution’ to the ‘MAGA problem’
The Donks and commies (BIRM) really do want to move from the FA side of the equation to the FO side. It really won't go the way they think it will.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 07:22 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 07:23 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:23 AM (J9ulb)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2026 07:13 AM (x0n13)
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prayer up!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:25 AM (n+Zyl)
Go ahead. Do it. Because if you think over 50 million people will meekly submit to having their internet access denied as 'punishment' for voting for Trump, you'll end up begging for a quick, painless death.
Items like this are why I say Trump needs the Morning Report shoved in his face every day. He needs to move and destroy the Democrats, legality be damned.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 07:26 AM (ufSfZ)
We can sure trust the Constitution and the survival of the Republic in xer hands.
Sounds like a frustrated podcaster who isn't getting enough attention.
Is it a requirement to be a Cluster B sociopath to have standing in the Demonic Party?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 07:26 AM (a4flb)
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That has, early on, the standard sucking up to the Scandis. It's only about half way through it mentions their addiction to socialism. Everything in life involves trade offs.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 10, 2026 07:27 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 07:27 AM (jjoN6)
He has blood on his hands.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:28 AM (n+Zyl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 07:28 AM (7RYym)
Now calculate the costs of the education for the H1Bs, each who have litters of children at a $250k each for K-12.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 07:29 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Clear-Eyed Killer at February 10, 2026 07:29 AM (m0F9m)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 07:30 AM (QVmho)
Spin like water
Over the dam
Yo my homey
He be trans
Livin large
In beava city
Aint no hair
On that kitty
Posted by: Bad Beaver at February 10, 2026 07:32 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 07:32 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2026 07:13 AM (x0n13)
Good news, JJ. Prayers for both of you.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 07:32 AM (ufSfZ)
No one should. Anyone complaining about the TPUSA show, and the massive risk they took, but they did it anyway, is not a serious person, but is someone who needs to be shunned for being a blight on humanity.
I didn't watch the TPUSA show, and had zero interest in the Superb Owl and any of the manufactured hype around it, but for David to take a swing at Goliath, and some miserable bastard complains that David didn't take out Goliath's entire family and blood line is an idiot.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 07:33 AM (a4flb)
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Tucker Carlson most upset.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:34 AM (n+Zyl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 07:34 AM (7RYym)
Hunter Hess has the courage of his convictions.
He simply doesn't have any convictions.
(I first encountered this expression in Will Cuppy's "The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody".)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 07:35 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 07:35 AM (09exb)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:35 AM (n+Zyl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 07:36 AM (RIvkX)
Yes Wind and Solar require 100% backup with coal or gas as well a complete infrastructure system.
Texas Wind and Solar farms required a second cable system that cost more than the Wind and Solar.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 07:36 AM (gbOdA)
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Oh, for crying out loud. In addition to evil, the left is pathetic.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:37 AM (n+Zyl)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 07:38 AM (xG4kz)
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Naaaaah.
-the state media
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)
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Gee, I wonder. It's a mystery.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 10, 2026 07:39 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 07:39 AM (Cjt/F)
Shakespeare does- much better job with this sort of thing. See Henry V.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 07:40 AM (7RYym)
Oh, Suzanna,
Won't you calm your tits
'cos I come from big ol' Texas
And darling first you can blow me.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 10, 2026 07:40 AM (wVcYX)
That's great Bad Beaver!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 07:41 AM (xG4kz)
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This is one of their new code phrases
"We all agree"
"Let's agree to agree"
"We can all agree"
Who's this "we" comrade?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 10, 2026 07:41 AM (h06De)
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Looking at her, it's clear she wasn't performing services for Epstein's clients.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 10, 2026 07:42 AM (AlhUl)
TPUSA Halftime Show Ruled a Fumble
Likely not a popular opinion here, but I agree. The whelming, it was under.
Posted by: Delurker at February 10, 2026 07:42 AM (gtcuf)
This is from Human Events and it is WRONG.
And Enhance ID is a chip id. Only a Real ID is need for SAVE.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 07:42 AM (gbOdA)
Here is the right one,
https://tinyurl.com/5fux3dzd
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:23 AM (J9ulb)
Thanks! Should work now fingers crossed.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2026 07:42 AM (x0n13)
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I've been commenting about this from the start because it has been so blatant.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 07:43 AM (gbOdA)
No one should. Anyone complaining about the TPUSA show, and the massive risk they took, but they did it anyway, is not a serious person, but is someone who needs to be shunned for being a blight on humanity.
Strong words from someone who didn't watch it.
Posted by: Delurker at February 10, 2026 07:44 AM (gtcuf)
The Wind & Solar are placed where there is wind and sun, and the land is available in great abundance to install these abominations - which makes them far away from where the power is to be used, which means RoW, thousands of miles of high power lines draped across the permanent scars through woods and fields.
Then when it mostly doesn't work, a whole different set of problems occur for coal and nat gas. Once again securing RoW, power lines, running pipe along scars in the earth for gas, finding adequate rail for coal, either digging new cooling lakes for the thermals (and the ED to get the land), or dropping a humming 24/7, brightly lit building near homes and parks.
Twice the electrical transformers, twice the wires, twice the securing of RoW, twice the NIMBY fights, twice the rounds of financing, twice the bureaucratic overhead, and twice amortizing the CapEx on consumer's bills.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 07:45 AM (a4flb)
Was following up this story and found a piece that mentioned that over half the tourist resorts and hotels in Cuba are owned by the Cuban military. Presumably they’ve been using the hard currency earnings to enrich themselves.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 10, 2026 07:45 AM (gCFgr)
Posted by: r hennigantx"
I would like to also add a simple test. "Name the three branches of the federal government of the United States".
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 07:47 AM (vFG9F)
And we know that the Insurrection States have issued those out to illegal aliens for years, and by the tens of thousands.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 07:47 AM (a4flb)
Texas Lawmaker Goes Mask Off: Non-Whites Can “Take Over This Country”
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Unless one is a dimwit of epic proportion, this thought was why "people of color" was conjured up in their lexicon in the first place. It was and is meant to pit tan, yellow, black skinned people against the laughable "oppressor" white people. Its roots of purposeful division were evil to begin with, and it's no wonder this clown thinks this way.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 07:48 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: There's no such thing at February 10, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Mamdani not caring about 18 homeless dying from exposure should not be a surprise to anyone who knows the history of communism. The homeless make the state look bad so them dying is a win - win.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 07:49 AM (yI5mB)
Cuba is The Land That Ran Out of Everything.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 07:49 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Dr. Zaius at February 10, 2026 07:50 AM (hXJe5)
Whether the TPUSA show was a bang or bust, they took the risk. The ankle biters who crab bucket achievers is what I take offense.
I don't need to be entertained to understand that.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 07:50 AM (a4flb)
Was it perfect? Obviously not. But that was never the point. It was a message and the message was received loud and clear.
BTW, Kid Rock's cover of Til You Can't is now the #1 song in all genres at iTunes, ahead of Bad Bunny.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 07:50 AM (viF8m)
"We all agree"
"Let's agree to agree"
"We can all agree"
The one I hate is "agree to disagree". No, I ain't agreeing to squit.
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)
What chaos would that be? Of course she means the chaos they've unleashed which she projects onto us.
I wonder how many on "our side," that is, our so-called political leaders, really understand the mental illness, the phenomenal derangement, of the Democrat Left; that we're dealing not with some political opposition (with whom we can work out our differences through any familiar electoral or civic means) but with genuine maniacs who will at first opportunity after reclaiming power set about to annihilate us.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 10, 2026 07:50 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 07:51 AM (yI5mB)
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Maybe you're a Canadian?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)
Obamas Stash
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 07:51 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 10, 2026 07:45 AM (gCFgr)
****
Ahem, Mr. Servo...what about chet fuel?
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 10, 2026 07:51 AM (dAjAs)
Texas Lawmaker Goes Mask Off: Non-Whites Can “Take Over This Country
It appears that Wu has not yet received hos complementary knockout punch from a fellow Persyn of Non-Whiteness while walking out and about.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 07:51 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: NYC Refugee at February 10, 2026 07:52 AM (oftw2)
Cuba is The Land That Ran Out of Everything.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 07:49 AM (xG4kz)
Except poverty, disease, and death.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 07:52 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:53 AM (n+Zyl)
Natural gas pipelines need pumps, to move the gas through the miles and miles of pipes. Long ago engineers decided that they would bleed off a tiny amount of the natural gas in the pipeline itself, to power the pumps, to move the gas through the pipelines. Thousands of these are needed, I expect.
Anyway, somebody with way too much time on their hands decided what’s really needed is to do away with this simple and extremely reliable expedient, and convert the pumps to solar powered or (battery driven?) pumps.
Right when the natural gas was needed the most, to fuel natural gas powered electricity generation for the grid, the pipelines failed. Plenty of gas, no way to move it through the lines. Just …. stupid. Completely and utterly unnecessary, to add insult to injury.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 07:53 AM (09exb)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 07:26 AM (ufSfZ)
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We say what is legality, peon.
-600 Federal District court judges
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 07:53 AM (RIvkX)
I saw Chet Fuel in and among the betting lines at FanDuel
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 07:53 AM (xG4kz)
The suit alleges that Pelosi set the whole thing up and lured peaceful protesters off the streets, later calling them "violent insurrectionists."
The class is suing for $350 million in punitive damages, which would bankrupt Pelosi.
"The accusations are serious. If she's found liable, she probably should lose everything.
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 07:54 AM (enSNT)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 10, 2026 07:55 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Someone has to say it at February 10, 2026 07:55 AM (2Ez/1)
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Hey, he's got some opportunities coming up in about 6 months' time when the assisted suicide law comes into play. He can hire a bunch of commie stooges to go around with clipboards to all the homeless people and talk them into complimentary and compassionate suicide!
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2026 07:55 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 07:56 AM (RIvkX)
I understand they have a wonderful health care system.
(to be read with a blue aardvark accent)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at February 10, 2026 07:57 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 10, 2026 07:45 AM (gCFgr)
****
Ahem, Mr. Servo...what about chet fuel?
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 10, 2026 07:51 AM (dAjAs)
The Jet Screamer fan club!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2026 07:57 AM (x0n13)
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The minute I heard that illegals were able to obtain it in blue states (of course), its purpose and legitimacy flew right out the window. It no longer means anything.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 07:57 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:58 AM (YXyUj)
dumb shit John Kasich)
With apologies to Dusty Springfield --
"Among the boys who could never teach me
Was the failed son of a mail man."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 07:58 AM (xG4kz)
So odds at this point are that in November, we’ll see a race between Ken Paxton and Jasmine Crockett. That oughta be fun!
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 10, 2026 07:59 AM (gCFgr)
canadians, besides being perverts, are notoriously cheap, do not tip, are riddled with STDs and like to and be ass fucked.
Hence, cuban vacations.
Posted by: Zombie Fidel Castro at February 10, 2026 07:59 AM (hXJe5)
Posted by: Newman at February 10, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2026 07:59 AM (x0n13)
Ahem, Mr. Servo...what about chet fuel?
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
They're stacking up chets like cordwood in the failed state of Minnesota
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 07:59 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 07:26 AM (ufSfZ)
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It's more clear every day that this must be his mission, what destiny has called him to do to save America. But I'm not sure it is in him, as an inveterate dealmaker, to understand.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 10, 2026 08:01 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 08:01 AM (ZCxQ+)
So much for their "dream vacations," eh?
This story makes me laugh, laugh, laugh. There should be an extra surcharge for refueling Air Canada in the USA if the flight is from Cuber.
(insert sad trombone here)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 10, 2026 08:01 AM (uQesX)
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They believe they are on the winning team, even though they belong to a different party.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
Even if you weren't a horrible, evil person who wanted to have sex with minors. I don't understand why anyone would go to Cuba for vacation?
"It was either Havana or Flin Flon. Not a hard choice, eh?"
-- Canuckistanians
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 08:02 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 08:03 AM (yI5mB)
Posted by: Robert Conrad at February 10, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)
Awful horrible story
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 08:04 AM (ZCxQ+)
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Not to mention the inappropriate swimwear!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 08:05 AM (ExV1e)
canadians, besides being perverts, are notoriously cheap, do not tip, are riddled with STDs and like to and be ass fucked.
Hence, cuban vacations.
Posted by: Zombie Fidel Castro
If you go to the keys, taking a boat to Havana for the day is a good experience. You don't really see the decay, of course. But you do get to experience that the Cubans themselves are really great people in a really crappy situation.
Posted by: Piper at February 10, 2026 08:05 AM (2N3ca)
Watch as Boomer Esiason explains why the players should block any future Super Bowls in California...
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:06 AM (enSNT)
He's emptying out the country of illegals which will have an enormous impact on the census, could swing close to 20 seats in the House alone. The SAVE Act will further hammer Democrats on the national level helping secure elections. He's not negotiating on either of these, he's leading the charge. He's also crippling Democrats funding machines by gutting USAID and NGOs that funnel money to them.
Short of sending out death squads what else should he be doing?
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 08:06 AM (viF8m)
Ever.
Posted by: Artemus Gordon at February 10, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)
Not to mention the inappropriate swimwear!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February
A problem that plagues older European men as well.
Posted by: Piper at February 10, 2026 08:06 AM (PRqXW)
Posted by: Mayor Mamdami at February 10, 2026 08:06 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 07:57 AM (qBdHI)
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It still means that neither you nor I get on a plane without one, comrade.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Who made you the Fashion Police?
Posted by: Banana Hammock, Ltd. at February 10, 2026 08:07 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 08:07 AM (ZCxQ+)
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:07 AM (enSNT)
I hate to ask the obvious but can we get an American BRI in America first?
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 08:08 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 08:08 AM (yI5mB)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 08:06 AM (viF8m)
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Ref. J6
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 08:08 AM (RIvkX)
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Also, wait until you learn about Thailand!
Posted by: Piper at February 10, 2026 08:09 AM (PRqXW)
Btw, the convert? He and his family have been living in hiding for a decade, in the UK, because his life is in grave danger. From the "religion of peace."
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)
But as product delivery lags behind the hype, some AI companies are slipping into a quieter, more troubling category: startups that are functional but no longer viable.
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:09 AM (enSNT)
Ever.
Posted by: Artemus Gordon at February 10, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)
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Okay.
Posted by: John "Nuke 'em" Sheridan at February 10, 2026 08:10 AM (bxiOq)
Posted by: Guy who was kind of hoping for more at February 10, 2026 08:10 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bangkok at February 10, 2026 08:10 AM (2Ez/1)
I think that there are probably people who go to Thailand other than to have sex with kids. I haven't heard anything redeeming about Cuba for decades .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 08:11 AM (Nx5jP)
Epstein.
Rape gangs.
Girls trafficked to Pakistan.
I question the timing!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 08:11 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at February 10, 2026 08:11 AM (uNwvV)
Respondents were asked whether they trust the government and the media to “do what is right.”
… put me down for neither
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:12 AM (enSNT)
This suggests to me that the left is worried about the midterms. They should come here and bask in all the posts about how Trump is doomed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)
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Yeah, my initial thoughts as well. Suicide by self-stabbing? Seems...a very odd method to choose in offing oneself.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)
The Fake Tits Easter Hunt
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 08:12 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:07 AM (enSNT)
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ISWYDT.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 08:12 AM (bxiOq)
Why on Earth would anyone want a spawn of Satan involved in their religious rites and services?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 08:13 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 08:13 AM (vFG9F)
Respondents were asked whether they trust the government and the media to “do what is right.”
… put me down for neither
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:12 AM (enSNT)
Organizations do NOT do the Right Thing as they are ran by Humans that tend to fuck up.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 08:13 AM (gbOdA)
"fuck you, fuck you, and fuck you. who's next?"
Posted by: Despise AWFL Marxist Rat Harlots at February 10, 2026 08:13 AM (9Ai3Q)
What happened? Experience shows that this comes from “Other Vehicle Manufacturing,” which jumped roughly 9.5%. This category is dominated by defense equipment. In short: the federal government’s debt-financed special fund has found its way into German military production.
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:14 AM (enSNT)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)
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I don't know about that. I'm a fervent, devout, observant, super duper uber Christian, and I feel comfortable here in the heart of Islam.
Posted by: Tucker Carlson at February 10, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)
I wish it wasn't a tale as old as time...but it is...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 10, 2026 08:15 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:07 AM (enSNT)
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ISWYDT.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 08:12 AM (bxiOq)
>>>
Ya. Saw it too. Clever. Props
Posted by: Despise AWFL Marxist Rat Harlots at February 10, 2026 08:16 AM (9Ai3Q)
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:17 AM (enSNT)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 08:18 AM (77rzZ)
Because some number of Senate Republicans oppose the SAVE Act and the pretend filibuster allows them to hide their true selves.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)
I think the answer on that poll is not going to be what they expect.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 08:18 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: Culo! at February 10, 2026 08:18 AM (hXJe5)
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It means a great deal, don’t overlook the big pictures. Dereliction of duty by elected state officials and federal officials who overlook it. No system of laws or policies will ever function with idiots or saboteurs thrown in the mix.
Illegal aliens were deemed to have sufficient ID if they could produce an arrest warrant or deportation orders. Americans on the other hand have to subject themselves to all manner of indignities to merely fly on a plane, and get their fingernail clippers confiscated for the privilege.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 08:18 AM (09exb)
Thats nothing! People at the Station on the Cali Lightning Train to Nowhere will not see a train until 2031 or so..
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 08:19 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)
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I don't know about that. I'm a fervent, devout, observant, super duper uber Christian, and I feel comfortable here in the heart of Islam.
Posted by: Tucker Carlson at February 10, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)
>>>
This is still a sad tale. Almost as bad as watching Candace Owen lose her mind in a dementia tailspin.
Posted by: Despise AWFL Marxist Rat Harlots at February 10, 2026 08:19 AM (9Ai3Q)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2026 08:20 AM (NpAcC)
The intelligence community’s “Wimpy”
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:20 AM (enSNT)
Posted by: r hennigantx
Real bravery is saying "There are only two genders and you can't switch."
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 08:21 AM (jjoN6)
Built in less than 2 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 08:21 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 08:21 AM (bxiOq)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2026 08:20 AM (NpAcC)
Smell Like Teen Spit
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 08:22 AM (gbOdA)
It's the hill to die on, no?
If enacted, it'll flip several states.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 10, 2026 08:22 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: Dykes With Wallet Chains at February 10, 2026 08:22 AM (oftw2)
Why hasn't he come out as Tucker Qatarlson yet?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 08:23 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 08:23 AM (cYBz/)
meh. I don't pay for a streaming service, and we had plenty of food and drinks and comradery and mostly ignored a boring spectacle of horrible execution. I have not given the pathetic NFL a fucking dime since the 90s.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 08:24 AM (xFfhU)
I think Trump should consider offering this guy and his family asylum.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 08:24 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 08:25 AM (fQqaC)
Posted by: callsign claymore at February 10, 2026 08:25 AM (wtPTj)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 08:25 AM (KN2gu)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 07:43 AM (gbOdA)
Blacks and women only comprise 3% of the Mississippi electorate?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 08:25 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: redridinghood
Every day is Flannel Day!
Posted by: Dykes With Wallet Chains at February 10, 2026 08:22 AM (oftw2)
Like most middle aged men that become women use Tootsie as a role model all the Lesbos seem to use Joe Dirt.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 08:26 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 08:25 AM (ExV1e)
kind a funny
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 08:26 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 08:13 AM (vFG9F)
The US can send all their leftover stock of unpurchased EVs there, and they can do the jeepney Filipino thing with the carcasses.
Posted by: Roy at February 10, 2026 08:26 AM (lHwr/)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 08:27 AM (Aqf1y)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 08:12 AM"
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Police suspect fair play.
Posted by: To quote Dennis Miller at February 10, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 08:27 AM (Aqf1y)
That seems . . . suboptimal. How are the knitted skull caps going to fit now?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 10, 2026 08:28 AM (wVcYX)
Meanwhile in Minneapolis, Antifa is now gluing dildos to they/them's foreheads. I have no idea why, but the WNBA is obviously hardest hit.
Posted by: Ian S.
It's Dicks Out for 'Dishu Day
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 08:29 AM (xG4kz)
Ever been there? The Old Man always told us that the island was the most beautiful place on earth - and he had been around...
Can't wait to go, myself. (yeah, I know - it's been 70 years)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 10, 2026 07:55 AM (qFwJc)
We must enact Ultra Real ID. No petty bureaucrat would give one of those out for $100.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 10, 2026 08:28 AM (wVcYX)
Move the eye hole up and to the center
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 08:29 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 08:29 AM (fQqaC)
The demons inhabiting them are bored.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 08:29 AM (a4flb)
Why aren't the teachers coming to work?
Well, Monday is a holiday and then its Chinese New Year's, and after all, fvck the kids.
Our Hero Educators
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)
Specially made ones. Available on Etsy. Virgin woo... $29.99
Duh.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 08:31 AM (fQqaC)
I think it's their terribly subtle way /s of saying s*** my d**k to ICE agent s or that the ICE agents are d***s.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 08:31 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 08:12 AM"
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Police suspect fair play.
Posted by: To quote Dennis Miller at February 10, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)
"Oy gevalt!"
- - zombie Donald Manes
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2026 08:31 AM (x0n13)
I mean, yeah, you're never going to actually beat the biggest broadcast of the year on streaming. The fact that it did that well is honestly way beyond what I expected.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 08:31 AM (Aqf1y)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 08:29 AM (fQqaC)
It's all relative - 15M more watched last year's halftime show...so TPUSA took a large bite out of this year's crowd.
Since it's all about money, that matters. TPUSA didn't need Super Bowl numbers...the Super Bowl did b/c of the $7M/commercial charges to advertisers...you can't charge that if your viewers are down more than 10%...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 10, 2026 08:32 AM (tOcjL)
Interesting assertion. Was there any proof?
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)
And what were the numbers for those folks who did not watch any of the Superb Owl flustercuck?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 08:32 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Josephistan at February 10, 2026 08:32 AM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Blue haired twentysomething with a tackle box face at February 10, 2026 08:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Especially anything related to statistics, distributed by regime apparatchiks. Superb Owl isn’t dead, it just smells like it.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 08:33 AM (09exb)
So, boot production numbers might not be on the up and up?
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 08:34 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
>The mute button is the most valuable button on the remote when you're preparing hors d'oeuvres and serving victuals.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 08:35 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 08:36 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)
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Precise but inaccurate.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)
>>If enacted, it'll flip several states.
It absolutely should be. Not only will it flip states as you noted it will make it even harder for a Democrat to win the presidency.
And it will open more eyes. It already is. There is absolutely no legitimate reason for Democrats to oppose mandatory voter ID when even a large majority of Democrat voters want it. Their arguments that it would somehow disenfranchise women and minorities is no longer working and they sound increasingly unhinged and dishonest by repeating it.
Keep hammering the left on all fronts. They are collapsing before our eyes.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 08:36 AM (viF8m)
The mute button is the most valuable button on the remote when you're preparing hors d'oeuvres and serving victuals.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
"Ahem"
-- the Off button
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 08:36 AM (xG4kz)
Two hunnert
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 10, 2026 08:37 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)
43.9% of all Americans know that.
Posted by: Josephistan at February 10, 2026 08:37 AM (y9ksN)
@elonmusk
·
Feb 3
This is crucial to save democracy in America.
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https://tinyurl.com/k4k68z9p
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 08:38 AM (Bapld)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 10, 2026 08:38 AM (wVcYX)
That is meant to appeal to independents, LIV's and some Republicans. Ossoff tries to come off as a moderate Dem and avoids the worst of the verbal attacks/insults on Trump and MAGA. However he vote 100% prog-Dem as directed by Schumer. Not a single independent thought in his skull.
Posted by: Ripley at February 10, 2026 08:39 AM (PTDkx)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 10, 2026 08:40 AM (cxFcK)
They are lying to you. As usual. Go check yourself for Gell-Mann Amnesia.
TPUSA was across several mediums; they report preliminary well over 20 million view. They are having a third party auditor do the validations for the obvious reasons.
The enemedia lies about viewership, in the case of the Superb Owl, the number of households is multiplied by 2.5 to guesttimate the number of viewers. This courtesy was not given to TPUSA where a stream is considered to be only one viewer.
The Demonic Party does ballot counting the exact same way.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 08:41 AM (a4flb)
Someone needs to remind Trump of this. Because he did exactly that in Minnesota. Pulling out 700 ice officers in exchange for Some Bullshit promise of co-operation from local police.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 08:41 AM (y6810)
Posted by: Free Market Capitalism at February 10, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Here's another Peacock remake/reimagining of an 80s movie that's just Too Wu For You!
Enjoy The 'Burbs
https://tinyurl.com/5n743z6p
Another Peacock* series for the lonely AWFL, annoying gay, or racist woke Black person in you!
Via Insty.
* Peacock is a pretty good descriptor for any guy who'd watch this mess.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 08:42 AM (iJfKG)
Anyone? ... Buehler?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 08:42 AM (Bapld)
They have race/gender/sexuality swapped the mildly amusing movie "The Burbs" into a series.
When the left thinks they are better than you, this is the version of "better" they come up with.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 08:42 AM (HXT0k)
Built in less than 2 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 08:21 AM (gbOdA)
What about the one in Ogdenville? Or North Haverbrook?!?
- Lyle Landley
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 08:43 AM (B4Se1)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at February 10, 2026 08:43 AM (53oGX)
Anyone? ... Buehler?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 08:42 AM (Bapld)
Never be the first to stop clapping.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 10, 2026 08:43 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 08:43 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 08:44 AM (y6810)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Free Market Capitalism at February 10, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)
You can get a good return on the investment of paying for a Super Bowl commercial. 'Til you can't.
Posted by: Doof at February 10, 2026 08:44 AM (B4Se1)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)
At least Peacock has Renfield and I get it for free. Not watching that show, however.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 08:44 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 08:45 AM (48ipd)
@EricLDaugh
Federal immigration agents are now adding leftists' name and photo to a NATIONWIDE DATABASE if they stalk and impede officers, per Reuters
YES! JUST as Tom Homan promised!
Multiple leftists have watched as agents take their info down, only to inform them their names are now being inputted into federal systems
This instance in Maine from a few weeks ago: "We have a nice little database and now you are considered a domestic terrorist!"
I VOTED FOR THIS.
https://tinyurl.com/42xjzmjc
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2026 08:45 AM (NpAcC)
https://tinyurl.com/bdsmf5cd
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 08:45 AM (Bapld)
Posted by: Free Market Capitalism
>Were there any memorable commercials? I can't think of one.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 08:45 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 08:45 AM (rZCVI)
The documents include a previously unreported 2019 FBI interview summary with former Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter. Trump had contacted the department shortly after reports of Epstein's criminal sex investigation became public.
The future president contacted Reiter to express relief that authorities were finally acting, suggesting his associates in New York had described Epstein's behaviors as "disgusting," and advised investigators to focus on Ghislaine Maxwell, whom he described as "evil."
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)
I voted for this too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
I think a lot of people have a difficult time grasping the psychology of the Left, because they're sane. But it's really very simple. Just step back and look at the things they're passionate about.
The global warming scam, and attendant destruction of the energy system. Abortion. Homosexuality. Gun control. Child sterilization and genital mutilation. Pointless wars. Demonstrably disastrous socialism. Violent racism. Hatred of religion. And so on.
It's not complicated.
You're looking at a death cult.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 08:47 AM (HbB1p)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
And that's why you're on a list. -:-)
In all seriousness, the idea that we should not demand IDs at the polls is so idiotic that it rode the short bus to school.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 08:47 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 08:47 AM (fQqaC)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)
——-
They had a license to print money, practically speaking.
And they fucked that arrangement up. Like a soup sandwich. That’s how you can tell True Believers, Lunatics, and assorted neurotics are in charge.
No sane people would ever, ever do this.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 08:48 AM (09exb)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 10, 2026 08:48 AM (ZbPL4)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 08:48 AM (Bapld)
Posted by: Outlier at February 10, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
And they think that complete destruction of everything is the only good out there.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 08:49 AM (jjoN6)
You underestimate how mentally and morally bankrupt the KY hill scoggin are.
Watch as Beshear replaces Glitch when the Senator finally vapor locks.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 08:49 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 08:45 AM
+++
Relax your tight end.
Posted by: Novartis at February 10, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)
——-
If you’re not on a list by now, you should be ashamed of yourself!
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 08:50 AM (09exb)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 10, 2026 08:51 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:51 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)
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The key point is that hitherto, this has been a cost-free belief system. In fact, under the DEI regime, it was actually a benefit.
Now that costs are being imposed, we shall see how resilient they are in acting on these beliefs.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 08:51 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Blutarski
The repeated actions she performed during her (ahem) rise to prominence have resulted in a Hypoxic/anoxic injury.
We see it every time she speaks.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 08:51 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 08:51 AM (HbB1p)
As I mentioned above, Kid Rock's cover of Til You Can't is now the #1 song in all genres at iTunes.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 08:51 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 08:51 AM (yI5mB)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 10, 2026 08:52 AM (BCuCF)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)
Owning an NFL team is like owning a money printing press. Even the perpetually awful teams (looking at you Bengals) make money hand over fist regardless of record
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 08:52 AM (fQqaC)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 08:51 AM (viF8m)
It's a good song
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 08:53 AM (HbB1p)
Bad Beava
He got a feva
For an otter
End zone receiva
Gonna drool
like a Golden Retrieva
This ain't Wynona's
big brown beaver
Posted by: Bad Beaver at February 10, 2026 08:53 AM (vFG9F)
Si.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)
It's pretty surreal watching this play out.
On the one hand, you have them saying "it's good someone shot Trump and Kirk, you know you can't keep us at bay forever, and one day real soon we're gonna be back on top and we're gonna kill you mf'ers the moment it happens."
And on the other, you have no small number of people on the Right saying "Trump won, everything is awesome, and their spittle-flecked, bloodthirsty fanaticism is actually a sign of weakness."
It is not. It's the attitude of people who are well and truly fed up with being constantly denied the absolute power they crave, and are not going to put up with it anymore. This was supposed to be achieved through institutional subversion, the brass ring was snatched from their hand at the moment of victory, and now they're preparing for war.
Stop scoffing, and take this seriously. They certainly are.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 08:53 AM (BI5O2)
Do onto others before they do onto you. One of the Commandments, right? On the Tablet that fell out of Moses hand while coming down the mountain.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 08:54 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:54 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 08:51 AM (HbB1p)
*******
I watched it on YouTube.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 10, 2026 08:54 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:55 AM (RHGPo)
I watch it for free. Ok but you still make money for the nfl when you watch it “for free” by giving them eyeballs which they then sell to advertisers. And the. They use that money do things like hire bad bunny and promote tranny cheerleaders and fuck whitey signs in the end zone.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 08:55 AM (y6810)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)
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Yes, like green M&Ms.
We always separated them out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)
...the republic can’t survive three more years of this president.
...moral injury is defined as “the sense that we do not really know each other and that our society doesn’t believe or act the way we thought it would. This can lead to a sense of hopelessness and loss of faith in individuals and organizations.”
...today, the people of Minneapolis are defending themselves against the federal government, rather than being defended by it.
...Because the Supreme Court has aided and abetted Trump’s authoritarianism, Congress would restore reasonable ideological balance either by adding several new moderate justices or removing some of the existing conservatives for ethical lapses (Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 10, 2026 08:55 AM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 08:55 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 08:52 AM*
They make a profit regardless of the quality of the product they put on the field.
Posted by: What a racket at February 10, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Usually there’s hype about commercials. This year the only one to draw attention was William Shatner making a series of poop jokes. Which, granted, was pretty funny.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 08:55 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Nova Local at February 10, 2026 08:56 AM (tOcjL)
FWIW, it's the stadiums/facilities. All of those $$$ offloaded to taxpayers for... something.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)
They are lying to you. As usual. Go check yourself for Gell-Mann Amnesia.
TPUSA was across several mediums; they report preliminary well over 20 million view. They are having a third party auditor do the validations for the obvious reasons.
The enemedia lies about viewership, in the case of the Superb Owl, the number of households is multiplied by 2.5 to guesttimate the number of viewers. This courtesy was not given to TPUSA where a stream is considered to be only one viewer.
The Demonic Party does ballot counting the exact same way.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
Also, go to Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms. Watch video clips of the actual people in the stadium stands. They looked like zombies. Maybe one out of fifty was actually jamming to the music.
Most people were WTF? It went over like a fart in church. And that was a captive audience that couldn't turn it off.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 08:56 AM (KN2gu)
Indeed... What FOOLS these mortals be.
Proudly doing unto their own people, PRECISELY what they forbid us to do to our Adversaries -- they are ALL IN to sully Trump Presiding over America250.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3EzRAgjo_s
BattlestarGalactica: So say we All...
Satire is simply LOST upon the LIBs.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 10, 2026 08:56 AM (l4HQP)
They make a profit regardless of the quality of the product they put on the field.
Posted by: What a racket at February 10, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Remember the Browns?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 08:56 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 08:57 AM (RHGPo)
Stop scoffing, and take this seriously. They certainly are.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 08:53 AM (BI5O2)
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They think they are preparing for war, but they have not yet paid any costs for their beliefs. I'm curious as to what their endurance will be.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 08:57 AM (ZOv7s)
Scene: NYC, 5 degrees F, wind 20 mph.
One of Mayor Mamdani's Socialist Angels: Won't you come into the shelter?
Homeless Derelict Sleeping on the Ground: No! Get away from me!
One of Mayor Mamdani's Socialist Angels: Pretty please?
Homeless Derelict Sleeping on the Ground: No! Fug yoo! *farts*
One of Mayor Mamdani's Socialist Angels: OK then. Have a nice day.
Homeless Derelict Sleeping on the Ground: *slowly freezes solid*
One of Mayor Mamdani's Socialist Angels: It's a mystery.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 10, 2026 08:57 AM (HLgI3)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 08:53 AM (BI5O2)
258 San Franpsycho
Do onto others before they do onto you. One of the Commandments, right? On the Tablet that fell out of Moses hand while coming down the mountain.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 08:54 AM (u82oZ)
====
Hordemind right there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX)
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Following the maxim: All laws are or will be eventually enforced by men with guns and such always includes the possibility of death.
This is their mildest of threats; not what they really mean.
Which is to say, those f'ing retards like Massie and Paul and all the rest that think this is a mild spat that will blow over soon?
No.
Your stupid goofy ass will be right up against the wall with the rest of the "Nazis" no matter how much you blubber and cry "BUT I WAS A GOOD REPUBLICAN, I HATED TRUMP TOO!!!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 08:58 AM (HXT0k)
FWIW, it's the stadiums/facilities. All of those $$$ offloaded to taxpayers for... something.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)
Let me look it up...
*pages through bullshit manual*
Oh, here it is: You get 10x what you spend back in money spent in the city.
Well, not you, the tax payer of course.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 08:58 AM (bss/y)
Wait until more people understand the actual lyrics of the song that degenerate was singing.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)
Heh, didn't expect to see this was from you, Fen!
What it says to me is: I am a child still obsessed with genitals, so it makes sense that I express my anger b throwing dildos.
These people are children having public tantrums, yet no doubt believe themselves clever and edgy. GROW UP
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 08:58 AM (48ipd)
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Melts the ice so the surface is frictionless.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 08:58 AM (bxiOq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 08:59 AM (Nx5jP)
It's corporate paid seating. I'd venture that a significant percentage of attendees couldn't idenify much about the game or participants.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)
We have to stop referring to a drivers license/photo ID as required to vote. That is incorrect.
Posted by: Jaimo at February 10, 2026 08:59 AM (BCuCF)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
120M had the channel on for the football game. 120M didn't watch the halftime show. I.e. nobody changed the channel
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 10, 2026 08:59 AM (2f+Mn)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)
====
Yes, like green M&Ms.
We always separated them out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
That's because the green M&M's made girls horny.
Hey. I didn't make the rules.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 09:00 AM (KN2gu)
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 09:00 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Mistake By The Lake at February 10, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)
Hey. I didn't make the rules.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 09:00 AM (KN2gu)
*takes notes*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:00 AM (bss/y)
People don’t pay a lot of attention to the halftime show. That’s prime bathroom and refilling your beer time. I actually got to go to the Super Bowl for work 20 years ago and people in the stadium don’t pay attention to the halftime. And that’s when it was a watchable halftime.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 09:01 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
>Coach Biden accomplished getting the Las Vegas Raiders the #1 pick, so you gotta give him credit for that.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 09:01 AM (xFfhU)
@IrishTimes
Seamus Culleton was arrested on September 9th, 2025, and has been in an Ice detention facility in Texas for nearly five months, despite having no criminal record, “not even a parking ticket”
Oh please. He was admitted on a 90 day visitor’s visa 20 years ago and never left. He was offered instant deportation to Ireland last year and declined so he’s awaiting his case in a detention center. His choice. Kafka? You undermine your own argument with such hyperbole.
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID HE SING IN SPANISH, BUT THE INTERPRETER FOR DEARING IMPAIRED USED RARELY USED PUERTO RICAN SIGN LANUAGE SO THAT EVEN THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS SINGING.
(Puerto Rico's standard is ASL)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 10, 2026 09:02 AM (48ipd)
Saw a video of a dude trolling these people by parking near protesters and blowing a whistle. It was a like a mating call for failed humans because they came out of the woodwork.
They also pointed to disproportionate impacts on "Black and Brown communities" that are already "overexposed to chronic noise pollution,"
Maybe if you people stopped having conversations at 120 db at 11PM, you'd be less traumatized.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 09:02 AM (jjoN6)
Massie and Paul, like all other politicians, are not human. They don't have a soul, they don't have a conscience, they don't have any wisdom. When they die, they will follow all of the others to their proper home in the bowels of Hell.
For a nation of 400 million people, the worst rises to the top of the toilet bowl.
Ignore what they say and do. They don't mean any of it. Their statements are just sounds that they feel will somehow benefit them and hurt their opponents. There is nothing more to it.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 09:02 AM (a4flb)
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And that's just cost to the taxpayers from government.
Now add in personal increases for:
Housing
Food
Insurance
The entire government is bleeding us dry so that illegals can live what used to be our American Dream for free.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 09:03 AM (HXT0k)
In my newly expanded social horizons at the County Senior Center, I take no shit. I answer unhinged Leftist cant with a calm, factual argument. The Leftist don't like it, and the real target, the bystanders, appreciate my actions.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 09:01 AM (xFfhU
Loved. the old Oakland Raiders.. Used to watch years ago.. The Niners too when they had Montana and Steve Young... Really haven't watched since
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 09:03 AM (HbB1p)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:03 AM (2GVsD)
...
TPUSA was across several mediums...
Most people were WTF? It went over like a fart in church. And that was a captive audience that couldn't turn it off.
SuperbowlHalftime: The Fart Museum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDdp_N_lcR8
FutureOfSuperbowlHalftimes: The State of the Union Speaches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig446isvXlI
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell :: there will be no peace as long as (Charlie) Kirk is remembered -- Klingon Ambassador/Libbing-out
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 10, 2026 09:03 AM (Zf62f)
WHAT???? They're really here to see us perform.
/Band Jocks Everywhere
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:03 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 09:01 AM (QZThv)
I cannot imagine how much concessions are at the Superbowl.
I saw something the other day a guy was talking about the current state of Disney. Evidently you have to schedule which rides you want to go on in what order and time like months in advance. You cannot just walk up to a ride.
This is fucking stupid. That's like... so someone who decides to go on the day is just screwed and you piss on them. You people are fucking stupid evil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:03 AM (bss/y)
Maybe glance at the top story of the post before you cut and paste from other sources.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2026 09:04 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
120M had the channel on for the football game. 120M didn't watch the halftime show. I.e. nobody changed the channel
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 10, 2026 08:59 AM (2f+Mn)
******
Many people switched to side by side on their Televisions.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 10, 2026 09:04 AM (NpAcC)
I don't think anyone who watched what the left has done to us over the last decade isn't taking this seriously. They tried to blow Trump's head off after failing to stop him or us. They threw over 1000 in prison for a fake riot on J6. They sent the FBI out to harass Christians for following their faith. They flooded the country with millions of criminal illegal aliens to replace our votes. They stole election right in front of our eyes. They murdered Charlie Kirk and laughed about it. And on and on and on.
I don't think there are many here who don't understand the stakes. We hope that this can be stopped lawfully because that's who we are but if it isn't I think we know what comes next.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)
I watch it for free. Ok but you still make money for the nfl when you watch it “for free” by giving them eyeballs which they then sell to advertisers. And the. They use that money do things like hire bad bunny and promote tranny cheerleaders and fuck whitey signs in the end zone.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 08:55 AM (y6810)
Can you pass the purity test? Everything you buy has zero connection to lefties? Your bank… grocery store… clothes… etc etc?? If you can pass the purity test you might not be living in modern society because as has been noted here many times institutional capture has happened all over… you pay your taxes they’re used for lefty causes. So excuse me if I don’t feel guilty for watching a football game…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 10, 2026 09:05 AM (ZCxQ+)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 09:02 AM (jjoN6)
Do you mean gunfights? Cause it kind of sounds like gunfire.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:05 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: JackStraw
Glen Beck said Bad Bunny was like #87, on those "Top 40" charts. idk if that is true, but many had never heard of him before.
The left is moving on with their "White Man Bad/Evil" Warfare, which may not work so well for them, unless we move ever further toward dystopia. There is a lot of pushback.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 10, 2026 09:05 AM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 10, 2026 09:05 AM (BCuCF)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
NFL revenue sharing is a system where the league distributes national revenue equally among all 32 teams, ensuring competitive balance and financial stability. In the 2024 season, each team received a record $432.6 million from league-wide revenue sharing, totaling over $13.8 billion in shared revenue. This includes income from national TV and streaming contracts, merchandising, licensing, league sponsorships, and 40% of ticket sales (with the remaining 60% kept by the home team).
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)
What many don’t mention is the history behind this debate. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Naturalization Act, which created clear national rules for becoming a citizen. Before that, the system was chaotic and open to abuse. The 1906 law required new citizens to swear full and complete loyalty to the United States and give up all foreign allegiance.
(Cont)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 09:06 AM (KN2gu)
Supporters argue that allowing government leaders to hold loyalty to another country creates serious conflicts of interest. They say this debate is about protecting national sovereignty and putting loyalty to the U.S. first. For the first time in decades, dual citizenship is facing its strongest challenge in over a century.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 09:06 AM (KN2gu)
Posted by: SMOD at February 10, 2026 09:00 AM (RHGPo)
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These people believe their words are magical. They talk big but are short on action. They think they can cast a spell and summon stormtroopers or something.
As the consequences pile up, we will see how strong their convictions truly are. Also, the rhetoric and increasing violence make a crackdown less alarming. They don't understand this at all. If you normalize violence, you also normalize it for the other side, which has much, much more capacity to inflict it.
This disparity works in your favor if you use peaceful protest and the other side overreacts, but when you are very clearly talking about killing and murdering everyone, no one believes your protest is peaceful.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:06 AM (ZOv7s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B4524ot5BM
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:06 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: (D)emocrats at February 10, 2026 09:07 AM (0sNs1)
And under the Biden junta they arrested/destroyed a number of those pols at least.
But the GOPe seems to have no concerns whatsoever about what the Dems will do if they regain power do they...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm)
This.
One was passive vs. the one that was active: people who explicitly turned the channel or streamed the TPUSA show.
If it didn't matter they wouldn't bother even discussing it. The people who constantly protest and say "If it only saves one person blah blah blah" are shrugging off a show that motivated millions to reject the NFL show.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 10, 2026 09:07 AM (48ipd)
Arbeit mach frei?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:08 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: With a lot more butts at halftime at February 10, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:06 AM
Well, "no one" is not everyone.
Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at February 10, 2026 09:08 AM (0sNs1)
Hispanics and Puerto Ricans were claiming that they didn't know wtf language he was singing in.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 09:08 AM (KN2gu)
Their leadership today, worldwide, are a pathetic bunch of shallow and stupid narcissists who never think about anything seriously more than 12 hours in the future.
It’s like fighting a zombie army; they are numerous and relentless, but they have no brains, no real plans, and no true purpose except to fulfill their current emotional needs.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 10, 2026 09:09 AM (gCFgr)
Nothing, you get nothing this year. See how you fuckin do without the hard working American citizens taxes.
Posted by: Sidney at February 10, 2026 09:09 AM (Uy/WF)
Nearly everyone who celebrated Bad Bunny has absolutely no idea what he was saying (looking directly at you, dumb shit John Kasich). Here is the translation of just a few lyrics.
https://tinyurl.com/7h35yahb
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Sorry to repeat, but the horde really should read the translation.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 09:09 AM (dBJSR)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 09:08 AM (KN2gu)
LOL. Is he from the Hispanic version of Scotland?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:10 AM (bss/y)
Put me in that camp. I think the grammy thing was rigged to help build the image of this talentless hack as the next big thing as well.
As was said above if you haven't seen them watch the videos of the people in the stands while he was performing. There was zero enthusiasm. The whole thing was a big F U to normal people and it bombed.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2026 09:10 AM (viF8m)
This is fucking stupid. That's like... so someone who decides to go on the day is just screwed and you piss on them. You people are fucking stupid evil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:03 AM (bss/y)
There is a youtuber I watch, Zac Rios, who does compilation videos of tiktok stuff on various themes and one of them is people going tens, or hundreds, of thousands of dollars into debt in order to visit Disney parks several times every year.
It's madness.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)
$14 Billion, huh? Wow, that's impressive....
*looks at $$$ thrown around by Big Gov. Nearly $ 40 thousand billions in debt*
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:10 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: The immense ocean of lies and disinformation that permeates our national discourse at February 10, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:10 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 09:11 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 09:08 AM (KN2gu)
Nothing says Patriotism on Our 250th Anniversary than a Gayish Puerto Rican singing porn lyrics at America's Super Bowl in Spanish with gyrating women and flags from other Countries
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 09:11 AM (HbB1p)
I don't sign into X, but I did read a translation elsewhere and the lyrics were very crude.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 09:12 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 09:11 AM (HbB1p)
If they were red blooded American boobs, I'd be ok with that part.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:12 AM (bss/y)
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Tanned, keffiyehed, and ready ! We have an extended portfolio and our success is known - look at the college campus and elections across the USA! Make koran great again!
Posted by: Qatar at February 10, 2026 09:12 AM (g47mK)
Nothing, you get nothing this year. See how you fuckin do without the hard working American citizens taxes.
Posted by: Sidney
My offer is this: nothing. And, if you'd like my continued membership in your gay little club, I'd appreciate you personally paying my dues.
Posted by: Don Trump Corleone at February 10, 2026 09:13 AM (JCZqz)
Nobody wants boots on the ground, and there were many other options. We have the assets to take out some of the militias and keep troops bottled up. Someone has been doing some of that heavy lifting to a small degree. It’s just not us.
There’s still an opportunity to pull this out. By assisting the downfall of the mullahs we can eliminate one of our countries biggest threats. But the fact the US is becoming an unreliable ally is now being further burned into the psyche of many in the Middle East. Let’s hope we take whatever opportunity is left to change that.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 09:13 AM (+t04h)
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Posted by: Tom Servo at February 10, 2026 09:09 AM (gCFgr)
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The International Brigades were made up of men who drank coffee cold, slept on the ground, lived on stale break and were armed with broken rifles.
These people need support animals and believe they can act with total impunity. They were shocked that their violence would turned against them.
The Tesla terrorism stopped as soon as arrests started to happen. Minnesota is their best shot at an insurrection and they are losing local law enforcement. Even in their sanctuary they are losing support.
Trump is moving slowly because he knows that the more Dems riot and their leaders promise more of it, the more toxic their brand becomes. Don't believe fake polls, look at the reality on the ground.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)
No matter how dressed up - they mean to rule.
"Is he from the Hispanic version of Scotland?"
Yeah. "Spanish" is even worse than "English" in that regard. True story - DC Police were ordered to hire more "hispanic", so they went to State Dept. for their Spanish Language test.
9 of 10 applicants failed. Even legal immigrants...
Formal Spanish isn't even close to Spanglish...
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:15 AM (XuXeR)
This disparity works in your favor if you use peaceful protest and the other side overreacts, but when you are very clearly talking about killing and murdering everyone, no one believes your protest is peaceful.
LIBs do, it's what their charter is:
to Reward the Guilty, they Punish the Innocent, they Champion the mediocre, the Unworthy, the DEPRAVED on the basis of their depravity.
LIB leadership knows their time is up. $12Trillion peace being formed right now, this week, in Miami, is an extinction level event for them -- backed by an additional $10T from chase to keep Dimon off the deposition list -- some would call that a bargain.
What's a LIB to do?
https://www.tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhenLIBsDisarm :: Alternately titled, when LIBs attack.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 10, 2026 09:15 AM (U2c17)
Posted by: Qatar at February 10, 2026 09:15 AM (g47mK)
https://tinyurl.com/4zy6t97a
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 09:15 AM (dBJSR)
Honestly the gyrating women thing is pretty par for the course for this sort of event.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 09:15 AM (sKqQm)
I never thought of that , Jack. Sounds quite plausible. I noted with some eye rolling that someone in a reply to x posted " I don't speak Spanish but now I want to learn. " Why? Because you like men who grab their crotch to sing rude lyrics about women and sex, or you think BB is cute? Sounds like that was a bot as well
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 09:17 AM (Nx5jP)
There’s still an opportunity to pull this out. By assisting the downfall of the mullahs we can eliminate one of our countries biggest threats. But the fact the US is becoming an unreliable ally is now being further burned into the psyche of many in the Middle East. Let’s hope we take whatever opportunity is left to change that.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 09:13 AM (+t04h)
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The Mullahs cannot survive a protracted conflict. You can cow the people for a time, but they will rise again and again. With no economy, no prospects for improvement, it will become clear to the military that if the want to eat, they need to make a regime change.
The ticking clock is our friend, not theirs.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 09:11 AM (xFfhU)
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It's the disodium inosinate that really adds to the flavor!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2026 09:17 AM (ESVrU)
Honestly the gyrating women thing is pretty par for the course for this sort of event.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 09:15 AM (sKqQm)
This is true,, But this Super Bowl falling on our 250th Anniversary should have been one that was red, white and blue God bless America.. Instead we get We hate America...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 10, 2026 09:17 AM (HbB1p)
Nothing in global warming theory explains that.
Nor that Europe was WARMER then now in the middle ages.
And the specific predictions that were made by global warming - coastal cities underwater, no snow except in the far north, extreme heat, etc all turned out to be wrong.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 09:17 AM (sKqQm)
I'm banging lots of girls...
They all want me...
Yadda yadda...
Me: Not exactly the Beach Boys but seems fairly standard for rap.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:18 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)
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Trump isn't moving slowly. He's hitting hard with a large series of hammers.
What's different now from 2020 is that he's not backing down. He's actually ensured that the highest levels of his administration are actually on his side.
He put Stephen Miller in charge of immigration. That's the difference.
The protests in Minnesota are kind of pathetic at this point because Trump has been hitting them so hard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:18 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:19 AM (bss/y)
You know who likes to wait in dirty public restrooms, watching, rubbing their junk, waiting and hoping for the love that never comes.
Posted by: Bad Bunny at February 10, 2026 09:19 AM (hXJe5)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 08:57 AM (ZOv7s)
I could say the same thing for our side, as far as 'endurance' is concerned.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 09:19 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Art For the (M)asses at February 10, 2026 09:19 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)
They badly want a "More Evil than Hitler" villain to fight because they want to be seen as History's Greatest Heroes.
They want life to be a Marvel Movie where they're the Avengers fighting the Red Skull.
Posted by: XTC at February 10, 2026 09:20 AM (6Uni8)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 09:17 AM (sKqQm)
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The only science where all your predictions fail and you still keep getting grants.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 09:20 AM (bxiOq)
Yeah, and the rest of their stuff ain't exactly rose petals and diamonds, either.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:20 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Art For the (M)asses at February 10, 2026 09:19 AM (oftw2)
Cyd Charisse.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:20 AM (bss/y)
Hey hey we're the ....
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:21 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 09:17 AM (Nx5jP)
Poster on X: I want to learn Spanish because Bad Bunny is the NEXT BIG THING. I don't want to be on the outside, unable to appreciate the NEXT BIG THING. How else would I be able to appreciate the subtle romantic innuendos in the song. Stuff like WAP leaves me flat. It's just so sterile and lacing in sexual energy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:19 AM (bss/y)
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The Monkees!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 10, 2026 09:21 AM (bxiOq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:22 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
The Monkees!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 09:22 AM (KN2gu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:21 AM (2GVsD)
I like both the reclining brunette and redhead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:22 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:19 AM
What are we, chopped liver?
Posted by: The Monkees at February 10, 2026 09:22 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:18 AM (GBKbO)
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Two things can be true at the same time. Trump is using his power aggressively, but he is not using it as aggressively as he could.
He could have federalized the National Guard, but did not. He could invoke the Insurrection Act, but he has not.
He is saving those options, keeping them on the table, because he loves to have options. The left is pushing all of its chips forward as soon as it gets them, and still failing.
I think we will see a surge of self-deportation as it becomes clear that the Dems are powerless to stop Trump. All their judicial shenanigans, rhetoric and stupid protests have not slowed Trump's growing momentum.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)
Hey hey we're the ....
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR)
I just had a mental image of Jimmy Page snging that.
Strange.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:23 AM (bss/y)
Indeed. IIRC, the so called "average weight" of 'murrican women is +/- 170 lbs.
And yes, I do remember the 70's... sigh.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:23 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:23 AM (bss/y)
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LOL! music studios can hire and maintain bot armies just like Islamists can!
Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 09:23 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 09:23 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 09:23 AM (zgWR7)
Posted by: The Archies at February 10, 2026 09:23 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:22 AM (2GVsD)
The Left probably wouldn't want to fight Naked Blue Gag Penis Nihilist Man.
Posted by: XTC at February 10, 2026 09:24 AM (6Uni8)
Milli Vanilli immediately leaps to mind.
Girl, You Know Its True!
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 10, 2026 09:24 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 09:24 AM (vFG9F)
In a scientific way?
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Aetius, the new LoRAs are supposed to push it towards anime and mecha but instead is making it more pop culture.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:24 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 09:19 AM (ufSfZ)
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Our people were imprisoned and persecuted, and they did not yield. Faith is like that.
Some folks wanted to see a rebellion, but as events have shown, the system actually came through. It's much better that way.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 09:25 AM (vFG9F)
Strange."
Plant: "Heeeey a heaaaaa"
Page: *guitar solo*
Bonham: *rat tat tattty tat tat*
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:25 AM (XuXeR)
I had to throw out the first batch because some mother's son said 20 mins- which turned them into cinders.
11 mins worked great at the same temp.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:25 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Big Farma Marketing at February 10, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)
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DHS forcibly deported 700,000 in the first year from the interior, and ICE expansion from the OBBB passed last year is only just now beginning. As of September, both the Census Bureau and BLS were estimating 2.1 million had left total (forcible deportations were only about 400,000-500,000 at the time).
Trump didn't invoke the insurrection act because the MN protests are small and insignificant. They just got a lot of attention and noise in the media. The protests outside the St. Paul hotel?
Like, 20 people. There were more journalists there than protestors.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:26 AM (GBKbO)
And under the Biden junta they arrested/destroyed a number of those pols at least.
But the GOPe seems to have no concerns whatsoever about what the Dems will do if they regain power do they...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm)
Because they really don't think the rhetoric and actions will apply to them. As I've mentioned before, the GOP is convinced it can wait out MAGA, which, IMO, will die once Trump leaves the scene. Should the Dems actually begin a program of arrests and un-pseroning, it will - to the GOP - only affect the MAGA scum who've hijacked their party.
They won't believe it until someone like Miss Lindsey is put up against the wall.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 09:27 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 09:27 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 08:57 AM (ZOv7s)
I don't know. These people(Our Betters) aren't as smart as they think they are, they always repeat what worked before.
I think they're are upping their violence game to get all the normies to say, "I just want this violent mess to be over!!! I want to go back to normal. Let's vote for the Democrats and this will stop. Give the tantrum babies their bottle."
It's worked before multiple times.
I guess we'll see how far this assholery spreads and how Trump handles it.
If the Chinese are really funding these rioting/violent groups, I want arrests, trials, and hangings for treason.
Eh, we'll see.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)
That can only end with *someone* taking power in hand and putting an end to politics.
The only question at this point is who it'll be.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 09:27 AM (voQc3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:26 AM (GBKbO)
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The Dems will try a summer surge for certain, but by then much of their infrastructure and financial resources could be gone. Also, I don't see a lot of black people being willing to riot and loot on behalf of Somalis and Venezuelans.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 09:28 AM (bss/y)
+++
Used to be we made the rocking world rotate about it's axis.
Posted by: Large Booty Females at February 10, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)
I had to throw out the first batch because some mother's son said 20 mins- which turned them into cinders.
11 mins worked great at the same temp.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Depends on the thickness. Kroger's butcher case bacon, the bacon you have to ask the actual butcher for?
400 for 22 minutes.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2026 09:28 AM (KN2gu)
The protesters are only one element of their asymmetric operations. One of the main elements is focused on elections and that’s where the greatest risk resides. Trump has engaged on all fronts, executive power, the courts and in Congress. The courts are noticeably slow and often corrupt. Unfortunately that’s the main front and there doesn’t seem to be an offsetting asymmetric option to deny that advance. Democrats first goal is to gain power in the midterms by using the election subversion currently in place. Combined with the low turnout by Republicans they may likely win a majority. They will then use that power to stop everything in its tracks. There is a long battle ahead and people who state that Democrats agenda is toxic, ergo they won’t be elected are in for a defeat that shouldn’t be a big surprise. Having seen they will go to any length to gain power, including assassination, I’m dumbfounded that anyone would think this is going to be some kind of layup. YMMV
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 09:29 AM (+t04h)
I'm beginning to believe some of those numbers. Recall the influx NE of Houston? It's over. The roach coaches all over the place, parked half wrecked vehicles, groups of *mostly* guys hanging out from time to time...
Almost all just *gone*
It's very strange, and oddly enough, completely unreported on.
Go figure.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:29 AM (XuXeR)
It's worked before multiple times.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)
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Name an example of it working.
Don't say 2020 because the scope of the steal is now unquestionable. Biden got trounced.
Honest elections would cost the Dems massive losses across the board. California and the Left Coast would be in place and Minnesota would be red.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at February 10, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ)
Indeed. IMO, some day (don't know when), someone will cross the Rubic... Potomac.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:31 AM (XuXeR)
Almost all just *gone*
It's very strange, and oddly enough, completely unreported on.
Go figure.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:29 AM (XuXeR)
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ICE activity isn't reported in Texas because ICE doesn't need large street presences to do its job.
If an illegal is pulled over for a broken tail light, local cops arrest the illegal and call ICE. Far less of a need to go out into the community when the local cops do that kind of work for you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:31 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 09:32 AM (ufSfZ)
He's popular, so unless they are admitting they listen to something they can't understand, they are, shall we say, gilding the Lilly.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 09:33 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 09:36 AM (xFfhU)
Indeed. IMO, some day (don't know when), someone will cross the Rubic... Potomac.
Posted by: man at February 10, 2026 09:31 AM (XuXeR)
I'm not sure there's currently a big enough killer to do it on his own.
Posted by: XTC at February 10, 2026 09:37 AM (6Uni8)
It's worked before multiple times.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)
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Name an example of it working.
Don't say 2020 because the scope of the steal is now unquestionable. Biden got trounced.
Honest elections would cost the Dems massive losses across the board. California and the Left Coast would be in place and Minnesota would be red.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
I will say 2020 because I heard people I know saying that almost exactly, and pixel people on the internet saying the same things.
I also heard/talked to people not voting for Trump, because he was the cause of all this chaos. Including, Our Republican Betters.
Sure, the steal was on. But, even the steal required the voting numbers to be "plausible".
Don't pretend BLM/antifa had no effect.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)
Sure, the steal was on. But, even the steal required the voting numbers to be "plausible".
Don't pretend BLM/antifa had no effect.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)
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300,000 ballots in GA alone have no chain of custody.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:38 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 10, 2026 09:17 AM (ZOv7s)
I’ve heard this many times before. Right now they’re not going anywhere and see what has happened thus far as weakness. They are gaining allies and material. Go watch the Russian and Chinese transports coming in day after day with transponders on. That’s not an accident. Someone, and I won’t say who I suspect, is running a small irregular warfare op on the ground. It’s frustrating some of the mullahs operations, but it’s not enough. There are now credible reports from people I trust of ten of thousands of protesters murdered, disappeared or imprisoned. That initiative is being lost and true or not the blame Trump. What he said gave them hope. What he did was zero. I see the reports of our transports moving in large numbers. But a lot of that is not atypical of our regular military movements. It’s also not indicative of any buildup. Summarily there was a great opportunity here to wipe out a lot of our enemies including this SOB Iraqi militias who killed some of my brothers. The fact is we lost that opportunity for some curious reason…
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 09:38 AM (+t04h)
Heh, about as legit as the Coffee Party that popped up in response to the Tea Party.
That was a social media astroturf.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2026 09:38 AM (48ipd)
Don't pretend BLM/antifa had no effect.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)
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300,000 ballots in GA alone have no chain of custody.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:38 AM (GBKbO)
But, the "win" was still plausible enough that a recount/recheck was denied and everybody went, "Well, alrighty then" and went home. Including Our Republican Betters.
As always the Left is about creating convincing conditions for their unpopular, unAmerican bullshit.
It worked...they got what they wanted and severely damaged America.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 09:42 AM (iJfKG)
But, the "win" was still plausible enough that a recount/recheck was denied and everybody went, "Well, alrighty then" and went home. Including Our Republican Betters.
As always the Left is about creating convincing conditions for their unpopular, unAmerican bullshit.
It worked...they got what they wanted and severely damaged America.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 10, 2026 09:42 AM (iJfKG)
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It wasn't convincing. More than half of the public was registering doubts about the veracity of 2020 for several years in polls rather consistently.
It's also why social media had to become tyrannical in clamping down on criticism and investigations. It's also why Congress put up barbed wire for months afterwards.
And the courts? The ones who dismissed everything because of standing without actually ruling on anything on merits?
It was an outright steal that everyone knew was an outright steal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 10, 2026 09:44 AM (GBKbO)
It is interesting to compare it to the 2000 election. In that election the left screamed "stolen!" and the authorities gave them access to the ballots for a forensic analysis. Why? Because they had nothing to hide.
In 2020 the government/FNM instead tried to restrict access to any sort of analysis which you only do if you know there is something to be found there
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 09:53 AM (sKqQm)
From above, "Those Minnesota riots, once described by some as “spontaneous,” look more and more like a backdoor attempt by China, allied with extreme groups in the U.S., to foment violence and outright rebellion."
>US is fourth for 'Countries With Largest Overseas Chinese Populations in the World' (Juwai Asia, July 2025). (The UK is tenth.) Reportedly, the New York metropolitan area contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia.
The largest Chinese populations in the USA are concentrated in the states of California, New York, and Texas. Further, recent immigration has led to a diversification of the Chinese population in the U.S., including increased Mandarin-speaking residents, particularly in areas like Flushing, Queens.
>The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), founded in 1994, is headquartered on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
And they're deep in cahoots in this country, but that's only imho.
Continued -
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 10:00 AM (NFX2v)
Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic group primarily native to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China, with a population that largely practices Sunni Islam. They are culturally and historically connected to Central Asia, with a history spanning over two millennia. As the second-largest Muslim ethnic group in China, they possess a distinct language and identity. (Wiki)
>BBC, 'Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide?'
"Xinjiang is now covered by a pervasive network of surveillance, including police, checkpoints, and cameras that scan everything from number plates to individual faces. According to Human Rights Watch, police are also using a mobile app to monitor people's behavior, such as how much electricity they are using and how often they use their front door."
>Authentic Traveling, YouTube, 2 yrs. ago, 'The REAL differences between Shia and Sunni Islam'
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Good day 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 10:00 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: ned at February 10, 2026 02:47 PM (86oqS)
Daily Tech News 10 February 2026
Top Story
- Get your ass to the Moon. (Ars Technica)
It may be a harsh mistress, but it's a lot closer to the shops.
SpaceX is refocusing on lunar colonies as a short-term goal, and strip-mining the surface and feeding raw materials into railgun launch systems to provide the resources for the company's planned cloud of orbital datacenters and/or inconveniencing pesky bureaucrats on their holidays.
SpaceX didn't mention any such thing, of course, but Eric Berger has read the classics.
Tech News
- Intel's Nova Lake platform will support up to 48 PCIe lanes. (Tom's Hardware)
That's 16 PCIe 5.0 lanes from the CPU for slots and 8 for storage, plus up to 12 PCIe 5.0 and 12 PCIe 4.0 lanes from the chipset. Given that even an RTX 5090 is barely slowed down by only having 4 lanes of PCIe 5.0 available, that's a pretty healthy number.
And 8 SATA ports and approximately 40 USB ports.
There are five different chipsets planned, though the W980 offers pretty much everything including support for ECC memory... Which is not a chipset function but a CPU one, but something Intel likes to do.
- Linux 7.0 is almost here. (Tom's Hardware)
It's one louder.
Canonical hopes to ship it in Ubuntu 26.04 in April, which is cutting it pretty close. But that's a long-term release and perhaps they'd rather have the very latest kernel in a version they will be supporting for a decade.
- GitHub fell over. (GitHub Status)
Because reasons.
- Nope. (BBC)
The company [Rilla> has become something of a poster child for a fast-paced workplace culture known as 996, also sometimes referred to as hustle culture or grindcore.
When the "head of growth" says employees don't see it that way, you can take it to the bank that they absolutely do.
In simple terms, it puts a premium on long working hours, typically 9am to 9pm, six days a week (hence "996").
For most of us, that would be gruelling. But according to Will Gao, head of growth at Rilla, its 120 employees simply don't see it that way."We look for people who are like Olympian athletes, with characteristics of, you know, obsession, infinite ambition.
Galley slaves.He insists that while the hours are generally long, there's no rigid structure.
Nope.
"If I'm like, 'Holy cow, I have a super idea I'm working on', then I'll just keep working until 2 or 3am, then I'll just roll in the next day at noon or something", he explains.
I have to work weird hours sometimes. Comes with the job.
But I have a rule that when I do need to work late, I don't clock in again for twelve hours, minimum.
- You'll need to verify your age on Discord by uploading government-issued photo ID if... You want to see porn. (The Verge) (archive site)
Didn't Discord already get hacked and leak a whole bunch of ID documents?
Why, yes. I do believe it did. (Ars Technica)
Also, who the hell watches porn on Discord? That's what Twitter is for.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Don't you know there are towns going hungry in Antarctica?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 04:02 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: clarence at February 10, 2026 04:02 AM (4nyld)
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 04:05 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 04:06 AM (lJ0H4)
"Code well, 42, and live."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 04:08 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: clarence at February 10, 2026 04:09 AM (4nyld)
Don't you retire tomorrow or do I have my dates wrong?
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 04:10 AM (lJ0H4)
What I do care for is that tomorrow is my last day working. I've got the usual 2+ hours of work waiting for me right now, so I will get to that and be back in a while. I would love to clock out early today, but I doubt that will happen.
Talk to you all later.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 04:11 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: clarence at February 10, 2026 04:13 AM (4nyld)
Posted by: clarence at February 10, 2026 04:16 AM (4nyld)
At least we got overtime after 40hrs per week.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 04:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: clarence at February 10, 2026 04:20 AM (4nyld)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 04:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Colin at February 10, 2026 04:27 AM (e8qy3)
Posted by: clarence at February 10, 2026 04:28 AM (4nyld)
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 04:28 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 04:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 04:41 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 04:46 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 04:46 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Skip
I put off retirement for so many years. I should have done it sooner. It certainly would have made taking care of my husband much easier but I found it hard to walk away from the good health insurance and other benefits.
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 04:47 AM (lJ0H4)
What search terms would you use for this? None of mine work so I'm beginning to doubt it's possible.
Prove me wrong.
Posted by: purely an academic question at February 10, 2026 04:48 AM (F/35S)
Posted by: Accomack at February 10, 2026 04:50 AM (T8bqm)
It goes along with paying very little, hiring only the connected and overqualified, and asking for headshots and body pictures of both women and men.
(For reasons totally unconnected to sexual harassment, of course.)
Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at February 10, 2026 04:53 AM (p2GXS)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 10, 2026 04:54 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 10, 2026 04:59 AM (sAmhv)
There's internet in the porn?
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 10, 2026 05:12 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 10, 2026 05:12 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 10, 2026 05:12 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 10, 2026 05:17 AM (qFwJc)
https://www.christiantoday.com/news/cuban-bishops-warn
-oil-sanctions-could-deepen-hardship-and-unrest
Because, by talking, men can understand each other. And whenever there is good will, it is possible to find ways to solve conflicts and seek the triumph of truth and goodness, of justice, love and freedom.
Tell me something gentlemen: Where is this peace love and understanding from the government that has been grinding the nation and its people down for decades?
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 05:22 AM (jjoN6)
I would have always resented an employer who wanted me to work more than the standard forty in a week. At the courier company from time to time, they would offer me the opportunity to "pull a double," i.e., to drive another six- to eight-hour delivery or pickup shift after I'd already worn myself to a frazzle with my own route. "OT, man!" "No thanks, man."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)
This man speaks words of wisdom that counters that line of thought:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6x6oLEqqZc
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 05:25 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 10, 2026 05:26 AM (2NHgQ)
https://www.christiantoday.com/news/cuban-bishops-warn
-oil-sanctions-could-deepen-hardship-and-unrest
Because, by talking, men can understand each other. And whenever there is good will, it is possible to find ways to solve conflicts and seek the triumph of truth and goodness, of justice, love and freedom.
Tell me something gentlemen: Where is this peace love and understanding from the government that has been grinding the nation and its people down for decades?
Posted by: NR Pax
The answer to that would expose the Bishops hypocricy.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 10, 2026 05:26 AM (sAmhv)
I haven't found the developer console in Brave on the device, so I'm not sure which file or files are causing the issue.
All of the devices are running iOS/ipados 26.2.1 or MacOS 26.2.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 10, 2026 05:26 AM (S/Y4j)
There is a summary but you can just go to the video at bottom if you have an interest:
https://tinyurl.com/mppzbv53
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 05:28 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 05:28 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Name that movie at February 10, 2026 05:29 AM (56/oC)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 10, 2026 05:29 AM (sAmhv)
Yeah, OT pay is for the young 'uns... I was young once, and hungry... LOL.
Boss, can I skip the first 40 regular pay, and just work the time-and-a-half? Hahaha.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 05:31 AM (rdVOm)
I put off retirement for so many years. I should have done it sooner. It certainly would have made taking care of my husband much easier but I found it hard to walk away from the good health insurance and other benefits.
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026
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Kind of the same here, plus I was waiting for the projected monthly payout from my employer-sponsored IRA to reach a certain point. If I had known to take it and roll it all over into another IRA setup, as I have done (thanks, Notsothoreau!), I could have reached that point a lot sooner.
I stuck with work into the Sniffle Scare period because I *thought* I'd lose the IRA if I were fired. Then I actually spoke to them on the phone -- and they told me it was mine no matter how I separated from my job. That gave me the courage to prepare to get fired if my request for exemption from the mandated clot shot was refused.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come
Or they don't want to be martyred for speaking out. I've tried to get straight answers from the folks that claim the US is responsible for Cuba's misery on why they think that. The US is the only one with sanctions so other countries can do business with them. They could have had a better standard of living if enough help from the outside came in.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 05:31 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Bean-counters über alles. *spit*
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 05:34 AM (rdVOm)
It's been sitting there since 1987. I hope it's grown a bit into something worthwhile.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 05:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
>I watch co-workers commit to 60 hours a week, who then begin losing their minds, and hate me because I call them slaves. They're committed because they've racked up so much debt, they can't survive without the OT.
No thanks is right. It's called quality of life.
These people spend more time with their work peers than their wife and children.
Voluntary slavery is still slavery.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 05:39 AM (xFfhU)
Back in the day, we had to get 18 Avid Online rooms up and running to service a huge project we had won, four of us worked around the clock for two weeks.
But working that way long term, regardless of what you are being paid is a guarantee for burnout, anger and job seeking and loss of talent.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 05:39 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)
Upon reflection: If a company is just getting started, long hours are the norm. I saw a Twitter post from a guy starting up his own company basically saying "If you say work/life balance, then you aren't a good fit for this company."
I'll stick to my normal hours and seeing my wife and dogs on a regular basis, thankyouverymuch.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 05:41 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 05:42 AM (XV/Pl)
These people spend more time with their work peers than their wife and children.
Voluntary slavery is still slavery.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026
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Not to mention it would have been dangerous for me to drive another six or eight hours. At the end of a shift, especially if it's a hot day (and we did not have A/C in those vans), your "raveled sleeve of care" needs knitting up. I could just imagine myself making a mistake out of weariness, driving in city traffic, and getting in an accident.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 10, 2026 05:45 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 10, 2026 05:45 AM (O7YUW)
https://tinyurl.com/59efz3pt
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 05:45 AM (rZCVI)
You touched the money, you never touch the money.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026
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Most of the time I'm much more likely to say, "This is NOT going to be a good day." Lemme have my little pleasures!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 10, 2026 05:46 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 10, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)
https://youtu.be/J0TEagjwEbQ
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 10, 2026 05:50 AM (O7YUW)
Even though this job is probably the best I've ever had, allows me to work at home and keeps me isolated from other people, I still am glad to lay it all down at age 62. I'm hoping for a good 10-20 years of doing just what I want, but who knows?
As the old saying goes, nobody on their deathbed wishes they'd spent more time at the office.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 05:51 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 05:51 AM (rZCVI)
https://youtu.be/GJpuE-ABtCs
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 10, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW)
At least Stirling isn't jumping up on the bed and kicking you repeatedly like this cat does to a door:
https://youtu.be/75y-fIrvkow?t=9
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 10, 2026 05:53 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 05:55 AM (rZCVI)
SpaceX is refocusing on lunar colonies as a short-term goal, and strip-mining the surface and feeding raw materials into railgun launch systems to provide the resources for the company's planned cloud of orbital datacenters and/or inconveniencing pesky bureaucrats on their holidays.
The EU will promptly levy fines for violating EU regulations.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 05:58 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 05:59 AM (zbs0v)
Posted by: fluffy at February 10, 2026 05:59 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 05:59 AM (zbs0v)
It's no place to raise your kids.
Posted by: Bernie Taupin at February 10, 2026 06:00 AM (1U+Qc)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 10, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: fluffy at February 10, 2026 06:01 AM (AN2gy)
It's no place to raise your kids.
Posted by: Bernie Taupin at February 10, 2026 06:00 AM (1U+Qc)
Junk vehicles littering the landscape.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:01 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:02 AM (vFG9F)
>> but what I'm reading is that Mars is almost an impossible leap. Muscles atrophy, cosmic rays, no Chinese takeout...
There will never be a colony on Mars, at the most, perhaps a couple of astronauts will be sent on a suicide mission but that’s about it.
And probably not even that.
You first have to demonstrate you can get something to the planet, get it to the surface, get it back to orbit, get it back to earth.
Barring seeing that first step, it’s all masturbation.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 06:04 AM (XV/Pl)
There will never be a colony on Mars, at the most, perhaps a couple of astronauts will be sent on a suicide mission but that’s about it.
Strange to say, there's no shortage of people willing to make a one-way trip to Mars.
I don't know if it's true, but once I was told the reason that the English colonization of America was a success and the French a failure was that the English knew they would not be returning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:09 AM (tgvbd)
It's no place to raise your kids.
Posted by: Bernie Taupin at February 10, 2026 06:00 AM (1U+Qc)
Junk vehicles littering the landscape.
Posted by: Hadrian theision Sim leventh at February 10, 2026 06:
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Speaking of junk, there's talk about the Kessler syndrome: a catastrophic collision of satellites low earth orbit. That has a domino effect, which damages others satellites, eventually creating so much space junk that we're trapped your earth.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 06:09 AM (ScJiX)
Posted by: Just Wondering at February 10, 2026 06:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: The Greater Barsoom Council of Jeddaks at February 10, 2026 06:13 AM (1U+Qc)
Trying to fine an extra-planetary entity that has giant rail guns it can express its displeasure with definitely ranks as "a bold plan".
The EU will find out, "It's not a war crime the first time."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 10, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)
Congratulations, MP4!
Posted by: fluffy at February 10, 2026 06:01 AM (AN2gy)
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Congratulations! Free time is nice, but you'll probably want to have a purpose as well.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 06:16 AM (ScJiX)
Posted by: fd
>Ah. Precisely. Gotta start young. I wish I had someone in my youth to advise me to start my own business. Working for others and corporations for over 40 hours is foolish, unless you're up to your ass in debt.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 06:18 AM (xFfhU)
I'm not convinced, for example, that we won't achieve some kind of anti-gravity tech in the future.
If the rumors of the U.S., and other countries, having recovered alien craft are true, then we may already have the head start once we can figure out an energy source.
With some of these videos that have been released over the past ten years, it's apparent that somebody has this kind of technology, even if it's Russians, Americans, Chinese, or Aliens. Which means it's not only possible, but only a matter of time in finding a breakthrough and producing a vehicle.
Humanity will not survive as a one-planet species.
Eventually something will happen to end Earth's habitability, even if it means waiting several billion years for the Sun to expand and turn the planet into a burnt husk of an iron core.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 06:19 AM (6ydKt)
The sheriff's office has not said how the men escaped or whether they consider them a danger to the public.
I'm sure it will be fine.
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:19 AM (vFG9F)
Congratulations! Free time is nice, but you'll probably want to have a purpose as well.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 06:16 AM (ScJiX)
Yes, this is important. Have an engaging hobby, volunteer, work around the house, things like that. Keep your mind and body active.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:20 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:21 AM (tgvbd)
And hungry. I don't know if I could do it again at this age, but I'm not that hungry anymore.
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:21 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 06:21 AM (PFs9e)
Isaiah 16:5
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 06:21 AM (pqVDs)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 06:22 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 06:16 AM (ScJiX)
Yes, this is important. Have an engaging hobby, volunteer, work around the house, things like that. Keep your mind and body active.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:20 AM (tgvbd)
Thank you! I have plans - the first is to finish my novel, and then, when the warm weather comes, there are a number of house projects that need to be done, including finishing up the attic into a proper writer's den.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 06:23 AM (ufSfZ)
And hungry. I don't know if I could do it again at this age, but I'm not that hungry anymore.
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:21 AM (vFG9F)
I remember reading something like when you're young you succeed by never delegating anything you can do yourself and when you're older you succeed by never doing anything you can delegate to someone else.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:24 AM (tgvbd)
Different strokes. When my retirement is complete you will need a 4wd vehicle just to get to the swamp I will be on the other side of.
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:24 AM (vFG9F)
"A couple of acres and a clear field of fire."
Posted by: NR Pax at February 10, 2026 06:25 AM (jjoN6)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 10, 2026 06:25 AM (dAjAs)
https://tinyurl.com/25ujh3an
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 06:25 AM (PFs9e)
We mammals have maybe 250 million years left before Erf becomes uninhabitable for us. Complex life, 800 million, maybe a billion more years before the Sun's luminosity gets too great. Nothing by prokaryotes for a while after that.
All sorts of things can happen before then. Figure about 20,000 years until the odds of some big extinction or near extinction level event. This includes asteroid impacts, supervolcano eruptions, gamma ray bursts, and all the ELE type things that can happen.
20K years and odds are something big will have happened.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 06:26 AM (w6EFb)
Of course. I do know extreme isolation is not good for some people, especially those who have problems with chronic depression.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 06:27 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:30 AM (vFG9F)
The sheriff's office has not said how the men escaped or whether they consider them a danger to the public.
I'm sure it will be fine.
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:19 AM (vFG9F)
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It would be good if they had a sheriff like Grady Judd of Polk County, Florida. He loves catching the bed guys, and bringing justice to them. He also encourages citizens to be gun owners.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 06:32 AM (hpxA0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 06:32 AM (buPQP)
The snow has stayed remarkably pristine over the last few weeks, unlike normal when car exhaust and general stuff on the roads would normally have turned the snow various shades of grey or black.
It's been nice.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 06:36 AM (buPQP)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 06:26 AM (w6EFb)
Agreed.
And there's also the possibility of a self-inflicted extinction event because somebody thought it would be fun to play with nukes, or whatever crazy stuff (AI) we invent that can come back to haunt us to death..
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 06:37 AM (6ydKt)
All sorts of things can happen before then. Figure about 20,000 years until the odds of some big extinction or near extinction level event. This includes asteroid impacts, supervolcano eruptions, gamma ray bursts, and all the ELE type things that can happen.
Nuclear War!!!! Caused by Trump!!!
Actually, the more I read, the more I'm convinced that the Jonathan Schell/Annie Jacobson scenarios of nuclear omnicide are pure bosh (not that any such war is desirable).
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:37 AM (tgvbd)
20K years and odds are something big will have happened.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 06:26
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Who knows what discoveries will be made in the future? Wormholes in space? Faster than light travel? This is not just progress from horseback to air travel; this is a new kind of physics
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 06:38 AM (7sNE7)
The snow has stayed remarkably pristine over the last few weeks, unlike normal when car exhaust and general stuff on the roads would normally have turned the snow various shades of grey or black.
Snow
Day 1: Silent, crystalline, pristine beauty
Day 2+: Grey-black frozen muck
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:38 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:40 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 06:41 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:42 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Fenderbender at February 10, 2026 06:43 AM (1FEc1)
When I lived in New Haven lo these many years ago, the city used some kind of reddish sand on the streets after a snow storm. After a couple of days, it looked like the Cat in the Hat had been through town.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:44 AM (tgvbd)
I always said that the end of mankind will come when one nut has the power to destroy the entire planet with a push of a button, or nowadays, a touchscreen.
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:42 AM (vFG9F)
My scenario: cats acquire opposable thumbs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:44 AM (tgvbd)
The snow has stayed remarkably pristine over the last few weeks, unlike normal when car exhaust and general stuff on the roads would normally have turned the snow various shades of grey or black.
Snow
Day 1: Silent, crystalline, pristine beauty
Day 2+: Grey-black frozen muck
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:
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Day 2+ is when letting the dogs go out in the yard makes a cleanup chore every time they come in. God love them.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 06:44 AM (AQ5h9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 06:32 AM (buPQP)
You have a some very rare kids, Huck.
I'm trying to imagine the laughter and insults I would've received had I told some of my HS classmates we really should to go to school 12 hours a day and 6 days a week.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 06:45 AM (6ydKt)
Never heard of 996. In the world’s 2nd largest nuclear navy, that schedule was called “holiday routine.”
Ayn Rand was right.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at February 10, 2026 06:45 AM (zqeQL)
maybe his fellow students teased him too much?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 06:46 AM (Cjt/F)
There's the notion of the Fermi Filters. How far can a civilization make it before something takes them out -- a series of hurdles. One big one is likely the nuclear filter. Once you figure out enough physics to be able to blow yourself up real good, can you make it past that?
I was listening to Elon on some podcast -- and he was likely smoking a big ol' joint while musing. He said that a decent civilization ought to make it 1 million years. If humanity could pull that off, he'd call it a good run.
If you want to get in that class, you've got to go interplanetary.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 06:47 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 06:47 AM (7ULbr)
Posted by: fd
>Don't be too concerned about any Microsoft products. Worst case, after 25 touchs on the screen, the system hangs and crashes.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 06:49 AM (xFfhU)
What search terms would you use for this? None of mine work so I'm beginning to doubt it's possible.
Prove me wrong.
Posted by: purely an academic question
Reddit, if you can ignore the progtarded lefties.
Use search terms you'd expect to be channels at pr0nhub.
Don't ask me how I know.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 06:50 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: The Tower of Babel at February 10, 2026 06:50 AM (2Ez/1)
Never heard of 996. In the world’s 2nd largest nuclear navy, that schedule was called “holiday routine.”
Ayn Rand was right.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at February 10, 2026 06:45 AM (zqeQL)
I remember reading about the US Navy in the Pacific during WWII. A couple of 27-year-old Lieutenants JG were described as worn-out and exhausted because they were too old for the job.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 10, 2026 06:51 AM (tgvbd)
About 75,000 years ago, there was the Great Toba eruption, the biggest supervolcano to go off in several million years. That nearly wiped out Homo Sapiens -- there's a big genetic bottleneck that's evident from that. That nearly killed us off.
If something like that happened now, it would wipe out civilization.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 06:51 AM (w6EFb)
There's the notion of the Fermi Filters. How far can a civilization make it before something takes them out -- a series of hurdles. One big one is likely the nuclear filter. Once you figure out enough physics to be able to blow yourself up real good, can you make it past that?
I was listening to Elon on some podcast -- and he was likely smoking a big ol' joint while musing. He said that a decent civilization ought to make it 1 million years. If humanity could pull that off, he'd call it a good run.
If you want to get in that class, you've got to go interplanetary.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb
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"Forbidden Planet", highly advanced civilization wipes itself out in one day.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 06:52 AM (AQ5h9)
I already told my supervisor that I wanted out as early as possible. We'll see what happens.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 06:52 AM (ufSfZ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 06:45 AM (6ydKt)
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'Spose so. They were reminiscing the other day, one of those rare days when we had all of them here, and their spouses looked like they thought the idea of so much school was crazy.
But (as you might imagine), when you throw teenagers together for so much time, there was lots of socializing.
I think it was the required sports that made it harder for the whole group, as some kids just had zero interest in practice most days and competition against other schools on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 06:52 AM (kgPGi)
"I can't die now! I haven't seen 'The Jolson Story!'"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 10, 2026 06:53 AM (ufSfZ)
If something like that happened now, it would wipe out civilization.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
>Yellowstone Caldera status: Green. Stable.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 06:54 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 06:47 AM (w6EFb)
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There are lots of interesting variations on this theme in science fiction. In the series I'm currently reading ("Inhibitor Trilogy" by Alastair Reynolds), a superior alien intelligence is determined to wipe out all life that achieves interstellar travel to reduce competition in the galaxy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2026 06:54 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: olddog in mo at February 10, 2026 06:56 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:58 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:00 AM (YXyUj)
Posted by: m at February 10, 2026 07:00 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: fd at February 10, 2026 06:58 AM (vFG9F)
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*** Greg Bear's "Blood Music" has entered the chat ***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2026 07:02 AM (ESVrU)
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It turns out, building semiconductor manufacturing takes a lot of time, education, and management skills. Might not be replaceable at all. If China wasn't so threatening, it wouldn't be necessary, but I suppose if it wasn't China it would be something else.
Anyway, TSMC is working on it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:05 AM (YXyUj)
This a big pivot for Elon. He once recently said the Moon is a distraction, Mars is where its at. And no he comes around to this. I think it was reality setting it. Also, I think some come-to-Jesus moment with Isaacman/NASA/Trump 2.0.
Elon realizes the United States must endure as a going concern. Western Civ cannot fall. We've got to get out space legs on the Moon first, and establish ourselves before the Chicoms do. Chicoms on the Moon before us would be bad.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 07:07 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 10, 2026 07:07 AM (YXyUj)
How do you even price a century of uncertainty?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 07:07 AM (w6EFb)
The article Pixy linked to speculates Elon and SpaceX are worried about how much progress Bezos is making with Blue Origin's plans for the moon/landers, etc.
Seems as good a reason as any.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 07:13 AM (6ydKt)
Is that the stuff Ace keeps posting that tells me I have to login because it is "sensitive content"?
Posted by: GWB at February 10, 2026 09:23 AM (b3PBu)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Don't get your hopes too high.
If it is an actual."pension", it's what's known as a "defined [j]benefit plan. That means that what you get is set in stone at some point, usually your last day working for that company. You get no accumulated interest, etc.
I have one of those, obtained by working past the 10 year vesting period. When I left that company in the early 80s, it was at $372/mo. When I started collecting it at age 65, more than 30 years later, you know how much I got? $372/mo.
Inflation? That's the problem.with defined benefit plans, at least from the retirees POV. For the employer, though, it's a good thing.
Some unions had enough clout to write inflation protection (and then some) into contracted pension plans, which is one of the many reasons why US Steel is a shell of its former self.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 10, 2026 10:07 AM (wTg85)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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And we HAD it. And then let Intel, Mot, etc al, piss it away, setting up offshore facilities.
The US thought that we had "soft powered" Russia and China into opponents rather than enemies, so the government didn't do what is obvious the should have done: prohibited moving that IP overseas on national security grounds.
And here we are, asking the Taiwanese for help setting up.what we used to do on our own.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 10, 2026 10:18 AM (wTg85)
Mars is even worse because not only is it a hellscape of extremely toxic chlorine compounds wafting around in dust storms, it's also at the bottom of a very expensive gravity well
the Moon has less gravity but a lot of inconvenient moonquakes
so yeah, just throw material into orbit and let the Optimus bots build something nice where people will pay to live
Posted by: TallDave at February 10, 2026 12:00 PM (xZyKE)
i lied to get the job, they lied about the job. we're even.
Posted by: cmeat at February 10, 2026 01:17 PM (R11M+)
Overnight Open Thread [02/09/2026]
This thing looks absolutely useless, and absolutely loads of fun!
Jetson One It's just a drone writ large, and that makes it both reassuring and terrifying. But you can't get one until 2028...they are either backlogged, or it's all smoke and mirrors.
A fish is swimming out in a lake, when he sees a fly flitting around, 3 feet above the water. The fish thinks to himself, "If that fly comes down about 5 inches, I can eat it!", so he sits and waits. A bear sees the fish watching the fly and thinks to himself, "When that fly comes down a few inches, that fish is going to jump up and try to eat it. When that happens, I'm going to swipe that fish onto land and eat it." A hunter eating a sandwich sees the bear watching the fish watching the fly, and thinks to himself, "When that fly lowers, the fish is going to jump up to get it, and that bear is going to try and eat that fish. When that happens, I'm going to shoot the bear and stuff him for my den," so he puts down his sandwich, and readies his gun. A mouse is sitting there watching the hunter, watching the bear, watching the fish, watching the fly, and thinks to himself, "When that fish goes for the fly and the bear goes for the fish, and the hunter tries too shoot the bear, I'm going to go and eat his sandwich." so he sits and waits, keeping a watchful eye on the hunter and his sandwich. A cat in the bushes sees the mouse watching the hunter watching the bear watching the fish watching the fly, and thinks "When that fly lowers 5 inches, the fish is going to try and eat it, then the bear is going to eat the fish, then that hunter is going to shoot the bear, then that mouse is going to try and eat the sandwich. When that happens, I'm going to eat that mouse." so he sits and waits. watching the mouse intently. After a few tense minutes, the fly finally lowers itself. The fish jumps out of the water, and catches the fly in it's mouth a split second before the bear swipes the fish onto land and begins to devour it, shortly before being shot in the face by the hunter, while the mouse lunges for the sandwich. The cat sees the action springing right in front of him, so he books it out of the bushes making a bee line for the mouse, but misses it completely, and falls face first into the lake. Moral of the story; when a fly comes down 5 inches, a pussy gets wet.
Pass the pot to Grandma — her brain might thank you. A new study is challenging long-held assumptions about cannabis, finding that middle-aged and older adults who use the drug may actually see some brain and cognitive benefits. The twist comes as cannabis use is climbing among older Americans. Research shows that nearly 1 in 5 people ages 50 to 64 reported using marijuana in the past year, along with 5.9% of those 65 and older.
Biochemical research is mostly bullshit: filled with weasel words and ass-covering nonsense. If marijuana was that wonderful, we would have figured it out long ago. You Know Who hardest hit!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - mind, the final frontier at February 09, 2026 10:18 PM (kqXjy)
Posted by: Crusader at February 09, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 10:19 PM (UOTmo)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 10:19 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 09, 2026 10:19 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 09, 2026 10:19 PM (u28BA)
when your ship comes in,
and you've got the stock market beat.
But the man who's worthwhile
is the man who can smile
when his shorts are too tight in the seat.
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 10:20 PM (UOTmo)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at February 09, 2026 10:20 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 09, 2026 10:20 PM (gKWVE)
It is now being read on three continents.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 10:21 PM (1VKLJ)
Posted by: MkY at February 09, 2026 10:22 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 10:22 PM (UOTmo)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 09, 2026 10:22 PM (47diA)
when your ship comes in,
and you've got the stock market beat.
But the man who's worthwhile
is the man who can smile
when his shorts are too tight in the seat.
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Well? We're waiting!
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 10:23 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at February 09, 2026 10:23 PM (DJAE9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 09, 2026 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at February 09, 2026 10:23 PM (DJAE9)
Better Feldman than Haim.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 09, 2026 10:23 PM (u28BA)
Did I mention that I went sailing in 80 degrees and sunshine yesterday?
*ducks*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 09, 2026 10:24 PM (+HNx/)
Meh. Modern pot isn't as good as the good old days, anyway. Bring back Acupolka Gold! 🙄😲😆
Posted by: mindful webworker - pass the air freshener at February 09, 2026 10:25 PM (kqXjy)
#tropical
Posted by: browndog with icy paws at February 09, 2026 10:25 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 09, 2026 10:26 PM (H/suN)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 10:26 PM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Piper at February 09, 2026 10:27 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 10:27 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 09, 2026 10:27 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 09, 2026 10:28 PM (kB9dk)
You Know Who hardest hit!
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Same goes for that pain relief crap.
Talk about the power of suggestion.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 10:28 PM (6W1vz)
Here's what happens if you buy one, Actual delivery of the vehicle:
https://tinyurl.com/4dhdu4ba
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 09, 2026 10:28 PM (w/O5Q)
...another surprise cannabis benefit is psychosis and violence.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 09, 2026 10:28 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 09, 2026 10:29 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 09, 2026 10:28 PM (y171U)
I am betting emphysema too.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 09, 2026 10:29 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Pull My Wire at February 09, 2026 10:29 PM (oftw2)
The weather this year said, "Sorry! All the snow is going East, mate!" I grieve but will get over it. Will now settle for snow in the mountains and rain here. Life is grand otherwise.
I have not been happy about the lack of snow. Those of you who have it have probably not been happy at times, either.
However, in the Intermountain states we envy you.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 10:30 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 09, 2026 10:31 PM (y171U)
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Guys who are high think they sound smarter when they're high.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 09, 2026 10:31 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: mot at February 09, 2026 10:31 PM (fIPNY)
Here's what happens if you buy one, Actual delivery of the vehicle:
https://tinyurl.com/4dhdu4ba
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 09, 2026 10:28 PM (w/O5Q)
I see many issue here ...
Posted by: zombie I at February 09, 2026 10:31 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: zombie Isadora Duncan at February 09, 2026 10:32 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Pull My Wire
To be honest, I'm shocked the puns haven't already started.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 09, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
I expected resistance.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 10:33 PM (cYBz/)
________________________
Pull up a chair and grab the popcorn. NYC is about to have a bit of a warm spell. It's the first one since the garbage collection problems. And, I'm telling you right now, the rats are excited. If you've never spent a lot of time in NYC, then you might now be aware of how big the rat population is. You get a taste of it everytime the subway tunnels flood. But, nothing's more appetizing to a population of rats than rising temperatures and free food in the winter time.
Enjoy the show.
Oh, and about that Jetson 1 passenger drone. I'm sure Special Ops branches within the military are already playing around with one to dampen the noise. Those are a tool they'd love to have in the arsenal.
Posted by: Orson at February 09, 2026 10:33 PM (dIske)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 09, 2026 10:33 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 09, 2026 10:33 PM (0OORa)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
After three weeks of glaciation here in The Swamp, you can have it. Not seeing the appeal, unless it scours away all the commie bastards around here.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 10:34 PM (UOTmo)
Posted by: Pull My Wire at February 09, 2026 10:29 PM (oftw2)
Careful. You don't want your shorts grounded due to capacitance.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 09, 2026 10:34 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: mindful webworker - buh buh buh booo at February 09, 2026 10:34 PM (kqXjy)
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: 4 Non Blondes at February 09, 2026 10:35 PM (+HNx/)
...another surprise cannabis benefit is psychosis and violence.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 09, 2026 10:28 PM (y171U)
violence?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 09, 2026 10:35 PM (w/O5Q)
Here's what happens if you buy one, Actual delivery of the vehicle:
https://tinyurl.com/4dhdu4ba
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 09, 2026 10:28 PM (w/O5Q)
Watched the video. I, for one, wouldn't stand next to the cockpit to give instructions to the pilot when the propeller blades are deployed.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 09, 2026 10:35 PM (aMrr2)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 10:35 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 10:36 PM (UOTmo)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
What states are the Intermountain States?
Posted by: Libtards at February 09, 2026 10:36 PM (5rh/l)
Lots of offerings out there - looks like it's time to get into the weeds with all the info.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 10:36 PM (cYBz/)
She is a great kid. Her mom has been Rebecca's massage therapist for about 15 years now; her husband - this young lady's father - died very unexpectedly 10 years ago, so they live on one income.
They didn't know how they would be able to afford to pay for her to attend this program. Since we are in a position to help out these ladies who are very much like family to us, we told them that if they weren't able to secure a scholarship we would pick up the cost so that this young lady could attend this program.
What a joy to be able to do this for such a wonderful young lady! She is very excited, and we are excited for her. And we are so grateful that we are able to help make this possible for her ♥️♥️♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 09, 2026 10:37 PM (SRRAx)
So naturally the Twitterati mob that had attacked her originally have not accepted her apology and continue to savage her.
When can social media just die already.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 10:38 PM (2GVsD)
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It does. It seems like there a mild movement to pretend that Epstein wasn't about sex with the under-aged (because he was all about the money...? How would that be any different?). Yet, the history of cinema says that casting seems to be all about that. Are we supposed to believe that Epstein's clients had little in common with Hollywood?
Posted by: Crusader at February 09, 2026 10:39 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 09, 2026 10:39 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 10:40 PM (xFfhU)
The states that are in ter mountains. (NM, CO, WY, MT, ID, UT, NV, eastern WA, eastern OR, eastern CA, and AZ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 09, 2026 10:41 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 09, 2026 10:33 PM (0OORa)
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Maybe, but does it have a good jingle?
Posted by: Jardiance at February 09, 2026 10:41 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 10:41 PM (1VKLJ)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 09, 2026 10:37 PM (SRRAx)
This is awesome, what a blessing you are to her!
Posted by: Piper at February 09, 2026 10:42 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 10:42 PM (/WQyy)
There are two new updates to our cat blog tonight.
Big Boy, the black cat that arrived just before dad passed, then disappeared after a couple months has shown up and injured. We had to do an emergency after hours vet visit to get him checked.
https://tinyurl.com/dg65258
Posted by: Joyenz at February 09, 2026 10:43 PM (2F0/Y)
1) Fire the guy on the sound board. The vocals were muddy, and more often than not, the backup vocals/ instruments were on top.
2)They lied about the timing. They promised that it would be synced with the game, but when I switched back to the game, it was already at 14:03.
It was pretty much amateur hour. Each act was internally good, except for the aforementioned sound issues, but the timing leading from one performance to the next wasn't on. It was obvious that they didn't rehearse getting on and off.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 09, 2026 10:44 PM (pk60q)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 10:44 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 09, 2026 10:45 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 09, 2026 10:37 PM (SRRAx)
That's great. I hope she enjoys the experience!
Posted by: Joyenz at February 09, 2026 10:45 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 09, 2026 10:46 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 09, 2026 10:46 PM (aMrr2)
The states that are in ter mountains. (NM, CO, WY, MT, ID, UT, NV, eastern WA, eastern OR, eastern CA, and AZ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 09, 2026 10:41 PM (lUFok)
So, aren't the states between the Appalachians and the Rockies intermountain states? Heck, it seems almost every state is an intermountain state. Even Hawaii - it's between the Sierra Nevadas and the Urals.
Posted by: Libtards at February 09, 2026 10:46 PM (5rh/l)
I prefer my helicopter blades to be non-coplanar with the pilot.
Not that it matters if something goes wrong 1000 feet up.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)
"Greater lifetime use was also linked to better performance in learning, processing speed, and short-term memory. "
Complete and total bullshit.
Posted by: Chuck C at February 09, 2026 10:47 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 09, 2026 10:46 PM (aMrr2)
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Spacely Sprockets owns the rights.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 09, 2026 10:48 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 09, 2026 10:48 PM (ZF6+q)
Posted by: Diogenes
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Bargained with Grok for a self driving car and an Optimus - offered cash. No deals. No discounts.No\
Optimus and the best deal on a self-driver is $36,990 plus $99 a month for the FSD option.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 10:49 PM (6W1vz)
Joyenz, that is some good news. Hope it all turns out well.
I've also had a missing cat return. Thankfully young little Pip is still very healthy and vocal. Isis is adjusting to having her adopted kitten back. Detente is the best they manage right now along with claw swipes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 10:50 PM (2GVsD)
Not that it matters if something goes wrong 1000 feet up.
Posted by: mikeski
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You can pass out from blood loss on the way down.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 10:50 PM (6W1vz)
You Know Who hardest hit!
So what's your excuse for forgetting his name?
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 10:51 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Wally at February 09, 2026 10:52 PM (0e5Te)
You Know Who hardest hit!
So what's your excuse for forgetting his name?
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 10:51 PM (KAi1n)
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Snort!
Well played!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 10:52 PM (1VKLJ)
Posted by: the toyes at February 09, 2026 10:53 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 10:51 PM (KAi1n)
I have never forgotten anyone's na...hey! Is that popcorn?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 10:53 PM (n9ltV)
It's freaking Monday, where is everyone?
Blue Monday just wear you out? Oh, blue Monday...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 10:53 PM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Pull My Wire
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Don't let the step function hit you in the ass.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 09, 2026 10:53 PM (pk60q)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 10:54 PM (2GVsD)
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Ecoflow has a smart circuit box along with enough scalable battery capacity to run a substantial house up to about a week if you wish. Costco has some of their products or you can order them online or even Ebay as Ecoflow has a refurbished storefront on Ebay.
They also have the smaller and more portable types. And portable solar cells.
Jackery does okay with the smaller batteries as does Bluetti and both also sell portable solar cells for recharging.
A simple gas/propane generator can also ease issues with the battery generators. If you do have electronics or electronics heavy appliances, the line sags and surges from normal gas/propane/nat gas generators (not inverter types) can damage those. Using the generator to charge one of the battery generators avoids that problem if you run items off of that.
E.g. our pellet stove requires about 300 watts to ignite and about 100 watts per hour for fan and feeding pellets. But since computerized control, requires pure sine wave electricity to keep it running. Battery generators generate sine wave supply that it needs.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 10:55 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Diogenes
Devil's Advocate Position: After the first half-dozen fatal Jetson-Jetson mid-airs at liquor stores after dark, or the first six incidents of soccer moms crashing into each other at 35 feet over Panera stores, no one will be able to afford flying insurance for a Jetson.
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 10:57 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 10:57 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 10:51 PM (KAi1n)
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It's the flashbacks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 10:58 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma
>Watch your ass when you're around those people into AC/DC.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 10:58 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)
Hey San Franpsycho, had a great time in the city. Sitting in the airline waiting to board. Really enjoyed myself.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 10:59 PM (1VKLJ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
My balls are always bouncing to the left and to the right
It's my belief that my big balls should be held every night
Posted by: gKWVE at February 09, 2026 10:59 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 09, 2026 11:00 PM (aMrr2)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 11:00 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 10:57 PM (5rh/l)
The FAA will step in once this gets serious. Just like for drones. But common sense regulations can fix a lot of the issues.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 11:01 PM (1VKLJ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
What happened?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 09, 2026 11:01 PM (ZF6+q)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 11:01 PM (BI5O2)
It's my belief that my big balls should be held every night
Posted by: gKWVE
>Cause I'm V.F.D., I'm Dynamite!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 11:02 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: buddhaha
Better than taking its derivative in the ass.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 11:02 PM (dhHpw)
The eel you say?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)
I tried the tuna for the hailbut.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 11:03 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 09, 2026 11:03 PM (aMrr2)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 11:03 PM (1+Dhc)
Or even worse, wine-box soccer Moms locked in an aerial duel.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 10:58 PM (2GVsD)
Yup. It will be a re-run of the earliest WW1 air-to-air combats. Soccer moms shooting pistols at each in contests for prime landing spots at nail salons.
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 11:04 PM (5rh/l)
Report was for a new (to me) house that has some cracks visible on the outside. Offer was contingent on the results of the inspection.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 09, 2026 11:04 PM (lUFok)
x.com/i/status/1580591685867753474
Flying cars will be a lot better if they can use something besides old-fashioned head-chopper type blades. I've seen examples. Here's one:
https://youtu.be/iYsoDS0UM4c
Another, sorta
https://youtu.be/MGy8jvf-DZ0
Another toroidal example
https://youtu.be/E8L8I0dLh_o
Comic relief, loosely related, page 12 from my old webwork series "Getting From Here to There,"
The 500 Cars of That Guy
https://bit.ly/500-cars-of-that-guy
(click on Larger Image for a larger image)
Posted by: mindful webworker - i need one to fly to the South 40 at February 09, 2026 11:04 PM (kqXjy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:04 PM (2GVsD)
Guy hates girl. But she needs a green card and he needs money. So they make a deal,
Money for pretending to be married.
But - get this - they end up falling in love. And then get for real married and live happily ever after.
Am I close?
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:05 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 10:59 PM (1VKLJ)
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Glad you enjoyed.
Did you get that "secondary screening" I called in for you?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)
Check out the disembodied guitar strings vid at the end of the Jetson one. Magnets got some power!
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at February 09, 2026 11:06 PM (t/Eo5)
Posted by: Wally at February 09, 2026 11:08 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:08 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 09, 2026 11:03 PM (aMrr2)
Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas at the Alamodome in '99.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 11:08 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:08 PM (y6810)
Posted by: JUGGALO TEARS at February 09, 2026 11:09 PM (mFz+I)
I hope this ends with both of them in CECOT.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 11:09 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 10:57 PM (5rh/l)
The FAA will step in once this gets serious. Just like for drones. But common sense regulations can fix a lot of the issues.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 11:01 PM (1VKLJ)
Traffic light engineers and police have a difficult enough time keeping chaos minimal in two dimensions. In three dimensions, chaos will be the norm, I fear. Also, what's the range if flyers have to hover for two minutes at stoplights every quarter-mile or less in urban areas and dense suburbs?
:-)
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 11:11 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:11 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:08 PM (2GVsD)
LOL. I LOVE YOU. AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
Posted by: JUGGALO TEARS at February 09, 2026 11:11 PM (mFz+I)
Does your cable company offer the HR Giger Channel? If not, you might not get to see these. Which might be a good thing. You never know. I mean, I like them both a lot, but is that a recommendation or a warning?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 09, 2026 11:11 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 09, 2026 11:11 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 09, 2026 11:11 PM (CHHv1)
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Guys who are high think they sound smarter when they're high.
Posted by: Cicero
++++
Homer Simpson's "thinking juice" agrees
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 09, 2026 11:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Really??
Next you are going to tell me that taxation policies have an impact on folks that have the ability to relocate.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 11:13 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 09, 2026 11:13 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:14 PM (2GVsD)
President Donald Trump, in a call two decades ago to a Florida police chief, bashed former friend Jeffrey Epstein and called Epstein’s procurer Ghislaine Maxwell “evil,” the retired cop told FBI agents in 2019, a Department of Justice document shows.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 11:16 PM (tmn4j)
Posted by: Really??
Next you are going to tell me that taxation policies have an impact on folks that have the ability to relocate.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 11:13 PM (cYBz/)
Leftist news outlets claim that wealth people fleeing from high-tax blue zones is a MAGA-spread Myth! Because the wealthy aren't bothered by high taxes!
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 11:16 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:16 PM (8zz6B)
Love the snow picture-- that's what it *usually* looks like around here in winter. But not this winter. (Yet?)
Posted by: JQ at February 09, 2026 11:17 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 11:17 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: buddhaha
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Better than taking its derivative in the ass.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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You seem to be an impulsive fellow.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 09, 2026 11:18 PM (pk60q)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)
I appreciate that. Kevin was my screener.
He promised to call.
Oh I hope he does....
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 11:21 PM (1VKLJ)
There are a bunch more of his films on the Arrow box. Haven't got to those yet.
"Lady Battle Cop"...I am intrigued.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 09, 2026 11:21 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 10:41 PM (1VKLJ)
What happens if only one of the four motors fails?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:22 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 11:22 PM (BI5O2)
One thing about jersey, they don't fuck around when it comes to snow removal. The roads are clear by the time you wake up. They run the plows all night. Can't vouch for the cities, but the burbs are always clear. I have never been snowed in.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2026 11:24 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The electrical puns have been shunted aside.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 11:24 PM (XeU6L)
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LOL
Next time we shall have a toast
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 11:25 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at February 09, 2026 11:26 PM (R86kT)
Apparently, the Seahawks quarterback owes more in taxes than he earned for the game.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 11:27 PM (7aioM)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:22 PM (8zz6B)
We adapt.
What happens when you have a blowout at 70 mph?
We will have to learn.
I see these being restricted to less than 400 feet and along established routes.
We'll see.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 11:27 PM (1VKLJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 11:25 PM (RIvkX)
I look forward to it my friend!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 11:28 PM (1VKLJ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 11:22 PM (BI5O2)
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You called it exactly right then.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 11:28 PM (7aioM)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
>We can rectify this situation but I'd rather not hear anymore about the Olympic transistors.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 11:29 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 11:27 PM (7aioM)
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Well, you got your
Hotel tax
Convention and Visitor's Bureau fee
Parking tax
Employment ordinance fee
Sales Tax
Enjoy!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)
Leftist news outlets claim that wealth people fleeing from high-tax blue zones is a MAGA-spread Myth! Because the wealthy aren't bothered by high taxes!
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 11:16 PM (5rh/l)
The people they accuse of being overly focused with cutting costs, like employee wages, are just going to ignore 15% off the top? Riiiggghht.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 09, 2026 11:32 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Diogenes
* looks at Washington D.C. *
Well, we're boned.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 11:32 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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You apparently have no capacity for sympathy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 11:33 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2026 11:33 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 11:33 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 11:27 PM (7aioM)
The Jock Tax.
Take the number of days in state, equates to a %rage of total income. Pro athlete = Big $ for the state.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 11:34 PM (1VKLJ)
Posted by: Tonypete
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Good luck with your search. For the tax credit though get even a few solar cells with your battery system.
Ecoflow's smart circuit box, they claim you can basically run line power to it and it will charge the batteries (top them off) and instantly switch to battery power when you get line outages or even sags. Basically like a large scale uninterruptible power source.
Key factor is how long they last and some report having install problems with the smart circuit board. I like Ecoflow because it is scalable and you can add batteries as your budget allows.
I still have mostly dumb appliances or ones that I don't need in an outage but as those wear out, I am looking at the Ecoflow system for that reason.
Most of the new house wide battery systems allow charging by solar cells, generators, or line power to keep topped up.
I have a small Ryobi battery generator that uses their 40v yard batteries which are hot swappable and you can link one to another Ryobi unit as well. for the Pellet stove. Have a log burning Buck stove at the other fireplace.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:35 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
>Well, much of my life has been in vacuum tube, so not easily triggered.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 11:35 PM (xFfhU)
Texas Demoncrat Gene Wu tells Latino, black and Asian people to unite against US, we are the majority.
We have the ability to take over this country.
Is this incitement?
Posted by: fourseasons at February 09, 2026 11:36 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Don't expect an admittance on their part.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 11:37 PM (XeU6L)
We have the ability to take over this country.
Is this incitement?
Posted by: fourseasons at February 09, 2026 11:36 PM (3ek7K)
Beyond incitement if you ask me.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2026 11:37 PM (snZF9)
What happens when you have a blowout at 70 mph?
We will have to learn.
I see these being restricted to less than 400 feet and along established routes.
We'll see.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 11:27 PM (1VKLJ)
The only way I can see such flying machines be approved for general use is to have all under central robotic control, and you hire them like a taxi or an Uber. The passenger has zero input into the flight controls. If contact with master control is lost, the onboard system must go into "safe descent" mode, and make a rapid but hopefully safe descent from cruise altitude to the nearest patch of open ground. And then shut down.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:39 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 11:39 PM (RZtQW)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 11:39 PM (KAi1n)
I would think the wealthy would be bothered by anything taking their money. Well, unless they spend it on themselves.
Posted by: Case at February 09, 2026 11:39 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: Wally at February 09, 2026 11:40 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
>After so may years, my reluctance has been earned.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 11:41 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Wally at February 09, 2026 11:40 PM (0e5Te)
Curly Howard censusing Gene's family: "woo, woo, woo, woo, woo...!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:41 PM (8zz6B)
And that key cleaner is hot!
Posted by: Gunslinger at February 09, 2026 11:42 PM (4pWEQ)
Posted by: Wally
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To each according to their ability
To each according to their needs
.
.
.
Those with ability have few needs
Those without ability have many needs
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 09, 2026 11:43 PM (/lPRQ)
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It's like getting hit in the family Joules.
Posted by: JQ at February 09, 2026 11:43 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 11:43 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Pe
That's a great idea in terms of controlling the airspace.
It might come to that, but the driver/pilot should still have the ability to take control.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 11:45 PM (1VKLJ)
Probably an expert. Plenty of first hand experience and observation tells me pot makes you lazy and stupid.
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 11:47 PM (PTDkx)
It might come to that, but the driver/pilot should still have the ability to take control.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 11:45 PM (1VKLJ)
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It's obvious that you have never spent an afternoon watching dashcam videos on YouTube.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 09, 2026 11:47 PM (+HNx/)
It might come to that, but the driver/pilot should still have the ability to take control.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 11:45 PM (1VKLJ)
That would require competence on the part of the passenger. Liberals are going to be buying these.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:47 PM (8zz6B)
Yeah, we should quit flip-flopping around...
Posted by: JQ at February 09, 2026 11:48 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 11:49 PM (xFfhU)
Oh, electrical jokes?
You can't tune an electric keyboard, either.
Electric Tuna is a potential band name.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at February 09, 2026 11:49 PM (NZPfR)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 11:49 PM (/WQyy)
We have the ability to take over this country.
==
Proletariat of the World, Unite! It's Marxism. Pure and simple.
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 11:50 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Totorro, on the Come To Mexico tour.
https://youtu.be/FVCokrs51Cg
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 11:50 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Piper at February 09, 2026 10:27 PM (Wmg4n)
I never smoked pot but always had friends and family who did. I knew a number of researchers who said that smoking pot made them more creative. Apparently, pot does kill brain cells (and the comments about psychosis and violence are legit) but also increases the connectivity of the surviving brain cells, which explains both a) increased creativity at first and b) the burnouts you remember who forgot just about everything.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at February 09, 2026 11:52 PM (NZPfR)
I find weather interesting to follow.
Here in SW Wyoming we've had no snow and very
unseasonable weather. We've been able to grill a lot this winter.
The wildlife usually moves from the mountains to town starting in October.
Something is going to happen soon because the last two days the wildlife has moved into town.
Hopefully this a good sign, we need lots of snow to fill our reservoirs.
Animals know.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 09, 2026 11:52 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 11:52 PM (vzudA)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 11:43 PM (xFfhU)
Sorry, I don't have enough plutonium to power the flux capacitor.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 09, 2026 11:53 PM (S/Y4j)
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Conventional helicopters glide quite well. Check out the autogyro. Its rotor is free spinning yet it still flies like a fixed-wing plane.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 09, 2026 11:53 PM (+HNx/)
It might come to that, but the driver/pilot should still have the ability to take control.
Posted by: Diogenes
Same problem as 99.9%-of-the-time self-driving cars.
If the human only has to take over in the worst 0.1% conditions, they're not going to improve the situation at all.
Practice to the point that driving is instinctual is how that works. Never being allowed to practice means it won't.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 11:54 PM (VHUov)
We have the ability to take over this country.
Except for the tiny little problem that the Left really, really doesn't want you to know...except for the collegiate Marxist part, none of the minority groups really like each other at ALL
Posted by: Azjaeger at February 09, 2026 11:54 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 11:49 PM (xFfhU)
As long as the rotor remains attached to the aircraft, and continues to be free to rotate, you have lift. Forward motion through the air causes the rotor to spin, and the flight controls can be used. Look up the bensen Gyrocopter, which had an unpowered rotor, and an engine driving a pusher propellor, giving it forward motion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:54 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: mindful webworker
I've acu polka'd stoned. It was fun. I found that my feet went where they were supposed to go, on time, and without thinking about it.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 11:54 PM (KAi1n)
Had cousins who lived in NYC as small children and they told me about seeing PSAs on TV between the after school cartoons, showing pictures of a rat and pictures of a cat, and telling children not to mistake a rat for a cat and try to pet it. I've never been able to confirm this I r gind a video online, but they swore it was true.
Posted by: Frankie at February 09, 2026 11:55 PM (tucOg)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 11:55 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 11:55 PM (/WQyy)
"Careful with that axe, Wu, Gene!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:57 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:57 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: fourseasons
>Yes they do. Wind, rain, snow extreme cold and lightning storms. When the temperature is dropping to -20 or below, they're are everywhere, migrating to the nearest river. 500 to a 1000 head of elk is not uncommon.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 11:57 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 11:58 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:59 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Wally at February 09, 2026 11:59 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 10, 2026 12:00 AM (/WQyy)
Currently, the shocking truth is real
One ought not mix the sea
With electricity
Unless the hook is an electric eel
🙄
Let this be my swan song for the evening.🦢
https://youtu.be/2Ui_Q4qBDJY
G'nite, y'all 🕚💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - just in time at February 10, 2026 12:00 AM (kqXjy)
Posted by: Some Vogon throwing a couple of guys off the ship at February 10, 2026 12:01 AM (O7YUW)
Then Wu needs the Hot Needle of Inquiry applied forcefully to make sure the US does not have an Alice Leal Guo situation.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 12:02 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Wally at February 09, 2026 11:40 PM (0e5Te)
all the non-Chinese start remembering what happened when the Chinese ruled their country
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 12:02 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Azjaeger at February 09, 2026 11:54 PM (3/XaG)
True. This is why DJ Jizzy Crockett ain't likely to win TX.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 10, 2026 12:02 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 12:03 AM (2GVsD)
Now to work on giant Japanese anime mech with cute GAINAX red-headed waifu.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 10, 2026 12:05 AM (2GVsD)
I hope y'all get snow too. I don't like it but you need it there .
We get plenty of rain here in the Spring. Sometimes we get too much. Weather is just one of those things we can't control. Have to take it as it comes.
Posted by: Case at February 10, 2026 12:06 AM (E7+ue)
Asshole
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)
Huh. I would have thought he would have been proud. He just owned all the chuds.
He's a shock artist. What does he have to be scared about?
Oh wait, did some hispanic dudes call him out on their kids hearing his song lyrics?
Oh. No.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:08 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:08 AM (bss/y)
> I am betting emphysema too.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)
I'm skeptical. While I haven't smoked any in decades, even back then I didn't know anyone who smoked 20 or 40 joints a day, like cigarettes. And that was with the weak-sauce weed they had back then. With the rocket fuel they have nowadays, I'd be very surprised if anyone managed to smoke enough to produce emphysema.
Posted by: Genghis Khan at February 10, 2026 12:11 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 10, 2026 12:11 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Azjaeger at February 09, 2026 11:54 PM (3/XaG)
They envision a future in which all their Little Brown Brothers and Sisters heap praise on their white Marxist saviors, and obey them forever and ever and ever.
What would actually happen: slavery, starvation, and mass murder.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 10, 2026 12:14 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Genghis Khan at February 10, 2026 12:11 AM (IG3/x)
My point is that the smoke is a LOT harsher (even cooled in a bong), but you could be right.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:14 AM (bss/y)
Case,
It has been a strange winter here.
We've had no rain or snow for months.
The two concerns here is the reservoir and wildfires.
There is a wildfire already over in the Lander area and people are being evacuated. It's strange in winter.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 12:14 AM (3ek7K)
> I am betting emphysema too.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)
I'm skeptical. While I haven't smoked any in decades, even back then I didn't know anyone who smoked 20 or 40 joints a day, like cigarettes. And that was with the weak-sauce weed they had back then. With the rocket fuel they have nowadays, I'd be very surprised if anyone managed to smoke enough to produce emphysema.
Posted by: Genghis Khan at February 10, 2026 12:11 AM (IG3/x)
See, that was why Jenjis Kaahn attacked China- to get better weed.
Posted by: John Kerry at February 10, 2026 12:15 AM (NZPfR)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 10, 2026 12:14 AM (IG3/x)
No. What would really happen: The Islamists will immediately rape all the white women. And then treat the government exactly the way the somalis do or how we saw them in Iraq- the spoils system. Each group will get in power, loot the government to the fullest of their ability, punish all their enemies and then rape some more white women.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: John Kerry at February 10, 2026 12:15 AM (NZPfR)
Ching-gis, I believe is the fey pronunciation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:17 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at February 10, 2026 12:17 AM (JuSDn)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 12:16 AM (bss/y)
I am comforted in knowing I have a bullet to eat before that happens to me.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 10, 2026 12:21 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 10, 2026 12:21 AM (guCHD)
Posted by: Bubba Hotep at February 10, 2026 12:22 AM (cqO0M)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 12:23 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 10, 2026 12:24 AM (jrgJz)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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No. No no no, that's not how you do it!
30-rd mag. Take 29 of them out first. If there are any left? *Then* you eat the last round, IF that's what you believe you must do.
At least go out fighting. That's my plan anyway...
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Karen Winemom at February 10, 2026 12:25 AM (0e5Te)
The lastest I've read about the Guthrie news is law enforcement is looking close to home.
Ya think?
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 12:26 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 10, 2026 12:26 AM (/WQyy)
30-rd mag. Take 29 of them out first. If there are any left? *Then* you eat the last round, IF that's what you believe you must do.
At least go out fighting. That's my plan anyway...
Posted by: JQ
Seven magazines is base load.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 10, 2026 12:26 AM (/lPRQ)
Each group will get in power, loot the government to the fullest of their ability, punish all their enemies
Essentially NY, only this time it is being run by someone who looks like a 1960's Klingon::Madmani.
If their words were water, they would drown us all -- REMAIN KLINGON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RemainKLINGON
Senior Hamas Official Vows Terror Group Will Never Disarm, Rejects Foreign Pressure
History always records these famous last words as a savage and primitive people are never missed.
https://tinyurl.com/EvilsAdvantageOverConscience
... the more brazen and relentless one’s acts of brutality, the more likely it is that one will be allowed a second chance, and find even powerful men of conscience coming to one’s door offering to forget, to forgive, and to give forgiveness a bad name.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 10, 2026 12:27 AM (k2j4C)
Posted by: mindful webworker
I've acu polka'd stoned. It was fun. I found that my feet went where they were supposed to go, on time, and without thinking about it.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 11:54 PM (KAi1n)
I could use some of that now. After decades of putting it off I decided to learn Eric Johnson's cliffs of dover. Its going good, but I keep getting distracted by shiny objects. I used to focus like a laser with weed, because yeah it puts you in the zone. With that song, I need to be in the frigging zone.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 12:28 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Karen Winemom
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Sure, honey. You may be ugly, but that's not what r@pe is all about.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 10, 2026 12:30 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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No. No no no, that's not how you do it!
30-rd mag. Take 29 of them out first. If there are any left? *Then* you eat the last round, IF that's what you believe you must do.
At least go out fighting. That's my plan anyway...
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm)
Solid plan.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 12:32 AM (snZF9)
Apparently, the Seahawks quarterback owes more in taxes than he earned for the game.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Giggity....
Posted by: Gavin Newsom gazes benevolently in the camera at February 10, 2026 12:34 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 10, 2026 12:35 AM (/WQyy)
Dad was cool. (Wish I'd realized it sooner!)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)
Asshole
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)
Huh. I would have thought he would have been proud. He just owned all the chuds.
He's a shock artist. What does he have to be scared about?
Oh wait, did some hispanic dudes call him out on their kids hearing his song lyrics?
Oh. No.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
LOL!! Hell hath no fury than unintended consequences scorned.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 10, 2026 12:37 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 12:38 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Genghis Khan at February 10, 2026 12:11 AM (IG3/x)
A friend of mine put it this way when talking about today's weed. He said if we had this shit back in school we would have never graduated. Friends of mine who were big weed heads back in the day will take 3 days to smoke 1 joint when dealing with the current shit. Back in high school you could easily burn 10 in day, no problem, because it was basically crap. Today, hell no, and if thats what they are doing these days no wonder they are fucked up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 12:39 AM (snZF9)
https://tinyurl.com/46vvwsjm
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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HAHAHAHAHA! Thanks for that!!!!!
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
Dad was cool. (Wish I'd realized it sooner!)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)
This would be the ballad of me and Mr Scary.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 10, 2026 12:41 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 10, 2026 12:41 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Berserker
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No joke! I'm good for one puff, maybe two. Cheap date, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 12:42 AM (rdVOm)
Yes, with forward momentum, the rotor will "autorotate" and the helicopter will act like a plane with no.engine - it will."glide" and maybe you can find a golf course or something.
BUT... when the engine fail, the rotor stops. Now, you're a brick. If you can "get it into neutral " it will autorotate, eventually. If you're too close to the ground, the rotor never gets to enough rpm to actually have some lift.
Getting the machine into autorotation mode is part of helicopter pilot training, but if your under 500 ft with with 80 mph forward speed... Lower forward speed at the time of engine failure raises the necessary altitude.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 10, 2026 12:44 AM (pk60q)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 10, 2026 12:47 AM (jrgJz)
Gabriel Shear/Swordfish
"Anyone who impinges on America's freedom. Terrorist states, Stanley. Someone must bring their war to them. They bomb a church, we bomb ten. They hijack a plane, we take out an airport. They execute American tourists, we tactically nuke an entire city. Our job is to make terrorism so horrific that it becomes unthinkable to attack Americans."
Gabriel: "You have the power to cure all the world's diseases, but the price for this is that you must kill a single innocent child; could you kill that child, Stanley?"
Stanley: "No."
Gabriel: "You disappoint me; it's the greatest good."
Stanley: "Well, how about ten innocents?"
Gabriel: "Now you're getting it. How about a hundred? How about a thousand? Not to save the world, but to preserve our way of life?"
President's Analyst/1967: how little has changed.
"You want to be the great humanitarian? You want to save the world? Then take the gun. Because the only way you’re going to save the world is by killing the people who are trying to destroy it."
The only thing necessary for Evil to prosper is for Good Men to do Absolutely Nothing.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 10, 2026 12:47 AM (hz1Ru)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Clean 'em up, cosmoline 'em, vacuum seal into heavy Mylar and bury them out in the woods where you can get to them but not on your property. If they ask, you disassembled them and flattened them and recycled the.metal. Buy a couple of 10 round mags to maintain proficiency at the range.
If you.move to the United States, collect them on the way out of state.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 10, 2026 12:52 AM (pk60q)
https://tinyurl.com/46vvwsjm
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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HAHAHAHAHA! Thanks for that!!!!!
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
I miss parties like that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 12:53 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 10, 2026 12:53 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck…
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 10, 2026 12:54 AM (dhHpw)
Hey Berserker - what's your favorite song on Sad Wings of Destiny? (I assume being in a Priest cover band in 1980 you were playing the old stuff.)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 10, 2026 12:57 AM (KAi1n)
When I turned 50 my parents flew in to celebrate my birthday.
They went to bed early.
We and our friends sat on the patio smoking pot.
It was most awesome birthday ever, lol.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 12:58 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 10, 2026 12:58 AM (1f36Y)
Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 01:01 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at
Hot Tuna says we got here first.
And we play both acoustic and electric.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 10, 2026 01:03 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 10, 2026 01:04 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 01:05 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Berserker
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A guy I worked with-- and his wife-- would party like that, even into their 40s. Oh, boy!
He passed out and his wife applied makeup to him omg, and his buddies took pictures.. They had many xerox copies made & another guy brought a stack into work. Taped them up *all over* the department. LOL!
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 10, 2026 01:11 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 01:15 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 01:15 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 10, 2026 01:20 AM (/WQyy)
First Person Superbowl Halftime of the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig446isvXlI
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 10, 2026 01:28 AM (1f36Y)
BTW, his SIL told him that English is not our country's official language. I thought that English was our official language, hasn't that been codified into law?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 01:30 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: fourseasons at February 10, 2026 01:31 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Debby
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Not sure. Every medical billing still comes with a separate page of "privacy notice" in about 20 different languages.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 10, 2026 01:42 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 01:30 AM (0nHVk)
Not a law (yet). Donaldus Maximus finally made it so by an Executive Order.
"Mar 1, 2025 In 2025, President of the United States issued an executive order declaring English as the official language of the country. The order revoked a previous policy of providing services in multiple languages and rescinded related guidance documents."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 10, 2026 01:44 AM (aMrr2)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 01:45 AM (0nHVk)
"BUT TRUMP!!!" blahblahblah
And that's it. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 10, 2026 01:46 AM (dhHpw)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 10, 2026 12:57 AM (KAi1n)
Tough one. I would have to go with tyrant. That was always a crowd pleaser. Was definitely fun to do. We did almost the whole album. We had a really great singer for a very short period, so we did dreamer deceiver and deceiver while we had him. We did victim of changes, but I hated that frigging song, so we used to rotate between that, the ripper, and isle of domination. But yeah, I have to go with tyrant as my fav. We did it consistently, and never removed it. I did it in a few other cover bands too. It was just that good.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 01:48 AM (snZF9)
He passed out and his wife applied makeup to him omg, and his buddies took pictures.. They had many xerox copies made & another guy brought a stack into work. Taped them up *all over* the department. LOL!
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
I partied like that well into my 50's. I still do when its that kind of party. I'm a text book metal guitar player asshole. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 01:51 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 10, 2026 01:52 AM (/WQyy)
I'm a wimp... haven't partied like that since my 20s. Thankfully, was never on the receiving end of the post-passout shenanigans.
Bartending was better, in my 30s-- just stood back and observed from a safe distance!
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 02:02 AM (0nHVk)
I'm a wimp... haven't partied like that since my 20s. Thankfully, was never on the receiving end of the post-passout shenanigans.
Bartending was better, in my 30s-- just stood back and observed from a safe distance!
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah standing back and observing from a safe distance was never my style. lol
The thing is you have to know your limitations. I stayed away from hard drugs, didn't drink to where I got stupid. I would stay in control...usually.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:04 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 10, 2026 02:07 AM (KAi1n)
Thanks for the free entertainment!
You know what I mean, hahaha.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)
X Freeze@XFreeze . 10h
SpaceX will have the first Moon base and it's much closer than most realize
Starship can carry the highest tonnage to space of anything ever built and it's fully reusable, which changes everything
Tesla Optimus robots could do most of the construction work, with minimal human intervention
Tesla already makes solar panels at scale, perfect for powering a lunar base
Even Tesla's Cybertruck could be adapted for lunar transport
When you factor in all the pieces working together, a Moon base isn't decades away...it's happening sooner than we think
Once established, the utility of a lunar outpost will scale exponentially, creating the foundation for humanity's permanent presence beyond Earth
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 02:10 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 10, 2026 02:07 AM (KAi1n)
Like I said, it was always a crowd pleaser. Over time a lot of the older priest songs fell to the wayside because so much new shit was coming out. Maiden, Ozzy, Dio, Accept, etc. Not to mention newer priest albums. We kept tyrant, had to, but then you had the hellion/electric eye, screaming for vengeance, bloodstone, then defenders of the faith came out. There was no more room at the fucking Inn, lol.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9)
Now THAT was a party! And no one got (seriously) wounded. Not much blood, anyway. Heh.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Reforger at February 10, 2026 02:13 AM (J/fgw)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 02:10 AM (6W1vz)
Hopefully it will be heavily armed. Ours, get the fuck off. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:15 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Reforger at February 10, 2026 02:13 AM (J/fgw)
Right? 1/6 gravity weed. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:16 AM (snZF9)
Now THAT was a party! And no one got (seriously) wounded. Not much blood, anyway. Heh.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)
You were bar tending in japan??? Damn...
I love long island ice teas. Thats my usual drink when I go out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:18 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 02:19 AM (6W1vz)
Wonder what's the pH of that? And what nutrients does it have? Would any of our earthly flora actually grow in it?
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 02:21 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Reforger at February 10, 2026 02:21 AM (J/fgw)
I love long island ice teas. Thats my usual drink when I go out.
Posted by: Berserker
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Mostly I was cocktail waitressing, but learning to tend the bar there. I was a "dependent wife of active duty USN service member" at the time. On Misawa AB.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)
Wonder what's the pH of that? And what nutrients does it have? Would any of our earthly flora actually grow in it?
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm)
It pretty nasty stuff really. I remember reading about it. Its really abrasive, fine, and sharp like glass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:22 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 02:21 AM (0nHVk)
you're going to have to make it to my christmas party. You can be an asshole and crash here. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:23 AM (snZF9)
The Chinese astronauts, members of the Shenzhou 21 mission, are currently stranded aboard the Tiangong space station without a reliable return craft. They are living on the station without a lifeboat, and the situation is expected to be temporary. China has a standby lifeboat available at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, which can be launched to the station as little as 8.5 days later. The Shenzhou 21 crew is due to return to Earth early next year, and the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft will be launched at an appropriate time in the future.
The astronauts are safe and the situation is being managed by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) to ensure their safety and the safety of the station's crew.
Space.com
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 02:24 AM (6W1vz)
Space.com
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 02:24 AM (6W1vz)
In other words they're dead men walking...or floating.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:26 AM (snZF9)
Space.com
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They have Laika the Space Dog to keep them company.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:26 AM (snZF9)
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Ground control to Major Wan.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 02:31 AM (Hbs7G)
They've grown some plants in lunar dirt returned from Apollo. It's not ideal, but it can grow some stuff. They also do experiments with simulated Martian dirt.
I do not know what all would be involved, but there is active research on lunar and Martian greenhouses to grow shit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 02:32 AM (w6EFb)
It'll be interesting to see the results of that research.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)
I still want to come to your Christmas party, Bers, I will surely be a novelty to your friends.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 02:38 AM (0nHVk)
The Chicoms succeeded in sprouting some seeds, cotton seeds I think, on one of their landers on the Moon. It didn't use lunar soil, but earth soil in a sealed biocontainer. They sprouted, but didn't last too long.
They also had some insect eggs and some other stuff, but that didn't take. They had problems with temperature control or something.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 02:38 AM (w6EFb)
I do not know what all would be involved, but there is active research on lunar and Martian greenhouses to grow shit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 02:32 AM (w6EFb)
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Earth dirt, a premium commodity on mars.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 02:39 AM (6W1vz)
I still want to come to your Christmas party, Bers, I will surely be a novelty to your friends.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 02:38 AM (0nHVk)
Not that much of a novelty. Theres probably a few older than you that will be there. You'll fit right in.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:40 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
That sounds just like my wife.
Posted by: Zombie Rodney Dangerfield at February 10, 2026 02:41 AM (KAi1n)
The proper term for dirt on other astronomical bodies is "regolith". "Soil" is technically an earth thing, with organic material and all that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 02:41 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 02:31 AM (Hbs7G)
Ground control to major tong
you fucked up there's sumpting wong
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:41 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 10, 2026 02:44 AM (KAi1n)
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Beats picking them out of cow patties!
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
Which beats not picking them out of cow patties.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 10, 2026 02:46 AM (KAi1n)
But I picked them & crumbled them over a shady spot in my yard. Will see if any of the spores take hold this spring.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)
SpaceX is now shifting their priorities into building a Moon Base - doing so in less than a decade.
This proposal from the ISU involves converting a Starship into a lunar base, Skylab-style.
Starship’s ~1000m^ 3 of pressurized volume would result in a copious base.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 02:49 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: JQ
Which beats not picking them out of cow patties.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 10, 2026 02:46 AM (KAi1n)
yikes, they can stay in the shit pile if you ask me. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:50 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Dark Litigator
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I dunno... tried them once & it was mellow. Not real exciting but I definitely got a buzz. Didn't care for the taste-- we made 'tea' out of some dried ones. Meh. Maybe we were "doing it rong."
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)
SpaceX is now shifting their priorities into building a Moon Base - doing so in less than a decade.
This proposal from the ISU involves converting a Starship into a lunar base, Skylab-style.
Starship’s ~1000m^ 3 of pressurized volume would result in a copious base.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 02:49 AM (6W1vz)
yeah, because everybody wants to live on the moon in a crashed space ship. Maybe he'll call it botany bay. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:51 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 02:52 AM (0nHVk)
Have fun if that's what you like, though.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 02:52 AM (0nHVk)
Eh, shit happens.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 02:53 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Reforger at February 10, 2026 02:54 AM (J/fgw)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
This is one hell of a complex subject, and there is a lot of active research going on. I asked Grok "what is known about growing plants in Lunar and Martian environments".
It can and will have to be done for some actual sustained base on the Moon or Mars. The regolith can be used, but it will have to be "amended" big time. Organic material will have to be added, and you'll have to inoculate it with various bacteria and all that to get something suitable. That's where the current research is focusing, how to amend it.
And yes, human waste (with pathogens removed) would be some of the organic material needed to be added.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 02:57 AM (w6EFb)
Toby Li@tobyliiiiiiiiii . 10h
Regarding GCR exposure mitigation, it is discovered that lunar regolith layered up to 45 g/cm2 is effective at shielding against heavy ions and decreasing the effective dose equivalent (EDE) (Blunier et al.).
Above 105 g/cm2, lunar regolith radiation shielding becomes more effective at a linear rate (Blunier et al.). However, with layers from 45 to 105 g/cm2, the ionizing radiation from GCRs interacting with the regolith shielding produces undesirable secondary particles (Blunier et al.).
Analysis from Akisheva and Gourinat (2021) shows that the addition of a 5 cm polyethylene layer reduces the generation of secondary particles, and that, at least of lunar regolith is required to meet the Jamestown Base radiation exposure baseline with this configuration.
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 02:58 AM (6W1vz)
this configuration.
According to the findings of Akisheva and Gourinat (2021), a 40 cm thick 4.0 g/cm3 compacted lunar regolith will be utilized for GCR exposure mitigation and for greater habitat thermal insulation and lower heating power requirements, as further expanded in Section 6.3 (Akisheva & Gourinat).
The shielding requirements derived solely for GCRs are insufficient to protect the crew during intense SEP events.
In addition to the baseline habitat shielding described earlier, a SEP storm shelter is needed.
Akisheva and Gourinat (2021) indicate that such a shelter requires a minimum of 150 cm of compacted regolith at 2.7 g/cm3and lined with a 5cm polyethylene shelter in order to limit SPE-induced doses to the blood-forming organs below the short-term non-cancer limit of 250 mGy-Eq and remain within NASA’s 30-day effective dose limit of 250 mSv.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 02:58 AM (6W1vz)
JQ, and Bers, you are kind, thank you.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 03:02 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:02 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at February 10, 2026 03:03 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Shit happens with Alzheimer's patients. I learned to expect the unexpected. Don't beat yourself up about it. I had to call the police several times when my husband decided to go walkabout despite my attempts to keep him from doing it. The police were very kind and hunted him down but I still felt guilty about raising such a ruckus.
Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 03:07 AM (lJ0H4)
Doesn't make you a bad person.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
Exactly. The bass player that comes to my house on saturday has a paralyzed wife. He has nobody to take care of her. He leaves her for a few hours like a slab of beef in bed and comes out to jam for a few hours. He has to get out for a few hours to maintain his sanity.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 03:07 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)
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What this means to California(ns):
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Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 03:08 AM (Hbs7G)
Posted by: Reforger
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One of the reasons he switched to stainless steel for rocket constriction was reuse of materials after the rockets arrived at Mars.
The re-purposing of the rocket body on the Moon will be the first examination of the necessities to accomplish reconstruction.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:10 AM (6W1vz)
The re-purposing of the rocket body on the Moon will be the first examination of the necessities to accomplish reconstruction.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:10 AM (6W1vz)
Pretty cool concept actually.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 03:12 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker
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Yes, it is very important to take breaks. At least he doesn't need to worry that she'll go out and wander!
Hubby got to the point that I couldn't trust him home alone. He'd do odd and dangerous things while I slept. Seems he'd wait for me to fall asleep and then get into things like a toddler. A devious and disobedient one! I had to hide the vehicle keys and remove the range control knobs.
One day, I walked into the room and he had the pellet stove open while it was burning. I closed the front of it. Then, he opened the pellet stove hopper! Ugh! (Good way to set the whole thing on fire)
Made me afraid to even go to the store for a few minutes. That's when I knew it was "time"
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)
There is just about zero nitrogen on the Moon. And that's one of the biggies plants needs, N, P, and K. The P and K are there, but not too abundant and what's there is not in bioavailable form. So, we're going to have get the N there, and some P and K. Think in concentrated form.
The regolith itself will be a decent base to make soil, but it's going to have be amended big time, and it will take time.
A lunar greenhouse for the Moon base will probably start out as hydroponics. That's the start. You get that going, and then slowly start to amend the existing regolith, blending in the waste products and bacteria and all that.
Trucking up "potting soil" from earth, while it would be nice, would be terribly inefficient and expensive. Impossibly so.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 03:20 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 02:39 AM (6W1vz)
Easy Peasy. Just get some space cows on the job. Cow poo for the win!
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 10, 2026 03:24 AM (I40wl)
Shay Monat@shmonat . 1h
Sorry for being picky on the details but it's 1000 m^2 of usable floor space and 2500 m^3 of liveable volume. That's 2.5 times the ISS
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Guess pedants have their place.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:28 AM (6W1vz)
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Miracle-Gro FTW! And start a compost pile..
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)
Made me afraid to even go to the store for a few minutes. That's when I knew it was "time"
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah, when it gets to that point.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 03:31 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 03:33 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 03:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Put ankle weights on them so they don't jump off the moon.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:36 AM (6W1vz)
Depends on just what you mean by future. Mammals like us have maybe 250 million years before Erf becomes inhospitable for us. That's also the chaotic time limit for the orbits of the solar system. "Anything could happen", some gravitational butterfly could've flapped its wings and earth gets ejected from the solar system. Not likely, but not impossible.
As the Sun slowly evolves, it gets hotter and hotter. Complex life will be impossible after maybe 800 million years, 1 billion tops.
Note all this happens well before the Sun becomes a red giant.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 03:40 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Put ankle weights on them so they don't jump
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:36 AM (6W1vz)
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FIFY
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 10, 2026 03:40 AM (Hbs7G)
... They added that “The U.K. will receive its (12 F-35A) jets at the end of this decade and it will be the first time it has had an air-launched tactical nuclear weapon since 1998.
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maybe we should keep the warheads?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:41 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 03:41 AM (Ia/+0)
Unsealed court documents detail how Trump called the police about Jeffrey Epstein in 2006 where he described Ghislaine Maxwell as Epstein’s evil “operative”.
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People think otherwise but Trump is very strict.
Watch how he follows the law, to the letter.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:43 AM (6W1vz)
So, once the yard was cleared of fallen sticks, I called him out & helped him onto the mower (a rider.) He couldn't remember how to work the controls.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 03:44 AM (rdVOm)
Other bad stuff will likely happen will before then. In a 100,000 years, a medium super volcano will likely have gone off. By 1 million years, a heap big one will be likely. These are civilization killer events.
One of those went off 75,000 years ago, and nearly wiped out homo sapiens. Big genetic bottleneck from then.
And in about 500,000 years, almost certain for 1km ELE asteroid strike.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 03:47 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
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SMOD! Finally!
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)
...knew Epstein was disgusting. TRUMP said MAWELL was EPSTEIN's operative, "she is evil and to focus on her". TRUMP told redacted that he was around EPSTEIN once when teenagers were present and TRUMP "got the hell out of there". TRUMP was pm pf the very first people to call when people found out that they were investigating EPSTEIN.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:51 AM (6W1vz)
I think about 20,000 years is the expected time for something big, some civilization threatening event (volcano, asteroid, plus a host of other big things) to have happen.
If we want human civilization to last 100, 000 years, maybe a few million years (there's all sorts of musing on just how low homo sapiens could last), we are going to have to go off planet.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 03:52 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 03:47 AM (w6EFb)
Yeah, bad day for earth.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 10, 2026 03:53 AM (snZF9)
There's some chances of a close gamma ray burst thrown in that mix, too. There are some candidate stars that could do it, if aimed just right. Wake up one day and the planet receives lethal, sterilizing doses of gamma rays from space, killing everything on the side facing it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 03:54 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 03:55 AM (rdVOm)
I remember some podcast with Elon, probably smoking a big joint, musing about all this, and he figured 1 million years would be a good run for human civilization. If we can last that long, he'd call it good.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 10, 2026 03:56 AM (w6EFb)
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Miracle-Gro FTW! And start a compost pile..
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)
Not Brawndo? It's got electrolytes!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 10, 2026 03:57 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 10, 2026 03:58 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 03:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 03:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 03:59 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 04:07 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 04:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 05:07 AM (VM5Oa)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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Weed definitely is not what it was "back then"
It is way more potent and stinks a lot worse.
Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 05:13 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 05:51 AM (hXFMA)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 10, 2026 05:53 AM (hXFMA)
Posted by: paulnjax at February 10, 2026 06:40 AM (PPnyU)
Ghost Walk Cafe
A little hike in the Swiss Alps
The dog accepted his fate.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/ScpfpknAGv
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) February 9, 2026
Happy piggy.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/fzKBhUCLM4
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) February 5, 2026
The Beryozka Ballet’s iconic ‘ghost dance’
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) February 9, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 07:29 PM (QMfMe)
Posted by: Piper at February 09, 2026 07:29 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Piper at February 09, 2026 07:30 PM (Wmg4n)
And contrary to popular belief, there were no riots or looting or dumpster fires last night. That’s not how we celebrate.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (QMfMe)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (zYpTz)
And I will repeat this again.
The British Museum has a new exhibit running until May 4th about an aspect of Japan.
Namely they say half of the Samurai were female.
Now who is doing cultural imperialism again?
Posted by: Anna Puma
"Samurai" as in katanas and lacquered armor?
Or "samurai" as in the social class?
The former is dumb on its face, and the museum curator should commit seppuku forthwith.
The latter might be true in an Obi-Wan Kenobi sort of way..... was a samurai's wife given the same deference as her husband by the underclasses?
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 07:20 PM (VHUov)
Well, they're probably confusing things a bit with the naginata, which was a Japanese noble woman's weapon.
If the town or castle was over taken, the noble women were expected to fight. And, in fact, they trained on the use of the weapon.
If you saw the recent remake of "Shogun", you saw the noble women using it when the castle was over-run.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 07:33 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)
Based on an exaggerated sandwich making implement.
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:34 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 07:35 PM (QMfMe)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 07:35 PM (ESVrU)
Have you stopped shivering yet?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09
Yes! 66 tomorrow, 70 Wednesday. Congratulations on the Seahawks. I didn’t watch, but it wouldn’t have mattered who was playing.
I did watch the peeps game and that was really funny.
Posted by: Piper at February 09, 2026 07:36 PM (Wmg4n)
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Congratulations on the SB win, nurse! How did the locals celebrate?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 07:36 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 07:37 PM (0KSrI)
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are home after nearly two weeks on the road. I immediately blotted my copybook by the discovery that I entered TBD in the wrong shows. There are two consecutive weekends of shows at the same location and I entered the wrong weekend. Can't undo the mistake.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:39 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 07:41 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 07:41 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 07:44 PM (cYBz/)
Don't worry about it, its our secret
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 07:44 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:44 PM (3uBP9)
Top pic: Can I have your stuff when you die? Except the mountain climbing gear. Won't be needing that. Nope."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 07:44 PM (8zz6B)
So that's what the kids are calling it these days.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 09, 2026 07:45 PM (u5LSF)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 07:45 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 07:46 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)
I actually have a friend -- old co-worker -- who is a "Q Anon" (he pedantically & frequently reminds me that there's "Q" and "Anons" but no "Q Anon"), and believes NASA never went to the moon.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 07:47 PM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:39 PM (tgvbd)
Could you bonsai him into a Chihuahua?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 07:47 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 09, 2026 07:47 PM (u5LSF)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:47 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:48 PM (u82oZ)
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So that's what the kids are calling it these days.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 09, 2026 07:45 PM
You learn things here, man.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 07:48 PM (2L+MU)
I actually have a friend -- old co-worker -- who is a "Q Anon" (he pedantically & frequently reminds me that there's "Q" and "Anons" but no "Q Anon"), and believes NASA never went to the moon.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 07:47 PM (0Eh0f)
*sigh*
Tell that dummy that we did too go to the Moon.
We used technology reverse-engineered from the crashed Roswell saucer!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 07:49 PM (ULPxl)
Could you bonsai him into a Chihuahua?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 07:47 PM (8zz6B)
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Wouldn't make a difference. The shows I should have entered him in closed for entries last week.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:50 PM (tgvbd)
It's obviously a hippotato. Or Adam Schiff.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 07:50 PM (ywU9+)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Assist#3 at February 09, 2026 07:51 PM (vUhDf)
Posted by: Paco at February 09
My understanding is they turn into couch potatoes once they come down from racing.
Posted by: Piper at February 09, 2026 07:51 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 09, 2026 07:51 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 07:52 PM (0KSrI)
I was bailing hay one summer years ago and happened to run over a mallard duck's nest. One egg survived so I took it home and incubated it off of a heating pad. Cutest little shit.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 07:52 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 09, 2026 07:52 PM (zYpTz)
Are they known for being like that, or is old Jones, here, atypical of the breed?
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 07:48 PM (2L+MU)
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Greys really are a sweet breed. Excellent house dogs because they're only hyper outdoors. Spend most of their time sleeping, so soundly you have to check to make sure they're alive.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:52 PM (tgvbd)
Does this mean Her Majesty will stay home more?
So you two lovebirds can "Blot the Copybook" more?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:52 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at February 09, 2026 07:52 PM (oftw2)
He's about to get another opportunity. Musk, not NASA, recently announced that he is temporarily putting Mars on hold and focusing on going to the moon instead. Says he can build a base there in half the time it would take to build one on Mars.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 07:53 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2026 07:53 PM (JbyEi)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 07:54 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 07:52 PM (xFfhU)
Did you teach it the Mallard Reaction when it grew up? Ask CBD. he know de wey.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 07:55 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:55 PM (u82oZ)
Does this mean Her Majesty will stay home more?
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Yes, I won't be a grass widower for the next couple of weeks.
I think she spends so much time on the road to get away from me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:56 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 09, 2026 07:56 PM (XMwZJ)
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He's about to get another opportunity. Musk, not NASA, recently announced that he is temporarily putting Mars on hold and focusing on going to the moon instead. Says he can build a base there in half the time it would take to build one on Mars.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 07:53 PM (viF8m)
It's about 3 days to the moon vs a year or so to Mars...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 07:56 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. at February 09, 2026 07:57 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:57 PM (u82oZ)
Are we quite certain that they're not cruising around on concealed Roombas?
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 07:57 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good
Awwwwww
Posted by: Piper at February 09, 2026 07:58 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:58 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: DaveA at February 09, 2026 07:58 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:59 PM (u82oZ)
Yes, the neighbor tells us that Jones sleeps an awful lot!
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 07:59 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 09, 2026 07:59 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 08:00 PM (u82oZ)
Reality set in against his very optimistic ideas about Mars.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:01 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JackStraw
"To the Moon, Elon!"
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 08:01 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 07:56 PM (ULPxl)
Plus he can prove techniques for rad shielding and construction there.
I remember seeing something that said the moon sucks ass. The soil/rock/gravel is insanely abrasive and gets in everything.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
>I suppose I could have fattened him up and kill him and ate him, but at that time is was illegal to 'own' or possess a wild species. As soon as he could fly he was free to go.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 08:02 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 08:02 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 07:56 PM (ULPxl)
Moon would not be a bad place to assemble a station/ship to go to the moon. You need something better than an apollo capsule to go to Mars.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 08:02 PM (8avO+)
Elon needs to get his Starship HLS and the whole orbital refueling thing with multiple Starship tanker launches actually working.
The current NASA plan to get boots back on the lunar ground depends on Starship HLS. If we're gonna do that, then his Mars pie in the sky needs to wait.
Once we've got the Moon base working, the Mars pie in the sky is much closer.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:03 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)
You could probably roll it in a water tank like they do for jewelry and abrade the sharp bits off pretty quickly. No water erosion on the moon.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 08:04 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: JackStraw
"To the Moon, Elon!"
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 08:01 PM (KAi1n)
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The Moon really will be the proving ground for the human race. If we can figure out how to make the moon livable for any extended period of time, then we have a chance--and only a chance--of colonizing the rest of the Solar System. Reaching the stars may still be several centuries away, if it's even possible.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 08:04 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:44 PM (3uBP9)
Y s m r.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 09, 2026 07:52 PM
LIB. MR Ducks!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 08:04 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Maybe Sparkle Beach Ken can build high speed rail to Mars.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 08:04 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 08:05 PM (u82oZ)
The lunar south pole is the target for the manned missions and possible base. That's where water is. Also, near month round sunlight at the top of some peaks down there.
It's also very cold, surface temperatures in the permanently shadowed regions get pretty damned low.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:06 PM (w6EFb)
The Moon really will be the proving ground for the human race. If we can figure out how to make the moon livable for any extended period of time, then we have a chance--and only a chance--of colonizing the rest of the Solar System.
___________
I don't know how we can pull it off without Grievance Studies professors, marketing fags and HR girlbosses.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 08:06 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
Like Vegas.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 08:07 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 08:09 PM (ESVrU)
It's also very cold, surface temperatures in the permanently shadowed regions get pretty damned low.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:06 PM (w6EFb)
Their are weird gravity anomalies there, the Indians tried to land there and something confused the robo lander and it crashed a while back.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 08:09 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 09, 2026 07:59 PM (XMwZJ)
We could get there way sooner, but the public's ability to accept loss is completely screwed up. We accept higher rates of death for demo pilots who are basically just recruitment ads, than bona fide explorers. Even unmanned rockets exploding seem to get more bad press than fatal air show mishaps.
Posted by: Sjg at February 09, 2026 08:10 PM (aqZN1)
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 08:10 PM (GITLP)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 08:09 PM (ESVrU)
well we might not exist in that case.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 08:10 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 08:12 PM (rbvCR)
If we didn't have our big ass Moon, we might not even be here at all, much less think about going anywhere. :-)
The Moon stabilizes earth's axial tilt against chaotic resonances. Also the tidal basins are thought to be a crucial thing for getting life on land going.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:12 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 08:10 PM (GITLP)
FML. It will take weeks after that for my circadian rhythm to adapt.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 09, 2026 08:12 PM (zYpTz)
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4h
SpaceX will build a system that allows anyone to travel to Moon.
This will so insanely cool 🚀💫🤩
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m)
Some of the woo-woo types I look at were going on about some "mysterious anomaly" they found a while back, talking big cover-up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:13 PM (w6EFb)
They guarded the Women's quarters of castles & large estates.
At places like Hakone, were everyone was searched before being allowed to proceed ... men searched men & women (samurai) searched women.
Did women fight on the battle field? A few, especially archers. But mostly women samurai were last line of defense of the home / estate.
During the last battles of the Meiji restoration, pretty much the rebel male samurai were dead. So the last charges against the new Imperial forces were women. Soon they were dead too.
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Wisdom & Folksy Sayings Critic . . . Old Wives Tales Kicked In for Free at February 09, 2026 08:14 PM (3ZUWJ)
FML. It will take weeks after that for my circadian rhythm to adapt.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 09, 2026 08:12 PM (zYpTz)
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I never recovered when we went to Standard. My sleep cycle is still messed up.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 08:14 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 09, 2026 08:15 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 08:15 PM (2L+MU)
This will so insanely cool 🚀💫🤩
Posted by: JackStraw
I don't like leaving my neighborhood.
Posted by: Shut-In By Choice at February 09, 2026 08:16 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 08:16 PM (bxiOq)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 08:16 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 08:17 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw
Living in microgravity is really bad on people, not only the radiation, but the effects on the body is hard. Even harder is the changes in pressure that can mess old broken up people like me on Earth.
Also, there has to be a better way of maintaining the habitat and hygene. ISS is reportedly smells like a sewer with BO and Mir reportedly was like living in a sewer with BO that was built by Soviet industry.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 08:17 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
That stiff-legged way they sometimes sleep looks like rigor mortis, which doesn't help.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 08:18 PM (VHUov)
I think the rescues are just so grateful to retire, they share their joy with everybody.
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 08:18 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 08:17 PM (rbvCR)
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And then, there's the Wolowitz Waste Distribution System...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 08:18 PM (bxiOq)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
Lots of fireworks and the younguns went to Pioneer Square near the stadium to party in the streets till the wee hours. No busted windows. No looted stores. No overturned cars. There was a fair number of beer cans and bottles strewn about, but no damage. No shootings. No assaults.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 08:18 PM (IhIKR)
Re moon dust. Some people, and Harrison Schmitt was one are quite "allergic" to it. Lunar hay fever, they call it, and it's a bitch. Some of the people in the lunar receiving lab who got a whiff of it got that as well.
It is crazy abrasive. Smells like gunpowder. If interested read how the Apollo astronauts described the smell once they got back inside the LM, and exposed that dust to the oxygen atmosphere inside.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:18 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 08:19 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 09, 2026 08:19 PM (4b7CV)
I think the rescues are just so grateful to retire, they share their joy with everybody.
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 08:18 PM (2L+MU)
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Greyhounds were very common around Portland when the dog track was active.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 08:19 PM (bxiOq)
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Under the current system, I don't want to fly to Denver. If ANY of those same assclowns are involved in flights to the Moon, I'll pass.
Posted by: Crusader at February 09, 2026 08:20 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Janitoria Staff at February 09, 2026 08:21 PM (nnW9Q)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 08:21 PM (dhHpw)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 08:21 PM (zZu0s)
The reason for the creation of this bizarre hybrid are still unknown, as Penguin Facts' inquiries to the Canadian scientists were met with the cryptic response "Take off, you hoser".
Posted by: Penguin Facts at February 09, 2026 08:22 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: mikeski
Just remembered; greyhound owners call it "roaching." Image search "greyhound roaching" and you'll see pictures of dogs sleeping in postures that make all my joints hurt.
Despite being hot-climate dogs, there are a few in MN. One of the injun casino/racetracks has greyhound races. I guess it's not exploiting the animals when the injuns do it.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 08:23 PM (VHUov)
Had we kept up with the Apollo plans, we would have a Moon base by now, and likely have already had manned missions to Mars.
We'd probably be gearing up for long term missions to the outer solar system now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:18 PM
So, evidence that penguins came from the moon?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 08:23 PM (0sNs1)
Two interviews stand out to me.
1.) A bourgeois Afghan shopkeeper lamenting that once these Russian troops leave, nobody will be left to buy the Western goods he stocks in his store.
2.) A Russian soldier lamenting that Afghan regime troops were just as worthless as the mujahideen, that he had no sense of who would win and didn't care, because he'd lost a bunch of pals, including two close friends, and just wanted to go home - this closely resembles things I heard from friends who went there later.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:25 PM (BI5O2)
L, M No Puppers
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 09, 2026 08:28 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:23 PM
Go here: https://wilderwealthywise.com/music-collection/
and scroll down near the bottom for:
We Gave Up The Stars For This
It encapsulates how many of us feel.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 08:29 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Duncanthrax"
With Nazi collaboration, they have certainly been there.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at February 09, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
Elon needs to get to work on the Epstein Drive. Constant thrust trajectories using insanely high specific impulse engines.
That would be the game changer indeed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
Is it powered by underaged girls, or unexplained suicides?
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 08:34 PM (VHUov)
I hope he dedicates it to Epstein's mom.
Posted by: Putashack at February 09, 2026 08:35 PM (vFG9F)
The name *is* most unfortunate.
https://is.gd/g2hAVL
Solomon, not Jeffrey.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:37 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:13 PM (w6EFb)
It just means some dense rocks or something. The moon is kinda wierd, its hard to keep things in orbit because it more like a balloon of rocks than a solid billiard ball gravitationally.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 08:38 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 08:38 PM (xFfhU)
At a 1g acceleration/deceleration trajectory, travel time to Mars would be just 1.5 days.
That gets so fast it's almost straight line trajectories, as the target would curve so little in the short time to get there. Point and shoot almost.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 08:40 PM (zZu0s)
We'd probably be gearing up for long term missions to the outer solar system now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:23 PM (w6EFb)
There was an old SF story where the US Army landed on the moon, but soon detected another base. They knew it wasn't other nations, was it aliens? No, it was a US Navy base.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 08:40 PM (8avO+)
That gets so fast it's almost straight line trajectories, as the target would curve so little in the short time to get there. Point and shoot almost.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:39 PM (w6EFb)
a 1 G drive would take absurd amounts of fuel.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 08:41 PM (8avO+)
Jupiter would be about 6 days. #2 weeks to Neptune and 21 days to Pluto.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:42 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 08:40 PM
And in the latrines within their base could be found "FTA" incribed upon the walls.
This, of course, stands for "Fun, Travel, and Adventure", an Army recruiting slogan beloved by junior enlisted.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 08:43 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)
The problem is not merely that the gallimaufry of obsessions, delusions and manias contained within the wormy frames of the thought boxes possessed by anti-penguin fanatics disturbs the peace of their rational and well-adjusted neighbors; nay, we must also consider that their soi-disant expertise rests upon a fundament of mendacity from which emanates a miasma of intellectual mephitis that corrupts bona fide discourse - as noxious in its various manifestations as is the stench in their own nostrils that the Spheniscidaphobes would have us believe is generated by the objects of their hatred.
Fearing the laws of neither God nor man, respecting neither the persons nor the sensibilities of honest citizens, a more wayward and ill-disposed parcel of contumelious bastards has rarely been seen within the environs of civil society. As you value your equanimity, countenance them not.
Posted by: Junius at February 09, 2026 08:44 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:25 PM (BI5O2)
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Family, clan, tribe.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 08:44 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:42 PM
Why go to a non-planet?
Posted by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson at February 09, 2026 08:44 PM (0sNs1)
We'd probably be gearing up for long term missions to the outer solar system now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:23 PM (w6EFb)
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In spades. The stupidest thing they could come up with was the shuttle. Oh, we're going to go up to low/mid earth orbit and dick around until we figure out.
WTF? Figure out what? Asshoe. We've been there, we know how to get there. Do something there. Fool.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:45 PM (6W1vz)
That's the whole idea. Accelerate at 1g. Then, roughly half way, flip around, and decelerate at 1g, maintaining nice "artificial gravity" the whole time.
With chemical propellants this is impossible. However, with nuclear fusion engines, the physics works, it's just the engineering is far beyond anything we're capable of. There's a few fusion reactions that produce mostly charged particles as products, which could be steered by EM fields, which would act as the thrust plate to push the exhaust against.
Specific impulses at 10% c are possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:46 PM (w6EFb)
they way tried to portray space travel, and living in space, realistically.
Especially the need for something like an Epstein Drive and how it changed everything.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 08:47 PM (6ydKt)
1.
youtube.com/watch?v=_iV4mol-Otw
2.
youtube.com/watch?v=9s_oAV9LtJE
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:48 PM (6W1vz)
A federal judge in Los Angeles just blocked a new California law that was supposed to force ICE agents to unmask.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2026 08:48 PM (Cqx++)
Of course, you would not light off a 0.1c exhaust velocity rocket in earth's atmosphere on the ground -- it would be space only, with a nice 100km safe radius around the tail pipe.
That thing would be like a continuous tactical nuke going off.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:49 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 08:49 PM (J+Psw)
WTF? Figure out what? Asshoe. We've been there, we know how to get there. Do something there. Fool.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:45 PM
Orbital bases, from which we could launch missions to the rest of the system are necessary.
"If you can get your ship into orbit, you're halfway to anywhere."
-- Robert A. Heinlein
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 08:50 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Gonna keep that one in my waistcoat pocket for future use, old chap.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 08:50 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 08:51 PM (77rzZ)
i hear it’s a good show in regards to what could have been had we not changed course with the end of Apollo going to Skylab and then the Space Shuttle.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 08:51 PM (6ydKt)
Well... funded.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 09, 2026 08:52 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 08:51 PM (6ydKt)
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I was told I would fly to Tokyo in 20 minutes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:53 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Good yardbird for the uninvited.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:53 PM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 08:53 PM (0sNs1)
Specific impulses at 10% c are possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 09, 2026 08:46 PM (w6EFb)
Ion drives usually figure to be great for distance, but the acceleration rates are low.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 08:54 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 08:54 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 08:56 PM (ZxPkt)
"If you can get your ship into orbit, you're halfway to anywhere."
-- Robert A. Heinlein
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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We have a pre-fab orbital base, - m o o n.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:56 PM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 08:53 PM (0sNs1)
==
I think you mean polyamorous?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:56 PM (RIvkX)
I was told I would fly to Tokyo in 20 minutes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well by '76 we'll be A-OK
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2026 08:56 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:53 PM (RIvkX)
We stopped hearing about sub-orbital air flight as soon as the Global Warming craze started.
I remember seeing Boeing designs for sub-orbital planes years ago, then poof, never hear about them again.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 08:56 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 08:54 PM
One man's waste is another's rice bowl.
Posted by: (D)emocrats at February 09, 2026 08:56 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:56 PM
That's just one of their documented perversities. Truly, if it's perverse, penguins do it.
Posted by: (D)emocrats at February 09, 2026 08:58 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 08:54 PM
One man's waste is another's rice bowl.
Posted by: (D)emocrats at February 09, 2026 08:56 PM (0sNs1)
Learing Centers
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 08:58 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: (D)emocrats
And ... the Human Centipede has entered the chat ...
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Wisdom & Folksy Sayings Critic . . . Old Wives Tales Kicked In for Free at February 09, 2026 09:02 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 09:04 PM (LHPAg)
"Buon Appetito! Athletes rave about Olympic Village food in Milan and Cortina"
Italy, Food, Good. What else would you expect?
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 09:04 PM (5rh/l)
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well by '76 we'll be A-OK
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2026 08:56 PM (Cqx++)
Don't forget the spandex jackets.
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 09:06 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Gref
If they made a souvenir tiramisu, they'd be making bank!
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Wisdom & Folksy Sayings Critic . . . Old Wives Tales Kicked In for Free at February 09, 2026 09:07 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 08:54 PM (vFG9F)
But if Learing Centers helped one child...that's worth more than any space program!
Posted by: Libtards at February 09, 2026 09:08 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: fd
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Cover the money some people whine about SS.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 09:08 PM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Oldcat
Project Hush, by William Teen. One of his first SF stories.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 09:08 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 09:10 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Libtards at February 09, 2026 09:08 PM (5rh/l)
What my Grandma said back in the 80s. By the same token her line on immigration would be... harsh by today's standards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 09:11 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at February 09, 2026 09:12 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2026 09:13 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 09:13 PM (u82oZ)
Count Dankula:
https://youtu.be/pr89Tr4COac?
si=0P14CwEhSjM8NluU
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 09:13 PM (zZu0s)
There was an old SF story where the US Army landed on the moon, but soon detected another base. They knew it wasn't other nations, was it aliens? No, it was a US Navy base.
Posted by: Oldcat
Did they play football?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2026 09:13 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 09:14 PM (u82oZ)
22-year-old daughter of Republican Minnesota gov candidate Jeff Johnson stabbed to death
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 09:14 PM (ZxPkt)
22-year-old daughter of Republican Minnesota gov candidate Jeff Johnson stabbed to death
It was her husband. Terrible.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 09, 2026 09:15 PM (gKWVE)
22-year-old daughter of Republican Minnesota gov candidate Jeff Johnson stabbed to death
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 09:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Fucking commie sons a bitches.
Too soon?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)
RIP, in any event. 22yo.
*shakes head*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 09:20 PM (BI5O2)
The top photo spine looks almost as bad...twice as wide. Not as high at 10k feet, however high enough to die if you slipped and fell down either side. Only wide enough to follow the tracks made ahead of you.
I did not dare look down on either side of that path once we got to that part, which was about 100yds across.
I think we got to someone's cabin (this is how I rolled, as I was not into details) about 4pm. Could have been a serial killers's cabin; but I knew my apt mates well & they generally took care of me.
I remember changing into dry clothing & collapsing in front of the fireplace til the next day. No bed, the floor and a pillow and blanket are fine, thanks. I don't recall eating dinner.
We drove home the next morning & did not return to where we started that adventure. I was thankful for that small mercy and being alive.
I was once one crazy college girl.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 09:27 PM (WONhk)
Granted I don't know if hippos even lie down like this or not.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 09:30 PM (WONhk)
I think the reason we're not respected is we call our planet the Earth (dirt, land) and we call our moon the Moon and we call our sun the Sun. (It's like how primitive tribes have a word for their people which basically translates to The People.) Even SF only has us using words like Terra, Luna, and Sol. Yeah, Latiny; real creative species.
The United Civilized Peoples of the Universe have a name for us. It translates to "Morons."
Naturally.
https://bit.ly/exploring-the-foreword
Posted by: mindful webworker - mind, the final frontier at February 09, 2026 09:30 PM (kqXjy)
Count Dankula:
https://youtu.be/pr89Tr4COac?
si=0P14CwEhSjM8NluU
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 09:13 PM (zZu0s)
Count Dankula was arrested for a hate crime because he taught his pug to give the Roman salute and then posted it.
Then he was fined by the Scottish courts, and he told them he wouldn't pay, and so he started calling them once a week for the cops to come pick him up. Eventually they asked him to stop
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 09:33 PM (rbvCR)
Damn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 09:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 09:34 PM (g47mK)
I knew he had divorced his first wife. Per the comments, they think this is his form of dating.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 09:38 PM (zZu0s)
OMG. Yum.
You wan' mustard?
$40 per but one feeds four.
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 09, 2026 09:47 PM (KiBMU)
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My silly Cat does that too! Flat on his back, with all fours in the air. I chuckle every time.
Posted by: JQ at February 09, 2026 09:47 PM (rdVOm)
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The world was different then...
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 09:34 PM (g47mK)
.....................................
Indeed it was...and a lot of fun!
I look back and at least twice think these two apt mates,older male grad students with girlfriends and other friends thought,"Let's see if THIS will kill her!"
All I know is that ski trip and later a hike, that should be with a ranger in a National Park due to difficulty and the chance of getting lost, but, nooooooooooo, they knew the back way! They could have killed me, age 20yrs.
The hike in a National Park included, but it was not all, climbing down a 40' "chimney." I watched one guy, then I came down with them encouraging me (I guess first guy could have sort of broken my fall), and the other one coming after me. Yay! Continued hiking and trusting these nitwits. Did not think much about the insanity at the time.
Watch this! You can do it! And I did.
I would never advise it for anyone now that I am grown and normal.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 09:50 PM (WONhk)
Both granddaughters are now fast asleep, our first time having both of them for a sleepover.
Why on a weeknight? Because their Mom is having morning sickness due to #3 being on the way, she has an early dr. Appt with her OB, so we said "we'll take the kids, so you can get a good sleep."
God is good.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 09, 2026 09:57 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 09, 2026 09:57 PM (8AONa)
Indeed. Wife and I hope to be grandparents. Elder son is marrying a wonderful young lady in April. They want lots of kids.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 09, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 09, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Thats wonderful, Pug.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 10:10 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 10:12 PM (dhHpw)
I knew he had divorced his first wife. Per the comments, they think this is his form of dating.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I was wondering what had become of Dankula. Glad to see he's still clowning around out there.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 10:13 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 10:12 PM (dhHpw)
Very. It's worth a watch, but it has many flaws.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 10:14 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: The AoSHQ House Dick at February 09, 2026 10:14 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 10:12 PM (dhHpw)
First couple of seasons are good. It went bad very abruptly (exactly the same time as one of the actors got me tood and they immediately killed him in the show.)
He may be an asshole, but the difference after that was stark.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 09, 2026 10:15 PM (SRRAx)
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The world was different then...
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 09:34 PM (g47mK)
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Our streakers were actually nekid!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 10:15 PM (1VKLJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 10:17 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 09, 2026 10:18 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Diogenes
Ah yes, spring quarter of '74. Twas a grand time.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 10:18 PM (cYBz/)
Jacob Lofland is a great young actor. He was Neckbone in "Mud," an excellent movie about boys being raised well by men.
He was also in one of the Justified seasons, the one with the execrable Michael Rappaport.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 09, 2026 10:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 10:22 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 09, 2026 10:23 PM (y171U)
Wings were a fetish for the A.F. guys, hence the shuttle.
The starship case is far from being made.
Posted by: Auspex at February 09, 2026 10:23 PM (Y8DZL)
Japan's "Ultra-Right-Wing" Extremist PM Wins a Shockingly Large Victory By Running on Promise to Seriously Restrict Immigration to the Island Nation
Keemochee, I said in a high-pitched Japanese voice. Oooh Sugai!, I added, squealing in delight.
These are just a couple of Japanese words I happen to know. Why do I know them? Shut up, narc. I just know them, okay? We don't need to get any more detailed than that. PM Sanai Takaichi won a landslide, giving her conservative party its biggest lower-house majority in history. The upper house often frustrates the will of the people by vetoing the decisions of the lower house, but now she has a veto-proof two thirds super-majority. NPR is of course very sad and rushes to soothe its meltbrain medicated AWFUL readers about all the way this crushing victory could turn in a huge disaster!SEOUL -- Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) its biggest electoral victory in its 71-year history, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she herself says could "split public opinion."Oh no! She's going to push her agenda so hard that it might alienate the Japanese equivalent of RINOs so, you see, in a way, her victory is really a Secret Loss.
Oh that's right -- I saw comment that people were so enthused about voting for her they had to climb over ice and snow to get to the polling places.
The snap elections for the lower house of parliament were held despite the shortest campaign period in post-war history, and massive snowstorms across much of Japan.
Oh I get it, they're just dummies who are mesmerized by her Dark Charisma. No one actually agrees with her policies.
Benefitting from Takaichi's popularity, the LDP won a two-thirds majority in the lower house, enough to override vetoes by the opposition-controlled upper house. It would also allow the LDP to initiate amendments to Japan's pacifist constitution, which the party has sought to revise since its founding in 1955, and Takaichi said she would pave the way for an eventual referendum on the issue. It's the biggest majority any single Japanese party has won in the lower house in the post-war era. An unprecedented 90% of candidates fielded by the LDP won. Charismatic Japanese leaders, including Takaichi's mentor former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, have helped the LDP stage comebacks before. It's a feature of Japan's politics, which RAND Corporation Japan expert Jeffrey Hornung says "are always very personalistic. People always look to the leader, not so much the party."
... Questions and criticisms remain about how Takaichi will pay for these priorities, given that Japan's government debt is more than 200% of GDP.She's talking about increasing military spending to 2% of GDP and that's when NPR suddenly wonders "Wait how can the government pay for all of these goodies...?!"
But Takaichi apparently feels her mandate will empower her to sweep aside obstacles. ... Takaichi's lopsided victory comes amid a general shift to the political right in Japan. Following Takaichi's election as LDP president last year, the LDP's coalition partner of 26 years, the centrist Komeito Party, left the bloc. The LDP then joined a new coalition with the right-wing populist Japan Innovation Party. Komeito joined a new coalition called the Centrist Reform Alliance, which lost most of their seats in the snap election, prompting their leaders to resign. ... Takaichi pledged to continue to use the Japan-U.S. alliance as the cornerstone of foreign policy, and plans to meet with President Trump next month.
Celoteh Dunia
@CelotehDuniaku
A historic shift for Japan. With 316 seats, PM Takaichi now holds a supermajority that effectively bypasses Upper House gridlock. This mandate will likely fast-track her hawkish security agenda, including increasing military spending to 2% of GDP and boosting offensive capabilities. The regional security landscape is about to change significantly.
Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck 7h Japan got literally the tiniest bit of migration and micro intrusion on their culture. They responded with the most right wing electoral result in history and essentially banished the left from any bit of power. Absolutely beautiful to see. As I've long said, I admire Japan more than any other country. You could lick their streets they're so clean. Tokyo is decades ahead of other cities. They're fiercely protective of their unique culture and people. They're nationalists of the best kind. They enjoy others from a distance and are happy to befriend you but the moment you disrespect them they want nothing to do with you. Total respect from me. Congrats Japan!
🚨BREAKING: It's confirmed that the left-wing parties in Japan are now down to just THREE seats in Japanese Parliament
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) February 8, 2026
Takaichi absolutely slaughtered them. pic.twitter.com/6NA0RYQnKQ
If you told me that there would be a Second Coming of Margaret Thatcher with even more conservative stances on immigration and defense, and that SHE would be LOVED and not despised by the youth in the 2026th Year of Our Lord, I simply would't believe you.
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) February 9, 2026
But yet, here we are.… pic.twitter.com/wk2u5mQQAD
BREAKING: Japan's ultra-conservative prime minister is set to seize more power after an exit poll had her securing a big majority in the country's lower house.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 8, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: GF at February 09, 2026 06:17 PM (UjrO3)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 06:18 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: MikeN at February 09, 2026 06:18 PM (8uQGY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:20 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:20 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 06:21 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:20 PM (pDt9x)
To be honest... more power to her.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:21 PM (zZu0s)
Cult of personality, go look at Gaylord
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:21 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:22 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:20 PM (pDt9x)
To be honest... more power to her.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:21 PM (zZu0s)
It is their country, their rules.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:23 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:23 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 06:23 PM (jtM2q)
And guess what Japanese hate the most?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s)
I am aware.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:24 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: kingsman at February 09, 2026 06:24 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:24 PM (/rtBI)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:24 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:25 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:25 PM (cwGMH)
I can play that game too!!
CIA BARBIE AND HER MERRY BAND OF MARXISTS SEIZE POWER IN VIRGINIA.
Fun little msm games are a two way street.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 06:25 PM (sAmhv)
Odd that when that loathsome Democrap recently won the district in TX, the same media made no mention of insanely cold (for TX) weather, which IIRC included snowstorms.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 06:25 PM (ZmaZ9)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:23 PM (dK+Kv)
You missed:
I fear all we have done is awoken a sleeping giant and given him a painful erection...
-Alexander S
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:25 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 06:26 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 09, 2026 06:27 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 06:27 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:27 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:27 PM (wVcYX)
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:27 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: DaveA at February 09, 2026 06:28 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 06:28 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:28 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: PM Takaichi-sama at February 09, 2026 06:29 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2026 06:29 PM (n5tGW)
They were smart, neat, industrious, and education-focused. If there's any good in me, it rubbed off from associating with them.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:30 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: the lower depths at February 09, 2026 06:30 PM (4QwTz)
And that is totes a good thing, they deserve it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:30 PM (2GVsD)
Please attribute all quotes from me by using the above books. Thank you.
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:30 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 06:31 PM (gbOdA)
Can we call them the Three Little Pigs? If so, then place me in the category that roots for the Big, Bad Wolf.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at February 09, 2026 06:32 PM (f8hsW)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 06:32 PM (ZmaZ9)
In a similar way, Trump "seized more power" in 2024.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:15 PM
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Of course President Trump "seized more power."
He was better at stealing the election than the Democrats.
That's exactly how they see it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 06:32 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: pawn at February 09, 2026 06:33 PM (uvB+6)
Posted by: Al Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:33 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, Straight Outta Gulag at February 09, 2026 06:33 PM (TbWk/)
Please attribute all quotes from me by using the above books. Thank you.
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
"How do people get to this clandestine Archipelago?"
-- Vol I.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 06:33 PM (cYBz/)
ugh no, just normal Japanese adult videos
I'm an anti porn crusader
https://youtu.be/PwCjWkNswvA?
si=_wYwXhdM1p6OPPXF&t=32
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 06:34 PM (1wjle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_lC2O1oIew
Posted by: Anna Puma
It reminds me of early 90s Lisa Stansfield. A little bit anyway. I honestly don't know any Lisa Stansfield post early 90s. I was stationed over there then, and Lisa Stansfield got LOTS of air play.
youtu.be/JVuuatjHGnY
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 06:34 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (fjo1b)
How so? Seriously interested.
Posted by: pawn at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (uvB+6)
Posted by: Koichi Toyama, Bald and Loving It at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (Ksqrb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (zZu0s)
I'm not sure why she fell out of the middle of the Ally Stack as an Asian woman, but she did.
Simply because she's conservative and likes Trump?
Because she's against immigration?
Because the CCP told them to be mean to her?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:36 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 06:36 PM (ZbPL4)
Posted by: Alex Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:36 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (2GVsD)
SO they gonna drop people in the ocean.
Posted by: r hennigantx
I seem to remember that they took in some Kurds.
Who proceeded to make such (possibly Islamic) nuisances of themselves that the Japanese said GTFO
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 06:32 PM (ZmaZ9)
I was stationed there when I was in the Navy.
I loved Japan. Love the place, the people, the food.
The elegant and exquisite Mrs naturalfake and I have plans, when retired, to go live there for a few months.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (fjo1b)
Heh. Stellar Blade, Japanese PM.
Korean game, probably would not appreciate the joke.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (HlyYF)
Why do I know them? Shut up, narc. I just know them, okay? We don't need to get any more detailed than that.
So if I point out it's spelled wrong, I'm in the same detail. So I won't.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 06:38 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 09, 2026 06:38 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:38 PM (gWBY1)
Korean game, probably would not appreciate the joke.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (zZu0s)
Way earlier, Ghost In the Shell, Major’s big scene.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (fjo1b)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (LHPAg)
Watching the original Ghost in the Shell movie again?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (6W1vz)
I'm not sure why she fell out of the middle of the Ally Stack as an Asian woman, but she did.
Simply because she's conservative and likes Trump?
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Yes, and yes.
The Left claims to be in favor of grrl power, but only if the grrl is Of The Body. Nobody to the right of Renee Good need apply.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 06:38 PM (VHUov)
The only place I know the one word from is when it is stretched across the chest of a barely in a shirt woman. I think I looked it up once and it was a milk product?
*snicker*
Which... ok.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 06:40 PM (ZbPL4)
Posted by: MikeN at February 09, 2026 06:18 PM (8uQGY)
You must be looking at someone else.
Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 09, 2026 06:40 PM (DPRVO)
How so? Seriously interested.
Posted by: pawn at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (uvB+6)
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I lived there. Japanese do love American culture, clothes, and swlf-reliant cowboy “brand.” So many products (mainly clothes and fashion) were promoted as “American style.” But they don’t think much of our technology, manufacturing, or work ethic. They basically consider us the cool bad boy they’d love to party with, and who gets all the chicks, but they wouldn’t want us on their business team.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 06:41 PM (ZmaZ9)
Posted by: steevy at February 09, 2026 06:41 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (2GVsD)
I should. I hear they’re remaking SAC
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 06:41 PM (fjo1b)
These are just a couple of Japanese words I happen to know. Why do I know them? Shut up, narc. I just know them, okay? We don't need to get any more detailed than that.
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This could be used in a writing class for an example of how to hook your audience.
*****
Tokyo is decades ahead of other cities. They're fiercely protective of their unique culture and people. They're nationalists of the best kind.
They enjoy others from a distance and are happy to befriend you but the moment you disrespect them they want nothing to do with you.
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We could learn a lot from this!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:41 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)
Why is their overtly racialized immigration policy acceptable, when our much more inclusive one is racist?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: steevy at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (N8ZBc)
Handle’s Music for Royal Fireworks? I know bro!
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (fjo1b)
So now we know why Bad Bunny's halftime show was all in Spanish...it wasn't to be multicultural, it was to get around censors.
The song he sang was beyond pornographic, apparently? And little Latino kids were exposed to it. Fine the NFL for indecency, if true. Hard.
I remember my good girl Christian Mexican immigrant friends (legal) complaining of the same thing when Despacito was a hit. It's so vulgar, yet everyone played it because white people didn't know the actual lyrics and had a fun beat. They hated that song.
It loses its pizzazz when a white guy reads the lyrics:
@0hour1
I have converted the SUPER BOWL song to English for the @nflcommish and the parents
Enjoy
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (gWBY1)
A remake of Stand Alone Complex if done by Netflix will stink
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: steevy at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (YwEeS)
Unlike us, they have maintained a lot of their manufacturing base.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (zZu0s)
The people said nah, brah, we'd rather go down without losing our souls.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (wBaIH)
And guess what Japanese hate the most?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Makes sense. They're bigger than Guam, but still.
Posted by: Hank Johnson at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Eeyore at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (AlhUl)
Who proceeded to make such (possibly Islamic) nuisances of themselves that the Japanese said GTFO
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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They are doing same with Africans.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (6W1vz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)
last night Kid Rock added a new verse about Christ to "Til You Can't," and it's beating Bad Bunny on the charts
God is good, all the time. And all the time God is good.
@nicksortor
🚨 BREAKING: Kid Rock’s rendition of “‘Til You Can’t” with his added verse about giving your life to Jesus has SURPASSED Bad Bunny on the charts
It’s now at NUMBER ONE, post-Super Bowl
WE ARE WINNING! 🔥🇺🇸
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (gWBY1)
Godzilla better get his shit together and act right.
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Once he sees their Super Dimensional Fortress, he'll probably just enlist.
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (vSvIl)
Grab that handle.
Green Day's Longview is also about jerking off. And Phil Lesh had one.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:45 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 09, 2026 06:45 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:46 PM (zZu0s)
How so? Seriously interested.
Posted by: pawn at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (uvB+6
I found they expect certain respect and deference because of their positions and hesitate to contradict or offer alternatives to a superior.
They treat women in the workplace much different.
They apologize too damn much.
Contrary to conventional wisdom they don't work more hours than white collar Americans though they may spend more hours at work. Most of the extra hours are entertaining clients.
If truth be told I don't think they like round eye too much and still believe they are superior. Now that's the older Japanese I worked with. I did have one manager who was great and didn't get that feeling at all.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:47 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Culo! at February 09, 2026 06:47 PM (Ksqrb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L)
The Russians, Koreans and Chinese all have historical reasons to despise them. So, yes.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (2GVsD)
Driven by a cute girl with big blue eyes and bright red hair shaped like an hourglass on a diet.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (6ydKt)
*snicker*
Which... ok.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
There was an anime/manga--Uzaki-chan wants to hang out!--where the chesty lead often wore a shirt that said "Sugoi Dekai."
Literally "Super Big!"
Posted by: mikeski, bringing some cultural knowledge at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (2GVsD)
Heh.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: pawn
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They think that eating raw fish is a good idea.
Posted by: Mrs. Paul at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (XeU6L)
Scientists have developed teeny-tiny, very low molecular weight fists.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:51 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 06:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Culo! at February 09, 2026 06:47 PM (Ksqrb)
He said "puta" about 50 million times last night, which means "whore".
So, you can probably assume what the rest was about.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 06:52 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 06:38 PM (VHUov)
Kimochi and sugoi are fairly common in normal Japanese conversation, it's all about context.
I'm sure Ace was simply watching some cute Japanese Animal Videos while the presenters repeatedly mentioned how pleasant it felt to pet a kitten and were subsequently very impressed by the size of a wiener dog.
Posted by: Sjg at February 09, 2026 06:52 PM (aqZN1)
Just to show they are serious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Yahmaha: Motorcycles, pianos, nukes.
Posted by: Mrs. Paul at February 09, 2026 06:52 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mrs. Paul at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (XeU6L)
And they regularly live past 100.
They might be on to something.
But I'll never understand the puffer fish thing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:52 PM (6ydKt)
If truth be told I don't think they like round eye too much and still believe they are superior.
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Good for them, they should feel that they and their culture are superior. Every culture should feel that.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:53 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:53 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: A Press Puta at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Culo! at February 09, 2026 06:47 PM (Ksqrb)
He said "puta" about 50 million times last night, which means "whore"."
How many SBs featured musicians who use enword in their lyrics?
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Mrs. Paul at February 09, 2026 06:52 PM (XeU6L)
Don't be silly. Hitachi builds nukes.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Culo!
There is a post on 'X' of some spanish speaker saying American's shouldn't feel bad for not understanding Bad Bunny, they couldn't understand him either.
I watched a video a while back about the various Spanish dialects spoken around the New World. Apparently Chili won that contest of incomprehensible Spanish dialects.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 06:41 PM (ZmaZ9)
I have a friend that works in America for a huge international South Korean tech brand, on their innovation team. They have an American team, she confided, because while the Korean team members are excellent at the tech, they need the American team be the creative geniuses. When your culture encourages homogenized thinking, it's hard to think outside the box.
That being said, manga and anime are taking over. Not because Americans can't be creative anymore, or make new stories. It's because only one type of woke message and story is allowed to be platformed and told. And it's boring and everyone hates it. So American kids are turning to Japan instead.
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (gWBY1)
What this did was allow that enttity (Nippon Steel/ US Steel) to become the second largest steel manufacturer in the world. It, also, showed the hand to Canada in the process. It improves the US's security in that there is expected to be a significant increase in domestical made steel.
The fact that Japan just swayed to the right makes this process much more easy, and hurts China significantly in the process.
Posted by: Orson at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (dIske)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:53 PM (RkOfE)
That's the definition of racism. Good job.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 06:57 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:57 PM (2GVsD)
We spend 3.4%. And we are responsible for defending Japan. Is it too much to ask that they spend the same share as us?
This is progress certainly, but it's really shameful these countries have spent so little on their own defense for decades.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 06:57 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (2GVsD)
Driven by a cute girl with big blue eyes and bright red hair shaped like an hourglass on a diet.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (6ydKt) "
oh please, yes, this.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (cwGMH)
That's not my definition.
Maybe stop hanging out with RINOs and leftists.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (gWBY1)
Yes.
It's been going on for 25 years now.
Before say, 2000, most Americans knew little about, or had even heard of 'anime', or 'manga'.
Now it's ubiquitous among two generations, and some older ones who remember and loved the likes of Speed Racer, and shows like those.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (6ydKt)
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lol, thanks. I think it is a definition of nationalism.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: Spartacus Booker at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (W+TLY)
Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (sAmhv)
I've known a couple of Chileans. They had a hard, sharp accent, and dropped the end of words like crazy. So, yeah, took some getting used to. Colombians, on the other hand, are very easy to understand. Colombian Spanish is like Indiana English.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (tgvbd)
That totally makes sense! A Mexican friend told me no one else can understand Puerto Ricans because they talk too fast and condense everything. "Buenos Noches" in Puerto Rican is "buena noche," for example, and they slur the words together fast.
I'm surprised JHo didn't find a way to get in on the halftime action since she is famously puerto
Rican, but they let Pedro Pascal in.
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (gWBY1)
Translation: Japanese fire ant cross-eyed view of red China.
For real? 🙂
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (3uBP9)
Then let Mitsubishi develop some new carrier planes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (sAmhv)
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They speak Spanish as well as the Quebecois speak French.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: LizLem
TIL I'm an "American kid." Totally rad, dude!
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 07:01 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:53 PM (RkOfE)
That's the definition of racism. Good job.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (cwGMH)
Welp, here's an unpopular opinion.
In a monocultural, monoracial society, which Japan essentially is, racism is not a particularly bad thing.
At all.
Because it doesn't cause crime or social unrest. It's an attitude but not a social weapon.
In America, yeah, sure racism isn't a good thing because we're a multicultural, multiracial society and some a-holes will act upon their racism.
Not the same thing, people.
You may now open fire.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 07:01 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:01 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (3uBP9)
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How could you forget Italy's prime minister?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:53 PM (RkOfE)
That's the definition of racism. Good job.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (cwGMH)
Why do you confuse culture with race?
Isn't it possible to have pride of one's traditional, national, culture without being a racist?
This fear of cultural nationalism since WWII has really warped some perceptions way past the stretching point.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (cwGMH)
Not any more. It used to be that "racist" was a term that described when people hated minorities. Now it is a designation for people minorities hate.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: LizLem
Spanish is a "fast language" to begin with, so that could be trouble.
Works better in slow languages like English. Where we cut down phrases like "I am going to" to just "Ima."
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (VHUov)
Like tacos, and pizza.
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: imp at February 09, 2026 07:05 PM (g6TN6)
I had a project where we were teamed with a bunch of Astian guys. We get together, and the Americans do what Americans do - we all start bullshitting about how to solve the problem. We could do this, or that. How about this idea? nah, that will never work. Things rolling along.
The Austrians were upset. "Stop stop! You're doing this all wrong! before we do anything, we must elect a leader, and he'll tell us what to do."
We shrugged. So, we had an election, and the Americans all voted for the Austrian who was their spokesman to be the "leader". Once that was settled, we asked him what to do. He suggested we open the floor...for discussion. And the Americans started rolling on again, spit balling ideas. "Stop stop! We must all take turns each saying what their idea is."
This went on the whole time - a project Americans could have solved in an afternoon stretched out a week.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 07:05 PM (vOtXJ)
I've seen a video trend of 'Hip Hop Nuisance Dancers' going to Japan and intentionally acting weird and in the face of Japanese people on the subways there.
Their response to "diverse vibrant culture" looks pretty smart. Stop it when it is idiots dancing before you get to the random stabbings and setting people on fire...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 07:05 PM (sKqQm)
Why its like this is a pattern with Germanic culture...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (sKqQm)
'ugh no, just normal Japanese adult videos
I'm an anti porn crusader'
Common sense porn rules.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (fd80v)
Exactly - American culture is based on what works and what doesn't. We steal anything not nailed down from other cultures and make it our won.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: LizLem
They are also, in my experience, really irritating. Worse than Chilangos.
However, I would argue that Chileans are nearly impossible to understand when they talk to each other. I suspect it is because Chileans sound so much like they are speaking Spanish
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (rbvCR)
Or maybe even faster if they just let one competent guy handle it solo. Teams and meetings often suck.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (6ydKt) "
oh please, yes, this.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (Cjt/F)
Ok, but I'm reading the rules right now, and they basically require you to also have a horribly angsty teenage boy that just whines about everything and you want to slap him, but no one slaps him, at least not enough, which enough = constant slapping.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (yI5mB)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (N8ZBc
The poster said you should feel superior to others because of your race. If you want to defend that okay.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)
All of the younger males I know are into Japanese entertainment.
And there are certainly a lot more ideas being explored and different types of stories being told then in American pop culture.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (sKqQm)
I haven't listened to an NPR show in ten years.
But if they're going to squeal like the little piglets they are, I'm back in.
Posted by: Auspex at February 09, 2026 07:08 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:08 PM (N8ZBc)
_________
"Am I going to have to sink it again?" - Zombie Wade McClusky
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:01 PM (tgvbd)
==========
I mistyped. It's JS Kaga and JS Izumo. USMC F-35Bs were deployed to the Kaga as part of the Kaga's modification trials. Japan ordered 147 F-35s from the US.
Just the Japanese and US helicopter carriers alone offer a serious strike carrier threat to adversaries in the Far East, since they have been mostly modified to carry and support F-35s.
Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 07:08 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at February 09, 2026 07:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 07:05 PM (vOtXJ)
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You just described contemporary American governance.
Have you seen the Palisades?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (RIvkX)
side eye
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (6W1vz)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (N8ZBc)
Mother being eating by an EVA and having a power mad father who viewed him as a useful tool were just two of the bigger ones.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (2GVsD)
https://genius.com/Genius-english-
translations-bad-bunny-super-bowl-
lx-halftime-show-ft-lady-gaga-
and-ricky-martin-english-translation-lyrics
A sample:
"My di is being chased and I want you to hide it
Grab it like a bonga She took a pill that made her horny She fucks in the Audi, not in the Honda, ayy
If I give it to you, don't call me Cause this is not to make you love me If your boyfriend doesn't—
He better fu—, ayy, ayy
When she twerks she doesn't stop She smokes and gets horny, ayy She'll call you if she needs you, ayy But for now she is alone She twerks—
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (sKqQm)
Asians as well.
They sometimes can't function without order, procedure, and hierarchy.
It's been trained into them for thousands of years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 07:10 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (rj6Yv)
F-35B sugoi ja nai desu.
They need a proper carrier and some F-35Cs.
Posted by: Sjg at February 09, 2026 07:10 PM (aqZN1)
Especially American culture with its concept of the melting pot acknowledges that a culture can be built on values and not skin color.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:10 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (3uBP9)
And a kinda cute little animal type thing that makes bad jokes and generally annoys everybody.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)
'Thanks to contributions from listeners like you.' It's the only thing worth listening to on my car radio (classical music.)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (3uBP9)
He said THEY and their culture, not just culture. It was in response to me pointing out in a nice way that Japanese are racist.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (cwGMH)
Fine, yes, they are racists, and thats ok. Just like the Chinese, the Indians, the Jews, and everyone else except the Western European world
Posted by: imp at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (g6TN6)
Dick Best and four other dive bomber pilots sank Akagi
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (2GVsD)
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To be fair, the Japanese contribution to that four-plane strike's success was significant. Nearly everything that could go wrong was going wrong on the Kaga.
Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (2GVsD)
The British Museum has a new exhibit running until May 4th about an aspect of Japan.
Namely they say half of the Samurai were female.
Now who is doing cultural imperialism again?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:14 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 09, 2026 07:14 PM (SugAx)
They treat the locals like shit. Locals are fucking sick of them. There are about 4,000 of them, and most Japanese want them gone.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 07:15 PM (vOtXJ)
Uh, wait, normal as in with tentacles or boring?
healing power of "and"?
Posted by: anachronda at February 09, 2026 07:15 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: imp at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (g6TN6)
You mean except America which is the least racist country in the world.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 07:15 PM (cwGMH)
There's a long history of hatred between them and the Chinese, but I don't know about the others.
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 09, 2026 07:16 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:16 PM (2GVsD)
The poster said you should feel superior to others because of your race. If you want to defend that okay.
Posted by: Opinion fact
The poster was me and I will repost my comment for you to read, maybe a little slower.
115
If truth be told I don't think they like round eye too much and still believe they are superior.
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Good for them, they should feel that they and their culture are superior. Every culture should feel that.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
I am happy to have this discussion because I want Americans to regain a sense of American superiority.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:16 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:17 PM (0sNs1)
China won't like that.
>>>Takaichi pledged to continue to use the Japan-U.S. alliance as the cornerstone of foreign policy, and plans to meet with President Trump next month.
China won't like that either.
But *I* like it, so it's all good.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 09, 2026 07:17 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 09, 2026 07:14 PM (SugAx)
In this case wouldn't it be a "glomp"?
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:17 PM (3uBP9)
5 ace is a devote of hentai. Who knew?
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ugh no, just normal Japanese adult videos
I'm an anti porn crusader
https://youtu.be/PwCjWkNswvA?
si=_wYwXhdM1p6OPPXF&t=32
Posted by: ace
Bustly Asian Lesbian Pr0n for the win.
*queues up Kansas, Carry On My Wayward Son*
Posted by: Dean Winchester - at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (N8ZBc)
Namely they say half of the Samurai were female.
Now who is doing cultural imperialism again?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:14 PM (2GVsD)
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Half the samurai caste being female, half the samurai warriors being female, what's the difference?
Posted by: New British Museum at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (KKfil)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (wVcYX)
Aka the box a Dauntless came in.
Also known as the Beast since you had to work at flying it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho"
No. Not even historic.
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (PTDkx)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 07:19 PM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:19 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (N8ZBc)
^^^This. Collaboration is for commies.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 09, 2026 07:19 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 07:19 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:19 PM (u82oZ)
The British Museum has a new exhibit running until May 4th about an aspect of Japan.
Namely they say half of the Samurai were female.
Now who is doing cultural imperialism again?
Posted by: Anna Puma
"Samurai" as in katanas and lacquered armor?
Or "samurai" as in the social class?
The former is dumb on its face, and the museum curator should commit seppuku forthwith.
The latter might be true in an Obi-Wan Kenobi sort of way..... was a samurai's wife given the same deference as her husband by the underclasses?
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 07:20 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (cwGMH)
They're an island nation that was pretty much isolated for thousands of year, still with a heterogeneous population for the most part. Of course they're a little racist.
I think they learned a lesson in 1945 about supremacy, though.
Personally, if I was Japanese I'd want to protect my culture, too. Just as I would if I were English, in about the same boat with regards to culture, and watching it all slip away due to the idiocy of their government.
Sometimes a little racial preference isn't a terrible thing as self-defense.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:21 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:21 PM (2GVsD)
Aka the box a Dauntless came in.
Also known as the Beast since you had to work at flying it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM
So what squadron is your 1/32 SB2C togged out for?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:21 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (2GVsD)
I think they are deliberately conflating things to suit their Occidental agenda
Posted by: Anna Puma
Seppuku it is, then.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (VHUov)
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Thanks for the clarification. Yes, a culture is "owned" by people, therefore "they" and their culture.
My misunderstanding came from not interpreting your comment as calling the Japanese racist. Now I see why you interpreted my comment the way that you did.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (RkOfE)
'"I also think that part of American nationalism is recognizing the good of other cultures and absorbing them into our own. "'
I used to feel that way. But honestly I'm not sure my part of the culture benefits as much as the others.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (fd80v)
until recently pluto.tv showed a few episodes on sunday afternoons. they've stopped, which gave me a sad.
but now i'm all about the demon girl next door...
Posted by: anachronda at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
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The first non-fiction book that I received as a birthday gift, from my father. I was probably 9 years old at the time. He was a flight instructor during the war. I still have it, of course.
Posted by: Mrs. Paul at February 09, 2026 07:23 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (gWBY1)
So beautiful! (chef's kiss)
Posted by: Luther Campbell at February 09, 2026 07:24 PM (Ksqrb)
In all my years of living and examining culture, I knew of no female Samurai warriors. Women were valued as part of the Samurai class, but not for war-fighting.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:24 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:25 PM (N8ZBc)
'Virtue successfully signaled. Copy that. You are a good person, and now we all know it.'
I like good sarcasm.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 07:25 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 07:15 PM (vOtXJ)
Only four thousand? Call out the scoops.
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 07:25 PM (dK+Kv)
Not to be confused with oneechan.
Unless it is a blended family.
The ultimate oni-chan waifu - Ramu
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:25 PM (2GVsD)
Off Supernatural soc.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 09, 2026 07:25 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 07:26 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:27 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 07:27 PM (y6810)
The British Museum has a new exhibit running until May 4th about an aspect of Japan.
Namely they say half of the Samurai were female.
Now who is doing cultural imperialism again?
Posted by: Anna Puma
"Samurai" as in katanas and lacquered armor?
Or "samurai" as in the social class?
The former is dumb on its face, and the museum curator should commit seppuku forthwith.
The latter might be true in an Obi-Wan Kenobi sort of way..... was a samurai's wife given the same deference as her husband by the underclasses?
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 07:20 PM (VHUov)
Well, they're probably confusing things a bit with the naginata, which was a Japanese noble woman's weapon.
If they town or castle was over taken, the noble women were expected to fight. And, in fact, they trained on the use of the weapon.
If you saw the recent remake of "Shogun", you saw the noble women using it when the castle was over-run.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 07:28 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)
Earlier today, Ace concurred with the FBI report which says the Epstein Affair is a nothingburger. The Horde has mixed feelings about this.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 09, 2026 07:28 PM (u5LSF)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:28 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 07:28 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Brad Raffensperger's fevered brain at February 09, 2026 07:29 PM (pP43i)
Found in a thrift story a copy of the book. Random House Wartime Book. Hardcover. First edition. 1943.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2026 07:30 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 09, 2026 07:30 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Piper at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (g47mK)
When did Ace get a cat?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (ULPxl)
Found in a thrift story a copy of the book. Random House Wartime Book. Hardcover. First edition. 1943.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)
That's a cool find.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ)
The British Museum has a new exhibit running until May 4th about an aspect of Japan.
Namely they say half of the Samurai were female.
Now who is doing cultural imperialism again?
Posted by: Anna Puma
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"Black Female Lesbian Trannies, Disinformation H8R!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)
Earlier today, Ace concurred with the FBI report which says the Epstein Affair is a nothingburger. The Horde has mixed feelings about this.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at
I was wondering about this too.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:33 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:33 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:33 PM (pP43i)
Found in a thrift story a copy of the book. Random House Wartime Book. Hardcover. First edition. 1943.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)
That's a cool find.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (dK+Kv)
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"Torrid! Torrid! Torrid!"
/Muldoon weeps ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 07:34 PM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: Tom Locker at February 09, 2026 07:35 PM (k2EKA)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (N8ZBc
The poster said you should feel superior to others because of your race. If you want to defend that okay.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (cwGMH)
Last I looked "Japan" is not a race.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 07:35 PM (8avO+)
Lived in Japan for four rears as an impressionable yute.
The Shito Priests blessing the Sumo Wrestlers before a televised match made a deep impression on me.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:36 PM (u82oZ)
Is there a Kennedy class carrier that is not scrap? Maybe we can sell that to Japan for $10.
Then let Mitsubishi develop some new carrier planes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (2GVsD)
Nah. Frankly, I suspect that they could easily build their own bitchin' CATOBAR carrier that would be equal to or superior to the new US carriers.
But having Mitsubishi develop the Zero II? Yeah, they'd do pretty well with that.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 07:38 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 07:38 PM (5FKHw)
I used to feel that way. But honestly I'm not sure my part of the culture benefits as much as the others.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (fd80v)
It doesn't say the *people* of other cultures. Just the good stuff.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 07:39 PM (8avO+)
The Shito Priests blessing the Sumo Wrestlers before a televised match made a deep impression on me.
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Thanks for sharing this!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:39 PM (RkOfE)
The Shito Priests blessing the Sumo Wrestlers before a televised match made a deep impression on me.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:36 PM (u82oZ)
Nothing like disguising one of the most corrupt and match fixed sports with religious ceremony, eh?
Posted by: Sjg at February 09, 2026 07:40 PM (aqZN1)
Frankly, I'm Thrilled that the Japanese went right-wing, and therefore sane.
Theme Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uds7g3M-4lQ
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 07:41 PM (y9nCu)
They should put their culture on exhibit. It’s about to be extinguished.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 07:41 PM (5FKHw)
すごい = sugoi
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 07:42 PM (dhHpw)
Posted by: Vengeance at
This! All of this.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:44 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:46 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:46 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:17 PM (3uBP9)
Just got back from dinner. What is glomp?
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 09, 2026 07:47 PM (SugAx)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 07:47 PM (dhHpw)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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I think he is tired of the whole shitshow of Epstein internet 'experts' crawling out of the internet fever swamps. The problem with X and other social media places are that they are a swamp filled with con artist influencers that are there for the rage, sadness, etc. clicks. If they get people to use their emotions rather than logic, then they have them hooked. And the best way to do that is lay out cookie crumbs of isolated facts while ignoring others that are contrary to the narrative you wish to show. That lets the person make their own conclusions from what is essentially a stacked deck. Yet they will defend those conclusions until the world ends because suddenly their competence, iq, and ego is involved.
The con artist then makes bank with rinse and repeat with another rube.
There is no shortcut, want to understand Epstein, then read the damn documents yourself and ignore the influencers. Start with the Palm Beach court documents, the Giuffre suit against Prince Andrew, and House testimony. Testimony that is under oath and the people named in them along with modus operandi.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 07:48 PM (2swu2)
You might know that he lead the crazy raid to bomb Tokyo from aircraft carriers to punch the Emperor in the nose following Pearl. But there's more.
That "futile gesture" ensured the Japs would move on Midway in retaliation, and we know how that turned out.
MacArthur couldn't abide Doolittle stealing his vainglory so Jimmy went to the European theater where he oversaw our bombing Germany into rubble.
But wait there's more. Before the war Doolittle was the fastest pilot in the World breaking and rebreaking speed records.
But wait there's more. While pursuing advanced degees at MIT, he invented instrument flying.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2026 07:51 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 07:38 PM (y9nCu)
Anti-nuke zealots still have a fairly strong influence on Japanese culture. That is a gigantic hurdle because non-nuke carriers have massive deficiencies.
Posted by: Sjg at February 09, 2026 07:51 PM (aqZN1)
すごい = sugoi
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 07:42 PM (dhHpw)
bzzt! incorrect!
きもち = kimochi
Posted by: Sjg at February 09, 2026 07:57 PM (aqZN1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 08:09 PM (dhHpw)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 08:17 PM (dhHpw)
Remember the Little Scottish Girl Who Armed Herself with a Knife and Ax to Defend Herself Against, She Said, Sexual Assault by a Foreigner? Remember How the British Government and Media Savaged Her as a Racist?
This was last August.
You'll remember the moment you see her photo:The UK is experiencing record numbers of migrant rapes, and the police barely help
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) August 26, 2025
Teenage girls have resorted to defending themselves from being assaulted
And what did the police do?
They arrested the girls trying not to be raped
The UK has fallen to dystopian levels of… pic.twitter.com/2DcM2VBITe
There was a terse little article in the BBC yesterday, almost as if they hoped no one would read it. Or if they did, they left out items like 'axe' 'knife' etc., which would have connected the couple who are facing a trial to...guess who?That's right, it's the Gypsy Gangster Man and his whore girlfriend who turn out to have sexually attacked the little girls.
A man and woman have appeared in court accused of assaulting two girls in Dundee. Prosecutors allege Ilia Belov, 22, approached and followed four girls, who were aged between 12 and 14, and made sexual remarks to them before seizing one of the girls and pushing her to the ground. His co-accused Nadjedzha Belova, 20, is accused of repeatedly seizing and pulling another of the girls by the hair, dragging her to the ground, and punching her on the head to her injury.
This is the man accused of harassing children & was threatened by the 14-year-old girl in Scotland.
— Turning Point UK 🇬🇧 (@TPointUK) August 28, 2025
Fatos Ali Dumana a self-described ‘gypsy gangster man’, who has posted saying he is “waiting for you whores to get in my super car” - is not a model migrant as the media claims. https://t.co/VAEa0kvVnd pic.twitter.com/URoYGhLluV
"Clarification," as Cate Brown would call it: Actually, police decided to charge this pair within a couple of weeks of their attack on the girls. The new news stories are about their first appearance in court, not the decision to charge. But I sure didn't hear about this.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 09, 2026 05:13 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 09, 2026 05:13 PM (LdBR/)
Yo
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:15 PM (tgvbd)
They were not easily moved, They were icy -- willing to wait Till every count should be proved, Ere the Saxon began to hate.
Their voices were even and low. Their eyes were level and straight. There was neither sign nor show When the Saxon began to hate.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:15 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Ann at February 09, 2026 05:15 PM (w9jrX)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:16 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:16 PM (tgvbd)
I know, right. We all know who is really to blame
Posted by: Tucker and Candice at February 09, 2026 05:16 PM (mymNa)
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at February 09, 2026 05:16 PM (lNLJj)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 05:17 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:17 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: NCKate at February 09, 2026 05:17 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2026 05:18 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:18 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: NCKate at February 09, 2026 05:18 PM (uQzkA)
Seriously need to specify further restrictions on that, or you'll get Muslims and Africans.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:19 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Norman Bates at February 09, 2026 05:19 PM (eTwL2)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 05:19 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)
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We cannot possibly absorb that level of influx of people who wouldn't know good food if it sat on their face.
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 05:19 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:19 PM (6ydKt)
All the good Scots left a while back.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:17 PM (pDt9x)
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The only ones left are drunks and layabouts on the dole.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:19 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 05:20 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Service With a Smirk! at February 09, 2026 05:20 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at February 09, 2026 05:20 PM (Vpqw1)
Trump should give political asylum to UK subjects who need it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)
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No Welsh.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:20 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 05:19 PM (5aZAZ)
I like fish & chips and beef roast on occasion.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:20 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:21 PM (g47mK)
MOHAMMAD....as in, this is my brother, Mohammad, and this is my other brother, Mohammad.
Posted by: Orson at February 09, 2026 05:21 PM (dIske)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 05:21 PM (NpAcC)
It has worked. Thus far. Lots of folks are tiring of turning the other cheek. Chum's coming.
Posted by: red speck at February 09, 2026 05:22 PM (Ve/HL)
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NO way.
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:21 PM (g47mK)
Half gay, nine out of ten socialist. Hard pass.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:22 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 05:22 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:17 PM
Ah the no true Scotsman fallacy. Well played.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 09, 2026 05:22 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 05:22 PM (HXT0k)
I know the answer is neither, but I also know which I'd pick if given the choice.
(And I mean English people, not the New English people).
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:23 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 05:23 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:23 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:22 PM (pDt9x)
more like 99% Jihadi garbage
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:23 PM (g47mK)
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Nor is his car a "super car."
LMFAO 🤣 🤡
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 05:24 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:24 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 05:24 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:24 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 05:24 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 09, 2026 05:24 PM (wCQ1m)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 09, 2026 05:25 PM (lpVer)
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There's no right answer. Seriously.
The English are spineless cowards that would direct us to the train cars and report us if anyone stepped out of line. The Afghanis would run the ovens.
Posted by: Crusader at February 09, 2026 05:25 PM (TN0g+)
Any of the Yurps and Brits looking to come here will have to take a pledge of allegiance to PDJT.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:26 PM (tgvbd)
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You didn't see his bumper sticker--it reads "My other car is a camel."
Posted by: Crusader at February 09, 2026 05:26 PM (TN0g+)
Wasn't the Belgian govt hit with a kid sex and murder ring case within their ranks? It wasn't true, until it was.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:26 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 05:27 PM (og9b4)
https://youtu.be/vL7P0AVwJK0
Posted by: Mark1971 at February 09, 2026 05:27 PM (CNl8/)
It'd be good for a month or two of entertinment.
Kinda like letting in the Afrikaners, but on steroids.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:27 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: NCKate at February 09, 2026 05:27 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Jmel at February 09, 2026 05:28 PM (bVhJi)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:28 PM (pDt9x)
I used to say UK needs to be re-invaded, well, turns out they have been.
Posted by: sTevo at February 09, 2026 05:28 PM (CWGlO)
She would look scarier with some blue face paint ...
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... and maybe a purple bob.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 05:29 PM (og9b4)
Posted by: Bill Clinton, Rapist Elected More Than Once at February 09, 2026 05:29 PM (Ksqrb)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:20 PM (6ydKt)
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Fish and Chips done correctly is a good example of "Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then."
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 05:29 PM (5aZAZ)
Where are these "saxons"? So many brits are on the dole, and live on council handouts..
Not my circus...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 05:29 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: pookysgirl, the souce of the barbarian DNA at February 09, 2026 05:30 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 05:30 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:31 PM (N8ZBc)
And Whoopie Goldberg as Pussy Galore.....
Posted by: Studmuffin Starmer at February 09, 2026 05:31 PM (OAePN)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 09, 2026 05:31 PM (wBaIH)
25 percent of Scotland's population is on welfare. 1 in 4 are on the government dole.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 05:30 PM (abIsI)
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*low whistle of amazement*
That low?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:31 PM (tgvbd)
But she looked good as a gypsy, no doubt.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:32 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 05:32 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2026 05:32 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 05:30 PM (abIsI)
So much for Braveheart......
Posted by: Studmuffin Starmer at February 09, 2026 05:32 PM (OAePN)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:32 PM (g47mK)
Still waiting for Godot.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:33 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Jackson at February 09, 2026 05:34 PM (OAePN)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:35 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 05:35 PM (XuXeR)
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"The most terrifying force of death, comes from the hands of men who wanted to be left alone. They try, so very hard, to mind their own business and provide for themselves and those they love. They resist every impulse to fight back, knowing the forced and permanent change of life that will come from it. They know, that the moment they fight back, their lives as they have lived them, are over.
The moment the men who wanted to be left alone are forced to fight back, it is a form of suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. Which is why, when forced to take up violence, these men who wanted to be left alone, fight with unholy vengeance against those who murdered their former lives. They fight with raw hate, and a drive that cannot be fathomed by those who are merely play-acting at politics and terror. TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream and beg for mercy… but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the men who just wanted to be left alone."
― Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 05:35 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Studmuffin Starmer at February 09, 2026 05:31 PM (OAePN)
I must be having a nightmare.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:35 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:35 PM (g47mK)
And Whoopie Goldberg as Pussy Galore.....
Posted by: Studmuffin Starmer
And Pete Buttigieg as Alonzo Moorehead.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 05:35 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: JROD at February 09, 2026 05:35 PM (3a5ey)
She would look scarier with some blue face paint ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 05:27 PM
Baby Boudica looks like she's gonna cut a bitch.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 05:35 PM (Wnv9h)
Huh ah Huh ah, uh ah, uh ah
Well don't you know
That's the sound of the men
Working on the rape gang
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 05:35 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:36 PM (N8ZBc)
The moment the men who wanted to be left alone are forced to fight back, it is a form of suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. Which is why, when forced to take up violence, these men who wanted to be left alone, fight with unholy vengeance against those who murdered their former lives. They fight with raw hate, and a drive that cannot be fathomed by those who are merely play-acting at politics and terror. TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream and beg for mercy… but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the men who just wanted to be left alone."
― Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 05:35 PM (jtM2q)
Fake quote.
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:36 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Scottish Tart at February 09, 2026 05:36 PM (abIsI)
And Whoopie Goldberg as Pussy Galore.....
Posted by: Studmuffin Starmer
And Pete Buttigieg as Alonzo Moorehead.
And Schumer as Blofeld.....
Posted by: Jackson at February 09, 2026 05:37 PM (OAePN)
How many of them are turning a blind eye because in their culture there is nothing wrong with it?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 05:37 PM (ESVrU)
We have to give Sir Kier enough time to bring this to the countryside, to change the UK to be more brown and less white, and less racist.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at February 09, 2026 05:37 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:37 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 09, 2026 05:37 PM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 05:38 PM (yI5mB)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:38 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 05:38 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Kami Harris at February 09, 2026 05:38 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: tubal
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And spay all the strays.
Posted by: wth at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Decaf at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (OP9Gm)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (GPa4z)
This incident was turned in-side out and up-side down and shaken out, until internet analysts had shown that the girls staged the whole thing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)
He should be generous and send our illegal immigrant loving douchebags over there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (LHPAg)
https://is.gd/Hm5RTX
Pride and Prejudice
https://is.gd/wDWJXx
Several others.
https://is.gd/NOHm9F
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:40 PM (TN0g+)
How many of them are turning a blind eye because in their culture there is nothing wrong with it?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 05:37 PM (ESVrU)
There are a good many, especially in Birmingham, Leeds, London, and just about every other major urban area.
Some are not only accused of turning a blind eye but helping the rapists and even participating.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:40 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 09, 2026 05:40 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:38 PM (g47mK)
That's EXACTLY what he would want you to think.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 05:41 PM (xgA6p)
And Whoopie Goldberg as Pussy Galore.....
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Frequent use of the word "bloody" will conjure up multiple meanings.
"Pon ... TimPon."
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 05:41 PM (og9b4)
I am guessing not around, but I'd really like to know.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2026 05:41 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,
the neever published, sekret quotes of Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:42 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:43 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:42 PM (g47mK)
That's the genius of it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 05:43 PM (xgA6p)
I misposted my answer on an earlier thread No; I have never thought that would improve novels.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 05:43 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Ann at February 09, 2026 05:15 PM (w9jrX)
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More likely to be glorified.
Posted by: Decaf at February 09, 2026 05:44 PM (OP9Gm)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 05:44 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 09, 2026 05:24 PM (wCQ1m)
The elites don't care about this in both cases because the victims are poor whites, whom they seem to hate.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 09, 2026 05:45 PM (8+C2v)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:45 PM (TN0g+)
https://is.gd/Hm5RTX
Pride and Prejudice
https://is.gd/wDWJXx
Several others.
https://is.gd/NOHm9F
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (J+Psw)
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I presume the audiobook versions will be narrated by Samuel L. Jackson?
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 05:45 PM (og9b4)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:45 PM (xgA6p)
I took a look at P&P. It's really dumb.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 05:45 PM (8Xy/A)
H8ters
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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It's a quote, someone posted it and attributed to Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, but apparently he didn't say it. So, opportunity for you, Martini! It's your quote now!! Great quote, Martini Farmer!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 05:46 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Maj. Healey
25%? LOL
- Every major U.S. city
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 05:46 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:42 PM (g47mK)
That's the genius of it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 05:43 PM
He and nostradomus got together one night, got drunk and wrote up a whole bunch of $hit that never got published and was later stolen by the Knights Templar who morphed into the Modern day masons and they have all of those manuscripts hidden.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 09, 2026 05:46 PM (0N4FZ)
https://is.gd/Hm5RTX
Pride and Prejudice
https://is.gd/wDWJXx
Several others.
https://is.gd/NOHm9F
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (J+Psw)
Why the hell didn't I think of that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2026 05:46 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:47 PM (g47mK)
I'm thinking about livecasting one weekly.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:47 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:47 PM (Dv3i1)
He and nostradomus got together one night, got drunk and wrote up a whole bunch of $hit that never got published and was later stolen by the Knights Templar who morphed into the Modern day masons and they have all of those manuscripts hidden.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 09, 2026 05:46 PM (0N4FZ)
I would watch this. I don't think I'd read it but I'd watch it.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 09, 2026 05:47 PM (8+C2v)
Hey... it was on the internet, so it must be true.
H8ters
Posted by: Martini Farmer
__________
Happens a lot.
Posted by: Jefferson, Churchill, Einstein and Gandhi at February 09, 2026 05:48 PM (tgvbd)
They were not easily moved, They were icy -- willing to wait Till every count should be proved, Ere the Saxon began to hate.
Their voices were even and low. Their eyes were level and straight. There was neither sign nor show When the Saxon began to hate.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:15 PM (N8ZBc)
_______
But these girls aren't Sassanachs. They're Scots.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 09, 2026 05:48 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 09, 2026 05:48 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: JROD at February 09, 2026 05:48 PM (3a5ey)
Posted by: Thomas Jefferson said it at February 09, 2026 05:48 PM (sAmhv)
"Humanity will make contact with extraterrestrial life !" and you think , Great ! beam me up ! But then you get this : "possibly leading to a global crisis or apocalypse !"
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:50 PM (g47mK)
____
You can try to defeat me. You will lose and pay the price for your insolence.
Posted by: Father Time at February 09, 2026 05:50 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:50 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: The Schmenge Brothers at February 09, 2026 05:50 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:50 PM (g47mK)
https://youtu.be/vL7P0AVwJK0
I arrived in America's airport with clothings, US dollars, and a jar of gypsy tears to protect me from AIDS.
Posted by: Borat at February 09, 2026 05:51 PM (Ksqrb)
Posted by: SciVo at February 09, 2026 05:52 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:52 PM (XV/Pl)
They were not easily moved, They were icy -- willing to wait Till every count should be proved, Ere the Saxon began to hate.
Their voices were even and low. Their eyes were level and straight. There was neither sign nor show When the Saxon began to hate.
Posted by: gp
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Sounds real purdy but me thinks Saxon's a bit late.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 05:52 PM (6W1vz)
Or maybe police could keep the Muslim slime from oozing all over the English women ... or is that too much to ask?
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 05:52 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:52 PM (xgA6p)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 09, 2026 05:24 PM (wCQ1m)
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I remember a story from a few years back where a woman over there was raped by two Muslim immigrants -- and falsely initially blamed it on whites because she did not want to impune these poor "oppressed" groups.
Homicidal-Suicidal "Empathy" indeed ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 05:52 PM (og9b4)
Posted by: Chuck Norris at February 09, 2026 05:54 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 05:54 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:54 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 05:30 PM (abIsI)
___________
*low whistle of amazement*
That low?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:31 PM (tgvbd)
Scotland itself is on the dole. It could not survive without the transfer payments from the UK paying for a chunk of it.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 05:54 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:38 PM (g47mK)
Well, he should’ve.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 05:54 PM (dhHpw)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:38 PM (g47mK)
Well, he should’ve."
I'll take credit if nobody else wants it.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:56 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Maj. Healey
Newcomers are cutting into their largess.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 09, 2026 05:56 PM (/lPRQ)
You can't close the leads you're given? You can't close shit? You are shit! Hit the bricks, pal, and beat it 'cause you are going out!
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:56 PM (tgvbd)
Whether 'tis nobler in the shitstained mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of goddam fortune,
Or to take arms against a mish-load of troubles,
And by opposing r@pe them in the ass: to die, to fucking sleep
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 05:56 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Decaf at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (OP9Gm
By this time there are thousands of Amelia videos.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 09, 2026 05:56 PM (K428S)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:56 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Maj. Healey
Newcomers are cutting into their largess.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 09, 2026 05:56 PM (/lPRQ)
——
What percent of USA is on some kind of welfare? Probably close to 25%.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 05:57 PM (ZmaZ9)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:40 PM (6ydKt)
Of course, the same is true of the non muslim policemen.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 05:57 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:57 PM (xgA6p)
Posted by: JROD at February 09, 2026 05:48 PM (3a5ey)
Hope you didn't have a thing for Rachel Ward or Bridget Fonda.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 05:57 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:57 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 05:58 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 05:54 PM (8avO+)
And yet so many of them vote SNP because they'd like to separate from the UK, but don't ever quite get there because they are never sure if the EU will take care of them just as well as the English.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:58 PM (6ydKt)
The British men in the beginning of his video likely saved these girls' lives.
YouTube: https://bit.ly/400NDbk
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 09, 2026 05:58 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 05:57 PM
If you take out the illegals it is probably close to 25%. If you include them it is closer to 50%.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 09, 2026 05:58 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Hey Buddy, leave my largesse out of it!
Posted by: Kim Kardashian at February 09, 2026 05:59 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:59 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:59 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Decaf at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (OP9Gm
By this time there are thousands of Amelia videos.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 09, 2026 05:56 PM (K428S)
There are so many references and references the AI could not manage to clarify in those videos it is hard to say. I don't remember seeing her, but on the other hand there are minutes of Amelia fighting a bad guy with a sword.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 05:59 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 05:57 PM (ZmaZ9)
the real number will shock you!
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:59 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 06:00 PM (ZmaZ9)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 05:57 PM (8avO+)
It really should be interesting once the entire truth finally comes out.
They've been dancing around the edges officially for almost two decades now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:00 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 05:57 PM (ZmaZ9)
I think we recently had a post on the percentage of immigrants on welfare. It increases even more when you add second generation immigrants.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:00 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:38 PM (g47mK)
Well, he should’ve.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 05:54 PM (dhHpw) "
exactly. I couldn't possibly care less whether he said it, or not.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 06:00 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:00 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn Barker at February 09, 2026 06:00 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 05:54 PM (8avO+)
And yet so many of them vote SNP because they'd like to separate from the UK, but don't ever quite get there because they are never sure if the EU will take care of them just as well as the English.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:58 PM (6ydKt)
I call it the reverse way. The SNP is for them to talk big about leaving but never getting around to it and endanger those sweet payments. Since daddy UK is paying, the misrule of the SNP is shielded from consequences.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 06:01 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: SciVo at February 09, 2026 05:52 PM (Sy6m/)
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We could call it "The Bourbon Airdrop."
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 06:01 PM (og9b4)
If you regard SS as welfare (as I do, living off it for ten years so far,) then it's not insignificant.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:01 PM (N8ZBc)
==
then stop attributing that wooden collection of sentences to him
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 06:01 PM (g47mK)
Kipling was of two minds about gypsies, at least.
Chew on this one and see if it fits your prejudices:
https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-15157
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 09, 2026 06:01 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Decaf at February 09, 2026 05:39 PM (OP9Gm
By this time there are thousands of Amelia videos.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 09, 2026 05:56 PM (K428S)
There are so many references and references the AI could not manage to clarify in those videos it is hard to say. I don't remember seeing her, but on the other hand there are minutes of Amelia fighting a bad guy with a sword.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 05:59 PM (8avO+)
This Scottish girl was a meme for a few weeks last year.
I really liked one where they had her painted up like Braveheart.
But she never took off quite like Amelia has.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:02 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 06:02 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:02 PM (/rtBI)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:03 PM (mo6hN)
I saw it. Looks to me like the girls were looking to be taken advantage of by somebody, anybody. That's the problem: Why do so many young Brits indulge that aimless, dangerous lifestyle?
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:04 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Some Polish guy at February 09, 2026 06:04 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 06:01 PM (8avO+)
Yup, kinda like the Bloc Quebecois.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:05 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 06:01 PM (g47mK)
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The Paolo, he has some, how you say...wood you CAN attribute to him.
Posted by: The Paolo at February 09, 2026 06:05 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:05 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 06:05 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:06 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 06:06 PM (Cjt/F)
If you regard SS as welfare (as I do, living off it for ten years so far,) then it's not insignificant.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:01 PM
Not sure you can count social security as welfare when the vast majority of people have had tens or hundreds of thousands of
$$$$$ forcibly taken away from them to be returned at a later date with a negative rate of return.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 09, 2026 06:06 PM (0N4FZ)
Recommended. You will need subtitling turned on.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:06 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:06 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 06:07 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Yogi Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:08 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:08 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:08 PM (cwGMH)
$$$$$ forcibly taken away from them to be returned at a later date with a negative rate of return."
So far I've gotten more than I put in, maybe 2X more. That's a bad rate of return compared to competent investing, but it's not negative.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:08 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:01 PM (N8ZBc)
My wife and I have paid a huge amount of money into the social security system. Our return on investment is awful.
It's not welfare...it's theft.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 06:08 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:09 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 06:09 PM (XuXeR)
Approximately 30% of the U.S. population participated in one of the 10 major social safety net programs in 2019, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This includes programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP and others.
Without SS or Medicare:
Approximately 19% of Americans receive some form of means-tested government assistance—often referred to as "welfare"—in an average month, not including Social Security or Medicare.
I don't know if it's accurate but it sounds about right.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:09 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:09 PM (/rtBI)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:09 PM (XuXeR)
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Then... who was it?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 06:10 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 09, 2026 06:10 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:10 PM (zZu0s)
The girl with the axe and knife was 12-year-old Lola Moir.
The girls whose voice is primarily heard in the video is her sister, 14-year-old Ruby Moir.
Because the media have tried valiantly to hide their names and to obfuscate the case, many people get the details mixed up and wrong.
What happened was:
Previously (months earlier), 12-year Loa and (then 13-year-old Ruby were out walking, and were sexually harassed by this guy, who wanted to pimp them out. (And he's a Bulgarian Muslim, btw.) So the girls already had experience with him.
Then the gangster-pimp and his "where-wife" on the day in question encountered the girls again. He was particularly interested in making 12-year-old Lola his sex slave. He and his "wife" followed them around and stalked them, beckoning Lola to become part of his harem. Ruby started creaming "Stop trying to rape my sister!" While the whore-wife then physically attacked Ruby, Lola went and got a knife and an axe to defend herself,and displayed them to the gangster-pimp to scare him off. She never used either weapon.
That's basically it in a nutshell.
Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2026 06:11 PM (se8lQ)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:11 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:11 PM (0KSrI)
$$$$$ forcibly taken away from them to be returned at a later date with a negative rate of return."
So far I've gotten more than I put in, maybe 2X more. That's a bad rate of return compared to competent investing, but it's not negative.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:08 PM
You called it receiving welfare in your OP, not investing, I said it was a bad investment. That is two different things. And I will not come anywhere close to getting back two times both my and my employers investment back unless I live to over 90.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 09, 2026 06:12 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Jmel at February 09, 2026 05:28 PM (bVhJi)
Maybe. Today's Leftists haven't reached the level of surrender in the novel. Leftists in the novel surrender their homes, autos, well, everything they have, to the migrants. I am certain 99+ percent of today's Leftists here and in Europe are too selfish to directly hand-over any personal property or money to migrants knocking on their doors. I doubt the author could have imagined the selfishness of 21st Century Leftists.
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 06:12 PM (5rh/l)
But the govt squandered and stole all of that, so now they simply print all the current payouts. It was a stupid govt promise that couldn't have been kept forever. It never should have been instituted in the first place.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:12 PM (N8ZBc)
Air Canada is having to send empty planes to Cuba to pick up vacationing commiecanucks and may face refueling issues stopping here on the way back.
Posted by: Auspex at February 09, 2026 06:12 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 06:12 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:11 PM (0KSrI)
His wife if she was at least 60.
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:12 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: rm at February 09, 2026 06:13 PM (n/1Oj)
Modern media is so inscrutable.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 06:13 PM (4JeQs)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:13 PM (0KSrI)
The media tried valiantly to hide the names of the underaged victims but you just named them?
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 06:14 PM (gtcuf)
Because most people assume that the person with the weapons is the same person who voice is heard saying "Don't rape my sister!" they think the girl with the axe is the older one defending her younger sister. Not the case. She was defending herself, while her sister was verbally defending her. Because Ruby was closer to the microphone, her voice is much louder.
Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2026 06:14 PM (se8lQ)
You said it had a 'negative rate of return,' and my response was precisely to that point.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:14 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn-Rogers at February 09, 2026 06:14 PM (XuXeR)
It's not welfare...it's theft.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
You might be more prosperous had you taken the almost weekly counsel to burn down your residence, rather than continuing to pour endless $$$ into your Money Pit. The FWP Thread Morons have your best interests at heart.
Posted by: The Solzhenitsyn Trust at February 09, 2026 06:14 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2026 06:11 PM (se8lQ)
I thought it was obvious at the time that this wasn't her first encounter with the creep.
She had had enough and was ready to end it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:14 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:15 PM (0KSrI)
Mr Kruschev tear down this prison !
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:08 PM (cwGMH)
___________
The most cheerful chapter in The Gulag Archipelago is the one where he's released and is taken to a small town to begin his exile. The day after he's out of prison, the announcement comes of Stalin's death.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 06:15 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:15 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 06:16 PM (jtM2q)
Before she took her love to town?
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn-Rogers at February 09, 2026 06:14 PM (XuXeR)
She's fourteen there, Kenny Rodgers. Slow the roasters.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:16 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 06:16 PM (6W1vz)
The media tried valiantly to hide the names of the underaged victims but you just named them?
Posted by: Delurker
Their names can be found, but the mainstream media refuses to name them.
Their mother gave an interview, and the mother was named in the interview, and in the interview she refers to her daughters by name, so the info was revealed.
Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2026 06:16 PM (se8lQ)
He and nostradomus got together one night, got drunk and wrote up a whole bunch of $hit that never got published and was later stolen by the Knights Templar who morphed into the Modern day masons and they have all of those manuscripts hidden.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 09, 2026 05:46 PM (0N4FZ)
I would watch this. I don't think I'd read it but I'd watch it.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 09, 2026 05:47 PM (8+C2v)
But where does Epstein figure into it???
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:17 PM (pDt9x)
It would be beautiful if the foreign grooming gangs can unite the UK in the way not much else can. Before it's too late.
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:17 PM (gWBY1)
What they should not do: dress like whores, cruise bars, get shitfaced drunk, hoping to get picked up.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:17 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 06:17 PM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:17 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 06:16 PM (jtM2q)
Fame is a fickle bitch, MF.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:17 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 06:14 PM (gtcuf)
Well, word at the time was the police had arrested the 'victim'.
A lot of people were saying she was the aggressor or worked for the pimp.
The guy in the video was egging her on the entire time.
There were also rumors, with news articles, that she and her sister were runaways.
People wanted her name to make sure she wasn't in jail, or get her a GoFundMe.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:18 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 06:19 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:17 PM (pDt9x)
I mean, just look at Ezra Miller.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 09, 2026 05:45 PM (8+C2v)
They need to just die already.
Posted by: Kevin D. Williamson at February 09, 2026 06:20 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
They themselves want to be known. It's the media who are trying to "protect their identities" so they don;t become heroes.
Every "victim" (including underage victims) whom the leftist media think they can turn into a martyr or a hero are freely named (in fact they ram their names down everyone's throat), but they purposely deny identity and personhood to the other side's potential martyrs and heroes.
Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2026 06:24 PM (se8lQ)
The song he sang was beyond pornographic, apparently? And little Latino kids were exposed to it. Fine the NFL for indecency, if true. Hard.
I remember my good girl Christian Mexican immigrant friends (legal) complaining of the same thing when Despacito was a hit. It's so vulgar, yet everyone played it because white people didn't know the actual lyrics and had a fun beat. They hated that song.
It loses its pizzazz when a white guy reads the lyrics:
@0hour1
I have converted the SUPER BOWL song to English for the @nflcommish and the parents
Enjoy
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:24 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: gp
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The govt. squandered and stole all of it.
So, we don't know how it would have fared if the money collected was put into and interest bearing account.
What we do know is that there would be a lot more money in the coffers than is there.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 06:26 PM (6W1vz)
God is good, all the time. And all the time God is good.
@nicksortor
🚨 BREAKING: Kid Rock’s rendition of “‘Til You Can’t” with his added verse about giving your life to Jesus has SURPASSED Bad Bunny on the charts
It’s now at NUMBER ONE, post-Super Bowl
WE ARE WINNING! 🔥🇺🇸
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:26 PM (gWBY1)
The bravery of the young girl was inspiring. From what I saw the men of the community began providing escorts for the girls after this story came out.
The "wooden" words rightly/wrongly attributed to S. would only appear wooden to someone for whom those words don't resonate in the soul.
I made safely home for those who were worrying 😉
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:28 PM (RkOfE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:28 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: DanMan at February 09, 2026 06:29 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:17 PM (zZu0s)
I get protecting them. That is what the media SHOULD HAVE DONE. Instead they smeared them as deranged racist children when the story first broke. The still pics of the videos these monsters took exposed the girls' faces. There was no hope at that point of being anonymous again.
Now their reputations are destroyed, if their parents deem it ok to make their names known, so their names can get justice, I get that too.
When Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped and forced to endure the unspeakable, she was thrust into a spotlight she never wanted. She used that spotlight to get justice and help other girls. She is amazing. If that is the path this girl faces too, I hope they find the same communal love and support.
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:33 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 06:38 PM (Ia/+0)
FBI: Jeffrey Epstein Was a Child Sex Abuser But He Wasn't Running a Pedophile Sex Ring for the World's Rich and Famous
I've said previously that the idea that some people have, that Epstein was literally running a child sex brothel and billionaires were paying him for sex, was almost certainly false. I know that people don't like to hear this, but some alleged conspiracies are just too big to believe that no one ever blew the whistle.
He certainly does seem to have made young women available for the use of his pedophile pals. But this seems to have been a matter of ingratiation and favor-banking rather than a quid pro quo with billionaires paying Ghislaine Maxwell at the till before passing the turnstile and entering Pedo Island. The FBI also says it did not find blackmail photos or videos in the Epstein files. Ed Morrissey digests an AP story. I'll just quote some of the matter he quotes, and refer you to his post for more.The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein's bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world's most influential people. But while investigators collected ample proof that Epstein sexually abused underage girls, they found scant evidence the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men, an Associated Press review of internal Justice Department records shows.I think this might depend on what the definition of "sex ring" is. The strong form of it didn't apparently exist. But a weak form it, with Epstein maintaining his value to wealthy and powerful men by making young women available to them, and subsequently getting very valuable insider information, probably did exist. Why did Peter Mandelson tell Epstein in advance of the then-nonpublic UK government decision to bail out the banks? What services was Epstein providing to him? Or was it just a cash transaction in that case, with Epstein paying Mandelson and his husband off? We know Epstein sent $75,000 to Mandelson, even if Mandelson "can't remember" if he received that sum or not, and another ten thousand pounds to his husband.
Prosecution memos, case summaries and other documents made public in the department's latest release of Epstein-related records show that FBI agents and federal prosecutors diligently pursued potential coconspirators. Even seemingly outlandish and incomprehensible claims, called in to tip lines, were examined. ... Investigators said they confirmed that Giuffre had been sexually abused by Epstein. But other parts of her story were problematic. Two other Epstein victims who Giuffre had claimed were also "lent out" to powerful men told investigators they had no such experience, prosecutors wrote in a 2019 internal memo. "No other victim has described being expressly directed by either Maxwell or Epstein to engage in sexual activity with other men," the memo said.Yeah, I don't know. I do not believe that Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, and Pam Bondi have any incentive to lie about these things. The conspiracy theorists lose me when they start claiming that everyone who fails to support their conspiracy theories must themselves be in on the conspiracy. But, conspiracy theorists tend to do that. That's their go-to move. I don't exactly feel satisfied by this report. I still think there's gotta be something more there. But I don't know if I'd put much money on that.
Thomas Massie today:
— Pino Americano (@PinoAmericano) February 9, 2026
“I’ve never said I have 20 names.”
Thomas Massie on 10/14/2025:
“We know at least 20 men are implicated in the files.”
He’s crashing hard. pic.twitter.com/fGyuKNUbhq
Have you tried asking them to just…tell you the names? https://t.co/6cVneGOIS1
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) February 9, 2026
Thomas Massie today:
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 9, 2026
“I’ve never said I have 20 names.”
Thomas Massie on 10/14/2025:
“We know at least 20 men are implicated in the files.” pic.twitter.com/EbPhupzrSM
EPSTEIN: Rep Thomas Massie has been covering up the names of 20 Epstein clients for at least six months. Massie told the House Judiciary Committee about the list last September. Who is he covering for? pic.twitter.com/zyjyIFAomx
— @amuse (@amuse) February 8, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 09, 2026 04:03 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 04:03 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 04:05 PM (Vvh2V)
I saw a couple of email exchanges on YT where Epstein and his correspondents used the phrase 'cheese pizza and grape soda' in strange contexts. There may be something there.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:05 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 09, 2026 04:05 PM (lpVer)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 04:06 PM (abIsI)
With seemingly the entire world going to Epstein's Island, how the hell did I not get the invite??!!
Posted by: UncleJefe at February 09, 2026 04:07 PM (gAuAm)
yup
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:07 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:07 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 04:07 PM (KfXOG)
Whether that was at the behest of the CIA or MI5 or whoever is debatable.
But his primary gig was getting money to invest. BAMN
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 04:08 PM (jtM2q)
He talked about the prosecution of one of the organizers of the Cuban counter-revolutionaries, though it also matches Maxwell and P-Diddy
Viva Frei called it "limited prosecution" as opposed to "limited hangout" Of course there is a catchier way to say it, since Viva Frei is a lame Canadian lawyer. Maybe "limited hangout to dry"
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 04:08 PM (rbvCR)
Epstein and Maxwell kept the underage girls for themselves. They didn't like sharing their shiny new toys with their pals, but the older, slightly used ones were fair game for people like Clinton and Randy Andy.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at February 09, 2026 04:08 PM (yxhRU)
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Agreed. Though for those who believe joos are behind all the other global conspiracies, it's all too plausible.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 09, 2026 04:08 PM (36PRH)
Note, Ghislane didn't see to have any actual presence of her own at the time - she was Epstein f*ck buddy and gopher at the time
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 04:08 PM (QLKBy)
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Remember...there was a trial.
The women were interviewed as witnesses, and most couldn't be used as witnesses. Because they helped him get more women.
And none of them were prepubescent.
Epstein himself reportedly liked 'em young, but the sex part of his operation was nubile, mostly legal women. I think in the Bahamas they were all legal (16 is the legal age there, I believe).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 04:08 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:09 PM (1wjle)
Mike Benz was just on Rogan again and he's making that same case. But with more background flavor, like that Epstein was likely involved with Iran-Contra.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 09, 2026 04:09 PM (2ocoG)
I am saddened more than I can say by this incontrovertible evidence that Ace was in on the conspiracy.
*wipes away tear*
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:10 PM (Riz8t)
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I guess we'll see if Bongino goes back to sounding like he did before this bout in government. The other two still haven't impressed me much.
But that doesn't much matter as I don't believe any of them personally poured over the three million documents currently released (plus whatever is apparently waiting for the next batch), I think it's more likely they had underlings write summaries, and since *those* people are likely federal careerists, I don't much believe them.
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2026 04:10 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 04:10 PM (enSNT)
Posted by: Epstein's mother at February 09, 2026 04:10 PM (NIB5L)
I mean....
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:10 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:05 PM (N8ZBc)
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That'll be $10.77.
Same as Fry's pin number on Futurama.
Which Mom then used to steal $4.3 billion.
There's your connection.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 04:10 PM (ESVrU)
The top online predator-hunter is Alex Rosen. He's seen it all. He regularly runs into the 'cheese pizza' stuff when monitoring predator comms. It's well established that the phrase is slang for CSAM.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:11 PM (N8ZBc)
/Insert John Candy Meme "Sure, sure"
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 09, 2026 04:11 PM (zjgNU)
Oh, so now we have to have *air quotes* "evidence"? We need to prove our assertions with *air quotes* "facts"?
What is this world coming to?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:12 PM (Riz8t)
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You mean like with kerosene?
Posted by: Spelling nerd at February 09, 2026 04:12 PM (NIB5L)
Posted by: Beto Ochoa at February 09, 2026 04:12 PM (dzZCL)
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 09, 2026 04:12 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: ZooomZooom (R) at February 09, 2026 04:12 PM (byH8I)
All I've seen is circular reporting with Pizzagaters claiming that pizza is a common code word for children and then when you look for where this originates, it turns out it's just from Pizzagaters saying it's "well known" pizza is code for children.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:13 PM (1wjle)
Whether that was at the behest of the CIA or MI5 or whoever is debatable.
But his primary gig was getting money to invest. BAMN
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 04:08 PM (jtM2q)
The minute a rumor came out that there was blackmail going on, his posh friends and the high class guests and the normies he needed for cover all decide not to go, since they all have things to hide and lots to lose.
He would wind up playing gin rummy with Bill Gates and Reid Hoffman. (ew)
He may have passed info on to the IC, so THEY could blackmail or turn them. And it is not like THAT is going to come out in open court.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 04:13 PM (rbvCR)
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I have long said that 90% of the reporting and rumor-mongering on Epstein was wrong because it didn't jive with how this works in the real world.
In the real world, girls aren't "lent out" to powerful men. The girls eagerly seek out other powerful men in the group. Rich guys with yachts have yacht girls lined up at the marina. Puff Daddy had 100x more girls (and guys) who desperately wanted to go to his parties than he could invite. Epstein surely had lines of girls waiting to get on the jet to the private island.
This is hard for many people to accept, in part because they can't see girls selling themselves like that. But there are many many girls who can and do. Eagerly.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 04:13 PM (iFTx/)
A rich Wall Street type guy attracts people looking to cash in, and trades in favors that sometimes involved young women. And I don’t mean to sound cruel, but it seems a lot of these women knew exactly what had to be done. We will leave it at that.
I mean, this story is repeated hundreds if not thousands of times across the Wall Street population.
And yet it intrigues a whole groups of people because some of those involved are in politics.
Whatever.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 04:13 PM (PM/iv)
Apparently, they substituted an alternative dictionary when I wasn't looking.
WaPo says halftime show about degenerate sex with randos reflected "wholesome, traditional family values"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 04:13 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 04:13 PM (bxiOq)
Now, she said that it was presented more as happy endings and blow jobs, but there was no mistaking that sexual behavior, richly rewarded, was the intention. And some of those girls won't testify, because they got their very rich husband out of it.
What I want to know is, what happened at that ranch. Because if half of what I've heard is true... it's way way way beyond old men chasing consenting teenagers.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 04:14 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 04:06 PM (abIsI)
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None more cynical! Come, let us bask in the glow of Healey’s virtuous cynicism!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 04:14 PM (u73oe)
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It would be like having taxpayers fund a bioweapon for years that was gonna kill millions, even to the point where they did dry runs the autumn before the release. Or stopping ballot counting in seven states that all matter and having a raft of fake ballots ready to go and actually swinging a national election. Too many moving parts. Would never happen. Someone would blow the whistle.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 04:14 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2026 04:15 PM (vSvIl)
I don't know if Rosen is a Pizzagater, but you can watch his catch vids and see and hear it for yourself.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:15 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 04:13 PM (J+Psw)
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The family that has degenerate sex with randos together stays together.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 04:15 PM (bxiOq)
Conspiracy or none, the scariest thing to me is how matter-of-factly these fuckers talk about this shit.
Whether actual pedos or jailbait chasers, these pieces of shit remind me of the question over whether fish are aware of water.
Posted by: biteme at February 09, 2026 04:15 PM (xWS9V)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 04:15 PM (abIsI)
So "patrons of child prostitution brothel" is the cover story? Because the truth is much more damaging than that?
These people losing their jobs and positions for being in the Epstein files are liabilities because of their secret-information-leaking and bribe-taking?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 09, 2026 04:16 PM (kf4RM)
You have more than that if you're holding a copy of the Congressional Record.
Posted by: t-bird at February 09, 2026 04:16 PM (R8Lmn)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:10 PM (1wjle)
Listen to it, this one is interesting. The dates match and no one can give a real explanation why so much money was being passed around and not flagged.
I mean, I get multiple calls when I try to wire $18K to a family member, and my savings and loan is generally pissed because they have to fill out paperwork
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 04:16 PM (rbvCR)
Iran-Contra was just the beginning...but, yeah. Dude had hands in ALL the CIA Banking Traffic from the late 70s going forward to the 20-teens.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:16 PM (gH8T+)
Yoga and grandkids.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:16 PM (Riz8t)
right, rich and powerful men of supposed "standing" can't just be freaks and cultivate a group of 17 year old girls to have sex with. That's where Epstein comes in. He's a scumbag and doesn't care about his standing, so he can surround himself with girls/barely legal young women, and then his "friends" can visit him and if they get a massage or two, well, that's their business.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:16 PM (1wjle)
I suppose we could get into the whole psychology of abuse. But it feels like the motives were money and a luxurious lifestyle. The fact the people they interacted with were trash scumbags is sort of a rule of the game.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 04:16 PM (PM/iv)
Posted by: steevy at February 09, 2026 04:16 PM (YwEeS)
It's alway been a distraction.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 04:16 PM (NpAcC)
You don’t go out of your way to involve people like Bill Gates just because you think they’re fun to be around. He wanted something.
Posted by: Maroon at February 09, 2026 04:17 PM (KhBND)
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 09, 2026 04:17 PM (cS1cw)
And the Dems will welcome him with open arms, while condemning Joe McCarthy. Irony is lost on the venal.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:17 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Maj. Healey
Don't forget family recipes!
Posted by: Hillary! at February 09, 2026 04:18 PM (R8Lmn)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:18 PM (gH8T+)
There are still 2 million pages to be released.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:19 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at February 09, 2026 04:08 PM (yxhRU)
And they weren't kidnapping virgin tweenies out of orphanages and convents, either. There are plenty of young foolish women who think the life of a yacht girl is glamorous, and the ones hooked up will recruit others.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 04:19 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alternative Theory at February 09, 2026 04:19 PM (33JYF)
amirite? or amirite?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 04:19 PM (Cjt/F)
You don’t go out of your way to involve people like Bill Gates just because you think they’re fun to be around. He wanted something.
I kind of agree except with the suggestion about there being an explicit blackmail threat. Plus, just making yourself valuable to these men is enough to get them to do favors. If they want to keep visiting your island, they have to act like "friends," and friends do "favors" for each other.
This is what I mean about not believing that Ghislaine Maxwell is standing there with a credit card machine. That's not how it would work, usually.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:19 PM (1wjle)
This is exactly what someone in on the conspiracy would say!
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 04:20 PM (mymNa)
The feds have busted other child sex rings - the the Island Raid from Sound of Freedom.
Presumably there are documents that the FBI has on what normally happens to underage girls after going through something like this.
My guess would be they go on to become yacht girls/OF types.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:20 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Senator John Iselun at February 09, 2026 04:20 PM (pY+ea)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 04:20 PM (rbvCR)
I thought the prevailing "conspiracy theory" was that Epstein was working for/with Mossad/FBI or other intel agencies. That was (is) my theory. By having some sort of evidence/blackmail on powerful people, he could find out things and/or influence outcomes.
Just how that would have been accomplished, idk.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 04:20 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:21 PM (1wjle)
*beep beep* I have 20 Epstein names. Here you go frothy, conspiracy people.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 04:21 PM (PM/iv)
Purely coincidental, that.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:21 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 04:21 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 09, 2026 04:22 PM (bNf8H)
He personally was a pedophile and got Ghislane and a couple of his flunkies to help him get underage girls.
Why did he then share them with Prince Andrew and maybe Bill Clinton/Bill Gates and then no one else?
For example did Kevin Spacey go to Epstein Island to get money from Epstein? To have sex with legal yacht boys?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:20 PM (sKqQm)
A lot of molested kids go on to be the next generation, and have issues with drugs, prostitution and generally fucked up lives.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 04:22 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Colonel Sanders at February 09, 2026 04:22 PM (gH8T+)
if patel says so, then yeah. This guy risked his career and possibly prison to show that Russiagate was a hoax.
And now he's, what, joined the Epstein Democrats? WHY?!
I mean, can someone explain that? Why are Kash Patel and Dan Bongino and Pam Bondi now on the Epstein sex ring payroll?
Just explain your theory about this. I want to hear ANY theory. Any one at all.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:22 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Typo? at February 09, 2026 04:22 PM (6rdCx)
I mean another coincidence.
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 09, 2026 04:23 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: @58ARAMCOBrat at February 09, 2026 04:23 PM (x9HPv)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)
To be one of the glittery people that were brought in to give the place tone and impress the people with the money?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 04:23 PM (rbvCR)
Also, a few people like Crowder investigated if you actually could kill yourself the way Epstein did and found they couldn't.
If Epstein was just some normal investment guy and had "no help" how did he manage it?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:23 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 04:24 PM (yI5mB)
Posted by: Colonel Sanders
I have a list of whose been naughty or nice - Santa
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 04:24 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Colonel Sanders
I have the recipe for New Coke, but for some reason, nobody wants to steal it.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:24 PM (Riz8t)
yeah that's what I think. Military contractors used to provide girls, by which I mean prostitutes, to generals and admirals and Congressmen at their weapons shows. It wasn't a quid pro quo exactly. But people like people who do nice things for them, like introduce them to young girls who are for some reason very, very interested in 60 year old fat congressmen.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:24 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 04:24 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Crusader at February 09, 2026 04:25 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: The media we USED to watch at February 09, 2026 04:25 PM (NIB5L)
That's uncouth...
Posted by: Big Pharma at February 09, 2026 04:25 PM (gH8T+)
We have had this discussion before. No one would attempt blackmail of the most powerful people in society since it would trigger a defense response from too many of those powerful people.
He ingratiated himself, and he created a mutual secret that both (a) protected him from any retribution since he knew things and (b) created position for himself as someone who could be trusted, and who could do favors. He was in the club.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 04:25 PM (mymNa)
How exactly would one prove that definitively?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:25 PM (Riz8t)
I was watching a video on the deaths of b-list celebrities which included adult stars. While drugs was something shared between both the adult and non-adult stars, the adult ones added in murder, suicide, and AIDS....
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:25 PM (sKqQm)
They don’t have a theory, Ace. It’s the same nics pushing the same bullshit Fay after day and it’s tiresome. Not only that but contra factual.
But they don’t come armed with facts. They bleat about Bondi and Patel ad nauseum.
Yeah they’re all in on it because the monster under their bed told them so. Or the person paying them told them to say it.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 04:25 PM (PM/iv)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 04:25 PM (Ia/+0)
sorry, my eyes are rolling
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:26 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 04:26 PM (QLKBy)
(while he was traveling at 5-10 mph at a distance of about 120 feet)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:26 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Sharkman at February 09, 2026 04:26 PM (BRvvM)
IIRC he had someone rig up a neck guard that would stop him from in fact choking to death
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:27 PM (sKqQm)
Imagine you knew someone with a cabin on a lake and they invited you there for a weekend.
Many people would take up that offer.
This is the same thing: a Caribbean resort basically.
Posted by: coba at February 09, 2026 04:27 PM (IuIym)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)
To be one of the glittery people that were brought in to give the place tone and impress the people with the money?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 04:23 PM (rbvCR)
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It's the lure of glamor and fame and exclusivity. One thing that the "Epstein files" revealed is just how badly even people with no interest in young ladies -- or girls at all -- wanted to get in with Epstein. People don't realize (or don't remember) what a major player he was in the social scene at the time.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 04:27 PM (iFTx/)
Like, maybe the p3do ring the deep state and the propagandists are actually involved in. Or the continued efforts to overthrow the Trump administration.
I mean, there are a lot of reasons to suspect the whole story is as much an op as anything else the deep state conjures up.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 04:27 PM (jtM2q)
140 >>Tulsi must have something on Warner. He has been squirming like a toad lately.
During the Russia hoax, Warner was secretly communicating with Christopher Steele's lawyer Adam Waldman. Waldman was also the lawyer for Oleg Deripaska, at one time the richest oligarch in Russia.
He also is heavily invested in businesses in Ukraine. A lot of those investments were seized after the war began.
I've long believed that one of the main reason they wanted to get rid of Trump was they wanted the war in Ukraine and Trump did not.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 03:24 PM (viF8m)
I think it was overdetermined, with a vast constellation of reasons, and they all came down to this: Trump was proving that we didn't have to live like that.
We didn't have to accept a "managed decline" into corrupt, bureaucratic anarcho-tyranny. And we didn't have to accept a two-tier justice system -- Epstein was Federally arrested in July 2019 -- where the wealthy and well-connected get away with serious crimes, while the little guy is mercilessly ground under the heel of the State for regulatory infractions.
Posted by: SciVo at February 09, 2026 04:27 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:22 PM (1wjle)
I'm not saying I buy this theory, but the theory would be that too many allies (or our own IC) are implicated in the Epstein op, so our IC (FBI included) has decided to admit as little as possible.
(Possible allies implicated: UK, Israel, EU, etc...)
Again, I'm pretty sure Trump would prefer to bring the IC to justice, so I doubt this theory, but that would be the answer, I believe.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 09, 2026 04:28 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: wth at February 09, 2026 04:28 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Skip
and recorded everything that happened there in every room 7x24.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 04:28 PM (abIsI)
1) Eptstein was an agent, whether CIA or Moussad
2) He created honey pots for politicians, royals, elites, and millionaires who would contribute to him...whether blackmail or what I obviously have no idea
3) Maxwell and others did the procuring of young girls (and boys?)
4) Pedophilia is real and apparently the taste of these wealthy demons
5) Trump was smart enough not to get involved, once he kicked Epstein out of Maralago. He is also a germaphobe, so I can't see him at orgies. Plus he dated supermodels of age
6) The Clintons were not as smart and Billy loved to party and wag his Peyronie's around. His hag, well, who knows what her proclivities are and I don't want to know what goes on with her, Huma or anyone else...and may tertiary syphilis rise up forever with a dash of herpes on the side
7) If the Dims had ANYTHING on Trump on Pedo Island they would have used this in 2016
I don't think Epstein hung himself. I would not be surprised if he is still alive
9) I care deeply about stopping satanic child trafficking and all that goes with this evil
10) Many are caught now, big names in politics and Hollywood. GOOD!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 04:28 PM (WONhk)
Full stop.
Posted by: Soooooo at February 09, 2026 04:28 PM (6rdCx)
IIRC he had someone rig up a neck guard that would stop him from in fact choking to death
So he rigged up something that would prevent the occurrence of the very thing he said couldn't occur?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:28 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 04:28 PM (pDt9x)
Whether that was at the behest of the CIA or MI5 or whoever is debatable.
But his primary gig was getting money to invest. BAMN
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Most of those billionaires had security peeps that actually screen people around them. Billionaires are not that naive, Andrew might have been due to the Royal Family shit but he kept up with Epstein willingly and Sarah Ferguson flirted with Epstein as well. Most of the emails don't indicate any nature of blackmail but more of shared enthusiasm in human sex trafficking. You aren't friendly with someone that is blackmailing you.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 04:28 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 04:29 PM (QLKBy)
No matter how much those who believe it thunder about their holy mission to get justice.
And accused everyone who doesn't of protecting pedos.
I mean, FFS, Epstein was a tiny little minnow in an ocean of sharks.
Sharks with lots and lots of money. And power.
Who have no problem hiring bodyguards with no morals.
They type of guys who hear boss is having some pipsqueak bother him over some Island Fun Time and know exactly how to make it go away quickly and quietly without being told a word.
Meaning, Jeffry wouldn't have died in a cell, he would have been dead decades ago.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 04:29 PM (HXT0k)
Maybe Hollywood will make a Spotlight style film on the subject. Maybe get mark Ruffalo involved somehow.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 04:29 PM (Kw+Iy)
Full stop.
Posted by: Soooooo
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For the record, under oath just recently, Acosta denies he was told that by the government.
Some speculate that Alan Deshowitz might have told him but that is speculation.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 04:29 PM (2swu2)
I always get weirded out when my friends let their kids go on vacations with other people.
I know it can be innocuous...but, damn.
When my friend tells me his 14 yr old kid is at Elk Camp with his Youth Pastor/ Boyscout Troop Leader, I get nervous for that kid.
Posted by: Big Pharma at February 09, 2026 04:29 PM (gH8T+)
.......
De plane! De plane!
Posted by: wth at February 09, 2026 04:29 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: I gotta ask at February 09, 2026 04:30 PM (NIB5L)
I don't want to be a poopy head but running a sex ring where people paid him to have sex with kids is IMO not much different than providing an island where the rich and famous could go and have sex with kids and not get caught amounts to basically the same thing.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 09, 2026 04:30 PM (0N4FZ)
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Bullshit. This guy was a pimp for the powerful disguised as a friend and financier, working on behalf of the XXX and the XXXXXX.
He is exactly who we think he is/was.
If I get my hands on curated blackmail of the worlds rich and powerful with all the leverage that entails, it's not being released to congresscritters and temps like Bondi or Bongingo. Leverage loses its power if made public.
This ain't exactly a coverup, but there's white paint involved and Tom Sawyer is getting lots of takers to sling that brush for him.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 09, 2026 04:30 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:30 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 04:30 PM (g47mK)
yeah that's what I think. Military contractors used to provide girls, by which I mean prostitutes, to generals and admirals and Congressmen at their weapons shows. It wasn't a quid pro quo exactly. But people like people who do nice things for them, like introduce them to young girls who are for some reason very, very interested in 60 year old fat congressmen.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:24 PM (1wjle)
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Everything is sold with girls and parties and drugs. Hell, back in the day exotic car dealerships had piles of coke and hot young things sashaying all over the place.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 04:30 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:25 PM (Riz8t)
Maybe you could train up Democrats to act as guinea pigs?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 04:30 PM (8zz6B)
Just explain your theory about this. I want to hear ANY theory. Any one at all.
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I think one of the running theories is that the full truth of the matter would take down too much of DC (Which could mean too many GOPers with Congress too close to risk, or literally *too much* in that there wouldn't be enough left of federal or corporate America to keep things working). So, paraphrasing Jackstraw's (I think) words from a few months back, 'everyone who has a good look immediately nopes out.'
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2026 04:31 PM (vSvIl)
And those girls might want to go because they get a chance to maybe become some rich guy's trophy wife. or get to live it up.
Tons of people do this all the time for rock stars and movie stars.
Posted by: coba at February 09, 2026 04:31 PM (IuIym)
This one time at Elk Camp...
Posted by: My 14 year old self at February 09, 2026 04:31 PM (NIB5L)
Posted by: The media we USED to watch
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Earmarks.
Posted by: wth at February 09, 2026 04:31 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:31 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: Frasier Crane
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I'm skeptical about this angle. This is common in industry as well because it is a form of exclusive and valued kickback -- the buyers "prefer" a certain supplier because they are feted. But the buyers are generally people who can not get those girls / diners / whatever on their own.
Bill Gates should have been able to walk through any building on his campus, pick a girl, fuck her in the break room, and then have HR and Legal pay off anyone around and cover his tracks. (Yeah, I kind of saw that too.)
He already had all the girls he wanted, so what did eppie provide?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 04:31 PM (mymNa)
no but a more casual thing like I suggest would leave little evidence of it behind, which is, apparently what accords with the evidentiary record we have, which doesn't show that kind of a quid pro quo blackmail/extortion ring
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:31 PM (1wjle)
Hey, how'd turning on the party for Dem Facebook likes work for Cheney?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 04:31 PM (HXT0k)
nah it was all totally for Russia, forget all the stuff he says about Israel, it was Russia
Posted by: MSM at February 09, 2026 04:32 PM (jGJov)
Pay no attention to the fact that he's handing down a shotgun, not a rifle, which no one in the history of ever has claimed was the murder weapon, nor to the fact that the shotgun just so happens to be the exact make and model assigned to the Dallas PD.
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 04:32 PM (gtcuf)
You and I went to very different car dealerships.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:32 PM (Riz8t)
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No shit???
Posted by: David Carradine and Michael Hutchins at February 09, 2026 04:32 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 04:32 PM (Kw+Iy)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 04:16 PM (rbvCR)
I could tell you stories about trying to move a largish chunk of cash from one state to the other, even though I had all the paperwork in order -- sold a house in one state, was buying a house in another state. Damned near lost out on the house I was trying to buy (and/or failed to have the check at the closing) because moving the money took days.
It was the first time I'd ever done an interstate transfer of that size. I learned my lesson there.
I'm thinking that maybe because it was interstate the feds got their snoopy noses involved? I don't remember, this was around thirty years ago.
Posted by: Genghis Khan at February 09, 2026 04:32 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 04:32 PM (W2Pud)
the problem is they are not kids.
they are 18 or whatever.
Posted by: coba at February 09, 2026 04:33 PM (IuIym)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 04:33 PM (xn33A)
While the world's eyes are on Arizona as the clock winds down on ransom deadline...I saw this youtube.
Musk and Trump are not playing about Greenland, if this turns out to be true. And I think it is plausable. We'll soon find out.
https://tinyurl.com/3rburfyd
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 04:33 PM (WONhk)
There's exactly One Universal Commodity.
And, roughly 50% of the population is born with it.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:33 PM (gH8T+)
Some girl who wants to go the Bahamas with a rich dude will lie about her age.
Posted by: coba at February 09, 2026 04:33 PM (IuIym)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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I'm beginning to think you were Hunter S. Thompson's lawyer.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 04:34 PM (XvL8K)
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She may not have it. She did offer today to testify for an out of jail card.
Posted by: David Carradine and Michael Hutchins at February 09, 2026 04:34 PM (6rdCx)
That's why business travel is so "necessary," when Zoom would do just as well. Junkets.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:34 PM (N8ZBc)
good point, guys. It is well known, among people like garrett, that you can strangle yourself with a necktie and a doorknob. Those claiming you couldn't do the same thing with a bedframe and bit of string are just, I don't know, talking shit.
The other thing I can't stand is when they go "hyoid bone! hyoid bone!"
And this goes back to ME's saying that usually in hangings, the hyoid bone isn't broken, but in strangulations it is.
But then they start leaving out that word "usually," and claim that no hangings EVER result in a broken hyoid bone.
Which is just false and why I just cannot deal.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:34 PM (1wjle)
You and I went to very different car dealerships.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:32 PM (Riz8t)
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I was a kid. Some friends had very rich dads. I went a few times with them to Ferrari and Lambo dealerships. They barely hid what was going on.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 04:35 PM (iFTx/)
No direction.
It's about the tips and gratuities.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 09, 2026 04:35 PM (/lPRQ)
Hoo boy, have I got a fucking list...
Posted by: Santa Claus at February 09, 2026 04:35 PM (gAuAm)
yeah that's what I think. Military contractors used to provide girls, by which I mean prostitutes, to generals and admirals and Congressmen at their weapons shows. It wasn't a quid pro quo exactly. But people like people who do nice things for them, like introduce them to young girls who are for some reason very, very interested in 60 year old fat congressmen.
Posted by: ace
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Not that my take means much but I have read all the depositions from the Palm Beach days plus a lot of what has been revealed. I don't think that Epstein was himself an actual agent for any party but he was very useful as an IC asset. Benz had provided quite a bit of background on Epstein the trader at Bear Stearns and its relationship with BCCI. BCCI, for those not around in the 80's, was an IC dominated bank out of Pakistan that did all kinds of money laundering for the intel community.
Look up the Safari Club.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 04:35 PM (2swu2)
used the phrase 'cheese pizza and grape soda' in strange contexts. There may be something there.
Posted by: gp
One of his clients was Radar O'Reilly.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2026 04:35 PM (Cqx++)
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There's so much trash and false info in the "files" passed around as "true 'cause it was in the Epstein files" that I now won't believe anything that comes out.
This bullshit process that Massie et al forced to release it all w/o actual safeguards has completely destroyed any chance of any legitimate prosecution.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 04:36 PM (HXT0k)
_____________________________
If you go back to news reported the day after Epstein was arrested (the second and most recent arrest) there are articles noting that a boat full of unidentified individuals arrived at Eptstein Island, stayed for approximately one day, and left. The FBI, at the time, confirmed that they did NOT have any personnel out on the island.
I'm not a big proponey of TheGatewayPundit. But, if you go back into their archives you will find a post documenting exactly what I stated above.
So, when I hear the FBI didn't find any blackmail photos or videos etc. I take it with a grain of salt, and still have no idea who those unidentified people were.
Posted by: Orson at February 09, 2026 04:36 PM (dIske)
So what was his job, then?
Posted by: Dr Slam at February 09, 2026 04:36 PM (58ypb)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 04:36 PM (n4M+z)
The Jewwwwsssss!!!
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 04:36 PM (y6810)
Let the conspiracies flow!
Posted by: Will Robinson at February 09, 2026 04:36 PM (mo6hN)
That definitely smells like blackmail.
I think some of these conspiracies are actually pretty decent - they are just missing a few things so they appear plausible.
And after Russia Hoax...
Posted by: coba at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (IuIym)
Whatever was going here, it's certainly not a good old fashioned down home child pimping scenario.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (BI5O2)
That was uncalled for.
I know you are upset that your GAINZ have fallen off and you no longer feel attractive.
But, the truth is that someone your height can never be attractive. It's simply against the Laws of Nature.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (gH8T+)
https://tinyurl.com/3rburfyd
Big claims need big evidence, and I see none.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (VCgbV)
no but a more casual thing like I suggest would leave little evidence of it behind, which is, apparently what accords with the evidentiary record we have, which doesn't show that kind of a quid pro quo blackmail/extortion ring
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:31 PM
I agree with that, he was probably not extorting or blackmailing people he invited to his island to get their freak on.
Sort of like a billionaire who invites rich and famous people to his yacht for a week long cruise and he pays plenty of young nubile girls to entertain them.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (xn33A)
When I worked in a hotel as a young man, we had a convention of school superintendents. It was by far the rowdiest convention we had during my tenure.
All the major textbook companies had rooms with free booze and plenty of hot, easy-looking girls hanging around. I guess if you're selling expensive textbooks by the hundred or thousand lot, you can afford to sweeten the pot quite a bit.
I recall wondering what a supe would do if he recognized one of the book bimbos as a former student.
Posted by: Genghis Khan at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: David Carradine and Michael Hutchins at February 09, 2026 04:32 PM (6rdCx)/i]
Epstein didn't have an overhang to use to properly hang himself.
The argument from the prison was that he fashioned a rope from his sheets, then tired it to his bed, that angled himself so that created enough tension to choke himself and break his hyoid bone.
Essentially if you can't hang from something above you it makes things way harder to do.
Crowder tried it and couldn't get enough force to break the hyoid bone and the other problem is you had to push to generate the needed tension so when you pass out you lose the tension which means you won't die.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Maroon at February 09, 2026 04:17 PM (KhBND)
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Maybe Epstein had a fetish for man boobs.
/I agree with you ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (nuyMR)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (n4M+z)
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Is this why my peanut brittle business failed?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 04:38 PM (mymNa)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 04:38 PM (Vvh2V)
If you go back to news reported the day after Epstein was arrested (the second and most recent arrest) there are articles noting that a boat full of unidentified individuals arrived at Eptstein Island, stayed for approximately one day, and left. The FBI, at the time, confirmed that they did NOT have any personnel out on the island.
I'm not a big proponey of TheGatewayPundit. But, if you go back into their archives you will find a post documenting exactly what I stated above.
So, when I hear the FBI didn't find any blackmail photos or videos etc. I take it with a grain of salt, and still have no idea who those unidentified people were.
...
I think we are operating on different premises here. You are arguing that there MAY BE evidence we cannot ever see. Okay, fine: Then what do we do with that?
I'm not the kind of person who makes decisions based on hypothetical evidence which MAY exist but I cannot see.
Should I convict Kash Patel and Dan Bongino on the basis of this hypothetical evidence which MAY exist but which they can't see?
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:38 PM (1wjle)
He's being hysterical. Like the harridans on The View.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:38 PM (+YA9H)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 04:38 PM (g47mK)
One correspondent was Epstein's urologist, the other was Larry Fink.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:38 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 04:39 PM (BI5O2)
I know it can be innocuous...but, damn.
When my friend tells me his 14 yr old kid is at Elk Camp with his Youth Pastor/ Boyscout Troop Leader, I get nervous for that kid."
LOL. Agreed.
But in my example its an adult.
Its like Bill Clinton being asked to go by Epstein.
Posted by: coba at February 09, 2026 04:39 PM (IuIym)
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Bill was dipping it in the company ink well. Thats how be met mrs gates. Once she got married, she talked to HR and Bill was not allowed to be alone in a room with a young female.
Which is how he eventually winds up with VD from a Russian girl....
The more you know....
Posted by: David Carradine and Michael Hutchins at February 09, 2026 04:39 PM (6rdCx)
No explanation has been identified as to what they are - powerful people in embarrassing positions? Victims?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:39 PM (sKqQm)
There is more than one thing wrong with this sentence
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 09, 2026 04:40 PM (NtVYv)
"Where are the rest of the files, huh?! What are you hiding?!!"
And all the dick chuggers at the Man-Boy Lincoln Project were slapping their puds in glee over it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 04:40 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:40 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2026 04:40 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Franz at February 09, 2026 04:40 PM (gAuAm)
Please vote Massie out.
I have a feeling he's never going to leave and will run as an independent. Shades of Lisa Murkowski.
We can't seem to get rid of these backstabbers.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 04:40 PM (NpAcC)
good point, guys. It is well known, among people like garrett, that you can strangle yourself with a necktie and a doorknob. Those claiming you couldn't do the same thing with a bedframe and bit of string are just, I don't know, talking shit.
The other thing I can't stand is when they go "hyoid bone! hyoid bone!"
And this goes back to ME's saying that usually in hangings, the hyoid bone isn't broken, but in strangulations it is.
But then they start leaving out that word "usually," and claim that no hangings EVER result in a broken hyoid bone.
Which is just false and why I just cannot deal.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 04:34 PM (1wjle)
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I don't know if Carradine and Hutchins are the best examples. Carradine hung himself the old fashioned way. Hutchins was so fucking stoned out of his mind he probably woulda ODed anyway, which makes it that much easier to strangle yourself.
I don't know what to make of the claims that Epstein couldn't have killed himself the way he did.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 04:40 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 09, 2026 04:41 PM (36PRH)
And I guess the idea, then is that Epstein was in jail for simply being a pedo himself?
Posted by: MrExcitement at February 09, 2026 04:41 PM (ovdkm)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 04:41 PM (g47mK)
Yes.
There is no safe Camp, School, Scout Group or Sports Team.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:41 PM (gH8T+)
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Dont try it at home buddy. You lean forward and not over and you dont lose tension. You just die. We know.
Posted by: David Carradine and Michael Hutchins at February 09, 2026 04:42 PM (6rdCx)
For the IC folks, an asset is someone not an employee but useful for advancing missions (like untraceable money laundering, providing information to agents, connections as to get close to someone for actions by a real agent, or to influence others to play ball via recruitment etc. for the true agents. Most informed speculation on IC matters have pointed at Epstein as a financier and an asset of influence.
If there was an agent handler, that would probably be Ghislaine as her dad was definitely one to the extent that through his publishing of Breznev's books in the West, Robert Maxwell got up to private chats with Breznev for MI-6 that the KGB actively fought against. Ghislaine grew up in the life.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 04:42 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 04:42 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 04:43 PM (n4M+z)
Posted by: Unkaren at February 09, 2026 04:43 PM (cDrfF)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 04:39 PM (BI5O2)
I looked it up today for a refresher on the names.
"Comet Ping Pong Pizza" is the full name.
I'd thought it was "Cosmic Pizza" for some reason.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 04:43 PM (6ydKt)
I don't know if Carradine and Hutchins are the best examples. Carradine hung himself the old fashioned way. Hutchins was so fucking stoned out of his mind he probably woulda ODed anyway, which makes it that much easier to strangle yourself.
I don't know what to make of the claims that Epstein couldn't have killed himself the way he did.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 04:40 PM (iFTx/)
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Anthony Bourdain supposedly hung himself.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 09, 2026 04:43 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 09, 2026 04:44 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 04:44 PM (abIsI)
For some. For some others, after only 12 month of our guys in control, the govt is now believed without skepticism. Crooked govt is a distant memory.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:44 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 04:44 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 04:44 PM (vFG9F)
Carradine was not a traditional hanging. He was seated. Rope also around his genitals.
Posted by: David Carradine and Michael Hutchins at February 09, 2026 04:45 PM (6rdCx)
No explanation has been identified as to what they are - powerful people in embarrassing positions? Victims?
Posted by: 18-1
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So did one of the Podestas, as did Jamie Lee Curtis seen in one such backdrop of an interview. Our elites are sick bastards by and large. But I think they hung with Epstein because he was a sick bastard too rather than being blackmailed by it.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 04:45 PM (2swu2)
Some couple in SF had a tech start-up way back when. And they had annual parties that all the techies would go to.
Well, they sold their start up; no real reason to keep having them.
But the Chinese showed up and paid them to continue to have the annual parties.
And they couldn't understand in the least why the Chinese were so eager to pay them to have these parties.
Where techies would get drunk around Chinese national techies also "invited."
They just thought they were fun people and everyone liked their parties.
That was Epstein on a bigger scale.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 04:45 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 04:45 PM (6ydKt)
Not hanging from above, not high/ODing. How many people on record have managed to kill themselves with just a rope and a bedframe on the floor next to them?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)
https://x.com/walterkirn/status/
2018511373320536571
Posted by: KT at February 09, 2026 04:45 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 04:46 PM (vFG9F)
This was very common for a long while. You never said pot, coke, etc. or gram, ounce, etc.... you had a substitute vocabulary that everyone understood.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 04:46 PM (mymNa)
Please vote Massie out.
I have a feeling he's never going to leave and will run as an independent. Shades of Lisa Murkowski.
We can't seem to get rid of these backstabbers.
Posted by: redridinghood
Scuttlebutt was that Massie announced his coming out as a Dem in an earlier thread.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (2swu2)
Let the conspiracies flow!
Posted by: Will Robinson
It is tradition in the hospitality industry for a cut of the tips to be sent to the bartender and kitchen.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (/lPRQ)
The Jewwwwsssss!!!
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 04:36 PM (y6810)
Mark Levin says we should stop discussing Epstein's activities, and that investigating child trafficking is distracting us from the important things like invading Iran and Arab countries
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (36PRH)
_________________________
Sure, there's evidence that will never be seen. Take a closer look at Epstein's first arrest back in 2008. He had like 13 charges against him laboriously put together by Palm Beach Police. Then, the Feds stepped in and dropped all but two of the lesser crimes in days. They, ALSO, gave him a NPA (Non-Prosecution Agreement) despite Epstein having no leverage. They didn't even tell the victims that they agreed to that (which is very rare).
Then, he was only sentenced to a half-way house with no records showing he even showed up.
Occam's Razor suggests a deal to provide something to the Feds (or alphabet agency) in exchange for the dropped charges (Alexander Acosta gave him that deal for some reason).
I don't think Epstein or Maxwell had any sort of list. I think they got assignments from a federal agency sporadically. And, the hosting of public officials, politicians and celebrities was to create a sense of being untouchable used to convince the marks that it was safe for them to accept the invitations, and those are ones who were blackmailed.
Posted by: Orson at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (dIske)
If it's on BetaMax, we're really screwed.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (dhHpw)
Hell I've heard it credibly suggested that he might even be into human jerky.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (36PRH)
Yes.
The blue Monica Lewinsky dress to be exact.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 04:48 PM (6ydKt)
In the 1980s, we had 'can of motor oil' for 'gram of coke.' Not joking.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:49 PM (N8ZBc)
The child pedo stuff may have been reserved for him and select members who were into that sort of thing.
But I think his main purpose post, say 2006 was, the same thing that Carter Page was used for, Epstein is talking to these people, they can now be surveiled by the LE/IC.
Again, his story starts by being hired by Donald Barr, his story ends with him dying in prison run by Bill Barr.
That not irony. That's something else.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 04:49 PM (Kw+Iy)
Bill Clinton
Billy Jeff Clinton
B. Clinton
William Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton
Big Boy Bill Clinton
President W.J. Clinton, etc, etc, etc.
Posted by: The Names at February 09, 2026 04:49 PM (Ksqrb)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:49 PM (gH8T+)
Did someone say jive?
Jive-ass dude don't got no brains anyhow! Shiiiiit.
Posted by: zombie barbara billingsley at February 09, 2026 04:50 PM (Y1sOo)
I suspect Epstein was useful to the IC and he was used by them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:50 PM (xcxpd)
I think Congress knows less than we do
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 09, 2026 04:50 PM (XLfSN)
Neither Epstein nor any of his buddies were, technically, "pedophiles."
What they were was "epheobophiles"
There is a big difference.
Just to get everyone caught up on the terminology:
Pedophilia -- attraction PRE-PUBESCENT children (i.e. ages 0 - ~11).
Hebephila — attraction to PUBESCENT and EARLY ADOLESCENT children (i.e. ages ~12 - ~14).
Ephobophilia -- attraction to ADOLESCENT people (i.e. ages ~15 - ~1
.
Look it up if you don't believe me.
I've never seen any proof, evidence or even suggestion that Epstein went for pre-pubescent children, or even that he went after 12/13-years olds. It has only ever been alleged that he went after, basically, teenage girls.
Yes, it's illegal (in most jurisdictions), and it's considered morally wrong to seduce a minor, but the level of ephebophilia's immorality in our culture is considered much less than it is for actual pedophilia.
The majority of adult males are capable of being attracted to a teenage girl, if she's mature-enough looking. People are acting like Epstein's actions are grotesquely perverted, but every rock song about "jailbait" says otherwise.
Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2026 04:50 PM (se8lQ)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:50 PM (N8ZBc)
I remember the Curtis one - she had a photo by Betsy Schneider of a naked pre-teen girl on her wall and it was noticed when she posted a picture of her office with it on the wall.
Obviously as we see in the art threads here art is a very individual thing but why would you want a naked picture of someone's kid on your wall?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:51 PM (sKqQm)
Also "Flex Jefferson"
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 09, 2026 04:51 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 04:51 PM (vFG9F)
Cucker Tarlson is still on in the Comet Pizza thing. Guess who was running the operation?
The Jewwwwsssss!!!
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 04:36 PM (y6810)
are you fucking joking ?
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 04:51 PM (g47mK)
Hell I've heard it credibly suggested that he might even be into human jerky.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (xcxpd) "
at this point, knowing what we know, why not?
amorality doesn't really come with any intrinsic limits ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 04:51 PM (Cjt/F)
#PizzaGate is a smear to cover up real shady shit.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:51 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2026 04:51 PM (se8lQ)
Posted by: bear with asymmetric balls at February 09, 2026 04:51 PM (wCQ1m)
Hell I've heard it credibly suggested that he might even be into human jerky.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (xcxpd) "
at this point, knowing what we know, why not?
amorality doesn't really come with any intrinsic limits ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 04:51 PM (Cjt/F)
He seems to have been into a lot of weird stuff. Like him commenting about how much enjoyed 'torture videos'
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:52 PM (xcxpd)
What they were was "epheobophiles"
=
What they were was "ephebophiles"
Posted by: zombie at February 09, 2026 04:52 PM (se8lQ)
Yeah, I think that's got a strong likelihood of being the actual scandal that people think Epstein is.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 09, 2026 04:52 PM (2ocoG)
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The same party that laughed about "drag a $100 bill through a trailer park and you never know what you'll catch" is the same party that now wants you to believe these poor, poor girls were forced--forced, I tell you!--to have sex with the world's richest and most powerful.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 04:53 PM (HXT0k)
I hung myself and shot myself with a shotgun found thirty feet away.
Posted by: Clinton Connection Mark Middleton at February 09, 2026 04:53 PM (R8Lmn)
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Yep. And the fed lawyer said it was an IC issue. Alex acosta. Then he winds up dead in max. Cameras not working for years. The oops here they are!! The wait there is a missing minute. Then sorry here it is!. Then who is the unidentified person walking on the tier wearing orange? There is some something up. I dont know how security classifications go but i wouldnt be surprised if they could absolutely bury things for 50 years. From everyone. Including successors.
Posted by: David Carradine and Michael Hutchins at February 09, 2026 04:53 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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The explanation I saw for that was that Epstein went nuts on some keto fad, and was truly obsessed with it. I guess that could be plausible. No idea.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 04:53 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 04:53 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 04:53 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:53 PM (N8ZBc)
But it’s out there now and the conspiracies are already next level in sanity. It’s like everyone on Twitter is Candace Owens now.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 04:54 PM (y6810)
https://tinyurl.com/3rburfyd
Big claims need big evidence, and I see none.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
....................................
Agree. And I said IF it turns out to be true as a disclaimer. I found it interesting since all the news for one week has been Arizona.
Everything on this video is from the last 6wks or so of quiet meetings. Obviously if true it will come out if negotiations flop like the EU appears to be flopping.
Something to watch, at any rate.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 04:54 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 04:54 PM (abIsI)
The Jewwwwsssss!!!
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 04:36 PM (y6810)
are you fucking joking ?
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 04:51 PM (g47mK)
Sadly, no I’m not.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (y6810)
Did someone say jive?
Jive-ass dude don't got no brains anyhow! Shiiiiit.
Posted by: zombie barbara billingsley at February 09, 2026 04:50 PM (Y1sOo)
Golly!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (xcxpd)
He may have been farming high-level and powerful contacts, but he was doing so in part by providing access to children for sex, and it appears that is why many explicitlty were pursuing contacts with Epstein, especially post indictments.
Phrase it however you want. We know so much to be true. It was fine with TPTB and their elite handlers in the IC, until it wasn't.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (xgA6p)
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 04:47 PM (2swu2)
*******
Jesse Brewer, Elizabeth Mason-Hill, and Melissa Strange are running in the Democrat primary.
I guess the Democrats are happy they have a Dem running in Republican primary.
They've got all their bases covered.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (NpAcC)
I have more faith in nutjobs than in our "elites". Their track record is better.
Alex Jones lies less than the Media or the FBI.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (xcxpd)
Very excited these guys put out a 2nd LP.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (gH8T+)
Mike Benz can basically prove he was handling money laundering for CIA, MI5, Mossad, the Saudis, and possibly other allied intelligence agencies. It's entirely possible "pizza" was a code word, but it doesn't mean what a lot of people assume it does.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (2ocoG)
Billionaires. With executive chefs. Going out for pizza. All the time.
Posted by: t-bird at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (R8Lmn)
Posted by: Serious Cat at February 09, 2026 04:56 PM (xqQi7)
The Jewwwwsssss!!!
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 04:36 PM (y6810)
are you fucking joking ?
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 04:51 PM (g47mK)
Yeah, there is a chunk of the interest in the Epstein matter that's particularly animated by the prospect that it can be pinned on Israel.
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2026 04:56 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (xgA6p)
Flounder Johnson is right!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:56 PM (xcxpd)
I suppose if one were to royally fuck up... well there'd be some sort of recriminations for that.
Sometimes, those would be "messy."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 04:56 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Serious Cat at February 09, 2026 04:56 PM (xqQi7)
Well the FBI wouldn't lie, so I'm certain now.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:57 PM (xcxpd)
BCCI and gun running level stuff.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 04:57 PM (viF8m)
As another data point, as you get older the amount of pizza you can eat does go down. Red sauce and grease are not good for some older digestive systems...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 04:57 PM (sKqQm)
Have the believers produced the evidence of the incorrect redactions? If they have the receipts, F what the FBI says.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:57 PM (N8ZBc)
They are absolutely giddy over the Rothschild refs.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:58 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 04:58 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 04:58 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 09, 2026 04:58 PM (KiBMU)
Mike Benz can basically prove he was handling money laundering for CIA, MI5, Mossad, the Saudis, and possibly other allied intelligence agencies. It's entirely possible "pizza" was a code word, but it doesn't mean what a lot of people assume it does.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (2ocoG)
Again, take a look of the use of the word 'pizza' in context in those emails and tell me what you think it means. It sure doesn't seem like Papa Murphys.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:58 PM (xcxpd)
Remember, the key to being a conspiracy theorist is that ALL evidence supports your theory. Including missing evidence.
And contrary evidence? Obviously THEY seeded it to throw people off the track. Duh.
Posted by: can of spam at February 09, 2026 04:59 PM (14gFN)
Does the Pizza stop when the Jerky starts?
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:59 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 04:59 PM (u82oZ)
That amused me.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:59 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:00 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 04:54 PM (abIsI)
Well, government agents need a good reason to check out a roof. It could be sloped, after all.
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2026 05:00 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:01 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 04:58 PM (pDt9x)
Came out of a box.
Posted by: Chef Boyardee Pizza In A Box at February 09, 2026 05:01 PM (Ksqrb)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 05:01 PM (gH8T+)
Very excited these guys put out a 2nd LP.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (gH8T+)
Local group? Haven't heard of them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 05:01 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:02 PM (N8ZBc)
Soul / Funk Instrumental Band
DapTone Records.
Good stuff.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 05:02 PM (gH8T+)
Very excited these guys put out a 2nd LP.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (gH8T+)
Local group? Haven't heard of them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 05:01 PM (xcxpd)
Mark Watt probably is in the band.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:02 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:03 PM (g47mK)
As you probably know, I represent the Rothschilds.
Thank you Ace for all that you do.
Posted by: Jepprey Efstein at February 09, 2026 05:03 PM (MeJ0I)
But don't piss on my leg and tell me I'm imagining my shoes are getting wet.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 05:03 PM (xcxpd)
Contradictory evidence in a theory is treated by modern, NSF-funded scientists like this:
"That data point is an outlier. Disregard and disappear it. "
Seen it done.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 05:03 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 09, 2026 05:04 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 05:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 05:04 PM (Cjt/F)
I was going to suggest, earlier:
Minutemen: Double Nickels on the Dime
fIREHOSE: Ragin' Full On, From Ohio
Mike Watt: Ball Hog or Tug Boat, Contemplating the Engine Room
These are my suggestions for the Watt Curious
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 05:04 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:04 PM (tgvbd)
Okay, so maybe Epstein wasn't Mr. Pimp for the Rich and Famous, but quite a few of them have been resigning lately as their names were found in the files. I can't even remember them all. So what gives?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 05:04 PM (n7rxJ)
The summary on "Blat" within the Walter Kirn thread (see 213) describes how people like him take over when legitimate governments start to fail.
Personally, I am concerned about his seeming fixation on scientists and mathematicians.
Posted by: KT at February 09, 2026 05:05 PM (7vIsy)
The summary on "Blat" within the Walter Kirn thread (see 213) describes how people like him take over when legitimate governments start to fail.
Personally, I am concerned about his seeming fixation on scientists and mathematicians.
Posted by: KT at February 09, 2026 05:05 PM (7vIsy)
Maybe he had A Beautiful Mind.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:06 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 05:04 PM (n7rxJ)
Are you just asking questions?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 05:06 PM (xgA6p)
Geeks who had no other way to get sex.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:06 PM (N8ZBc)
Soul / Funk Instrumental Band
DapTone Records.
Good stuff.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 05:02 PM (gH8T+)
I do like soul and funk. I'll check out what I can find about them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 05:06 PM (xcxpd)
Apparently, Savannah Guthrie's Mother Hated Trump .......
Posted by: Jackson at February 09, 2026 05:07 PM (X7dyz)
That amused me.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:59 PM (xcxpd)
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Throw in some pedos and kids -- and you've got yourself a Netflix film right there.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 05:07 PM (og9b4)
Colemine Records should be on your short list.
They have a Spotify Chanel, I am sure.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 05:07 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 05:08 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: MSM at February 09, 2026 05:08 PM (jGJov)
This is such a weird default position for people who are living in a timeline in which astroturf politics, including protests and other organized mayhem, funding through government cutouts, like NGOs is a thing. Or one in which coordinated government censorship of social media and the internet took place behind the scenes. All without whistleblowers coming forward when it was occuring.
Posted by: bear with asymmetric balls at February 09, 2026 05:08 PM (wCQ1m)
I get the impression that there are a lot of prestigious people (professors, royalty, politicians) who, appearances aside, are often short of cash and fall prey to sleazy financiers who promise a quick buck.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:09 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 04:53 PM (XvL8K)
You don’t need to freeze beef jerky, nor do you need someone to “walk the jerky over”.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 05:09 PM (dhHpw)
Posted by: anachronda at February 09, 2026 05:09 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:09 PM (N8ZBc)
Apparently, Savannah Guthrie's Mother Hated Trump .......
Posted by: Jackson
I hope she is returned safely and then grieves every day for the rest of her life over her lost bogeyman.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 05:10 PM (xgA6p)
Apparently, Savannah Guthrie's Mother Hated Trump ......
Posted by: Jackson at February 09, 2026 05:07 PM (X7dyz)
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I find it amazing that the MDM-MSM hasn't already accused Trump of being the kidnapper.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 05:10 PM (og9b4)
If it was JUST a sex ring, then the harm to the client would have damaged that brand.
Instead the pedo shit was rolled into the high roller lifestyle epstein was providing these guys. So Chris Tucker gives this girl the clap and she passes it on to Gates and he passes it on to his wife (as an hypothetical.)
Fuck, thats horrible.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 05:10 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 05:11 PM (W2Pud)
Apparently, Savannah Guthrie's Mother Hated Trump ......
Posted by: Jackson at February 09, 2026 05:07 PM (X7dyz)
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I find it amazing that the MDM-MSM hasn't already accused & defamed Trump as being the kidnapper.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 05:11 PM (og9b4)
'X has not been proven yet, therefore X must be false.'
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:09 PM (N8ZBc)
It means X is neither true nor false. Sort of a Schrodinger’s X. Both true and false until proof appears.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 05:11 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Jepprey Efstein at February 09, 2026 05:03 PM (MeJ0I)
Yes yes! Ace has restored our faith in humanity!
Posted by: Henry Jarecki's Man Boobs at February 09, 2026 05:12 PM (pkaxU)
Basically all we found out is that people we thought were terrible human beings were in fact terrible human beings.
No surprise there.
Posted by: Defenestratus at February 09, 2026 05:12 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 05:12 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:12 PM (N8ZBc)
Sometimes those circles overlap but not always.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 05:13 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 05:13 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Top. Men. at February 09, 2026 05:13 PM (eTwL2)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: B. Obama at February 09, 2026 05:14 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 05:14 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Parts of it are. DHS funding was stripped out of the overall funding bills so it only got a two week extension of funding. Affects other parts of DHS like TSA and Fema.
Border Patrol and Ice were funded under the BBB.
But a lot of DHS falls under essential employee exceptions to furloughs. So we shall see.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 05:15 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 05:18 PM (ULPxl)
https://is.gd/Hm5RTX
Pride and Prejudice
https://is.gd/wDWJXx
Several others.
https://is.gd/NOHm9F
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 05:18 PM (J+Psw)
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This is about where I am. I know something is up. I know there is a lot of shit in the game. I dont know that all the shit swirling around is true. But something is true, and its not great, and we dont know what it is. I dont think Trump is dirty. If he was they would have gladly used it long ago. Long ago. No, its worse for the dems and the stablishment. That shit weasel was every democrats best friend. Larry fcking summers was asking dating advice from him? Why? HIM? WHAT the fck does he know about banging chicks???
Posted by: David Carradine and Michael Hutchins at February 09, 2026 05:18 PM (6rdCx)
Okay, so maybe Epstein wasn't Mr. Pimp for the Rich and Famous, but quite a few of them have been resigning lately as their names were found in the files. I can't even remember them all. So what gives?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Other than Andrew in UK and Fergie, Peter Mandelson had to resign because it came out that he gave top secret information to Epstein about an impending bank bailout. Starmer's top aide man was also a protege of Mandelson and got some mentions in the files. Plus UK government in particular has a problem with rape and child trafficking in general. Starmer was the Crown Prosecutor over the Rotherham rape cases involving young white Brits and Pakistanis.
Norway, the Crown Princess was a top level pervert and a skank and her son has been charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault. Apparently she was a perv herself apart from Epstein.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 05:20 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at
February 09, 2026 04:57 PM (xcxpd)
Then what's stopping Thomas Massie from viewiing the undredacted versions and claiming he's seen proof the FBI is lying about the redactions?
Posted by: Serious Cat at February 09, 2026 05:20 PM (xqQi7)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 05:11 PM (W2Pud)
Because lies get eyes.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 05:20 PM (dhHpw)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
yeah, there is "something" to all those weird messages, and iirc, the phrasing was directly from the real pedo language, used to find kids. Then there was the strange art of Podesta, several "not right" factors.
Hastert was Speaker of the House for 8 years, then found to be a "pedo". How big a club is it? We'll I'm not in it, so idk.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 05:21 PM (vbXSk)
Also, the Epstein email have nearly a thousand references to pizza, but you should not think this is code.
Posted by: MikeN at February 09, 2026 05:22 PM (8uQGY)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 09, 2026 05:23 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 05:10 PM (og9b4)
Runner thinks it was Tucker Carlson. He has proof.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 05:25 PM (rbvCR)
He was doing this stuff in the 80's and 90's.
People forget that.
So, he would do stuff like get people into European bank accounts etc. It sounds so dumb and boring now.
But in 1982 that wasn't so easy to do.
No internet.
So he could make his money by just running a very basic fund like that.
Now it sounds so easy and dumb we assume he must have been doing something shady.
Posted by: coba at February 09, 2026 05:25 PM (IuIym)
Am I the only one who remembers? The local police stalled on answering questions, using their technically open investigation as an excuse; then when the two-year limit was reached and they had to close it, they didn't make a new excuse for continuing to refuse. It was just, yeah, we got nothin'.
It seriously looked like the FBI was forcing the locals to clam up and they resented it, so they just did the bare minimum compliance, without even trying to make it look good. I will never, ever trust the Feds after that, and so those are the files we really need to see, for national healing and restoration of trust.
Posted by: SciVo at February 09, 2026 05:25 PM (Sy6m/)
That's a million dollars.
Posted by: coba at February 09, 2026 05:26 PM (IuIym)
No, I can’t say I ever thought that. What weird ideas for books. “We’ll improve it by adding swearing.”
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 05:29 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 05:10 PM (og9b4)
Runner thinks it was Tucker Carlson. He has proof.
Posted by: Kindltot
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It's true; He grabbed them by the pussy and snatched them away.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 05:45 PM (6W1vz)
Full stop.
Posted by: Soooooo at February 09, 2026 04:28 PM (6rdCx)"
Concur. And I don't know anyone who thinks Epstein's primary modus operandi was charging rich men to have sex with underage kids. The kids were the lingua franca, the thing that brought these evil people together, the shared interest that made them one of the members of the club. There are hundreds of emails already unearthed that are either totally nonsensical, or are made up of code language talking about something else. And those emails point to horrors too hideous to imagine.
Posted by: Sloucho at February 09, 2026 06:12 PM (B9ht/)
Posted by: hurricane567 at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (+ayKE)
That amused me.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 09, 2026 04:59 PM (xcxpd)
..............................
I want to know Bill's plan to give Melinda antibiotics. I somehow can't see this working well in our house. "Here, honey, have this large pill three times a day." Me: "Why? What is it? I will find out and take it to the pharmacy. What have you done?"
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 09:36 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: cpurick at February 10, 2026 08:15 AM (lNjg1)
Left-Wing "Scoop" That Tulsi Gabbard Was on a Secret, Traitorous Phone Call with a Foreign Person Blows Up Within Hours, Exposed As Another Schiffian Hoax
The "story" was broken by Cate Brown -- formerly of the Washington Post.
She's a Deep State operator programmed by her masters to take out Tulsi Gabbard.Hans MahnckeShe got a "tip" -- a tip that came from a Hillary and Schumer operative and CIA lawyer, Andrew Bakaj. Apparently he previously worked for... the traitorous Ukranian agents, the Vindman brothers, who engineered Trump's first Fake Impeachment.
@HansMahncke 1h At first, I thought the fake anti-Tulsi Gabbard story ended up in the Guardian because that's where fake leakers go when even the New York Times and Washington Post won't touch their stories. But it's worse than that. The reporter who wrote the piece used to be at the Washington Post, pushing anti-Tulsi stories even then. More damning, she did it alongside Catherine Belton, a close associate of Steele dossier hoaxer Christopher Steele and a notorious Russiagate liar whose false claims about Sergei Millian, an innocent American, destroyed his life and business. It's always the same dirty clique of media operators pushing these hoaxes. Fortunately, unlike before, they're finally being called out.
Svetlana LokhovaSo, what was this tip? That Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, had been on the phone with a foreign person.
@RealSLokhova 14h The @guardian are now dissembling because in their attempted hit on @TulsiGabbard, they relied on the word of the CIA operative "lawyer" Andrew Bakaj, who worked for Hillary and Schumer on the Hill and represented the Vindmans in the fake Ukraine impeachment.
Wow! What a scandal! Our top intelligence official was caught talking to a foreign person! That's unlegal! We can't have our top spooks talking with foreigners!
Cate BrownBakaj, now representing a new Vindman-like "whistleblower," made threats to Tulsi Gabbard that he would, I don't know, file some faggot paperwork against her:
@catebrown12 SCOOP: The NSA detected a phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump last spring. Whistleblower says that @DNIGabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff.
BREAKING: The whistleblower's lawyer tells Tulsi Gabbard that he will go directly to Congress if she doesn't respond. He has Top Secret clearance. pic.twitter.com/aMQ3iWiJhZ
— AlexandruC4 (@AlexandruC4) February 4, 2026
Cate Brown"Clarity."
@catebrown12
Whistleblower attorney @AndrewBakaj revised his previous statement to the Guardian, saying that "The NSA picked up a phone call between two members of foreign intelligence involving someone close to the Trump White House." Updated for clarity -->
This is a pretty big “clarification.”
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) February 8, 2026
The first version of this said that the phone call was between a person associated with foreign intel & a person close to Trump. Now it says that it was a call between two members of foreign intel related to someone close to the White House. https://t.co/FNBQcVN3uH pic.twitter.com/XqGQ2XTNYm
Your story is false. This headline is not accurate.
— Alexa Henning (@alexahenning) February 7, 2026
Your leaker lied to you. And you ignored our requests to give us time to get you accurate information and published your story before we could respond.
You are a total loser being used by your sources (likely Congress) to… https://t.co/kWyVWXR2yJ
Svetlana LokhovaShe thinks it was Warner because this false complaint was probably leaked by one of the "Gang of Eight," the eight congressmen and Senator who receive top secret information like this:
@RealSLokhova Interesting that this hit on @TulsiGabbard is coming from the British Guardian. The actual article is bs, of course. But it shows you who the leaker is, which appears to be Senator Mark Warner's cutout(s) Christopher Steele/British intel run the Guardian so that's probably how the leak was organized. I assume they washed it through UK because it's too sensitive to do in the US where they would run into national security issues. Whereas once published, then the US papers can quote the British ones. Standard CIA tactic is placing fake stories through foreign newspapers. So I would say it's the anti-Trump elements in the CIA and the NSA as well as Warner and his crew plus the British. Just like Russiagate
The only 4 people in Congress who were allowed to read the highly-classified “whistleblower complaint” (found not credible by the Inspector General) were these Dem members of the Gang of 8.
— Svetlana Lokhova (@RealSLokhova) February 9, 2026
One or more of these 4 leaked it to the media in an attempt to take our @TulsiGabbard… https://t.co/mjMhc2Mbhb pic.twitter.com/L1faLYScfP
A little ditty called “The new hoax is the same as the old hoax” with an all-star cast of criminals including Norm Eisen, CIA operative Andrew Bakaj, CIA operative Eric Ciaramella, Democracy Inc. propagandist Allison Gill, and Adam Schiff.
— The Researcher (@listen_2learn) February 9, 2026
These people obviously have no concern… pic.twitter.com/GDBOkiIKng
BonchieYeah, how 'bout that. Meanwhile, daft old leftist establishment nostalgia act Peggy Noonan is whining about how bad the cuts are at the Washington Post, because we rely on brave truth-seeking journalists to provide us with crucial, accurate information about our nation and our government.
@bonchieredstate 5h The Guardian got taken by a "whistleblower," published a false story, and had to issue a major correction, and CNN's media reporter Brian Stelter hasn't mentioned it. This is supposed to be his beat.
Mary Katherine Ham isn't too sure about that. The press had their moment to report to the public about the lies government officials were telling us -- and instead of debunking those lies, they doubled down on those lies and defamed the actual truth-tellers.
Lulu NYT
@LuluGNavarro Every single word of this fantastic column by @Peggynoonannyc
'I fear sometimes that few people really care about journalism, but we are dead without it. Someday something bad will happen, something terrible on a national scale, and the thing we'll need most, literally to survive, is information. Reliable information--a way to get it, and then to get it to the public. That is what journalism is, getting the information. '
Mary Katharine Ham
@mkhammer The moment was Covid. It happened. Almost every journalist in the nation failed to relay reliable information, instead succumbing to panic and the widest-spread daily curtailment of civil liberties in my lifetime. The rare figures who didn't were silenced or stifled or removed. I was a fourth-generation newspaper journalist. My first job was taking local election totals off a chalkboard at the courthouse and relaying them to the local newsroom. I delivered the AJC at 4 am every day of my freshman year of college. I'm sad we don't have local Metro dailies now instead of the Columbia Journalism School-to-NYT pipeline, which gives almost no journo any exposure to normal people. But acting like these institutions haven't EARNED distrust is just missing the story.
Charles C. W. CookeUpdate: The DNI is informing the fake "whistleblower" and Bakaj that they might be prosecuted:
@charlescwcooke Feb 8 Having lived through Covid, BLM, and the coverup of Joe Biden's senility, I'm going to have to disagree with Peggy Noonan about this one.
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For nearly a week, the complainant's attorney has falsely claimed that @DNIGabbard
"violated the law." This is a slanderous lie. Today, @ODNIgov's General Counsel lays out the facts: 1) Neither the Biden-era nor Trump-appointed Intelligence Community Inspector General ever found his client's allegations credible. 2) His client was informed within three days that DNI Gabbard had provided required security guidance. 3) His client remains an IC employee and has the right to report the "fact of" existence -- not the contents -- of the complaint to Congress. 4) The whistleblower's rights do not extend to the attorney himself. 5) Due to the highly classified nature of the information involved, which the attorney is not cleared to review, ODNI correctly required the IC IG to hand-deliver the complaint ONLY to the Gang of Eight. Any allegations to the contrary are baseless, and frankly, theatrical.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Devil Slayer at February 09, 2026 02:41 PM (VOCjX)
Posted by: Devil Slayer at February 09, 2026 02:41 PM (VOCjX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 02:42 PM (cUGtl)
He of the name we weren't allowed to say (in general, not that other guy specific to this place)?
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 02:43 PM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 02:43 PM (cUGtl)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 02:46 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 09, 2026 02:46 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 02:47 PM (P7usy)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 09, 2026 02:47 PM (qAt7N)
I can see their little girlie knives out for Noem, RFKJ, Bondi, Patel, and the perennially hated Chad Hegseth.
But Tulsi? She's DNI. That wouldn't seem to be on these cocksuckers' radar.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 02:49 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 02:50 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 02:51 PM (Ia/+0)
The Vindman's lawyer and Schumer/Hillary operative now says he "misspoke" when he repeatedly claimed that Tulsi had spoken with a foreigner.
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"Misspoke."
http://tiny.cc/z0ry001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:51 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 02:51 PM (h1cVc)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 09, 2026 02:51 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:52 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 09, 2026 02:52 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 02:52 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 02:52 PM (XeU6L)
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If the reporting is correct, it didn't *involve* Gabbard. Gabbard's name came up. That is not her being "involved," it is her being "discussed."
If my boss and his boss talk about me, that conversation doesn't involve me - it is about me. I could - and probably do - know nothing about it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:53 PM (ojr4c)
I can see their little girlie knives out for Noem, RFKJ, Bondi, Patel, and the perennially hated Chad Hegseth.
But Tulsi? She's DNI. That wouldn't seem to be on these cocksuckers' radar.
She was a Democrat, once. Hell hath no fury like the orthodox have for heretics.
Posted by: GrandVezir at February 09, 2026 02:53 PM (41TWx)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 09, 2026 02:52 PM (VCgbV)
I guess we need to give people second and third chances to revise and extend their remarks.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 09, 2026 02:53 PM (xJGPn)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:52 PM (PYyV9)
Amazing how quickly that one disappeared.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 02:53 PM (zZu0s)
She published anyway.
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She did her job.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:53 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 02:53 PM (QLKBy)
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No idea, but it wouldn't surprise me. Her presence at that raid made a lot of people very publicly uncomfortable.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:54 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 09, 2026 02:54 PM (0N4FZ)
More specifically it's what
Posted by: Oddbob at February 09, 2026 02:54 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:54 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2026 02:54 PM (emBoF)
No idea, but it wouldn't surprise me. Her presence at that raid made a lot of people very publicly uncomfortable.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:54 PM (ojr4c)
Warner seemed particularly alarmed...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 02:55 PM (dKhdV)
I think if this exact same thing happened under Trump 1.0, there would have been a much longer period of time before the lie was exposed -- if it was exposed at all.
There wasn't much more to Russia-Russia-Russia and the pee tape than there was to this steaming pile of dogshit.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2026 02:55 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: Eromero
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The '24 hour Rule', sadly, must be extended.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 02:55 PM (XeU6L)
I am just trying to puzzle out which of her lightbulb-headed subnormal IQ fellow countrymen came up with it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:55 PM (PYyV9)
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She isn't entirely wrong. More than a little hysterical, but there is some truth in her words.
So, Peggy, since you know this, why do you and your kind lie constantly and propagandize rather than report?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:55 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2026 02:54 PM (emBoF)
Will we notice ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 02:56 PM (dKhdV)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 02:56 PM (h1cVc)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:55 PM (PYyV9)
Well, the guys ex was a big fan of hers. And worked for her, iirc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 02:56 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 02:57 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:57 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Joe Isuzu at February 09, 2026 02:57 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:57 PM (PYyV9)
Vietnam war? Cold War? Cuba? Literally every single fucking thing that happened in the last 50 years?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)
Oh, woops, badly willowed in the last thread, but I'd like to know: what's the extent to which illegal alien detainees are allowed to fight their deportation orders? How many MILLIONS have deportation orders? Do they all get a day in court?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 02:57 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 09, 2026 02:57 PM (zjgNU)
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Will we notice ?
Only the aide who has to count heads to order sandwiches for long meetings.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 09, 2026 02:58 PM (Fs0KI)
The moment was Covid. It happened. Almost every journalist in the nation failed to relay reliable information, instead succumbing to panic and the widest-spread daily curtailment of civil liberties in my lifetime. The rare figures who didn't were silenced or stifled or removed.
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Don't be so sure of that. It probably was COVID for a lot of people. For others, it may have happened earlier or later. COVID was a big event, but it wasn't new behavior. How much prior mistrust was converted into distrust by COVID? How much mistrust did COVID cause, which became distrust under Biden.
I understand the appeal of pointing at COVID for all of this, but the entire modern history of journalism has been deceit and propaganda. COVID alone wouldn't have done it. The trend is what does it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:58 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 09, 2026 02:58 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 09, 2026 02:59 PM (DgMqy)
Mythbusters Rating: Plausible
Posted by: Oddbob at February 09, 2026 02:59 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 09, 2026 02:59 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 09, 2026 02:59 PM (NtVYv)
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Massie, pretty solid, if occasionally off the reservation due to libertarian 'principles'. Wife dies suddenly and unexpectedly then he quickly marries. And now he is basically just throwing sand in the gears at every opportunity. Makes me wonder. But probably simply a coincidence.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 03:00 PM (Dv3i1)
(nods soberly again)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 09, 2026 03:00 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 09, 2026 03:00 PM (CWTWj)
GloboHomo Deep Stater Warner is trying to take her out via PsyOps ... before she can't expose prior acts of serial treason.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 03:01 PM (0urLQ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:52 PM (PYyV9)
Amazing how quickly that one disappeared.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I picture a meme by some clever person, a bottle of 'Ilhan Islamic Vinegar' with her visage on the label.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 03:01 PM (XeU6L)
Sergei Millian, an innocent American, destroyed his life and business
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Sue to the Supreme Court. Get the precedent making "public figures" fair game changed.
I'd love to see the day when MSM organs have to carry malpractice insurance. It would be extra fun if they're liable even after an employee departs, unless the employee is explicitly fired for "bad faith" in their work.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 03:02 PM (n7rxJ)
She is correct; that is the definition of journalism. We haven't had it for decades. That isn't our fault, it's the fault of the Peggy Noonans of the world for obfuscating what was happening, and for the "journalists" who are nothing of the sort. Reap it, you wankers, and lear to coal.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 03:02 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 09, 2026 03:02 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Tommy Flanagan at February 09, 2026 03:02 PM (wVcYX)
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Feds should waterboard a confession out of the 'attacker'.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 03:03 PM (Dv3i1)
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Fcking clueless old lady.
First, nobody does care about "journalism". Its bullshit. You just write what other people say. It is gossip at best. And in DC it is the gossip of psychopathic liars. Second, its dead and fckin buried 80 years ago. Wake up and smell the rotting corpse of your "profession" of tale carrying.
Idiot. Vapid. Navel gazing. Pearl clutcher. Retire.
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 03:03 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 03:03 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 09, 2026 03:03 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 03:03 PM (iXqHn)
I know, right?
Posted by: The Boy Who Cried Wolf at February 09, 2026 03:03 PM (56/oC)
Like going to the beach without a potato masher
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 03:04 PM (QLKBy)
GloboHomo Deep Stater Warner is trying to take her out via PsyOps ... before she can't expose prior acts of serial treason.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 03:01 PM (0urLQ)
She's on a mission.. When they tagged her on some sort of list to be deemed an unsafe air traveler she became woke...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 03:04 PM (dKhdV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: The Boy Who Cried Wolf at February 09, 2026 03:03 PM (56/oC)
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Roll it up. We're done here.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 03:04 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 03:03 PM (qBdHI)
And Schumer sunk to the bottom of the ocean where he can return to the form of a Deep One.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 03:04 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 09, 2026 03:05 PM (Hpgos)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 09, 2026 03:05 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: "Journalists" at February 09, 2026 03:05 PM (QLKBy)
He only claimed that two foreigners were speaking on a call intercepted by the NSA, and one of these foreigners... mentioned Tulsi Gabbard.
The Vindman's lawyer and Schumer/Hillary operative now says he "misspoke" when he repeatedly claimed that Tulsi had spoken with a foreigner.
And the "reporter" who shit this piece of shit out in the pages of the Guardian is now pretending her story is still 100% accurate, it just needs a slight clarification:
For all we know, the two foreigners were discussing how hot Tulsi is, and their respective desires to go all Paolo on her. But sure, he misspoke.
*rolls eyes*
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 03:06 PM (Riz8t)
what's clear to me is: we're gonna need more lampposts!
why are any of these people still out of Gitmo?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 03:06 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Jayson Blair at February 09, 2026 03:06 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: "Journalists" at February 09, 2026 03:06 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: "Journalists" at February 09, 2026 03:06 PM (QLKBy)
The medias job has been to put legs to the lie. They did it with COVID. They did it with Trump and the Russia hoax. They did it with “gender surgery”. The list of lies is long and insidious. Now they’re about to be monkey stomped on election fraud. Tulsi is on the cusp of exposing everything they and their friends on the courts said was improbable. It may even make the Fox settlement with Dominion look like a fantastic mistake. In Georgia there are double-scanned ballots, fake totals, ballots created out of thin air, numerous procedural deficiencies that appear deliberate, and if DNI is involved, foreign intel actor participation.
Think about it. Everything media such as the WaPo said was a right wing conspiracy that was improbable.
I’ve lost count how many improbabilities the media said existed have been shattered since Trump started turning over tables.
Of course they have to go after Tulsi and it’s why Democrats don’t want voter id. It will undermine the only reason they get elected. That includes the latest election for Virginia governor. Ever ask yourself why they’re trying to move so fast?
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 03:06 PM (ReYtg)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 09, 2026 03:06 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
He is way underwater in the GOP primary by the latest polls so becoming a Dem gives him, like Michael Forbes, a brief turn in the sun before getting kicked out in the general election. My guess is that he was planning it along with MTG's resignation to try to throw the House to the Dems or at least operational control.
Does bugger up anything though in the House like the shutdown over DHS funding until a couple of GOP districts have their special elections in MTG's old district and in Tennessee. I think the TN voting is first. The MTG GOP primary is so crowded that it will probably result in a runoff if Clay Fuller does not get the majority. She left a clusterf*ck on purpose and as a result should be despised and hounded by anyone on the right for being a narcissistic pos.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:07 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 03:07 PM (Cjt/F)
Shouldn't the proper form here be "shat a shit?"
Posted by: Auspex at February 09, 2026 03:07 PM (Y8DZL)
>>DNI Gabbard appears to be over the treasonous targets.
My problem is that it seems that even when we have people inside, there are people outside with more juice and power and it’s a race to see if we can expose what needs to be exposed before an election take us out of power.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 03:07 PM (SH3A2)
Like going to the beach without a potato masher
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 03:04 PM (QLKBy)
The German hand grenade?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 03:07 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 03:08 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 03:08 PM (ReYtg)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 03:08 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Bay Ridge Refugee Since 1966 at February 09, 2026 03:09 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
He is way underwater in the GOP primary by the latest polls so becoming a Dem gives him, like Michael Forbes, a brief turn in the sun before getting kicked out in the general election.
I guess his integrity and truth telling to power only extend as far as the next election.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 03:09 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 09, 2026 03:09 PM (GPa4z)
"Yes, it's tax season. That time of year when people send in their tax forms having more bad lies than Stevie Wonder playing golf with rented clubs."
~ Dennis Miller in one of his rants years ago
Posted by: one hour sober at February 09, 2026 03:09 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 03:09 PM (ReYtg)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 09, 2026 03:03 PM (zjgNU) "
I can add nothing to this, the exact and literal reality of where we are.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 03:10 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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While enclosed in an operating brazen bull
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 09, 2026 03:10 PM (IwUWI)
LIBs what price their Vision?
We can calculate that now 12Trillion. It's not as they don't welcome, or need it. but because they won't be able to regulate it and it's beyond even all of their collective donor-base.
To them, this is an extinction-level event.
Yes, we can coexist with them, but only on their terms -- forWAR'd.
A World Safe for Socialism where Soylent Green is made out of Peeple!!!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 09, 2026 03:10 PM (CWHeL)
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 03:10 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
no! Change to 75 , then yes.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 09, 2026 03:10 PM (lpVer)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 03:10 PM (bxiOq)
Posted by: Marcus T
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Three big torpedoes speeding toward the SS Democrat.
The first is the fraud investigations, unbeknowst to most people, there have been three Democrat members of the GA State leg being charged so far with Covid relief scams. Basically the Democrats went YOLO under Biden and stole everything they could not nail down.
The second is voter fraud in GA and now Puerto Rico involving foreign powers and electronic voting machines ( and Dominion has had a change of ownership from the Commies as well).
The third is that trying to do George Floyd III over illegals is not helping persuade new voters to vote Dem. Helps with passion among AWFULs and college protest types, not with the general elections.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:11 PM (2swu2)
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They are being pressed on multiple fronts. I am impressed with the second term trump war plan.
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 03:12 PM (6rdCx)
I'm making a spotty attendance here today, but has anyone wondered why Bakaj still has his
TOP.
SECRET.
CLEARANCE?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 03:13 PM (n7rxJ)
She is always in their cross-hairs.
Which spells total FEAR to me.
But what do I know? Well, for starters I know she's a very intelligent woman who would not screw up.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 03:13 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 03:14 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Archimedes
He always struck me as a Justin Amash part deux. And a prime example of how libertarians in office always seem to turn left when they find themselves on indefensible ground. Amash's was regarding China protecting the family grift. We shall see what Massie's will be.
He never was a conservative although he might have tried to play one to his district and nationwide. He was also never principled. Remember how he swore he would name Epstein names last year yet somehow keeps putting that off.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:15 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:15 PM (zZu0s)
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Lets not start you knowing each other d8cks just yet....
GOPe we re here to help!!!
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 02:47 PM (6rdCx)
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They are less popular than the dems. And therein lies the danger; will Trump voters show up to vote them out and vote their MAGA replacements in in November.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 09, 2026 03:15 PM (GZYu7)
Georgia is just the tip of the election fraud iceberg. There are a lot of states including Michigan, and Pennsylvania who helped throw the 2020 election with the same bullshit.
They don’t care. In fact it YOLO time. They just did it again in Virginia where commieberger was losing late into the night until a truckload of ballots put here over the edge. It’s why the legislature is voting to not permit any investigation into the election. It’s all the have.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 03:16 PM (ReYtg)
Make no mistake, these assholes are all committing treason and should be shot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:16 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Tulsi Doom at February 09, 2026 03:16 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Warner has long been involved in dirty tricks from the Steele dossier, the Vindman Ciamerella impeachment I, to his Senate intel staffer leaking classified documents involving the Trump IC conspiracy to some NYT floozy he was banging.
Guy had to plead guilty and be fired over it.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:18 PM (2swu2)
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Lets not start you knowing each other d8cks just yet....
GOPe we re here to help!!!
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 02:47 PM (6rdCx)
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They are less popular than the dems. And therein lies the danger; will Trump voters show up to vote them out and vote their MAGA replacements in in November.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 09, 2026 03:15 PM (GZYu7)
It’s like joke about surviving a bear attack. You don’t have to outrun the bear just the guy you’re with. Dems do t need to be popular, only need to be more popular than Reps, and that’s a low bar to clear.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 03:18 PM (y6810)
That he maliciously and intentionally included classified material in his complaint because that
1) requires the entire complaint remain classified and
2) requires the complaint be kept in a safe under control of the IG b/c only those w/ clearance can access it
This was all spun as Tulsi locked the report in the safe.
And this was done to carefully exploit the process b/c the whistleblower knows that Tulsi is barred by law from discussing what was in the complaint due to the classification.
While they could be all coy and sly by alleging someone high in the Trump admin was leaking to a spy.
The left was sure the had the Gates of All Gates here ....
When all it was was two wags gossiping about someone in DC.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 03:19 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Tulsi Doom at February 09, 2026 03:16 PM (jc0TO)
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Nice!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 03:19 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Cate Brown at February 09, 2026 03:19 PM (yFLFB)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 03:20 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 09, 2026 03:20 PM (0U5gm)
"Fire up The Dildo of Consequences, I'm sending you a list via email."
Posted by: Tulsi at February 09, 2026 03:20 PM (gH8T+)
They don’t care. In fact it YOLO time. They just did it again in Virginia where commieberger was losing late into the night until a truckload of ballots put here over the edge. It’s why the legislature is voting to not permit any investigation into the election. It’s all the have.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Oh, I know. The USPS contractor truck driver and his story of him hauling a bunch of unverified blank ballots has been verified by an official Post Office report last week.
Michigan House (GOP run) is beginning to tentatively go back to 2020 election as well.
We shall see what comes of it.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:20 PM (2swu2)
we just had some kid citizen journalist blow up a multi-billion dollar fraud circus in MN and the "real" journalists decided "nah, no story"
so yeah some do still care about it
Posted by: brak at February 09, 2026 03:21 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 03:21 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: wth at February 09, 2026 03:21 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 03:22 PM (RHGPo)
Modern journalism is that national disaster and it has been going on for decades. And we do need real information to survive what they do/have done to the country. It is that bad.
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 03:22 PM (GUOwU)
The first is the fraud investigations, unbeknowst to most people, there have been three Democrat members of the GA State leg being charged so far with Covid relief scams. Basically the Democrats went YOLO under Biden and stole everything they could not nail down.
The second is voter fraud in GA and now Puerto Rico involving foreign powers and electronic voting machines ( and Dominion has had a change of ownership from the Commies as well).
The third is that trying to do George Floyd III over illegals is not helping persuade new voters to vote Dem. Helps with passion among AWFULs and college protest types, not with the general elections.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:11 PM (2swu2)
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I don't think point 1 moves the bar with voters - though I agree that is what the dems under Biden did. Point 3 is obvious, they made two martyrs and still are losing the PR over ICE in Minnesota.
But your point 2. I've read a bunch, including Ace's reporting. I want to believe it sooooo badly. Will it hold up under pressure? I'm certain Tulsi has them all spooked.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 09, 2026 03:22 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 09, 2026 03:22 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Tulsi Doom at February 09, 2026 03:16 PM
Shut 'er down, folks, we have a winnah.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 03:23 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
no! Change to 75 , then yes.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 09, 2026 03:10 PM (lpVer) "
This! Spot-on!
our media in WW2 was already crammed full of communists.
it has only been getting worse tear after year.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 03:23 PM (Cjt/F)
Voter id
Voter roll maintenance
Paper ballots backups
Oh, and a census that doesn’t count illegal immigrants.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 03:23 PM (IJCxs)
Massie is one man Donkey Show.
He's there simply for the spectacle.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 03:23 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
Never been the rule for foreign intercepts. US citizens supposedly require FISA warrants which has its own set of problems.
Part of it is that most federal judges do not have security clearances to handle the case materials in things like counterintel cases and the facts in some warrants themselves would be rated top secret compartmentalized like how we break enemy ciphers, etc.
The DoJ just used to require the AG and president sign off on these warrants so in some respects, the requirement of FISA warrants is an advance.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:23 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 03:23 PM (RIvkX)
We shall see what comes of it.
Posted by: whig
Tuesday Nov. 3 2026: Michigan Governor-elect Jocelyn Benson.
Posted by: Auspex at February 09, 2026 03:23 PM (Y8DZL)
This will bear fruit in upcoming RICO cases. Much of this will be out of Miami federal court.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2026 03:23 PM (Rb1cd)
.. you can't hate them enough
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 03:24 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 03:24 PM (rbvCR)
During the Russia hoax, Warner was secretly communicating with Christopher Steele's lawyer Adam Waldman. Waldman was also the lawyer for Oleg Deripaska, at one time the richest oligarch in Russia.
He also is heavily invested in businesses in Ukraine. A lot of those investments were seized after the war began.
I've long believed that one of the main reason they wanted to get rid of Trump was they wanted the war in Ukraine and Trump did not.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 03:24 PM (viF8m)
Warner doesn't know what he's up against, and he needs to narrow down the exposure. Hence, the full court press on Gabbard.
BUT, you may recall last week when ACE noted that the Agent-In-Charge of the Atlanta FBI office gave the Election Commission a "heads-up" on the subsequent FBI Warrant. It's easy to look at that as a betrayal of sorts....unless you consider and accept that there are FISA Warrants out there, and stirring up the hornets nest with such a "heads-up" would motivate the guilty parties to get in touch with each other to get their stories straight....which would be promptly be documented as surveilled evidence in the case.
I think the Agent-In-Charge of the Atlanta FBI office Shanghai'd the GA Election Commission purposefully. And a lot of people are worried about that.
Posted by: Orson at February 09, 2026 03:25 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 03:25 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:25 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 03:26 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 03:00 PM (Dv3i1)
There are reports that he is getting funded by the same people who are funding Ilhan Omar, AOC and Jeffries.
Which really sucks for a Libertarian.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 03:26 PM (rbvCR)
Modern journalism is that national disaster and it has been going on for decades. And we do need real information to survive what they do/have done to the country. It is that bad.
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 03:22 PM (GUOwU)
Hell, in the last couple of weeks we've had Epstein, MN fraud, and Fulton.
Any bit of real reporting could've exposed all three and the perpetrators of such. With Epstein, lives could've been saved.
The journos couldn't be bothered. So, yeah, neither can I about anything having to do with them.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 09, 2026 03:26 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 03:23 PM (gH8T+)
So, is this like one man and one donkey? Just a solo act with one guy calling himself a donkey and blowing his own...
Ah.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:27 PM (zZu0s)
But your point 2. I've read a bunch, including Ace's reporting. I want to believe it sooooo badly. Will it hold up under pressure? I'm certain Tulsi has them all spooked.
Posted by: Black JEM
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I do think the widespread fraud of government benefits burns a lot of folks including those that might ordinarily be sympathetic to government spending.
And that is because all the money is going to a few rats rather than average recipients. It is as if those people's cheese is being stolen which it is.
Home health care is particularly going to be a bomb as many citizen families are struggling with care of Pop Pop or Grandma yet are being stiffed by these fake grifting home health care firms because they are all shams. And it is happening in states like OH, MN, CA, etc. by immigrant criminals and fraudsters. Not sympathetic types bending the rules but outright fraud.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:27 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 03:28 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Cate Brown at February 09, 2026 03:19 PM (yFLFB)
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And it wasn't the first time, although it felt that way.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 09, 2026 03:28 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: I Stand With No One at February 09, 2026 03:28 PM (cUrpM)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 09, 2026 03:28 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 03:28 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 02:57 PM
If they have a deportation order they have already had their day in "court". Most decide not to show up for their hearings.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 09, 2026 03:28 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 03:28 PM (vOtXJ)
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She's the strongest Republican woman in the country. I like Sanders personally, not that I've seen her lately, but I think Gabbard has something the Dems and potentially uniparty are going to want to usher out stage left.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 03:29 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 03:29 PM (KfXOG)
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 03:30 PM (RHGPo)
Rules are for Republicans.
Posted by: Frank Barone at February 09, 2026 03:30 PM (IifOV)
Or both. Best if we all just die, ya know? Sooner than later...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 03:30 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Tom Tuppence, Middleboro, MA at February 09, 2026 03:31 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 03:31 PM (QLKBy)
40 Any chance two members of British Intelligence decided to bring up Tulsi on a call they knew would be intercepted by NSA just to kick start this stupid chain of events?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 02:57 PM
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If wouldn't surprise me if they not only did that, but coordinated it with someone in US intelligence.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 09, 2026 03:31 PM (PbePe)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 03:31 PM (KfXOG)
Ivan: So, who in the Trump administration is hot?
Muhammud: Tulsi Gabbard, she's hot.
Ivan: You think?
Muhammud: Oh definitely. Smoke show.
Ivan: You don't think too skinny?
Muhammod: I like them built that way.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 03:32 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2026 02:54 PM (emBoF)
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Oh, so he was gonna lose the GOP primary easily, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 03:32 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 03:32 PM (PYyV9)
Well we know... was it Ted Kennedy was trying to get the Soviets to help him go after Reagan? That should have earned him the noose.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:33 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 03:33 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: The Whine Guy
Most of it is discretionary by Trump, not mandatory. Warner does not have the power to breach executive privilege and secrecy due to separation of powers. Under the War Powers Act, an active move against a nation like Iran can be reported after the fact but the law itself does not require prior information be given to the Gang of 8.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:33 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 03:33 PM (KfXOG)
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Lot of hippies gonna be surprised when they cant get approval because of all the fraud...
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 03:33 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 03:33 PM (XuXeR)
Yo Peggy Noonan, how about "Hands up don't shoot"? As far as I know, that one is still alive and well thanks to idiot journos.
I've seen journalists sincerely back off twice. Once was Naomi Wolff (not exactly a journalist, but a book-writer) when her entire thesis for one of her books was blown out of the water live on air. She copped to it. The other was some Jezebel (?) reporter who went after a Reason reporter over that Mattress Girl story. She apologized. They stand out in my memory.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 03:34 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 03:34 PM (P7usy)
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 03:28 PM (RHGPo)
When Mayor Frey in Minneapolis said that no city cop was going to help ICE, ICE offered to hire any Minneapolis officer who wanted to work with them.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 03:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 03:32 PM (vOtXJ)
Damn. She is more curvy than Jen Rubin.
This may be an unpopular one, but I am not a huge fan of the white streak.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 03:25 PM (PYyV9)
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Just another faggot in a long line of power bottom rent boys. His name will be forgotten in a year.
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 03:34 PM (5aZAZ)
Simon Ross: Look, what's going on? Why are these people after me?
Jason Bourne: Because you found something. You talked to someone, inside Treadstone, someone who was there at the beginning. Who is it?
Simon Ross: You know I can't tell you that.
Jason Bourne: You have no idea what you're into here. These people will kill you if they have to.
Posted by: David Webb at February 09, 2026 03:35 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at February 09, 2026 03:35 PM (V362x)
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The right wing and MechaGodzilla. Well mostly MechaGodzilla.
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 03:35 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Obligatory
Stories are already coming out about the Somali behaviors in MN, ME, and OH. People getting stiffed when they go to these fake agencies for help but suddenly see the Somali owners driving around in expensive luxury SUVs. The sheer volume and audacity of fraud is going to really piss off average folks.
So far though, the GOP in Congress like always sits on their ass about it.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:35 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 03:28 PM (RHGPo)
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Whoops! Whoopsie!
What's he going to do next?
Order the CPD to arrest themselves?
Disband them completely?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 03:35 PM (ESVrU)
2 million have deportation orders. 2 million had their day in court, and the court determined they were not eligible to stay. Another 14 million are awaiting their day in court. 99.9% will receive a deportation order.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 03:36 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 03:36 PM (KfXOG)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 03:36 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 03:34 PM (5aZAZ)
You are a true lyricist, and this is practically iambic pentameter.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 03:37 PM (QLKBy)
If they have a deportation order they have already had their day in "court". Most decide not to show up for their hearings.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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Thanks, that's what I thought. So I don't get why they still have some entitlement to fight their deportation orders.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 03:37 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:37 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 03:37 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 03:37 PM (KfXOG)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 03:35 PM (ESVrU)
If he is truly insane... replace the chief of police.
I am wondering if he will do this. They are big on mah respec.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:38 PM (zZu0s)
But Tulsi? She's DNI. That wouldn't seem to be on these cocksuckers' radar.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
She was a rising star on the Dem side, then she did the unforgivable and torpedoed Historic First Kamala below the waterline on national TV. Dems don't forgive or forget such treachery...like telling the truth.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 09, 2026 03:38 PM (SboiN)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Polling indicated that. Massie being an assie at a local county GOP meeting last week probably sealed his fate. He grabbed the mike and kept gabbling well past his time allotted and he was the final speaker. Then he got butthurt when told to vacate the stage.
District is not really competitive for Dems. Cook Index is R +18.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:39 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Mad Maxine at February 09, 2026 03:39 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Ugg the Caveman at February 09, 2026 03:39 PM (UjdFS)
It's 1979, again!
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 03:33 PM
Caused by fossil fuels and nuclear power.
One thing is certain, the only fix is increasing the power of government and more taxes.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 03:39 PM (jc0TO)
@GovWesMoore
As the nation’s only Black governor, I can’t ignore that being singled out for exclusion from this bipartisan tradition carries an added weight — whether that was the intent or not.
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Why do you lie? You're not being "singled out." No Dem Governors are attending.
And the gall of yammering about "bipartisanship" when all Dems have done, for years now, is try to sabotage his presidencies & sentence him to life in prison over Dems' crafted lies.
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 03:39 PM (RHGPo)
Read about it over the weekend. Don't remember where.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 09, 2026 03:40 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:37 PM (zZu0s)
I think the cops also dislike being told to go hands-off the guys who are raping and murdering and other bad things.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 03:40 PM (rbvCR)
Order the CPD to arrest themselves?
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Naw. He will just stop paying the chief and all the asstnt chiefs....
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 03:40 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Cate Brown at February 09, 2026 03:40 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 03:40 PM (KfXOG)
Posted by: Tulsi Doom at February 09, 2026 03:16 PM (jc0TO)
"WHOA!"
--Joey Lawrence
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 03:41 PM (iXqHn)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Video is circulating on social media on what appears to be a tense moment between Congressman Thomas Massie and Kentucky House Speaker David Osborne.
This happened at the Oldham County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner Friday night.
Video shows Osbourne snatching the microphone right out of Massie’s hands as he speaks.
Candidates from both the U.S. Senate and Congress were invited to speak at the event, and each candidate was given a set of rules to follow, including a limited amount of time to speak.
According to officials, Massie had gone over his allotted time, and Speaker Osborne was enforcing the rule.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:41 PM (2swu2)
This is despite Apple’s nonstop promotion of Bad Bunny.
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 03:41 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese
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Where was ICE when you need them?
Posted by: wth at February 09, 2026 03:41 PM (UjdFS)
It's 1979, again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-4gnNz0vc
If LIBs wanted America to FAIL.
Up/Down/Right/Left all are their playthings, like a game of chess perhaps. the pieces move seemingly at random but always with one objective -- to dispose of the king.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-futPrezGabbardStepsUp
Time travel forward to a future Prez/Gabbard who stepped up in the Golden Moment when needed to save the Trump Presidency ... and. indeed. the world. because she could.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 09, 2026 03:42 PM (CWHeL)
It's 1979, again!
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 03:33 PM
__________________________
This is substantiated proof that our Green Energy programs and Climate Change initiatives worked. They worked a little too well. So, for another $3 Trillion we'll work on balancing out the adjustments.
You're welcome, everyone!!!! You owe us your lives.
Posted by: UN Climate Initiative Program Leaders. at February 09, 2026 03:42 PM (dIske)
T'wasn't actually a truthful statement by Warner. IG Johnson (Biden) said it was an urgent matter if true. She received intel in the next week showing the claim was BOGINT and she ruled it not credible. Trump's follow-on IG concurred with the not credible decision.
Warner is, was, and always will be a lying sack.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at February 09, 2026 03:43 PM (yxhRU)
1) the FBI is planning a raid.
2) If news of the raid leaks, then Fulton County can destroy the ballots.
3) If the FBI gives the heads up, and Fulton destroys the evidence AFTER than heads up, they are criminally libel.
I think the FBI was nervous, and needed to get all their ducks in a row. Hence the heads up - the minute they got that letter; any destruction of evidence would be obstruction. before that letter they could have just played it off. Ooopsie, we destroyed the documents you wanted.
Such a letter is often called a retention letter and is sent in white collar cases all the time.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 03:43 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese
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Where was ICE when you need them?
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Best review ever.
*claps*
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 03:43 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: UN Climate Initiative Program Leaders. at February 09, 2026 03:42 PM
and your internal combustion.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 03:43 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: pudinhead at February 09, 2026 03:05 PM (Hpgos)
96 Election fraud goes right to the top of the Democrat Party. Of course Warner is squirming. So are a lot of people around him.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 03:09 PM (ReYtg)
Treason goes right to the top of the Intelligence Community. That's where Warner comes in, as the top Senate Democrat on the intelligence committee. And John Brennan's treasonous Russian Collusion Hoax used election fraud as a pretext for de-legitimizing Trump 45, thereby justifying (in their heads) defiance of Constitutional authority. So, the more Tulsi explores election fraud, the closer she gets to its most nuclear nexus with the IC, the closer they all get to hanging.
Posted by: SciVo at February 09, 2026 03:44 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 09, 2026 03:38 PM (SboiN)
Trump gave her, and Rubio, and Oz and Kennedy the access to do what they most wanted to achieve, and I suspect told them to accomplish it and make him proud.
That is the sort of motivation that will shake the heavens.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 03:44 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 03:40 PM (KfXOG)
Most definitely but the top are far more practical than you'd think. There is always an element of warning people what haokens when you cross them but I believe if they are trying to take her out with this kind of bs, it's because they know damn well she's dangerous. What she did to Kamala was just a small sample of that danger.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 03:44 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 03:46 PM (abIsI)
Whoops! Whoopsie!
What's he going to do next?
Order the CPD to arrest themselves?
Disband them completely?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Maybe he'll call in the National Guard to stop the CPD from cooperating with ICE. It'll be like the Chinese Civil War.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 03:46 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 03:30 PM (RHGPo)
Of course. This statement is totally not about the climate scientists soon switching to doom warnings about Global Freezing Caused by Humans, to justify continued government funding of their phoney-baloney 'research and creation of totes accurate predictive climate models.'
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 03:46 PM (5rh/l)
This is despite Apple’s nonstop promotion of Bad Bunny.
Posted by: SMOD
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Kid Rock's song ’Til You Can’t” includes Jesus in the lyrics for the Super Bowl show which is the chef's kiss to bad bunny rubbish.
"He (Kid Rock) added a faith-based verse to the country hit, singing: “There’s a book sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off. There’s a man who died for all our sins hanging from the cross. You can give your life to Jesus and he’ll give you a second chance. Till you can’t."
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 03:46 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: one hour sober at February 09, 2026 03:40 PM (Y1sOo)
In Oregon, TANF and SNAP benefits (all on the Oregon Trail card) are being used to buy food that is then handed to the drivers of SUVs, who then give something back to the beneficiaries on the curb right there in front of the stores.
Not sure if it is money or drugs, though I suspect it is drugs because that reduces the financial trail and banking distance.
Bud of mine thinks the food is stocking small stores, I think it is being used to support Antifa in their party/safe houses
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 03:46 PM (rbvCR)
This is despite Apple’s nonstop promotion of Bad Bunny.
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 03:41 PM (RHGPo)
Man enough to admit that 'Til You Can't almost made me cry last night. Almost.
Wife caught me choking it back.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 09, 2026 03:49 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 03:49 PM (6rdCx)
I'm terrified that the fascist Trump regime is coming after me. I may need to leave the country for my own safety.
Posted by: Rob Reiner at February 09, 2026 03:50 PM (XeO61)
You can't polish a turd, you can only make it glisten
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 03:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 03:51 PM (8Xy/A)
A clarification of my previous tweet. I misspoke. I meant to write, "The sun rises in the east." Call that false or leaked classified information, MAGA, I dare you!
Posted by: Cate Brown
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I take it you stand by the rest of your story, i.e. the part about shadows falling in the opposite direction to what they used to.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 03:51 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:52 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Rob Reiner at February 09, 2026 03:50 PM (XeO61)
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Stifle, Meathead.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 03:52 PM (RIvkX)
You're welcome, everyone!!!! You owe us your lives.
Posted by: UN Climate Initiative Program Leaders. at February 09, 2026 03:42 PM (dIske)
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We are ready to serve Germany!
Posted by: The United Syndicate of German Lignite Power Production at February 09, 2026 03:52 PM (rj6Yv)
(Interesting that no one pointed out that other prominent leftwing politicians were also depicted as various animals.)
Posted by: Beverly at February 09, 2026 03:52 PM (reMys)
Ok
Can't wait for COVID 27 the rate they are going.
What awful, putrid little retards
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 09, 2026 03:52 PM (fE7qU)
You can't polish a turd, you can only make it glisten
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Now we know why he's called Bad Bunny.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 09, 2026 03:53 PM (Hpgos)
This is supposed to be his beat."
Guess he's just a beat off...
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 03:53 PM (/IQ1H)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 03:52 PM (zZu0s)
This is his 20th. Tagliabue left in 2006.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 03:53 PM (iXqHn)
It's 1979, again!"
What so pathetic about these climate panic stories is even if the earth is cooling or warming, it will occur over many hundreds or thousands of years, (unless there is meteor strike or the earth shifts on its axis.) Nobody alive would be able to detect the slightest change in their lifetime. Almost as ridiculous as worrying about the sun burning out.
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 03:54 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 03:54 PM (QLKBy)
I'm terrified that the fascist Trump regime is coming after me. I may need to leave the country for my own safety.
Posted by: Rob Reiner a
You're dead Rob.
PS: I never thought Sally Struthers was hot.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 03:54 PM (abIsI)
We've seen how persistent he can be on those issues he believes to be the most important. He's not going to depend on an FBI warrant fishing expedition. He's going to throw all resources available at proving his position. The media has used that position as the most effective and consistent way of discrediting Trump. Courts have penalized supporters of Trump's position both civily and criminally. They've pulled bar credentials from attornies.
So, yeah, FISA warrants are out there, and not just in Georgia. You can bet they are applicable ones down in Arizona as well.
Posted by: UN Climate Initiative Program Leaders. at February 09, 2026 03:54 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 03:54 PM (/IQ1H)
(Interesting that no one pointed out that other prominent leftwing politicians were also depicted as various animals.)
Posted by: Beverly at February 09, 2026 03:52 PM (reMys)
The alternate argument is that it was intentional and gave Trump a window to discuss voter fraud when questioned about it.
Or even more, Trump managed to redirect everything about it to voter fraud until the MFM decided to give up.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 03:55 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Cray Cray at February 09, 2026 03:55 PM (IvVz1)
Posted by: james at February 09, 2026 03:55 PM (AlMQR)
Nah Trump is responsible. He does these things. There are few elements to it but part of it is wrecking the phony Obama mystique. What has been seen can never be unseen.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 03:55 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 03:54 PM (GUOwU)
*****
The suns burning?!? OMG!!!!!!!
Posted by: Every AWFUL Everywhere at February 09, 2026 03:56 PM (RlUBP)
Look up the origin of the name "Daszak" and what Peter Daszak's father did during WW2.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at February 09, 2026 03:57 PM (Y2H7U)
What so pathetic about these climate panic stories is even if the earth is cooling or warming, it will occur over many hundreds or thousands of years, (unless there is meteor strike or the earth shifts on its axis.) Nobody alive would be able to detect the slightest change in their lifetime. Almost as ridiculous as worrying about the sun burning out.
Posted by: Ripley
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That's exactly why they've learned to extend the Doomsday Countdown to, say, 50-100 years from now. It always used to be "10 years from now we'll be underwater!!!" but now it's more like "No one will be alive in 2126 if we don't act NOW." None of us who are being told to cough up trillions for climate change will be around to sue, complain, or call anyone out.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 03:58 PM (n7rxJ)
I was thinking through this the other day. They needed him out for something. That one was all I could think of. Unless it was for the vax mandates. But I don't think so.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 03:58 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Beverly "
Despite the media freakout, this will be forgotten with a week and on to the next outrage. Anybody talking about, say, Maduro being nabbed?
Maduro who?
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 03:59 PM (GUOwU)
You can't polish a turd, you can only make it glisten
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Now we know why he's called Bad Bunny.
Posted by: pudinhead
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Leaving little smelly pellets everywhere.
Posted by: wth at February 09, 2026 03:59 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: james at February 09, 2026 03:59 PM (AlMQR)
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ARE YOU CRAZY!! HOW CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A XENOPHOBIC REICHWINGER IF YOU ARE WILLING TO SPEAK TO FOREIGNERS!!!!
Posted by: CNN at February 09, 2026 03:59 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 03:59 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 03:59 PM (GUOwU)
Guy who spritzed vinegar at Bro-Fo who?
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 03:59 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Wally at February 09, 2026 04:00 PM (Blm/0)
"A Republican lawmaker embarks on his biggest showdown yet with Trump"
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One guess ....
You win!
Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 04:01 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 03:49 PM (6rdCx)
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Well, he was smart enough to have a halftime show so bad that nobody is talking about how shitty the game was.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 04:01 PM (u73oe)
John Brennan condemns Trump for Obama meme video post, says he misses the days of Barack Obama:
"Every day I witnessed his decency, his integrity."
Ah, yes. The decency and integrity of running a hoax to take down an incoming president.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 04:02 PM (J+Psw)
Somalians?
Posted by: Minnesota Dept. of Shoveling Cash at February 09, 2026 04:02 PM (R8Lmn)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 03:54 PM (QLKBy)
*****
He's a MAID man in Canadia
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 09, 2026 04:02 PM (RlUBP)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 04:02 PM (N8ZBc)
If he had any sense of shame, he'd be humiliated by the fact he's a fucking two-bit dei retard
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 04:03 PM (/IQ1H)
Posted by: Wally[/i
Now he'll have to worry about being Mangione'd. The left has him in their sights.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 09, 2026 04:03 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: james
Was your friend doing your wife doggy-style so they could both watch the game?
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 04:05 PM (/IQ1H)
The EU have been banging on about keeping Greenland... and Musk and President Trump apparently have other ideas. We'll see.
While all eyes are on the Arizona kidnapping of a woman, whom I hope is found alive...this is apparently happening quietly.
https://tinyurl.com/3rburfyd
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 04:05 PM (WONhk)
Faker than Ilhan Omar's vinegar attack
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
They attacked her with Acetic Acid!
REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 04:11 PM (y9nCu)
WaPo says halftime show about degenerate sex with randos reflected "wholesome, traditional family values"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 04:11 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2026 04:15 PM (n5tGW)
And not let the door hit him from behind
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 04:20 PM (Ia/+0)
This time, they don't have all pieces in place and it was quickly stamped out... Like Chuck Schumer and Adam Schiff s heads should be
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 09, 2026 04:55 PM (XLfSN)
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Overrules Lawless Lowly District Court Judges, Rules that Illegal Aliens May Be Held Without Bond While They Fight Their Deportation Orders
The left prefers that the be released on bond, so they can simply abscond and never show up for any deportation hearings. They stay in the US perpetually just by the left releasing them every time they're caught by immigration agents. They just find a new place to live and slip into "the shadows" again, as our left-wing friends the Bushes like to say.
The Fifth Circuit ruled on Friday that illegal aliens have no right release from detention. They can file their worthless objections using the scripted lies that open borders advocates teach them to say, but they'll do that while cooling their heels in stir. Or they can just leave the country. Their choice. CBS:A federal appeals court on Friday endorsed the Trump administration's policy of holding broad groups of immigration detainees without access to bond hearings, a major legal victory for President Trump and his deportation crackdown. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of federal judges at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said the Trump administration had properly reinterpreted an immigration law last year to disqualify many unauthorized immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement from being able to ask an immigration judge to be released on bond. Previously, immigrants who had lived in the U.S. unlawfully for years were generally eligible for bond hearings, and the opportunity to persuade an immigration judge that they were not flight risks and should be allowed to fight their deportation outside of a detention center. Mandatory detention had been historically limited to recent border crossers and those convicted of certain crimes. But the Trump administration took the position that anyone who entered the U.S. illegally, irrespective of how long ago, is subject to mandatory detention during their deportation proceedings. The only mechanism for release under that policy was if ICE decided to parole them out of custody on humanitarian or public interest grounds. The seismic policy change has led ICE to indefinitely hold detainees who entered the U.S. illegally years or even decades ago and who previously would've been eligible for bond, including those without criminal records. The mass detention policy has been challenged in federal courts across the country, straining the resources of government lawyers. Most judges have found the policy to be illegal. But the 5th Circuit panel disagreed and upheld the Trump administration's legal position, reversing two lower court orders. The majority opinion -- penned by Reagan-nominated Judge Edith Jones and backed by Trump-nominated Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan -- sided with the Trump administration's view that federal law provides for mandatory detention of large numbers of unauthorized immigrants who were apprehended in the interior of the U.S. and deemed "applicants for admission." "The text says what it says, regardless of the decisions of prior Administrations," the opinion read. "...In any event, that prior Administrations decided to use less than their full enforcement authority...does not mean they lacked the authority to do more." ... Judge Dana Douglas, a Biden nominee, dissented from the majority opinion. She wrote that the government's claim that the law calls for mandatory detention ignored "historical precedent" and "wave[d] away" the fact that prior administrations hadn't sought to detain people without bond en masse. "And for what?" writes Douglas, arguing that the majority opinion was "based on little more than an apparent conviction that Congress must have wanted these noncitizens detained -- some of them the spouses, mothers, fathers, and grandparents of American citizens."This is all the left does. The fact that they are "spouses, mothers, fathers, etc." is not a legal argument. It's not a logical argument of any kind. It is simply a petulant, child-like demand for the reader's sympathy and a claim that they should be allowed to break the law at will because they are "spouses, mothers, fathers, etc." The left's other argument is that because previous presidents, like Obama, Biden, and of course the Bushes, let illegals remain in the country while they file frivolous objections to deportation, all future presidents are bound by their non-legislative policy choices.
Weird how the right's policy choices never become stealth law and precedent binding all subsequent presidents. Just the left's. In fact, these illegals seem to be arguing that while they are, in fact, subject to detention awaiting final deportation orders, they should be "eligible for discretionary release" by the Executive. And they're demanding a judge force the executive to grant them discretionary release. Hm, in that case, it sounds like the judiciary is usurping the elected President's power to grant release under his own discretion. If affirmed by the Supreme Court, this would become national law and greatly aid Trump in speedily deporting illegal aliens, or giving them the choice of sitting in ICE detentions for months and months or just leaving the country.
A major Fifth Circuit ruling backs Trump’s policy of mandatory detention with no bond, delivering a sweeping blow to activist judges and reshaping immigration enforcement nationwide. pic.twitter.com/fejvx5fxs4
— Robert Gouveia Esq. (@RobGouveiaEsq) February 9, 2026
Blockbuster immigration case out of the Fifth Circuit.
— I work with my word (@iworkwithmyword) February 7, 2026
Mandatory detention (without a discretionary bond hearing) is lawful, per 2-1 panel.
People who entered illegally, and lived here long enough, were previously given bond hearings pending removal.
Now, they are detained. pic.twitter.com/kBVko1suB4
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:43 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (/THgZ)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (u73oe)
OMG
curling!
Sorry OT but omg
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (/THgZ)
Posted by: steevy at February 09, 2026 01:45 PM (YwEeS)
-district judges, pretty much
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:45 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 01:45 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 01:45 PM (dKhdV)
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Well, we can't have rulings based on the text of the law!
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM (5HHc4)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM (CWTWj)
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Yep. Laken Riley was a daughter. She never got the chance to be a wife and mother.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM (Qgg5f)
Think of the insanity of this policy: the longer a person has been engaged in illegal conduct -- being in the country illegally -- the more lenient the system treats him. It's literally like making bail easier the more crimes you have committed. Madness.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)
They get $1000 and a free ticket to ride, just to leave, last I heard. Of course the ones in the gangs and the worst of the worst will stay till they are rounded up.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 01:47 PM (vbXSk)
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"Catch and release" by any means available.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:47 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 01:47 PM (Cjt/F)
it's $2600 now
they really should be taking us up on that
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2026 01:47 PM (emBoF)
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Good. Go home. You came in illegally. You got caught. You're going home. You can make it fast if you want to.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:48 PM (ojr4c)
A very small percentage of held immigrants hire lawyers for things like habeus proceedings which, essentially, just put them back on the street during their wait (now complete with ankle monitors).
The administration (headed by Stephen Miller who's doing daily conference calls at 10 am six days a week with heads of departments about hitting deportation numbers) is creating a mesh of incentives for illegal immigrants to choose to leave.
If they get picked up and fight the deportation order, 99.9% lose, and if you lose, you can never come back to the US for any reason. If you sign the waiver and leave, you may apply for a visa from outside the US. Oh, and there are massive backlogs in the visa systems so that they'll be waiting years.
All while the border is closed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:48 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM (5HHc4)
The Left already named and shamed that. They call it "textualism".
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 01:45 PM (dKhdV)
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If an idiot decides to appeal, which is very possible.
The statute is exceedingly clear. "W didn't do it," isn't a reason that Trump can't.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 01:45 PM (dKhdV)
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2-1 panel doesn't give an appeal as of right to the SC. I suspect it will be first heard by the 5th Circuit en banc. Which is probably a waste of time, as the 5th is one of the most conservative circuits in the country. But it might get enough dissents to get to the SC.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Joe Mama at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (TezPK)
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So the same treatment the J6 American citizens got for simply taking a stroll in "The People House".
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (qAt7N)
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The fuckin' Press, man. Oy.
The *quantity* of detainees is irrelevant, guys. The question is simple: can an illegal alien be held without bond pending legal proceedings, or can he not?
That's it. It isn't "can 1000 illegal aliens be held, or is the limit 1?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:50 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 01:45 PM (dKhdV)
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2-1 panel doesn't give an appeal as of right to the SC. I suspect it will be first heard by the 5th Circuit en banc. Which is probably a waste of time, as the 5th is one of the most conservative circuits in the country. But it might get enough dissents to get to the SC.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (iFTx/)
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They'd have to get through the 5th en banc (one of the most conservative appeals courts in the US) and then the US which has decided that the actual wording of laws is important all of a sudden.
Any appeal is a doomed to fail money pit.
I hope they do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)
And, for decades, the Executive just ... ignored that and kept letting them out on bond.
Where the would appeal and delay for decades--if they showed back up at all!
Think about that:
If you follow the law, present at a port of entry to have your due process, your right to entry adjudicated, then you are not entitled to release on bond.
But if you cheat, and sneak in, and you get caught--even if you have no right to entry--then you get released on bond.
No more.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:50 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Joe Mama at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (TezPK)
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*applies logic to defense*
-Al Capone
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)
I was in Florida recently. Driving on the Tamiami Trail highway, I saw a turnoff identified by a large official sign as "Alligator Alcatraz." The name appears to have official cachet.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 09, 2026 01:51 PM (kf4RM)
They aren't flight risks as the term is understood. They're more like disappearance artists.
Please. BE a flight risk. Leave the US to a country without an extradition treaty with the United States.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 01:51 PM (PcTIw)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 01:51 PM (Qgg5f)
Posted by: High-Roller at February 09, 2026 01:52 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 01:45 PM (dKhdV)
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2-1 panel doesn't give an appeal as of right to the SC. I suspect it will be first heard by the 5th Circuit en banc. Which is probably a waste of time, as the 5th is one of the most conservative circuits in the country. But it might get enough dissents to get to the SC.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (iFTx/)
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They'd have to get through the 5th en banc (one of the most conservative appeals courts in the US) and then the US which has decided that the actual wording of laws is important all of a sudden.
Any appeal is a doomed to fail money pit.
I hope they do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)]
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100% chance they do it. They have nothing to lose, and it supports a narrative. Plus, it's great for fundraising and graft.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)
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Just like they do when they discuss a policy shooting. It always comes down to whether the person "deserved" to get shot or whether it was "just."
That isn't the issue. That's the issue in *courts* and legal proceedings. The issue in a police shooting is whether the two people involved acted reasonably for the outcome. But they always reframe it as "deserved" or whatever, because it helps with the primary purpose of the press, which is emotional manipulation.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:52 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:52 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 01:52 PM (Qgg5f)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 01:45 PM
speaking of camps & such...haven't heard anything about "Alligator Alcatraz" of late
curious how they don't "protest" at in-accessible & in-hospital locations
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2026 01:53 PM (tljrc)
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It seems pretty clear that it should be afirmed.
But, hey. SCOTUS.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:53 PM (ojr4c)
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It seems pretty clear that it should be afirmed.
But, hey. SCOTUS.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:53 PM (ojr4c)
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I mean...it is national law. Congress passed it decades ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:54 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:54 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 01:54 PM (P7usy)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 01:54 PM (Cjt/F)
Yea. Fuck them too.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Joe Mama at February 09, 2026 01:55 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:55 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:54 PM (GBKbO)
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But, hey. SCOTUS.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:55 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 01:56 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 09, 2026 01:56 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 01:56 PM (P7usy)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 01:52 PM (Qgg5f)
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No. Typically a circuit-court decision binds only the lower district courts in the circuit. But a decision in one circuit could be used as precedent (non-binding, but still precedent) in other circuits.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:56 PM (iFTx/)
Or, conversely, if the administration had tackled the judicial coup on day one.
Either or....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 01:56 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:54 PM (GBKbO)
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But, hey. SCOTUS.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:55 PM (ojr4c)
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I am disappointed in Ace's wording.
Implying that laws don't become laws until SCOTUS signs off.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:57 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 01:57 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 01:57 PM (P7usy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:54 PM (GBKbO)
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It seems most of the "broken immigration system" is the government simply not following its own laws.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 09, 2026 01:57 PM (qAt7N)
Any appeal is a doomed to fail money pit.
I hope they do it.
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They have to appeal it.
Because there are something like over 300 other district judge opinions around the US that hold the policy choices of past administrations over-rides both the plain text of the law and the current President.
All of these thousands and thousands of habeas petitions cite this policy of letting them out on bond, "no flight risk" as a basis.
This is the lawfare that's been holding back the floodgates of deportation.
Because tens and hundreds of thousands more are going to realize, if they get caught, there's no getting out, not even to go sell their car and have a garage sale--all gone at any time.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:58 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 09, 2026 01:57 PM (qAt7N)
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America's problems aren't a surfeit of laws. It's that the laws aren't enforced.
I'm fine with Congress going on vacation for the next 20 years doing nothing. We don't need more laws.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
Implying that laws don't become laws until SCOTUS signs off.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:57 PM (GBKbO)
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Well, it's true.
Well, they become laws, but SCOTUS has the ultimate veto any time it pleases.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:58 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:56 PM (iFTx/)”
So basically DoJ will now curb stomp their way across the circuits with this ruling in their hands.
Or it will be appealed to SCOTUS and take effect nationwide.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 01:58 PM (Qgg5f)
Wow, I didn't know we had that many C-17s in the fleet.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 01:58 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Nancy Guthrie's Septic Tank at February 09, 2026 01:58 PM (oftw2)
The argument being presented by anti-ICE lawyers is trying to focus on the part where those apprehended have a right to a "bond hearing"...but they are purposefully ignoring statutory language that gives the government the right to detain them IF THEY HAVE COMMITTED ANY CRIMES.
As I suggested elsewhere, lawyers KNOW this is a frivolous argument and will get tossed by higher courts. They only need to make the argument to hang the appeals on. Thus, this is only a delaying action intended solely to tie up the government and waste more precious time.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 09, 2026 01:59 PM (4xuom)
Posted by: LaQuisha at February 09, 2026 01:59 PM (NIB5L)
Posted by: Billie Eilish's Fat Vagina at February 09, 2026 02:00 PM (Ksqrb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 02:00 PM (P7usy)
Are their illegally received funds impounded? What about the stealing of welfare and other benefits?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 09, 2026 02:01 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 02:01 PM (Qgg5f)
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They're emotional, psychological, social, mental, and spiritual infants -- perpetually trapped in their Terrible-Twos.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 02:01 PM (g2H7Y)
Are their illegally received funds impounded? What about the stealing of welfare and other benefits?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 09, 2026 02:01 PM (wBaIH)
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When arrested, the government assumes ownership of all assets in the nation.
They lose everything. Cars, houses, Playstations...everything.
Pack up, take the $2600, and escape racist, capitalist America that doesn't even have single payer health care but does have police who make it sport to shoot anyone with brown skin.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 02:02 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 02:02 PM (PcTIw)
'GTFO, psycho bitch!'
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:02 PM (N8ZBc)
That "our neighbors" crap is especially galling. Not one of the people spewing that live anywhere near illegals, nor do they want to.
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 02:02 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 02:02 PM (Sy3QE)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 02:03 PM (P7usy)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:03 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 09, 2026 01:59 PM (4xuom)
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Or it's just the old rules where they file a frivolous case and negotiate a consent decree where the agency gives them what they want as a part of a settlement, and thus subvert the legitimate government.
If it's that, they're dumber than hell. There is no way DHS will play that game with the current leadership.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:03 PM (ojr4c)
That was before President Autopen allowed 10+ million foreign criminals to invade this country, and the illegals started waving the flags of their home countries like the invaders they are, and the left found a new constituency and way to mount a color revolution at home.
Now I'm an absolutist. If you're not here with your T's crossed and I's dotted, you get to get your fucking ass out of my country and don't come back because fuck you, that's why. Sorry if you're someone's uncle or grandpa. Get. The. Fuck. Out.
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 02:04 PM (5aZAZ)
Or it will be appealed to SCOTUS and take effect nationwide.
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Yup. Either the other circuits agree. Or they create a split that increase the odds the SCOTUS takes it.
There is no way the left wins on this--the SCOTUS will follow the 5th.
They've, so far, been able to gum up the works by rigging the game in front of friendly judges.
No more.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 02:04 PM (HXT0k)
If it's that, they're dumber than hell. There is no way DHS will play that game with the current leadership.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:03 PM (ojr4c)
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The left does seem to be fighting the last war, not this one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 02:04 PM (GBKbO)
Its kind of like how you can do things to someone who breaks into your house that you cannot when they cut you off in traffic.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:05 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 02:05 PM (Qgg5f)
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"You mean, like, apes in cages! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 02:05 PM (g2H7Y)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 02:01 PM (g2H7Y)
The ones who fall for it, yes. But the ones pushing this stuff aren't. They are very adult manipulators.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 02:05 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 02:05 PM (Qgg5f)
The only way to successfully push illegals is to conflate it with the legal stuff.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 02:06 PM (QLKBy)
'GTFO, psycho bitch!'
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:02 PM (N8ZBc)
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"So we'll split the check, right?"
"How about we meet for coffee?"
"Does my salary match your expectations?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:07 PM (ojr4c)
Or it will be appealed to SCOTUS and take effect nationwide.
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Well, most likely, the administration is going to apply this nationwide right now.
They don't need to wait for a green light from the 7th to do it there.
And if the 7th circuit decides to hold Trump back on the clear wording of the law, well...that's a place SCOTUS can get involved.
But don't think that the admin is only doing this in the 5th.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 02:07 PM (GBKbO)
Too scarce? Not potent enough? Too expensive?
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:07 PM (N8ZBc)
Jack Yoder, District Justice, Bumfuck, PA
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 09, 2026 02:07 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 09, 2026 01:59 PM (4xuom)
Correct.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 02:08 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Nancy Guthrie's Septic Tank at February 09, 2026 01:58 PM (oftw2)
I've got information man! New shit has come to light! And shit... man, she kidnapped herself. Well sure, man. Look at it... a famous Granny, in the parlance of our times, you know, and she, uh, uh, owes money all over town, including to known pornographers, and that's cool... that's, that's cool, I'm, I'm saying, she needs money, man. And of course they're going to say that they didn't get it, because... she wants more, man! She's got to feed the monkey, I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
Posted by: The Dude at February 09, 2026 02:08 PM (Ksqrb)
Posted by: Happy Monday at February 09, 2026 02:08 PM (6rdCx)
They lose everything. Cars, houses, Playstations...everything.
Pack up, take the $2600, and escape racist, capitalist America that doesn't even have single payer health care but does have police who make it sport to shoot anyone with brown skin.
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Yup.
Sell and get out now.
Or lose it all.
And let's keep in mind:
All these millions and millions who've been here for decades?
All of them did fuck-all in those decades to get legalized.
Jack. Diddly. And shit.
But somehow, now, now that they've been caught, we're supposed to feel bad they're going to lose everything?
"What did you do to become legalized?"
"Nada."
"And that's what you get."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 02:08 PM (HXT0k)
No crime? They are in the country illegally.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 02:09 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 02:09 PM (1VVqq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 02:09 PM (P7usy)
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"What is the safe word?" No that's only five
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 02:09 PM (QLKBy)
I don't think this was ever the case. It's just that lots of people were content to allow big cities and states along the southern border to be overrun; it wasn't happening to them, so it wasn't an issue.
Reagan's amnesty involved something like 3 million illegals. The problem didn't get better from there.
Posted by: bear with asymmetric balls at February 09, 2026 02:09 PM (CrUNC)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:10 PM (N8ZBc)
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"Who's gonna bring the amyl nitrate?"
Posted by: Jonah G at February 09, 2026 02:11 PM (QLKBy)
I mean sure you file a bullshit motion, which you know is a crock, but you also know the lunatic in the black nightgown on the bench is going to grant it. Um, yeah....
Posted by: Happy Monday at February 09, 2026 02:11 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:11 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:02 PM (N8ZBc)
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"Should I worry about those warts?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:11 PM (ojr4c)
One?
Five?
Because that's the argument for not enforcing immigration law.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 02:12 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 02:09 PM (zZu0s)
And Luigi Mangione didn't murder that guy. Sure, he shot him because he didn't want him alive anymore, but he didn't murder anyone else at the same time, so it wasn't a really murdery murder.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 02:13 PM (JwNbV)
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How do you like your eggs?
Posted by: Happy Monday at February 09, 2026 02:14 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 02:09 PM (1VVqq)
Not enough "You Betcha"s.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 02:14 PM (uEmCf)
"What makes you feel most loved?"
Good luck to anyone who tries it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:14 PM (ojr4c)
Why pay more for these illegals who milk the system while raping and murdering US citizens?
They should have no rights as they are unwanted illegals who first broke the law by stepping into our country.
OUT! GET THEM OUT!*
*Morning tantrum abated.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 02:14 PM (WONhk)
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How do you like your eggs?
Posted by: Happy Monday at February 09, 2026 02:14 PM (6rdCx)
"You ever eaten a whole baby?"
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 02:15 PM (uEmCf)
One?
Five?
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As many as you like, as long as they are abortions....
Posted by: Happy Monday at February 09, 2026 02:15 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 02:15 PM (QLKBy)
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"What is the safe word?" No that's only five
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 02:09 PM (QLKBy)
"My dicks like a pringles can."
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 02:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: jmel at February 09, 2026 02:15 PM (RWHIh)
LOL. That's been rolling through my head the entire time this has been going on.
"She kidnapped herself, maaaan."
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 02:16 PM (gH8T+)
Good luck to anyone who tries it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:14 PM (ojr4c)
"Knowing I don't have to go to Tufts instead".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 02:16 PM (JwNbV)
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Does your sister wanna join us?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:16 PM (ojr4c)
Implying that laws don't become laws until SCOTUS signs off.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:57 PM (GBKbO)
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Well, it's true.
Well, they become laws, but SCOTUS has the ultimate veto any time it pleases.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:58 PM (ojr4c)
******
If the Dems win the 2028 election they will add 4 more Supreme Court Justices to take care of any and all matters that get in their way. All our gains will be lost.
Look at what Spanberger "the moderate " did in Virginia.
The new map has us down to just 1 Republican seat in Virginia.
The Dems have really outplayed us, but could only do this with the MSM by their side.
We need more Elon types on our side to win the battles that we are going to be up against.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 02:16 PM (NpAcC)
I don't recall any judge caring about that, or anything else, when they hauled my battered self in for the arraignment.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 02:16 PM (YK4r1)
I was mostly interested in pancakes.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 02:17 PM (gH8T+)
'Can I pay you to stay?'
'Should we stop abusing each other?'
'Can you stop with the durians?'
'Does a crime spree sound fun?'
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:17 PM (N8ZBc)
I understand that Genghis Khan fathered a whole lot of children.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 09, 2026 02:17 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:18 PM (ojr4c)
2) We can hold them because, when we released the last batch, more came, and now the detention facilities are overcrowded.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 02:18 PM (vOtXJ)
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The ratchet only ever turns to the left.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 02:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:18 PM (N8ZBc)
I don't recall any judge caring about that, or anything else, when they hauled my battered self in for the arraignment.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 02:16 PM (YK4r1)
Was it justified?
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 02:19 PM (uEmCf)
Posted by: RS at February 09, 2026 02:19 PM (SuU/K)
Gee, I had to get a green card visa for my wife overseas.
Funny how these people can't be bothered.
Yes, it costs some time and money.
Posted by: coba at February 09, 2026 02:19 PM (IuIym)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 02:16 PM (YK4r1)
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Shoulda waited a couple of years and then done it as an illegal alien!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:19 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 02:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:19 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 02:20 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Happy Monday at February 09, 2026 02:20 PM (6rdCx)
"What makes you feel most loved?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix
"Daily oral sex. Same for you?"
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 02:20 PM (gmL3U)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:20 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:21 PM (ojr4c)
When is your husband expected back?
Posted by: Just Being Bill at February 09, 2026 02:21 PM (R8Lmn)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 02:20 PM (u73oe)
Lol. Or
Hey does this rag smell funny?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 02:21 PM (zZu0s)
When you tell me your stupid dreams, and ask me how I feel right now.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:22 PM (N8ZBc)
If you need a six word question to help improve your relationship you probably have more problems than the question can solve.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 02:22 PM (looXz)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM (iXqHn)
Or their helicopter rides.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2026 02:22 PM (snZF9)
Wow
What a concept
See that was easy. No burning cities or anything... Just LOGIC
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 09, 2026 02:22 PM (61TgR)
Only problem is, it was to a child actor, not the little boy that ICE picked up after his father abandoned him running from ICE. To Ed, all them mexes look the same, amirite?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:22 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 02:23 PM (5aZAZ)
"What makes you feel most loved?"
Good luck to anyone who tries it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:14 PM (ojr4c)
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It's actually a good question. I did a online marriage course called Divorce Busters and that's the question the counselor had all the participants ask of themselves to give to their spouses.
The second question was, what do you want from your spouse.
If you can't get answer from your spouse on either of those, you know where you stand.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 09, 2026 02:23 PM (qAt7N)
Posted by: ...
Ahem.
"What is the safe word, Mistress?"
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 02:23 PM (gmL3U)
Posted by: Just Being Bill at February 09, 2026 02:24 PM (R8Lmn)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 02:24 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (97+Z6)
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Boy, they really hated Scalia -- and have since been spewing their infantile invective at Thomas and Alito.
Infantile Invective would be a good name for a rapper or whatever the hell that scumbag from Puerto Rico is.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 02:24 PM (OoyGE)
imo, the delaying action in the Gutherie case is just that, it was either an impulse or relative planned home invasion that went wrong and the ransom notes are simply a time wasting distraction that allowed for the body and other evidence to be disposed of.
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 02:24 PM (F3Dlr)
"What is the safe word?" No that's only five
Posted by: ...
Ahem.
"What is the safe word, Mistress?"
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 02:23 PM
I don't remember the safe word
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2026 02:24 PM (tljrc)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 02:25 PM (uEmCf)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 09, 2026 02:23 PM (qAt7N)
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It would be if you could get a truthful, real, actual answer from any woman to whom you posed it.
Good luck with that shit lol.
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 02:25 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:25 PM (ojr4c)
There was a brief internet scoop about granny Guthrie being an all out Antifa on Facebook, haven't heard anything to confirm it.
Posted by: Auspex at February 09, 2026 02:25 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: A morons luck at February 09, 2026 02:25 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 02:25 PM (QLKBy)
He does not.
Mohammad Mohammad Mohammad of Outer Jackoffistan and Jose "Psycho" Gutierrez of Honduras shouldn't get one either.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 09, 2026 02:25 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Just Being Bill at February 09, 2026 02:26 PM (R8Lmn)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at February 09, 2026 02:26 PM (ssz2a)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:27 PM (ojr4c)
That's opportunity is now gone.
Posted by: Orson at February 09, 2026 02:27 PM (dIske)
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"Who's gonna bring the amyl nitrate?"
Posted by: Jonah G
Locker Room & Rush!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 02:27 PM (PcTIw)
@nicksortor
🚨 PATHETIC: A man walked up to a bar owner and called him a “RACIST” for playing TPUSA’s Halftime Show
The bar owner responded by kicking him out and banning him from the premises.
THAT’S the proper response.
Don’t give in to these fools 🇺🇸
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 02:27 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at February 09, 2026 02:26 PM (ssz2a)
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LOL.
As if.
They don't even enforce drunk driving laws against illegals in the sanctuary jurisdictions. That would be a felony, you see. That could get ICE involved. Gotta just let 'em walk!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:28 PM (ojr4c)
Good luck with that shit lol.
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 02:25 PM (5aZAZ)
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An understood problem.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 09, 2026 02:28 PM (qAt7N)
Posted by: coba at February 09, 2026 02:19 PM (IuIym)
Right. I know a couple where the foreign-born wife has a PhD (in a real subject, even... engineering) and they had to go through a year or two of immigration crawling up their asses before she was allowed to stay.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 09, 2026 02:28 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 02:19 PM (uEmCf)
Yes and no, mostly no.
It was my 21st, I was incredibly drunk and rushed the stage in an attempted hate crime against Canadians like Nickleback, but to them the real crime was making fun of them when they were dragging me to the venue's jail. That's what I really paid for.
Also - if you've never been to jail at Red Rocks, it's especially weird. They augmented some near-surface caves with bars and plumbing and lights and waterproof paint.
So when you're waisthooked into the rocks and catching a beating, it has a real genuine dungeon vibe to it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 02:28 PM (YK4r1)
The same could be said of bank robbers.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 02:28 PM (jc0TO)
The entire legal strategy was to clog the system, giving people defacto immunity. You had to release people because detention was full. Detention was full because too many people came. Too many people came because you were releasing people from detention.
The new system will create a preference cascade in the opposite direction. Better to self deport under a controlled situation, than get scooped up and stuck in detention. Once in detention, better to agree to be deported, than rot in detention, hoping to win the immigration lottery.
If you voluntarily deport, by the way, you can then apply for citizenship. If you speak English, no criminal record, and have family or business ties in the U.S., there is a very good chance you'll get it. If I were the administration, I'd be really harping on that - you will get a high preference from immigration if you cooperate.
Seriously - Trump may deport 1 million and have another 10 million self deport.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 02:28 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Just Being Bill at February 09, 2026 02:29 PM (R8Lmn)
First your mouth, then your ass?
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 02:29 PM (indzz)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 02:30 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:31 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 02:31 PM (uEmCf)
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My boss is a jackass and he regularly screws up words and sayings and sounds like the boob that he is. One good one he says regularly is 'abscounds' instead of absconds. It's kind of a portmanteau (albeit unwitting) of abscond and scoundrel. I think it woorks
Posted by: 496 at February 09, 2026 02:33 PM (y0erj)
First rape, then pillage, then burn?
I've learned that other orderings don't work nearly as well. Pillaging first doesn't work because it's a lot harder to rape if your hands are full of loot. Burning first tends to ruin both the stealable loot and the rapable women.
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Posted by: Genghis Khan at February 09, 2026 02:33 PM (IG3/x)
Atlantic has an article wringing their hands and fretting that MAHA loosening the vaccination requirements means our health in this country is ruined.
Nothing about the measles and other diseases just allowed to walk across the border and spread to our country. By at least 10 million illegals.
Ellis island's quarantine facilities was considered inhumane and cruel. So now, we just have no checks at all.
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 02:33 PM (gWBY1)
http://tiny.cc/e0ry001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:33 PM (ojr4c)
It's not easy being sleazy.
Posted by: torabora at February 09, 2026 02:33 PM (KtOUo)
Yes, it costs some time and money.
Posted by: coba
(I'm a green card/permanent resident by marriage).
I think some people forget that many illegal aliens did not come to America to become American. They were not going to pay and be guided by American laws.
They came to speak their own language, raise their country-of-origin flags and stomp on American values.
No way on Earth in their minds they'd pay for that privilege.
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 02:33 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:31 PM (PYyV9)
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Poor Mrs. Capone!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 02:33 PM (cUGtl)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 02:33 PM (indzz)
The six-word question Harvard researchers say instantly improves a relationship"
"Does this rag smell like chloroform?"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 02:34 PM (y9nCu)
Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 02:34 PM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Romeo and Juliette 30 years later at February 09, 2026 02:35 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 02:35 PM (P7usy)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:35 PM (ojr4c)
'Ought I get bigger ear grommets?'
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:35 PM (N8ZBc)
So when you're waisthooked into the rocks and catching a beating, it has a real genuine dungeon vibe to it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 02:28 PM (YK4r1)
Well, did you make it onstage and dive into the pit or was this an attempt?
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 09, 2026 02:35 PM (xJGPn)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 02:35 PM (P7usy)
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Odd choice, but if it improves the relationship ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:36 PM (ojr4c)
Burning first tends to ruin both the stealable loot and the rapable women.
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Posted by: Genghis Khan at February 09, 2026 02:33 PM (IG3/x)
But burning before you rape means that it's more romantic in the firelight.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 02:36 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 02:36 PM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 02:36 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 02:37 PM (uEmCf)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 02:22 PM (looXz)
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Yep. Sounds like it is on shaky ground to begin with.
Posted by: washrivergal at February 09, 2026 02:37 PM (bnsdX)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 02:37 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:37 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Ironically this was done without Chevron deference. Interpretative rules in administrative law are where an agency interprets congressional statutes granting them authority. So, what the 5th is saying is that the DHS interpretation of its own statutes is the correct interpretation of the law.
My guess is that the next move by the left in the case is try to get it reheard en banc to stave off effects but outside of the 9th and firearm decisions, most circuits do not endorse en banc decisions willy nilly. So then you run the risk if you do a collateral move in another jurisdiction to get the opposite ruling, that it goes to Scotus.
As a matter of the law's text, a policy that is now replaced does not grant 'rights'. The text and the prior legislative history of that statute's wording indicates that the 5th is correct. It was a careful decision.
The left has the constitutional feelz clause and the Democrat clause that anything that the Dems do immediately creates an irreversible change in the law because feelz and Democrat party interests are affected. So we shall see.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 02:37 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 09, 2026 02:37 PM (u73oe)
Any appeal is a doomed to fail money pit.
I hope they do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)]
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100% chance they do it. They have nothing to lose, and it supports a narrative. Plus, it's great for fundraising and graft.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)
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Question. Because the plain meaning of the text is clear, and because the dissenting judge essentially gave an opinion refusing to read the plain meaning of the text, wouldn't they do better to adjudicate in another circuit and reason we have lost the 5th for awhile, but if we can get a split in another circuit it will gum everything up until SCOTUS rules, which will take some time, and helps us try and fortify for the midterms?
Posted by: Black JEM at February 09, 2026 02:37 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 02:38 PM (dKhdV)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:38 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 09, 2026 02:35 PM (xJGPn)
Oh, I'd made it through the pit. It was when I climbed over the barricade and had access to the stage that the cops got me. They were laughing at first, but I fixed that with my rotten mouth.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 02:39 PM (YK4r1)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 02:39 PM (uEmCf)
If you have to ask.....
Posted by: It's me donna
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Thats an ette for ya.
Posted by: Romeo and Juliette 30 years later at February 09, 2026 02:39 PM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 02:13 PM (JwNbV)
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"It was a NON-VIOLENT murder, H8R!"
/I did appreciate TJM and others explaining the idiotic Feral Statue(s).
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 02:39 PM (OoyGE)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 02:40 PM (ojr4c)
May I make you a drink?
Posted by: Bill Cosby at February 09, 2026 02:40 PM (Y1sOo)
You'd think that would be effective, but NOOOO! My last ex-gf got fighting mad if I washed dishes or swept floors.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:40 PM (N8ZBc)
an AWFL. shocking.
Posted by: brak at February 09, 2026 02:40 PM (jGJov)
"do you want a foot massage?"
"how long will your nap be?"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:38 PM (PYyV9)
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"I'm getting the belt, you bitch."
Posted by: Orson at February 09, 2026 02:40 PM (dIske)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 02:40 PM (OoyGE)
Any appeal is a doomed to fail money pit.
I hope they do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)]
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100% chance they do it. They have nothing to lose, and it supports a narrative. Plus, it's great for fundraising and graft.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)
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Question. Because the plain meaning of the text is clear, and because the dissenting judge essentially gave an opinion refusing to read the plain meaning of the text, wouldn't they do better to adjudicate in another circuit and reason we have lost the 5th for awhile, but if we can get a split in another circuit it will gum everything up until SCOTUS rules, which will take some time, and helps us try and fortify for the midterms?
Posted by: Black JEM at February 09, 2026 02:37 PM (GZYu7)
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This probably already is being litigated in other circuits
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 02:40 PM (JwNbV)
Do you want fries with that ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 02:40 PM (dKhdV)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:41 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 02:42 PM (y6810)
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:42 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:42 PM (PYyV9)
Look at what Spanberger "the moderate " did in Virginia.
The new map has us down to just 1 Republican seat in Virginia.
The Dems have really outplayed us, but could only do this with the MSM by their side.
We need more Elon types on our side to win the battles that we are going to be up against.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 02:16 PM (NpAcC)
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They cannot win that fight. Republican states will then gerrymander like no bodies business and precedent is with them. Could the new SCOTUS change the rules? Sure, would they be ignored? Yes.
The democrats as currently constituted are a sinking ship, furiously trying to keep it afloat but more water is coming in than they can bale out. They stand for nothing, haven't a single policy prescription anywhere that isn't just lets give money to people. Power and privilege is what is at stake, and they are doing almost everything wrong to try and keep it.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 09, 2026 02:42 PM (GZYu7)
Such as
"You're talking to your fingers, right?"
"You realize you look really idiotic?"
"You're auditioning for a kids show?"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 02:42 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: brak at February 09, 2026 02:40 PM (jGJov)
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Heard someone recently add the adjective "Urban" making it AWFUL -- but that seems too restrictive.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 02:42 PM (OoyGE)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 02:40 PM (dKhdV)
Believe it or not that one works really well on Brit Lass except she still calls them "chips".
I'd say every serving of chips I give her adds a week or so of marital harmony.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 02:43 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Sidney at February 09, 2026 02:43 PM (Uy/WF)
Oh, I'd made it through the pit. It was when I climbed over the barricade and had access to the stage that the cops got me. They were laughing at first, but I fixed that with my rotten mouth.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 02:39 PM (YK4r1)
Bummer you didn't make it but you have a cool story and I'd blame all scars on that incident.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 09, 2026 02:44 PM (xJGPn)
Other than that, useless as bulls on a tit.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 02:44 PM (2+J6d)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 02:44 PM (PYyV9)
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No, it is violent but you would still have to do it in the commission of another violent felony. You throw a poision gas bomb into a bank, then go in the bank with a gun and shoot somebody.
Posted by: Yes its pretty dumb at February 09, 2026 02:44 PM (6rdCx)
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Juan's thought bubble: "Por favor, Senor Presidente, send me home for now. I know I will cross into America illegally once again during the next Democrat presidente's open borders."
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 02:45 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Bad bunny at February 09, 2026 02:45 PM (4E2T8)
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 02:28 PM (vOtXJ)
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DHS deported 700,000 total over the first year alone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 02:46 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 09, 2026 02:46 PM (xJGPn)
Posted by: Sidney at February 09, 2026 02:43 PM (Uy/WF)
And every Muslim is a combination of Abdul, Ahmed and Mohammed
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 02:46 PM (y6810)
Audit the courses online for free at:
https://www.edx.org/cs50
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 02:46 PM (N8ZBc)
Wow, I didn't know we had that many C-17s in the fleet.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 01:58 PM (N8ZBc)
Even if we did, they wouldn't all be going to the ME.
I rate the news item as bullshit.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 09, 2026 02:47 PM (g8Ew8)
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Lets not start you knowing each other d8cks just yet....
GOPe we re here to help!!!
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 02:47 PM (6rdCx)
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We have over 200. It might still be BS. But numbers wise could be.
Posted by: Obligatory at February 09, 2026 02:48 PM (6rdCx)
Remember who ties up whom first?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 02:48 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Black JEM
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Scotus Rule 10 for cert petitions but Scotus does not have to wait for other circuits if it desires to affirm the lower appellate court decision. It can, but it does not have to. E.g. Rule 10 part c.
(c) a state court or a United States court of appeals has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court. . .
Clause a) deals with circuit splits.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 02:52 PM (2swu2)
This might be answered above, but I'd like to know the extent to which the detainees are allowed to fight their deportation orders. How many millions have deportation orders? Do they all get a day in court?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 02:56 PM (n7rxJ)
You are sadly correct
At least with the Dems you know they promise poison. With the GOPe it's like being promised hot super model and a hundred grande, but all you get is a tranny and a Candy bar
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 09, 2026 03:22 PM (61TgR)
Some of us already have ruined health.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 03:36 PM (O3dBq)
It's time to count cajones.
Posted by: kurtz at February 09, 2026 04:01 PM (WIRXc)
2 million already have deportation orders. 18 million are awaiting hearings. They are also allowed to appeal those deportation orders, almost indefinitely.
Hence holding them in detention has value - it forces resolution of these cases, where 99.9% get deportation orders anyway. Almost no one qualifies for asylum - that is just the ruse used to gum up the system.
It's one thing to sit at home watching TV while the process grinds on for your asylum hearing. Quite another to be sitting in a jail cell. And paying a lawyer for the privilege.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 04:19 PM (vOtXJ)
The new system is anyone with a deportation order is held in detention during whatever appeal they want to pursue. There are no new illegals coming in. Hence the 4 million backlog is going to get worked through quickly - the judges we have will be hearing a lot fewer appeals cases, because more and more of those cases will be resolved first try.
I think the new system will be that once arrested, most illegals will opt for deportation., rather than hearings that cost money, while they wait in detention. Better yet, a lot will simply decide not to wait to get caught, but self deport. Self-deportation rates are currently 4X capture rates. So overall, I expect, total, we'll see 2-4 million people hit the exit per year. No illegals in 5-10 years.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 04:34 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 09, 2026 04:36 PM (wGqjj)
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 02:52 PM (2swu2)
The Supremes will take this up almost immediately, since it is such a huge change. But first will be the en blanc 5th circuit - this decision was by a 3-judge panel. The full 5th circuit will need to weigh in, then it goes to the Supremes. But I suspect the full circuit will agree with the decision.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 04:38 PM (vOtXJ)
- Shit Hawaiians Judge riled a hundred times before.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 09, 2026 04:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Queer Starmer's "Right-Hand Man," the Man Who Promoted Epstein Bestie Peter Mandelson for Abassador to the US, Resigns
Drip, drip, drip...
It had been speculated for days that Starmer's Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney would be forced to resign. They intend this to be a firewall against forcing Queer Starmer out -- throw the public one defenestration so that they don't throw Starmer out the window instead. They're claiming that Morgan McSweeney was singularly responsible for vetting Peter Mandelson so recommending that Epstein Bestie be promoted to Ambassador to the UK was all his fault and totally not the fault of Mandelson's very close associate and protege, Keir Starmer.Queen NatalieWhat is interesting is that Morgan McSweeney is not just a noxious communist who thinks that pedophiles can make for fine pals, but he was also a key actor in the UK's enemy action against the US -- he was a ringleader in the UK intelligence service's ops to criminalize American speech so that the UK would be better able to impose censorship and information blackouts on the British populace. They can't have the Forbidden Truth leaking into the UK from the US via Twitter, after all.
@TheNorfolkLion Feb 8 🚨 Breaking: Morgan McSweeney has resigned from the Government, accepting "full responsibility" for advising on the appointment of Lord Mandelson. Kier Starmer next?
Paul Weston
@PWestoff 5h Starmer's Chief aide McSweeney was founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) a Sovietesque political censorship outfit. Starmer is now behind the purging of court records. Presumably to hide something from his past. Tyranny in Full View.
Oh -- and McSweeney's father's firm was also paid 6 million pounds by the Irish government to house illegal migrants. Gee, I wonder why the left never wants to stop illegal immigration.
Starmer has lost The Guardian. They now want him replaced by a neuro-diverse Gazan trans-woman. #madelson pic.twitter.com/xzz7HsUjmB
— Martin in Monmouthshire (@MartinMonmouth) February 5, 2026
Delusional, specious Starmer: “We go forward from here. We go with confidence as we continue changing the country” https://t.co/Xud8Om5YHz
— JamesHeartfield (@JamesHeartfield) February 9, 2026
“Morgan McSweeney is an essential part of my team. He helped me change the Labour party and win an election. Of course I have confidence in him.”
— Ben Obese-Jecty MP (@BenObeseJecty) February 8, 2026
Life comes at you fast.
This was less than 100 hours ago. pic.twitter.com/FdqRG4Fb1F
People have "resurfaced" this clip from 2021. Starmer has supposedly changed his view on transgenderism, and now pretends to hold a more sensible, moderate position. Most likely because he's simply too unpopular to continue supporting all of the most unpopular positions.
"Is it transphobic to say only women have a cervix?"
— Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) February 9, 2026
Keir Starmer: "It is something that shouldn't be said. It is not right." pic.twitter.com/t2hm472cmj
J.K. RowlingHello! Happy Monday!
@jk_rowling
Add Keir Starmer's newfound concern for victims of Peter Mandelson's bestie to his backflip on whether women can have penises and his U-turn on the Rotherham grooming gangs enquiry. Starmer is indifferent to harm done to girls and women unless it threatens his career. #StarmerOut
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Posted by: Clay at February 09, 2026 12:32 PM (GW/2f)
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Delusional, specious Starmer: “We go forward from here. We go with confidence as we continue changing the country”
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Why is he delusional?
Is he going to continue to change the country with confidence or not?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:33 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:33 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: Al Sharpton at February 09, 2026 12:33 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Al Sharpton at February 09, 2026 12:33 PM (bss/y)
@jk_rowling
Add Keir Starmer's newfound concern for victims of Peter Mandelson's bestie to his backflip on whether women can have penises and his U-turn on the Rotherham grooming gangs enquiry. Starmer is indifferent to harm done to girls and women unless it threatens his career. #StarmerOut
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She's very much on board with Labour's plan to unwhiten the British countryside, by the way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:33 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at February 09, 2026 12:34 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 12:34 PM (bss/y)
In other words, a normal politician.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 12:34 PM (OPGS/)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:34 PM (97+Z6)
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I have a hard time blaming the UK for that, or declaring it to be an "enemy action" as such. The UK was central to it, but Australia and New Zealand helped quite a bit, and it was all orchestrated from Washington and Langley. Five Eyes made it happen, but the UK didn't come up with it, they just enthusiastically participated.
I want justice for that, but I not at all comfortable with pinning it on Jolly Old England.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:34 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:34 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 12:35 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 12:35 PM (Je/XQ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 12:35 PM (jtM2q)
Accept it isn't Soviet. It was designed, run and partially financed by our very own CIA.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 12:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 12:36 PM (Je/XQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:33 PM (GBKbO)
Yes. This is one thing that the trans lobby has obscured for people: she is an insane lefty... except on this one thing. And she is not advocating for traditional female roles, but rather she comes at it from a female supremacist side of things almost.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)
Anything.
I kind of like Altoids.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 12:37 PM (bFu5X)
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And he shouldn't. He's in, he's on top, he's living the dream and delivering the mission objectives. Why the hell *should* he resign? He is executing on Labour's (and the wider globalist) agenda. Just because he's an appalling piece of shit is no disqualifier.
He *should* hold on until the bitter end, doing exactly what he promised to do, exactly how he promised to do it. If Labour wants him out, they can team up with whatever is left of the Tories to no-confidence Starmer and replace him. They can do that without challenging the Labour majority.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:37 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 12:36 PM (Je/XQ)
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She is a female supremacist who thinks that women are better than men, that men pretending to be women is men trying to take the rightful place of women, and she hates how white and conservative the British countryside is.
She's noxious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:37 PM (GBKbO)
I didn't say I agree with everything she says, but what she does say is very effective.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM (97+Z6)
UK needs a "common sense discussion" on what Starmer's "Changing the Country" really means.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM (vbXSk)
Most likely because he's simply too unpopular to continue supporting all of the most unpopular positions.
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As the universal, loud, unquestioning support for trannyism makes its way into the memory hole, this becomes an ever more viable position.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM (W1i3I)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM (i+wP0)
You're English, for crying out loud. Saying "butt" ought to be tantamount to reputational suicide.
Saying the word "cervix" should make you physically melt in shame, as your liquified shamebody percolates through the floorboards into the lime-rich groundwater.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 12:39 PM (NpAcC)
He *should* hold on until the bitter end, doing exactly what he promised to do, exactly how he promised to do it. If Labour wants him out, they can team up with whatever is left of the Tories to no-confidence Starmer and replace him. They can do that without challenging the Labour majority.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:37 PM (ojr4c)
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Every force against him triggers a general election.
He knows it.
He has no incentive to give up power. He can keep filling his cabinet with idiot, leftist, true believers who want a taste at power for the next 3 years easy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:39 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:37 PM (ojr4c)
He has until... well, I don't know when an election is required, to make sure Britain is fully Islamized as he blows it all up on his way out.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:39 PM (FpHTM)
Add Keir Starmer's newfound concern for victims of Peter Mandelson's bestie to his backflip on whether women can have penises and his U-turn on the Rotherham grooming gangs enquiry. Starmer is indifferent to harm done to girls and women unless it threatens his career. #StarmerOut
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True enough.
But riddle me this, JK: in what way is Starmer different from anyone else in establishment politics anywhere in the first world?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:39 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 12:39 PM (Cjt/F)
He *should* hold on until the bitter end, doing exactly what he promised to do, exactly how he promised to do it.
The way I see it, the longer Starmer hangs on (and I don't think it will be much longer), the more nails he puts in the British left's coffin. People will remember him and the things he did for a very long time, and their memories will not be good ones.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 12:39 PM (Je/XQ)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 12:40 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: NAMBLA at February 09, 2026 12:40 PM (TmfuF)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 12:39 PM (NpAcC)
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He's been PM for nearly 2 years (July is the anniversary).
In that time, he's been hit with a dozen scandals, all while Labour's popularity has gone from about 35% to about 15%.
If he hadn't resigned at any point over the last two years, why would he resign now?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:40 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)
You complimented her writing ability. Unpardonable and weak. We shall see you in the stockade at noon.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:40 PM (97+Z6)
Can also see the Woolworth Building and Freedom Tower off in the distance.
The perks of the job are sometimes priceless.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 12:40 PM (Kw+Iy)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 12:40 PM (Je/XQ)
huh. I'll keep that idea in mind.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)
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Some other guy: "Steiner will come."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (J+Psw)
Poetry.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (Je/XQ)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM
Is that anything like "fundamentally transforming" it?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (bFu5X)
He knows it.
He has no incentive to give up power. He can keep filling his cabinet with idiot, leftist, true believers who want a taste at power for the next 3 years easy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:39 PM (GBKbO)
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I don't think that's true. I think there can be a no-confidence vote against *Starmer* without extending it to *Labour*. Then Labour can appoint a new PM. Whether they can get the votes for that, I don't know.
There are not enough votes to take any action against Labour. If enough Labour MPs are willing to defect on one issue, I think they could take out Starmer.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (xT8gx)
alas, not until 2029, although I think there's talk of forcing a "snap election" in 2027. I don't know how it's forced.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM (gH8T+)
Was that the sequel to Octopussy
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (97+Z6)
huh. I'll keep that idea in mind.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)
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It can always be thrown at them as confirmation that they are no more than Airstrip One.
They did the CIA's bidding instead of acting as their own sovereign nation in targeting Trump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (GBKbO)
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Every force against him triggers a general election.
He knows it.
He has no incentive to give up power. He can keep filling his cabinet with idiot, leftist, true believers who want a taste at power for the next 3 years easy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:39 PM (GBKbO)
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Not sure what you mean. But Labour can definitely get rid of Starmer without an election. Not unusual in Britain.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 09, 2026 12:42 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 12:42 PM (J+Psw)
If he hadn't resigned at any point over the last two years, why would he resign now?
This is the biggest weakness of the Parliamentary system: its entirely honor-based. He's supposed to step down when his party become despised and loses the trust of the people but nobody can force him to.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:43 PM (PYyV9)
Saying the word "cervix" should make you physically melt in shame, as your liquified shamebody percolates through the floorboards into the lime-rich groundwater.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM (JwNbV)
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It's been a very, very long time since Victoria was doing her thing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:43 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 12:43 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:37 PM (ojr4c)
The only way that the UK gets a general election before 2029 is if the Labour Party's internal polling shows a trend that they are dropping below a majority. Then they *might* call an election to preserve it for another five years, but even then, I doubt it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 12:43 PM (n9ltV)
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Some other guy: "Steiner will come."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (J+Psw)
As others have said, not even close to the same thing. He has all the cards. He can keep throwing shit in your face and no one can do anything to him within the bounds of standard governance.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 12:43 PM (bss/y)
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I've heard this rumor. Is there any validity to it?
He sure seems gay to me, but that's true of quite literally every English male I've ever seen, and I know they *all* can't be.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (BI5O2)
the "Conservatives" really destroyed the country. Like the GOPe, they just kept lying and then pursuing a left-wing position on immigration (and Brexit) until the public voted them all out of office. Unfortunately, that meant that Labour won a huge number of seats.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (Je/XQ)
When you are the custodian of a fragile orthodoxy, you cannot afford to allow a hint of dissent.
Everything is an op to demoralize normal people who did not vote for this crap.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (xJGPn)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (BI5O2)
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Nina "Stanky Janky" Jankowicz is tanned, unarrested, available, and sings gay & retarded show tune parodies online!
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (aX9uD)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 12:43 PM (n9ltV)
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Or, IIRC, if the PM (or the king? I think Charles technically has the power) dissolves parliament and forces the issue. But that is extremely unlikely.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (ojr4c)
Perhaps they all lie back and think of England.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)
I don't know. I'm curious about why the Five Foreign Twinks keep targeting his houses and cars for Mostly Peaceful Arson.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)
There are not enough votes to take any action against Labour. If enough Labour MPs are willing to defect on one issue, I think they could take out Starmer.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (ojr4c)
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Successful no confidence votes lead to general elections in the UK Parliament or the dissolution of the government without a general election, as long as a new government is chosen within 14 days.
Think Labour can pull together its cats to form a government in that instance? Oh, and it hasn't happened since 1924.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (jtM2q)
Cuomo?
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (97+Z6)
“We go forward from here. We go with confidence as we continue changing the country”
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The broadcast from the Starmerbunker.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (tgvbd)
McSweeney looks somewhat soy. He's married to a woman Labour MP. Communist to the bone
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (Hhsnh)
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I'm afraid to ask ... and won't be clicking on any Admiral Ackbar links.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (aX9uD)
Only two possibilities make sense:
1. His whole family was kidnapped years ago and replaced by doubles to force him to do some evil countries bidding to ensure their safety.
2. Starmer himself was kidnapped and replaced with an evil cyborg from planet zena.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (mymNa)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (Je/XQ)
https://tinyurl.com/45kc7pmr
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (yNGcr)
the "Conservatives" really destroyed the country. Like the GOPe, they just kept lying and then pursuing a left-wing position on immigration (and Brexit) until the public voted them all out of office. Unfortunately, that meant that Labour won a huge number of seats.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)
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Yup. So Labour might decide to take out Starmer to get rid of some of the noise.
And if they do that, they will replace Starmer with someone exactly like him, albeit quieter.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (ojr4c)
26 "Starmer: “We go forward from here. We go with confidence as we continue changing the country”
UK needs a "common sense discussion" on what Starmer's "Changing the Country" really means.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 12:38 PM
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I think it's like changing a house by burning it down.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 09, 2026 12:46 PM (HLgI3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 12:46 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 12:46 PM (qBdHI)
I don't know. I'm curious about why the Five Foreign Twinks keep targeting his houses and cars for Mostly Peaceful Arson.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)
Life has it's little bonuses?
I do wonder if it is a way for people to remind him that he is not untouchable.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 12:46 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:43 PM (PYyV9)
Not correct.
Labour can nominate another MP for Prime Minister. Then they will vote.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 12:46 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Eeyore at February 09, 2026 12:42 PM (AlhUl)
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By convincing him to resign. Like Johnson.
No-confidence vote is the parliamentary trigger, and if Labour can't form a new government in 14 days, it leads to a general election. The last time this happened without leading to a general election was 1924, it seems.
He has shown no sign of willingness to resign after 2 years of scandal and minimal approval.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:46 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)
The exact path the US was on until you know who
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:47 PM (97+Z6)
the "Conservatives" really destroyed the country. Like the GOPe, they just kept lying and then pursuing a left-wing position on immigration (and Brexit) until the public voted them all out of office. Unfortunately, that meant that Labour won a huge number of seats.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)
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Until 2 years ago, Labour was the restrictionist immigration party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: illiniwek
Is that anything like "fundamentally transforming" it?"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
yeah, exactly. Completely change the heritage, change the people (bring in Muslims), and become communist.
They came a long way baby, to get where they go to, today ... (or was that only for women and their own cigarette?)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 12:47 PM (vbXSk)
In that time, he's been hit with a dozen scandals, all while Labour's popularity has gone from about 35% to about 15%.
If he hadn't resigned at any point over the last two years, why would he resign now?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The British party system have a number of ways to essentially neuter a prime minister. They have no equivalent of separation of powers nor a unitary executive (despite the recent custom of treating them so).
For the US, it is actually better that such a weak twit stay PM because his ability to govern aka lame duck PM is negligible. But Labor has the power to basically deball a PM internally because none of their Constitution is fixed, it is all subject to a mish mash of statutes, customs, etc.
So, for example, Starmer might lose the ability to hire and fire cabinet ministers as that is ultimately subject to the party majority. Ditto on other measures like the Chagos treaty debacle with the House of Lords, for all its neutering, managed to stave off so far. Then the endless parliamentary inquiries etc means that the longer Keir stays, the less any post PM ship opportunities exist.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:47 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 09, 2026 12:47 PM (Kt19C)
Or, IIRC, if the PM (or the king? I think Charles technically has the power) dissolves parliament and forces the issue. But that is extremely unlikely.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (ojr4c)
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Chances of this happening: zero point zero. A dissolution of Parliament not requested by the government would trigger a constitutional crisis of epic proportions.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 12:47 PM (tgvbd)
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"You mean, like, a fundamental transformation?"
/Making The Caliphate Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:47 PM (aX9uD)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 09, 2026 12:46 PM (HLgI3)
Gavin Newsom: 👀
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:47 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (ojr4c)
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Because the monarchy, including Queen Elizabeth, has approved of the mass immigration policies of their governments.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:48 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 12:48 PM (2NzKZ)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 12:48 PM (g47mK)
Joel Berry
@JoelWBerry
Both sides have problems.
The Left butchers babies, grooms and sexually mutilates the survivors, torches cities, celebrates murderous lawlessness, and taxes families into absolute subjugation
The Right, on the other hand, hires staffers who accidentally post insensitive memes
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 12:48 PM (J+Psw)
You probably already are but if not you should follow Mike Benz and listen to some of his indepth videos. He goes into great detail on the global censorship cabal that is basically layered on top of Five Eyes.
Billions flowed through various NGOs from the intel community and USAID to fund it and coordinate global censorship. The EU is trying to keep the machine alive by suing various tech platforms with the major target being X. Elon is punching back.
Christopher Steele didn't job pop out of thin air. Neither did the Australian ambassador who helped frame Papadopoulus. It's one big worldwide machine.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 12:48 PM (viF8m)
Maybe it's time for the next Reform government to legislate Britain's sovereignty over to India and let them run things.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 12:48 PM (BI5O2)
Kinda like how the left can no longer maintain power here without the illegals, there it's the muzzies that keep them in power.
So, they're going make that final deal to kill the UK in a desperate attempt to hold on to power.
Lying to themselves that the muzzies will keep their word in the deal.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: King Charles at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (qUkBO)
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Just British? Are US boarding schools immune ??
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (kz5IF)
FIFY
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (Je/XQ)
There are not enough votes to take any action against Labour. If enough Labour MPs are willing to defect on one issue, I think they could take out Starmer.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (ojr4c)
A Starmer resignation would not automatically trigger a general election. He quits, Labour elects a new leader, leader becomes PM. Done deal, if the new leader already has a seat in Commons. If the new leader is not a Member of the House of Commons, then a sitting Labour Member (in a "safe" seat, of course) will resign from Commons, and allow the new leader to replace him/her in a by-election. Plenty of precedent.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (mrzqz)
Labour can nominate another MP for Prime Minister. Then they will vote.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 12:46 PM (n9ltV)
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This process requires the PM to resign, by the way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (GBKbO)
https://tinyurl.com/45kc7pmr
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM
Did they really say all those things in Spanish? I didn't watch and now I'm glad.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (xJGPn)
Only two possibilities make sense:
1. His whole family was kidnapped years ago and replaced by doubles to force him to do some evil countries bidding to ensure their safety.
2. Starmer himself was kidnapped and replaced with an evil cyborg from planet zena.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (mymNa)
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You missed the obvious one:
3. He doesn't view the UK as "his country."
The international ruling elite aren't into "countries" or nation-states. They're globalists, and view themselves not as leaders of nations or even rulers of men, but as administrators.
Starmer is not a Briton, in exactly the same way that Obama was not an American. They view themselves as outside the atavistic notions of nation-state governance. He is not the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he is the regional administrator of the Oblast of Britain.
Insofar as he thinks about Britain, he surely does hate it - but he probably rarely does. There is no point in hating the past.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 12:47 PM (tgvbd)
Yup. The monarchy has power that they can literally never use, or it would be the death of the monarchy!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 12:50 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:51 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (8zz6B)
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Yes, Starmer can resign and a new PM can get selected by Parliament without a new general election. That's usually what happens when PM's get deeply unpopular like how Starmer's been for more than a year.
And yet...Starmer keeps...not...resigning.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:51 PM (GBKbO)
Barak Hussein Obama. The guy who wanted to "fundamentally change" America.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 12:51 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 12:51 PM (Je/XQ)
Not a terrible strategy but the one thing they haven't particularly counted on is the Left making Christians their own enemy number one along the way.
So by the time Islamists actually jump, they are going to have one froggy ass opponent with nothing to lose but their eternal soul.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:52 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)
- Blair started it.
- Something deeper is going on. It is as if the entire country has been brainwashed that immigrants are good and CO2 is evil, etc. The conservatives helped, but I think it goes deeper and they got caught up.
- EU gets credit too, and side deals made upon Brexit.
Are they all owned by foreigners in The City of London? Are they all being blackmailed for being perverts? Are they all insane from too much BBC? (or combination of islams, China, perverts, globalists and bribery and they all fell victim -- some willingly, some less so.)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 12:52 PM (mymNa)
Asking for a friend who is looking to get free housing at Stanford.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 12:52 PM (Dv3i1)
Because, the UK has fallen.
It's only a matter of when they attack the US openly.
Note well: no one is seeking intervention of anyone in Europe to save Iran.
Because it's already assumed they are on the side of the monsters who are hunting down, killing and raping civilians.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 12:54 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 12:50 PM (n9ltV)
So what?
If I were in Charles' gay little European throne thing, I'd dash that crown against the cobblestones, and be happy to go out as the last great Englishman.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 12:54 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:54 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:49 PM (GBKbO)
That's not clear. If Labour chooses a new PM, Starmer has no power.
But...all of this is moot. If he resigns, they will choose someone as bad, and possibly smarter, so it might just be worse.
There is almost no possibility of the UK saving itself before August 2029. And that is probably too late.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 12:54 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 12:55 PM (Je/XQ)
Starmer is a weak little man who has been lying all through his career. Now his lies are being publicly exposed within hours. It's nice watching his torment as he twists and turns, but he is a representative member of the British political establishment. There's no-one to replace him except other weak liars.
Look at his political allies and cronies dropping like flies all around him. They're all like him. It's British politicians. After this cull, they'll close ranks and continue as before.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 09, 2026 12:55 PM (HLgI3)
I think the issue is that he testified he had ended his business dealings with Epstein in, like, 2008 or something, but the released emails showed he lied about that.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 09, 2026 12:55 PM (Y1sOo)
Fuck the Limeys. They dicked around in our elections and our domestic politics, they act like every other Eurofag country in that they think that they have the right to tell the only remaining superpower what to do and that we have an obligation to bow our heads, and drop our drawers for a good, hard shag.
I'm going to WalMart for popcorn tonight.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 12:55 PM (y9nCu)
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I have to restrain myself from slapping silly any holier than thou person who says they are a Citizen of the World. Idiot.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 12:55 PM (Dv3i1)
Ben Obese-Jecty MP
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"The surname Obeso has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula, particularly in Spain, where it is believed to have originated. The name is derived from the Spanish word obeso, meaning obese or fat, which may have originally been a nickname for someone of considerable size or stature."
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:55 PM (aX9uD)
Posted by: JackStraw
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You missed the obvious one:
3. He doesn't view the UK as "his country."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Man, slapped down by two OG and I haven't even finished my coffee.
You are both, of course, 100% correct. I was just making funny.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 12:56 PM (mymNa)
It's an intelligence operation being run the world over.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:56 PM (97+Z6)
"If Johnson was removed from the Conservative leadership or – less plausibly – lost the confidence of the House of Commons, then his position would be constitutionally untenable. The only person with the legal authority to remove him is the monarch. But I think it is fair to say that such an intervention would not be necessary. As the Cabinet Manual, a description of various aspects of the UK system issued by the government in 2011, puts it: ‘Historically, the Sovereign has made use of reserve powers to dismiss a Prime Minister’. But they were ‘last used in 1834’ and their employment on this occasion was ‘regarded as having undermined the Sovereign.’ Their use would represent a clear violation of what the Manual describes as ‘the convention…that the Sovereign should not be drawn into party politics’. Johnson, it is true, has shown himself willing to bring the monarch close to controversy, with the unlawful attempted prorogation of Parliament of 2019. "
It appears that TJM is correct constitutionally in the sense that only the Queen technically has the power to remove the PM. My kneejerk reaction to support CBD's reading though was wrong and I apologize.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:56 PM (2swu2)
Not a terrible strategy but the one thing they haven't particularly counted on is the Left making Christians their own enemy number one along the way.
So by the time Islamists actually jump, they are going to have one froggy ass opponent with nothing to lose but their eternal soul.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:52 PM (97+Z6)
And the commies are perfectly fine with the idea of strict Shari'ah Law being forced on all the little people.
They see Islam as the fastest way to One World Government.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:56 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: Albion Bye Bye at February 09, 2026 12:56 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 12:40 PM (Kw+Iy)
Livin' the dream! That's how I felt when I'd be on work assignment supporting pre-launch activities at Cape Canaveral. Told my folks 'it was like Mecca for engineers....'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:56 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Denny Crane - Queefs are for Kids at February 09, 2026 12:56 PM (i49OE)
But then I remember that just a few years ago we were arguing over how many illegals we absolutely had to grant citizenship. And now it's how many we can deport and how quickly.
By almost every measure we are winning.
Posted by: MJ at February 09, 2026 12:56 PM (XOmY9)
They're a funny little nation with a similar language. That's about it.
Oh, and their "nukuler power" is based in Georgia. Just like Coca-Cola and peanuts...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 12:57 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Cheri at February 09, 2026 12:57 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 12:55 PM (Dv3i1)
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And what's worse, perhaps, is that isn't just a hackneyed phrase. They mean it - and for most of them, it's even true. I have never once heard that from someone who hadn't lived it. They can grab their passport and go anywhere, any time. Fly from one generic urban core to another, across the world. There really isn't any difference for them. They *are* "citizens of the world" and have no idea that this isn't a good thing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:57 PM (ojr4c)
And yet...Starmer keeps...not...resigning.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:51 PM (GBKbO)
The new PM is not selected by "Parliament", he is selected by the Labour caucus, and Labour at large. Members of other parties have zero say in the matter. Labour owns a huge majority right now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 12:57 PM (8zz6B)
______________________________
Not going to contemplate how Ace knows that he does his reach-arounds on the right hand side.
Posted by: Orson at February 09, 2026 12:57 PM (dIske)
THAT'S why the UK is doomed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 12:57 PM (n9ltV)
The British Museum has an exhibit that runs until May 4th showing that half of Samurai were female.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (2GVsD)
I think they realized in today's society they can be as unpopular and do whatever they want and their advocates will STILL support them. This is old school Patronage.
It is hard to not get depressed when you think about this shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (bss/y)
But...all of this is moot. If he resigns, they will choose someone as bad, and possibly smarter, so it might just be worse.
There is almost no possibility of the UK saving itself before August 2029. And that is probably too late.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 12:54 PM (n9ltV)
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My assumption is that Starmer refuses to resign. My reason is the last year and a half of Starmer not resigning despite being deeply unpopular and hit with constant scandals.
If he resigns, it'll just be another leftist dimwit.
If he doesn't, they have to stick with him because any vote will trigger a general election as factions fight it out for control (it's why it's been decades since a successful no confidence vote, which was 1979), and every theory about how they force him out without triggering it goes against the last century of British politics.
I'm sure there's massive pressure being put on him to resign behind closed doors, but there doesn't seem to be even an inkling of something like a no confidence vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (GBKbO)
nice. but I hear NYC is full of garbage and four foot tall piles of iced-up snow.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 12:56 PM (mymNa)
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And it was.
I just really wish replicant takeover could explain it. That would be easy to deal with!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (ojr4c)
They see Islam as the fastest way to One World Government.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:56 PM (FpHTM)
Plus they will always bow to the strongest will. Kind of their thing. The Left are abject cowards. They need thr crowd behind them or they buckle.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:59 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (2GVsD)
LOL.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 12:59 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 12:57 PM (8zz6B)
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Yes, of course.
Labour in Parliament, which is effectively just Parliament now because of the 288 seat majority.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:59 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (GBKbO)
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Then why is Labour running campaigns imploring MPs to not break ranks? Just a show? It well could be just a show, but that would be a kind of risky show because it shows great worry or weakness.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:00 PM (ojr4c)
None were black? The outrage!
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 01:00 PM (XuXeR)
Impeachment. And yes, PMs can be impeached--the impeachment of Buckingham as Charles I PM was the last to try to remove the first minister to the Crown.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 01:00 PM (2swu2)
nice. but I hear NYC is full of garbage and four foot tall piles of iced-up snow.
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (1wjle)
Northern cities are always more beautiful in winter. The snow covers the garbage.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 01:00 PM (y9nCu)
The Labour party wants Starmer out so he can cling to the carpet but the no confidence vote is coming .
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM (0KSrI)
Elmo's Twixxer account praised it too. Because that's just what preschool kids should watch
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM (97+Z6)
I question this. I really don't think that he will be forced out by his own party.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM (PYyV9)
Until then, it's a dead country, under hostile occupation, with no will to live free.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:00 PM (ojr4c)
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Well, leadership is not allowing the vote so far.
A ground up insurrection from the Labour backbenchers that misfires and leads to a general election because the CP joins in on the vote would be...hilarious.
I should leave this option open because it would entertain me. Like that time Theresa May called for a snap election and then lost a bunch of seats because of it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Isn't that how John Major became a thing? Thatcher stepped down and he was PM for a bit without a new election.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM (mymNa)
Queer Starmer thinks so.
Do Starmer and McSweeney exchange genetic material?
All signs point to yes.
Posted by: Sam Adams at February 09, 2026 01:02 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2026 01:02 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: one hour sober at February 09, 2026 01:02 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM (mymNa)
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England had 3 PMs in a year a couple of years back because of resignations (Johnson then Truss then Sunak).
But the resign part is key. If Starmer doesn't resign...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:03 PM (GBKbO)
Were not exactly producing Mozart.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:03 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (GBKbO)
It's getting worse for him. If they can start picking off his ministers, then I'll bet he does resign.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 01:04 PM (n9ltV)
I should leave this option open because it would entertain me. Like that time Theresa May called for a snap election and then lost a bunch of seats because of it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM (GBKbO)
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This is, as far as I can tell, the worry. The back-benchers are not too happy (or they have unhappy and very loud people in the group). Labour's campaign is aimed squarely at them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:04 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 01:04 PM (Vvh2V)
Until then, it's a dead country, under hostile occupation, with no will to live free.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM (HXT0k)
Pretty much this.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2026 01:05 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: wth at February 09, 2026 01:05 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (1wjle)
Yup. That's true.
But no smell yet, because it has been so cold. And that is changing!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 01:05 PM (n9ltV)
Were not exactly producing Mozart.
Posted by: ...
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Butt Bunny tested.
Butt Bunny approved.
Posted by: Sam Adams at February 09, 2026 01:05 PM (X+xvk)
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They make me so envious sometimes
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:05 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 01:04 PM (n9ltV)
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If he wants to retain power, I imagine it won't be that hard to find some empty-headed true believer to fill any post. It's not like Starmer cares about good governance. And with 288 Labour members in Parliament...he can go through a lot of them in 3 years.
He just says, "King Charles, here's Star Wars Name from Hampforshire who's gonna be my new Exchequer", and Charles responds with "As long as you make my nation more Muslim.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:06 PM (GBKbO)
>> nice. but I hear NYC is full of garbage and four foot tall piles of iced-up snow.
It is, but one of the perks of being a big shot is door to door car service and I don’t have to deal much with that stuff.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 01:06 PM (xsIKU)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:04 PM (ojr4c)
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I imagine Labour back benchers are kinda dumb, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:06 PM (GBKbO)
But then I remember that just a few years ago we were arguing over how many illegals we absolutely had to grant citizenship. And now it's how many we can deport and how quickly.
By almost every measure we are winning.
Posted by: MJ
Things have dramatically changed across the West. The left is politically losing despite being propped up mainly by its uniparty 'conservative' parties. The flaccid 'conservative' uniparty response is in turn destroying itself with outside realist parties being formed much more to the right than to the left.
When these conventional parties either implode or remake themselves in the images of the outsider parties, then a new party system will arise but until then, the uniparty drifts along failing at everything it does while Europe's governing class is discrediting itself daily and making its captive people more and more miserable.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 01:06 PM (2swu2)
All Tories, though? It's like here; the Right always does the decent thing. The left, however...
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 01:06 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
It's supposed to get into the 40s tomorrow and Wednesday here in NoVa.
I'm breaking out the Bermuda shorts and Hawaiian shirts!
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 01:06 PM (77rzZ)
Can also see the Woolworth Building and Freedom Tower off in the distance.
The perks of the job are sometimes priceless.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 12:40 PM (Kw+Iy)
what job is that ?
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 01:07 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 01:04 PM (Vvh2V)
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Scotland voted against its own independence. They knew they'd be fucked without England subsidizing them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:07 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:07 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 01:07 PM (B4Se1)
http://tiny.cc/xwqy001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:07 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM
All the folks who didn't vote for me!
Posted by: Jos. Robinette "Choo-Choo" Biden at February 09, 2026 01:07 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 01:07 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 01:07 PM (0KSrI)
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* Buck Throckmorton has entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 01:08 PM (aX9uD)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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They were never picked by the party for their iq, but for their party loyalty. A few are strong personalities that can do as they please but most MPs are not.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 01:08 PM (2swu2)
Would he have been allowed to perform the show in English?
The USA had better prepare for the disaster of an officially bilingual country.
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 01:08 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:08 PM (97+Z6)
Shorts, Magellan shirts, and hey dudes....
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 01:08 PM (XuXeR)
Shaun King?
Posted by: one hour sober at February 09, 2026 01:02 PM (Y1sOo)
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That's not funny...
Posted by: Rachael Dolezal at February 09, 2026 01:08 PM (affD0)
There are not enough votes to take any action against Labour. If enough Labour MPs are willing to defect on one issue, I think they could take out Starmer.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (ojr4c)
A no confidence vote triggers an election. Labour can toss Starmer on their own but they will not, at least not yet.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:08 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 01:09 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Picking up on my stratification theme from Friday,...
Because of stratification, they have no connection to the lower classes in their home countries, and worse -- they think all the lower classes are the same deplorables.
So The EU elite speak to the Saudi or Quatari elite, and they feel simpatico, and they talk about their own loser middle and lower classes, clinging to religion, etc. and they agree and think a muzzie wanting to blow shit up is the same as a Christian going to bible study before work.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:09 PM (mymNa)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:08 PM (O3dBq)
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If the majority party can pull together a government in 14 days, there's no general.
But that doesn't seem to have happened in at least 100 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:09 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Octochicken at February 09, 2026 01:10 PM (oCS0o)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 01:06 PM (77rzZ)
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This explains a lot.
I have Hawaiian shorts and Bermuda shirts. No wonder I get such weird looks.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:10 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (GBKbO)
The last no confidence vote was in March 1979. We wound up getting PM Thatcher out of that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:10 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 01:05 PM
No smell is never an issue for us.
Posted by: Penguins of the World at February 09, 2026 01:10 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 01:10 PM (xsIKU)
Posted by: Bigsmith at February 09, 2026 01:11 PM (1Au9i)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:11 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 01:11 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Auspex at February 09, 2026 01:11 PM (Y8DZL)
The USA had better prepare for the disaster of an officially bilingual country.
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 01:08 PM (F3Dlr)
Too many Americans ache for us to have our own little Quebec.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:11 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: Mr T at February 09, 2026 01:12 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM (GBKbO)
The last no confidence vote was in March 1979. We wound up getting PM Thatcher out of that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:10 PM (O3dBq)
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That was the last successful no confidence vote. There have been several since that failed.
The specific instance of a no confidence vote that doesn't lead to a general election is at least 1924.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:12 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: davidt at February 09, 2026 01:12 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 09, 2026 01:13 PM (GC0+P)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:11 PM (97+Z6)
I'd be pissed if I were Snoop or Dre or Eminem and I had to bowdlerize my entire act for these assclowns, but now here comes some twink who gets away with any lyrics he wants.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:13 PM (JwNbV)
That's not funny...
Posted by: Rachael Dolezal
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I'm suspicious of that nic. The real 'Dolezoal' is now Nkechi Amare Diallo.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 01:13 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
LOL.
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 01:13 PM (77rzZ)
"10 Downing Street threatens to sack all Cabinet ministers unless they tweet out their support for UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer by the end of the day, a Scottish Labour source tells Channel 4 News"
awesome!
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 01:13 PM (g47mK)
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It was a big joke, they were laughing about making people learn Spanish so they could understand that filth. All intentional, all according to plan.
JZ is worse than Sean Combs ever dreamed of being. I cannot fathom what he's done to be able to put this type of show together for the biggest stage in the country.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 01:13 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 01:14 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 09, 2026 01:14 PM (SHZtS)
Posted by: Auspex at February 09, 2026 01:11 PM
AoSHQ is not my only client, you know.
Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at February 09, 2026 01:14 PM (0sNs1)
Probably several were aborted in the last 50 years.
King Charles would only dissolve Parliament if they weren't kissing enough Muslim ass to suit him
I wonder if the crown even has that power any longer.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 01:14 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Obtuse Seinfeld reference at February 09, 2026 01:15 PM (BYItE)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (ojr4c)
I think the Labour Party requires 20% of the MPs to vote for a challenger. Maybe that is the best way to get Starmer out.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 01:16 PM (n9ltV)
I wonder if the crown even has that power any longer.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 01:14 PM (PYyV9)
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It does.
It just refuses to use it because it would make the monarchy political, so it never uses it.
Which means that the actual government of the UK is broken with an executive who won't exert any power and a supreme legislature without any checks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)
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Twirling, twirling, twirling into the future!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 01:16 PM (bxiOq)
Until then, it's a dead country, under hostile occupation, with no will to live free.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:01 PM (HXT0k)
Pretty much this.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2026 01:05 PM (snZF9)
You are saying than the citizens of the UK are unfit to be free and are incapable of self-government?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:16 PM (O3dBq)
http://tiny.cc/xwqy001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:07 PM (ojr4c)
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I wonder if her eyes match her bikini color?
/40 years ago I worked with an attractive woman and a group of us went out for dinner and drinks after work. Her eye color was strikingly blue -- which I'd not previously noticed -- and I proceeded to tell her so.
She thanked me for the compliment -- and noted that she just got some new tinted colored contact lenses. I blushed ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 01:16 PM (v2nXy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:33 PM (GBKbO
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Hashtag black Hermione.
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 09, 2026 01:16 PM (GC0+P)
Posted by: Sorry. I was cleaning up from last night's party at February 09, 2026 01:17 PM (BYItE)
Spent much time there in the past 30 years?
Yeah. I'm down wit dat...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 01:17 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: old chick
Too many Americans ache for us to have our own little Quebec.
Posted by: Cow Demon
I hope they are prepared for the cost of publishing every single local, state and federal law, signage, etc and every single product and website to include the other official language.
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 01:17 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:17 PM (mymNa)
Mandelbaum!
Mandelbaum!
Posted by: Obtuse Seinfeld reference at February 09, 2026 01:15 PM (BYItE)
It's Go Time.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:18 PM (iXqHn)
The USA had better prepare for the disaster of an officially bilingual country.
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 01:08 PM (F3Dlr)
Too many Americans ache for us to have our own little Quebec.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:11 PM (O3dBq)
???
It's called Louisiana and it has much better food than the snow frogs. ;P
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 01:18 PM (ULPxl)
They will sing verses from the Koran and tell us about the Ugly American Pig Dogs that spread hate abvout the mostly peaceful Ayatollah and his many wives.
Posted by: The NFL Leadership at February 09, 2026 01:18 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (1wjle)
Yup. That's true.
But no smell yet, because it has been so cold. And that is changing!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 01:05 PM (n9ltV)
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Only in the poor areas. The affluent areas got plowed and cleaned up within 48 hours. Same as always.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)
That's funny.
/The money printing express, now $38+ Trillion in debt.
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 01:18 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 01:13 PM (XeU6L)
"Hey, I need a new surname. Cleaver? No one would get it. Mumia? No, I don't look like a Mumia. Diallo? Hmmmm. Diallo. Yup. That's the one."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:19 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 01:17 PM (F3Dlr)
Many localities already do it.
I’d much rather have English made the official language of the United States.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:19 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: old chick
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You say that as if they would be spending their own money?
They crave excuses to hire consultants (relatives) and contractors (cutouts) to spend our money.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:19 PM (mymNa)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 01:18 PM (ULPxl)
If you like Crawdads.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:19 PM (iXqHn)
Scotland voted against its own independence. They knew they'd be fucked without England subsidizing them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook
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Like Quebec, they make noises but won't take the fatal step. All the welfare smoosh that half of Scots are on will vanish. And there's not enough Glenlivet in the world to make it up.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 01:20 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 01:20 PM (g47mK)
Would he have been allowed to perform the show in English?
The USA had better prepare for the disaster of an officially bilingual country.
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 01:08 PM (F3Dlr)
Be nice if the FCC went after them big time anyway. English or not it's not ok. Even if it was in gd Aramaic it's not ok. It's disrespectful to our country and to the people watching.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 01:20 PM (QGaXH)
I’d much rather have English made the official language of the United States.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:19 PM (O3dBq)
That ship has sailed.
Posted by: The guy who always says That Ship Has Sailed at February 09, 2026 01:20 PM (O3dBq)
Latina Women: OMG!! Imma gonna dance so much to that!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: FCC Staff at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (BYItE)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 01:16 PM (bxiOq)
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Have they made twirling an event in the Summer Olympics yet?
/only half-joking
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (5HHc4)
Just type broadcast systems integration and mission critical environments into google and click on images and that’s what I build.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (Sy3QE)
Gee, I wonder why the left never wants to stop illegal immigration.
This is how every leftist issue works.
Sometimes they only benefit the top most leaders in the left, but every issue they support is there because it gives them money or power.
And immigration turns out to be the greatest thing for grifting the left has ever found
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)
http://tiny.cc/xwqy001 Joe Mannix
Pretty! Perfect abs. I'm scared and intimidated by wymyns with the washboard kind.
Posted by: Auspex at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (g47mK)
Like Quebec, they make noises but won't take the fatal step. All the welfare smoosh that half of Scots are on will vanish. And there's not enough Glenlivet in the world to make it up.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 01:20 PM (tgvbd)
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They own a lot of off shore oil, but it still wouldn't be enough.
And if they did split off, the UK would suddenly become deeply conservative.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (GBKbO)
I’d much rather have English made the official language of the United States.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:19 PM (O3dBq)
Someone is going to combine Latin Spanish and Arabic into a single language, "Sparabic", and that will be the US' official language.
With a little bit of Mandarin lingo for flavor.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:22 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 01:18 PM (ULPxl)
If you like Crawdads.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:19 PM (iXqHn)
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Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 01:22 PM (bxiOq)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (g47mK)
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I'm not sure how I can vote England out of its Labour government, it's true.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:22 PM (GBKbO)
If I were William, I'd be getting my children out of the country, or at least buying up land and a home here to send them to.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 01:22 PM (Vvh2V)
Latina Women: OMG!! Imma gonna dance so much to that!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (HXT0k)
That reminds me of the one Chris Rock joke.
Woman : "He ain't talkin' 'bout me!"
Chris Rock : "Bitch, he just said your name!"
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:23 PM (iXqHn)
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Al Bester's "The Computer Connection" had Black Spanglish ("Ah gone esplain any preguntas you ax.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 01:23 PM (bxiOq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (GBKbO)
And thinner.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 01:23 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (GBKbO)
And thinner.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 01:23 PM (n9ltV)
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"Who ya callin' fat?!"
-Fat Bastard
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (GBKbO)
As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny...Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master. Commissioner Pravin Lal
Lal is from a video game released in '99 where he leads a group derived from the UN. He's a center-left good government type.
My how things have changed huh?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)
And just who the fuck asked you to change it?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (Vvh2V)
Why 19? Is that some more "science" that they pulled out of their asses like the 6 foot rule?
Why not 25, when the brain is fully developed. Why not 40, past the peak fertility age?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (mymNa)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:22 PM (GBKbO)
You wouldn't be able to read the ballot...I think it is in Urdu now.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:19 PM
Pinch the tail and suck the head.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:22 PM (GBKbO)
You wouldn't be able to read the ballot...I think it is in Urdu now.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (n9ltV)
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The language doesn't matter for me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 01:20 PM (QGaXH)
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"Feature, not bug -- comrades!"
/The only thing missing was the double-barrel middle finger and dropping his pants and taking a dump on stage.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (5HHc4)
Posted by: FCC Staff
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Press the '2' button to hear this recording in English...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:22 PM (GBKbO)
Declaration of Independence 2.0.
"When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to tell your erstwhile friend and ally that they sound like a fag and their shit's all retarded, but they don't listen because they're too busy with all the pederasty to even care...."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (JwNbV)
Latina Women: OMG!! Imma gonna dance so much to that!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (HXT0k)
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Yea, and it's so comically derivative. US-based "gangsta" rap has been about tearing up fuck-bitch hoes for decades now.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (97+Z6)
I think there have now been two major resignations from British government or government-related posts, in addition to the expulsion of Prince Andres.
So Epstein is real, and we shouldn't be "so over" it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 01:26 PM (n7rxJ)
"When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to tell your erstwhile friend and ally that they sound like a fag and their shit's all retarded, but they don't listen because they're too busy with all the pederasty to even care...."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (JwNbV)
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*hand on heart*
*bald eagle cries out*
*single, manly tear rolls down cheek*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:26 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Cow Demon
I know that to apply for a position with CBP it is required you speak Spanish, including northern border states.
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 01:26 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 01:20 PM (QGaXH)
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"Feature, not bug -- comrades!"
/The only thing missing was the double-barrel middle finger and dropping his pants and taking a dump on stage.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (5HHc4)
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"Is this about me?"
-- GG Allin
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)
Why 19? Is that some more "science" that they pulled out of their asses like the 6 foot rule?
Why not 25, when the brain is fully developed. Why not 40, past the peak fertility age?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (mymNa)
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Good question, my first thought as well.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 01:26 PM (5HHc4)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (mymNa)
Estrogen will do nothing to a man's physical appearance past 40 but make him fat.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:26 PM (iXqHn)
I think there have now been two major resignations from British government or government-related posts, in addition to the expulsion of Prince Andres.
So Epstein is real, and we shouldn't be "so over" it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 01:26 PM (n7rxJ)
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It's my understanding that except for Prince Andrew, it's all business relationships without implication of sexual impropriety.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:27 PM (GBKbO)
*bald eagle cries out*
*single, manly tear rolls down cheek*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:26 PM
So close.
Posted by: The movie you forgot to mention at February 09, 2026 01:27 PM (0sNs1)
Yea, and it's so comically derivative. US-based "gangsta" rap has been about tearing up fuck-bitch hoes for decades now.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Minstrel shows from 150 years ago stereotyped blacks as happy-go-lucky darkness.
Rap today stereotypes blacks as hoes and amoral gangsters.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 01:28 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 09, 2026 01:28 PM (kz5IF)
>> It's my understanding that except for Prince Andrew
Prince Andrew did a lot of schtupping.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 01:29 PM (Sy3QE)
The 6 ft rule came originally from a HS paper some kid wrote, IIRC, and I'm guessing was more rigorous then "no tranny surgery until 19"
But I will say 19 is better then the current "whenever you want, but remember you get dino-nuggests and ice cream right after we cut your balls off!"
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (0sNs1)
Are we still doing Bad Bunny lyrics?
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:29 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 01:22 PM (Vvh2V)
And let’s not forget the Princess of Wales.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:29 PM (O3dBq)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 01:30 PM (dKhdV)
That's what I see when I look at him.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:30 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: The British at February 09, 2026 01:30 PM (jc0TO)
It's my understanding that except for Prince Andrew, it's all business relationships without implication of sexual impropriety.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:27 PM (GBKbO)
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I'm sure Andrew pursued business relationships along with poon. Lesser royals are comically impecunious and have the entrepreneurial sense of Ralph Kramden.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 01:30 PM (tgvbd)
I think you are right - I've tracked a number of US academics on Epstein's payroll and if they were punished it was nominally for taking money from Epstein, not their trips to his island...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
Rap today stereotypes blacks as hoes and amoral gangsters.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 01:28 PM (tgvbd)
And Democrats are responsible for both
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:31 PM (97+Z6)
In a few months, if that long, you’re going to see a free Cuba. They’re in a free fall and nobody is going to save the communists.
At the same time, the UK is headed towards a soft tyranny designed to subjugate the will of her people.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 01:31 PM (Qgg5f)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (0sNs1)
Are we still doing Bad Bunny lyrics?
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:29 PM (97+Z6)
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Thread Winner!
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 01:31 PM (5HHc4)
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 01:32 PM (2L+MU)
Rap today stereotypes blacks as hoes and amoral gangsters.
I imagine showing modern urban culture to Frederick Douglas or Harriet Tubman I imagine they would re-act much the same way George Washington would to the modern Dem party
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2026 01:32 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:16 PM (O3dBq)
Yup. When I was in venice italy I was sitting next to a young brit couple from london, probably early 30's. The chick was beautiful, blond, great teeth, proper brit accent.The husband was normal. We started talking. Eventually I asked about the islam problem. She says "oh no problem, they are lovely people." There just happened to be an older dude from florida from our group sitting at our table, and we just looked at each other. The look on his face was priceless. It was the look of "yup, they're fucked".
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2026 01:33 PM (snZF9)
let's give it a bit more time, see how it plays out
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at February 09, 2026 01:33 PM (jGJov)
Rap today stereotypes blacks as hoes and amoral gangsters
Yeah I think blackface is odd but I don't see it as some transcendent evil that must be shunned and attacked no matter what every time, either. It has the same dramatic and comedic potential as a black guy using make up to seem "white".
The social ban on that never made sense to me. Its like banning comedic satires on popular music because one was done by a Nazi. The act its self is neutral, its how you use it that makes the difference.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 01:33 PM (PYyV9)
Podaso best me to it!
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:33 PM (97+Z6)
I think you are right - I've tracked a number of US academics on Epstein's payroll and if they were punished it was nominally for taking money from Epstein, not their trips to his island...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
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At this point it just feels like a way to keep the narrative alive for anti-Trump purposes.
"I did business with Epstein," is not the same as "I had sex with 7 year old boys with Epstein." No matter where on the timeline one did business with Epstein.
I saw an aghast X from someone because of an email to Epstein. It had no text, and there was a picture attachment that the person said was a picture of a 10 year old girl (though, the picture was not included). Was it illicit? I dunno. All I have is this guy saying it's a ten year old girl in the picture and the only reason to hide the name of the sender was because they're protected powerful person.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:33 PM (GBKbO)
But were not offended when Meghan the Stallion was twerking her bare ass all over the stage to get out the vote for Kamala ....
Then you have no standards of taste or offense.
Or:
Your boos mean nothing--I've seen what you cheer.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:33 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 01:33 PM (F3Dlr)
And the Brits did it with the same system that almost worked here.
Run a base leftwing party that lies about everything it wants to do against a controlled opposition party that never undoes anything that leftwing party implements...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
Cuban apologists and propagandists on social media are freaking out and acting like Trump is gunning down children in Cuba.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 01:34 PM (PYyV9)
Five men were arrested in Miami last week after allegedly attempting to bring drugs aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise marketed towards gay people, which was touted as 'The World’s Biggest Gay Festival at Sea'.
The men are facing a variety of possession and trafficking charges after trained dogs alerted to their bags as they tried to board the S.S. Symphony of the Seas.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at February 09, 2026 01:35 PM (0sNs1)
That's what I see when I look at him.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
👍 Look at the interpretations of his songs. Boys, girls or all?because isn't he gender fluid? (Probably like a number of the NFLers.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 01:35 PM (NFX2v)
yeah ok whatever, but more important back to my fantasy lineup and this week's 5 team parlay
Posted by: Sportsball addicts at February 09, 2026 01:35 PM (jGJov)
Why 19? Is that some more "science" that they pulled out of their asses like the 6 foot rule?
Why not 25, when the brain is fully developed. Why not 40, past the peak fertility age?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (mymNa)
Good question, my first thought as well.
Posted by: ShainS
Why not never, and revoke the licenses and imprison the Mengele wannabees for crimes against humanity?
Posted by: Hawaii at February 09, 2026 01:35 PM (wA3hw)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:33 PM
A nifty turn of phrase.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 01:35 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 01:33 PM (F3Dlr)
I didn't know Hispanics were such fans of football.. football not soccer which they call football.
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 01:35 PM (dKhdV)
https://tinyurl.com/45kc7pmr
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 12:45 PM
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Roger Goodell needs to be fired.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 01:35 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 09, 2026 01:35 PM (wA3hw)
Does he care? Is he happy with how things are going (down the toilet)?
What kind of supposed king allows this kind of horseshit?
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 09, 2026 01:36 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (
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Oh, wow.
A Hall of Treasures built to showcase the plunder taken by a globe-spanning Empire built by gay men, pandering to women.
The irony.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 01:36 PM (YK4r1)
Pinch the tail and suck the head."
I ate a lot of crawfish, but at some point I was told "don't suck the heads, that's where the heavy metals are concentrated". Well, they are also called "mudbugs".
Get a big table with newspaper laid out, boil a pot of crawdads with some crabs and corn and potatoes, lots of spice ... lots of beer. I was mostly about the traditions and parties than the food. (so much work digging small bites of of shells)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 01:36 PM (vbXSk)
no amount of disinfectant in the world will ever undo that
Posted by: brak at February 09, 2026 01:36 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)
The Democrat Party (and Margaret Sanger) selected for low-IQ and criminal tendencies.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:36 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (g47mK)
I'm waiting for the "I don't get it" guy.
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 01:36 PM (B4Se1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 12:58 PM (
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Oh, wow.
A Hall of Treasures built to showcase the plunder taken by a globe-spanning Empire built by gay men, pandering to women.
The irony.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 01:36 PM (YK4r1)
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"Feudal Japan had better gender equality than current day West," is a real take.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:37 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 01:21 PM (g47mK)
I'm waiting for the "I don't get it" guy.
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 01:36 PM (B4Se1)
Well you'll be waiting a while, because he can't read.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:37 PM (JwNbV)
The problem here is that individual Muslim people can indeed be fine. The problem is when there are enough off them to impact your politics and culture.
And I imagine British LIVs are much like our own. The TV shows them Muslim heroes, constantly, and the few they work with are likely fine at work, but then they don't notice the minarets going up, the Islamists in government and the police, and the increasing restrictions on their freedoms from Islam
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's continuing at February 09, 2026 01:37 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 09, 2026 01:33 PM (snZF9)
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"Good and proper-fucked" as they say over there (or somewhere).
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 01:37 PM (5HHc4)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:37 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2026 01:32 PM
I'm not sure it's stressful to watch, but, in fairness, the Spandex the sweepers wear may be stressed at times.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 01:37 PM (0sNs1)
And as far as we know it was a guy proudly showing off his 10 year old granddaughter at her birthday party. Like the one that has an email saying "your littlest girl was naughty last night" and a redacted name. Everyone is screaming about how we have to know what the name is but... it could have been the girl in question bragging to Epstein.
Yes, its hard to see anything but a negative spin in this cauldron of horror and evil but without context and more information you cannot presume evil and demand nooses.
I haven't read all of the files nor shall I, but what I know of so far -- the worst stuff being published -- none of it is legally possible to pursue. Someone claiming something that sounds awful in an email does not a court case make, except in the UK.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 01:37 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:37 PM (GBKbO)
Yes, the men all expected the women to be whores.
But the women all expected the men to pay them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:38 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 01:29 PM (O3dBq)
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Not til the end. He needs her.
It will probably be like the Queen Mother, though. She said her daughters wouldn't leave without her, she wouldn't leave without the King, and the King would never leave.
But staying in defiance of bombs is quite different than being rounded up by evil opponents, or being drug out and torn to pieces by angry mobs.
The UK have let too many foreigners in who would do it in a heart beat.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2026 01:38 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Sportsball addicts at February 09, 2026 01:35 PM (jGJov)
Wait until they learn that gambling is Haraam.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:38 PM (iXqHn)
Then they put out lyrics that make women nothing but holes for their meat.
But sure, when Bad Bunny does it, that is "Latin Culture" we must celebrate ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 01:38 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:37 PM (GBKbO)
Yes, the men all expected the women to be whores.
But the women all expected the men to pay them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:38 PM (JwNbV)
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It's my understanding that outside of very specialized exceptions like royalty...women were property.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:38 PM (GBKbO)
janet jackson's shirt slipped and they fired the producer and went with safe boomer bands for the next few years
Posted by: brak at February 09, 2026 01:39 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That's too benign a way to describe handing over inside data and state secrets for profit.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:39 PM (mymNa)
Pinch the tail and suck the head.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (0sNs1)
Sigh. I hate it when Morons miss opportunities for funny socks.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 01:39 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 01:39 PM (2L+MU)
The entire argument boils down to "they were all married, hence had wives who were also sort of samurai in a certain technical sense if you broaden the term enough and squint"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 01:40 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:33 PM (97+Z6)
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Ah, missed that ---
Excellent horde mind!
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 01:40 PM (5HHc4)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:38 PM (GBKbO)
Outside of royalty/nobitlity, the men were property too.
More of a class thing than a gender thing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:40 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 01:40 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:41 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 01:41 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 01:41 PM (jc0TO)
I'm going to guess its even dumber then that - as both the men and women in Samurai families were all part of the same noble class.
But it doesn't mean the women put on armor and fought, which is presumably what they want people to believe
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 01:39 PM
* kicks dirt *
* hangs head in shame *
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 01:42 PM (0sNs1)
Why 19? Is that some more "science" that they pulled out of their asses like the 6 foot rule?
Why not 25, when the brain is fully developed. Why not 40, past the peak fertility age?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (mymNa)
Good question, my first thought as well.
Posted by: ShainS
Why not never, and revoke the licenses and imprison the Mengele wannabees for crimes against humanity?
Posted by: Hawaii at February 09, 2026 01:35 PM (wA3hw)
Hawaii Johnson is right!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 01:42 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 01:42 PM (jc0TO)
More of a class thing than a gender thing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:40 PM (JwNbV)
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Well, yeah...peasants weren't exactly free to move around. But even within the classes, women were considered property of men.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:42 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: It's me donna
They're not really. Baseball and soccer.
Posted by: Cheri at February 09, 2026 01:42 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 01:40 PM (PYyV9)
Of course, there was also, similar to Islam, a bit of a "women are for breeding, boys are for fun" thing going on (see : Shudo)...
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:42 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: It's me donna
I think some are fans of conquest and the first Superbowl halftime show in Spanish is the steady march toward fundamentally transforming America.
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 01:43 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 01:41 PM (iFTx
His quince minutos are nearly terminado
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 01:43 PM (97+Z6)
Posted by: Not so long ago Japanese saying at February 09, 2026 01:43 PM (NIB5L)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (wrEn7)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (JwNbV)
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"Joan of Arc was transgender."
-some academic a few years back
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (GBKbO)
Pinch the tail and suck the head.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 01:25 PM (0sNs1)
Sigh. I hate it when Morons miss opportunities for funny socks.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 01:39 PM (y9nCu)
Hey! I'm right here!!!
Posted by: Shep! at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: old chick at February 09, 2026 01:43 PM (F3Dlr)
Maybe.
But Puerto Ricans and Mexicans don't exactly like each other.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 01:42 PM (jc0TO)
++++
:: borrows Sponge's shtick ::
You asked for it
https://youtu.be/3tigVYfHVmQ
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 01:45 PM (ojr4c)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 01:42 PM (GBKbO)
That still doesn't change the fact that I want to call modern day AWFLs whores who don't even get paid for it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM (JwNbV)
The problem here is that individual Muslim people can indeed be fine.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)
They're fine because they're too busy loading AK mags and sharpening their machetes to kill you yet.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Pinch. Suck. Whatever. at February 09, 2026 01:47 PM (NIB5L)
1. Lack the physical strength.
2. Spent most of the time either pregnant or rearing children.
3. Tended/ran the household.
4. Would be dishonorable.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 01:47 PM (Sy3QE)
Indeed - the want for female warriors is so obsessive that the few sort of examples get brought up endlessly - the Greek legends about Amazons, the supposed Amazonian tribe where the women fought the Spanish with more vigor then the men, and the Dahomey Amazons.
And compare that to the documentation of male warriors and combat...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)
Why 19? Is that some more "science" that they pulled out of their asses like the 6 foot rule?
Why not 25, when the brain is fully developed. Why not 40, past the peak fertility age?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 01:24 PM (mymNa)
Good question, my first thought as well.
Posted by: ShainS
My guess is because under 19 will exclude 99.5% of high school seniors. If the recommendation is enacted in state laws it makes it unlawful for school boards and school district employees to meddle in the sex determination of practically all K-12 students. Meaning relieving them from liability if a school nurse or teacher influences practically any student to have voluntary sex change surgery. It's always about the money.
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 01:48 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 01:48 PM (P7usy)
Maybe.
But Puerto Ricans and Mexicans don't exactly like each other.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (iXqHn)
I do occasionally wonder how angry normal spanish speaking households across America must be.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:48 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM
What are we, chopped liver?
Posted by: RPGs at February 09, 2026 01:48 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (PYyV9)
-some academic a few years back
Joan was primarily a symbol. Not a warrior, not a general, not a politician.
And her best buddy Giles de Rais was a pedophile and child murderer
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)
Maybe.
But Puerto Ricans and Mexicans don't exactly like each other.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 01:44 PM (iXqHn)
I do occasionally wonder how angry normal spanish speaking households across America must be.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 01:48 PM (JwNbV)
Do the natives of any Central or South American nation have any love or respect for natives of any other CA and SA nation? This "we don't like them attitude" is ritually passed-along to descendants, of course.
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 01:52 PM (5rh/l)
Correct, to a point.
My wife is a real lady and she doesn't like guns or anything that even suggests confrontation, let alone violence.
But she is familiar with their operation, and I have zero doubt that if I were at the store when a burglar burst in, I would arrive home to find my house looking like a colander full of cherry cobbler, with a literal pile of spent shell casings in it.
She would just keep shooting and shooting once the fear set in.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 01:53 PM (YK4r1)
One can only imagine the reaction of Goldberg and the other hags on The View if Sydney Sweeney was cast as Harriet Tubman in a movie.
Posted by: Cheri at February 09, 2026 01:53 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 01:49 PM (PYyV9)
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Given that she denied taking part in combat at her trial, yeah.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 01:54 PM (bxiOq)
OUT! Get Starmer OUT!
Find someone, anyone, who wants to protect the UK culture and stop the boats from Europe, dumping raping barbarians onto their shores.
While I may never return to the UK,and am very thankful I have beens several times...this needs to be done. And I pray for it every night.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 09, 2026 02:12 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Beverly at February 09, 2026 03:54 PM (reMys)
Crickets from the Grauniad....
Posted by: Beverly at February 09, 2026 03:57 PM (reMys)
Posted by: Kevin Cutts at February 09, 2026 04:24 PM (xKHIr)
THE MORNING RANT: Trans-Children Advocates Are Back-Tracking to Salvage Their Reputations as Lawsuits and a Preference Cascade Bring the Butchery to an End
Words cannot describe just how diabolical the trans-children social contagion has been. Hospital groups and pharmaceutical companies prospered, Munchausen mommies were entranced, and thousands of children were sterilized and mutilated. There is no way to ever undo the damage done to those children, but a recent lawsuit awarding a victim $2 million is a start.
In ensuing days, there has been a cascade of former advocates suddenly reversing their support for transing children, as they face the possibility of massive legal judgments, as well as losing what remaining credibility they still have. Since that judgment, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons quickly put out a statement opposing gender transition surgeries for minors, stating that “ASPS recommends that surgeons delay gender-related breast/chest, genital, and facial surgery until a patient is at least 19 years old.” Almost immediately after the ASPS statement, the American Medical Association also backed off, announcing that “In the absence of clear evidence, the AMA agrees with ASPS that surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood.” Over the weekend, the Washington Post published an editorial by Megan McArdle titled “The Transgender Orthodoxy is Cracking” which lays out the off-ramp for establishment liberals. She reassures the WaPo’s readers that she is a member of their tribe by stating, “I’m not opposed to pediatric transition. I simply believe we need better evidence before making it standard medical practice.” But she also acknowledges how a minority opinion that seemingly has widespread concurrence can collapse quickly, and that transing children is one of those issues:Public orthodoxies that diverge from private opinion may be surprisingly stable, but they can also prove remarkably unstable, because they depend on private thoughts to stay private, giving doubters the illusion that they are lone deviants rather than members of a silent majority. Each skeptical voice makes it more likely that further doubts will be raised, triggering a rapid shift to a new equilibrium. If you’ve wondered how communism collapsed, that’s how. And if you’ve wondered why communist regimes are so oppressive, that’s also your answer. When you are the custodian of a fragile orthodoxy, you cannot afford to allow a hint of dissent.Perhaps an even greater signal that the establishment left is abandoning the trans-children fad is that David French of all people is trying to publicly walk-back his passion for pushing trans-everything on children. He responded to the detransitioner’s lawsuit victory by tweeting “This is absolutely expected. The facts in many of these cases are truly shocking, and juries were never going to be swayed by extreme and bespoke ideological justifications for drastic and permanently life-altering medical procedures.”
This is absolutely expected. The facts in many of these cases are truly shocking, and juries were never going to be swayed by extreme and bespoke ideological justifications for drastic and permanently life-altering medical procedures. https://t.co/P7bGAHAYeg
— David French (@DavidAFrench) January 31, 2026
One of David French’s criticisms of Hungary’s Orban is his party’s legislation “sharply limiting any promotion of homosexuality or gender transition to children.” French can’t walk back his open support for the depravity of child gender transition. https://t.co/IY84FpEz69
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) February 1, 2026
The trans-children social contagion is soon to be memory-holed, and a day is coming when it will be hard to find any politician or person of authority who will acknowledge having supported this atrocity. There will need to be accountability. Obviously, those who operated the gender abattoirs should be imprisoned for their grisly mutilation of healthy children, as should those who diagnosed healthy children as needing to be butchered and sterilized. As for those who simply advocated for child gender transitions, they must not be able to whitewash their records. They have rendered themselves unfit for any role in public policy. Expect there to be a massive scrubbing of social media and professional records by those needing to distance themselves from their advocacy for or involvement in “gender affirming care” for minors.[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]------------------------------------ There are some acts of evil that were once widely accepted, but once the tides turned against them, the nature of those practices became so incomprehensible that virtually no one would ever claim to having supported them. When I was a child in Texas in the 1970s, it was barely a decade after legal segregation ended, yet I never met a single person who had an opinion of Jim Crow other than that it was a moral abomination and a disgrace. While I genuinely believe that the adults in my childhood were appalled by segregation, there were plenty of folks around who had to have supported segregation, or else it wouldn’t have persisted for so long. But none would admit it, because it would be admitting complicity in evil. There are other examples of unthinkable practices that were once widely supported, but which are now recalled with abhorrence, such as eugenics and lobotomies. The trans-child social contagion will be remembered similarly.------------------------------------ So, what do we do for now? Document. Document. Document. In every state and municipality there are up-and-coming politicians and political aspirants who have been very public about their support for “gender affirming care” for minors. Get screenshots and videos of their advocacy before they scrub their records and pretend it never happened. I practice what I preach. There are a few people with political aspirations whom I am familiar with through my personal and civic circles. They have hard-left politics and live in deep blue bubbles where extremism is not challenged. During the BLM summer of 2020, they publicly advocated on social media in favor of riots, vandalism, criminal violence, property destruction, and defunding the police. With those positions now toxic even for Democrats, the social media of these passionate folks has been scrubbed. But I have screenshots. I don’t seek to cancel anybody, but I will not tolerate people denying the radical agendas they once advocated for. They can own it and say they were wrong, but they cannot deny it. There are abundant employment opportunities for them in fields where their terrible judgment will do no harm, but they have proven their unfitness for policy making. I fully expect that within a year or two, our elites will be dismissing all talk of child sex changes as just another right-wing conspiracy theory. Meanwhile, the victims who received 15 minutes of adulation for surrendering their bodies to an evil fad when they were children will be discarded and forgotten. The damage done to their bodies can never be reversed, but at a minimum they can sue and seek to financially harm the ghouls who played mad scientist on their bodies. But most importantly, anyone who once advocated for gender-transitioning children does not have the judgment to ever again be involved in formulating public policy.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 11:00 AM (PcTIw)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:01 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 09, 2026 11:01 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 11:02 AM (i+wP0)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 11:02 AM (i+wP0)
Which is why the idea that lopping body parts off or chemically castrating them will fix them is fucking evil and retarded.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:03 AM (bss/y)
What the fuck is wrong with democrats and wanting to sexualize children?
Best thing to do would be for a bullet to meet brainpans.
Sorry.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 11:04 AM (PcTIw)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 11:04 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Dr. Suess at February 09, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 11:02 AM (i+wP0)
Which is why the idea that lopping body parts off or chemically castrating them will fix them is fucking evil and retarded.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
It's the parents pushing this shit. No three year old girl says she's a boy.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 11:05 AM (PcTIw)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (1VKLJ)
Or that they decided on a strategic retreat until they regain/re-steal power again. Then they will destroy the lawyers who won these cases.
Posted by: Chuck C at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (jtM2q)
I'll echo rick: WHAT THE FUCK?!
I'm not against mutilating children. Really?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:03 AM (bss/y)
As are the parents who want to parade their "trans children" around as political accessories so they get virtue signal points in their political circles.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (R3YpS)
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I see no evidence these positions are toxic. cit. Minneapolis the last month.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 11:07 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (uEmCf)
Social cachet. Like all the hollywood actresses- who some insane % of Hollywood kids are trans.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 09, 2026 11:08 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
I'd be fine with summary execution.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)
Mini-Tru is going to be very busy correcting the history books.
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 11:09 AM (GUOwU)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 11:09 AM (QLKBy)
No.
They should still all be lashed a post in public squares and genitals removed with rusty spoons*, then left to bleed out.
*carrot peeler, sand blaster, whatever.
Posted by: Operator Error at February 09, 2026 11:09 AM (r08dW)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 11:10 AM (3sG5t)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:10 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)
It's the Left-Wing version of "Holier than Thou".
Trooning or Pooning out your child makes you "More Left than Thou".
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:11 AM (uEmCf)
It's definitely starting, and will move fast.
But she also acknowledges how a minority opinion that seemingly has widespread concurrence can collapse quickly, and that transing children is one of those issues:
Public orthodoxies that diverge from private opinion may be surprisingly stable, but they can also prove remarkably unstable, because they depend on private thoughts to stay private, giving doubters the illusion that they are lone deviants rather than members of a silent majority. Each skeptical voice makes it more likely that further doubts will be raised, triggering a rapid shift to a new equilibrium.
If you’ve wondered how communism collapsed, that’s how. And if you’ve wondered why communist regimes are so oppressive, that’s also your answer. When you are the custodian of a fragile orthodoxy, you cannot afford to allow a hint of dissent.
Shorter version: lefty lunacies du jour are like a supersaturated solution. A small jostle is all it takes to cause a huge change.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)
FUNNY, YOU PEOPLE DERIDED US FOR CLAIMING "WITHOUT EVIDENCE" THAT CHILDREN WERE BEING TRANSED.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 09, 2026 11:11 AM (0yjaw)
Whatever backtracking they could ever possibly do will be too little, too late. I hope they get all the disgrace and punishment in the world
BUT
The professional advocates aren’t the only culprits.
Leftist culture at large demanded this monstrosity.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 11:12 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 11:09 AM (QLKBy)
They've always been sneaking Islam in, even as they promoted trans.
That's why they're so "positive" towards Polygamy and Pedophilia.
So every Muslim Brother can have his harem of 9 year olds.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:12 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
I agree. This was pure inhuman, anti-human mutilation and torture visited upon children and the insane.
There should be trials and the perpetrators if found guilty should be hung by the neck until dead.
It's hard to find someone worse than the death camp Nazis but, welp, the child mutilators did it. Congratulations, assholes.
Sue them to penury, and execute them if they're found guilty.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 11:12 AM (iJfKG)
Shorter version: lefty lunacies du jour are like a supersaturated solution. A small jostle is all it takes to cause a huge change.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)
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They impose their will through the control of institutions.
If People magazine and Big Law agree on something, it becomes conventional wisdom, no matter what anyone else thinks.
Until someone blinks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:13 AM (GBKbO)
One sector for return: the longstanding cultural prohibition of degenerate sexuality (homosexuality, adultery, promiscuous sex of all kinds, etc...) existed for a reason.
You can believe (as I do) that God prohibited such things because he made our nature and gave us a blueprint for a harmonious society, OR you can believe that humanity developed these traditions from experience and societal evolution, but it's pretty clear WHY these prohibitions existed and that our society has been ignoring the Gods of the Copybook Headings for far too long. Their return is imminent.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 09, 2026 11:13 AM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Throw David French in there too at February 09, 2026 11:13 AM (TbWk/)
So are the people who think it's just fine if they want to mutilate themselves. Common sense tells us it's not only horrible it's stupid.
Posted by: Case at February 09, 2026 11:13 AM (E7+ue)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 09, 2026 11:14 AM (IwUWI)
Posted by: Every Teenager in Year 2100 at February 09, 2026 11:14 AM (qUkBO)
Translation:
I'm going to write a detached "think piece" that describes why the entirety of my profession and party encouraged - demanded - the mutilation of children as if I had no part in it. And really, we need to move on you guyz.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 09, 2026 11:15 AM (0yjaw)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 11:15 AM (3sG5t)
Children are handbags.
Women were taught to hate and fear having kids.
Those who had them treat them like accessories.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (R3YpS)
I'm fairly certain she's always been "libertarian" which has increasingly meant "Once was sane on fiscal issues, but is now universally retarded."
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 09, 2026 11:15 AM (zjgNU)
I'm going to write a detached "think piece" that describes why the entirety of my profession and party encouraged - demanded - the mutilation of children as if I had no part in it. And really, we need to move on you guyz.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 09, 2026 11:15 AM (0yjaw)
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MoveOn.org. For reals.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)
Dissection by wood chipper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:16 AM (8zz6B)
And cutting off their sexual parts will make them well? What kind of idiot could believe such a thing?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 11:15 AM (3sG5t)
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"He's a good doggy."
-his current readership
I suspect most commentators have little actual influence except on the most gullible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:16 AM (GBKbO)
I'm going to write a detached "think piece" that describes why the entirety of my profession and party encouraged - demanded - the mutilation of children as if I had no part in it. And really, we need to move on you guyz.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 09, 2026 11:15 AM (0yjaw)
Translation, Translation: don't shoot me in the back of the head and bury me in a ditch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:16 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:16 AM (J+Psw)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Liberaltarian deep in the Acela Corridor groupthink. Primarily a corporate apologist but very liberal on social issues.
McArdle . . .writes for The Washington Post, mostly about economics, finance, and government policy.
McArdle began her writing career with a blog, "Live from the WTC", started in November 2001. Other publications she has worked for include The Atlantic, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, and Bloomberg View. She published book reviews and opinion pieces in the New York Post, The New York Sun, Reason, The Guardian, and Salon."
It was no less than David Brooks that called her a leading voice on the right.
So typical Economist style 'conservative' and WEF apologist for corporate fascism and social liberalism.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:16 AM (2swu2)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (0yjaw)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:16 AM (GBKbO)
HEY! That's mean.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (bss/y)
Children are handbags.
Women were taught to hate and fear having kids.
Those who had them treat them like accessories.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)
Not ALL women...
Which is why the left fiercely defends their capture of public schooling. Without recruiting the children of sane families, they would die off quickly.
(And too many sane families don't believe that is the goal of public schooling.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (zjgNU)
Right on schedule. I.e., the moment the fire reaches their feet.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (jc0TO)
Which is why the left fiercely defends their capture of public schooling. Without recruiting the children of sane families, they would die off quickly.
(And too many sane families don't believe that is the goal of public schooling.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (zjgNU)
I am assuming you are being sarcastic. I knew someone would say that while I was writing the comment.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:18 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:16 AM (GBKbO)
HEY! That's mean.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (bss/y)
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"I thought this about the political topic, but now that I've read the latest column by David Frum, I've changed my mind."
I think most are used to affirm priors, and little else. "Yes, this is what I thought, and this guy gave more detail than I could. He should be read by everyone."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:18 AM (GBKbO)
https://tinyurl.com/2vmxdnvb
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:19 AM (0yjaw)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
Wealthy adults generally go to Brazil or Korea for extreme plastic surgery (whether trans-related or not)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:19 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:18 AM (GBKbO)
I'd say that is true about a lot of consumed media on the internet. Very rarely is it about seeking out info or some new viewpoint, but about reinforcing your own. Movie reviews, political opinion, big tits, etc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:20 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 11:20 AM (OPGS/)
Most issues are 50/50 on party lines, because the scumbags in the Uniparty have done a very good job of pitting everyone against a wholly-imagined opposition because, as Michael Malice puts it "people tend to view the world through an us/them filter instead of a true/false filter."
But these are the issues that lay bare the real dynamic in this country, because it sure isn't party politics. These are the issues that cut horizontally across party lines, and vertically through their respective coalitions. They're the issues where at least 70% of the broad mass of the American people agree with one another, and are faced with shrieking, heel-digging opposition or languid, supine inaction from their elected officials.
These are the things that might get the LIVs to peek under the hood and actually realize that this fight isn't about Dem vs. GOP but ruling class vs. subject class, and maybe just maybe one day decide to do something about that repulsive injustice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 11:20 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
Wealthy adults generally go to Brazil or Korea for extreme plastic surgery (whether trans-related or not)
The key word here is "adults".
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
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"I don't think the public opinion against murder will stop murder. It'll just send it underground."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
So are the people who think it's just fine if they want to mutilate themselves. Common sense tells us it's not only horrible it's stupid.
Posted by: Case at February 09, 2026 11:13 AM (E7+ue)
Trannies are also all murderers. Little Johnny gets his junk cut off, and tiddies bolted on, and now goes by "Hissteria". Johnny has been murdered; he no longer exists, his parents no longer have a son.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:21 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:20 AM (bss/y)
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Clapter, essentially.
Also...how big is too big?
Must confirm with serious academic source: Weird Science.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:21 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 11:21 AM (V8agI)
Posted by: Archimedes
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True because most people do not live for their political preferences. They have outcome preferences but not specific policy preferences--so the howler monkey of the leftist media can push idiotic notions out the door as in transing your kids saves them from killing themselves and the average people lacked any immunity to the idiotic idea until the consequences started rolling out.
Average folks just want to be left alone to enjoy their lives and leftists whose political views are akin to the worst sort of evangelism and pseudo religion, just cannot leave average people alone.
Eventually a bloodbath ensues when ideologues are killed en masse so that the rest of society can live again. Usually that comes about via a despot--it is easier for folks to satisfy one despot than a multitude of oppressors.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:22 AM (2swu2)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
Wealthy adults generally go to Brazil or Korea for extreme plastic surgery (whether trans-related or not)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:19 AM (uEmCf)
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True, but the rich generally pay for quality PS in Brazil and Korea. I was thinking more of the dirt-cheap, underground cosmetic butchers in Mexico and other south-of-the-border locations. A procedure that costs $15k in TX might cost 10% of that in MX. But you get what you pay for.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:22 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:22 AM (iFTx/)
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Emelia Perez is the story of our times.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:22 AM (GBKbO)
https://tinyurl.com/2vmxdnvb
Wow, I am amazed as well. Great ad.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA
People that use that phrase need to be lovingly caressed with a piece of rebar.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 11:23 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 09, 2026 11:23 AM (2NHgQ)
>>I suspect most commentators have little actual influence except on the most gullible.
French doesn't exist to influence conservatives.
He is there to fill the spot for a conservative voice (see: Jen Rubin at WashPost as the "conservative") because he can reliably criticize and blame conservatives for everything, thus confirming progressives their way is the best way. See, they're open-minded and read non-progressive views, they read David French!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:23 AM (0yjaw)
I have noticed that most of the outspoken detransitioners have accepted Christ as their Savior after detransitioning. This is the best hope for t5hese children (as it is for all of us).
Posted by: Kurt Hoffman at February 09, 2026 11:23 AM (lIr+h)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:21 AM (8zz6B)
The problem : "Hissteria" is making 6 figures per Month on Only Fans.
Johnny wasn't even making 6 figures per YEAR.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:23 AM (uEmCf)
I appreciated that. Coming from "An attitude of gratitude" and a faith perspective makes J.D. Vance who he is large part, I expect , as opposed to Michelle Obama who seems to be angry and resentful and unhappy.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 11:24 AM (ix8EF)
His wife's bull. David makes him laugh.
Posted by: Roy at February 09, 2026 11:24 AM (lHwr/)
Posted by: Stir Crazy at February 09, 2026 11:25 AM (TmfuF)
Also...how big is too big?
Must confirm with serious academic source: Weird Science.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:21 AM (GBKbO)
Essentially. I think one thing that often gets overlooked by a lot of this is how it is comforting to the psyche. Reassuring. Even when you have a bunch of retarded, evil anti-ice terror simps shouting about how they are going to murder people and their families, the thing is this is also an expression of community.
It's like how on twitter everyone has a tendency to try to top the other guy in the fervency of their opinion. It's group signaling.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)
And the adults that pushed them into "being trans" are worse.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 11:26 AM (vbXSk)
From voter ID to illegals to trans, etc, the left is losing ground bigly. And fastly.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 11:26 AM (viF8m)
I'd just like to point out that I have never been one of the "Abigail Shapiro" luster-afters.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)
He is there to fill the spot for a conservative voice (see: Jen Rubin at WashPost as the "conservative") because he can reliably criticize and blame conservatives for everything, thus confirming progressives their way is the best way. See, they're open-minded and read non-progressive views, they read David French!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:23 AM (0yjaw)
David Brooks might be the worst example of Washington General Conservative.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)
--Lt. Aldo Reine
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at February 09, 2026 11:27 AM (NYInA)
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"Child Mutilation is a Blessing of Liberty, H8R!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 11:27 AM (/k9od)
- transgenderism and perversions like drag queen storyhour
- open borders and sanctuary cities,
- not deporting illegal aliens, particularly criminals,
- establishing roadblocks and "autonomous zones" in cities,
- invading our houses of worship,
- and liberal prosecutors failing to indict and jail criminals.
If we are truly a silent majority it is time for us to deluge our lawmakers with phone messages and written letters, for those who write about politics to encourage a wave of correspondence, to tell our Congressional reps and senators if they host a town hall that this has gone far enough.
Polling, supposedly, says that a majority of Americans do not favor the policies listed above. It is time for us to act like the majority.
Posted by: George V at February 09, 2026 11:27 AM (HUbHH)
--Lt. Aldo Reine
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at February 09, 2026 11:27 AM (NYInA)
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"I think this might be my masterpiece."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:27 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)
Sad to see an anti-semite self identify.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:28 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: George V at February 09, 2026 11:27 AM (HUbHH)
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GA has 300,000 ballots in the 2020 election with no paper trace at all.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:28 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Rex B at February 09, 2026 11:28 AM (FTnqJ)
But having themselves sexually mutilated because of a gender dysphoria diagnosis? Sure why not!
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 11:28 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Rex B at February 09, 2026 11:28 AM (FTnqJ)
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He got on Ozempic for nothing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:29 AM (GBKbO)
In fairness to David as far as we know he is only turned on by adult trannies
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 11:29 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 11:26 AM (vbXSk)
And it's not always the parents. There are teachers and other "caregivers" out there pushing transmania onto children. And sometimes the parents believe their bullshit, and allow the transing. Never fall for the "dead son/live daughter" scam.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:29 AM (8zz6B)
I'm not sure why I put her name in quotes.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
They are fucking stupid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:30 AM (bss/y)
I'd just like to point out that I have never been one of the "Abigail Shapiro" luster-afters.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)
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I have no idea who she is other than what I've heard on this site. Don't think I ever saw a picture of her. Never been interested enough to find out.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)
I'm not sure why I put her name in quotes.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
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Because her real name is Jenna Jameson?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:30 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 11:28 AM (sKqQm)
"He'll look so cute in a dress and with long pink hair!"
--Psychotic Parent with Munchausen-By-Proxy
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:30 AM (uEmCf)
I'm not sure why I put her name in quotes.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
You could have called her 'Abby Milk-Wagons' and we would have known who you meant.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:31 AM (bss/y)
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Seeking bias confirmation.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 11:31 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 11:31 AM (P7usy)
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Seeking bias confirmation.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 11:31 AM (XeU6L)
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"I subscribed to The Atlantic to really challenge my views."
-far leftist, wanting to dip a toe in not quite as far leftism
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:32 AM (GBKbO)
Yes, the follow-up question is about how transing is permanent and she short-circuits. Cognitive dissonance FT!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:32 AM (0yjaw)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:29 AM (8zz6B)
And if they're on the internet, then there's a whole sea of sharks (no, that isn't a Blahaj reference) out there pushing it onto them.
"Hey, you want to look like a cute anime girl, right?"
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:32 AM (uEmCf)
Didn't see that one. I watched the entire game including the commercials. Was it a pregame ad? Because I didn't watch the pregame crap. Or maybe a halftime ad? Because I turned the TV for halftime.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 09, 2026 11:32 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)
Ben Shapiro's sister. She has quite large breasts.
I think a lot of it grew out of just being annoyed by Little Ben and wanting to needle him.
There was also a webcam thot who looked similar to her and was pushed as being her for a bit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:32 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It is because most of them only mirror opinions acceptable to their own insulated ruling class. The bolder of them does the limited modified hangout like we are seeing here so that the rest of the opinionated ruling class can determine whether transing kids is a liability to its continued existence or not. Not whether it is right or wrong but a political mistake in going too far too fast.
Only the iconoclasts who don't particularly give one damn about what other people think oppose almost reflexively what the hive mind wants dare to oppose as they have already excommunicated themselves mentally from the hive mind in the first place.
Then there are those who force themselves into becoming a prophet and martyrdom (Codevilla, Sam Huntington, Bernard Lewis, etc. ) paying the price by being excommunicated from their former status in the ruling class.
H. Beam Piper's short story, Naudsonce, is a biting commentary on politics from a sci fi perspective. It turns out the only alien that the Terrans can reach mentally is someone who is a castoff of that society
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:33 AM (2swu2)
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If there was an "absence of clear evidence" - which, if we're being charitable, there *was* (in reality, there was an abundance of evidence in the other direction) - then why did you take the opposite position for so long? As the primary non-governmental regulatory bodies - not to mention powerful lobbying groups - for these industries, why was the "absence of clear evidence" not an obstacle when you made your prior decisions? Why should you be trusted now? Why should your membership not dissolve you, right now?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:33 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 11:31 AM (XeU6L)
Exactly. It's comforting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:33 AM (bss/y)
So it the mutilations of minors was the True Christian (non-MAGA) way, until it wasn't?
Every non-Trumper and Trump-H@ter has very flexible beliefs. Most of Trump's horrid, heinous actions become the Pure Christian Way when Trump or any other Republican is not President.
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 11:33 AM (5rh/l)
Like most small children, my daughter trusts me implicitly. If I started telling her "you know, I was talking with Karen & Caryn over some fair-trade coffee at the LGBTQIA+ Poetry Slam for Justice in Gaza about how you love that toy truck I got you at the Kroger. They both agreed that you're actually a boy and that I would seem very progressive and party-loyal if you would just accept that fact," she'd go along with it.
Because all she knows is that daddy loves her and wants the best for her, and anyone who abuses that trust should be tortured to death for his troubles.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 11:33 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 11:15 AM (3sG5t)
Unfortunately, yes. Maybe not that all that many, but he had an audience among Christian cruise-ship Republicans who want a pseudomoralistic framework for their TDS and reflexive opposition to anything PDT does or how he does it if it's something they would otherwise support.
Posted by: Because he's so declasse, you know at February 09, 2026 11:33 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 11:33 AM (6W1vz)
That's one small step.
Next license revocations from any and all who participated, including the mental health industry and pharmaceutical companies.
After that, reclassification of gender dysphoria as a mental illness.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv)
At least they acknowledged this evil before they gave somebody the Nobel Prize in medicine for it, unlike the lobotomy case. Maybe our society is improving slowly.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 11:34 AM (gmL3U)
"Hey, you want to look like a cute anime girl, right?"
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:32 AM (uEmCf)
The porn is also odd. Now there has always been odd porn out there that I did not get, but FUTA?
Ok, you want to like dudes, fine. You do your thing.
But a mix of both? Pick a lane.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:34 AM (bss/y)
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Seeking bias confirmation.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 11:31 AM (XeU6L)
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"I subscribed to The Atlantic to really challenge my views."
-far leftist, wanting to dip a toe in not quite as far leftism
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:32 AM (GBKbO)
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Or the opposite of bias confirmation. The audience not only wants to confirm its views align with the right people, but also that the views don't align with the wrong people. A foundational motivation for TDS.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:35 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Because he's so declasse, you know at February 09, 2026 11:33 AM (TbWk/)
Like it or don't, but we have plenty of emotionally manipulated LIVs in our ranks.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 11:35 AM (dK+Kv)
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Odd framing.
Public orthodoxies only deviate significantly from average private opinion when enabled to do so by an unresponsive/unaccountable public institution. When a public institution must be responsive to the public they deign to govern or advise, its orthodoxies will not vary wildly from the baseline public average.
And there's a word for unresponsive/unaccountable public institutions that ignore the typical member of the public and impose their own wills upon them: tyranny.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:35 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 11:35 AM (RIvkX)
But a mix of both? Pick a lane.
And please, nothing with hooves.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)
‘ I'd just like to point out that I have never been one of the "Abigail Shapiro" luster-afters.’
Fag.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (QLKBy)
At least they acknowledged this evil before they gave somebody the Nobel Prize in medicine for it, unlike the lobotomy case. Maybe our society is improving slowly.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 11:34 AM (gmL3U)
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Apparently, South Korea still uses electro-shock therapy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:35 AM (iFTx/)
Yes. Which I think is part of the reason for the 80/20 divide on so many issues. People have lined up with their 'side' and are not thinking anything through on it's own merits- because they do not want to get left with no side whatsoever.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (bss/y)
It’s a question very few people ask themselves before they jump headlong into debate.
The answer is fairly obvious.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (/IZKJ)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:35 AM (iFTx/)
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Woody Allen reading National Review (Annie Hall had a copy in her apartment after they broke up in the movie).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 11:37 AM (cUGtl)
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David French needs to shut up and quietly go live his best life being the Lucky Pierre in the fluid-stained sleazy motel room rented by the month by NT, Inc.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:37 AM (ojr4c)
Apps to Help Shoppers Boycott U.S. Goods Gaining Popularity in Europe
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:37 AM (J+Psw)
Maybe it wasn't on the Super Bowl and I misunderstood the tweet? My mistake! Still a good ad, hope it does make it beyond the internet.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:37 AM (0yjaw)
Early estimates are that over 30M people watched the alternate superbowl halftime show last night. Pretty good!
Between that and Melania breaking records for a doc, will Hollywood realize conservatives want entertainment too? Just without a lecture?
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 11:37 AM (gWBY1)
I think she found some damning evidence of election rigging.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 11:37 AM (viF8m)
Brazil not home of all Nazi Child Experiments.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (gbOdA)
Thinking is hard. Most people would rather not.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (bss/y)
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If the issues were divorced from party politics, there might be more movement on things. Like, nationwide referendum on voter ID instead of going through the parties in Congress.
Once this stuff hits party politics, though, tribalism and culture just take over everything else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (GBKbO)
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Exactly. He wasn't more explicit only because he, in that moment, didn't need to be. It was understood.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
It completely and permanently cured the Rosenbergs of Communism.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Dungeons
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (QLKBy)
Apps to Help Shoppers Boycott U.S. Goods Gaining Popularity in Europe
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:37 AM (J+Psw)
Can't imagine china would want to be encouraging this trend.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:34 AM (bss/y)
"But picking a lane doesn't own the chuds!"
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (QLKBy)
This.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:37 AM (ojr4c)
Unlucky Pierre is Pierre Omidyar, who pays the tab for French's Craigslist bulls.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 11:39 AM (BI5O2)
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Well the average american woman has 10 or 20xs more handbags than kids. Sadly, the culture doesnt validate moms. I cant think of any main line entertainment that celebrates regular moms. Suburban houzesluts of the NBA. Sure doesnt. Nothing culture. Self absorption, and consumption. Its shite all the way down.
Posted by: Happy Monday at February 09, 2026 11:39 AM (6rdCx)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:33 AM (ojr4c)
In virtually any political/cultural circumstance, the best question to ask is qui bono? When you discover that, you discover the reason for any thought or action and how much it's going to hurt you.
Posted by: moki at February 09, 2026 11:39 AM (wLjpr)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 11:39 AM (Fc1qt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook
Speaking of Korea . . .
Schoolchildren in North Korea Executed for Watching “Squid Game”
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Tough but fair.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:40 AM (J+Psw)
I really hope the hints that it was abetted by Mark Warner turn out to be true. I'd welcome a respite from his ugly mug.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)
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The consequences will be harder to memory-hole. Mutilated people killing themselves will be ignored, but anyone who knows the person who did it will not forget.
And when a non-trivial number of these guys go out by murder-suicide instead because before they go, they want to take those who did it with them, that will still make the papers. "Unknown motive" and everyone will know what it means.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:40 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (bss/y)
You don't want to be all alone when the shooting starts, because both sides will be shooting at you first.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:40 AM (uEmCf)
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Make Nuremberg Trials Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 11:39 AM (Fc1qt)
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"For ICE and everyone in the Trump administration, right? Right?!"
-like 75% of the Democrat Party
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:40 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 11:40 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:40 AM (y6810)
All of these cases will go to a jury because the experts retained for the defendant doc will be able to point to the AMA and other guidance in effect at the time advocating transing. The kid's will easily be able to retain their own experts saying it's a violation of the standard of care, regardless of AMA guidance, and it ends up a battle of experts for the jury to sort out.
Some malpractice attorneys think the experts don't matter much (being hired guns), and it comes down to how the defendant doc presents, and whether the average juror would feel comfortable being treated by the doc.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 11:40 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:33 AM (ojr4c)
Their collective mental state was, "We really don't know if these mutilations will help or hurt the mental state and self-esteem of the patients, but we damn-sure know we can make money doing the mutilations while hugely increasing my social credit score!"
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 11:41 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Happy Monday at February 09, 2026 11:39 AM (6rdCx)
Is that on the Christian Broadcast Network?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:41 AM (bss/y)
Yo David, those things you call "bespoke ideological justifications" are what we call "luxury beliefs." We also call them other things.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 11:41 AM (n7rxJ)
Schoolchildren in North Korea Executed for Watching “Squid Game”
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Tough but fair.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:40 AM (J+Psw)
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In Joint Security Area, a North Korean soldier is ordered to give his dog to the butchers for the men to eat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:41 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
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ECT still used in the U.S.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 11:41 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 11:41 AM (QLKBy)
Bad bunny apparently told them love is stronger than hate. (Then stop telling your clapping seal fans to hate conservatives!)
And one of the singers at the alt halftime show said something like, just because you hate me doesn't mean I hate you back.
We are on the same page as far as hating hate. But until the media and culture actually eradicate using hate as a grifting tool for power and clicks, we'll never get past this nonsense.
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 11:41 AM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 09, 2026 11:42 AM (GPa4z)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
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ECT still used in the U.S.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 11:41 AM (RIvkX)
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I thought it had been banned, if not at least massively opposed and barely used.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: moki at February 09, 2026 11:39 AM (wLjpr)
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Yes, but that isn't exactly my point. I was unclear.
My point isn't that these questions have no answers, or even that it is difficult to make a good guess/inference about the answers. Why are these questions *NOT* being asked by any member of the press, or of the government, or by the membership of these bodies?
Because they've learned nothing, and have paid no price.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:42 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Bigsmith at February 09, 2026 11:42 AM (1Au9i)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 11:26 AM (vbXSk)
And it's not always the parents. There are teachers and other "caregivers" out there pushing transmania onto children. And sometimes the parents believe their bullshit, and allow the transing. Never fall for the "dead son/live daughter" scam.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:29 AM
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Listened to an interview with a detransitioner awhile back who said the first person to recommend gender reassignment to her was her goddamn middle school guidance counselor. She said she had never thought of it before, and afterward the guidance counselor took a special interest in her, prodding her repeatedly with coaching and literature, recommending doctors who would do the deed. And, of course, she insisted that she not tell her parents or let them see the literature. The girl, now as much a woman as she can possibly be under the circumstances, said her gateway was very similar to other detransitioners she has come to know. "Guidance" counselors. There should be a tenth ring of hell.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at February 09, 2026 11:42 AM (NYInA)
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Gender-Denying Abuse
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 11:42 AM (jNfIV)
That's one small step.
Next license revocations from any and all who participated, including the mental health industry and pharmaceutical companies.
After that, reclassification of gender dysphoria as a mental illness.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv)
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Absolutely. The special treatment of "adulthood" doesn't make sense here. Thinking one is of the other sex is, in itself, proof of insanity. And insane people are no more able to make rational, responsible decisions than children are. End this charade.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 09, 2026 11:43 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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It's already happening.
All of these recent shooters have troubled sexual identity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 11:43 AM (6W1vz)
It's a small victory but doesn't stop much of what the progressives will leave in place, i.e., Planned Parenthood provides gender-affirming hormone replacement therapy (HRT) using an informed consent model, with services available both in-person and via telehealth for individuals 18 and older.
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Scripps News, YouTube, 3 weeks ago:
'Where does Congress stand on plans to extend health care subsidies?'
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Congress
Enhanced Premium Tax Credit and 2026 Exchange Premiums: Frequently Asked Questions
CRS PRODUCT (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)
CRS Product Type: Reports
CRS Product Number: R48290
Referenced Legislation: P.L.111-148; P.L.117-169;P.L.117-2
Topics: Health Care
Publication Date: 12/10/2025
Author: Fernandez, Bernadette
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Planned Parenthood: Under Pressure from Constituents, House Will Be Forced to Vote on ACA Tax Credit Extension. Planned Parenthood Action Fund Calls on Congress to Act Now.
For Immediate Release: Dec. 17, 2025
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 11:43 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Oglebay at February 09, 2026 11:42 AM (GPa4z)
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Posit:
Nothing's changed.
She's always been a partisan Democrat who used some pedantic and simplistic economics cover to call herself an independent/libertarian.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:43 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:40 AM (y6810)
I had 'heard' of him back in the days of NRO. But he started to come up I think after I realized Jonah and Co. was just a hip talking gimmick (around 2005-6ish.)
Then he popped out of obscurity as someone I 'knew of' into wanting to be a candidate in the 2016 election?! With Evan McMuffin. Obviously playing as a spoiler candidate for Hillary (just like Ross Perot.) Thank fuck he failed miserably there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2026 11:43 AM (JbyEi)
Trans became big business and hospitals/doctors jumped on the gravy train.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:43 AM (y6810)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 11:44 AM (g47mK)
And every surviving parent and doctor involved will entertain the masses by fighting ravenous jungle cats in my Coliseum of Justice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 11:44 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It probably works about as well as the US current pharmacy kink for treating things like depression. And electroshock does not mess with body chemistry near as much going forward.
Most if not all of the anti depressants, anti anxiety drugs can have a big impact on the body chemistry apart from its affect on the mind.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:44 AM (2swu2)
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Back in olden days, I was a CPA and I have absolutely no idea what "reducing its balance sheet" means.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:44 AM (J+Psw)
That's one small step.
Next license revocations from any and all who participated, including the mental health industry and pharmaceutical companies.
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NO.
They go to jail.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 11:44 AM (6W1vz)
@TheRealOneEles
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2h
Replying to @PpollingNumbers
If we don’t win this senate seat, black people have to answer for their tribalism
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White progressives are about to make war on the black voter base when Jasmine Crockett loses by 10 points in November.
And then Kamala will announce her candidacy a few months later.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:44 AM (GBKbO)
And if you don't think so, recall the term "Zionism" was practically the sole refuge of the underground "far right" only a decade or two back. Now it's mainstream left.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 11:44 AM (QLKBy)
I recall back when I started a family, based on the parenting mags and conversations with colleagues, that a lot of moms treated children as "projects" and they were "project managers" using specially designed parenting spreadsheets to track daily activities, milestones, making sure the nanny was keeping up with the right meals/snacks, getting to all the scheduled social and sports activities, etc.. It was a little unnerving.
Working full-time and parenting is a lot of work, and one does have to track a lot of things, it was just wild to see people seamless move between project meetings at work to discussing milestones w/their kids, lol.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:45 AM (0yjaw)
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Why does he hate English ?
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 11:44 AM (g47mK)
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He speaks the language of Cortez in order to oppose imperialism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:45 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 11:45 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2026 11:43 AM (JbyEi)
I think the first time I ever saw the word was in a car magazine in the 90s. And I was like 'what does that mean?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:45 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (R3YpS)
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She was once kinda sorta libertarian, but like most of that sort, she dropped the icky economic side as if it were burning her fingers. Stuck with the sex-with-animals and anti-Christianist part.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 09, 2026 11:45 AM (AlhUl)
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Back in olden days, I was a CPA and I have absolutely no idea what "reducing its balance sheet" means.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:44 AM (J+Psw)
They just write it off.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:45 AM (y6810)
Thinking is hard. Most people would rather not.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)
Well...yes. Even here I've witnessed people openly reject Enlightment empiricism, critical thinking and rational inquiry because the facts didn't fit their preconceived notions or wrongly-reached conclusions, and didn't like their ox getting gored. That's when you see the lashing out, ad hominem attacks, and flouncing. It's something to be guarded against.
Posted by: Solipsism is a hell of a drug at February 09, 2026 11:45 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Replaced artisan I think in the popular vernacular as too many products got called artisan that were not.
Thus, bespoke was the new cool kids monicker to set them apart from the hoi polloi.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:46 AM (2swu2)
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 11:41 AM (gWBY1)
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"Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee? I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies." - King David, Psalms 139:21-22
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 11:46 AM (cUGtl)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Gross rationalizations to justify their perspectives/actions?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 11:46 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 11:46 AM (/IZKJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:29 AM (8zz6B)
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This is why I expect a significant uptick in murder/suicide crimes over the next 5-10 years.
It is not difficult to understand - or predict - that a mutilated person who decides to off himself might decide to take those he deems responsible for the mutilation with him. In many cases, it will be his parents, but not universally. I expect teachers and doctors to get hit with it, too. And nobody in the press will notice.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:46 AM (ojr4c)
As someone pointed out the whole trans industry will collapse when reinsurance companies put an end to reinsurance for medical malpractice insurance companies who insure doctors and hospitals that perform trans surgeries especially on children. One or two more successful lawsuits and it's over
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 11:46 AM (Hhsnh)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 11:46 AM (ZCxQ+)
‘ a North Korean soldier is ordered to give his dog to the butchers for the men to eat.’
Well, doggone.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 11:46 AM (jbnUc)
Working full-time and parenting is a lot of work, and one does have to track a lot of things, it was just wild to see people seamless move between project meetings at work to discussing milestones w/their kids, lol.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:45 AM (0yjaw)
Huh. That's interesting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:47 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Agreed. The only possible problem is that there is nothing to stop a medical professional from fighting back by calling the police on the parents with a claim they are committing LITERAL GENOCIDE! on their child.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 11:47 AM (OPGS/)
Her website was as amateurish as you'd expect from her, but I'm sure it's rayciss to point that out.
Jasmine Crockett Finally Added Some Policy to Her Website and It Was a Disaster
https://is.gd/fPihmH
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
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Would be nice if systemic election fraud was considered one of these practices.
#SOON?
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 11:47 AM (dTakD)
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TDS on acid with a meth chaser.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:47 AM (J+Psw)
Jasmine Crockett Finally Added Some Policy to Her Website and It Was a Disaster
https://is.gd/fPihmH
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
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Her campaign is no more than Black Girl Magic grift. It should surprise no one that her campaign is run by morons. They don't have to be smart to succeed with her name recognition and online presence in the modern Democrat Party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:47 AM (GBKbO)
They somehow stole morality out from Christianity's nose and they are in the middle of attempting the same thing with "love". In both cases they use the gays to get there. It's fascinating to watch.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 11:48 AM (QLKBy)
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Speak for yourself.
I hate the Left with everything I've got, and I'll never moderate or apologize for it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 11:48 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
In my domain, those people are also in a Coliseum that has one knife in the middle of it and I tell them to fight to the end.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 11:48 AM (OPGS/)
Luckily their influence in pop culture is dying off. One thing GenZ and da Boomers agree on is milienals are retarded.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:48 AM (y6810)
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Back in olden days, I was a CPA and I have absolutely no idea what "reducing its balance sheet" means.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:44 AM (J+Psw)
They just write it off.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:45 AM (y6810)
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Bessent is probably referring to the opposite of "qualitative easing." QE involves the fed buying assets, such as bonds and other securities, to (artificially) stimulate the economy. Reducing the balance sheet means selling off assets.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 11:45 AM (6W1vz)
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They'll find better work terms in the UK:
https://tinyurl.com/2p9spre4
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 11:49 AM (cUGtl)
Custom refers to products altered from a base template to fit a customer's specifications, while bespoke implies a completely unique item designed and crafted from scratch, often by hand. Custom offers personalization within set options, whereas bespoke offers unlimited customization, superior craftsmanship, and a higher level of detail, typically at a higher cost.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:46 AM (2swu2)
The bewheels of the bebicycle have bespokes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:49 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)
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Quantitative tightening.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
And one of the singers at the alt halftime show said something like, just because you hate me doesn't mean I hate you back.
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The problem is that their definition of "hate" is disagreeing with them.
For example, "I don't want an open border" = "I hate all foreigners" to them
Not liking BB's music = "I hate you, I hate Spanish, and I hate Puerto Rico" to them
Tired of slogans and word games. You don't get to smear half the country as bigots and then pretend to be 'above all this hate.'
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:49 AM (0yjaw)
"In an article for the New York Post, Huff wrote that President Donald Trump was right to rescind diversity efforts at the Federal Aviation Administration.
That’s because female and minority pilots -- many of whom entered the industry amid a drive toward diversity among pilots -- were responsible for half of pilot-error crashes.
Despite making up 10 percent of pilots, they were responsible for four out of eight such crashes since 2000."
I guess that might include the military helicopter pilot (co-pilot?) that steered right into a commercial jet on landing approach.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (vbXSk)
Gen X concurs!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (emBoF)
My point isn't that these questions have no answers, or even that it is difficult to make a good guess/inference about the answers. Why are these questions *NOT* being asked by any member of the press, or of the government, or by the membership of these bodies?
Because they've learned nothing, and have paid no price.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:42 AM (ojr4c)
I understand and agree with you, but add that yeah, they did know what they were doing and they did it because they made boatloads of money from the perpetrators for their silence or complicity. They deceived and hurt people for their own benefit. And they have done this for centuries, and have not paid a big enough price, as you said. They got away with it and will until we, the people, say "Enough." And mean it.
Posted by: moki at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (wLjpr)
Much like the EV crap, this was chasing taxpayer coin...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (XuXeR)
Next step is to end the "transgender" era completely.
Considering "transgender" does not exist. Gender refers to words. Words have gender. Masculine, feminine and neuter. People have sexes based on their biology, chromosomes. Male and female.
That's it. There are no genders when referring to people. People have two sexes and anyone who wants to refer to themselves, or "identify", as the opposite sex should be referred to as transsexuals.
And transsexual shall be correctly defined as "someone with a mental illness who thinks they are the opposite sex". Not someone who *is* the opposite sex, since that is not possible, but someone who thinks they are the opposite sex.
We need to get things back to reality and stop talking in the made-up bullshit of the Marxist left.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (RIvkX)
tangent qua non > sine qua non > cosine qua non
Posted by: anachronda at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (sGtp+)
Let's learn from the past. We're supposed to the side that does that.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (AlhUl)
it was painful
couldn't do it
didn't make it through the game either
awful
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (emBoF)
But, yea, it's overused for a lot of things these days.
What terminology isn't?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (jtM2q)
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Heh, that observation did not age very well, Buck!
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 11:51 AM (dTakD)
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Remove the nanny from the equation and that was my wife. She had Google sheets color co-ordinated with school schedules, test dates, extra curricular activities, birthday parties, etc.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:51 AM (y6810)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:44 AM (J+Psw)
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It means "unwinding quantitative easing." The Fed can't actually print money. It can produce whatever "dollars" it wants, but it has no way to distribute them. The means of distribution is the purchase of assets.
1. "Print money"
2. Buy stuff with it, transferring the new money to the former owner and bid up the price in the process
When you do that, the balance sheet grows. Those assets go on the books. So to "reduce the balance sheet" and unwind it, the Fed has two choices:
1. Sell off its holdings, extracting money out of the economy and returning it to the Fed - and bid down the price in the process
2. Wait for its holding to mature, then decline to use the money paid back to buy new assets.
Either will reduce money supply. Letting it happen naturally makes the effect gradual. Selling off assets is very fast, but is much less efficient (since you're bidding down that which you once bid up, and so can't undo the prior action perfectly.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:52 AM (ojr4c)
The child, as an adult, committed suicide.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:52 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:52 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
Wealthy adults generally go to Brazil or Korea for extreme plastic surgery (whether trans-related or not)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:19 AM (uEmCf)
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True, but the rich generally pay for quality PS in Brazil and Korea. I was thinking more of the dirt-cheap, underground cosmetic butchers in Mexico and other south-of-the-border locations. A procedure that costs $15k in TX might cost 10% of that in MX. But you get what you pay for.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:22 AM (iFTx/)
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So you end up with one breast and one testicle? Why that's the average person!
Posted by: Eeyore at February 09, 2026 11:52 AM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at February 09, 2026 11:52 AM (6NLLD)
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So you're saying he's ethically flexible?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:52 AM (J+Psw)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 11:39 AM (Fc1qt)
Add Hangings and Firing Squads
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 11:52 AM (gbOdA)
it was painful
couldn't do it
>>didn't make it through the game either
Football is not only Gay, it is also extremely boring.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (gH8T+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:49 AM
Shut it, Mush Mouth.
Posted by: Fat Albert at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at February 09, 2026 11:52 AM (6NLLD)
More like a Kat Timpf 4.
What was the attraction of Kat Timpf? Was it just the cleavage and glasses?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (bss/y)
this isn't the first time detransitioners lied and blamed others for their decisions. There is something very toxic about detransition community and it should be discussed more, because it's harmful not only for us but even for them.
I literally saw multiple detransitionners on their sub say that trans people doesn’t exist. It’s deceitful and hurts those with legitimate gender dysphoria.
it’s seen as bad because the average person is a binary thinker, if it’s not x it must be y. truth and competence usually lies in the middle of extremes, you need to be open enough for people to be able to transition without jumping through a million hoops taking years but also be strict enough that stops abuse of the service for people who don’t need it
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (JCZqz)
Last I remember the father was losing in court - but I never heard anything more.
I wonder what the outcome was....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (QGaXH)
Had one guy telling me about the upcoming summer's plans for his son that included baseball camp as well as intensive one-on-one training on his pitch to relearn his throw (or whatever). The kid was 7.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (0yjaw)
The child, as an adult, committed suicide.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:52 AM (2GVsD)
James Younger's wife wanted to perform the same experiment (and probably _is_ performing it), since James' sons were also twins, like David and Brian Reimer.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:54 AM (uEmCf)
There are a fuckton of narcissistic parents out there, both women and men (but the women get more praise and affirmation for theirs) who view their children not as individual human beings but extensions of themselves, and as objects to be used to fulfill their own desires or dreams, or to get the praise of others. Women trans their kids for "you're such a brave ally" pats on the head. Men force their sons into sports they hate to keep their own dreams of being an all-star on life support. "Your kids are so well-behaved" when in reality they're so terrorized they dare not speak a single word out of turn. There are plenty of other examples, but you get the drift.
Posted by: Parents who want adulation, kids' well-being be damned at February 09, 2026 11:54 AM (TbWk/)
At one point, long before electricity, Noonan was quite babealicious.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)
I'm watching Women's single luge and speed skating. USA channel. All women I've seen in both sports are either naturally very flat-chested or are artificially flattening their bazoomers. Must be the latter. I guess increased competitor body circumference in specific locations does not reduce total body drag. Science!
However, the lowest-drag luge position is reclined, feet first. The luger must raise his/her head just enough to see ahead. So, huge-bazoomed female lugers must to raise their heads to see ahead more than flat-chested ones, no doubt increasing drag for the former. More science, I suppose.
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 11:54 AM (5rh/l)
a contractionary monetary policy used by central banks to reduce liquidity in the financial system by shrinking their balance sheets. It works by allowing maturing securities (Treasury bonds, mortgage-backed securities) to "roll off" without reinvestment, or by actively selling them, which raises long-term interest rates.
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So, Bessent wants to shrink the money supply which could affect interest rates on the market by driving them up while the Fed won't lower interest rates on government bonds which are generally too high compared to the market.
Almost like QT is necessary to balance with lowered Fed interest rates to prevent some kind of interest rate shock.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:54 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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And the wheels go round and round just like language. Old becomes antique becomes vintage.
I think most of what we see in public discourse is a constant signalling of social and tribal status--the truly wealthy and the poor are more immune to that sort of signalling for the most part because both of those social classes can afford to do so.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:54 AM (2swu2)
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (vbXSk)
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That crash isn't a clear example of DEI failure judging by the ongoing NHTSA investigation. Many other factors and systems failures were in play
Posted by: Bigsmith at February 09, 2026 11:54 AM (1Au9i)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 11:39 AM (Fc1qt)
Add Hangings and Firing Squads
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 11:52 AM (gbOdA)
Just want to point out that both sides are using Nuremburg Trials the same way these days: when we get in power we are going to try and execute our enemies.
Not saying that is not what it is going to come down to, but it is interesting to note the common usage of the euphemism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:55 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (gH8T+)
Out of a 3+ hour game there’s something like 10 minutes of actual football played.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:55 AM (y6810)
Posted by: sTevo at February 09, 2026 11:55 AM (CWGlO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:55 AM (2GVsD)
Custom refers to products altered from a base template to fit a customer's specifications, while bespoke implies a completely unique item designed and crafted from scratch, often by hand. Custom offers personalization within set options, whereas bespoke offers unlimited customization, superior craftsmanship, and a higher level of detail, typically at a higher cost.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
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They are the same thing. "Bespoke" is an old elitist Brit term that's used to make "custom" sound too plebian. Sorta like when a "used car" is called a "pre-owned" car.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 11:55 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (JCZqz)
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I seriously doubt that if the cut has already been done, that doctors won't be able to prescribe things like pain relievers.
Also, why do post-op trannies need pain reliever regularly? Is that something that most normal people have to do just to get through the day?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:55 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:49 AM (8zz6B)
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Only a ding-a-ling says that.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 11:55 AM (cUGtl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:52 AM
Obviously this was the fault of conservatives in society failing to fully embrace and celebrate zim, h8r!!!!!
Posted by: Leftists Everywhere at February 09, 2026 11:55 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (0yjaw)
That's so weird. Like a car you are modifying.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Really??
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The iconic "write-off" scene between Jerry and Kramer occurs in the Seinfeld episode “The Package” which is Season 8, Episode 5. Kramer tries to convince Jerry to scam the post office for a broken stereo, famously claiming that big companies just "write it off."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 11:56 AM (NFX2v)
They need a bra that doesn't lift but still separates.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 11:56 AM (gH8T+)
You'll never see Abigail Shapiro in the Olympic Women's Luge event, I can tell you that.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:56 AM (Riz8t)
That crash isn't a clear example of DEI failure judging by the ongoing NHTSA investigation. Many other factors and systems failures were in play
Posted by: Bigsmith at February 09, 2026 11:54 AM (1Au9i)
Other factors like gravity?
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:56 AM (y6810)
Last I remember the father was losing in court - but I never heard anything more.
I wonder what the outcome was....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Texas case and Family Courts are notorious for injustice. They should really be replaced with six person juries for key fact finding in contested cases.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:56 AM (2swu2)
and transwomania.
Posted by: anachronda at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 11:48 AM (BI5O2)
I don't hate it but I do despise it. Hate is corrosive though so it's best to find an answer within that doesn't waste good energy on something so non productive.
Also hate the sin not the sinner.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (JCZqz)
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He says this like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: sTevo at February 09, 2026 11:55 AM (CWGlO)
I don't think he's that important.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
As Meatloaf said, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
Posted by: Horny Moron at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (JCZqz)
Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Both children died by suicide. And Doctor Money complained how right wingers were making his life miserable towards the end.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (OPGS/)
A lot of them are just cross dressers. It has become "hip" for them to claim they actually believe they are "the other sex", but every time they pee they are reminded that fantasy is a lie.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (vbXSk)
"Stocks’ sharp rebound is only making investors more nervous"
Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (rj6Yv)
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"Is the stock market even real?"
-stock traders, apparently
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (pDt9x)
How about contempt?
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:56 AM (2swu2)
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There is no state in the union where family courts aren't notorious for injustice.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (dTakD)
At one point, long before electricity, Noonan was quite babealicious.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)
This I cannot believe… no
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (ZCxQ+)
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:56 AM (2swu2)
The mother (who was not the biological mother, if that matters to anyone. I know to some people, it doesn't.) fled to California with both sons.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (uEmCf)
Breaking911
@Breaking911
Mexican restaurant in Arizona offers free meals to all ICE agents.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (J+Psw)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 11:06 AM (R3YpS)
She was a heterodox essayist with a frustrating tendency to get close to an interesting truth and then whoosh, miss it. She would take a 40,000' view of an issue, illuminating connections that escaped more conventional commentators, and that was enough to make her a deep thinker to the kind of people who think The Economist is objective.
But over time, with one essay after another leaving me annoyed, I finally put my finger on what was bugging me: her view was static. She had no sense of dynamic complexity, as if the surface features a system displayed could be taken as representative, instead of merely the current result of competing feedback loops in constant tension. So, I stopped reading.
Posted by: SciVo at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (pDt9x)
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"All children are marrying sex robots!"
-story about one adult marrying a sex robot with no data about it as a general trend
"We must freak out!"
-people who read the headline
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (GBKbO)
Understandable. It is tough to track everything when both parents are working - my intention was not to slam being organized. After growing up in the free-range kid 70's it was just a little weird, particularly in a work environment ruled by project managers, speradsheets, etc.. to see the similarities between work/and kid management.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (0yjaw)
‘ At one point, Megan McArdle was kinda cute; maybe a “Peggy Noonan 6.”
At one point, long before electricity, Noonan was quite babealicious.’
Yeah but now you would have to blow the dust off.
Less so with Megan.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (jbnUc)
But the capper was the CWO not acting like the Instructor Pilot he was supposed to be, the Captain in the transcripts was not performing well and he should have stepped in and stopped the training flight.
He didn't.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (2GVsD)
"Stocks’ sharp rebound is only making investors more nervous"
Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (rj6Yv)
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"Is the stock market even real?"
-stock traders, apparently
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (GBKbO
The could have merely said “ what goes up must come down”.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (pDt9x)
Long ago, a neuropsychology professor told our class that ECT was the only truly effective treatment for depression. Problem was people were led to believe that the doctors just plugged the patients into a wall socket, when it was less than 1 amp of current.
Posted by: Nazdar at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (NcvvS)
But, yea, it's overused for a lot of things these days.
What terminology isn't?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 11:50 AM (jtM2q)
6-7
*up and down hand gesture*
Posted by: No cap FRFR on God at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (PYyV9)
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Men's wear, specifically, custom tailored suits. Usage turns up in British literature, indicating that the wearer is a person of affluence.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 12:00 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (0yjaw)
My kids spent many a summer day doing things like that. Never one on one but team workouts and shit. Seemed like the “season” never ends. It’s all year long either playing, practicing , workouts, camps etc.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 12:00 PM (y6810)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (QGaXH)
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Grok:
https://tinyurl.com/yzuku8j8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 12:00 PM (cUGtl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Looks better on TV I guess than her rather pedestrian writings.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:00 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (pDt9x)
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Next they'll be advocating for decriminalizing pedophilia.
Oh, wait ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:00 PM (dTakD)
Yeah. Career risk, there. Ain't gonna happen.
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 12:00 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (pDt9x)
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DOW only go up now.
Algorithm outside shoulda told you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:00 PM (GBKbO)
I can only imagine it was.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 12:01 PM (NFX2v)
-story about one adult marrying a sex robot with no data about it as a general trend
"We must freak out!"
-people who read the headline
90% of news these days
I think AI writing news stories is at least partly to blame
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:01 PM (PYyV9)
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Speak for yourself.
I hate the Left with everything I've got, and I'll never moderate or apologize for it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Hate not only lives here, it pays the mortgage.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 12:01 PM (PcTIw)
They need a bra that doesn't lift but still separates.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 11:56 AM (gH8T+)
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I never hear that without picturing Jane Russell wrap her breasts in measuring tape to illustrate.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 12:01 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Replaced artisan I think in the popular vernacular as too many products got called artisan that were not.
Thus, bespoke was the new cool kids monicker to set them apart from the hoi polloi.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 11:46 AM (2swu2)
The common terms used before the 'bespoke' craze were tailored, custom-made, custom-built, and so on. When I first read the term bespoke in an article several years ago, I had never before seen it or heard it used. And I'm a few years older than 29. From context I guessed it meant custom-made for one person, but to be sure I had look-up the definition.
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 12:01 PM (5rh/l)
Oh, wait ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:00 PM (dTakD)
California already did, to cater to that Scott Weiner guy.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:02 PM (uEmCf)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (OPGS/)
Both kids should have tracked down Dr. Money, and murdered him instead. Wimps.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 12:02 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: SciVo at February 09, 2026 12:02 PM (Sy6m/)
I can only imagine it was.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 12:01 PM (NFX2v)
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Were they going to Dunsinane Hill?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:02 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 12:02 PM (2GVsD)
Its not that nobody used bespoke before, it was just limited to very few people in a very specific kind of setting now its all over the place. This is my bespoke pencil!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:03 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:03 PM (pDt9x)
Right?
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:03 PM (gH8T+)
Almost like QT is necessary to balance with lowered Fed interest rates to prevent some kind of interest rate shock.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:54 AM (GBKbO)
Why not just stop expanding M2 and let growth and productivity catch up?
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 12:03 PM (gbOdA)
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I was lamenting to The Wifey afterwards about missing an opportunity during our conversation the other night about your "canine therapy," when I could have said "The Lord works in mysterious strays."
She retorted: "Or, The Lord works in mysterious wags."
[The smiley faces don't work on my phone for some reason]
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:04 PM (dTakD)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 11:58 AM (pDt9x)
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"All children are marrying sex robots!"
-story about one adult marrying a sex robot with no data about it as a general trend
"We must freak out!"
-people who read the headline
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (GBKbO)
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"Two people doing something in the entire world is a trend. Three is a movement. Four is a revolution!"
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 12:04 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:04 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 12:00 PM (XuXeR)
His career went to shit, anyway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 12:04 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: fIREHOSE at February 09, 2026 12:04 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 12:03 PM (gbOdA)
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It's my understanding that the Fed is continuing to increase M2, but at a must slower rate than over the last few years, which is part of the reason inflation is down as much as it is.
But, it seems like Bessent is trying his hand at managed deflationary actions without going full deflation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:04 PM (GBKbO)
Long ago, a neuropsychology professor told our class that ECT was the only truly effective treatment for depression. Problem was people were led to believe that the doctors just plugged the patients into a wall socket, when it was less than 1 amp of current.
Posted by: Nazdar at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM (NcvvS)
It's still used for medication-resistant intractable depression. Basically everything else has to have failed first, and it's not at all like what they were doing back when various quacks decided that high voltage and radium exposure would cure everything. It's low levels of electricity, it's performed under sedation, and you don't turn into a drooling vegetable with a thousand-yard stare as depicted in movies and TV.
Posted by: It's not OFOTCN at February 09, 2026 12:05 PM (TbWk/)
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Pretty sure my first encounter was in a P.G. Wodehouse book.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 12:05 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 12:05 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 12:05 PM (2GVsD)
Apgar scores and Dr. Spock laugh...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 12:05 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Nazdar
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From what I've seen, your neuropsych professor was probably accurate. There are some new pharma treatments too though so we shall see their aftereffects on bodies in about 20 years or so.
I do think that the overprescribing of anti depressants and anti anxiety medications probably have led to obesity issues as they literally rewire parts of the bod's chemistry to the point that it affects metabolism and eating desires.
Blue haired, pierced, obnoxious land whales, may have, in part, become that way via modern pharmacology.
And we don't know yet about the effect of all these chemicals pissed out into our drinking water as to how it will affect humanity in general.
We tend to create these circumstances then react when the downsides come back to bite us in the ass later on.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:05 PM (2swu2)
And, lastly - as I recall some commentator famously and correctly noted right after the election - most of the people who foisted this on their kids can never backpedal. To do so is to admit their monstrous actions.
If things pop off a lot of people are going to just vanish.
Posted by: heya at February 09, 2026 12:05 PM (neSLO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 11:57 AM (bss/y)
Neither do I. We streamed a slow Carrie Coon flick instead. I was just an inquiring mind!
Posted by: sTevo at February 09, 2026 12:06 PM (CWGlO)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 11:59 AM
She's got some lungs on her.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 12:06 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 12:06 PM (ZCxQ+)
Posted by: It's not OFOTCN at February 09, 2026 12:05 PM (TbWk/)
What's the fun if it doesn't hurt anyone?
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:06 PM (uEmCf)
Thing is we had discipline. We knew to do as we were told or there would be hell to pay. When we were old enough we had chores to do around the house and we had to keep up our grades at school. I guess times were different back then but we expected to do our part.
Posted by: Case at February 09, 2026 12:06 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Honestly surprised we haven't seen than in a CSI episode at this point.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 12:06 PM (OPGS/)
I was busy leveling up a character on TurtleWoW.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:06 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 11:53 AM (QGaXH)
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Grok:
https://tinyurl.com/yzuku8j8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 12:00 PM (cUGtl)
Biden's Dog
Thank you! I'm glad even though the step-mother fled to the supposedly supportive state of California, not actin has been taken. Maybe now, the kid will have a chance. Especially since he's approaching an age where a court will listen to him directly.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:06 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Bigsmith at February 09, 2026 11:54 AM (1Au9i)
Other factors like gravity?
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 11:56 AM (y6810)
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I should have said NTSB, not NHTSA.
Other factors like:
2 other experienced pilots in the copter also misunderstood the ATC instructions and also didn't see the plane they hit until it was too late.
They were all wearing night vision goggles that obscured visibility.
The altimeter they were relying on indicated they were within the approved ceiling for the route, confirmed by the instructor pilot on the voice recorder. But the altimeter was off by 100 feet.
...etc. etc ...It's a miracle something similar didn't happen before, and the helicopter route involved no longer exists.
Posted by: Bigsmith at February 09, 2026 12:06 PM (1Au9i)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 12:07 PM (3sG5t)
Posted by: sTevo
About what? Seems like on here nobody watched him or if they did they didn't speak Spanish so didn't know what he was singing.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 12:07 PM (Nx5jP)
She retorted: "Or, The Lord works in mysterious wags."
[The smiley faces don't work on my phone for some reason]
Posted by: ShainS
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Some angels come with wagging tails. Like your and your wife's comment. Very droll.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:07 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 12:03 PM (gbOdA)
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Because it probably won't. The QE era was so huge that it would take generations. The Fed does need to disgorge some assets if there is to be any hope of rebalancing things. But that doesn't mean it needs to have a fire sale. A fire sale would be counterproductive. It would crash prices in the asset classes where the Fed plays (MBS and Treasuries, mostly) and they couldn't remove anything like the number of dollars they shoveled in. Letting it roll off is probably more sensible.
A billion dollars worth of Fed-held MBS matures. That billion dollars exits the economy. The Fed buys another 750 million in MBS to replace it. Gradual draw-down of excess liquidity they dumped into the system over the course of a decade. My guess is that it what they're talking about.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:07 PM (ojr4c)
Its not that nobody used bespoke before, it was just limited to very few people in a very specific kind of setting now its all over the place. This is my bespoke pencil!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:03 PM (PYyV9)
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It's long been used by Brits in their custom-suit industry and by very exclusive companies like Rolls Royce to describe their custom-car program.
There's obviously been a very recent coordinated marketing and branding movement to use the term more broadly. People are dumb; they hear something shiny and new and they think it's shiny and new.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 12:07 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: sTevo
About what? Seems like on here nobody watched him or if they did they didn't speak Spanish so didn't know what he was singing.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Bad Bunny is no Rickey Martin living the vida loca.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:08 PM (2swu2)
The lawsuits and likely child goes nuts and kills parents scenarios are going to continue for decades.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:08 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Honestly surprised we haven't seen than in a CSI episode at this point.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 12:06 PM (OPGS/)
In the highly unlikely event I'm ever on a jury for such a crime my vote would be not guilty.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:08 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: curate at February 09, 2026 12:09 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:08 PM (QGaXH)
Justified.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 12:09 PM (bss/y)
I did ask a couple of Mrs' relatives... they didn't watch...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 12:09 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Northernlurker
They probably moved away and left no forwarding address.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 12:09 PM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:08 PM
The motive may never be known, they vowed.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 12:09 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: curate at February 09, 2026 12:09 PM (rJ48h)
Oh damn. 'Curated experience' was a pretty good one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 12:09 PM (bss/y)
The Nest is a 2020 psychological drama film written, directed, and produced by Sean Durkin. The film stars Jude Law, Carrie Coon,
Posted by: sTevo at February 09, 2026 12:09 PM (CWGlO)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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That sort of thing is more common among the upper SES classes and Upton Sinclair's "Babbitt" made fun of that. Veblen's critique of conspicuous consumption also addresses the issues.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:10 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 09, 2026 12:10 PM (affD0)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 12:03 PM (gbOdA)"
Oh come on, that'll never happen. We'd be shoved into ww3 or civil war, first.
Last realistic chance was when Reagan took office and knowing what we know now, I doubt it could have been pulled off.
We are riding this flaming dumpster all the way down, one way or another.
Posted by: heya at February 09, 2026 12:10 PM (neSLO)
I suspect and fear that the trans madness and butchery will just go underground.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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It'll increase overseas. It's supposedly big in Thailand.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 12:10 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Honestly surprised we haven't seen than in a CSI episode at this point.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 12:06 PM
Sorry. Best we can do is a jury acquitting the troon who killed the evil right-wing parent who fought against its life-saving transition
Posted by: Hollywood at February 09, 2026 12:10 PM (bFu5X)
No other acts should be allowed to play the Halftime Show.
Only Al.
Posted by: fIREHOSE at February 09, 2026 12:10 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:08 PM
The motive may never be known, they vowed.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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On the bright side, there will soon be a way to make those AI horror movies that will appall Hollyweird. Trans Chuckie does in Mommy Dearest for example.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:11 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:11 PM (gH8T+)
Funny bout that - some years ago he did that tune with Kylie Minogue... and sorta mumbled the "skin the color mocha" bits.
I laughed...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 12:11 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 09, 2026 12:04 PM (GBKbO)
As I understand it, Inflation/Deflation is not just about the money supply itself, however you measure it, but the supply with respect to the actual economy. If you're increasing the money supply in absolute terms, but the economy is growing even faster, you can be "deflationary" without actually being in deflation. Or whatever the fancy pants lingo for that sort of thing is.
There's probably better vocabulary for that, which the people in bowties who would say "no your a retard" at me for even daring to broach such a monstrous idea would use.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 12:12 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 09, 2026 12:10 PM (n7rxJ)
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And Brazil.
And if an adult wants to fly away and go have himself mutilated on his own dime, that's his business. I think his friends and family should discourage him, but he's a free agent.
It would be much harder for a teenager to do that. Probably not impossible, but so difficult that it would probably fall to zero or nearly zero.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:12 PM (ojr4c)
ADS-B from the Blackhawk showed them busting the altitude ceiling.
That is one of the problems that should have aborted the mission, neither the Captain or CWO were seeing the same altitude at one point.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 12:12 PM (2GVsD)
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The one who actually had his penis burned off (David Reimer) did go to the surgeon's office one day (not Dr. Money). The one who actually performed the procedure. And he had the full intent of harming him. He went in and screamed at the doctor that he made his life a living hell. Before Reimer ran out not harming him, he recalls leaving the doctor crying.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 12:12 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:11 PM (gH8T+)
Sounds vaguely naughty.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:12 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 12:13 PM (RIvkX)
Almost too on the nose to be real
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 12:13 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 09, 2026 12:13 PM (OR60z)
Posted by: XTC
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DIYers can simply go to the nearest electric fence for animals to get a shock.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:13 PM (2swu2)
There's probably better vocabulary for that, which the people in bowties who would say "no your a retard" at me for even daring to broach such a monstrous idea would use.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 12:12 PM (JwNbV)
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They use "disinflation" for that, but it's nonsense. Inflation is an increasing in money and money equivalents. Deflation is a decrease. That may or may not show up in prices, with or without a delay, in some or all asset classes and goods. Inflation and deflation are purely monetary phenomena.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:13 PM (ojr4c)
Almost too on the nose to be real
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 12:13 PM (5aZAZ)
Einhorn is a MAN!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 12:13 PM (bss/y)
Too bad said Dr wasn't bleeding....out
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 12:14 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 12:14 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 09, 2026 12:10 PM (affD0)
I suspect that one of my cousins has been trying to "become" a man, as her voice is deeper than it used to be, and she has the beginnings of some facial hair.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:14 PM (uEmCf)
Anyhow, where is Angelina Jolie in all this? She has deep pockets if that weird kid of hers decides that he/she wants to sue mommie in the future.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 09, 2026 12:14 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Lady in Black
That would have been an easy case if I'd been on the jury.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 12:14 PM (OPGS/)
If I did I would tell her "your child is suffering from a media-driven social contagion, and you are affirming the delusion because you've allowed social pressure from your peer group to undermine your highest loyalty - the one to your child. I am urging you to pull your head from your ass before you do something that can't be forgiven, and if you go through with it, then lose my phone number and suffer with your guilt alone."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 12:15 PM (BI5O2)
Almost too on the nose to be real
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 12:13 PM (5aZAZ)
I have watched the show a few times. It’s pretty funny. Watched at my sister and brother in laws. They are glued to it every night.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:15 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Northernlurker
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No, but Nancy does.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 12:15 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Like most of infotainment TV, including those awful panels, these are actors first, commentators second. They play a part and that has been true for a very long time. Reality shows for audiences using politics as the shtick.
If they were uglier, then they would be in print writing columns that few read. Like McArdle.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:16 PM (2swu2)
John Money was a really sick and twisted evil fvck.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 12:16 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: ballistic at February 09, 2026 12:16 PM (5aZAZ)
This gang hit an armored van in southern Italy this morning on a highway full of commuters 😨
Video at the link.
https://is.gd/DR3YFg
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 12:16 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: Crusader at February 09, 2026 12:16 PM (TN0g+)
Its not that nobody used bespoke before, it was just limited to very few people in a very specific kind of setting now its all over the place. This is my bespoke pencil!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:03 PM (PYyV9)
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It's long been used by Brits in their custom-suit industry and by very exclusive companies like Rolls Royce to describe their custom-car program.
There's obviously been a very recent coordinated marketing and branding movement to use the term more broadly. People are dumb; they hear something shiny and new and they think it's shiny and new.
Posted bkey: Judge Elric The Blade at February 09, 2026 12:07 PM (iFTx/)
'bespoke' is nothing new. Both the wheels on my Schwinn with the banana seat back in the '60's were bespoked......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:17 PM (QGaXH)
I suspect that one of my cousins has been trying to "become" a man, as her voice is deeper than it used to be, and she has the beginnings of some facial hair.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:14 PM (uEmCf)
Yep, could be a clue. If she buys a Big Ass Truck I would say it is a sure thing.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:17 PM (pDt9x)
And anyone who links a McArdle article unironically or not as an example deserving scorn or derision gets a night in the box.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 12:17 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 09, 2026 12:10 PM (affD0)"
This is common. We've lost half a dozen, and in one case it was after they had a kid, then they did it to the kid in turn.
It is hard looking at someone you grew up with, who you were very close to like a sibling and realizing if push came to shove you probably wouldn't even let them hide in the attic. We've never had words about it and I spent years being supportive when they were just an apolitical, harmless weirdo with (honestly unfounded) confidence issues. But enough is enough.
That's part of this great evil, preying on those that feel they don't fit in.
Posted by: heya at February 09, 2026 12:17 PM (neSLO)
The real money, though, is in the chemical castration, through puberty blockers and years-long drug therapies. That's where the real bucks are.
And those have NOT been repudiated.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at February 09, 2026 12:17 PM (bufu1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Those who would love God must hate evil.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:17 PM (dTakD)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 12:14 PM (XuXeR)
This. You know, it wouldn't take too many instances of that for surgeons to start thinking, "I'm going to stop doing this shit, It could get me killed, and then I wouldn't be able to enjoy that nice yacht I bought."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 12:18 PM (8zz6B)
Trouble is the fathers have nobody on their side. The dad in Texas fought like hell over his wife transing his kids. Courts told him to fuck himself and let the e-wife kidnap the kids to California to get their parts mutilated. So what do you do when in the eyes of the family law system you're a child abuser for opposing the mutilation of your own kid?
Posted by: It's pretty fucked up, all of it at February 09, 2026 12:18 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 11:21 AM (8zz6B)
It's enough to lend credence to the wild talk of social elites having bizarre rituals with human sacrifice to get ahead in The Big Club (that you ain't in). In that light, their outsized affinity for transing their kids doesn't just look creepy and weird; it looks like possibly a murder substitute.
And then their absolute freakouts over 'deadnaming' (too on the nose?) take on a more sinister tenor, as it could be status anxiety, from threatening the validity of the sacrifice that secured their position. Not to mention, the blasphemous parallel to Jesus rising from the dead would only increase the hypothetical appeal to these hypothetical Luciferians.
Without hard evidence, it's all very speculative. But they aren't doing themselves any favors by acting creepy and weird.
Posted by: SciVo at February 09, 2026 12:18 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:18 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:07 PM (2swu2)
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Love you -- No Homo!
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:18 PM (dTakD)
Great! When I uh, buy my wife, at the start she was uh, cook good, her vazhïn work well, and she strong on plow. But after three years when she was fifteen, then she become weak, her voice become deep: BORAT BORAT, eh, she receive hair on chest, and vazhïn hang like sleeve of wizard.
Posted by: Borat at February 09, 2026 12:19 PM (TmfuF)
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:07 PM (2swu2)
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Love you -- No Homo!
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:18 PM (dTakD)
Ha! GAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Posted by: Korean guy on Community at February 09, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:18 PM (QGaXH)
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Mortgage-Backed Securities.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:19 PM (ojr4c)
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I think she gets tremendous benefit out of her eyeglasses. No, seriously! She's got that "sexy librarian" look going. I don't think she's be nearly as noticeable without the glasses.
Posted by: Crusader at February 09, 2026 12:19 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: It's pretty fucked up, all of it at February 09, 2026 12:18 PM (TbWk/)
She's not trooning out both of them. She's doing John Money 2.0, trooning out one twin but not the other.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:20 PM (uEmCf)
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Oh, I know. No shade on them. They tried. I would murder my wife and abscond with our child, but I keep shit real real, and I can't expect anyone to go that far.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 12:20 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:18 PM (QGaXH)
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I assumed Mortgage-Backed Securities?
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:20 PM (dTakD)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz!
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Yet. But in the course of things, those makers will also be sued as the effects of taking these drugs becomes apparent. Slow burn rather than fast one.
Most of big pharma modus operandi seems to be develop a market, get windfall profits, extract much of those profits, before the inevitable crash due to medicine side effects. Sacklers are an example. Pfizer and Moderna are others.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:20 PM (2swu2)
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That's really a hell of a thing to say.
Posted by: Crusader at February 09, 2026 12:16 PM (TN0g+)
Heh.
Technically speaking, i'm not "opposed" to it, either. You wanna mutilate your kid, you go right on ahead. Rotten thing ain't mine, and was gonna grow up to be a piece of shit anyway with a parent like that. Neither my monkey nor my circus.
But, then, you stay far, far away from everybody else's kid, you sick mutants. I don't care about your kid or what you do to it. Don't force me to have to care.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 12:20 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: Korean guy on Community at February 09, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/)
https://tinyurl.com/2s433pe7
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM (pDt9x)
Same, my cousin's cute little daughter decided she was an it and mangled herself, now she's a "they" and its incredibly awkward every time "they" are around.
I just try to love her and treat her with respect until maybe some day she can grow up and realize the horror of what she did to herself. But she wasn't alone in this.
She's been in therapy most of her life and her school counsellors no doubt helped shove her into this life.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM (PYyV9)
Posted by: ShainS
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Thanks, brought a smile to my face as you always do. Appreciate the love freely given and reciprocate.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:12 PM (pDt9x)
"Pain is the toughest riddle
He's chalk, he's a dartboard
His sex is disease, he's a stop sign"
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 12:20 PM (BI5O2)
From what I remember, she's not the Genetic mother. She had someone else's embryos implanted into her.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM (uEmCf)
They surely like the money they make from forever patients. Hospital administrators love this stuff, its a huge cash influx for the life of the patient.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:23 PM (PYyV9)
The Carbuncles, tho...oof.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:23 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM (uEmCf)
So to her, they are already designer.
I have seen women who have desperately wanted kids of their own. This whole thing is just so fucked up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 12:23 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 09, 2026 12:10 PM (affD0)
This ideology and these people are not welcome in my home, blood or no.
It is a social contagion, and it deserves to be strangled in its infancy and squashed wherever found. It will NEVER be OK to support this type of child abuse.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 12:24 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:12 PM (pDt9x)
"Pain is the toughest riddle
He's chalk, he's a dartboard
His sex is disease, he's a stop sign"
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM (gH8T+)
Well Damn, now I will spend the rest of the day trying to figure that out!!!
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:24 PM (pDt9x)
The Carbuncles, tho...oof.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:23 PM (gH8T+)
KAT TIMPF HAS SYPHILLIS?!
Posted by: Al Sharpton at February 09, 2026 12:24 PM (bss/y)
I have noticed that Zoomers and Gen Alpha do this weird thing where they will yell "I LOVE YOU" over the slightest thing. You open the door for them, "I love you!" Love has been corrupted down to the most meaningless level of nothing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:24 PM (PYyV9)
On advice of counsel, I will refrain from answering that question beyond saying she would not have custody and I would have an alibi.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 12:25 PM (OPGS/)
He's chalk, he's a dartboard
His sex is disease, he's a stop sign"
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM (gH8T+)
I liked the original Dolley Parton version better.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 12:25 PM (JwNbV)
He's chalk, he's a dartboard
His sex is disease, he's a stop sign"
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM (gH8T+)
Well Damn, now I will spend the rest of the day trying to figure that out!!!
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:24 PM (pDt9x)
Or you could, you know, just do a two-second Google search.
Posted by: How you spend your time is up to you at February 09, 2026 12:26 PM (TbWk/)
I just try to love her and treat her with respect until maybe some day she can grow up and realize the horror of what she did to herself. But she wasn't alone in this.
She's been in therapy most of her life and her school counsellors no doubt helped shove her into this life.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM
Yeah...my BIL's niece has just decided she's a he. Family of crazy Seattle area lefties. My BIL is apparently the only normal one.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 12:27 PM (bFu5X)
Wait. Isn't she Alec Baldwin's wife?
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 09, 2026 12:27 PM (0Htd1)
Minutemen: One Reporter's Opinion
Mike Watt was the Bassist...who later went on to play in fIREHOSE when D. Boone (Guitarist) was killed in a car wreck.
Pro Tip. NEVER LET YOUR GIRL DRIVE
RIP D. Boone
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:27 PM (gH8T+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 12:27 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:24 PM (PYyV9)
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Ugh, have never witnessed that.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:27 PM (dTakD)
When I was checking out of the hospital they gave me a heaping helping of oxycodone. And narcan.
Maybe they should stop prescribing drugs that require another life saving drug just in case.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 09, 2026 12:28 PM (viF8m)
He's chalk, he's a dartboard
His sex is disease, he's a stop sign"
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:22 PM (gH8T+)
Well Damn, now I will spend the rest of the day trying to figure that out!!!
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:24 PM (pDt9x)
Or you could, you know, just do a two-second Google search.
Posted by: How you spend your time is up to you at February 09, 2026 12:26 PM (TbWk/)
Okay fine. Now I gotta figure out who the hel “ Mike Watt” is. Sheesh.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:28 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 12:27 PM (8zz6B)
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AOP for AG!
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:28 PM (dTakD)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Yet it is far better than yelling I hate you.
Like faking it until you make it, being one in Christ means not being afraid to express love with those in the community, friends, and family.
People can be corrupt but love is the same as it ever was. The language may try to obscure and corrupt but the mere words themselves are simply a pale shadow of the heart and its expression.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:29 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 12:29 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 12:29 PM (JwNbV)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:30 PM (pDt9x)
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I think she gets tremendous benefit out of her eyeglasses. No, seriously! She's got that "sexy librarian" look going. I don't think she's be nearly as noticeable without the glasses.
Posted by: Crusader at February 09, 2026 12:19 PM (TN0g+)
******
She even said that she looks blah without her glasses and said she wears them to look hotter.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 12:30 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 09, 2026 12:24 PM
The excessive use of "I love that for you!" grinds my gears.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 12:30 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at February 09, 2026 12:30 PM (C0BNZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 12:17 PM (dK+Kv)
That was recently on one of the movie channels - either TCM or Movies - I DVRd it and watched over this past weekend. I enjoyed watching Carr's 'night in the box' speech to the new 'meat' and reflecting on how often we use it here....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:30 PM (QGaXH)
Maybe they should stop prescribing drugs that require another life saving drug just in case.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Interesting that narcan is being included now with opiod prescriptions.
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:30 PM (2swu2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
I don't mind. That ship sailed long ago. Look at people casually shacking up etc. A grateful heart is a good thing. And gratitude is the opposite of the Left's stock and trade of resentment. You cannot feel resentment and gratitude at the same time.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 12:31 PM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Under water, carry the water at February 09, 2026 12:31 PM (TbWk/)
But even if she wanted to, it would still never come up. I think she knows deep down that the day she said we should transition one of the kids would be her last.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 12:31 PM (BI5O2)
Watt and Hurley were one of the best rhythm sections in Punk.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:32 PM (gH8T+)
Goes well with my line: "Go F**k yourself"
Gets their attention, it does.
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 12:32 PM (XuXeR)
NBC Suffers Bizarre Technical Glitch As Entire Halftime Show Broadcast In Spanish
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 12:32 PM (J+Psw)
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1) Awesome.
2) I think the algorithm has figured me out.
Posted by: Al Sharpton at February 09, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Under water, carry the water at February 09, 2026 12:31 PM
Lake. Big lake.
Posted by: Long Duc Dong at February 09, 2026 12:32 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:30 PM (2swu2)
Sue the hospital for offending you with their little "training wheels".
As if I don't know how to party.
Pssshhhhh.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 12:32 PM (JwNbV)
John Money was a really sick and twisted evil fvck.
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Extremely sick, evil and twisted. He made them act out their gender roles on each other, simulating sex with one another.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 12:32 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Al Sharpton at February 09, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 12:32 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 12:20 PM (2swu2)
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Next you'll be telling me that members of the FDA and other regulatory agencies -- like that treasonous asshat Faucistein are on the take.
/rhetorical
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 12:33 PM (dTakD)
Queer Starmer's "Right-Hand Man," the Man Who Promoted Epstein Bestie Peter Mandelson for Abassador to the US, Resigns
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
Watt and Hurley were one of the best rhythm sections in Punk.
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2026 12:32 PM (gH8T+)
You just KNOW I’m gonna go look them up at some point today, dontcha??? It’s like a laser pointer.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:33 PM (pDt9x)
She's tiny but makes Greg look bigger ... so he loves her for that.
Posted by: illiniwek at February 09, 2026 12:33 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: epador at February 09, 2026 12:34 PM (TRnzq)
Posted by: Nazdar at February 09, 2026 12:34 PM (NcvvS)
Trouble is the fathers have nobody on their side. The dad in Texas fought like hell over his wife transing his kids. Courts told him to fuck himself and let the e-wife kidnap the kids to California to get their parts mutilated. So what do you do when in the eyes of the family law system you're a child abuser for opposing the mutilation of your own kid?
Posted by: It's pretty fucked up, all of it at February 09, 2026 12:18 PM (TbWk/)
I remember thinking at the time that poor dad's only choice was to kidnap the kid and flee to a non-extradition country. Not an easy thing to do - but it's either destroy your own life or allow your son's life to be destroyed.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:35 PM (QGaXH)
And it happened for so long largely in part because aggressive, insane men-pretending-to-be women harrassed, intimidated, threatened, &c anyone who said anything against it, especially influential people in medicine (like medical journals, or those who maintain the DSM) And this evil was supported by half the political spectrum because it was "progressive," revolutionary, upset the squares, signalled their commitment to The Message, whatever. There is a huge problem with tolerating severe mental illness.
Posted by: fb at February 09, 2026 12:35 PM (JVEmw)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:18 PM (QGaXH)
++++
Mortgage-Backed Securities.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 12:19 PM (ojr4c)
Thank you sir. I just couldn't cipher it on my own even though I consider myself a fairly sophisticated investor.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 12:37 PM (QGaXH)
Tell the truth, you found a way to leave a few prominent Beatles quotes in the post.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 12:41 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 12:04 PM
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Stochastic is the term to use when you don your Smart Girl Glasses ™️.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at February 09, 2026 01:06 PM (6NLLD)
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Correct. Murder / Assisted Suicide. Hence the term "Dead Name".
Posted by: My Pronouns=Doc/Dr. at February 09, 2026 01:10 PM (PoaF2)
Posted by: Wofus at February 09, 2026 01:11 PM (CNa+A)
Posted by: Crusader at February 09, 2026 12:19 PM (TN0g+)
That Big Bang Theory episode where Penny buys a pair of glasses to make her look smart. She slowly puts them on and Leonard grabs her for a trip to the bedroom. LOL
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 09, 2026 01:13 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
🤔
In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the army led by Malcolm, Macduff, and Siward marches toward Dunsinane Hill to overthrow Macbeth. They use branches from Birnam Wood as camouflage
We're dealing with idiots and fools. They doubt even the Great.
Lit hub:
'Doubting Shakespeare’s Identity Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory'
Elizabeth Winkler Argues the Mystery Behind the God of Iambic Thunder Is Part of the Thrill
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 01:22 PM (NFX2v)
Three or four years ago, a brave doctor who was in the audience at a Vanderbilt University Medical Center talk leaked a video of two of the female speakerrs, both doctors and administrators at VUMC, boasting that VUMC would make 3 million dollars or more off of each so-called transitioner over a lifetime: and the harpies were beaming and licking their chops at the prospect of all this lovely lovely money they were going to make.
They were telling the staff doctors that they had to get on board with this jihad against normal sexuality because it would make them rich, rich, rich.
Posted by: Beverly at February 09, 2026 02:08 PM (reMys)
Posted by: whig
And a lot of damage while that slow burn gathers its head. Putting the brakes on the surgeries is a first step, but this fight still has a long way to go.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at February 09, 2026 02:29 PM (bufu1)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Vincent van Gogh
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 09, 2026 09:32 AM (uFGDU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 09, 2026 09:33 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 09:33 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 09:33 AM (P7usy)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 09, 2026 09:33 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 09:33 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 09:34 AM (C4NhV)
Posted by: George Costanza at February 09, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 09:34 AM (dKhdV)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 09, 2026 09:34 AM (IG3/x)
Title: Irises
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise)
Date: 1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 29 x 36 1/4 in. (73.7 x 92.1 cm)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 09:34 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 09, 2026 09:32 AM (uFGDU)
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And trees and daffodils.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 09:34 AM (Fi21F)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 09, 2026 09:35 AM (UgcNV)
Advantage: Gauguin
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 09, 2026 09:35 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 09:35 AM (P7usy)
Posted by: Van Gogh's mother at February 09, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Any shlub from 1600s could have done it better
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 09:36 AM (i+wP0)
Posted by: Voynich manuscript at February 09, 2026 09:36 AM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:37 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Person who checks out titles at February 09, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: red speck at February 09, 2026 09:37 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: Monet's Rouen Cathedral at February 09, 2026 09:38 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:37 AM (cwGMH)
So, you're a multimillionaire?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:38 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 09, 2026 09:39 AM (DgMqy)
Advantage: Gauguin
Posted by: Cicero
_________
There's a Rolling Stones reference in there somewhere.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 09:39 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:37 AM (cwGMH)
So, you're a multimillionaire?
Posted by: Sponge
Uh, yeah! There's no other option...
Posted by: World Class Art Thief at February 09, 2026 09:39 AM (JCZqz)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 09:39 AM (gbOdA)
Our neighboring fence was an escargot killing field.
Posted by: red speck at February 09, 2026 09:40 AM (Ve/HL)
Van Goghing
Van Gone.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:38 AM (uEmCf)
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When pronounced correctly, be prepared to wipe off your screen.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 09:40 AM (Fi21F)
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 09:40 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:40 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 09, 2026 09:40 AM (PMi3m)
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A quality replica like that should go for at least five dollars.
Posted by: Antiques Roadshow at February 09, 2026 09:40 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 09, 2026 09:35 AM (nWPIJ)
Gauguin playing the harmonium in his underwear at his friend Mucha's studio:
https://tinyurl.com/3dwmz54z
Mucha was another horndog with an eye for the ladies.
I get it. What's the point of spending all that time to make a painting if hot nekkid chicks aren't involved?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 09, 2026 09:40 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 09:41 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine at February 09, 2026 09:42 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 09:42 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:43 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)
I wonder if they kill deer? If so, I’ll take a thousand bulbs, please.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 09:43 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 09, 2026 09:43 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 09:39 AM (XvL8K)
Take me down, little Vincent
Take me down
I think you're a big ol' fucking clown
You can send me dead flowers to Tahiti
Send me dead flowers on the boat
Send me dead flowers from your garden
And I'll bang hot chickies, smile, and laugh, and gloat
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 09, 2026 09:44 AM (IG3/x)
Thanks, CBD. Sometimes you just need a bit of beauty.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 09:44 AM (0yjaw)
Any shlub from 1600s could have done it better
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 09:36 AM (i+wP0)
His contemporary, Claude Monet, had cataract surgery in 1923, after which he destroyed many of the works he had painted while he had cataracts.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 09, 2026 09:45 AM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)
I wonder if they kill deer? If so, I’ll take a thousand bulbs, please.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 09:43 AM (pDt9x)
Unfortunately, no.
Posted by: Roy at February 09, 2026 09:45 AM (lHwr/)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:43 AM (cwGMH)
Love his two songs. Seemed a very unobjectionable guy, too.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 09:45 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 09:45 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 09:46 AM (PcTIw)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 09:43 AM (pDt9x)
It's the only plant in my yard deer won't eat. Even deer 'resistant' perennials are part of the salad bar they consume. Deer are asshoe.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 09, 2026 09:46 AM (GTqXr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 09:46 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 09:46 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 09:47 AM (LHPAg)
Little pitchers have big ears.
van Gogh humor
need coffee 🙄
Posted by: mindful webworker - and so it begins... again... at February 09, 2026 09:47 AM (kqXjy)
Posted by: Men Everywhere at February 09, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 09, 2026 09:46 AM (GTqXr)
But make for good meat.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:47 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 09:47 AM (tgvbd)
For fans of van Gogh... There is an animated movie called Loving Vincent. They animated his paintings. Dozens of artists worked for years to create a movie that looks like it was painted by VvG. It's a neat little investigation into his death with some suggesting that he was murdered and an investigator talking to the people who saw him last. The animation is interesting.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 09, 2026 09:48 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 09, 2026 09:48 AM (lpVer)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 09:49 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Lizzy
Or sometimes, in the case of Sydney Sweeney's knockers, a lot.
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)
IMO
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:49 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and so it begins... again... at February 09, 2026 09:47 AM
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They're not listening still.
Perhaps they never will.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 09:50 AM (Fi21F)
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If you was smart you wouldn't ask a lot of questions. Capiche?
Posted by: Big Hearing Aid at February 09, 2026 09:50 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)
Always have to interject sex into the art!!
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 09:51 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 09:52 AM (Hhsnh)
Posted by: Not To Mention, Big Vase at February 09, 2026 09:52 AM (oftw2)
Iris my case!!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 09:52 AM (0yjaw)
Vincent van Gogh
**********
I, Anatomy - a limerick
The cornea lets the outside light through
And the lens mainly focuses the view
The retina preserves
the signal to the optic nerves
But it's the iris that makes your brown eyes blue!
Posted by: muldoon at February 09, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 09:52 AM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 09, 2026 09:53 AM (Kt19C)
My husband saw that. He enjoyed it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 09:53 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and so it begins... again... at February 09, 2026 09:47 AM (kqXjy)
But how's their sinker?
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:53 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Will Robinson at February 09, 2026 09:53 AM (mo6hN)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 09, 2026 09:53 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:53 AM (cwGMH)
CBD, thanks. This is a pleasant image to start the week.
Posted by: JTB at February 09, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 09:54 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 09, 2026 09:53 AM (2J/Lj)
What did he DO???
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 09:54 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 09:54 AM (0yjaw)
Not Van Go.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: muldoon at February 09, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)
But I'm absolutely in favor of Congress revoking their charter and removing our flag from their uniforms. They can just be "The Olympians, brought to you by Carl's Jr.," or something.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 09:55 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 09, 2026 09:53 AM (2J/Lj)
What did he DO???
Posted by: tubal
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Probably trying to beat the 1000% price hike about to hit. Smart.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 09:55 AM (XvL8K)
Congratulations on your Seahawks, Nurse.
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)
Iris my case!!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 09:52 AM (0yjaw)
I see you rose to the occasion.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 09:56 AM (iJfKG)
Van Gogh spoke 4 languages including English so he probably didn't mind Van Go.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:56 AM (cwGMH)
Iris my case!!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 09:52 AM (0yjaw)
I see you rose to the occasion.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 09:56 AM (iJfKG)
Aaaaand we’re off!!!!
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 09:56 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 09:57 AM (QGaXH)
SI then gave the performance mixed marks. It gave "Music" an A. Production and "vibes", however, each got an A+.
Identifyin' abd vibin!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 07:54 AM (ojr4c)
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Heard the sound quality had some issues - heard that from a number of sources.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 09, 2026 09:57 AM (GZYu7)
Whatever Tulsi has dug up the last year has Warner and his deep state traitors scared shitless.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 09:57 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:56 AM (cwGMH)
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*deflates*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 09:57 AM (RIvkX)
Not Van Go.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)
Americans pronounce it Van Go.
Take your funny foreign pronunciations elsewhere, bucko!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 09:58 AM (iJfKG)
But I'm absolutely in favor of Congress revoking their charter and removing our flag from their uniforms. They can just be "The Olympians, brought to you by Carl's Jr.," or something.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 09:55 AM (BI5O2)
Lume.
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 09:58 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 09:59 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:59 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Linda Rondstat at February 09, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 09:59 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:59 AM (cwGMH)
Chronic dieters??
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 09:59 AM (pDt9x)
Whatever Tulsi has dug up the last year has Warner and his deep state traitors scared shitless.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 09:57 AM (HXT0k)
headline spies talk to Trump adviser
real conversation spies talk about Trump adivser
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 10:00 AM (gbOdA)
Received an invoice in the mail last week from the North Texas Toll Authority. Took almost 4 months for them to bill me $3.78 for using a toll road on my way to Corsicana in October.
Anyway - gave me an opportunity to recall the good times at the ranch with a lot of you knuckleheads.
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 10:01 AM (B4Se1)
Posted by: Opinion fact
____________
Pikers, that's who.
Posted by: Japanese General at February 09, 2026 10:01 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 10:01 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:59 AM (cwGMH)
The same kind of guy who cuts his own ear off. A batshit crazy masochist who hates himself.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 10:02 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:59 AM (cwGMH)
Guns are tricky. Maybe he went wobbly.
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 10:02 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
+++
Police suspect fair play.
Posted by: Old Dennis Miller line at February 09, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)
I tried to let you know last night that I saw your message, but apparently to no avail. I can't find your email, so unless I'm being obtuse (a real possibility), I'd appreciate more guidance on where to find it. Thanks.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 10:03 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Big Farma at February 09, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Dooand f at February 09, 2026 10:01 AM (B4Se1)
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* presses "Like" button *
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 10:03 AM (5YukJ)
I think it's good to show that Impressionist artists in particular with their idiosyncratic style weren't just some shmoes throwing swirly crap or dots or whatever on their canvases,
but instead were classically trained artists who purposefully used those classical skills to paint something new (at the time) and different.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 10:04 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Nip it! at February 09, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 10:04 AM (0KSrI)
Whatever Tulsi has dug up the last year has Warner and his deep state traitors scared shitless.
I'm beginning to think this may be Warner's last term and that he's on the way out, voluntarily or involuntarily.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 10:04 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bulg
Not a bi-labial fricative?
Remember well, us Morons generally have the maturity of a 13 yr old.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 10:05 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine at February 09, 2026 10:05 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:59 AM (cwGMH)
Chronic dieters??
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 09:59 AM (pDt9x)
According to the Wikipedia article, he walked to get help afterward so presumably he was coherent enough to say what happened. He died from infection, not blood loss. Or I guess you could call it 'lead poisoning'.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 10:05 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: tubal
Kill deer? So now it's a bird thread?
Posted by: Confused Moron at February 09, 2026 10:06 AM (JCZqz)
Iris my case!!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2026 09:52 AM (0yjaw)
I see you rose to the occasion.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 09:56 AM (iJfKG)
What in carnation is going on with lack of follow-up puns on this thread!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 10:06 AM (iJfKG)
Thanks, but that's the CJN website, which I already saw, but can't find the link to his email in it. I wonder if I need an account.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 10:05 AM (cYBz/)
And the liver of an octogenarian.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 10:08 AM (uEmCf)
Not Van Go.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 09:54 AM
I did enjoy the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam years ago. The Dutch gargling? Not so much.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 10:08 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 09:59 AM (cwGMH)
The same kind of guy who cuts his own ear off. A batshit crazy masochist who hates himself.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 10:02 AM (BI5O2)
EXACTLY! I worked with some genius scientists and engineers. The line between batshit crazy and genius is this >< thin.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 10:08 AM (QGaXH)
Nip it. Nip it in the bud!
Posted by: Deputy Fife at February 09, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Theory is he didn't want to get the kids who shot him in trouble.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 10:09 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: naturalfake
Sometimes we just don't have the stamena...
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)
Was rooting out the bad puns...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 10:09 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2026 10:09 AM (lJ0H4)
I worked with one. He was VERY smart and creative, and then one night, went completely off the reservation. I won't say more, but suffice it to say he was not employed there the next day.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)
Cut a deal with Iran, and get it off your plate Mr. President. Then start "Bully Pulpiting" all over America.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 08:17 AM (QpTiH)
==
Actually, incorrect, probably going to be +1 to +3 in the Senate. The House is the worry of course. Economically, as this starts to be felt by Americans, the House will shape up probably around +10. At this point on the economy, you've done what you can do to move it. Now Bessent and Trump just need to cheerlead the hell out of it.
If the economy stalls out, then yes, the House is in danger.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 09, 2026 10:10 AM (GZYu7)
"One in the ear" was already spoken for.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 09, 2026 10:10 AM (zdLoL)
I worked with one. He was VERY smart and creative, and then one night, went completely off the reservation. I won't say more, but suffice it to say he was not employed there the next day.
Well, that didn't go well. CBD had nothing to do with the other guy...that I know of.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Big Panda at February 09, 2026 10:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2026 10:11 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 10:12 AM (RIvkX)
I saw the Death Certificate story somewhere - here I think - and at first glance believed it as something they would do - until I realized who the source was (Babylon B).
The far greater tell is their (Ds) freak out about ICE at polling places. Since only citizens are supposed to vote, why would they care if ICE wastes their time hanging around a by definition 'target scarce' environment?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 10:12 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 10:01 AM
Back at ya, Doof! Hopefully we'll see you in NoVa.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 10:12 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
**************
De-nunciation - a limerick
Franpsycho is tempted to scoff
By invoking a harsh Phlegmish cough
But those in the know
Call him Vincent Van Go
Only snobbish ones call him Van Goff
Posted by: muldoon at February 09, 2026 10:12 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 10:13 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: The makers of Powdermilk Biscuits at February 09, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 10:13 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 10:14 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Roy at February 09, 2026 10:14 AM (lHwr/)
Whatever Tulsi has dug up the last year has Warner and his deep state traitors scared shitless.
---------------
DNI Gabbard appears to be over the treasonous targets.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 10:14 AM (BS7h0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 10:14 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Kam Fong at February 09, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)
542 Now, there's Pop, Country, rap, and... is there much Metal anymore? Not really my thing, but there's no casual exposure anymore.
I admit to not listening to airwave radio these days, and don't subscribe to any pay-radio service. They ran me off with pop junk and too many commercials.
My world is very small now.
Posted by: JQ at February 09, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)
Metal appears to have a solid live scene, but remaining niche, with a dearth of crossover success. My pet theory is that the genre's competitive downtuning of guitars (to B-standard and beyond!) hinders the ability to produce a clean mix for mainstream tastes; as supporting evidence, I submit the prevalence of relegating the bass player to a backing track (not on stage).
I'm probably wrong, since I don't have all the broader context or professional expertise, but that has never stopped anyone from opining before!
Posted by: SciVo at February 09, 2026 10:15 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 10:16 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Case at February 09, 2026 10:16 AM (E7+ue)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 10:17 AM (iJfKG)
Not to get everyone to watch the video, that's 1st to 3rd level. Brilliant on its own.
4th+ dimension is there is confirmed polling that shows the Obamas are deeply, deeply unpopular with Republicans who generally only vote in the Presidential Elections.
And Obama has been spouting off re: ICE.
So, this is to drag the Obamas into the midterms, force them to stay in the public eye.
And put them on the wrong side of an 80/20 issue.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 10:17 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: ShainS
_________
Janissaries are usually the most effective for either side. I have some slim hopes for turning Fetterman.
Posted by: Japanese General at February 09, 2026 10:18 AM (XvL8K)
I thought those two cities were right next to each other.
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)
And put them on the wrong side of an 80/20 issue.
I'd like to think that's what's happening, but Occam's Razor still says it was someone did something dumb.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 10:18 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 10:14 AM (pDt9x)
I . . , ..
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 10:18 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 10:18 AM (BI5O2)
542 Now, there's Pop, Country, rap, and... is there much Metal anymore? Not really my thing, but there's no casual exposure anymore.
I admit to not listening to airwave radio these days, and don't subscribe to any pay-radio service. They ran me off with pop junk and too many commercials.
My world is very small now.
Posted by: JQ at February 09, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)
And where are the mellotrons, man?!?!
Where are the mellotrons!!!111!!!11111!!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 10:19 AM (iJfKG)
That seems a lot more insulting than being portrayed as a gorilla. But then, the issue is never the issue.
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 10:19 AM (GUOwU)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 10:20 AM (pDt9x)
Where are the mellotrons!!!111!!!11111!!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 10:19 AM (iJfKG)
*Robert Fripp has entered the chat*
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 10:20 AM (FpHTM)
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at February 09, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)
That seems a lot more insulting than being portrayed as a gorilla. But then, the issue is never the issue.
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 10:19 AM (GUOw
Biden was portrayed as a monkey.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 10:21 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 09, 2026 10:21 AM (36PRH)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 10:21 AM (FpHTM)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 10:22 AM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 10:22 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)
That's an insult to all primates, in fact to every member of the animal kingdom. Biden is a vegetable.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 10:22 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: tubal
Nor an R. Crumb.
Posted by: Or Peter Max at February 09, 2026 10:23 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: muldoon at February 09, 2026 10:23 AM (qgHp7)
Foghorn Leghorn
Well, maybe it wasn't his line originally, but that's where I first heard it.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 09, 2026 10:24 AM (IwUWI)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 10:21 AM (FpHTM)
Cookie Monster rock.
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 10:24 AM (B4Se1)
I'm probably wrong, since I don't have all the broader context or professional expertise, but that has never stopped anyone from opining before!
Posted by: SciVo at February 09, 2026 10:15 AM (Sy6m/)
==
And think - the bass players drove Motown's music.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 09, 2026 10:24 AM (GZYu7)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 10:22 AM
Down by the river.
Posted by: C. Farley at February 09, 2026 10:24 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 10:24 AM (QLKBy)
Posted by: muldoon at February 09, 2026 10:23 AM (qgHp7)
Since you never went they didn't hear you coming.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 10:24 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Or Peter Max at February 09, 2026 10:23 AM (oftw2)
Or Maxfield Parrish.
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 10:25 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 10:12 AM (bFu5X)
Good Lord willing and that creek thing!
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 10:25 AM (B4Se1)
156 ....
Call him Vincent Van Go
Only snobbish ones call him Van Goff
Posted by: muldoon at February 09, 2026 10:12 AM (qgHp7)
Submitted for your approval:
But those in the know
Call him Vincent Van Go
And we morons call him Vincent Van Gone.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 10:26 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 10:20 AM (pDt9x)
With Brian Wilson gone, it never will.
Posted by: Roy at February 09, 2026 10:26 AM (lHwr/)
And Obama has been spouting off re: ICE.
So, this is to drag the Obamas into the midterms, force them to stay in the public eye.
And put them on the wrong side of an 80/20 issue.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 10:17 AM (HXT0k)
Can we stop the 80/20 stuff? 80% of people can’t agree the sun rises in the east. Deporting illegals is maybe a 55% on our side issue.
This was a staffer who posted something kinda dumb. That’s it.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:26 AM (y6810)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 10:20 AM (pDt9x)
No discussion of the theremin would be complete without acknowledging the undisputed virtuoso of the Theremin: Clara Rockmore ( yes, that is her real name ) :
https://tinyurl.com/yc857fmx
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 10:27 AM (v7apI)
If Trump put out a meme of the Obamas where Barack was mounting up on Reggie Love while Michelle and that Macron broad shave each other's balls, that would be fine, too.
If Trump just went on Truth Social that he's going to have the Obamas tortured to death by a Cossack knouter, it would be better.
Why do they deserve to be treated with the dignity they never afforded us bitter clingers and deplorables?
Fuck those two and the horsecocks they rode in on.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 10:27 AM (BI5O2)
I can't recall an abstract expressionist painter being featured though. That's fine by me.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 10:27 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 09, 2026 10:28 AM (mymNa)
Posted by: Archimedes"
A potted plant would have been better insult.
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 10:28 AM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 10:28 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 10:05 AM (cYBz/)
And the liver of an octogenarian.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 10:08 AM (uEmCf)
Oh, c'mon. He was done with it.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 09, 2026 10:29 AM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 10:28 AM (GUOwU)
A ficus would have made for a better president.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 10:30 AM (FpHTM)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
The Olympian - Whataburger's Triple Meat Bacon Cheeseburger.
For the hungry Olympian in your house.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 10:30 AM (PcTIw)
Now nobody on the left even remembers those things exist.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:30 AM (y6810)
The Uniparty spends decades building up narratives and branding for people, and along comes Trump who slices through it like a hammer.
It's not international space chess - it's just how he works. And he uses the media's repetition drumbeat to do it.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 10:30 AM (QLKBy)
- Old Timer, about to spend his remaining years sleeping on the couch
Posted by: Just the Punchline at February 09, 2026 10:30 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 10:22 AM (QLKBy)
--------------
Imagine if his last name was Biden?
Even his shit would be worth a lot of money ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 10:31 AM (D4vBI)
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ooooh, here's a wrinkle that's being speculated on:
Recall Obama's recent unusual trip to England where he has a highly secret meeting with the PM?
The former President, near a decade out of office, who maintains a top level top secret clearance, meeting with the current leader of the UK.
So maybe Obama was the cutout to launder the info to the Brit press?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 10:31 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 09, 2026 10:32 AM (UgcNV)
Posted by: Case at February 09, 2026 10:32 AM (E7+ue)
I have a question.
I keep hearing mentions of karaoke at TXMOME.
Since I've never been there late at night, I assume it happens then.
Is this where all the guitars come into play banging out popular songs or is there a karaoke machine involved?
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 10:32 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Some Random Ape at February 09, 2026 10:33 AM (4b7CV)
This was a staffer who posted something kinda dumb. That’s it.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:26 AM (y6810)
==
Deporting criminal illegal aliens -which is what ICE is mostly doing has the backing of almost 90% of the population. The protests have backfired immensely, which is why Minnesota capitulated.
The deportation of all illegal aliens regardless of whether or not they are behaving ranges between 55 and 65% - and rising.
There are growing pluralities for reducing all immigration. Growing support for completely shutting the border.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 09, 2026 10:33 AM (GZYu7)
@elmo
That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny!
-
Well, that settles that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 10:33 AM (J+Psw)
Pants optional.
Posted by: But you didn't hear it from me at February 09, 2026 10:34 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 10:35 AM (v7apI)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 10:35 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 10:35 AM (pDt9x)
For all his socialist rhetoric, his biggest donors were Wall St banks, with Goldman Sachs at #1.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:36 AM (y6810)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 09, 2026 10:37 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 09, 2026 10:37 AM (O3dBq)
Posted by: Sidney at February 09, 2026 10:37 AM (Uy/WF)
mariana Z
@mariana057
The fact that “hemorrhoids” aren't called “asteroids” is a major missed opportunity for science, health, and the English language
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 10:37 AM (J+Psw)
It was a bad bungee.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 09, 2026 10:37 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 10:37 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 10:38 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 10:38 AM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Some Random Ape at February 09, 2026 10:33 AM (4b7CV)
Except that the Wildebeest/Hildebeest pun is too good to pass up.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 10:38 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 09, 2026 10:39 AM (Kt19C)
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang. I like the art today. Not sure why. Kinda plain. But there it is.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 09, 2026 10:39 AM (1VKLJ)
Posted by: ...
Yeah, talk abut pretension.
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 10:40 AM (J+Psw)
Posted by: Black JEM
I agree wholeheartedly! That's why we need to boost H1B numbers, so we don't fall behind!
- Vivek R.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 10:40 AM (Dv3i1)
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I’ve seen more like 70%. But I agree this is a large majority. Problem is only about 10% of illegals are “criminals”, ie crimes other than being here illegally.
This is what has always bugged me about the “remove the bad guys first” strategy. It’s like ok so we remove the 10%. Then what? It shouldn’t matter if you’re a ms13 gang banger or a roofer. Your ass needs to be sent home.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:41 AM (y6810)
——
It’s been that way 40 years.
“… you can be sure someone wants it that way”. FDR, on coincidences in politics. Open borders is a top down thing effected by globalists who want to destroy sovereign nations. They stated this was their intention long ago, so nobody should be surprised they have been doing this.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 09, 2026 10:41 AM (IPxF/)
- Vivek R.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 10:40 AM (Dv3i1)
How about 600k Chinese students with a green card stapled to their diploma?
- PDT
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:42 AM (y6810)
Roger will love it.
Posted by: The NFL is Pond Scum at February 09, 2026 10:42 AM (TmfuF)
The company said Friday that it would take charges of more than $26 billion, the bulk of which includes write-offs and cash payments for canceled EV products and costs of resizing its EV supply chain... The announcement sent Stellantis (STLA) shares crashing. They fell as much as 30%.
The strategy revision follows similar — and expensive — actions from Ford and General Motors in recent weeks... Many carmakers in the United States had invested heavily in EV plans in response to strict environmental regulations put in place by the Biden administration...
But the Trump administration has rolled back those emissions rules along with financial support for EVs. It is also challenging states’ authority to set their own tougher rules.
Commenting on the charges of €22.2 billion ($26.2 billion), Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said they “largely reflect the cost of over-estimating the pace of the energy transition.” The company also said in a statement that the shift to EVs “needs to be governed by demand rather than command.”
No s***, Sherlock.
https://is.gd/UovXP6
Posted by: Archimedes at February 09, 2026 10:42 AM (Riz8t)
——
It’s been that way 40 years.
“… you can be sure someone wants it that way”. FDR, on coincidences in politics. Open borders is a top down thing effected by globalists who want to destroy sovereign nations. They stated this was their intention long ago, so nobody should be surprised they have been doing this.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 09, 2026 10:41 AM (IPxF/)
Yeah Klaus Schwab writes books about it. No secret.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 10:42 AM (pDt9x)
Vincent van Gogh
Wikipedia, in part, "Irises is an oil painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Painted in 1889, the work is a landscape with a cropped composition and is one of a series of several hundred paintings that van Gogh made at the Saint Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in the last year before his death in 1890."
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This painting was a lovely part of the Van Gogh immersive experiences, too.
Thank you. A lovely start to the week.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 10:43 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 10:43 AM (vFG9F)
It's called incrementalism. Start with something that's hard to argue against like "we just want to visit each other in the hospital" and then before you know it it's "we're coming to **** your kids".
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 10:43 AM (QLKBy)
I don't have a problem with some sort of work visa system.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 10:43 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 10:44 AM (pDt9x)
Bullshiite. It was to get $$$. Nothing more. Once the taxpayer siphon was cut off, collapse was a given.
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 10:45 AM (XuXeR)
This is what has always bugged me about the “remove the bad guys first” strategy. It’s like ok so we remove the 10%. Then what? It shouldn’t matter if you’re a ms13 gang banger or a roofer. Your ass needs to be sent home.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:41 AM (y6810)
They are all criminals; some are worse than others.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 10:45 AM (8zz6B)
It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at February 09, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 10:45 AM (8zz6B
Exactly.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:46 AM (y6810)
Posted by: https://bandrahillroadmarket.com/2026/02/07/recycle-plastic-bottles-into-beautiful-flower-pots-eco-f at February 09, 2026 10:46 AM (Qbzuh)
Importing labor has been around forever - and has always been utterly stupid.
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 10:46 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Piper at February 09, 2026 10:47 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: https://bandrahillroadmarket.com/2026/02/07/wonderful-flower-pots-creative-plastic-bottle-recycling- at February 09, 2026 10:47 AM (Qbzuh)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 10:43 AM (QLKBy)
====
Goldhagen coined the term "cumulative radicalism" to describe the process whereby successive radical actions become rapidly normalized as the pace of change accelerates.
e.g. Now it is "normal" there should be an outrageously out-of-market minimum wage that automatically increases.Twenty years ago the "Fight for Fifteen" was radical. Not anymore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 10:47 AM (RIvkX)
I don't have a problem with some sort of work visa system.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 10:43 AM (cwGMH)
That’s just a defacto amnesty. Because let’s be real nobody ever goes home once the visa expires.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:47 AM (y6810)
Correct. It was simply a swindle, from seller to buyer stealing from the tax payers.
Posted by: EV Is A Swindle at February 09, 2026 10:48 AM (TmfuF)
Posted by: Deep South 1840s at February 09, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 10:48 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 10:48 AM (XuXeR)
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer
Heh. Even though that's not the exact quote from the episode, it's close enough and always makes me chuckle.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 09, 2026 10:49 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 10:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 10:49 AM (PcTIw)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 09, 2026 10:49 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 10:50 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:46 AM (y6810)
So you arrest and deport Jose, a nasty kiddy-diddler, and at the same time arrest and deport Maria, a simple housemaid who happened to live with him. Works for me.
Maybe the AWFL who employed Maria will bitch. Fuck her.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 10:50 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:47 AM (y6810)
That's an issue with the system. The system needs to track and not ignore these expirations. They need to track any criminal activity to revoke and deport.
Yeah I know. Depending on the government to enforce their system requirements is a fantasy.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 10:50 AM (cwGMH)
It already is. "Front pages" all seem to be about halftime show/trump... the actual show? Not so much.
Proof that it went over like a fart in an elevator...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 10:51 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:51 AM (y6810)
In fact it's cold as
https://is.gd/mBx7tp
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 10:51 AM (J+Psw)
Posted by: barbarausa at February 09, 2026 10:51 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: toby928(c)
I always thought that Superbowl rings were super faggy.
Other than a wedding band, real men don't wear rings. Or any other kind of jewelry.
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Plus it's a question of the wrong remedy for the complaint, but if I get started on that I'd be at it all day, so...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 09, 2026 10:52 AM (OUMaO)
Happy to see Kenneth Walker III get the Super Bowl MVP award. He can now tell the Heisman Trophy voters from 2021 to stick it up their collective ass.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 09, 2026 10:52 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 10:52 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 10:52 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2026 10:53 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Really??
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Corporate management approaches "guest worker" programs with the same enthusiasm a horny monkey approaches a football.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 09, 2026 10:53 AM (IwUWI)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:53 AM (y6810)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)
They're probably pretty good for punching someone in the face with, though.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 10:53 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Novartis at February 09, 2026 10:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Uh oh. Aldo Nova earworm time..
*it's just a fantasy*
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 10:54 AM (XuXeR)
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They haven't removed congress yet?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 09, 2026 10:54 AM (J+Psw)
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your.....
*snicker snicker*
Okay, I can't keep a straight face....
Posted by: Zombie Mark Antony at February 09, 2026 10:54 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 10:53 AM (y6810)
Not always
Posted by: Janet Jackson at February 09, 2026 10:54 AM (dKhdV)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 10:55 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: XTC
Good point.
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:55 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: one hour sober at February 09, 2026 10:49 AM (Y1sOo)
I'd been waiting for someone to point out that it isn't the actual quote.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 10:55 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 10:55 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: XTC
What is the actual quote?
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg
Up yours, Bulg. I have a World Series Champ ring for each finger!
Posted by: Lawrence Peter Berra at February 09, 2026 10:56 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bulg"
I pity this fool.
Posted by: Mr T at February 09, 2026 10:56 AM (vFG9F)
Posted on February 8, 2026
By College Fix Staff
Good thing I'm not in college. I'd get kicked out of the program for practicing trying to disrupt the disruptors.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 10:58 AM (Dv3i1)
*looks sadly at EGA ring*
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 09, 2026 10:59 AM (luW68)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)
Kramer never says "Jerry", and Jerry interrupts Kramer's two lines with "How is it a write-off?"
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 10:59 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: one hour sober at February 09, 2026 11:00 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 11:00 AM (PcTIw)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 09, 2026 11:00 AM (lpVer)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
Perhaps, but the little I bother to watch has most Republicans running away with the speed of sound.
Remember, J.J.'s Morning Report: On Saturday, the Democrat Socialists of America celebrated hitting 100,000 members. Almost on cue, their footprint in organizing anti-ICE so-called “protests” continues to grow.
And, for example, BBC, 'The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world,' 13 May 2019
Run with what they have or risk mobs outside their homes in protest as happened to some in the US Supreme Court?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 11:00 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2026 11:02 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: DaveA at February 09, 2026 11:02 AM (FhXTo)
Jerry: So we're gonna make the Post Office pay for my new stereo now?
Cosmo Kramer: It's a write-off for them.
Jerry: How is it a write-off?
Cosmo Kramer: They just write it off.
Jerry: Write it off what?
Cosmo Kramer: Jerry, all these big companies, they write off everything.
Jerry: You don't even know what a write-off is.
Cosmo Kramer: Do you?
Jerry: No, I don't.
Cosmo Kramer: But they do. And they're the ones writing it off.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 11:03 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:51 AM
I occasionally wear my class ring. But that's it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 11:03 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: DaveA at February 09, 2026 11:04 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 11:13 AM (kiGop)
And put them on the wrong side of an 80/20 issue.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Like the sound of that tune.
An attractive rendition should come out about a week before the election.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 11:14 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 10:51 AM
Well, that's a take, I guess.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 09, 2026 11:16 AM (jc0TO)
--
Ben Stolen, Facebook, Oct. 25, 2025
President Trump: King of the Jungle (@xerias)
They were the very openers of the clip, followed by Hillary Clinton as a warthog and Kareen Jeffries as a meercat riding on the back, and then several other high echelon Ds portrayed as animals. Lastly, Trump was the lion, the king of the jungle.
It's an obvious take off of the very successful Lion King of years ago.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 11:26 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 09, 2026 12:15 PM (t/2Uw)
Van Gogh did not paint 2D. His painting are brilliantly in 3D as he layered his paint, creating structure and height that is never captured in a photograph.
Posted by: mossomo at February 09, 2026 01:46 PM (pky95)
The Morning Report — 2/9/26
Whoever posted a video on President Trump’s social media containing a racist animation of the Obamas as apes committed an own goal that overshadowed what otherwise would have been a great week for the administration. It shouldn’t have needed the GOP’s only black senator, Tim Scott, to decry the clip as racist for the post to be deleted and an apology issued by the White House. The one-minute video reposted late Thursday night on Trump’s Truth Social account was about voter fraud in the 2020 election, one of the president’s favorite subjects. At the end, the video flashed for a split second to a clip of the Obamas from an old “Lion King” meme depicting Democrats as animals, and Trump as a lion. It was obviously a mistake. Trump says he never watched the video through to the end, and the White House says a “staffer erroneously made the post.” It certainly doesn’t warrant the breathless media coverage it’s received all weekend. . . . . . The storm in a teacup helps the resistance media maintain the fiction that Republicans, especially the MAGA variety, are irredeemably racist, while Democrats are paragons of virtue when it comes to defending minorities. . . The truth is the very opposite. You can see the inherent racism — or is it classism — on the Democrat side most acutely in their opposition to voter ID in the SAVE America Act, which is up for a vote in the House this week. The Trump-backed legislation will require proof of citizenship to register to vote and a photo ID to cast a ballot.The real reason Democrats foment racial division is as a divide-and-conquer strategy to seize political power — and keep it forever.And speaking of Guerrillas in our midst, and seizing political power and keeping it forever. Meh, who needs elections since as Quintessential Democrat extraordinaire Mao Tse Tung once proclaimed . . . "Political Power Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun." Or perhaps a molotov cocktail or the gas pedal of an SUV. . .
It’s about time we stop falling for their hoaxes.
On Saturday, the Democrat Socialists of America celebrated hitting 100,000 members. Almost on cue, their footprint in organizing anti-ICE so-called “protests” continues to grow. But these are not protests. They are coordinated obstruction campaigns modeled on the playbook of revolutionary insurgency inspired by violent revolutions. That much is clear from the latest reporting in The California Post, documenting how militant far-left activists from the Golden State are advising radicals in New York on the latest tactics for sabotaging federal immigration operations. The objective isn’t dissent. It’s obstruction.So okay, the DSA hit 100,000. Big deal. How many people are members of the NRA and how many of those do you suppose belong to or sympathize with the DSA? I would say that is a number at or below Zero. Now take Mao's observation and consider the implications if every NRA member simultaneously acted on it. Can you say "Kaboom?" The very thought of it warms the cockles of my heart, irrespective of whether or not it ever comes to pass. And speaking of Mao and Minnesota . . .
“Anti-ICE protests in Minnesota may appear to be ‘grassroots’ efforts organized by concerned citizens, but they’re really funded with megadonor money — some coming from China,” the New York Post reported.Have a great day. And lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
While the violent protests were organized by a group called “50501,” they’ve been backed by the militant “Party for Socialism and Liberation” and “The People’s Forum,” two groups “largely subsidized by American former tech mogul Neville Roy Singham.”
And who is Singham? He’s a much-investigated current resident of Shanghai who shares an office with a Chinese Communist Party-linked media firm.
Citing a 2023 New York Times investigation of Singham, Fox News notes “that Singham has funneled over a quarter-billion dollars to dark money organizations in the U.S. with little to no footprints, and some of these organizations are vaguely named with office addresses under suspicious locations like general UPS mailboxes.” . . . By inflaming opposition, and opening their state to a foreign-funded insurrection using American leftist groups as their foot-soldiers, they’ve abetted what appears to be a massive conspiracy to undermine a U.S. president’s clear right to enforce U.S. law.
And China’s involvement is a major issue. It’s been failing in the Western Hemisphere of late, with the election of five conservative new leaders and the loss of the Panama Canal. The arrest of Nicolas Maduro also stung. Imagine how upset China (not to mention, Russia) will be when Cuba’s murderous regime collapses, too.
This is a dangerous time in America. Blue states, and the increasingly lawless cities that define them, have turned into a sort of leftist neo-Confederacy, believing they can nullify American law at will. Minnesota’s Walz even had the temerity to mention Fort Sumter in a recent speech.
But the usual billionaire leftists who fund radical dissent — including George Soros and son — have company: China. And anyone who thinks Walz, an ardent Sinophile who claims to have visited the Middle Kingdom “dozens” of times, wouldn’t welcome Chinese money to counter President Donald Trump and ICE isn’t thinking straight.
China might be losing in Latin America, but it’s apparently winning here by financial subterfuge. The investigation is ongoing.
Earlier this week, Trump spoke with China’s Xi Jinping, who’s busy himself these days arresting potential rivals in the military. We hope that, in addition to talking about other things, Trump had a chance to tell Xi: Stop supporting U.S. leftist riots, or you’ll pay in ways you can’t imagine.
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- : Many cases were downgraded to misdemeanors, despite Bondi’s public assertions that the DOJ would pursue maximum penalties under 18 U.S.C. § 111.
Why is the DOJ Downgrading Felony Charges Against Anti-ICE Rioters?
- Andy Ngo: The objective isn’t dissent. It’s obstruction.
The anti-ICE activists are an insurgency, not a protest movement
- Thad McCotter: From Civil War nullification to modern sanctuary cities, Democrats revive a doctrine of conditional loyalty that defies federal law and risks renewed national chaos.
The Democrats’ Conditional Loyalty - answer: XI Jinping's China!
Who’s Paying For Minnesota’s Mayhem?
- A sobering analysis of Chinese ties to progressive politicians.
Peaceful Protesters, or Fifth Column Insurrectionists?
- It’s imperative that the people support the President as he faithfully enforces the laws of the United States.
Democrats Undermine the American Experiment
- Congressional Democrats made body cameras a top demand after federal agents fatally shot two American citizens in Minneapolis, according to Politico. But privacy groups raised alarms that the recordings could become surveillance tools, pushing the party to call for limits on how ICE handles the footage.
After Demanding ICE Adopt Body Cams, Democrats Worry They’ll Become Mass Surveillance Tools
- “Joe Biden was … supposed to be a bridge or a palette cleanser. Or somebody who morally and ethically was antithetical to who Donald Trump was.”
CNN Political Analyst Calls for ‘Fumigation’ to ‘Surgically Remove the Cancer’ of MAGA
- The Hippocratic Oath that wasn’t.
White Coats for Anti-ICE Terrorism* * * * * - The Western ruling class is unraveling: elites panic, institutions crumble, and the gap between rulers and the ruled has never been clearer.
The Ruling Class Panic
- EXCLUSIVE: Credible sources tell me that elements of the Intelligence Community (IC), federal law enforcement and Congress have targeted @DNIGabbard' s Director's Initiative Group or DIG because it revealed "uncomfortable facts and findings" on several matters entrenched members of these bureaucracies don't want out there. (Hat tip to commenter MTF)
The "Intelligence Community" is still fighting against PDJT
- Miranda Devine: Whoever posted a video on President Trump’s social media containing a racist animation of the Obamas as apes committed an own goal that overshadowed what otherwise would have been a great week for the administration. (Apes ae noble creatures.
Democrats stir up racial division to seize political power — time we stop falling for their hoaxes (Where has Miranda Devine been for the last 150 years? - jjs) "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to end the border invasion on day one. Now he’s ending it.
President Trump Acing Second Term Immigration Test
- "I consider my own faith, Islam, a religion built upon a narrative of migration."
Mamdani: America Should Learn From Islam How to Treat Illegal Aliens
- Attorney General Pam Bondi celebrated the decision on social media, calling it “a significant blow against activist judges who have been undermining our efforts to make America safe again at every turn,” according to a post on X. Bondi credited Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Ben Hayes, who argued the case, along with Brett Shumate and the DOJ Civil Division. “We will continue vindicating President Trump’s law and order agenda in courtrooms across the country,” she wrote.
‘Significant Blow Against Activist Judges’: Federal Court Rules Illegal Immigrants Can Be Detained Without Bond
- “Our actions today are informed by what we’ve all seen over the past few weeks in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Lewiston and Portland.”
ICE Shows Up in Michelle Wu’s Neighborhood on Day She Signed Anti-ICE EO
- Polls show Latinos were more afraid of being deported by Bush than Trump.
Latinos Being Terrified of Trump is a Myth
- Larry Elder: What a difference an administration makes.
Mass Deportation: Who Was More ‘Inhumane’ – Obama or Trump? DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - The former Biden junta implemented statutory roadblocks to Schedule F’s return, forcing the Trump administration to create workarounds, leading to a new designation with a few key differences from the original rule.
Rule Change Makes It Easier for Trump to Fire Federal Bureaucrats — Sort Of… SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION - The media ran with it and intelligence officials fueled it.
Prager U Video: Russiagate – The Real Scandal, Part 1 THE ECONOMY, STUPID - Bessent said, “The Trump economy is delivering for the American people that we have strong growth and inflation is, in fact, coming down for the past three months. Inflation is 2.1% close to the Federal Reserve’s target and a measure called Truflation, which is daily observations, now is below 1%. So inflation down, stocks strong growth stocks hit a record high and the lowest crime rate in over 100 years.”
Bessent: ‘Wall Street Is Telling You that Main Street Is About to Prosper’
- History repeatedly assures us that public debts once incurred truly endure forever.
Government Should Never Repay Public Debt
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - KGUN9’s JJ McKinney said his outlet received a ransom note and “in the letter, the potential kidnappers demanded that the Guthries pay them $6 million before this Monday,” the New York Post reported Sunday.
VIDEO: Nancy Guthrie Ransom Demand Reaches $6 Million
- The attack has raised concerns about judicial leniency after the suspect, who has a lengthy criminal record, was released despite warnings from prosecutors.
Young Woman Set on Fire by Career Criminal in Chicago Finally Leaves Hospital. FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - You can see a bunch of obvious themes in this mega-cringe showdown, starting with the feminization thesis advanced by Helen Andrews and the problem of Cluster B politics that Christopher Rufo has described. But the moment couldn’t be any more thoroughly on the nose, because note what the controversy is: A private company took down an anti-ICE sign. The meltdown is about the display of a political slogan.
A Viral Video Shows How The Left Coerces Fake Agreement
- A Netflix–Warner Bros. merger would supercharge a woke streaming giant, shrinking consumer choice, centralizing culture, and putting ideology on autoplay.
GOP Senators Are Right To Call Out Netflix’s Woke Monopoly
- Now the Washington Post is 'dying in darkness'.
‘Democracy’ Means Newspapers Aren’t Allowed to Fire Democrats
- The modern tendency to treat journalism as a secular oracle did not arise naturally. It was built, reinforced by technology, culture, and myth. To understand why that authority now feels unstable, it helps to look backward, back to when the press was a critical element in the birth of the United States.
The Myth of the American Free Press: A History (Part I of II)
- “Wait, you’re telling me people from the Middle East and Africa aren’t dominating Alpine Skiing events?”
AP Whines That Winter Sports Are Too White
ABORTION - “During the pandemic, the Biden junta paused the in-person requirement. . . Kentucky’s abortion limits have been tested by remote abortions.. . Conservative states have responded with their own innovations.. .Abortion was not nearly as motivating in 2024 as many strategists expected.”
Why Abortion Rates Are Up
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH - The only people worried about ICE at the polls shouldn't be at the polls
Dem Fear of ICE at the Polls Shows Their Voters are Illegal
- So, now Mark Warner finds out Tulsi Gabbard is on the trail of the intelligence manipulation of election machines.... The Deep State does NOT like someone they scorned in the past looking into THEM for the first time like Tulsi Gabbard.
SSCI Vice Chair Mark Warner Finds Out DNI Tulsi Gabbard Has Puerto Rico Voting Machines
- Ever since the rigged and tampered-with 2020 election, Donald Trump has made election integrity a key focus of his campaigns and now his presidency. But he wants Congress’s help to thwart Democrat election fraud.
Trump Lays Out Why the SAVE Act Is Key for Midterm Elections
- The GOP-controlled Michigan House passed legislation (HB 5197) on Thursday that seeks to prohibit foreign nationals from contributing money to ballot initiative campaigns. The measure passed 97-6, with seven members not voting.
Michigan, Alabama Republicans Advance Bills To Cut Off Foreign Money In Elections
- (Described in this essay from 2022) was the exact tactic the Democrats used in Georgia, most specifically in Fulton County that covers the heavily Democrat Party dominated city of Atlanta. In some parts of that county Democrats were so dominant that they could work under the radar, and fudge the vote aggressively. . . the essay does provide the basics of what happened in 2020, and could still happen in 2028 and beyond, if a real effort is not made to regain some control of this election tampering. And not surprising, the Democrats are now opposing any such reforms with great enthusiasm, using their slander and demagoguery tactics to rile up their base, helped enthusiastically by the propaganda press that works as their public relations arm.
Repost: How the localized nature of Democrat vote tampering will influence the 2022 election L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN - It's a grift and a scam.
Behind the Superbowl Epstein Ad is the UN, Abortion Groups and the Carter Center
- Fresh files have dropped a bombshell that is sure to fan the flames of conspiracy theories regarding Epstein’s death. It appears that federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York had a draft statement ready to roll on August 9, 2019 — the day before Epstein’s body was discovered.
The Epstein Cover-Up Just Got So Much Worse DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY - Want to get rich quick? Get elected to Congress as a Democrat.
Another Leftist Politician Becomes a Multimillionaire POLITICS - Roger Kimball: Trump 2.0 isn’t just governing—it’s assembling an all-star Cabinet whose wit, discipline, and seriousness rival any administration since the founding.
Trump’s Senior Appointments Are Making Government Great Again
- Politics flattens genius into cliché, turning artists and writers who once probed the soul into predictable mouthpieces the moment they trade questions for slogans.
The Gordian Knot of Modern Politics
- “I know the issues. They know that I know how to work across the aisle when necessary.” (Fake eyelash glue is a helluva drug - jjs)
Jasmine Crockett Thinks Texas Republicans Will ‘Absolutely’ Vote for Her for Senate IRAN ON the BRINK?! - The key variables here aren't economic or strategic, they're Islamic.
Iran Is Not Going to Give Up its Nuclear Weapons Program
- Offering badly needed relief to the Iranian people.
The Need for a Buffer Zone Along Iran’s Turkish and Azerbaijani Borders ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS - Why Syria could never be a 'partner for peace'.
Israel and the Syrian Threat FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner surpassed the 310 seats needed for a two-thirds majority in the 465-seat lower house, according to NBC News. The victory validates her decision to call an early election just three months after taking office.
Japan Prime Minister’s Political Gamble Pays Off As Voters Overwhelmingly Embrace Tough Stance On China, Immigration
- Blood is out in the the waters of Westminster after Prime Minister Starmer was deeply politically wounded this week following his stunning admission in the House of Commons that he was aware that Peter ‘Prince of Darkness’ Mandelson — a longtime Labour operative and power behind the throne of Tony Blair — had continued his relationship with Epstein following the infamous financier served prison time for child sex offences.
Knives Out: Labour MPs Call on PM Starmer to Step Down After Top Aid Resigns over Epstein Scandal
- Cuba could take a deal, the terms of which, of course, have not been disclosed. Or Cuba could let the Sword of Damocles (Don-ocles?) fall.
Cuba should take a deal or face President Trump's 'big stick' diplomacy
- Talks over Greenland’s future have been held but Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt claimed the negotiations are not where the island “wants them to be.” “There is going to be a long track, so where we are going to land at the end, it’s too early to say,” Motzfeldt said Saturday.
Trump trolls world leaders again by re-sharing pic of map showing Canada, Greenland, Venezuela all part of US
- In Spain and across Europe, the ruling elite are turning to imperial methods of governance to erase their own people.
Mass Amnesty In Spain Heralds The End Of Nationhood DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - The arrest brings a key suspect to face American justice and highlights ongoing efforts to hold perpetrators accountable.
The FBI Has Captured a Major Suspect in the 2012 Benghazi Attack.
- Chinese-Linked Las Vegas Biolab Near Nellis AFB Exposes Alarming U.S. Biosecurity and Counterintelligence Failures
Visitors to Las Vegas Home of Secret, China-linked ‘Biolab’ Report Mysterious, Debilitating Illnesses
- Three cheers for America's Secretary of War. . . Last month, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth made a seismic announcement: “We’re taking a sledgehammer to the oldest DEI program in the federal government. A program few people outside of Washington have ever heard of. That I haven’t heard of. It’s called the 8(a) program.
Why Pete Hegseth Is Right To Take A ‘Sledgehammer’ To The 8(a) Scam HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - Repeal ESI — give working Americans all the money they earn.
Solving The Healthcare Affordability Crisis
- Everything you know about opioids needs serious re-examination.
Data Show: Pain Patients Didn’t Cause an Opioid Epidemic
- The company aims to continue providing safe, affordable, and personalized care to Americans.
‘Hims’ Halts Semaglutide Pill One Day After The National Pulse’s Report.
- It’s not surging profits but expensive new medical services and increased usage.
Why Is Health Care Getting More Costly? CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - Several Team USA athletes say patriotism now comes with political caveats, raising questions about what representing the U.S. is supposed to mean.
Trump Fires Back After Olympians Say They Have ‘Mixed Emotions’ Representing America
- The Puerto Rican pop star’s latest dive into woke politics was his appearance at this year’s Grammy Awards where he launched into an anti-ICE tirade from the stage as he collected his Best Música Urbana Album award.
From Backing BLM and Kamala to Bashing ICE, Super Bowl 60 Star Bad Bunny’s History of Left-Wing Activist: ‘F**K TRUMP’
- "All in English, all talented, beautifully done."
Millions Tune In For TPUSA All-American Halftime Show During Super Bowl
- The mere fact that these corporations drew back from their public display of DEI initiatives should not elicit conservatives’ praise. After all, the index is not measuring whether these companies are still participating in DEI, but rather whether they are willing to publicly brag about their efforts.
Queer Lobby Reports 65% Drop In Fortune 500s Celebrating Corporate DEI
- The end of Hollywood may be near.
AI vs IP HITHER & YON - 'Still Hope' continues conversation started on screen by 'Sound of Freedom'
What We’re Missing in Fight Against Human Trafficking
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 07:13 AM (gbOdA)
Good morning/
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 07:14 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 07:14 AM (sZhtm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 07:15 AM (afKoR)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 07:15 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 09, 2026 07:16 AM (r7Svi)
Imagine that.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 09, 2026 07:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 07:18 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:18 AM (vFG9F)
https://tinyurl.com/5xz9dbty
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 07:19 AM (sZhtm)
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at February 09, 2026 07:19 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:20 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Loosen your tight end at February 09, 2026 07:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:20 AM (vFG9F)
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The media is flush with qualified jernalysts.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 07:21 AM (sZhtm)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:20 AM (vFG9F)
The media is a Sepsis on the American body politic.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 07:21 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 07:23 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 07:24 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Herb Brooks (1980) at February 09, 2026 07:24 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:24 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Richard Cranium
That's "different" because "reasons."
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 07:26 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: The Obama Rodeo Clown Guy at February 09, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)
He misspelled conquest but I suppose that is a common mistake.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 07:28 AM (svLOV)
Whatever she is doing, the evil bad people don't like it. Keep up the good work, Tulsi!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:28 AM (UjVXg)
He's also married to Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink.
Seems it's a communist-run family business.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:29 AM (6ydKt)
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This guy's been mentioned as a significant funder of the rioting in MN for months. His involvement in other groups is documented. Why's he still breathing?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 07:30 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Sean Connery at February 09, 2026 07:30 AM (QLg5L)
To hell with the NFL. Overpaid jerks who hate the US. Fk em all.
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:18 AM (vFG9F)
Now I'm seeing assholes and podcasters (much the same thing) saying that all conference finals should be played on neutral sites in domed stadiums. So they can be, I suppose, another occasion for the Richie Riches to enjoy an expense-account spectacle like the SB.
Me? I'd like the Super Bowl venue to picked at random from all the NFL cities one day after the conference finals. Denver or Buffalo in February. Woot!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:31 AM (tgvbd)
I didn't know - because I didn't see the film -that Kurt Russell played Herb Brooks in "Miracle on Ice"
I just saw a clip of the final speech and he did a really nice job. I'll have to get the entire film.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 07:32 AM (IEV/x)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:28 AM (UjVXg)
So the same play they ran on Trump for the first impeachment.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:32 AM (6ydKt)
Needs more chimps.
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:24 AM (vFG9F)
Cool Runnings!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 07:32 AM (x0n13)
Watching people lose their minds over the WAPO layoffs, it seems to me that a couple of leftist billionaires could set up a new DC paper utilizing the laid off "journalists". Put your money where your mouth is. More likely they realize no one would read the crap the "journalists" produce and their investment would disappear real quick
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 07:33 AM (Hhsnh)
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EXCLUSIVE: Credible sources tell me that elements of the Intelligence Community (IC), federal law enforcement and Congress have targeted @DNIGabbard' s Director's Initiative Group or DIG because it revealed "uncomfortable facts and findings" on several matters entrenched members of these bureaucracies don't want out there.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:33 AM (VrPVr)
Posted by: The Obama Rodeo Clown Guy at February 09, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)
Heh.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 07:33 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Monty Python at February 09, 2026 07:34 AM (2Ez/1)
Comparing two totally different things with China's involvement in Western politics.
I submit that the 535 "elected" politicians in the House and Senate are influenced far more by China than they are by Trump. That also is largely true for the establishment military "leadership" that hasn't been yeeted out by Hegseth. Dittos for the State Department, probably the most treacherous and hostile, Anti-American agency outside of the IRS.
I will also submit, that China has far more power to determine the global future (provided determining the future involves hundreds of millions of deaths and economic collapse) than all of the West combined; center of all of this is Taiwan a/o Belt & Road.
Unfortunately, nearly all of our "elected" leaders don't know what time it is, and their fecklessness and dereliction of duty exists to service their vanity and lusts.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 09, 2026 07:35 AM (a4flb)
She's really got the entire Margaret Thatcher thing going for over there. I'm even seeing her called "Iron Lady".
I hope it works out for the Japanese, they've had a rough go of it with their politicians and their economy for awhile now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:35 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:35 AM (tgvbd)
That is what Bill Clintons 1996 law says.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 07:35 AM (gbOdA)
Supposedly we dropped a bunker buster on Iran and it was a dud. So can they revese engineer it and/or use it?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 07:36 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 09, 2026 07:36 AM (BCuCF)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 07:37 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 07:30 AM (jtM2q)
From what I understand, Singham lives in China.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:37 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Monty Python at February 09, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)
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Hence, AP concludes winter sports Olympic teams (being virtually all white) are racist, the Scandis especially.
These simple-minded racist propagandists make me sick.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:38 AM (VrPVr)
Posted by: The Paolo at February 09, 2026 07:38 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 07:38 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 07:40 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 07:40 AM (77rzZ)
46 Worst. Superbowl. Ever.
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 07:38 AM (gtcuf)
Can't even remember the last NFL game I watched. Maybe Giants/Packers playoff or was that a Super Bowl? Was that 15 years ago or so?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 07:40 AM (x0n13)
The full context is that someone posted a video about the stolen 2020 election, the video in question autoplayed after that video.
The video is a parody of The Lion King with Trump as the lion and various democrats depicted as other animals, the Obamas and Biden are depicted as gorillas.
So it's all bullshit.
Trump has nothing to apologize for.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 07:40 AM (Pv/IO)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 07:41 AM (gbOdA)
Asmongold covered it. From the Trump standpoint, it's much ado about nothing but, since most people STILL just accept what a head on a screen tells them - or words on a screen - it'll cause a stir for a bit.
https://youtu.be/ntP9VyTCiQ8 - Asmongold, 2.5 minutes
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 07:41 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Go figure at February 09, 2026 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)
I just saw a clip of the final speech and he did a really nice job. I'll have to get the entire film.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 07:32 AM (IEV/x)
It's a good film.
Very inspiring sports flick, with the usual taking a bad, disorganized, underdog team and making them winners with the right coach, type deal.
It's good in the same mold as Hoosiers or Remember the Titans.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:41 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 09, 2026 07:42 AM (BCuCF)
They plan these things far in advance, not so that there isn't a huge rush to book flights, hotels and conference centers, but also time to fly in the hookers and catamites.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 09, 2026 07:43 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 09, 2026 07:43 AM (BCuCF)
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the NFL likes domes or warm weather cities for the Super Bowl
not gonna see a Super Bowl at Soldier Field or Mile High any time soon
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 07:43 AM (GV2WD)
Posted by: The Paolo at February 09, 2026 07:38 AM (wVcYX)
Well ok, but remember you're expected on the Summer Games pole vaulting team ...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 09, 2026 07:44 AM (nbLIj)
There was not a single memorable commercial.
And every commercial that had big name talent in it, liked like they had ai filters over their faces.
And sadly, it looks like Sofia Vergara has had some bad plastic surgery.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 07:44 AM (Pv/IO)
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Assume the DSA gets invaded by a million non-Leftists of some kind with overwhelming voting majority. Those people - or the organizations for which the DSA infilitration is a proxy - could take control of the DSA under its rules.
Okay, cool. But what would it gain?
The idea of internal subversion depends on institutional value in the first place, and institutional trust. Infiltrate, subvert, wear it as a skin suit while pushing it in the opposite direction. But the Left cares not about its institutions. It sheds them like a snake shedding its skin.
If the DSA were to be subverted, there would simply be a schism. The power center would split off, form a new party by running a CTRL+C/CTRL+V from the DSA charter and manual before the subversion, and take the funding sources with them.
Their own strategy will fail against them, because they are dishonest and don't care about their own institutions. They understand that the institution is merely window dressing. A different strategy is needed. I don't know what that would be.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 07:44 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:45 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: GWB at February 09, 2026 07:45 AM (yrYil)
My theory is that dealing with illegal has forced law enforcement to abandon dealing with out criminals.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 07:45 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 07:45 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 07:36 AM (x0n13)
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This why we should always drop TWO bunker busters...just in case.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 07:45 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 07:40 AM (svLOV)
Well, the first thing they need to do is get more blacks and latinos to get on skis and ice skates and take over the sports.
As much as the Dems are good at creating racial controversies they just can't seem to get Tyrone and Jorge to go cross-country skiing in Wisconsin for some unfathomable reason.
I've never heard a black guy in my life say "I love curling!!" unless he was gay and worked at a beauty salon.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:46 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 07:46 AM (BI5O2)
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What they did with Chimpy Mc Bush was no less offensive Even Though they had great fun with it over a long period of time. Years.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 07:47 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 09, 2026 07:43 AM (BCuCF)
Yes indeed. And in the comedic tangent, I would include Major League, Necessary Roughness, and Slapshot.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 07:48 AM (wVcYX)
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JerryWorld in 2011 just after north Texas experienced an ice storm and chunks of ice falling from the ceiling injured several fans.
Posted by: Good times. Good times at February 09, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Dropping at 9.8 mps squared they could penetrate concrete and then explode via timers.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 07:48 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 07:48 AM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 07:36 AM (x0n13)
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Probably no point in reverse engineering it, if I understand it correctly. If I do, "bunker busters" aren't particularly high tech, they're just really really big. The charge triggering might be tricky, but also probably something any weapons research group could handle.
The problem with those bombs is that they're really big, really heavy, require serious heavy industry to produce and one hell of a delivery vehicle. The bigger problems are probably logistical, not engineering.
But if the *dud* could be fixed, maybe they could find a way to drop it on someone.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 07:48 AM (ojr4c)
Because no one is serious about saving Western Civilization.
Most of these Leftists are stupid amoral sheep, mostly insane and would have been incarcerated in any other generation.
If you were given a Double-Zed License to Kill and a list of 5000 people, you wouldn't even get half-way through with that list before Western Civilization got another 20-40 years life extension.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 09, 2026 07:48 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:49 AM (vFG9F)
Matthew 26:41
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 07:49 AM (04KGT)
"How many black players in the NHL, Franklin?" -Peppermint Patty before political correctness infested our world.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 07:50 AM (svLOV)
Who the hell would you give that assignment to?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 07:50 AM (Pv/IO)
Let them crow.
The 5th Circuit ruling that the statute means what it says-- not the "but we've always done it this way!"-- is much, much bigger.
Ending the frivolous habeas petitions and endless delays while the illegal stays.
"But! But over 300 judges have ruled the other way!"
Please appeal and SCOTUS will agree 6-3, making the law the law nationwide
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 07:51 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: GWB
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Problem: IRS is another enforcement arm of the Left.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 07:51 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: The good people of Novartis at February 09, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)
Seattle's placekicker really should have won the MVP but the NFL wasn't about to let that happen. The halftime show was an abomination. America lost.
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 07:52 AM (gtcuf)
Who the hell would you give that assignment to?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 07:50 AM (Pv/IO)
Mohammed M. Mohammed of the UXB Squad, that's who.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 07:52 AM (wVcYX)
Is she gonna start using Davy as her nickname?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 07:52 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Or trigger it while investigating.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 07:53 AM (6W1vz)
Sadly, (or thankfully if you are TuCa), that probably describes the vast majority of the West's nuclear arsenal.
Lets be honest here, they stopped actually testing weapons and used the tools of Climate Change (computer models tweeked to get the desired results) and there is exactly zero chance that any government will be asking for a refund on non-functioning nukes in the event that the situation warrants their use.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 09, 2026 07:54 AM (a4flb)
Bad Bunny follows a glittering trail of renowned Spanish and Latin artists who have performed at the Super Bowl, from Gloria Estefan in 1992 and ‘99 to Enrique Iglesias in ‘00 to Shakira and J-Lo in ‘20. But compared to his predecessors, the Puerto Rican rapper already stands alone in history after taking home Album of the Year at the Grammys for his critically acclaimed Debí Tirar Más Fotos, becoming the first-ever Latino artist to win the prestigious award.
...
Here are our grades for Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl 2026 halftime show as scored in three categories: music, production/choreography and vibes.
SI then gave the performance mixed marks. It gave "Music" an A. Production and "vibes", however, each got an A+.
Identifyin' abd vibin!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 07:54 AM (ojr4c)
Is she gonna start using Davy as her nickname?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 07:52 AM (ExV1e)
I would absolutely vote for her to leave the island.
Posted by: Count de Monet Outwit, Outplay, Outlast at February 09, 2026 07:54 AM (wVcYX)
Is she gonna start using Davy as her nickname?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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No, but she's going to collect a whole lot of spendin' money.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 07:54 AM (6W1vz)
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Europe is catastrophically doomed. There is literally no way back for them unless them remove millions upon millions of muslims. They will not be doing that.
This boiling frog syndrome has played out well for the elitists. Regular people had time to make course corrections through their repeated elections over the past couple of decades and didn't see the boiling water they were in. Now they're cooked. Beautiful western European countries with rich culture and traditions are now becoming a toilet. I'm sad to see it happen..
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)
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Make Taiwan Nuclear Again!
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 07:55 AM (0Eh0f)
I'm sure the neighboring scavengers have already stripped that thing clean.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 09, 2026 07:55 AM (a4flb)
What do they think this is, 1995? We had options.
Although the TPUSA thing kinda sucked in my opinion. Still better than that travesty in the official game but that ain't sayin' much.
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 07:55 AM (gtcuf)
Who the hell would you give that assignment to?
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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I'll need some duct tape, a paper clip and a tube of KY jelly.
Posted by: McGruber at February 09, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 09, 2026 07:57 AM (BCuCF)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 07:58 AM (Pv/IO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:58 AM (H6Tc5)
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The only aisle this divisive POS would ever cross is to get to the blue light special on fake eyelashes over by the fingernail files on Aisle 7.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 07:58 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 07:54 AM (ojr4c)
I'm something of a Good Vibrations man, myself.
Posted by: Zombie Brian Wilson at February 09, 2026 07:59 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 07:59 AM (TLfEC)
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Posted by: Lady in Black
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Europe will be Italy and Poland aligned with some Eastern Bloc nations. It will be interesting to see how they interact with Old Europe.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:00 AM (6W1vz)
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He was supposed to be -- and was -- a GloboHomo Deep State Cut-Out for DogEater's "fourth term" (since the treasonous Deep State ran, soft couped, and destroyed Trump 1.0 -- and Kommie-la was supposed to be DogEater's fifth & sixth terms to entirely collapse the country).
But the second sentence is ironically accurate ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 08:01 AM (0Eh0f)
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They didn't force me to watch any of it because I didn't.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 08:01 AM (qBdHI)
Turn off the tv and the internet for a day.
Pray, and devote the day to worship. Spend time with the people you love. Reacquaint yourself with the beauty of silence. Find peace and spiritual fulfillment.
You won’t face any propaganda, anxiety or controversy. Just you, the ones you love and God.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 08:02 AM (04KGT)
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In other words, he really stunk, but they don't want to let Trump own the LGBTQuerty libs.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 08:02 AM (UQXxb)
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at February 09, 2026 07:19 AM (sX1BW)
That's different. He's white and white people can take a joke.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 08:02 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 07:59 AM (TLfEC)
Is your pelt wet and musty? Does it glisten in the blue?
Posted by: Underground, the Obaba Sophmoric Poem at February 09, 2026 08:03 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Lady in Black"
We did have to learn what a bad bunny was.
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)
He was punishment for the fact we didn't let Hilary become President. Change my mind.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 08:04 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 08:04 AM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)
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Turn it into a toilet, or turn it in to one vast museum. There are not really any other choices for them at this point. Like the rest of the advanced societies, they aren't having kids. The Middle East and Africa will win by default. Socialists don't breed, whatever the original culture.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:05 AM (ojr4c)
That's different. He's white and white people can take a joke.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 08:02 AM (ExV1e)
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There's clip of two Gorillas watching the Obamas monkey clip. They are incensed that they are being portrayed as liberals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:05 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 09, 2026 08:05 AM (gm9Sb)
Identifyin' abd vibin!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 07:54 AM (ojr4c)
I thought they went out of business because they turned the Swimsuit Edition into a "BBW & TS in Swimsuits" issue?
Or did they just top issuing a print copy?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 08:05 AM (6ydKt)
Or did they just top issuing a print copy?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 08:05 AM (6ydKt)
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Not out of business. Maybe out of print. I have held precisely one issue of SI in my lifetime. And yeah, it was a swimsuit issue.
Skin suits are relatively cheap to keep going after converting to online-only...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:07 AM (ojr4c)
Seattle's placekicker really should have won the MVP but the NFL wasn't about to let that happen. The halftime show was an abomination. America lost.
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 07:52 AM (gtcuf)
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So Boston won?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:08 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Minnesota Amalgamated Sugar Beet Growers local #408 at February 09, 2026 08:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 08:08 AM (P7usy)
Posted by: Delurker at February 09, 2026 08:08 AM (gtcuf)
Millions Tune In For TPUSA All-American Halftime Show During Super Bowl
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I watched the TPUSA channel on X, despite lots of news stories saying the show wasn't available on X. Not my kind of music by and large (I am not a Kid Rock fan) but entertaining nonetheless.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 08:09 AM (LdBLg)
Contrast that to whistleblowers under Trump II.
It's painfully obvious these are deep state ticks, embedded in their positions for decades. The media is still telling us what is happening. It's still not the truth.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 08:09 AM (jtM2q)
Irene Montero, Spain's former Minister of Equality and leader of Podemos, celebrates replacing native Spaniards:
"Of course I hope for replacement theory, I hope we can sweep this country of fascists and racists with immigrants."
Again, Europeans have had plenty of time to change direction via their elections. Now that time has passed.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Count de Monet, Ain't That A Shame at February 09, 2026 08:10 AM (wVcYX)
Elon Musk just announced a major strategic pivot for @SpaceX
: the company is officially shifting its primary focus to building a "self-growing city" on the Moon.
Mars is out, for now
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 08:11 AM (GV2WD)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 07:40 AM (x0n13)
Giants and Packers are the same conference so it wasn't the Super Bowl.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at February 09, 2026 08:12 AM (53oGX)
I think people, even conservatives, are scared to face the reality and openly admit that BLM was a Chinese funded societal disruption operation. And that Neville Roy Singham has been doing this for years.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2026 08:14 AM (JbyEi)
Mars is out, for now
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 08:11 AM (GV2WD)
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"Major moon base to establish a beachhead beofre the conquest of Mars" makes a fair bit of sense. Probably also not achievable, but I can dig the thought process there.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:14 AM (ojr4c)
"Legal Insurrection" site:
https://tinyurl.com/4sztjhry
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 08:15 AM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: Forty Six States This Year at February 09, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)
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They should rebrand as "Knobby Lobby."
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 08:16 AM (0Eh0f)
Posted by: Jonah at February 09, 2026 08:16 AM (YCxFk)
Mars is out, for now
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 08:11 AM (GV2WD)
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"Major moon base to establish a beachhead beofre the conquest of Mars" makes a fair bit of sense. Probably also not achievable, but I can dig the thought process there.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:14 AM (ojr4c)
Musk will have to deal with the secret nazi moonbase at some point.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:16 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 08:16 AM (Hhsnh)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:16 AM (BI5O2)
Because she'll never face the consequences.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 08:16 AM (svLOV)
If the answer is no, then this will just be a massive boondoggle.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 08:16 AM (Pv/IO)
Posted by: Don Black
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He's always said factories on the moon.
That's where they are going to build and supply the big tankers. The big tankers are not departing from earth. They are going to be supplied from earth.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:17 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Jonah at February 09, 2026 08:17 AM (YCxFk)
And everyone knows it.
Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at February 09, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)
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Right now, Trump is losing the midterms. But I strongly believe he can turn this around, by getting out of Washington and trumpeting this economic message.
Cut a deal with Iran, and get it off your plate Mr. President. Then start "Bully Pulpiting" all over America.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 08:17 AM (QpTiH)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:16 AM (wVcYX)
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Yeah, but plenty of time for that. Set up on the other side and grow. He can tunnel through and come up right under their HQ and surgical strike it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:18 AM (ojr4c)
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Good.
Get back in the closet.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:18 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Polymarket up to 22% for him to be out by 2/28. Kicking myself for not jumping on that when it opened at 7%. It's 67% for out by 6/30, which is apparently after some local elections that will seal his doom if he doesn't go before then.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 08:18 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 07:40 AM (x0n13)
That might’ve been the 2007 NFC Championship game (played in January 200
. The Giants won that game and went on to defeat the Patriots in the SB and ruin their undefeated season. Helmet catch game…. Much more exciting game than last nightPosted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:18 AM (Rl7AN)
Posted by: Jonah at February 09, 2026 08:19 AM (YCxFk)
"Of course I hope for replacement theory, I hope we can sweep this country of fascists and racists with immigrants."
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Alert the Catalans and the Basques! Spain is no more.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 08:20 AM (QpTiH)
New British Museum exhibit that runs until May 4th claims in later eras half of all Samurai were women.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:20 AM (2GVsD)
If the answer is no, then this will just be a massive boondoggle.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Moon Base leads to mining, which leads to upping the nation's strategic Green Cheese stockpile!
Posted by: I Give Edam! at February 09, 2026 08:20 AM (oftw2)
If the answer is no, then this will just be a massive boondoggle.
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He could build a Stuckey's. Stuckey's Pecan Moon Logs could be a big seller.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 09, 2026 08:20 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Jonah at February 09, 2026 08:21 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 07:50 AM (svLOV)
Currently, there's at least the Joseph brothers, and there are a few in the AHL (minor league). The Utah Mammoth drafted Tij Iginla, but he's only 19 and playing in the Canadian Junior Leagues (Can't play in the AHL until he's 20).
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 08:21 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:18 AM (Rl7AN)
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I saw that one. I also saw a group of Giants fans (or maybe Patriots anti-fans - I am not sure) that put some serious money into preparing for a Giants victory. They had New England jerseys with "Brady" on the back - but the number was "18-1". Those couldn't have been cheap and the odds were stacked against them being relevant...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:21 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:21 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 09, 2026 07:57 AM (BCuCF)
Dunkin Donuts should have stuck with this one then.
https://youtu.be/8xbgTm3NHVY
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:20 AM (2GVsD)
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LOLWUT?
What's the supposed evidence for this? I am sure they put *something* forward as evidence. My guess is, "high probability of oppressed tranny Samurai."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:22 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: I gotta ask at February 09, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)
They must not succeed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jonah at February 09, 2026 08:22 AM (YCxFk)
Down from 377.
The DEI was never about DEI, it was about $$$$.
As Fake Study showed the DEI increased stock prices.
So when the numbers were reviewed the real data show DEI destroyed stock values and the researchers refused to pull their study.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:23 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:58 AM (H6Tc5)
Why would he resign? Does he give a shit about Labour's electoral prospects if he isn't a PM?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 08:24 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:24 AM (Rl7AN)
However, they may see one on the Moon.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 08:24 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Jonah at February 09, 2026 08:22 AM (YCxFk)
Now with 1 million Mohammedans.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:24 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: I gotta ask at February 09, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1
Listerinico Burress, of course.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:24 AM (BI5O2)
If the answer is no, then this will just be a massive boondoggle.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Moondoggle.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at February 09, 2026 08:24 AM (IhL8c)
They must not succeed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February
+1, Sat Cong, newsletter
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:25 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:25 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Jonah
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No way it triggers snap elections. They're stuck with worse till '29.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 08:25 AM (XvL8K)
The Iranian government said that. Last June, the Iranian government said that they had shot down an F-35, and distributed a “photo” of it in the ground. Amusingly their AI showed the plane to be so large that the pilot would have had to be 50’ tall next to the Lilliputian people surrounding him.
Point; Iran lies badly about everything.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (JbyEi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: XTC
Yes but when the strip came out in 71, there was maybe one black player. And nowadays, you wouldn't be able to hint at a joke like that.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:22 AM (ojr4c)
I'm slightly surprised that nobody has tried to put forward the claim that Mori Ranmaru was a troon.
Some pop-culture media claims that Tachibana Ginchiyo was a samurai, but that doesn't seem likely.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (iXqHn)
So will democrats still be poised to regain control of the House and maybe the Senate?
So then it will NOT be the economy, stupid, after all?
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (b4LBp)
The UK, at least, kept voting for change and not getting it. Of course, they were mostly only willing to vote for members of the two parties that they wanted a change from.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (UjVXg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (Hhsnh)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:21 AM (ojr4c)
That’s my all-time favorite SB. Great game and historic moment because that Pats team was all-time great… and most everyone hated ‘em because they were so damn good. The last few minutes of that game were unreal edge of your seat stuff
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:27 AM (Rl7AN)
Posted by: Who Shit My Pants? at February 09, 2026 08:27 AM (oftw2)
It was a Northrop F-5E with a V-tail.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:27 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Takaich Sanaei, said, they talk about our stagnation but as we mark time the western world tears itself apart. When it's over We will be Japan.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:27 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (svLOV)
I'll admit, I had no idea that Grant Fuhr (Edmonton's goaltender in the late 80s/early 90s) was black.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 08:28 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)
As Fake Study showed the DEI increased stock prices.
So when the numbers were reviewed the real data show DEI destroyed stock values and the researchers refused to pull their study.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:23 AM (gbOdA)
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The fake studies showed that DEI increased share price, yes, but the *real* juice behind it was the investment banks. If you wanted access to capital without penalty rates, you did the DEI thing. Blackrock, Goldman Sachs, State Street, etc. would require DEI shit and the people they put on your boards of directors would enforce it. Stock prices were secondary, but were part of the PR. McKinsey, as it always does, came through with evidence that whatever the power players on Wall Street wanted was, of course, vital and valuable.
The back-off in DEI within the large corporations is driven by a back-off in some of the big investment banks. They broke the cartel on it, because they can't afford to keep losing so much money. And the market - the real market, that is *customers* - revolts since they destroyed a billion dollars of enterprise value in Gillette was the "and we mean it."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:28 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 08:11 AM (GV2WD)
I suspect that it's more like they recognize that this will be easier then trying a direct shot.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)
My Halftime Show Exposure was this:
The Missus Yelling at me from the living room (I was in my office)- "KID ROCK IS LIPSYNCHING!"
The End
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 09, 2026 08:29 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:29 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: redridinghood
Ironic. Many Mom and Pop pizza places are closed on Monday.
Posted by: Piss Poor Planning at February 09, 2026 08:30 AM (oftw2)
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Tulsi and everyone else who would know have explicitly and completely laid out how it is a lie.
This is the "Russian Collusion" scam times 1,000--the deep state is at DEFCON 1 over getting rid of her.
Two foreign idiots were gossiping about someone in the Trump admin.
Two different Inspector Generals found the allegations not credible.
But the "whistleblower" maliciously mixed in highly-classified info into the "complaint."
Which automatically triggers classification and that it be kept in the IG's safe.
But now they can all run to the press and Dems with breathless bombshells--knowing damned good and well that everyone they are accusing cannot legally disclose what all the complaint says.
They spin as "someone" in the Trump admin was caught calling a spy and Tulsi covered it up.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 08:30 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)
He actually came back and played another 3 years.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 08:30 AM (iXqHn)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:30 AM (Rl7AN)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:27 AM (Rl7AN)
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Was a great game, yeah.
And I *get* the Patriots hate. They were, in fact, that good. That is not why I disliked them. I disliked them because they cheated anyway. Of all teams that didn't need to cheat in order to win, they just chose to do so anyway.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:31 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 08:31 AM (P7usy)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February
Perhaps it was the wound, but the insane Communists of NY who locked him in prison for years over that certainly did.
That case still pisses me off to this day.
Ruined a man's life for no reason. They need to be kicked out of the US.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:20 AM (2GVsD)
Women of the period wore kimonos which were exclusive to samurai. -- New British Museum
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Who Shit My Pants? at February 09, 2026 08:27 AM (oftw2)
Yes, the Democrat Party is still metastasizing.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:32 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)
Let's all go to Sbarro in Times Square to enjoy Michael Scott's favorite New York slice!
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 08:32 AM (B4Se1)
So I wonder what 'evidence' this exhibit has.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:33 AM (2GVsD)
Plaxico. If Texaco was a toothpaste...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:33 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:30 AM (Rl7AN)
Again, not true.
He shot himself in 2008. He didn't play in 2009 or 2010.
But he did play (not very well) from 2011-2013.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 08:33 AM (iXqHn)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2026 08:33 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:28 AM (ojr4c)
$$$$$ is the ruler
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:33 AM (gbOdA)
If elections were fair in this country and the fraud tossed out the Democrats would not control anything but a few big cities that have enough commies to vote for them
Posted by: Case at February 09, 2026 08:34 AM (E7+ue)
He's also married to Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink.
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Which Code Pink founder is MTG's best friend.
Which Code Pink MTG tipped off as to Trump dining at a restaurant.
Which info from Code Pink 100% was relayed to the CCP.
But Trump is just mad at MTG 'cause she wanted the Epstein files released ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 08:35 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:35 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 08:11 AM (GV2WD)
I suspect that it's more like they recognize that this will be easier then trying a direct shot.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)
I'm against this. They f*ck up the moon, the Earth is then proper f*cked. I think it's a really bad idea.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (Hhsnh)
But, instead, DC had to shovel money out the door to really establish the kind of generational, lay-about, welfare drones we see today.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)
In any event, NY sucks shit.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:35 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:33 AM (2GVsD)
I suspect it’s the way that in later periods, all children born to Samurai families were considered to be Samurai, including daughters. It did not mean that they carried a sword or did the training ; it morphed into a class distinction and was debased.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2026 08:36 AM (JbyEi)
The End
Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 09, 2026 08:29 AM (DgMqy)
He wasn't really trying to hide it. Seemed to be a blend of lipsync and live singing from all of the TPUSA performers. The presence of ANY lipsync lessens my ability to enjoy watching. I can see karaoke at a local bar.
Having said that, KR's version of "Til You Can't" was really good.
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 08:36 AM (B4Se1)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:36 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:24 AM (Rl7AN)
It can happen.
Posted by: Peter Weyland, CEO Weyland Corporation at February 09, 2026 08:36 AM (wVcYX)
You've recently watched Space 1999?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:36 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 08:36 AM (PcTIw)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 08:36 AM (y6810)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 08:37 AM (P7usy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:37 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Bob Hope made big money shilling for both Texaco and Pepsodent.
Posted by: Lesley Townes Hope at February 09, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (Hhsnh)
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Shuttle to nowhere. Stupidest idea from the beginning.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:38 AM (6W1vz)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 08:39 AM (y6810)
Posted by: Doof
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I'm even more of a pizza philistine. My fondest pizza memories are of those rectangles they occasionally served at grade school lunch. Pizza day! Pizza day!
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 08:39 AM (XvL8K)
And every commercial that had big name talent in it, liked like they had ai filters over their faces.
And sadly, it looks like Sofia Vergara has had some bad plastic surgery.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 07:44 AM (Pv/IO)
*****
The pro- Ice one was good
https://tinyurl.com/3hb5xprj
And the adoption one.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Doof
I seem to remember having Sbarro one time as a yute.
It led to projectile vomiting shortly thereafter.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tom Cullen at February 09, 2026 08:40 AM (wVcYX)
Today’s “journalists” intuition is dogshit. That’s because their stories are driven by a raging pathos, fed by a liberal worldview. It’s a psychosis that doesn’t permit introspection, factual exploration or even compassion. It’s singularly focused, driven and desperately in pursuit of proving what’s easily shown as mendacity, as truth. All to salve their egos, and those of their friends who have long left any semblance of normalcy, for the cold comfort of a demonstrably failed ideology.
If you’ve ever dealt with addicts, you’ll recognize all the familiar signs in this group- deny, deflect, lie, appease, only to fall back into the same destructive habit head first. They never pump the brakes or realize the wall they’re about to hit has been visible to everyone else for a long time. In all that time your pleadings for a rational, sane and provably truthful approach have not only gone unanswered, but they’ve been used to attack you in the most heinous, untruthful ways, then in the ultimate act of arrogance, they flip you the bird.
It’s hard to have an ounce of empathy for any of them. They haven’t learned a thing.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 09, 2026 08:40 AM (04KGT)
And Bob Dole wants everyone to know about Bob Dole's little blue friend...
Posted by: Bob Dole at February 09, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:40 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 09, 2026 08:41 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 08:41 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 08:41 AM (QLKBy)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 08:41 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:40 AM (2GVsD)
The people realized it was stupid to protest American immigration laws in a country 6,000 miles away?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:42 AM (fnXXN)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)
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Someone needs to show those revolting onion men who's boss!
Posted by: Head of Richard Nixon at February 09, 2026 08:42 AM (ESVrU)
Even gun-hating CO has a typical sentence of *5 days* for what Burress did, at least back then. Don't know about now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:43 AM (BI5O2)
We should have had an operational moon base by 1980. If it stayed operational, it'd be 40 years old. And be pretty advanced, one would think.
A miss opportunity IMO.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 08:43 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 08:41 AM (NpAcC)
Today Is National Pizza Day. 🍕
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)
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Chocolate and pepperoni pizza never really caught on...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 08:43 AM (ESVrU)
The opposition is not calling for new elections just the removal of Starmer.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 08:43 AM (0KSrI)
MAGA has yet to make peace with one simple fact: they can win all the elections they want, they can appoint all the regressive theocratic judges all they want, they can gerrymander and cheat their way to power all they want, but popular media will never, ever embrace their ass-backwards culture and values.
Bring American isn’t about being a particular, race, ethnicity, or a land. It is fundamentally an idea. An idea that is not the property of men like Miller, Vance and Bannon. America belongs to all of us, including the naturalized Haitian lesbian, nonbinary Somali, and Afghan or Central American refugee who fled violence to bring their children to a place that promised and protects those ideas.
We cannot and will not let people like Miller and Vance decide who is an American. We defeated this idea 160 years ago and it will lose again in November, if we care to defend it.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 09, 2026 08:44 AM (JCZqz)
Good times.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:44 AM (fnXXN)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)
Someone who wanted guarantee that their kid would be forever disappointed by not seeing their name on a Coca Cola bottle, or any gift-shop souvenir mug, shot glass, or plastic license plate.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (9Hs2w)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Doof
I seem to remember having Sbarro one time as a yute.
It led to projectile vomiting shortly thereafter.
Posted by: Sponge
Collin Creek Mall in Plano.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (PcTIw)
Well, congratulations, and glad you had a happy time- except for the young lady barfing in the boot.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (7RYym)
Was it the Epstein nonsense? Rasmussen is always kinda bouncy up and down but 6% drop in a week is yuuuge even by their standards.
The head of polling there is fairly maga so it’s not a TDS thing.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (y6810)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 08:41 AM (QLKBy)
As a native Brooklynite and New Yorker, I can tell you that you have not tasted anything even close to pizza perfection if Sbarro is your metric.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:46 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 08:46 AM (dKhdV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 09, 2026 08:46 AM (r09E4)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 08:43 AM (ESVrU)
******
Pepperoni Pizza for dinner and chocolate for dessert.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:44 AM (fnXXN)
"These are not the droids you're looking for....."
*waves hands in the air*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (GV2WD)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 08:41 AM (QLKBy)
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Denounceable. Pizza for rubes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)
Was it the Epstein nonsense? Rasmussen is always kinda bouncy up and down but 6% drop in a week is yuuuge even by their standards.
The head of polling there is fairly maga so it’s not a TDS thing.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (y6810)
Might be his failure (for now, this could still change) to kick the GOPe's ass into passing the SAVE Act.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (iXqHn)
Good times.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09,
Considerate of her. And I mean that seriously.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (UgcNV)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (P7usy)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (y6810)
Researchers from King’s College London say the trial will involve around 220 children under the age of 16 who are going through puberty, and will examine the impact of the drugs on their physical, social and emotional wellbeing.
I thought the Nazis moved to Brazil.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (gbOdA)
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That's where I'm at: That was Spanish he was mumbling?
And all the Hispanicals all "proud" he was "celebrating" "Latin" culture?
Uh? That was all ghetto trash, third-world, illiterate Communist "culture" I saw.
Also, hilarious that he was celebrating harvesting sugar cane.
In a method that was done by slaves and is still basically slavery today.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 08:48 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 08:48 AM (i+wP0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 08:48 AM (QpTiH)
Collin Creek Mall in Plano.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (PcTIw)
Knowing my yute hangouts, it was likely either Golden Triangle Mall or Vista Ridge. But I really don't recall as I never went back and wanted to forget shortly after.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
Getting a little better day by day. Still in hospital and now awaiting a place to send her for PT/OT rehab.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:48 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 08:48 AM (QpTiH)
Wish they wouldn't be fooling around with the Moon.. We kind of need it as it is...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (dKhdV)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 09, 2026 08:44 AM (JCZqz)
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LOL what planet is this guy on? We've not only "made peace" with that fact, it's become the butt of the joke. Anything in popular media - from the press to music to movies to TV shows - is so predictable that non-Leftists easily outline the entire thing before it runs and then laugh about it when they tally up the score.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 08:26 AM (Hhsnh)
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Shuttle to nowhere. Stupidest idea from the beginning.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 08:38 AM (6W1vz)
No one has developed a business model that makes a profit from a moon base. Or a practically sure-fire list of big scientific discoveries that justifies the expense. Then add the very much non-zero risk of death. Next, add a shitty tour of duty while constantly following rigid procedures necessary to avoid killing yourself and co-workers. The tour of duty will be long. Because it will be insanely expensive to get you there and bring you home. Submit your moon-miner application today!
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (PcTIw)
I think they destroyed that place.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
Getting a little better day by day. Still in hospital and now awaiting a place to send her for PT/OT rehab.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:48 AM (x0n13)
And thank you for asking and to all for the prayers.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (x0n13)
The Artemis Project is about putting a woman and black man "to the moon".
Yes, that's the scientific objective.
Posted by: Auspex at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)
Cologuard says mine is unremarkable. Yay me. They get to test it again in 3 years or so.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (5rh/l)
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (gbOdA)
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Insert Obligatory Key and Peele reference here.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (y6810)
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Ask your doctor if Plaxico is right for you!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (ESVrU)
He's really just an upbeat hook guy that really doesn't do anything special or anything that grabs hold of you and impresses you. You're in a club with people jumping about and his song continues the jumping.
As f*cking generic as you can get.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 08:41 AM (QLKBy)
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Denounceable. Pizza for rubes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)
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Pro-tip: Don't eat anything sourced at Times Square. Or Penn Station for that matter.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (QpTiH)
https://tinyurl.com/39jutwkz
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (y6810)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)
Cologuard says mine is unremarkable. Yay me. They get to test it again in 3 years or so.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (wVcYX)
Who would have thought shitting and mailing a box would be money making?
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:48 AM (x0n13)
Still praying.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 09, 2026 08:51 AM (r09E4)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (dKhdV)
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The moon is big and heavy. They probably can't really screw it up from an Earth standpoint unless they do a Heinlein style "throw rocks at it" thing. They can't move it. They can't meaningfully change its mass. They can't change its weather (there is none) or its atmosphere (there is none). They could pollute it, I guess, but that doesn't matter. Big, empty moon.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:51 AM (ojr4c)
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You can embrace my balls in your mouth, Karen.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)
Who would have thought shitting and mailing a box would be money making?
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (gbOdA)
All while "false positive and negative tests can occur."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)
I'm in favor of a moonbase if it's like the one from UFO, with Gabrielle Drake in the silver miniskirt.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:51 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (5rh/l)
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This is the bigger problem as I see it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:52 AM (ojr4c)
The head of polling there is fairly maga so it’s not a TDS thing.
Posted by: Really??
The Dems are using their "unrest/lack of normalcy" playbook, just like they did with BLM. Normies see non-stop reports of protests, riots, resistance, etc, and they don't like it. They want peaceful, calm order. They don't really assign blame.
So, the Dems hold the country hostage essentially, burning shit down and throwing tantrums, and then promise a return to normalcy and end to the nonsense if they win upcoming elections. And normies buy it.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 09, 2026 08:52 AM (JCZqz)
A four person VTuber model team is trying to sue Powdur to stop her from using the model they sold her because they disagree with Powdur's political beliefs.
Then there are the freaks trying to run Emiru off the Internets because she was honest and said she does not follow politics so can't comment on ICE.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:52 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (wVcYX)
He was a great player and fun to watch. But the one game I always remember from his career is the game where the Oilers blew a 35-3 lead to the Bills and lost in the playoffs. Painful
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:52 AM (Hm8DV)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 08:53 AM (3sG5t)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 09, 2026 08:53 AM (P7usy)
The head of polling there is fairly maga so it’s not a TDS thing.
Posted by: Really??
He posted racist things about the Owebama's. America LOVES the Owebama's. It will be the thing that tanks his entire presidency.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 08:54 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (wVcYX)
++++
Which shows just how inclusive the "Pro Football Hall of Fame" is. Why they didn't call it the "NFL Hall of Fame" is beyond me (at least, after the AFL and NFL merged). Canadian pro football ain't pro football to the Pro Football Hall of Fame!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:54 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (wVcYX)
Who would have thought shitting and mailing a box would be money making?
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (gbOdA)
Or that having someone send you a letter saying that your shit is boring would be such welcome news?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 08:54 AM (JwNbV)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:54 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (wVcYX)
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Also, IIRC, the *only* player in both halls of fame.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:55 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (gbOdA)
All while "false positive and negative tests can occur."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)
I refuse to use Cologuard though my wife’s been urging. The idea of it is revolting
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:55 AM (Hm8DV)
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (5rh/l)
Put AI to work on solving the problem. That should sort things out.
*Muttley wheezy snicker*
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:55 AM (wVcYX)
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if President Trump threw a wild MAGA banger at the White House?
Skip the Bad Bunny Halftime Show and check out this glorious hangover instead!
@xerias_x
@HappyMisery_X
https://tinyurl.com/3kpexyr5
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 08:55 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 08:45 AM (PcTIw)
I think they destroyed that place.
Posted by: r hennigantx
They did. They're building an open air "mall" and apartments. Planned community.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 08:55 AM (PcTIw)
—
They live in a bubble. They don’t know anyone who doesn’t think like them.
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 08:56 AM (y6810)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 08:
Moderate, decent Dems are who I kinda feel the worst for. On the Right, we understand that the Leftists are going to put us all in camps. They have no clue what their base has planned for them, and it's gonna be extra horrifying.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:56 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
They're really showing MAGA, by losing billions of dollars every year peddling garbage no one watches. How's Hollywood's revenue trends looking over the last 20 years? Big franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, and Marvel doing great on streaming? Lol.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 09, 2026 08:56 AM (JCZqz)
I refuse to use Cologuard though my wife’s been urging. The idea of it is revolting
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:55 AM (Hm8DV)
I had a colonoscopy done a couple years ago.
I'm good.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)
"No, Achmed, you climb down there and cut the green wire"
*pizza in NYC? The old Staten Island Ferry slip. Under the escalators. It was legend*
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)
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You can embrace my balls in your mouth, Karen.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)
It's like they just invented the Modified Limited Pauline Kael.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 08:56 AM (JwNbV)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 08:42 AM (fnXXN)
I muted my tv for all commercial breaks. Read a book. I occasionally glanced at the silent ads. All seemed useless, or selling whatever the product or service is. If a TV ad does not often visually display the product or product benefits, it's a lousy ad. Ads on TVs that are typically muted, in bars, doctor's waiting rooms, and so on, are as useful at selling a product as the visuals are interesting and informative.
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 08:57 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 08:53 AM (3sG5t)
+++
No, because "conservatives who are decent people" don't exist. Non-Leftism is evil, therefore non-Leftists are evil, therefore there question itself is invalid.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:57 AM (ojr4c)
Then there are the freaks trying to run Emiru off the Internets because she was honest and said she does not follow politics so can't comment on ICE.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 08:52 AM (2GVsD)
You'd figure a four person team would get over it, take the pride of selling their work and using it to get more, instead of wasting time and money on a losing lawsuit.
Good luck getting rid of Emiru, because she's a little sweetheart with millions of loyal fans.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 08:57 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:48 AM (x0n13)
====
b"h for good health
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)
No whining because of the fingers. We all know that fingers are the issue with gloves, because until you get to the fingers a glove is just an unfinished mitten. Does anybody whine about mittens? No. Mittens are safe. Mittens are cute. Safe and cute. "Mittens" rhymes with "kittens" for a reason.*
So what exactly is the problem with fingers?
There are only four of them, if the usual configuration is observed. Is four a frightening number? Why should it be? Many lovely things come in fours. Beatles, for one. Also seasons, elements, and points on a compass rose.
Also Horsemen of the Apocalypse; but let us set them aside for the moment.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 08:58 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 08:56 AM (y6810)
Incredibly, this is very true.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 09, 2026 08:58 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 08:58 AM (y6810)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 08:55 AM (ojr4c)
Yeah, that's what I meant. You worded it better. +1
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:59 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Sponge
I thought it was f'n hilarious.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 08:59 AM (PcTIw)
Posted by: Sponge
Damnit, I have to say it. Trump has no chance at reelection in 2028 now.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 09, 2026 08:59 AM (JCZqz)
I was busy making pizza and canning chicken stock.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 08:59 AM (JwNbV)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (QpTiH)
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And if you want oysters, well that's at Grand Central.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:59 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hunt Brothers at February 09, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)
I thought it was f'n hilarious.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 08:59 AM (PcTIw)
Of course it was. And rehashing a meme from years ago and making it relevant again is genius.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 08:58 AM (y6810)
They're still going.
Iger and Kathleen Kennedy had a bad few weeks, though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 09:00 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Hunt Brothers at February 09, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Cardboard with cheese.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)
No one cares. It's a storm in a Depends...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)
Intentional stray voltage perhaps?
Lots of material flying over to the Gulf right now...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 09:00 AM (JwNbV)
Posted by: Delurker
>Yep. Collinsworth and Tirico. A real stinker. Bad Bunny? WTF? Glad I stayed home.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 09:00 AM (xFfhU)
"flagged an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump," which was meant to suggest someone in the White House was directly coordinating with an adversary, to a phone call "between two people associated with foreign intelligence who discussed someone close to Donald Trump."
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 09:00 AM (gbOdA)
So they could mostly fill a large kolledge football stadium... once?
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 09:01 AM (LHPAg)
A lot are just troons (eg : NyaraVT, RileyCS) with or without voice changers.
Who really wants to be the sucker that wastes their money superchatting THAT?
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:01 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 09:01 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 09, 2026 09:01 AM (ojr4c)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 08:39 AM (XvL8K)
Ha! Ellio's has entered the chat.
As much as I love old school pizzeria style pizza (the stuff Dave Portnoy chases), I occasionally get a hankering for a Tombstone pizza.
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 09:02 AM (B4Se1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:48 AM (x0n13)
JJ
She is in for some hard work.
New rehab rules mean around 5 hours of rehab/day
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 09:02 AM (gbOdA)
: the company is officially shifting its primary focus to building a "self-growing city" on the Moon.
---
While Mars is about twice the size of the Moon, they are basically the same when it comes to building human habitations.
With the Moon being much closer for supply routes, communication and solar energy.
It always made more sense to build on the Moon first.
Then launch to Mars from there, taking advantage of the massive fuel savings.
I want to see a cloud city on Venus.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 09:03 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 09:03 AM (gbOdA)
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My experience is that, as a rule, they live in a bubble. So they have an elaborate caricature in their mind of what a conservative is like. But it’s “conservatives” built up as strawman piñata to be knocked around on TV, or the rareified air of academe.
So when they find a conservative in the wild, they have this long list of things they think they know, and all the sins fall on you. I’ve had great satisfaction dealing with their preconceptions. Because they don’t know me, or what ai believe.
They also tend to believe rural folk are uniformly knuckle dragging ignorant hick rubes, that’s also an enjoyable stereotype to pierce. I was always uniformly light years ahead in being informed with the facts, history, and inconvenient truths. They never had a chance.
That’s why they are going straight to violence and anarchy, incidentally. They can’t persuade anyone with their lunatic fairy tales. They have to force their delusions at gunpoint.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 09, 2026 09:03 AM (r09E4)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:03 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:51 AM (x0n13)
=====
Yes, Commander
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 09:04 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Some Random Ape at February 09, 2026 09:04 AM (4b7CV)
This. In an odd place and want a slice? Hit Costco - remarkably consistent no matter where in the country.
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Just got here at February 09, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: man
They wouldn't even fill Michigan Stadium.
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 09:04 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 09, 2026 09:04 AM (OR60z)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 09:04 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: XTC
I don't know...Nuxanor is pretty nice to listen to while doing chores and such.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 09, 2026 09:04 AM (JCZqz)
That sick dude said that children can't consent to puberty and that we right wingers obsess over "age of consent."
In an ideal world, the video of him being sent swimming in a wood chipper would be a viral hit.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 09:04 AM (svLOV)
In fact, once that is done, blue states will be giving all immigrants the "Martha's Vineyard treatment".
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)
I'm good.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 08:56 AM
*fistbump*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 09, 2026 09:05 AM (bFu5X)
What to say about the Super Bowl?
1) The AFC must be Teh Ghey if the Pats were the best football team they could field.
Next year the AFC should just field the Olympic Skating Team leftovers. They looked tougher and more professional than the Pats.
2) Next year I guess we can look forward to seeing Somalia's top musical entertainer yowling rap as he walks us through a souk and a mosque.
Pro Tip: We do have our own terrible rap singers in the US, why not use them?
Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 09:05 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 09:05 AM (B4Se1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 09:06 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 09:06 AM (bIeH6)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 09:06 AM (JwNbV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 09:06 AM (ix8EF)
Oh yeah? They could fill West Virginia's stadium almost... well, not quite TWICE. Maybe, sorta...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:06 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Hunt Brothers
How the mighty have fallen.
From trying to corner the silver market to hawking pizza at 3rd rate gas stations.
I may have made that up.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 09:07 AM (PcTIw)
People in places like NYC have no pesky intrusions like hearing other people's opinions, to intrude on their seething hatred and condescension toward people they have no understanding of.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 09:07 AM (BI5O2)
Especially if they use the ship as the base.
Then plans were to send robotics to set up habitats beforehand, and have nearly everything ready for astronauts to stay for extended periods.
But to actually colonize Mars would take a moon base for sure.
The costs (and weight limits) would be to great otherwise.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 09:07 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:07 AM (XuXeR)
In other words they hate her for being a very loyal employee.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2026 09:08 AM (JbyEi)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:03 AM (uEmCf)
I turned off my TV after Seattle scored a touchdown early in the 4th quarter. I should have turned it off after the Patriots went three-and-out in its first two 3rd quarter possessions. Worst Super Bowl ever in my opinion.
Posted by: Gref at February 09, 2026 09:08 AM (5rh/l)
PronHub?
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:07 AM (XuXeR)
SNL. Justin Timberlake.
Posted by: Doof at February 09, 2026 09:09 AM (B4Se1)
Posted by: Retire Gracefully, Please at February 09, 2026 09:09 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 09, 2026 09:06 AM (JwNbV)
Someone should make a movie where Roy Scheider says the line: I think we need a bigger rocket
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 09:10 AM (Hm8DV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)
Nah. I would put it up against any slice you can find. I still remember it. And I grew up where all the best pizza outside of NYC was because it's where all the NYC makers went.
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 09:10 AM (QLKBy)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 09, 2026 09:10 AM (OR60z)
Posted by: Retire Gracefully, Please at February 09, 2026 09:09 AM (oftw2)
Looks like she's gonna be permanently retired this time...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 09:10 AM (dKhdV)
Maybe they don't like the fact that he spends a lot of time bashing our country while benefiting from the perks of that country. He has the right to his opinion and to express that opinion. So do the people complaining about him. I have the right to ignore all of it. What I can't figure out is why allegedly intelligent adults waste 6 hours of their life watching overpaid cry babies play a kids game. That's what doesn't make sense.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 09, 2026 09:10 AM (2J/Lj)
Must have been a different authoritarian fascist king than our current one
Hmmm .. it wasn't Chimpy McFlightsuit
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 08:49 AM (wVcYX)
Who would have thought shitting and mailing a box would be money making?
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 08:50 AM (gbOdA)
******
Those Colorguad tests are unreliable.
I know someone who did those and nothing came back as a concern.
Wife insisted that husband still have a colonoscopy.
They did a colonoscopy and found a huge polyp that had to be removed by a different specialist.
The polyp was cancerous and luckily hadn't spread.
Her husband never had any bleeding or issues.
If they had waited another month it would have spread
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 09:10 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 09:10 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 09, 2026 09:04 AM (JCZqz)
He's also a Pedo associated with sicko artist Shadman...
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:11 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Retire Gracefully, Please
>Nobody saw this coming. She should have been retired and having babies ten years ago.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 09:11 AM (xFfhU)
I'll bet on that... NOT.
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:11 AM (XuXeR)
On Saturday, the Democrat Socialists of America celebrated hitting 100,000 members.
George Strait pulled in 10% more than that at Kyle Field
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2026 09:11 AM (tljrc)
I think Bethany MaGee should have an iron-proof civil suit against that Judge Molina-Whatsis.
Bad Bunny (what a stupid name) doesn’t deserve any comment other than this one.
Posted by: Rebecc at February 09, 2026 09:12 AM (VFung)
Posted by: ... at February 09, 2026 09:12 AM (QLKBy)
On Saturday, the Democrat Socialists of America celebrated hitting 100,000 members.
How many of those members are FBI I wonder
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 09:12 AM (dKhdV)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.
This will wake you up, & in a good way. Enjoy. https://youtu.be/fqwIpH6phJs
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 09:13 AM (BI5O2)
1) The AFC must be Teh Ghey if the Pats were the best football team they could field.
----
in an alternate reality, Bo Nix does NOT break his ankle, the Broncos ascend to the Super Bowl, and win
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 09:13 AM (ZxPkt)
"Non-whites share the same oppressor and we are the majority now. We can take over this country."
Sorry Rep. Wu, but in true orthodox woke ideology, East Asians and South Asians in the US are "white adjacent." You belong to the oppressor caste.
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)
*Snort* I think she was just trying to ski aggressively and she caught the gate with her shoulder and the pole while airborne. It caused her to be misoriented when she landed and that was it. Kinda sad to see her go out like that.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 09, 2026 09:14 AM (luW68)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 09, 2026 08:51 AM (x0n13)
I'd have assumed that folks would prefer her from "Au Pair Girls" - where she wore less than that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 09:14 AM (ExV1e)
I'll bet on that... NOT.
Posted by: man
_______
Now up to 39. Something else must have happened. I should have jumped on that when it was at 7.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 09:15 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 09, 2026 09:10 AM (2J/Lj)
It's something to do on a Sunday night.
It used to be an event when there were only four channels and a shared culture.
Now it's like a semi-holiday tradition between New Years and Valentines.
And then they added a dash of politics and woke, and here we are. If they keep it up it'll be viewed like the Oscars in ten or twenty years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 09:15 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)
His CCP handlers won't be taking over shit if Japan goes through with beefing up its defenses like they seem to be planning to.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:15 AM (uEmCf)
"Non-whites share the same oppressor and we are the majority now. We can take over this country."
Yeah. Sure. 'cause all "non whites" are together in... well, what, exactly?
You wanna put Mrs' extended family on the line along with darker skinned folks? Or pretty much any Asian group?
That's funny right there.
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:15 AM (XuXeR)
My impressions from reading comments online:
The SB was the worst game ever.
Seattle's defense was really good and NE's didn't do bad.
Drake Maye basically threw the game as he saved his worst performance ever for the biggest game of his career.
NE looked as unprepared for the game as any team ever to make the SB.
Turning Point's alternative halftime show garnered over 5 million views on YT and a few hundred thousand more on Rumble.
Overall, I don't feel bad for missing all of it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Case at February 09, 2026 09:17 AM (E7+ue)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 09:18 AM (gbOdA)
That scenario is classic - the CCP side played irritant enough to create two fronts instead of concentrating on one...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:18 AM (XuXeR)
*Snort* I think she was just trying to ski aggressively and she caught the gate with her shoulder and the pole while airborne. It caused her to be misoriented when she landed and that was it. Kinda sad to see her go out like that.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 09, 2026 09:14 AM (luW6
There's no way she was going to be competitive. She is just days off tearing her ACL in one leg. They had her knee so doped up.......and she broke the other leg.
Her career is over. My opinion is she should've stepped down after the knee tear and given someone else the shot to be competitive.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)
Overall, I don't feel bad for missing all of it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)
*****
It's up to 25 million now on all social platforms.
Great show!
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:19 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 09:18 AM (gbOdA)
Yes. They keep shoving Bubba Wallace down my throat.
No thanks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 09:19 AM (gbOdA)
Who'd NE pay off to play in it?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 09:20 AM (jtM2q)
"Don't you know who I am??????"
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:20 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)
Your summary is accurate. You didn’t miss much
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 09:20 AM (EMV/6)
"I consider my own faith, Islam, a religion built upon a narrative of migration." -- MummyDummy
That's nice. I consider MY own faith built on a narrative of "Deus lo vult".
Let's see who wins, shall we?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 09, 2026 09:20 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 09:15 AM (6ydKt)
I doubt it. When they told me I was a piece of shit and they hated me, I never watched another game. But that is really rare. They not only didn't lose audience after that - they gained since then.
The Left obsesses over football ratings because they think it's a repudiation of the Right or something dumb like that.
Americans are simply completely hooked on football. The commissioner could come out at halftime and say "I am holding in my hand the name of a ticket holder - one James T. Wilkinson - who will now be violently raped by this defensive lineman," and James would still show up for the next game, and buy that lineman's jersey, and hang photos of the rape in his man cave.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 09:21 AM (BI5O2)
Your summary is accurate. You didn’t miss much
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 09:20 AM (EMV/6)
#Winning
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
BOOM! This Mexican restaurant is being praised nationwide for providing FREE meals to ICE agents in Arizona
"Everyone who works for ICE, all federal agents, can come to Sammy's...here, they will be treated with respect as they deserve."
ABSOLUTELY BASED!
https://tinyurl.com/phj8ne9s
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 09:21 AM (NpAcC)
@bdomenech
Sat across from Kaepernick on a flight. An old lady came up, asked for an autograph for her grandson. He dismissively said "I don't do that". She returned to her seat, embarrassed.
WaPo writers still think he's worthy of a pedestal. Good riddance to their endless white guilt.
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 09:21 AM (RHGPo)
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I don't think that guy gets any money from YouTube.
'Cause he says all the bad words that get you de-monetized.
Really likes to call the lefties retards, etc.
LOL
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 09, 2026 09:21 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 09:21 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 09:21 AM (0KSrI)
On Saturday, the Democrat Socialists of America celebrated hitting 100,000 members.
How many of those members are FBI I wonder
Posted by: It's me donna
Several thousand, probably.
Oh, you meant as undercover informants and investigators? None.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 09, 2026 09:22 AM (JCZqz)
Concur. It was just sad to see her go crash out and tarnish her claim to fame like that. It's what she'll be remembered for.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 09, 2026 09:22 AM (luW68)
3 big fat ass bruthas going to town on WOP food.
Posted by: The Fat Boys Are Whack at February 09, 2026 09:22 AM (TmfuF)
"Guerrillas in our midst," should be incorporated as permanent art on the "Ace" homepage. Kudos.
Posted by: Marooned at February 09, 2026 09:22 AM (kt8QE)
ABSOLUTELY BASED!
https://tinyurl.com/phj8ne9s
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 09:21 AM (NpAcC)
"Will they survive the backlash."
Overwhelmingly, which is shown every single time. If I'm ever in the area, which isn't likely, I will go out of my way to stop in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 09:23 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 09:23 AM (GUOwU)
NE looked as unprepared for the game as any team ever to make the SB.
Turning Point's alternative halftime show garnered over 5 million views on YT and a few hundred thousand more on Rumble.
Overall, I don't feel bad for missing all of it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
>Biggest game of a young quarterback's life and he, instead of running headlong with a stiff-arm into the defender, he chose to run out of bounds about a yard short of a first down. Pathetic.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 09:24 AM (xFfhU)
3 big fat ass bruthas going to town on WOP food.
Posted by: The Fat Boys Are Whack at February 09, 2026 09:22 AM (TmfuF)
Not the song, but..........
https://youtu.be/--alrPZuvBQ
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: It's me donna at February 09, 2026 09:25 AM (dKhdV)
Ruth, the lead prosecutor, interjected: "We are not opening it up."
"Yeoman Radford was not only there," the ex-president persisted, "but he was a direct channel to the Joint Chiefs of Staff."
There it was, finally — the secret Nixon had sought to keep under wraps: It was not the far left that most actively sought to sabotage the Nixon-Kissinger foreign policy but the hard right, not lowly pencil-pushers in the civil service but the most senior commanders at the Pentagon.
The prosecutors had heard enough. They did not want Nixon to elaborate. Jay Horowitz, the last questioner, cut in.
"Sir, if I might take us back now to ——"
Nixon would not be deterred.
"This indicates to the members of the grand jury, if I might address them for a moment, why it is that" the Radford project "had to be top secret." He added: "Particularly, I didn't want the Joint Chiefs of Staff involved."
Posted by: SMOD at February 09, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 09, 2026 09:25 AM (qOnnO)
No thanks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)
They're gonna kiss his ass even more since he's Michael Jordan's hand-picked chosen one, and Michael's lawyers put the fear of God into NASCAR.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:26 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 09:26 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: PabloD at February 09, 2026 09:26 AM (3VXNH)
Yeah, no. White guys buy jerseys nowadays? Lidz? Spend hours on FanDuel? DraftKings?
The NFL knows where it's market is, and plays to it. And yes, they're trying to expand to the "hispanic" market, but are too stupid to realize that that "market" just isn't monolithic and doesn't hold the "black" segment in high regard...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:26 AM (XuXeR)
Concur. It was just sad to see her go crash out and tarnish her claim to fame like that. It's what she'll be remembered for.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 09, 2026 09:22 AM (luW6
I felt the same way about the Tkachuk brothers in the 4 Nations tournament. They took up a roster spot and weren't able to provide anything to the team. Two others should've been given the opportunity to shine instead of those 2 warming a bench seat.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)
And I would have use to attributed that to the fact NRA people have lives and have families they don't want to risk, while the usual DSA member is a worthless loser who nothing to lose (and who know they'll be protected by the government)
but then all the COVID stuff happened, people lost their families and their livelihoods, and the NRA people still didn't do shit.
Posted by: Rbastid at February 09, 2026 09:27 AM (k5ZKJ)
@PolitlcsUK
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has told No 10 staff that he’s not resigning:
“We go forward from here. We go with confidence as we continue changing the country”
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 09:27 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:26 AM (uEmCf)
Then I'll never be back. And I'm the guy that had season tickets and a campsite at Texas for 17 years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)
Always progressing, huh? Never building...
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:28 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 09:27 AM (ZxPkt)
The Britanistan project continues unhindered.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:28 AM (uEmCf)
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has told No 10 staff that he’s not resigning:
“We go forward from here. We go with confidence as we continue changing the country”
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 09:27 AM (ZxPkt)
The islhamic kingdom of Britain has a good ring to it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:29 AM (Zz0t1)
@PolitlcsUK
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has told No 10 staff that he’s not resigning:
“We go forward from here. We go with confidence as we continue changing the country”
Posted by: Don Black
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And Polymarket now up another 5 to 43% chance that he's out by 2/28.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 09, 2026 09:29 AM (XvL8K)
Overwhelmingly, which is shown every single time. If I'm ever in the area, which isn't likely, I will go out of my way to stop in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)
****
Definitely!
It's ironic that most border patrol agents happen to be Hispanic and yet the Left keeps protesting and hurling rocks and slurs at them.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 09, 2026 09:29 AM (NpAcC)
They're not "real hispanics", dontchaknow
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:30 AM (XuXeR)
I'd like to see Robertson from the Stars get a spot instead of Matt Tkachuck, for sure.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 09, 2026 09:30 AM (luW68)
They're not "real hispanics", dontchaknow
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:30 AM (XuXeR)
Uncle Juan's.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 09:30 AM (GUOwU)
Posted by: PabloD at February 09, 2026 09:30 AM (3VXNH)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 09, 2026 09:30 AM (PcTIw)
Posted by: Bulg at February 09, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at February 09, 2026 09:31 AM (XuXeR)
I'd like to see Robertson from the Stars get a spot instead of Matt Tkachuck, for sure.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 09, 2026 09:30 AM (luW6
He should have Auston Matthews spot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)
parliamentary government has so many convoluted procedures
IMO
Posted by: Don Black at February 09, 2026 09:32 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 09, 2026 09:30 AM (luW6
The US men's hockey team isn't going to do shit in the Olympics anyway.
Mike Sullivan is their head coach, and his New York Rangers are one of the worst teams in the NHL.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:32 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 09, 2026 09:32 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 09, 2026 09:33 AM (BCuCF)
Mike Sullivan is their head coach, and his New York Rangers are one of the worst teams in the NHL.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:32 AM (uEmCf)
It is my believe they're tanking across the board to prevent Trump from seeing international glory and touting "America is Great Again!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Marooned at February 09, 2026 09:22 AM (kt8QE)
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I made a similar reference once last week but -- to JJs credit -- it didn't occur to me to use Guerrillas instead of Gorillas.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 09:36 AM (5YukJ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 09, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)
Honestly, Most hockey minds actually seem to think that Sullivan is still a good coach.
But dude has been washed since 2019.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:38 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Jaimo at February 09, 2026 09:33 AM (BCuCF)
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Good advice as "punching down" is not a good look -- but the Trumpster is a package deal -- and we have to take the bad with the good.
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 09:39 AM (5YukJ)
"Non-whites share the same oppressor and we are the majority now. We can take over this country."
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Racist scum.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 09:41 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 09:39 AM (5YukJ)
Punching Down and being the Schoolyard Bully ("Little Marco", "Lyin' Ted", etc.) is what won him 2016.
Posted by: XTC at February 09, 2026 09:41 AM (uEmCf)
I saw the Jamaican bobsled team live at the '88 Olympics! Well, I saw the bottom of their sled go by at high speed, and some of them were still in it!
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at February 09, 2026 10:01 AM (FpP3s)
Reportedly, the video was shared back in October 2025 by user @xerias_x, who entitled the 55-second clip "President Trump: King of the Jungle," and was a broader compilation that depicted several high-profile Democrats as animals, and Trump as a lion walking with Pepe the frog. (Saw the entire thing in a USA article from 2/6/26.) The clip was spliced into a longer video about "unfounded 2020 election conspiracy theories" before being recently posted to Truth Social.
What else - excluding MN - is going on that raises Cain? 🤔
*Democrats refuse to sit for DOJ interviews over "illegal orders" video" CNN, 3 days ago
*'Let's stop the games": Hillary Clinton calls for testimony in Epstein probe to be public, YouTube, Scripps News, 3 days ago
* James Comer Won't Let Hillary Clinton Testify Publicly on Epstein, The New Republic, 2 days ago.
* These Olympians feel 'mixed emotions' representing Team USA amid unrest at home, USA Today, 3 days ago
Continued -
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 10:40 AM (NFX2v)
>Anti-Muslim video Sparks More Violent Demonstrations, PBS, Sep. 13, 2012
>@CBSNews - Obama: Video at the root of Libya attack
13 years ago.
During a Univision townhall in coral Gables, Fla., on Sept. 20, 2012, President Obama talked about the video he believed to be at the heart of the attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya.
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My point is that couldn't this latest political mess, surfacing hugely in time for the Super Bowl, be seen coming at least a mile away, and shouldn't extreme caution be used in speeches, press releases, memes - everything?!
I can remember no time where there has never been the luxury for conservatives say, "My bad," and withdraw content and that content will go away peacefully. None. (Example: "Read my lips: No new taxes." George HW Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention. And it eventually ruined his 1992 reelection campaign after a fairly decent 1st administration.)
Continued -
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 10:40 AM (NFX2v)
>The bmj dot com: News
'Psychiatrists urge Obama to request neuropsychiatric review of Trump,' Published Published 19 December 2016
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Again, it has been obvious from the very start of the 2nd Trump administration that every single man and woman serving within are targets, for now especially JD Vance, Scott Bessent, Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, Pete Hegseth, Russ Vought, and Greg Bonvino.
None can remain politically standing for a possible Vance/Rubio administration.
There have also been key departures from the Second Administration (2025–2026) and a number of nominee withdraws. (Let's remember Dan Bongino, 20th Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who served March 17, 2025 – January 3, 2026 and then ran off again to rejoin media.)
There is now talk that if Starmer can be booted, why can't Trump be fired? Look at the timing, it's not a joke imho.
Good day 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 10:40 AM (NFX2v)
Even if it has a monkey kind of shape
If it has a tail, then it's a monkey
But if it doesn't have a tail, it's not a monkey,
It's an ape
Posted by: Tar Bae at February 09, 2026 10:41 AM (KjxDG)
President Trump: King of the Jungle (@xerias)
They were the very openers of the clip, followed by Hillary Clinton as a warthog and Kareen Jeffries as a meercat riding on the back, and then several other high echelon Ds (Harris, Schumer, "JB" Pritzker), also portrayed as animals, followed.
Lastly, Trump was the lion, the king of the jungle, walking through his world.
It's an obvious take off of the very successful Lion King franchise.
AI, The original animated The Lion King movie was released in 1994, and the Broadway stage musical premiered in 1997. A "live-action" photorealistic remake of the movie was released in 2019. The Broadway production, which opened on November 13, 1997, is still running, making it one of the longest-running shows in history.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 11:22 AM (NFX2v)
Yes, I have indeed noticed that the Choom has been especially delicious and wonderfully 'uplifting' lately.
Keep up the great work, man!
Posted by: Bach In Black at February 09, 2026 04:11 PM (KY9hS)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 09, 2026 04:40 PM (wGqjj)
Daily Tech News 9 February 2026
Top Story
- AI companies spent big on Superb Owl ads, just like cryptocurrency startups in 2022. (Washington Post / MSN)
Will the same thing happen again? We can but hope.
The article is crap, by the way. If it wasn't AI-generated, it should have been.
Tech News
- 96% of engineers don't trust AI. But only 48% properly test what it produces. (Engineering Leadership)
Yep, that sounds about right.
- AI makes the easy part easier and the hard part harder. (Blundergoat)
My friend's panel raised a point I keep coming back to: if we sprint to deliver something, the expectation becomes to keep sprinting. Always. Tired engineers miss edge cases, skip tests, ship bugs. More incidents, more pressure, more sprinting. It feeds itself.
Insert quote about woodpeckers.
- The silent death of good code. (Amit Prasad)
Recently, a colleague of mine at Modal rewrote an external system that integrated deeply with the Linux kernel. The initial rewrite was a simple translation of a C codebase to a Rust one, in preparation for some custom feature work. The resulting code wasn't bad, nor was it un-idiomatic Rust. What it also wasn't was Good Code. It was hard to read and understand, would have been difficult to extend and maintain, and it wasn't even clear to us why we'd taken the burden of rewriting and maintaining this extra system.
Oops. But:
The initial rewrite also relied heavily on coding agents.This same colleague then invested time into understanding the kernel subsystem, the exact reasons why the original C program was written how it was, and rewrote the Rust translation himself. The difference was night and day; the code flowed naturally, explained itself and the underlying subsystems, and may genuinely be some of the nicest parts of the entire codebase. Better, I think, than even the original C, despite this type of program being arguably one of the best places to use C over Rust.
You're not burned out. You're just tired of this shit.
It was the first time in weeks, maybe months, that I'd felt something that used to be common in my day-to-day: excitement about the lines of code in front of me.
- CCC vs. GCC. (Harshanu)
So Claude Code wrote a C compiler. All by itself. Mostly.
Is it any good?
Well, that's a complex question.
Does it work?
It can compile - though not link - the entire Linux kernel without errors. It can compile and link the SQLite database. So it's technically correct, for the most part, which is a significant achievement.
Is it useful?
Benchmarking SQLite compiled with this tool vs. the standard GCC toolchain, the code produced was on average 720 times slower, and up to 158,000 times slower in extreme cases. A test suite that took ten seconds for unoptimised GCC code took two hours to run with the Claude compiler.
So an interesting trick, but about as practical as that 512-byte compiler from yesterday.
- The You Can't Say That S50-0800 is a cheap 8 port 5Gb Ethernet switch. (Serve the Home)
5Gb switch have basically not existed until very recently. 5Gb network cards were easy to find, but you had to use a 10Gb switch with the port running in 5Gb mode.
And you still do. This model has a 10Gb switch chip, but the ports are permanently limited to 5Gb mode, because reasons.
- Why China is still building coal power plants in the middle of a wind-and-solar boom. (AP)
Go on, guess. You'll never guess.
...
Aww. You guessed.
- The Ayaneo Next 2 handheld gaming PC will cost between $1799 and $3499 at launch - and up to $4299 at retail. (Liliputing)
It has (up to) a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 128GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD, putting the heat of an incandescent bulb into the palm of your hand.
Disclaimer: Last Tuesday, talking about last Tuesday.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:00 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:00 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:00 AM (sZhtm)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 04:02 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 09, 2026 04:03 AM (BLOW1)
Good luck, lady!
https://tinyurl.com/y9w3m7sv
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:04 AM (sZhtm)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:05 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)
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Is that Siri or are you hearing voices?
Not that there's much of a difference.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:06 AM (sZhtm)
Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 04:08 AM (4nyld)
>Some people are more concerned with deadlines than doing a proper job. These people are hacks and likely end up doing shit twice. There are a lot of engineers who haven't learned, or don't have the balls to say 'no.'
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 04:08 AM (xFfhU)
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Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:09 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:10 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 04:16 AM (Ia/+0)
_-_
They are great data collection devices. Accurate and up-to-date.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:17 AM (rGzXG)
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Because collecting and selling data is more important (more money) than keeping said data secure. Keeping data secure costs money rather than making money.
Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 04:18 AM (4nyld)
https://tinyurl.com/2uwzjzke
I imagine this pic will get a lot of blog usage.
Perhaps we should have a Horde meme-making contest using this pic.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:21 AM (sZhtm)
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Yep. Now all we need is a central bank digital currency, and our joy will be complete.
"I'm sorry, sir, I don't know why the charge on your purchase won't go through. It's been crazy like this all year. It just seems random."
Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:23 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:21 AM (sZhtm)
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Dickhead - The Movie!
https://tinyurl.com/4b6r72z9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:25 AM (sZhtm)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:26 AM (vd6bO)
Because it's there.
"Everyone" wants in the The Current Thing and aims to integrate not because of critical need but because of availability and trend.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 09, 2026 04:27 AM (gLikB)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:29 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:29 AM (sZhtm)
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Let them talk and they will eventually get so self-referential as to make those systems useless.
Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 04:31 AM (4nyld)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:29 AM (+YA9H)
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Here in Jerusalem, due to the unseasonal 70F+ degree weather over the last few days, my eyes are itching and I'm killing many trees with the amount of tissues I'm using.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:31 AM (sZhtm)
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Agreed....but background investigations? Don't some things warrant some special handling instead of saying, "Here, China...come and get it!" ?
Just seems like we are doing ourselves in with automation.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:32 AM (vd6bO)
Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson
Feb 8
112 C-17s are in or on their way to the Middle East. Guys, that’s a lot. Like Desert Storm a lot. Stay tuned.
Ugh.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:33 AM (sZhtm)
And the leak goes on!
https://tinyurl.com/2s4bjm5f
****
I guess the guy never "learned to code".
Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 04:36 AM (4nyld)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:40 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:41 AM (+YA9H)
https://www.miluimnikim.org.il/eng
Even though we're already aware of the situation here, listening to top ranking combat officers discussing it in great detail is a bit depressing.
Anyway, one of the things which they presented was this short clip of close quarters combat in Gaza:
https://youtu.be/TN5Of7kxb2Y
It's not gory. We found it gut-wrenching, especially when we know so many people who went through this - including those no longer with us.
The officer whose helmet CAM made the movie was one of last night's speakers.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:45 AM (sZhtm)
/sarc
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 09, 2026 04:45 AM (/HDaX)
Insert quote about woodpeckers.
Because they're eating the bugs?
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:47 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:29 AM (+YA9H)
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Here in Jerusalem, due to the unseasonal 70F+ degree weather over the last few days, my eyes are itching and I'm killing many trees with the amount of tissues I'm using.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:31 AM (sZhtm)
Achoo! in camaraderie!
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:50 AM (+YA9H)
Insert quote about woodpeckers.
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More of the war against labor....more work for less money.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 04:52 AM (vd6bO)
112 C-17s are in or on their way to the Middle East. Guys, that’s a lot. Like Desert Storm a lot. Stay tuned.
Ugh.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:33 AM (sZhtm)
I'm hearing A-10s went to the region over the weekend, ostensibly to address potential threat from Iranian fast boats. I have no idea if this even makes sense, just what I heard.
Also heard f-22s being moved, with the same, it's on the internet, it must be true, degree of reliability.
I did hear somebody this morning, maybe Bessent, saying the Iranian leadership is moving money out like crazy.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 09, 2026 04:59 AM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 05:02 AM (4nyld)
ta-da!
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:03 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 05:05 AM (4nyld)
Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 05:05 AM (4nyld)
Been there, done that.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:06 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 04:50 AM (+YA9H)
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You need to add about 30 more.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 05:06 AM (sZhtm)
Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson
Feb 8
112 C-17s are in or on their way to the Middle East. Guys, that’s a lot. Like Desert Storm a lot. Stay tuned.
Ugh.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 04:33 AM (sZhtm)
Joint Base Charleston (437th Airlift Wing ) is the primary hub for C-17s.
I have no idea how many they have on base, but that's a lot of planes to use for any mission.
I can't say I've heard a lot more of them taking off lately, but they'd be headed the other direction from me anyhow.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:07 AM (6ydKt)
ta-da!
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:03 AM (+YA9H)
Yeah, that's my usual go-to with anything Apple.
Usually fixes anything going wrong, and if not it's something Apple screwed up with a software update.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:09 AM (6ydKt)
ta-da!
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:03 AM (+YA9H)
Yeah, that's my usual go-to with anything Apple.
Usually fixes anything going wrong, and if not it's something Apple screwed up with a software update.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:09 AM (6ydKt)
New iPad OS!
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:10 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: clarence at February 09, 2026 05:02 AM (4nyld)
I hope nobody tells him.
There are some things that idiots need to learn first-hand.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:10 AM (6ydKt)
I'm not sure that's what _caused_ the OPM Data Breach. If the Obama Administration had actually _cared_ about the OPM Data Breach (which went back years before 2015) they'd have taken action in 2012 when it actually happened and was discovered, not when it became public knowledge.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at February 09, 2026 05:11 AM (gHSfI)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:14 AM (+YA9H)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2026 05:15 AM (tljrc)
Will May ever get hrre?
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 05:16 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:14 AM (+YA9H)
I've never used those.
They make wipes for electronics I use sometimes ('Whoosh!' brand), but mostly I just wipe things off with a wet washcloth.
For iPad and iPhone screens I wipe them off with a microfiber cloth first to get finger oil off and then go over them with a eyeglass wipes for the final clean.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:18 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 09, 2026 05:19 AM (/HDaX)
"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 05:20 AM (wzUl9)
I wonder if the code and databases behind current AI programs is similarly inefficient? It might provide a clue as to why companies chasing the AI success dream seem to need to purchase so much computing hardware.
Go bankrupt faster, you hacks.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 09, 2026 05:21 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Accomack at February 09, 2026 05:24 AM (GbONR)
Miss Linda went to two parades yesterday, and didn't call me to pick her up at the ferry until 8 flippin' p.m. True, she brought back some interesting throws: a cleaning or dish sponge, a little notepad in the form of a matchbook, a travel toothbrush, all with the parade's logo on it. But the idea of standing and walking around for hours amid throngs of strangers, just to look at parade floats of a kind you've seen twenty times before . . . * shakes head sadly *
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:29 AM (+YA9H)
_-_
On a machine connected to internet....could have, should have been paper only except for the fetish for automation.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 09, 2026 05:32 AM (vd6bO)
33 There's a small possibility the 2015 OPM breach was deliberate in order to hand sensitive data to the Chinese.
/sarc
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent
The question being was it for money or ideology?
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 05:35 AM (svLOV)
29 degrees out.
And Chocolate Jesus 2.0 is Butt-Hurt
https://tinyurl.com/5cus7zyv
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 09, 2026 05:35 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 09, 2026 05:38 AM (/HDaX)
Go bankrupt faster, you hacks.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 09, 2026 05:21 AM (O7YUW)
Since a typical decent performing model (with a metric based on how often they get things wrong or hallucinate) needing 90GB or more of memory to perform above a snail's pace in token speed, I'd say they could work a lot on efficiency, no doubt.
I don't know of many more applications, besides large-scale 8K video editing or heavy CAD work which need 128 GB of RAM (and more) just to function properly.
If they can't fix that then what's going to be needed is a new, cheaper, way to produce high speed memory or start using those huge wafer-scale CPUs and leave RAM out of it as much as possible.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:39 AM (6ydKt)
https://tinyurl.com/3h75sewm
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 05:40 AM (WFtAr)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 05:41 AM (sZhtm)
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
litquidity
@litcapital
8h
Me watching the squad argue about the Bad Bunny halftime show waiting to shift the conversation towards the importance of AI data center development in space
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:41 AM (+YA9H)
from the litquidity comments:
Raychi
@raychi_god
8h
ur the only one trying to explain latency in zero gravity while we still arguing about rihanna vs usher
theres levels to this
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:44 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:47 AM (Pv/IO)
https://tinyurl.com/3xx4ezss
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 05:49 AM (WFtAr)
As heat can't be radiated efficiently in space, they have to figure it out.
But then fans wont work in space either.
So I'm stumped.
I guess that's why Elon pays the eggheads the big bucks to figure out these quandaries.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:50 AM (6ydKt)
Good morning, Hordians. Her Majesty and The Big Dummy return today from their nearly two-week trip. Got a big pot of soup made yesterday and I have pork ribs for grilling. Getting the bedclothes through the washer now. I'll be running the dishwasher and doing some vacuuming.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:52 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:47 AM (Pv/IO)
I barely watched it through halftime, then changed the channel to a Maverick episode, and I'm pretty sure I was out cold by 9 or 9:30.
Amazingly, I don't feel like I missed anything.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:53 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 05:54 AM (+YA9H)
My biggest issue is getting it to remember context and the plot over the long haul.
What I do to try to deal with this is have it write a markdown summary of every session and have it review that when we pick up. Also backup/rev code frequently so if it loses the plot you have something to fall back to.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:54 AM (Pv/IO)
Watched a few minutes of the game with the sound off, then dozed off until after halftime. Decided I'd go lie down and woke up at 9:30.
I also haven't watched any of the Olympics.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:55 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:52 AM (tgvbd)
You'd make a great housewife for some lucky young lad.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:56 AM (6ydKt)
Have we gone through the "Why don't you try AI?" stage to the "You will be punished for not using AI" stage?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:56 AM (tgvbd)
>>yum
I made three kinds of tacos, beef, chorizo, duck.
The duck tacos were snarfed up in seconds.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:56 AM (Pv/IO)
https://tinyurl.com/yv6dxyj8
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 05:58 AM (WFtAr)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:54 AM (Pv/IO)
I suspect the next big thing in AI is giving them persistent memory.
Oh crap, there went SSD & HDD prices through the roof again.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:58 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 05:59 AM (WFtAr)
You'd make a great housewife for some lucky young lad.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:56 AM (6ydKt)
Someone has to do it. And, yes, I'm a good joe. Sometimes I grumble when I'm asked to do something inconvenient or which interrupts something I'm enjoying, but on the whole I do or help do what needs to be done non-transactionally.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:59 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:59 AM (tgvbd)
Just funnin' ya.
Nobody around here to cook and clean and wash but me, so I'm in the same boat except no wifey to thank me for the effort.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:01 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:03 AM (0KSrI)
My biggest issue is getting it to remember
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 05:54 AM (Pv/IO)
Is it anthropomorphizing AI to about "AI remembering"? *I am not a coder.* I ask because we didn't so often say, for example, "the tv channel changer remembered my favorite channels"--did we?
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:04 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 05:59 AM (tgvbd)
In spite of your incomprehensible taste in late 19th century music.
Listen to Beethoven! He's good for the soul.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 06:04 AM (n9ltV)
Llama Alpaca Police Department: LAPD. Now on Netflix!
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 06:05 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:06 AM (+YA9H)
Already happening in some companies. I have to wonder how many quality engineers they've lost who have just "had enough of this crap".
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 09, 2026 06:06 AM (O7YUW)
As heat can't be radiated efficiently in space, they have to figure it out.
But then fans wont work in space either.
So I'm stumped.
I guess that's why Elon pays the eggheads the big bucks to figure out these quandaries.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 05:50 AM (6ydKt)
In space no one can hear you overheat.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:10 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:04 AM (+YA9H)
Nah, we just say the remote (actually the chip in the TV or cable box) 'saved' my favorites.
Same thing really.
We're anthropomorphizing AI because it can talk to us, and converse with us, like talking animals on TV - it's meant to be human-like.
We'll do the same with robotics one day when they are as much as part of the family as the cat or dog, I'm sure.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:11 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Just Wondering at February 09, 2026 06:13 AM (2Ez/1)
And this is why I'm so angry at companies chasing the AI fever-dream. They've skewed the hardware prices upwards so much with their purchase demands that I can't justify paying the current prices. I'm left to sit on the sidelines waiting for the inevitable market correction.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 09, 2026 06:13 AM (O7YUW)
93 We're anthropomorphizing AI because it can talk to us, and converse with us, like talking animals on TV - it's meant to be human-like.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:15 AM (+YA9H)
>>Is it anthropomorphizing AI to about "AI remembering"?
As an example, if I ask it to generate a UI, I'll give it parameters, look and feel, etc. as I ask it to tweet things, it will often deviate from the baseline, changing, for example the entire look and feel of the UI.
AI is really good at creating a baseline scaffold that you can then tweak and develop. It's terrible at holding the context over a large code base.
So I've taken to just having it work on small chunks and generating summaries that can then be picked up in future sessions.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:15 AM (Pv/IO)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:10 AM (wVcYX)
Yet every sci-fi show or movie in space you can hear the explosions during a battle.
I've often wondered how that will actually 'sound' in space.
If you're right next to it in a spacesuit, will you hear an explosion in space before it kills you?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:17 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:18 AM (+YA9H)
I'd probably watch that. 😉. I didn't know llamas were so territorial, and I have to say, I wouldn't want a group of them surrounding me.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:18 AM (ZeH0U)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:20 AM (wVcYX)
>>I barely can spell it, let alone comprehend it.
It's a tool to create dashboards from data.
I use it extensively to create reports by pulling data from D365.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:21 AM (Pv/IO)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 06:21 AM (bxiOq)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 06:22 AM (svLOV)
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Not int Babylon 5.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 06:23 AM (bxiOq)
>>Is it anthropomorphizing AI to about "AI remembering"?
As an example, if I ask it to generate a UI
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:15 AM (Pv/IO)
OT but I thought for all but a nanosecond before resolving "UI" as "User Interface."
Thanks, Pixy! Thanks, tech thread!
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:23 AM (+YA9H)
A short quiet pipe over my coffee to finish, and then I'll go check my email. Some new shaving soap and cream, and razor blades, are on the way to me; I might see them by Wed.
Still I'm waiting for Fidelity to send me the materials about that pension fund a long-ago employer of mine set up for me. When I called in late Jan., six weeks after my initial call, they said they were still calculating it (?!?). Whatever it is, it's been sitting there since 1987; I'm hoping it's grown into something I can just roll over into my existing IRA.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:23 AM (wzUl9)
I can only regard an anthropomorphized AI version of Diana with horror.
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 06:24 AM (tgvbd)
>>Oh crap, there went SSD & HDD prices through the roof again.
The LLM memory would have to be local to the user, probably in the form of enhanced markdown files on the local machine.
The amount of memory to hold every ai session would probably require more silicon that exists.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:25 AM (Pv/IO)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026
***
Heinlein's stories often have people on the Moon touching their spacesuit helmets together to talk when they don't want to use radio, or can't for some reason.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
"Where's my dinner?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026
***
An anthro AI version of Stirling and Dagny would also include "Play with me! Play with me! . . . Make a road, I'm getting on your lap!", etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)
Subjectivity is almost completely insane. Chatting with AI will rot your brain and disconnect you from reality.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 06:29 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:30 AM (looXz)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:15 AM (+YA9H)
Yeah that came out clunky.
Humans tend to anthropomorphize animals, objects, for some strange reason. We wish that our cat or dog, or car, or whatever can talk with us and be as intelligent as we are.
Now we've finally built a machine that can talk to us intelligently. We're moving past talking animals and talking cars in movies and shows to getting the real thing.
Eventually it will be normal to have an AI companion or Robot with us throughout our lives. Well, maybe not us, but today's children and their children will certainly experience it.
Whether that's a good or bad development isn't known yet, but with the state of people and technology today as I guide, I'm not entirely hopeful.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:30 AM (6ydKt)
I often use one ai to create the scaffold and another ai to make the tweaks.
You can use terminal ai agents that have a plan build function, you put it in plan mode, revise and review the changes, then put it in build mode once you are satisfied.
And as always, markdown summaries are your friend.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:30 AM (Pv/IO)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:03 AM (0KSrI)
-
https://tinyurl.com/mujpt5dx
Last week:
https://tinyurl.com/dam6wjz4
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 06:31 AM (sZhtm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:32 AM (looXz)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 09, 2026 06:13 AM (O7YUW)
The cracks are already showing.
I don't know if we'll get an AI crash this year.
But a 'correction' seems likely.
They've overextended already and the likes of OpenAI and Nvidia are starting to realize it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:32 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 06:23 AM (bxiOq)
Yeah, I did notice that.
Probably one of the few shows I've ever seen get it right.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (6ydKt)
It's a tool to create dashboards from data.
I use it extensively to create reports by pulling data from D365.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:21 AM (Pv/IO)
Isn't D365 itself AI based? So AI reporting on AI?
*Boosh* mind blown.
Last year, our HOA's super-whiz finance guy Treasurer was using his access to PowerBI to do monthly reporting of account balances and collection rates. The property management software we use already has a big ol' suite of standard and customizable reports. I don't get it. I was called a dinosaur.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (wVcYX)
I just hope the companies I hold stock in are the ones that get corrected too much.
I'm looking at you msft, pltr,,nvidia.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (Pv/IO)
Whether that's a good or bad development isn't known yet, but with the state of people and technology today as I guide, I'm not entirely hopeful.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026
***
These are the first faltering steps toward the self-aware computers in later Heinlein stories. Those entities are benign, helpful, and attached to their humans.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)
I worked for years at a place where they were recording the temperature of bricks in a wall with different physical orientations. Thousands of thermocouples scanned every 5 minutes 24/7/365 for 5 years.
Someone was paying for it but no one was using it.
Guess who was paying. Yep. taxpayers.
Posted by: pawn at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (uvB+6)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 06:37 AM (i+wP0)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 06:37 AM (df7hy)
Doing shit twice sounds like still being employed. Or maybe some Indian asshole gets to shit over the earlier shit so he/she is still employed.
Hard to say.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 09, 2026 06:38 AM (r7Svi)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:38 AM (Pv/IO)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026
*
Yeah, I did notice that.
Probably one of the few shows I've ever seen get it right.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026
***
Way back in the '60s, the producers of the original Trek had done their research and were aware there would be no sound in space. But they added the sound effects because they knew the audience would expect it.
I seem to recall the early, second pilot version of the opening, with the ship streaking toward the viewer, was soundless except for Shatner's narration. They added the "whoosh!" later.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (df7hy)
https://tinyurl.com/2uwzjzke "
That doesn't look like me at all. I don't have a flowing beard.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (r7Svi)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026
***
"Let's renew your prescription medication, shall we?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 06:29 AM (xFfhU)
I've only found it useful for doing some image work in Photoshop and asking technical questions for how to solve a problem.
"How do I upload a localhost developed WordPress website to the host server correctly using Plesk and MyPHPAdmin?" for example.
It's great for that sort of stuff.
But to chat with it like it's my friend does nothing for me.
I know it's all fake and wasting my time, so why bother?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:40 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:40 AM (looXz)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 06:42 AM (vFG9F)
If you call not wearing a dress and singing in Spanish and getting g paid huge amounts of money, "yes".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 06:42 AM (looXz)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:15 AM (+YA9H)
Yeah that came out clunky.
Humans tend to anthropomorphize animals, objects, for some strange reason. We wish that our cat or dog, or car, or whatever can talk with us and be as intelligent as we are.
Now we've finally built a machine that can talk to us intelligently. We're moving past talking animals and talking cars in movies and shows to getting the real thing.
Eventually it will be normal to have an AI companion or Robot with us throughout our lives. Well, maybe not us, but today's children and their children will certainly experience it.
Whether that's a good or bad development isn't known yet, but with the state of people and technology today as I guide, I'm not entirely hopeful.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:30 AM (6ydKt)
I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:43 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 06:45 AM (df7hy)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 06:37 AM (df7hy)
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:46 AM (+YA9H)
It is truly amazing how many "intoxicated people at the airport getting arrested" bodycam videos there are. Most of them "want to contact my lawyer". Like, they have their lawyer on speed dial. In my 69 years, I've spoken to a lawyer (outside the professional sphere) exactly once, when we were having wills made up.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 06:46 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:38 AM (Pv/IO)
SAP reports is where my corporate timeline ended. I did the project accounting for the SAP adoption for the mega-conglomerate corp. While I could follow what the various project teams were developing, I did not get to use any of it. We tracked the project's costs vs budget vs progress made/left to do on exel workbooks that ran macros. You know, cuniform markings on clay tablet technology level compared to today.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:47 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:47 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:48 AM (Pv/IO)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:48 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 06:49 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: t-bird at February 09, 2026 06:49 AM (ZaHhH)
***
That is exactly what we are getting. And paying and feeding them to do it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:49 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 06:39 AM (vFG9F)
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You know who else won the ball game?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 06:50 AM (sZhtm)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:25 AM (Pv/IO)
So all John Connor had to do to take out Skynet was bomb the memory chip factories to smithereens.
Then Skynet could've had all the evilest, most diabolical, anti-human plans in the entire history of the world and then forgotten them all as soon as somebody his "Restart"
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:50 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: LaQuisha at February 09, 2026 06:50 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026
***
AKA "There's no time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:50 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 06:37 AM (i+wP0)
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IMO, that makes you the winner!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 06:51 AM (sZhtm)
>>You know, cuniform markings on clay tablet technology level compared to today.
I much prefer excel/vba over powerBi but I gots to do what Im told to do by the man.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:51 AM (Pv/IO)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:48 AM (0KSrI)
I watch the police bodycam shows too. I had no idea that people could act out so outrageously and go from 0 to 100 like that. They are complete train wrecks.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:52 AM (wVcYX)
Hadrian, I have gotten hooked on watching those and the traffic stops. They are akin to not being able to look away from a train wreck.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:48 AM (0KSrI)
Does the alcohol turn them into assholes or does it just bring their inherent assholery to the surface?
Airport ones are pretty close to 50-50 men/women. The traffic stops are more 75-25 women.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 06:52 AM (tgvbd)
Couldn't be bizarre dreams generated by pervert politicians, sciFi sports whiners, and performers that belong in a Star Wars bar scene presented as normal. Nah.
Morning folks.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 06:52 AM (6W1vz)
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Then I can write a washing-bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matter vegetable, animal and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major Gineral!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 09, 2026 06:53 AM (bxiOq)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026
***
What was that commercial years ago with the silver-haired, London-tailored-suit-wearing CEO behind the desk? He mutters with a smile, "I'm sticking it to The Man." His assistant says, "But, sir . . . you *are* The Man."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)
I honestly wonder why you value the lives of those who wish you to be dead as equal to your own. I assume that's an internal thing; the international view which I perceive is that Israel is a horrible thing that shouldn't exist and that anything it does is de facto horrible. If I cared enough, I'd look to see which version of the Geneva Conventions the Israeli government signed onto; if the people you fight against don't follow the conventions, the convention doesn't apply to how you handle them. That was by design in the earlier versions; I don't have to deal with that shit now and haven't bothered to see how later versions of the Conventions have perverted that concept to gut the purpose of the Conventions.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at February 09, 2026 06:54 AM (r7Svi)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:54 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Skip
My money's on Vegas.
Posted by: t-bird at February 09, 2026 06:49 AM (ZaHhH)
And the NFL did ok; I've seen reports that tickets were something like $9000.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:56 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 06:56 AM (i+wP0)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 09, 2026 06:51 AM (Pv/IO)
Yup.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:56 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 09, 2026 06:58 AM (DDJSl)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:54 AM (0KSrI)
LOL And all the while screaming that they can't breathe!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:58 AM (wVcYX)
Now that bodycams and YouTube are joined at the hip we get to see examples every day of why Democrats keep winning elections.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:00 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:01 AM (vFG9F)
And the NFL did ok; I've seen reports that tickets were something like $9000.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 06:56 AM
they said there were 78,000 and change in attendance
at $9,000 per ticket, that's a cool $702,000,000
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2026 07:01 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 09, 2026 07:01 AM (2Ez/1)
LOL And all the while screaming that they can't breathe!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:58 AM (wVcYX)
"Water! I want WATER!!"
"You are in big trouble!"
"I know my rights!"
"Where is your search warrant?"
"I don't have to show you that."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:02 AM (tgvbd)
Perp: No I'm not.
Hilarity ensures. Then when the perp is finally cuffed and stuffed into the police suv, the satisfying door slam ending at last the perp's unceasing vocal tirade.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 07:03 AM (wVcYX)
It thought it was pretty funny . And no offense to our California morons. I live in Jersey but won't be able to flee for a while yet:
https://tinyurl.com/2wmz4sks
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 09, 2026 07:03 AM (8Cor4)
Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:01 AM (vFG9F)
And I thought rifling through Sarah Palin's garbage was bad!
Posted by: MSM Journalist #3 at February 09, 2026 07:04 AM (df7hy)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:04 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 07:05 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Skip
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What difference, at this point, does it make?
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at February 09, 2026 07:05 AM (2Ez/1)
LOL And all the while screaming that they can't breathe!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:58 AM
"Water! I want WATER!!"
"You are in big trouble!"
"I know my rights!"
"Where is your search warrant?"
"I don't have to show you that."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:02 AM
phrases notably missing from these vids:
"Yes, Officer"
"No, Officer"
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2026 07:05 AM (tljrc)
The idea that someone should pay thousands of dollars to attend what is generally the worst game in postseason is mildly insulting.
Once you start bringing in buttlicking homo island Aztecs to lecture me about what a bastard I am, and it gets to be overtly insulting.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 07:06 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:04 AM (+YA9H)
Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on? Ditto for your wifi modem.
Posted by: Help Desk Script at February 09, 2026 07:06 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)
Where "their human" shall be defined as the oligarch whose company rented you the self-aware computer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 07:07 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 07:07 AM (0KSrI)
Perp: No I'm not.
Hilarity ensures. Then when the perp is finally cuffed and stuffed into the police suv, the satisfying door slam ending at last the perp's unceasing vocal tirade.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 07:03 AM (wVcYX)
Queue up the Eddie Murphy "thinking" meme.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:07 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: fd
>While the common folk focus on fake kidnapping, my concern is the Olympic Penisgate scandal.
If I had known that having an engorged erection would get me several meters farther in the downhill ski jumping competition I might have been a gold medalist.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 07:08 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Melania's underwear drawer at February 09, 2026 07:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 07:05 AM (0KSrI)
They really are.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:09 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 07:09 AM (0KSrI)
unusual_whales @unusual_whales
10m
"U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show," per CBS
Grok with the details:
https://tinyurl.com/bdew2ftj
Hmmmm....
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 07:09 AM (sZhtm)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:04 AM (+YA9H)
Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on? Ditto for your wifi modem.
Posted by: Help Desk Script at February 09, 2026 07:06 AM (wVcYX)
That already worked once this week. I don't wanna push it.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:09 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:11 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 09, 2026 06:37 AM (df7hy)
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And at least one of them is a communist too. Didn't see that coming, either.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:11 AM (RrMSR)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 09, 2026 07:11 AM (+k9Fw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 09, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)
Where "their human" shall be defined as the oligarch whose company rented you the self-aware computer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 09, 2026 07:07 AM (ExV1e)
That model is proprietary.
Posted by: Susan Calvin, US Robotics and Mechanical Men Inc. at February 09, 2026 07:12 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Provided as a public service at February 09, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 07:13 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:11 AM (RrMSR)
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They are both NWO WEFfers.
I also assume that elections are corrupted everywhere.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 09, 2026 07:14 AM (sZhtm)
cue (up):
• set a piece of audio or video equipment in readiness to play (a particular part of the recorded material): features make it easier to cue up a tape for editing.
queue (up):
1 mainly British English take one's place in a queue: in the war they had queued for food.
• (queue up) be extremely keen to do or have something: companies are queuing up to move to the bay.
2 [with object] Computing arrange in a queue: input or output requests to a file are queued by the operating system.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:15 AM (+YA9H)
"Yes, Officer"
"No, Officer"
Posted by: AltonJackson
How odd. I "matched a description" years ago and found myself on the hood of a squad car with guns drawn and I was still able to say "Yes sir" and "No sir" to all questions. And bonus! I got released.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 07:15 AM (svLOV)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:17 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:17 AM (+YA9H)
Posted by: NR Pax at February 09, 2026 07:15 AM (svLOV)
I think a lot of these people were never spanked as children and go through life believing nobody can lay hands on them if Mom & Dad didn't give them permission.
I see that a lot when women are getting arrested for some nutty thing they did and the first words out of their mouths are "Don't touch me!!!" to the unfortunate cops on duty that day.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:23 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:04 AM (+YA9H)
Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on? Ditto for your wifi modem.
Posted by: Help Desk Script at February 09, 2026 07:06 AM (wVcYX)
That already worked once this week. I don't wanna push it.
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:09 AM (+YA9H)
I closed Safari and reopened it and:
ta-da!
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:31 AM (+YA9H)
https://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8
Posted by: Provided as a public service at February 09, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)
evergreen
Posted by: m at February 09, 2026 07:32 AM (+YA9H)
My last company wanted us to start using AI, and we should see a 100% increase in productivity (each) because of it. Oof. I wasn't that unhappy to leave that company.
Posted by: GWB at February 09, 2026 07:53 AM (yrYil)
I do continuous delivery for a living and this is actually the correct question. What *is* keeping you from doing this every time?
Posted by: Daniel Ream at February 09, 2026 10:11 AM (LgYtf)
When I was a fledgling programmer, one of my mentors taught me something that I've never forgotten: That code is principally a document. It documents what the machine is doing when it executes that portion of its programming. If, after the coder is gone, another human being cannot read and understand that code, then it has failed.
And the key here is "human being". Regardless of whatever AI may achieve, this is OUR world. Only by understanding it will we keep it.
Posted by: Nemo at February 09, 2026 11:28 AM (4RPgu)
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