The French Super-Minority Government Collapses In No-Confidence Vote; PM Will Resign

I kept seeing French news items in my X feed telling me that Emmanuel Macron did not fear a "censure" of the government, and lots of articles talking about the possibility of a "censure."

I didn't understand what the fuss was about. Who cares about a "censure"? Slap on the wrist, right?

Well, no. Apparently "censure" is the French term for a vote of no confidence in the government. Which, in a parliamentary system -- in which the government only operates when it has the confidence of the parliament -- brings the whole government down.

France has been on shaky ground since Macron called for a snap election some months ago. The National Rally, LePen's "far right" party -- and by "far right," they mean "opposes unlimited immigration from the Arab/Muslim world" -- won the most seats, but fell well short of a majority due to corrupt vote-trading whereby the "center" (really, the neoliberal left) and the far left (communists, greens) agreed to cede elections to each other and vote for each other's candidates, to deny the NR the outright majority win it was expected to take.

It worked to keep the NR under a majority. But Macron's "center" party lost a lot of seats, and could only gather a majority of parliament's support by promising all sorts of things to the far left.

Note that Macron is the President -- the head of state, as they say -- and the Prime Minister is the head of government. Macron does not need the parliament to stay in his post -- he's up for re-election in 2027, because France has five year terms, because they're stupid and gay -- but his hand-picked PM does need parliament's support.

That put this super-minority government -- my term -- at the whim of both the "far right" and the actual far left. This isn't just a minority government, it's a very weak minority government that should not be anything more than a bit-player junior partner in a government.

And the bill for the dirty election deal just came due.

French lawmakers passed a no-confidence measure against Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his cabinet on Wednesday, sending the country into a fresh spasm of political turmoil that leaves it without a clear path to a new budget and threatens to further jolt financial markets.
France's lower house of Parliament passed the measure with 331 votes, well above the majority of 288 votes that were required, after Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally joined moves by the chamber's leftist coalition to oust the government. Mr. Barnier is expected to resign soon.
It was the first successful no-confidence vote in France in over 60 years and made Mr. Barnier's three-month-old government the shortest-tenured in the history of France's Fifth Republic.
The vote comes at a difficult time for France, which is struggling with high debt and a widening deficit, challenges that have been compounded by two years of flat growth. France's strong backing for Ukraine faces a challenge with the United States' election of Donald J. Trump, and its partner in leading Europe, Germany, is weaker politically and economically than it has been in years.
President Emmanuel Macron, the nation's top leader, remains in power but support for him is shaky. His stature has been severely diminished following his surprise decision last summer to call a snap parliamentary election. His party and its allies lost many seats to the far right and the left, competing forces that bitterly oppose him.
Mr. Barnier is likely to remain as a caretaker until Mr. Macron names a new prime minister, but France faces weeks of instability, just as it did after the parliamentary vote. Mr. Macron will address the nation at 8 p.m. Thursday local time, according to the Elysée.

The Elysée is the French presidential palace.

So what comes next? I don't know.

Macron will propose a new PM, but this just leads to the same impossible position. His party is the third biggest in the French parliament, after the National Rally and the leftwing coalition, but he insists his third-ranking super-minority power should continue in power.

But as he just showed, he cannot work with the far left, and he absolutely refuses, as all other parties refuse, to work with the "far right" National Rally.

So a new PM just results in the same problem: Macron insists on remaining in control of government, yet he simply does not have enough seats to do so.

I guess he could call another snap election, but I imagine the results will be similar, with the NR taking the most seats, but blocked from taking any part in government because the rest of the parties are attempting to disenfranchise NR voters.

If I had to guess, I'd imagine France is going to go full-on extraconstitutional: They'll get some judges to agree that maybe you don't neeeeeed a majority of votes to rule. Everything will be justified by the imperative We will burn democracy down to keep Trump out of office. I mean, "keep LePen out of office," of course.

Germany's government just collapsed a few weeks ago.

Germany's economy has been shrinking for the past two years in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, war in Ukraine and competition from China. Scholz's fractious coalition failed to find a way forward on some key issues.
Lindner's Free Democrats had rejected tax increases or changes to Germany's strict self-imposed limits on running up debt. Scholz's Social Democrats and the Greens wanted to see major state investment and rejected the Free Democrats' proposals to cut welfare programs.
Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House may be creating new risks for the German economy. He has threatened to slap tariffs of up to 20% on goods from the EU, raising the prospect of a trade war with Washington's European allies.
Tariffs would deal a sharp blow to German exports and serve another painful setback to an economy that had long been powered by cheap and plentiful energy from Russia and large export markets.

German parties have the same problem France does -- they refuse to cut deals with the "far right" anti-immigration party AfD (Alternative fur Deutchland), which, as with Le Pen's NR, is growing, and so their coalitions are made up of irreconcilably-opposed parties.

Germany thinks it has a way out of this problem of voters voting for things they don't think the voters should vote for: they'll just ban the AfD, and then AfD voters will be forced to vote for one of the parties they loathe, and Germany can pretend it's a democratic party while forcing people to vote for one of several unpalatable, unpopular alternatives.

France must be considering the same option with the NR.

As David Strom notes, Macron's invitation to Trump, to visit the rebuilt Notre Dame, is a desperate strategy to find some support anywhere, even it's not from the actual French populace.

Beege Wellborne also notes that Britain is likewise teetering on political collapse, as nearly three million people have signed a petition demanding fresh elections.

Meanwhile, in America: We have Trump.

Posted by: Ace at 01:11 PM

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1 1st

Posted by: GF at December 05, 2024 01:11 PM (ta4cG)

2 Oh no!

Anyway...

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 05, 2024 01:11 PM (2UnvF)

3 I don't know anything about the French government but a Super Minority doesn't sound very super.

Just saying.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2024 01:12 PM (WXNFJ)

4 20%, Germany? Yeah, I think you'll live.

Posted by: t-bird at December 05, 2024 01:13 PM (GN7By)

5 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at December 05, 2024 01:13 PM (1Yy3c)

6 >>Beege Wellborne also notes

That's one hell of a name.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2024 01:14 PM (vGiQ3)

7 and I thought our system was fucked up.

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:14 PM (v0R5T)

8 Did anyone Nood? 'cause I sure as hell didn't.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2024 01:14 PM (WXNFJ)

9 huit

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 05, 2024 01:14 PM (Dm8we)

10 I informed the prior comment section.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 05, 2024 01:14 PM (ExV1e)

11 I think my Old French Whore is dead.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 05, 2024 01:15 PM (aD39U)

12 I think my Old French Whore is dead.
Posted by: Grump928(C)

Well, she hasn't moved in decades so. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2024 01:15 PM (WXNFJ)

13 Am I retarded or is the blog's top banner still missing?

Posted by: Robert at December 05, 2024 01:15 PM (1Yy3c)

14 HA HA!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:16 PM (KcwUg)

15 Will he offer Macaroon the governorship of our 52nd state, East Quebec?

Posted by: t-bird at December 05, 2024 01:16 PM (bkfCY)

16 Germany thinks it has a way out of this problem
......

Uh-oh.

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:16 PM (v0R5T)

17 Did anyone Nood? 'cause I sure as hell didn't.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2024 01:14 PM (WXNFJ)

They'll figure it out eventually.

Posted by: Robert at December 05, 2024 01:16 PM (1Yy3c)

18 I imagine Democrats here are taking notes about the way the French are scheming to keep the will of the people (national rally) from winning anything noteworthy.

I wouldnt be surprised if a nationalized "ranked choice" voting is on their agenda whenever they have power again.

Posted by: Shenanigans at December 05, 2024 01:16 PM (pZ0Mr)

19 Nope Robert, it's gone. But that doesn't necessarily mean you and I are not at the far left of the Bell Curve.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2024 01:16 PM (WXNFJ)

20 My takeaway from this story is...

Europe sucks.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:17 PM (sQcJz)

21 Top 17?!?

Posted by: Grayman27 at December 05, 2024 01:17 PM (pgwxJ)

22 Drat. Content...

Posted by: Grayman27 at December 05, 2024 01:17 PM (pgwxJ)

23 Meanwhile, in America: We have Trump.

grace a dieu

Posted by: kallisto at December 05, 2024 01:17 PM (dCxaZ)

24 Meanwhile, in America: We have Trump.
_____

And Africa has Biden. Any chance they'll keep him?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:17 PM (fs1hN)

25 The banner is still there.

Posted by: tubal at December 05, 2024 01:17 PM (PCK5/)

26 It's hard to believe it's more difficult to rig elections in the US than elsewhere.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 05, 2024 01:17 PM (tT6L1)

27 I can't see these Eurocrats go down fast enough.

Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:17 PM (v6JzV)

28 "You know, we could govern pretty effectively if we aligned with NR."
-some rando Center Party MP

"Throw him in the Big Woo!"
-Macron

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 05, 2024 01:18 PM (GBKbO)

29 Was the parliamentary system created by the Italians?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 05, 2024 01:18 PM (Aqu9a)

30 There was a nood.

Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:18 PM (v6JzV)

31 29 Was the parliamentary system created by the Italians?
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 05, 2024 01:18 PM (Aqu9a)

Brits??

Posted by: tubal at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (PCK5/)

32 Canada, Greenland, Mexico, sure. France? No fucking way.

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (v0R5T)

33 >>>11 I think my Old French Whore is dead.

lol, i love that sketch

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (KRtlO)

34 I can see Macron and the German chancellor calling and PDT telling them both, "Yeah, let me know when you figure out who's really in charge."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (tT6L1)

35 A federal district court, finding that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is likely unconstitutional, issued an order Tuesday prohibiting the enforcement of the CTA and the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting rule in the CTA's accompanying regulations.

The government argued that Congress has the power to enact the CTA under the Commerce Clause and under the Necessary and Proper Clause.

Regarding the Commerce Clause, the court stated, "The CTA is a law enforcement tool — not an instrument calibrated to protect commerce; an exercise of police power, rather than a regulation of an activity which might impair commerce among the several states. This the Commerce Clause will not tolerate."

Posted by: SMOD at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (RHGPo)

36 The French saw Trump elected and decided they want one too?

Posted by: davidt at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (i0F8b)

37 The French are revolting?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (Mr3fH)

38 it's gone. But that doesn't necessarily mean you and I are not at the far left of the Bell Curve.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2024 01:16 PM (WXNFJ)

Excuse me, sir, but I'm Ayn Rand loving Donald Trump voting right winger.

Posted by: Robert at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (1Yy3c)

39 I guess he could call another snap election, but I imagine the results will be similar, with the NR taking the most seats, but blocked from taking any part in government because the rest of the parties are attempting to disenfranchise NR voters.

One of the more amazing things to see in European politics is that traditionally it didn't matter who the people elected - they always got the same policies - right, left, center didn't matter which nominal party won.

Of course the US started down this route as well after the installation of Denis Hastert as the most powerful Republican in DC and it looks like this was just a continuation of what they'd been doing for quite a while in Europe.

But...European voters actually do have choices now. And voting for ANY of the establishment parties whether they be left, right or center is a vote for the status quo. If you want to change that you will NEED to vote for those icky reformists that their own FNM call all sorts of names

Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (oZhjI)

40 That's a shame. *Seinfeld bassline*

Posted by: Stu Podaso at December 05, 2024 01:20 PM (TGlhj)

41 Sixth Republic, anyone?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 05, 2024 01:20 PM (z0QHk)

42 >>>"You know, we could govern pretty effectively if we aligned with NR."
-some rando Center Party MP

the supposed center-"right" party, Les Republicains, also vote for the lefties rather than NR.

They're a minor party now. Used to be one of the two biggest parties.

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2024 01:20 PM (KRtlO)

43 There aren't many things in this world I care less about than french government, but that being said, everyone knew this was coming.

Macaroni called the snap election a few months ago, then they played shenanigans to keep La Pen from being able to get a majority.

The pre-war french government went through multiple collapses, all while Hitler was arming, and sauntering into "neutral" lands. They had nothing to offer, in terms of resistance, not because the french military wasn't capable of spanking Hitler before he fully armed, but because the government was as weak as Joe Biden's bladder control.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:20 PM (dGCAG)

44 When you're so intent on not letting the "far right" win that you're going to end up giving them a bigger win than they would have gotten if you'd have worked with them in the first place.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at December 05, 2024 01:20 PM (B9Prs)

45 The French are revolting?

You said it, they stink on ice!

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:20 PM (sQcJz)

46 Willowed:

Just saw a headline that Amber Heard is pregnant with her second child.
Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:20 PM (v6JzV)

47 lol, i love that sketch
Posted by: ace at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (KRtlO)

After years, you are the first person to say that they got that.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 05, 2024 01:20 PM (aD39U)

48 My takeaway from this story is...

Europe sucks.
Posted by: Jetto
.......

They were pretty cool when they built all those castles and cathedrals and used guillotines and catapulted fire.

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:21 PM (v0R5T)

49 The Corporate Transparency Act, enacted in 2021 to curb illicit finance, requires many companies doing business in the United States to report information about the individuals who ultimately own or control them.

Posted by: SMOD at December 05, 2024 01:21 PM (RHGPo)

50 Meanwhile, in America: We have Trump.

That reminds me: Apollo Creed

https://t.ly/na-e-

Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2024 01:21 PM (WXNFJ)

51 42 the supposed center-"right" party, Les Republicains, also vote for the lefties rather than NR.

They're a minor party now. Used to be one of the two biggest parties.
Posted by: ace at December 05, 2024 01:20 PM (KRtlO)

========

The establishment across the world has chosen to win by losing.

It just leads to losing.

The process can be protracted, but ultimately choosing to tank your own faction to hurt someone else really just hurts...your own faction. Weird, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 05, 2024 01:21 PM (GBKbO)

52 One of the more amazing things to see in European politics is that traditionally it didn't matter who the people elected - they always got the same policies - right, left, center didn't matter which nominal party won.
_____

Mark Steyn described the choice as - the slightly left of left-of-center vs. the slightly right of left-of-center

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (fs1hN)

53 Cheese eating surrender monkeys

Posted by: SMOD at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (RHGPo)

54 The people vote wrong!

Posted by: Globohomo socialist uniparty at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (NGHTx)

55 willowed: NYC Taxi Co buys fleet of Tesla trucks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 05, 2024

***
My idea, Rieger! Ha-ha-hah! Enjoy your e-lectric cab! Ha-ha-hah!

Posted by: Louie DePalma at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (J2vNu)

56 Meanwhile, in America: We have Trump.
===

b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (RIvkX)

57 This seems like a good event to bring up every time I hear someone say the problems in our country are due to "the two-party system." It makes no sense to me why having additional parties to segment political groups further is even superior to what we have now, much less that it would actually solve all problems. France seems to be providing a valuable case study.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (IORSH)

58 We have entered the time of a tsunami where the sea is running out and all kinds of neat shells and stuff have been exposed.

Do not be fooled. When the wave comes rushing back, you'd best be on high ground.

Even Trump can't outrun what is coming.

The globalist wave is still coming. They do not intend to give up this easily.

Posted by: Just Lily at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (cI/yr)

59 The French are revolting?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (Mr3fH)

They stink on ice!

Posted by: Obligatory at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (dGCAG)

60 54 The people vote wrong!
Posted by: Globohomo socialist uniparty at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (NGHTx)

======

Pretty consistently.

You know who will vote right?

Third-world barbarians.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (GBKbO)

61 I am still eating old oatmeal. I guess this is my lunch.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 05, 2024 01:23 PM (aD39U)

62 1. Parliamentary systems are unstable and, therefore, kind of dumb. Governments in countries which have them, therefore, should be severely restricted.
2. Two-Party systems tend towards corruption since there's no outside pressure relief really possible. Governments in countries which have them, therefore, should be severely restricted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 05, 2024 01:23 PM (ExV1e)

63 Macron's plan for now is to create an ex post facto law that will charge LePen with criminal acts that occurred before the law was written, and put her in jail until after the election. That will make his party the second place party instead of third place. Moving up!

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 01:23 PM (lTGtQ)

64 >>> 32 Canada, Greenland, Mexico, sure. France? No fucking way.
Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:19 PM (v0R5T)

Uh, NO on Mexico.

We're going to build a canal...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:23 PM (KcwUg)

65 "My idea, Rieger! Ha-ha-hah! Enjoy your e-lectric cab! Ha-ha-hah!"

Am I the only one who thinks those Jersey Mike's commercials are unwatchable?

Posted by: Crusader at December 05, 2024 01:24 PM (TN0g+)

66 One of the more amazing things to see in European politics is that traditionally it didn't matter who the people elected - they always got the same policies - right, left, center didn't matter which nominal party won.

all euro parties are trains on a track leading to soul-crushing globalist open borders socialism, the only difference is the speed

Posted by: brak at December 05, 2024 01:24 PM (NGHTx)

67 The Euros are so much further along the WEF/NWO road, it's a miracle they enjoy any national sovereignty at all at this point.

Posted by: kallisto at December 05, 2024 01:24 PM (dCxaZ)

68 The French are revolting?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 05, 2024

***
"Sire, the peasants are revolting!"

"I know, I've seen 'em. Merchant class is no bargain either."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2024 01:24 PM (J2vNu)

69 Posted by: kallisto at December 05, 2024 01:17 PM (dCxaZ)

*fistbump*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:24 PM (RIvkX)

70 One of the more amazing things to see in European politics is that traditionally it didn't matter who the people elected - they always got the same policies - right, left, center didn't matter which nominal party won.
_____

Mark Steyn described the choice as - the slightly left of left-of-center vs. the slightly right of left-of-center
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (fs1hN)

Tom Woods refers to it as the index card of allowable opinion.

In other words, you can argue within the framework of what can fit on that index card, and if you try to go off the card, you will be isolated, vilified, and silenced.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:24 PM (dGCAG)

71 Am I retarded or is the blog's top banner still missing?
Posted by: Robert at December 05, 2024 01:15 PM (1Yy3c)

What browser are you using? It shows up for me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (ExV1e)

72
Meanwhile, in America: We have Trump.

He hasn't been inaugurated yet.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (63Dwl)

73 Am I the only one who thinks those Jersey Mike's commercials are unwatchable?
Posted by: Crusader

Eh, they're OK. There are far worse ads out there. Like the bears with the toilet paper.

Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (v6JzV)

74 Hey France, find George Fucking Washington already. Not another idiot Socialist.

Posted by: Fisht at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (BHEHK)

75 62 2. Two-Party systems tend towards corruption since there's no outside pressure relief really possible. Governments in countries which have them, therefore, should be severely restricted.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 05, 2024 01:23 PM (ExV1e)

=====

One could say that there should be a system of competing interests both vertically from the local to the national level as well as horizontally dividing up the different roles of governmental action in order to diffuse power interests as a way to limit the coalescing of corruptive influences.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (GBKbO)

76 "My idea, Rieger! Ha-ha-hah! Enjoy your e-lectric cab! Ha-ha-hah!"
*
Am I the only one who thinks those Jersey Mike's commercials are unwatchable?
Posted by: Crusader at December 05, 2024

***
Not sure I've ever seen them. Are they for a sandwich chain like Jimmy John's?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (J2vNu)

77 The people vote wrong!
Posted by: Globohomo socialist uniparty at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (NGHTx)

Well, dissolve them and elect another people.

Posted by: WEF at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (Aqu9a)

78 EU and its member nations apparently will try anything to avoid fighting and/or paying extortionist rates for natural gas and petroleum, to fuel their economies and keep most of their people warm in the winter. Their next (peaceful) step on that path should be nuclear and/or native coal deposits, but the elites aren't ready to go there. Not yet.

Posted by: Gref at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (aBgBM)

79 He hasn't been inaugurated yet.

I see a bunch of lefties though arguing the Bidenflation they said didn't exist is now Trumpflation irrespective of Trump not being inaugurated yet

Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (oZhjI)

80 72
Meanwhile, in America: We have Trump.

He hasn't been inaugurated yet.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (63Dwl)

Fuck that noise. He needs to go grab Obastard's "Office of the President-Elect" sign!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (x0n13)

81 44 When you're so intent on not letting the "far right" win that you're going to end up giving them a bigger win than they would have gotten if you'd have worked with them in the first place.
____

Non, monsieur. The people will see that the party that represents their views is abhorent to we that run the country. The voters will eventually see that they are wrong and will vote again for approved parties.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (fs1hN)

82
The Secretary of the Writers’ Union
Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee
Stating that the people
Had forfeited the confidence of the government
And could win it back only
By redoubled efforts. Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?

Posted by: Bertolt Brecht at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (aD39U)

83 One of the more amazing things to see in European politics is that traditionally it didn't matter who the people elected - they always got the same policies - right, left, center didn't matter which nominal party won.

So true! You Euroweenies will never experience the extreme swings of federal government priorities between George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Obama that we did!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (JCZqz)

84 Macron's plan for now is to create an ex post facto law that will charge LePen with criminal acts that occurred before the law was written, and put her in jail until after the election. That will make his party the second place party instead of third place. Moving up!
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 01:23 PM (lTGtQ)

Isn't democracy wonderful? No wonder the globalists are so hellbent on protecting it.

Even in places like Ukraine, where there is none.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (dGCAG)

85 One could say that there should be a system of competing interests both vertically from the local to the national level as well as horizontally dividing up the different roles of governmental action in order to diffuse power interests as a way to limit the coalescing of corruptive influences.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (GBKbO)

But then that will make it easier for those stupid rubes to stop me from doing what I know is best for them!

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (B9Prs)

86 >>> 61 I am still eating old oatmeal. I guess this is my lunch.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 05, 2024 01:23 PM (aD39U)

Don't you have chickens who would love that?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (KcwUg)

87 Macron and Justin Castreau will be having a comfort cuddle.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (kTd/k)

88 One could say that there should be a system of competing interests both vertically from the local to the national level as well as horizontally dividing up the different roles of governmental action in order to diffuse power interests as a way to limit the coalescing of corruptive influences.

That sounds suspiciously like something the original James Madison would say

Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:27 PM (oZhjI)

89 I've been reading The Ruling Class by Angelo Codevilla lately. Codevilla predicted something like this would happen. You can only disenfranchise and disparage the majority of the people for so long.

We've got Trump. In France, I'm rooting for Madame Guillotine.

Posted by: Bombadil at December 05, 2024 01:27 PM (MX0bI)

90 85 But then that will make it easier for those stupid rubes to stop me from doing what I know is best for them!
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (B9Prs)

=======

Well, then never mind.

Tyranny for all!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 05, 2024 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

91 Macron and Justin Castreau will be having a comfort cuddle

In the shower.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:27 PM (sQcJz)

92 88 That sounds suspiciously like something the original James Madison would say
Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:27 PM (oZhjI)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 05, 2024 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

93 64
Uh, NO on Mexico.

We're going to build a canal...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
......

But what about the avocados and tomatoes?

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:27 PM (v0R5T)

94 81 44 When you're so intent on not letting the "far right" win that you're going to end up giving them a bigger win than they would have gotten if you'd have worked with them in the first place.
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Non, monsieur. The people will see that the party that represents their views is abhorent to we that run the country. The voters will eventually see that they are wrong and will vote again for approved parties.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (fs1hN)

I could see Macron installing a Muslim just so he has the Banlieue divisions on his side when la Merde hits le fan.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2024 01:28 PM (x0n13)

95 Standing at the Back, Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party. No votes.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at December 05, 2024 01:28 PM (TGlhj)

96 The people vote wrong!
Posted by: Globohomo socialist uniparty at December 05, 2024 01:22 PM (NGHTx)

Well, dissolve them and elect another people.
Posted by: WEF at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (Aqu9a)

Georgia Guidestones called, suggested a solution for dissolving them.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:28 PM (dGCAG)

97 Summary: All three major countries on the other side of the Atlantic are basically fucked. Their voters hate the ruling parties & their governments, the ruling parties have or soon will outlaw the upstart parties the voters want, and the governments all are crashing down.... If any of these governments really want to keep Russia out, they're choosing the worst possible strategy. Which means, of course, that they don't really give a rat's ass about Russia, but are scared to death of democracy.

Posted by: Alexander Scipio at December 05, 2024 01:28 PM (029Oi)

98 That sounds suspiciously like something the original James Madison would say
Posted by: 18-1

What, you mean the guy who posts here is not the ORIGINAL James Madison????

*reaches for smelling salts*

Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:28 PM (v6JzV)

99 Second look at the Bourbons?

(Well, third actually.)

Posted by: Dr. T at December 05, 2024 01:28 PM (BliDG)

100 Tom Woods refers to it as the index card of allowable opinion.

In other words, you can argue within the framework of what can fit on that index card, and if you try to go off the card, you will be isolated, vilified, and silenced.

Posted by: BurtTC

That is kind of like what we have here. A new administration comes in and says we are going to change banking rules or get out of a war, and the CIA director comes by and tells them that that is not going to be allowed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 01:28 PM (lTGtQ)

101 No French.
/obligatory

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:29 PM (RIvkX)

102 Hey France, find George Fucking Washington already. Not another idiot Socialist.
Posted by: Fisht at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (BHEHK)
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You want Washington
You'll settle for Marat
You'll get Robespierre.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 05, 2024 01:29 PM (tT6L1)

103 Posted by: Alexander Scipio at December 05, 2024 01:28 PM (029Oi)

Like I said, Europe sucks.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:29 PM (sQcJz)

104 Came across this, and thought of Weasel's nap comment earlier....

https://tinyurl.com/a5zkbeux

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 01:29 PM (VNX3d)

105 Don't you have chickens who would love that?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:26 PM (KcwUg)

Alas, no peepers here.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 05, 2024 01:29 PM (aD39U)

106 >>>Just saw a headline that Amber Heard is pregnant with her second child.
Posted by: Bulg

prolly just poop

Posted by: ace at December 05, 2024 01:29 PM (KRtlO)

107 OT, but can we stop defending every crook on WS ? I am so over defending every lying, cheating CEO and scum company just because "stock price" and "shareholder value".

Posted by: runner at December 05, 2024 01:29 PM (QTCRF)

108 Well, dissolve them and elect another people.

Quick, bring in a few more million "doctors and engineers."

Posted by: EU at December 05, 2024 01:29 PM (NGHTx)

109 93

But what about the avocados and tomatoes?
Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:27 PM (v0R5T)

Bah… we’ve plenty of room for our own free range avacados… and tomato orchards are not a problem either…

Posted by: tubal at December 05, 2024 01:29 PM (PCK5/)

110 Trump is Gulliver among the Lilliputians. He needs to avoid ties that bind while being nice.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 01:30 PM (jFCkp)

111 It is worth noting that Germany justified it's "cordon sanitaire" against afd because of Germany's past history with a certain political party.

(The word cordon sanitaire has an interesting history itself.)

France and essentially all the Europeans then used the same cordon sanitaire practice. Hard to justify since at that point it was just commies outlawing any competition. But that is where the idea came from and was legitimized, and then used against Trump.

Posted by: Teddy Roosevelt at December 05, 2024 01:30 PM (UW7DI)

112 If we *did* invade Canadia, it would be nice to be able to drive to Alaska without leaving the US.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:30 PM (KcwUg)

113 So what comes next? I don't know.

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Donald Trump becomes Prime Minister of France?

Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 05, 2024 01:30 PM (OajM6)

114 The average French Poilu fought valiantly in WW1, until they couldn't take any more of the Spirit Elan bullshit. At the beginning of WW2, after the intermission, the Frogs fought one of the most difficult battles, retreating in good order to save those on the beaches of Dunkirk.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 05, 2024 01:30 PM (gm9Sb)

115 I can't see these Eurocrats go down fast enough.
Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:17 PM (v6JzV)

Lady member of the French Parliament for you to fantasize over: https://is.gd/Du62eP (official photo so SFW)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (ExV1e)

116 Fuck the French and the horse they rode in on:

Posted by: Jak Sucio at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (Aoykm)

117 What, you mean the guy who posts here is not the ORIGINAL James Madison????

*reaches for smelling salts*
Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:28 PM (v6JzV)

Temu strikes again!

Posted by: Just Lily at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (cI/yr)

118 >>Meanwhile, in America: We have Trump.

I think history will ultimately judge Trump to be one of the most consequential political figures of the last 100 years.

A Colossus.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (XV/Pl)

119 Is there nothing he can't do?

Bill Maher Says He Might Quit HBO Show After Donald Trump’s Election Win

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (L/fGl)

120 That is kind of like what we have here. A new administration comes in and says we are going to change banking rules or get out of a war, and the CIA director comes by and tells them that that is not going to be allowed.

and if they protest they find someone to say they raped them or plant some illegal crap on their computer or something

Posted by: brak at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (NGHTx)

121 Given French history, the most likely extra constitutional move e we could be for Macron to prorogue parliament indefinitely, and for the President and his bureaucrats to just rule by decree. Old fashioned autocracy dressed up in shiny new clothes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (fIpti)

122 Which means, of course, that they don't really give a rat's ass about Russia, but are scared to death of democracy.

The number 1 concern of any Euro-pol is getting fat and rich.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (oZhjI)

123 Eh, they're OK. There are far worse ads out there. Like the bears with the toilet paper.
Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (v6JzV)

I dunno, I think dumb people dancing and singing the praises of Ozempic is far worse than a few cartoon bears wiping their asses.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (k9OZB)

124 Liberte and egalite are mutually exclusive.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (Dm8we)

125 I could see Macron installing a Muslim just so he has the Banlieue divisions on his side when la Merde hits le fan.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2024 01:28 PM (x0n13)
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Which will work right up until the Muslims don't need him, toss him out of office then execute Macron while stealing everything he owns.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (tT6L1)

126 So the three largest countries in Europe all have the same problems, a right leaning party frozen out of power by various machinations, massive unchecked “immigration”, inability to control spending, and a general loathing of citizens by those in power.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (OV4GJ)

127 This is precisely why I hate the parliamentary system. Irregular election schedules, ever-shifting party coalitions that do not reflect the will of the voters, the threat of the government collapsing at any moment, and no elected official is really in charge because of the bureaucracy. I'd like to keep our constitutional republic, merci beaucoup.

Posted by: pookysgirl's French accent is too Quebecois at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (dtlDP)

128 The French are essentially Italians but with a desire to not be a ward of other countries

Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:32 PM (Lv/70)

129 I watched a vid of the Notre Dame cathedral restoration. the entire project is amazing and defies belief...the extent of the work done, its perfection and faithfulness to the original structure and design.

There are a few modernist additions, but they kind of get swallowed up in the overall grandeur of the outcome.

when we visited there, none of the beautiful paint on the columns was visible. It was all dingy and drab, a gloomy interior.

not any more!

Posted by: kallisto at December 05, 2024 01:32 PM (dCxaZ)

130 Lady member of the French Parliament for you to fantasize over: https://is.gd/Du62eP (official photo so SFW)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

That wasn't nice.

Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:32 PM (v6JzV)

131 That is kind of like what we have here. A new administration comes in and says we are going to change banking rules or get out of a war, and the CIA director comes by and tells them that that is not going to be allowed.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 01:28 PM (lTGtQ)

Exactly, but then you try to nominate people like Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth, and the whores* come out to tell you how that's not allowed.

*By "whores" I don't necessarily mean women who have sex for money, I also mean politicians who open their assholes for money and instructions.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:32 PM (dGCAG)

132 Macron's plan for now is to create an ex post facto law that will charge LePen with criminal acts that occurred before the law was written, and put her in jail until after the election. That will make his party the second place party instead of third place. Moving up!
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 01:23 PM (lTGtQ)

They had to destroy the democracy to save it.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 05, 2024 01:32 PM (BliDG)

133 Just saw a headline that Amber Heard is pregnant with her second child.
Posted by: Bulg
......

Well, somebody broke Rule No. 1.

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:32 PM (v0R5T)

134 The French are worthless.

Except for their fries.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:32 PM (sQcJz)

135 126 So the three largest countries in Europe all have the same problems, a right leaning party frozen out of power by various machinations, massive unchecked “immigration”, inability to control spending, and a general loathing of citizens by those in power.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM

And a soon to be majority of Muslims who could care fuck all for the society that let them in.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2024 01:32 PM (x0n13)

136 Which will work right up until the Muslims don't need him, toss him out of office then execute Macron while stealing everything he owns.

and then throw some big minarets up around the newly refurbished Notre Dame

Posted by: brak at December 05, 2024 01:33 PM (NGHTx)

137 The longer western Europe governments suppress the will of the voters, the bigger and nastier the backlash will be. And I will enjoy every moment of it.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 05, 2024 01:33 PM (CwhoI)

138
Germany's government just collapsed a few weeks ago.

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I'm hearing a giant sucking sound coming out of Western Europe ... or more like a toilet-flushing sound.

Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 05, 2024 01:33 PM (OajM6)

139 Macron is gay. That is all

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 05, 2024 01:33 PM (6RwsA)

140 123 Eh, they're OK. There are far worse ads out there. Like the bears with the toilet paper.
Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (v6JzV)

Most. Irritating. Cartoon. Ever.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 05, 2024 01:33 PM (BliDG)

141 I find it amazing watching the world today. We just threw out a party that focused its entire weight on illegally interfering with an election, and prosecuting anyone associated with him.

Meanwhile, in Germany, the second largest party is on its way to becoming the largest party, so the people in charge are planning on outlawing it.

And, meanwhile in France, the largest party after the recent election is run by LePen, and so the 'conservatives' cooperate with the socialists in order to deny the party with the majority power. And, they are writing a law in order to put her in jail until after the elections.

Somehow, this voting thing is not functioning properly once lawyers get involved.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 01:33 PM (lTGtQ)

142 I dunno, I think dumb people dancing and singing the praises of Ozempic is far worse than a few cartoon bears wiping their asses.
Posted by: hobbitopoly

I've actually never seen the Ozempic ad. But it does sound awful.

Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:33 PM (v6JzV)

143 But...European voters actually do have choices now. And voting for ANY of the establishment parties whether they be left, right or center is a vote for the status quo.

Yes. Macron thought his super-minority idea would buy him time but it collapsed too fast. The next election should be interesting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 05, 2024 01:33 PM (ExV1e)

144 Macron is gay. That is all

Doesn't he have a mommy fetish?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:34 PM (oZhjI)

145 Make Guillotines Great Again.

If I lived in a fricking shithole with a corrupt, evil, abusive government and entrenched bureaucracy - and I'm in Canada so I do - I think the sounds of guillotines and cheering as the elites and their bloodlines got eliminated would give me erections.

Which I'd keep away from the guillotines....

Posted by: Stateless at December 05, 2024 01:34 PM (jvJvP)

146 Oh yeah, Bully!

Posted by: Teddy Roosevelt at December 05, 2024 01:34 PM (UW7DI)

147 when we visited there, none of the beautiful paint on the columns was visible. It was all dingy and drab, a gloomy interior.

not any more!
Posted by: kallisto at December 05, 2024 01:32 PM (dCxaZ)

I did my undergrad at a Catholic University, and they had a magnificent church on the campus.

It was dingy, dark and gothic... it was perfect.

And then the gay ninnies came in and painted it with bright colors.

Give me dark and dingy over bright and gay, any day.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:34 PM (dGCAG)

148 So this PriMinister gets fired? Who’s picking up the lunch tab this Saturday at Notre Dame?

Posted by: Eromero at December 05, 2024 01:34 PM (jgmnb)

149 "We have Trump."

Man, it really sucks to be them

Posted by: Minuteman at December 05, 2024 01:34 PM (LaNzR)

150 Fuck Europe. Don't expect us to spend blood to fix your fuckups this time.

Posted by: Ryan Frank at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (fgmuN)

151 Daniel Craig Blames Toxic Masculinity for His Hesitancy To Play 007

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Altogether too much sex and violence!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (L/fGl)

152 135

And a soon to be majority of Muslims who could care fuck all for the society that let them in.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2024 01:32 PM (x0n13)

Interesting isn’t it… amidst all of the sturm und drang the West wallows in over 1st world problems, the Muslims just keep on reproducing and setting up shop… everywhere, actually. Demographics is a battlefield.

Posted by: tubal at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (PCK5/)

153 150 Fuck Europe. Don't expect us to spend blood to fix your fuckups this time.
Posted by: Ryan Frank at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (fgmuN)

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Plenty of treasure, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (GBKbO)

154 Macron is gay. That is all
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

As evinced by his other title, Co-Prince of Andorra.

Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (v6JzV)

155 Macron is gay. That is all
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Doesn't he have a mommy fetish?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:34 PM (oZhjI)

People have genuinely questioned whether the hag he's with is a tranny.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (dGCAG)

156 Eh, they're OK. There are far worse ads out there. Like the bears with the toilet paper.
Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (v6JzV)

That’s almost palatable when compared with the
Dude Wipes / clean undies ad

Who the fuq can’t wipe their ass correctly … kids these days 🤨

Posted by: browndog does five circles before dropping a load at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (TTAGa)

157 Fuck Europe. Don't expect us to spend blood to fix your fuckups this time.

Remember when Lil Z was demanding Biden sent a bunch of American kids to die to keep him in power?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (oZhjI)

158 Just saw a headline that Amber Heard is pregnant with her second child.
Posted by: Bulg
Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:20 PM (v6JzV)

Definitely not thinning the Heard.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (KbBrU)

159
The Green technocrats have their own democracy, yours is too full of disinformation to be listened to.

Posted by: Auspex at December 05, 2024 01:36 PM (j4U/Z)

160 Let European men fight European wars.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:36 PM (sQcJz)

161 I dunno, I think dumb fat people dancing and singing the praises of Ozempic is far worse than a few cartoon bears wiping their asses.
Posted by: hobbitopoly

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:36 PM (v0R5T)

162 I dunno, I think dumb people dancing and singing the praises of Ozempic is far worse than a few cartoon bears wiping their asses.
Posted by: hobbitopoly

Enjoy the go.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 05, 2024 01:36 PM (xYpKG)

163 >>> 148 So this PriMinister gets fired? Who's picking up the lunch tab this Saturday at Notre Dame?
Posted by: Eromero at December 05, 2024 01:34 PM (jgmnb)

Trump is going to pay for a catered lunch from McDonald's.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:36 PM (KcwUg)

164 /Looks around Paris... for a short Corsican guy...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2024 01:36 PM (QAkQ3)

165
We've got Muslims everywhere, hurling Jews from the Roofs, punching blasphemers en la bouche.

There s nothing like Notre Dame, until they light it up in flames.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2024 01:36 PM (x0n13)

166 The French individually and generally are an difficult bunch, however, the historical debt that modern civilized civilization, which means the west, owes is hard to overstate.

Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:36 PM (Lv/70)

167 They had to destroy the democracy to save it.
_____

Hmmm. Maybe the 'democracy' is actually an illusion. An opium of the masses, perhaps?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:37 PM (fs1hN)

168 So, Macron is just French Obama?

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:37 PM (sQcJz)

169 Maybe during his visit to France Trump will give a speech about how government is supposed to serve the people, rather than enrich themselves.

Posted by: davidt at December 05, 2024 01:37 PM (i0F8b)

170 I dunno, I think dumb people dancing and singing the praises of Ozempic is far worse than a few cartoon bears wiping their asses.
Posted by: hobbitopoly

I've actually never seen the Ozempic ad. But it does sound awful.
Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:33 PM (v6JzV)

Land whales dancing about Jardiance remains the most annoying ad (the little pill with a big story to tell). Or perhaps the Lume lady talking about pits privates and underboob….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 05, 2024 01:37 PM (6RwsA)

171 Daniel Craig Blames Toxic Masculinity for His Hesitancy To Play 007

-
Altogether too much sex and violence!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (L/fGl)

I recall a statement he made years ago, how uncomfortable he is handling guns.

Granted, we don't know whether Arreck Bawwin was anywhere nearby, but his complaint sounded more like the gay ninny kind of complaint, not a legit concern about maniacs handling weapons on set.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:37 PM (dGCAG)

172
I'm trying. I'm even skimming wikipedia. But I don't "get" parliamentary government, with this head of government and head of state as distinct. It makes sense if the head of state is a mostly ceremonial hereditary monarch while the actual governing is done by a gang of legislators, but I don't get it in a situation like France.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office at December 05, 2024 01:37 PM (T3es0)

173 Eh, they're OK. There are far worse ads out there. Like the bears with the toilet paper.
Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (v6JzV)

So the ad guys did this thinking people will associate it with the aphorism "Does a Bear Shit in the Woods?"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2024 01:38 PM (x0n13)

174 160 Let European men fight European wars.
Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:36 PM (sQcJz)

Let European MONEY fight Euro Wars.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2024 01:38 PM (QAkQ3)

175 Tanned, rested, & ready to lead the peoples!

Posted by: Hunchback of Notre Dame at December 05, 2024 01:38 PM (Aqu9a)

176 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (YIxO9)

177 161 I often wonder how the think tank meetings go with people entrusted to dream up new names for pharma. Do these people have some weird first language out of a small Pacific island, and grew up in an environment where only Finn and Basque was spoke?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (gm9Sb)

178 Daniel Craig Blames Toxic Masculinity for His Hesitancy To Play 007

-
Altogether too much sex and violence!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (L/fGl)

Because kissing gorgeous women is icky?

/sarc

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (VNX3d)

179 So the ad guys did this thinking people will associate it with the aphorism "Does a Bear Shit in the Woods?"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Yes, I'm sure. Hate the ads, though.

They need to bring back the Mr. Whipple character. Those were some funny TP ads.

Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (v6JzV)

180 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (YIxO9)

Waffle

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (NtVYv)

181 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (YIxO9)
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Leopold the Unloved, Jacques Brel and, uh, Hercule Poirot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (z0QHk)

182 107 OT, but can we stop defending every crook on WS ? I am so over defending every lying, cheating CEO and scum company just because "stock price" and "shareholder value".
Posted by: runner at December 05, 2024 01:29 PM (QTCRF)

———-

Some people just can’t help themselves. The decades of Wall Street propaganda has thoroughly wired their neural pathways to be toadies.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (OV4GJ)

183 The French individually and generally are an difficult bunch, however, the historical debt that modern civilized civilization, which means the west, owes is hard to overstate.
Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:36 PM (Lv/70)

Yeah yeah yeah, and John Mccain flew (sort of) airplanes in Vietnam.

At some point you have spent all your credits.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (dGCAG)

184 One could say that there should be a system of competing interests both vertically from the local to the national level as well as horizontally dividing up the different roles of governmental action in order to diffuse power interests as a way to limit the coalescing of corruptive influences.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 05, 2024 01:25 PM (GBKbO)

It would just take longer. Admittedly, in a nation of moral and religious people, a system such as you propose, if written down, might work but it would be wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

185 119 Is there nothing he can't do?

Bill Maher Says He Might Quit HBO Show After Donald Trump’s Election Win
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Bill Maher giving up the lime light seems an impossibility.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (jFCkp)

186 Still think this resembles the run up to WW I. Old men in old alliances stumbling blindly into war. Corrupt or incompetent regimes, whether monarchies or democracies, trying to retain power. The governments of Britain and France were not exactly populated by geniuses prior to the Great War as they aren't now.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (FxDm7)

187 Daniel Craig Blames Toxic Masculinity for His Hesitancy To Play 007

He also said he wanted to play gay Bond IIRC.

Of course I'd like to play straight Bond who makes out with various Bond women like Connery and the rest did...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (oZhjI)

188 Send them & theirs to Ukraine, permanently.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (NFX2v)

189 Que ferait Charles deGalle ?

Posted by: SMOD at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (RHGPo)

190 I think it would be better for the US if all advertisements for prescription drugs were pulled from TV.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (fs1hN)

191 I've always thought Daniel Craig was a little, shall we say, metrosexual.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (sQcJz)

192 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

Leopold I, Leopold II, and Albert I.

Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (v6JzV)

193 I dunno, I think dumb people dancing and singing the praises of Ozempic is far worse than a few cartoon bears wiping their asses.
Posted by: hobbitopoly
-----

With an audio overlay reciting the possible side effects, while those people are dancing...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (XeU6L)

194 Belgian Waffles make me phlegmish.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 05, 2024 01:40 PM (DQ7H4)

195 I see people are making not-so-veiled assassination threats against our adorable ewok on twitter.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (Y6IkP)

196 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (YIxO9)

Meet James Ensor, Belgium's famous painter. Dig him up and shake his hand, appreciate the man.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (dGCAG)

197 Daniel Craig Blames Toxic Masculinity for His Hesitancy To Play 007

-
Altogether too much sex and violence!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (L/fGl)

Because kissing gorgeous women is icky?

/sarc
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

He can always suck a dick.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (xYpKG)

198 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (YIxO9)

Leon DeGrel (sp) would be infamous.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (x0n13)

199 Daniel Penny trial trending toward possibility of hung jury

Posted by: SMOD at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (RHGPo)

200 Because kissing gorgeous women is icky?

/sarc
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (VNX3d)
----------
I would make the sacrifice and kiss Olga Kurylenko. Because I'm a giver.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (z0QHk)

201 TBH nothing the French have done is as bad as what their Teutonic neighbors have given the world over the last 100 years.

Hell, even ignoring WWII Germany has been a center point of the blight on the western world in the modern era

Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (oZhjI)

202 Given French history, the most likely extra constitutional move e we could be for Macron to prorogue parliament indefinitely, and for the President and his bureaucrats to just rule by decree. Old fashioned autocracy dressed up in shiny new clothes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2024 01:31 PM (fIpti)
====

Macron is inspired by South Korea.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (RIvkX)

203 180 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (YIxO9)

Waffle
Posted by: Hatari somewhere

Poirot

Posted by: Teddy Roosevelt at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (UW7DI)

204 182 107 OT, but can we stop defending every crook on WS ? I am so over defending every lying, cheating CEO and scum company just because "stock price" and "shareholder value".
Posted by: runner at December 05, 2024 01:29 PM (QTCRF)

———-

Some people just can’t help themselves. The decades of Wall Street propaganda has thoroughly wired their neural pathways to be toadies.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (OV4GJ)

I think watching "Randolph and Mortimer Duke" helped me recover from that.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (VNX3d)

205 Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc… explains a lot, perhaps.

Posted by: tubal at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (PCK5/)

206 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

Well, there is Reubens the painter, and King Leopold who gave us the largest slave plantation ever in the world.

Oh, and Hercule Poirot.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 01:42 PM (lTGtQ)

207 195 I see people are making not-so-veiled assassination threats against our adorable ewok on twitter.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (Y6IkP)

For real?!!!!! WTF!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2024 01:42 PM (x0n13)

208 Old men in old alliances stumbling blindly into war.
____

Not blindly, or old men necessarily.
-Nuland

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:42 PM (fs1hN)

209
Yeah yeah yeah, and John Mccain flew (sort of) airplanes in Vietnam.

At some point you have spent all your credits

Somebody was required to start the obvious.

But it interesting that there were there no Roman's, then no French, we.would never have civilized those whining limey fags and gotten our country.

Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:42 PM (Lv/70)

210 Famous Belgian?

Uh...

Hercule Poirot?

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:42 PM (sQcJz)

211 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 05, 2024 01:39 PM (YIxO9)

Waffles, Laundry and Beer !

Posted by: runner at December 05, 2024 01:42 PM (QTCRF)

212
Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅
@DanScavino

Interesting. Hearing from friends in DC that the USSS is making some moves at the TOP, spreading around some promotions to “Biden’s People” before President-Elect
@realDonaldTrump
and Vice President-Elect
@JDVance
take office at 12:01pmEST on 1/20/25.

Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 05, 2024 01:42 PM (OajM6)

213 I think it would be better for the US if all advertisements for prescription drugs were pulled from TV.

absolutely

remember the days when there weren't any?

Posted by: brak at December 05, 2024 01:42 PM (NGHTx)

214 >>> 195 I see people are making not-so-veiled assassination threats against our adorable ewok on twitter.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (Y6IkP)

Seriously?

That doesn't seem very bright.

One might even refer to them as.... morons. *Small* 'm' morons.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:43 PM (KcwUg)

215 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

Fat Tire, Holiday Ale & Old Aggie.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 05, 2024 01:43 PM (xYpKG)

216 Leon DeGrel (sp) would be infamous.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (x0n13)
--------
Degrelle.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 05, 2024 01:43 PM (z0QHk)

217 195 I see people are making not-so-veiled assassination threats against our adorable ewok on twitter.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (Y6IkP)

Shit… we’ve been noticed.

Posted by: tubal at December 05, 2024 01:43 PM (PCK5/)

218 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie
.....

chocolate
The Smurfs
...uh... er... ya got me.

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:43 PM (v0R5T)

219 This clip from the hearings about the Trump assassination attempt is wild. Rep Pat Fallon asks Acting SS Director Rowe if he was the special agent in charge that day. Rowe starts shouting about how he was there to honor the 9/11 fallen and how he was there on 9/11 sorting through the ashes and yells at Rep Fallon for invoking 9/11?

http://tiny.cc/b9dzzz

Posted by: bonhomme at December 05, 2024 01:43 PM (Odg76)

220 TBH nothing the French have done is as bad as what their Teutonic neighbors have given the world over the last 100 years.

Hell, even ignoring WWII Germany has been a center point of the blight on the western world in the modern era

I would argue that the French birthed the radical ideas that gave rise to Marxism and all it's murderous spawn. YMMV.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 05, 2024 01:44 PM (DQ7H4)

221 With an audio overlay reciting the possible side effects, while those people are dancing...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

nausea,
diarrhea,
constipation,
fatigue,
dizziness,
abdominal pain,
bloating,
burping,
heartburn,
loss of appetite,
blurred vision, and
injection site reactions
hypoglycemia (especially when combined with insulin or sulfonylureas),
allergic reactions, gallstones,
tachycardia,
pancreatitis, and
kidney damage

Let's dance!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 05, 2024 01:44 PM (XeU6L)

222 It would be better if everybody was responsible for what they ate and how they exercised.

Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:44 PM (Lv/70)

223 167 They had to destroy the democracy to save it.
_____

Hmmm. Maybe the 'democracy' is actually an illusion. An opium of the masses, perhaps?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:37 PM (fs1hN)

The people yelling that we have a Precious Democracy do not want full-on democracy. It's always been a Leftist/Progressive bait-and-switch op aimed at the rubes. If we had true democracy as our government, every lamp post would always have a body hanging from it.

Posted by: Gref at December 05, 2024 01:44 PM (aBgBM)

224 D. Saive. Should be a famous Belgian.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 05, 2024 01:44 PM (gm9Sb)

225 Interesting. Hearing from friends in DC that the USSS is making some moves at the TOP, spreading around some promotions to “Biden’s People” before President-Elect
@realDonaldTrump
and Vice President-Elect
@JDVance
take office at 12:01pmEST on 1/20/25.
Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 05, 2024 01:42 PM (OajM6)

It's so they can retire at a higher paygrade when 'let go'.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2024 01:44 PM (QAkQ3)

226 Yeah yeah yeah, and John Mccain flew (sort of) airplanes in Vietnam.

In Vietnam? I thought he flew them into other planes.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 05, 2024 01:44 PM (xYpKG)

227 Pomme Frites!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:44 PM (fs1hN)

228 TBH nothing the French have done is as bad as what their Teutonic neighbors have given the world over the last 100 years.

Hell, even ignoring WWII Germany has been a center point of the blight on the western world in the modern era
Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (oZhjI)

Sounds like someone's not having their poops examined for health optimization.

Posted by: Gunter Muller at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (Aqu9a)

229 It would be better if everybody was responsible for what they ate and how they exercised.

LOL - how are we supposed to make money off of that??

Posted by: Doctors at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (NGHTx)

230
Macron holds onto the power unlike anyone, with the exception of Putin.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (+oR7L)

231 Land whales dancing about Jardiance remains the most annoying ad (the little pill with a big story to tell). Or perhaps the Lume lady talking about pits privates and underboob….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 05, 2024 01:37 PM (6RwsA)

You're right, that's it! It was for Jardiance, not Ozempic. They all sound the same to me.

And the disgusting Lume lady. She have some bad body chemistry to be compelled to invent deodorant that you can use all over your body. Ugh.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (k9OZB)

232 I once had a political discussion with a Belgian where he blamed the US for all of the suffering in central Africa.

And...shortly after he said that he realized he was talking to someone that knew history and started trying to walk away fro the argument...

Of course I went into the details of what Belgium did and asked...so besides waffles have you assholes done ANYTHING outside of murdering Africans and kowtowing to National Socialists in all of your pathetic history? And why the hell aren't you on a flight yourself to stop the warring tribes in the Congo instead of bitching at other people to clean up your own dirty work?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (oZhjI)

233 227 Pomme Frites!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:44 PM (fs1hN)

Haricot verts…

Posted by: tubal at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (PCK5/)

234 219 This clip from the hearings about the Trump assassination attempt is wild. Rep Pat Fallon asks Acting SS Director Rowe if he was the special agent in charge that day. Rowe starts shouting about how he was there to honor the 9/11 fallen and how he was there on 9/11 sorting through the ashes and yells at Rep Fallon for invoking 9/11?

http://tiny.cc/b9dzzz
Posted by: bonhomme at December 05, 2024 01:43 PM (Odg76)

If Trump doesn’t immediately fire this Rowe clown I will be stunned. Right after initiating operation deport and pardoning all the J6 hostages….Day 1

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (i5Vkf)

235 We just had a little tremor.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (RIvkX)

236 215 Cool, now name 3 famous Belgians.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

Fat Tire, Holiday Ale & Old Aggie.

Delirium Noel, Tremens, and Nocturnum

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (Pv3Rg)

237 Daniel Craig Blames Toxic Masculinity for His Hesitancy To Play 007

-
Altogether too much sex and violence!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 05, 2024 01:35 PM (L/fGl)

.. but killing undocumented aliens in "Cowboys and Aliens" is OK ?

Posted by: SMOD at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (RHGPo)

238 Shaking continues...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (RIvkX)

239 235 We just had a little tremor.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (RIvk

I'm 60 miles North and I did too...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (IyPmt)

240 If we had true democracy as our government, every lamp post would always have a body hanging from it.

we would have been stacking bodies by Amendment 16. probably earlier, to be honest

Posted by: the Founding Fathers at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (NGHTx)

241 Macron holds onto the power unlike anyone, with the exception of Putin

Yeah but Macron doesn't have Steven Seagal.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (sQcJz)

242 ...
pancreatitis, and
kidney damage

Let's dance!
____

I think you forgot 'suicidal feelings'. Not sure if that's caused by the drug or from the commercial.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (fs1hN)

243 133 Just saw a headline that Amber Heard is pregnant with her second child.
Posted by: Bulg
......
Well, somebody broke Rule No. 1.
Posted by: wth

But, but...isn't there an exception if she's hot enough?
https://tinyurl.com/5a7t9s42

Sadly, she's not as crazy hot as she was a few years ago....now she's more crazy, hot...but still a "1", right? She worth the risk of a turd in the bed the next day.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (JCZqz)

244 I would argue that the French birthed the radical ideas that gave rise to Marxism and all it's murderous spawn. YMMV.

Posted by: Chairborne

Several years ago, I thought to trace the lineage of the poisonous ideas of socialism. The trail seemed to end at the doorstep of Rousseau.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (lTGtQ)

245 >>> 235 We just had a little tremor.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (RIvkX)

Uh oh.

...but if you survive, you could be in People Magazine!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (KcwUg)

246 We just had a little tremor.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (RIvkX)

Me too.

Posted by: Michael J. Fox at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (aD39U)

247 All of Europe wants their own Trump.

Good luck!

Posted by: jmel at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (RWHIh)

248 Aren't the Frogs trying right now to prevent LaPen from being legally able to hold office?

Posted by: 29Victor at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (TL7UX)

249 If we *did* invade Canadia, it would be nice to be able to drive to Alaska without leaving the US.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:30 PM (KcwUg)

This probably could be achieved without military action. Just let it be known that Alberta and Saskatchewan would be granted Statehood if they vote to secede from Canada. Yukon could be annexed to Alaska, and the Peace River District of B.C. could be annexed to Alberta (to which it is culturally and economically much closer than to Victoria, in any case).

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (KbBrU)

250 But remember folks, teh French Revolution stated with the Sans Culottes! Yes... those without pants!

/Nods knowingly to the Horde...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (QAkQ3)

251 That wasn't nice.
Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:32 PM (v6JzV)

Hey, I said lady member of the French Parliament. I didn't say attractive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (ExV1e)

252 Always thought Belgium was a little pathetic. When it was created in 1830 a little bit of Luxembourg was taken . Who the hell takes anything from Luxembourg?
Also for several years in the early 2000s it didn't have an elected government, it was just run by bureaucracy. Why? Because the French speakers didn't trust the Dutch speakers

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (FxDm7)

253 It wasn't so long ago that I had an interest in issues like this as they pertained to foreign governments that used to be allies.

Now I look at this entire story and give it about as much importance as a little blurb mentioning that some farmer fell off a tractor in India. Not so much about the fall, but the fact that a guy in India actually had a tractor.

Posted by: Orson at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (dIske)

254 Hercule Poirot

Posted by: Agatha Christie at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (XeU6L)

255 If we had true democracy as our government, every lamp post would always have a body hanging from it.

The Greeks also used exile.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (oZhjI)

256 Just saw a headline that Amber Heard is pregnant with her second child

You have to fuck a girls ass pretty hard to get her preggers

Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (Lv/70)

257 Canada… America’s chapeau…

Posted by: tubal at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (PCK5/)

258 Jean-Claude Van Damme

Posted by: Scarymary at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (uc++Y)

259 235 We just had a little tremor.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

The earth is rejecting Trump! Quick, we need to bring Obama back to lower the rising ocean and begin the healing of Gaia!!!

Posted by: Deranged Leftists at December 05, 2024 01:48 PM (JCZqz)

260 SF is due for a big one.

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:48 PM (v0R5T)

261 Mag 6.0
About 200 miles north
I bet they felt it in Santa Rosa and Eureka

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:48 PM (RIvkX)

262 Marc Dutroux

Posted by: mr tmz at December 05, 2024 01:48 PM (rJ48h)

263 Yeah yeah yeah, and John Mccain flew (sort of) airplanes in Vietnam.
----------

In Vietnam? I thought he flew them into other planes.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 05, 2024 01:44 PM (xYpKG)

That's the question though, ain't it. The 9/11 hijackers flew into those buildings. Except the fourth plane, it didn't FLY into that field in Pennsylvania, it crashed into it.

It's only flying when you have some portion of control of the thing.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:48 PM (dGCAG)

264 Famousbelgiums dot net lists famous belgiums.

Over 260!

Posted by: Stateless at December 05, 2024 01:48 PM (jvJvP)

265 Van Damme is like a box of chocolates ... soft, chewy, and Belgian.

Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at December 05, 2024 01:48 PM (YIxO9)

266 Just saw a headline that Amber Heard is pregnant with her second child.

Posted by: Bulg at December 05, 2024 01:20 PM (v6JzV)

So you're saying she's going to drop a deuce.

Posted by: WisRich at December 05, 2024 01:49 PM (G0vdT)

267 >>> 249 If we *did* invade Canadia, it would be nice to be able to drive to Alaska without leaving the US.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:30 PM (KcwUg)

This probably could be achieved without military action. Just let it be known that Alberta and Saskatchewan would be granted Statehood if they vote to secede from Canada. Yukon could be annexed to Alaska, and the Peace River District of B.C. could be annexed to Alberta (to which it is culturally and economically much closer than to Victoria, in any case).
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (KbBrU)

Ok, that could work too.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:49 PM (KcwUg)

268 Three Famous Belgians -
1. Jules Bordet - Belgian bacteriologist, Jules Bordet, developed the first vaccine against the whooping cough virus as well as the Wassermann test for syphilis.

2. Audrey Hepburn, of Breakfast at Tiffany’s fame, was born Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston in Brussels.

3. Jean-Claude Van Damme - Most people know modern-day action movie actor, Jean-Claude Van Damme is ‘The Muscles from Brussels.’

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 01:49 PM (jFCkp)

269 Sf needs a big eq, tidal wave and smod to get the stench out ou the city

Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:49 PM (Lv/70)

270 Meanwhile, in America: We have Trump.]

Winning.

Posted by: DaveA at December 05, 2024 01:49 PM (FhXTo)

271 I see people are making not-so-veiled assassination threats against our adorable ewok on twitter.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (Y6IkP

For real?

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at December 05, 2024 01:49 PM (g8Ew8)

272 261 Mag 6.0
About 200 miles north
I bet they felt it in Santa Rosa and Eureka
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:48 PM (RIvkX)

Yeah, I'm 2 hours South East of San F... did not notice anything.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2024 01:50 PM (QAkQ3)

273 We just had a little tremor.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:45 PM (RIvkX)

Me too.
Posted by: Michael J. Fox at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (aD39U)

Oh, I thought you said tenor.

Nevermind.

Posted by: Justin Castreau at December 05, 2024 01:50 PM (dGCAG)

274 Aren't the Frogs trying right now to prevent LaPen from being legally able to hold office?

Posted by: 29Victor

Yes, they are trying to pass a law that says it is illegal to use EU funds to pay for part time work for staffers - from the years 2015 through 2019 or some such period. Then, they plan to prosecute her for it and put her in prison until after the election is held.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 01:50 PM (lTGtQ)

275 M6.6 offshore of Petrolia

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 05, 2024 01:50 PM (NtVYv)

276 Sf needs a big eq, tidal wave and smod to get the stench out ou the city

All that's left are cockroaches and Pelosis.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:50 PM (sQcJz)

277 261 Mag 6.0
About 200 miles north
I bet they felt it in Santa Rosa and Eureka
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:48 PM (RIvkX)

Yes I did

Posted by: It's me donna at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (IyPmt)

278 Marc Dutroux

Is he the guy that was running a sex trafficking ring for the Belgian elite?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (oZhjI)

279 Tremors?

Uh, oh. Giant worms to follow.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (XeU6L)

280 I see people are making not-so-veiled assassination threats against our adorable ewok on twitter.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (Y6IkP

Initials T.L.?

Posted by: davidt at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (i0F8b)

281 I see people are making not-so-veiled assassination threats against our adorable ewok on twitter.
Posted by: b

He needs to start riding with that fn 5.7 now

Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (Lv/70)

282 You Bay Area Morons don't let anything fall on you!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (KcwUg)

283 Also for several years in the early 2000s it didn't have an elected government, it was just run by bureaucracy. Why? Because the French speakers didn't trust the Dutch speakers
______

Break it up. Have Flanders keep the Dutch language and the muzzies, the Walloons can keep French and .. whatever else is in Wallonia.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (fs1hN)

284 Just got a Tsunami warning on the phone.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (RIvkX)

285 Magnitude 6.6 earthquake detected a couple dozen miles off north California coast.

Where's Gavin Newsom when you need a surf buddy?

Posted by: Bombadil at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (MX0bI)

286 David Suchet’s portrayal of Hercule Poirot over a 25 year period is one of the all time great (if not the greatest) acting job in history…. He was constantly outstanding

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (i5Vkf)

287 240 If we had true democracy as our government, every lamp post would always have a body hanging from it.

we would have been stacking bodies by Amendment 16. probably earlier, to be honest

Posted by: the Founding Fathers at December 05, 2024 01:46 PM (NGHTx)

The US of A would not have survived for ten years after the British gave up in 1883, if the subsequent National Government had been a established as a classic democracy.

Posted by: Gref at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (aBgBM)

288 If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning..

Posted by: Paul Pelosi at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (aD39U)

289 Jean-Claude Van Damme
is Belgian.

TFP, I swear.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (zdLoL)

290 Famousbelgiums dot net lists famous belgiums.

Over 260!
Posted by: Stateless at December 05, 2024 01:48 PM (jvJvP)

If you have to look them up, they're not really famous now, are they.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:52 PM (dGCAG)

291 M6.6 offshore of Petrolia
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 05, 2024 01:50 PM (NtVYv)
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I camped at Petrolia. Nice little out-of-the-way campground.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 05, 2024 01:52 PM (z0QHk)

292 Ned Flanders speaks Dutch?

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:52 PM (sQcJz)

293 This probably could be achieved without military action. Just let it be known that Alberta and Saskatchewan would be granted Statehood if they vote to secede from Canada. Yukon could be annexed to Alaska, and the Peace River District of B.C. could be annexed to Alberta (to which it is culturally and economically much closer than to Victoria, in any case).
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (KbBrU)

Ok, that could work too.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:49 PM (KcwUg)

If'n I was President of the US, I'd make offers to Canada, Mexico, and all the Central America countries down to our Canal, to become part of the US.

All their good citizens are already here anyway... and it would give us a REALLY secure border.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2024 01:52 PM (QAkQ3)

294 271 I see people are making not-so-veiled assassination threats against our adorable ewok on twitter.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 05, 2024 01:41 PM (Y6IkP

For real?
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons

If you think United Health Care was bad, Ewok Endor Health Subsidiaries are awful. Have you seen those fucked-up Ewok teeth?!?!?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 05, 2024 01:52 PM (JCZqz)

295 I was going to say that if someone doesn’t want you dead when you publicly express cultural/political viewpoints on the net then you are probably not doing it right. But I won’t, because that would be too insensitive..

Posted by: tubal at December 05, 2024 01:52 PM (PCK5/)

296 Just got a TSUNAMI WARNING from the National Weather Service on my cell. Which happens to be a flip phone, thank you.

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (v0R5T)

297 Judge Rejects Boeing Plea Deal In 737 Max Crashes Over DEI Provision

"In a case of this magnitude, it is in the utmost interest of justice that the public is confident this monitor selection is done based solely on competency."

Posted by: SMOD at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (RHGPo)

298 Break it up. Have Flanders keep the Dutch language and the muzzies, the Walloons can keep French and .. whatever else is in Wallonia.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (fs1hN)

I heard that all the people in Flanders are Phlegmish.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (DQ7H4)

299 >>> 249 If we *did* invade Canadia, it would be nice to be able to drive to Alaska without leaving the US.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:30 PM (KcwUg)

This probably could be achieved without military action. Just let it be known that Alberta and Saskatchewan would be granted Statehood if they vote to secede from Canada. Yukon could be annexed to Alaska, and the Peace River District of B.C. could be annexed to Alberta (to which it is culturally and economically much closer than to Victoria, in any case).
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2024 01:47 PM (KbBrU)

Ok, that could work too.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:49 PM (KcwUg)

No, you have to govern and service what you annex. Just trade a reduction in Trump's forthcoming 25% tariff for an roadway easement. Maybe a right-of-way.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (Aqu9a)

300 Indeed, we have Trump and the rest of the West wants one too.

Posted by: Danimal28 at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (8O629)

301 3 famous Belgians
1 model Stella Maxwell
2 model Stella Maxwell's right breast
3 model Stella Maxwell's left breast

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (FxDm7)

302 after the British gave up in 1883 we established the Alternative History Academy for Internetz. JESUS.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (zdLoL)

303 Mag 6.0
About 200 miles north
I bet they felt it in Santa Rosa and Eureka
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Maga 6.0
Make America Grumble Again

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (xYpKG)

304 Oh and wall off Brussels from the rest of the world, for our safety.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (fs1hN)

305 First and foremost imo , open the spigots wide open in the energy sector.

Big oil for the win !!!

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (EQBl3)

306 199 Daniel Penny trial trending toward possibility of hung jury
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Was there a normie in the jury pool?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 01:54 PM (jFCkp)

307 David Suchet’s portrayal of Hercule Poirot over a 25 year period is one of the all time great (if not the greatest) acting job in history…. He was constantly outstanding

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (i5Vkf)

______

He also does some wonderful readings of the Gospels for those so inclined.

Posted by: Scarymary at December 05, 2024 01:54 PM (uc++Y)

308 It says watch out for big waves. Gee. Maybe I should get my board and paddle out.

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:54 PM (v0R5T)

309 Ace, sidebar suggestion mystery click:

Type into a search engine 'French song in a punk style sung by a belgian'. There is only one result I am aware of.

Only people who can speak French could even guess the lyrics. Trust me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 05, 2024 01:54 PM (HsOwE)

310 Daniel Penny trial trending toward possibility of hung jury

Iit is more accurate to say choke jury

Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:54 PM (Lv/70)

311 Oh and wall off Brussels from the rest of the world, for our safety

Nuke.
Orbit.
That is all.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:54 PM (sQcJz)

312 Just got a TSUNAMI WARNING from the National Weather Service on my cell. Which happens to be a flip phone, thank you.
Posted by: wth

Where's "And so it begins" guy?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 05, 2024 01:54 PM (xYpKG)

313 David Suchet’s portrayal of Hercule Poirot over a 25 year period is one of the all time great (if not the greatest) acting job in history…. He was constantly outstanding

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Two things the BBC got perfectly right. Suchet as Poirot, covering the entire series of books, and Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, covering every story.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 01:55 PM (lTGtQ)

314 >>>The Elysée is the French presidential palace.

I bet they are Champsing at the bit up in there.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 05, 2024 01:55 PM (i24o9)

315 Mag 6.0
About 200 miles north
I bet they felt it in Santa Rosa and Eureka

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:48 PM (RIvkX)

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Living in Walnut Creek around 30 years ago, was on the phone with an acquaintance who was living in The City.

Suddenly, they shouted "Ooh, we're having an earthquake!"

About 5 seconds later, our house started to shake ... kind of surreal.

Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 05, 2024 01:55 PM (OajM6)

316 Ferndale CA? Isn't that up north?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 05, 2024 01:55 PM (XeU6L)

317 Nice summary, Ace.

Posted by: scampydog at December 05, 2024 01:55 PM (2bFN5)

318 Where's "And so it begins" guy?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 05, 2024 01:54 PM (xYpKG)
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And so, it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at December 05, 2024 01:55 PM (z0QHk)

319 It is the Belgians fault that we had ww1 and ww2

Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:55 PM (Lv/70)

320 You Bay Area Morons don't let anything fall on you!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
......

like a freeway.

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (v0R5T)

321 M5.8 Cobb Cal

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (NtVYv)

322 Ferndale CA? Isn't that up north

Not now

Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (Lv/70)

323 The US of A would not have survived for ten years after the British gave up in 1883...
Posted by: Gref at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (aBgBM)

Something seems off here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (ExV1e)

324 Jeremy Brett FTW!

And I don't care if he was a pillow biter.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (sQcJz)

325 Second look at the Ghost of Endor?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (HsOwE)

326 Macron was an investment banker for the Rothschilds. Sounds like another globalist Romney.

"President Macron’s newfound zeal for cross-border financial M&A is creating a headache for France’s big banks.
Emmanuel Macron is often called the 'president of the rich' in France, and the former Rothschild banker did nothing to dispel this image in May ...".

Posted by: illiniwek at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (Cus5s)

327 Ferndale CA? Isn't that up north?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 05, 2024 01:55 PM (XeU6L)
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Just south of Eureka. Pretty upscale.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (z0QHk)

328 >>nausea,
diarrhea,
constipation,
fatigue,
dizziness,
abdominal pain,
bloating,
burping,
heartburn,
loss of appetite,
blurred vision, and
injection site reactions
hypoglycemia (especially when combined with insulin or sulfonylureas),
allergic reactions, gallstones,
tachycardia,
pancreatitis, and
kidney damage

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

Yes, but it's so worth suffering these side effects to avoid the horrors of eating less and exercising more to drop a few pounds... /S

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (1Au9i)

329 The tsunami warning in Cali is at the bottom of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Pray that thing doesn't have a megathrust quake

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 05, 2024 01:57 PM (FxDm7)

330 >Marc Dutroux

Is he the guy that was running a sex trafficking ring for the Belgian elite?

Yeah, him.

Posted by: mr tmz at December 05, 2024 01:57 PM (rJ48h)

331 You Bay Area Morons don't let anything fall on you!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
......

like a freeway.
Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (v0R5T)

Or boxes of uncounted ballots.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:57 PM (dGCAG)

332 Ned Flanders speaks Dutch?
Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:52 PM (sQcJz)

I can ask my grandmother to verify. -- Sheriff Bart

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 05, 2024 01:57 PM (ExV1e)

333 Jeremy Brett FTW!

And I don't care if he was a pillow biter.
Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (sQcJz)

Best traditional Holmes. The second Watson was best Watson. Hardwicke?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 05, 2024 01:57 PM (HsOwE)

334 We just had a little tremor.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Michael Moore just fell on a fumbled donut.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 05, 2024 01:57 PM (L/fGl)

335 Columbia, Penn State Cancer Researchers Face Retractions, One Blames LGBTQ Discrimination

Two prominent cancer researchers at Columbia and Pennsylvania State universities had their research articles retracted recently due to allegations of misconduct, including the use of manipulated data.

Posted by: SMOD at December 05, 2024 01:57 PM (RHGPo)

336 >>> 328

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Yes, but it's so worth suffering these side effects to avoid the horrors of eating less and exercising more to drop a few pounds... /S
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (1Au9i)

We have drugs to reduce those side effects!!!

Posted by: Pharma Execs at December 05, 2024 01:58 PM (KcwUg)

337 310 Daniel Penny trial trending toward possibility of hung jury
-------------

The not-guilty faction needs to throw out the Colonel Jessup "you can't handle the truth" speech.

Posted by: WisRich at December 05, 2024 01:58 PM (G0vdT)

338 How much time did Lenin spend in France?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 05, 2024 01:58 PM (XeU6L)

339 The tsunami warning in Cali is at the bottom of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Pray that thing doesn't have a megathrust quake
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 05, 2024 01:57 PM (FxDm7)
===

Megathrust Quake is my rapper name.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 01:58 PM (RIvkX)

340 >>> 329 The tsunami warning in Cali is at the bottom of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Pray that thing doesn't have a megathrust quake
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 05, 2024 01:57 PM (FxDm7)

Well, *that* doesn't sound good.

Posted by: Pharma Execs at December 05, 2024 01:59 PM (KcwUg)

341 297 Judge Rejects Boeing Plea Deal In 737 Max Crashes Over DEI Provision

"In a case of this magnitude, it is in the utmost interest of justice that the public is confident this monitor selection is done based solely on competency."
Posted by: SMOD at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (RHGPo)

=======

Pretty sure that's a racism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 05, 2024 01:59 PM (GBKbO)

342 The tsunami warning in Cali is at the bottom of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Pray that thing doesn't have a megathrust quake
Posted by: Smell the Glove

--

FEMA already has their checkbook out.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 05, 2024 01:59 PM (Zfg3y)

343 *puts Moulin Rouge in the dvd player*

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 05, 2024 01:59 PM (Aqu9a)

344 Upgraded to 7.0 earthquake off Ferndwle now

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at December 05, 2024 01:59 PM (9aVck)

345 Women like Mega Thrust.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 01:59 PM (jFCkp)

346 Strike One...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 01:59 PM (KcwUg)

347 Ferndale CA? Isn't that up north?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 05, 2024 01:55 PM (XeU6L)
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Just south of Eureka. Pretty upscale.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 05, 2024 01:56 PM (z0QHk)

Most famous resident: Mary Hartman.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 01:59 PM (dGCAG)

348 Welcome to the middle.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks the beginning has ended at December 05, 2024 02:00 PM (DobEs)

349 FEMA already has their checkbook out.

Not a lot of Trump voters to ignore there, I reckon.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 02:00 PM (sQcJz)

350 Gee. Maybe I should get my board and paddle out.
Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:54 PM (v0R5T)

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

Yes, yes you should.

Posted by: Great White Shark at December 05, 2024 02:00 PM (2UnvF)

351 It is the Belgians fault that we had ww1 and ww2
Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:55 PM (Lv/70)
-

Right now, it's California's fault.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 05, 2024 02:00 PM (CflQn)

352 Judge Rejects Boeing Plea Deal In 737 Max Crashes Over DEI Provision

"In a case of this magnitude, it is in the utmost interest of justice that the public is confident this monitor selection is done based solely on competency."
Posted by: SMOD

-

Speaking of, if y'all didn't see (hear, mainly) the United Airlines pilot that was caught on a live microphone explaining the state of the airline staffing the other day, you've got to track that down.

I'm sure he's already fired.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 05, 2024 02:00 PM (Zfg3y)

353 I better go get lunch before the big one hits.

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 02:00 PM (v0R5T)

354 bumpy in Nor Cal this morning

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 05, 2024 02:00 PM (NtVYv)

355 FEMA already has their checkbook out.

To send money to Mexico?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 05, 2024 02:00 PM (lUFok)

356 344 Upgraded to 7.0 earthquake off Ferndwle now
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at December 05, 2024 01:59 PM (9aVck)
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I'm seeing 7.3

Posted by: WisRich at December 05, 2024 02:00 PM (G0vdT)

357 Tsunami ...

"Location: 45 miles SW of Eureka, California
Magnitude: 7.3
Event Depth : 8 Mi."

pretty substantial quake.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (Cus5s)

358 It is the Belgians fault that we had ww1 and ww2

Posted by: N

And, Belgium was actually created by treaty by the powers of Europe at the London Conference in order to prevent wars.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (lTGtQ)

359 Germany's economy is shrinking because they shutdown the nuke plants. Their green energy isn't enough and they have to compete for natural gas. All the countries smart enough to ditch wind and solar will see their economies improve

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (NQtI0)

360 Upgraded to 7.0 earthquake off Ferndwle now

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at December 05, 2024 01:59 PM (9aVck)

In Wales?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (DoM22)

361 The Paolo, something something, how you say, something Mega Thrust, something something.

Posted by: The Paolo at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (DobEs)

362 USG says 7 magnitude near Ferndale

Posted by: It's me donna at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (IyPmt)

363 > I better go get lunch before the big one hits.

Afternoon delight?

Posted by: bonhomme at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (Odg76)

364 Just got a TSUNAMI WARNING from the National Weather Service on my cell. Which happens to be a flip phone, thank you.
Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (v0R5T)

At least you can flip off telemarketers. The rest of us can only turn them over to our pets, if we have them, or relatives who love freaking people out.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (VNX3d)

365 *waiting for them to start naming earthquakes*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (HsOwE)

366 Trump is set to receive the ‘Patriot of the Year’ award at FOX Nation event

Posted by: SMOD at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (RHGPo)

367 Odds Detroit beats Green Bay?

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (jFCkp)

368 Of course the US started down this route as well after the installation of Denis Hastert

~~San Dimas High School Football Rules!~~

Yorkville High School Wrestling Rules!

Posted by: Chuck C at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (yOPBE)

369 No, you have to govern and service what you annex. Just trade a reduction in Trump's forthcoming 25% tariff for an roadway easement. Maybe a right-of-way.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 05, 2024 01:53 PM (Aqu9a)

Those areas can pull their own weight as part of the Union. We already carry most of eastern Canada. Oil, gas, grain, potash, uranium. Even helium and lithium. And coal out the ying-yang.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (KbBrU)

370 California is receiving God's punishment for stealing those last 3 House seats.

Oh, and Hollywood.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (YIxO9)

371 >>> 359 Germany's economy is shrinking because they shutdown the nuke plants. Their green energy isn't enough and they have to compete for natural gas. All the countries smart enough to ditch wind and solar will see their economies improve
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (NQtI0)

Their birds and bats will be very happy.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (KcwUg)

372 It is the Belgians fault that we had ww1 and ww2
Posted by: N at December 05, 2024 01:55 PM (Lv/70)
-

The whales will be coming ashore soon. Patience!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (CflQn)

373 In a normal time, the largest single party would form a coalition government and that would be that. NR is beyond the pale for the elites. The Petainists are long gone, but nationalism is on the rise. How can the dream of the European SuperState be realized if the working class of France insists on being ... French? The same goes for Germany. Kicking the can will simply make the reckoning even more horrific.

Posted by: mrp at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM (rj6Yv)

374 FEMA already has their checkbook out.

To send money to Mexico?
Posted by: Blanco Basura

-

(Joe Biden waves from Africa while trying to hold a comically oversized $1B dollar check for photo ops)

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM (Zfg3y)

375 pretty substantial quake.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (Cus5s)
====

I looked up from my screen and everything!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM (RIvkX)

376 Nice... 100+ Navy SEALS are going to march on DC to support Hegseth...

Lets see if the MSM even notices...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM (QAkQ3)

377 Somebody crossed the beams.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM (jFCkp)

378 Germany's economy is shrinking because they shutdown the nuke plants. Their green energy isn't enough and they have to compete for natural gas. All the countries smart enough to ditch wind and solar will see their economies improve

Posted by: Notsothoreau

They are buying LNG at four times the cost of Russian gas, and are buying coal at a rate not far behind china and India. The primary beneficiary of and end of Ukraine would be Germany.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM (lTGtQ)

379 Dennis liked to play with his pennis.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 05, 2024 02:04 PM (YIxO9)

380 367 Odds Detroit beats Green Bay?
____

At what exactly. Murder rate? I'd go with Detroit.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 02:04 PM (fs1hN)

381 >>> 376 Nice... 100+ Navy SEALS are going to march on DC to support Hegseth...

Lets see if the MSM even notices...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM (QAkQ3)

OMG INSURRECTION REEEEE!!!

Posted by: MSM at December 05, 2024 02:04 PM (KcwUg)

382 *waiting for them to start naming earthquakes*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
.....

Let's see. Should we start with Lizzo?

Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 02:04 PM (v0R5T)

383 Dennis sinned.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 02:05 PM (sQcJz)

384 379 Dennis liked to play with his pennis.
_____

Ha! you spelled it wrong. It's 'pennies'.

Posted by: Dennis at December 05, 2024 02:05 PM (fs1hN)

385 Germany's economy is shrinking because they shutdown the nuke plants. Their green energy isn't enough and they have to compete for natural gas. All the countries smart enough to ditch wind and solar will see their economies improve
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (NQtI0)

The U.S. blowing up their pipeline with Russia didn't help much either.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 02:05 PM (dGCAG)

386 > Nice... 100+ Navy SEALS are going to march on DC to support Hegseth...

While they're there, can they slap Crenshaw around a bit?

Posted by: bonhomme at December 05, 2024 02:05 PM (Odg76)

387 Trump is set to receive the ‘Patriot of the Year’ award at FOX Nation event

Posted by: SMOD at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (RHGPo)

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

Hunter Biden hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 05, 2024 02:05 PM (+qDeX)

388 Nice... 100+ Navy SEALS are going to march on DC to support Hegseth...

Lets see if the MSM even notices...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM (QAkQ3)

At this point, I'm not sure the MSM would notice a million veterans marching on DC. Even if they're armed and armored, with air support.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 02:05 PM (VNX3d)

389 How much time did Lenin spend in France?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 05, 2024 01:58 PM (XeU6L)

His famous train ride was from Switzerland, sponsored by Germany. Not sure he was in the Allied nations much, he was an agitator against one of their allies.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:05 PM (n7h9X)

390 Odds Detroit beats Green Bay?
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (jFCkp)

Pretty darn good.

Posted by: mrp at December 05, 2024 02:06 PM (rj6Yv)

391 Nice... 100+ Navy SEALS are going to march on DC to support Hegseth...

Lets see if the MSM even notices...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM (QAkQ3)

At this point, I'm not sure the MSM would notice a million veterans marching on DC. Even if they're armed and armored, with air support.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 02:05 PM (VNX3d)

That will be rough on their flippers. Plus balancing balls on their noses all that way will be hell.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:07 PM (n7h9X)

392 Felt the quake in southern Oregon. Not much more than a little rumble.

Posted by: PabloD at December 05, 2024 02:07 PM (C30Iv)

393 Somebody crossed the beams.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM

The walls are against the wall?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 05, 2024 02:07 PM (yuVjX)

394 I am ready for the awarding of the medal of freedom to Elon Musk by President Trump.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 02:07 PM (lTGtQ)

395 I looked up from my screen and everything!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM (RIvkX)

Me too...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 05, 2024 02:07 PM (IyPmt)

396 California.

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 05, 2024 02:08 PM (NFX2v)

397 I am ready for the awarding of the medal of freedom to Elon Musk by President Trump.

That popping sound you hear is leftoid heads asploding.

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 02:08 PM (sQcJz)

398 California.

Uber alles.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 05, 2024 02:08 PM (lUFok)

399 Those areas can pull their own weight as part of the Union. We already carry most of eastern Canada. Oil, gas, grain, potash, uranium. Even helium and lithium. And coal out the ying-yang.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2024 02:02 PM (KbBrU)

Ah, a natural resources play. Make Manifest Destiny Great Again!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 05, 2024 02:08 PM (Aqu9a)

400 I dunno, I think dumb people dancing and singing the praises of Ozempic is far worse than a few cartoon bears wiping their asses.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at December 05, 2024

***
That and Wegovy. The people all look like failed test cases for the product, or "before" images; none of them look trim, which is what the drug is supposed to do for you.

Fat Artist Girl: "I'm keeping [the weight] off."
Me: "And you're keeping it close to you at all times, too!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2024 02:09 PM (J2vNu)

401 Somebody crossed the beams.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM

The walls are against the wall?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 05, 2024 02:07 PM (yuVjX)

The feet are against the ceiling

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 02:09 PM (VNX3d)

402 Germany's economy is shrinking because they shutdown the nuke plants. Their green energy isn't enough and they have to compete for natural gas. All the countries smart enough to ditch wind and solar will see their economies improve
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (NQtI0)

The U.S. blowing up their pipeline with Russia didn't help much either.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 02:05 PM (dGCAG)

They had to use their terribly dirty lignite coal last year in winter. And obviously solar in winter in Germany will produce nothing.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:09 PM (n7h9X)

403 Ah, yes, the US imperialist dogs are testing out their Tectonic Plate Weapon once again.

Posted by: Hugo Chavez at December 05, 2024 02:09 PM (dIske)

404 France's entire government was a desperation maneuver. They formed a coalition of enemies and opposites just to stop LePen's party from winning, and it was never going to last.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 05, 2024 02:09 PM (RsS92)

405 Three Famous Belgians, here we go.

Pepin II
Charles Martel
Charlemagne

and I think we are done here.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 05, 2024 02:10 PM (zdLoL)

406 >367 Odds Detroit beats Green Bay?

Implied odds from money line are 65%

Posted by: mr tmz at December 05, 2024 02:10 PM (rJ48h)

407 The U.S. blowing up their pipeline with Russia didn't help much either.
Posted by: BurtTC

The US blew up that pipeline to prevent Germany from signing a separate peace with Russia.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 02:10 PM (lTGtQ)

408 Gee. Maybe I should get my board and paddle out.
Posted by: wth at December 05, 2024 01:54 PM (v0R5T)

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

Yes, yes you should.
Posted by: Great White Shark at December 05, 2024 02:00 PM (2UnvF)

You paddle out,
turn around and raise.
That's all there is
to the coastline craze.

Catch A Wave!

Posted by: Brian & Mike in better days at December 05, 2024 02:10 PM (Aqu9a)

409 >>>The U.S. blowing up their pipeline with Russia didn't help much either.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Who did it piss off more, the Russians or the Germans?

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 05, 2024 02:11 PM (fRIwc)

410 Somebody crossed the beams.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM

The walls are against the wall?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 05, 2024 02:07 PM (yuVjX)

The feet are against the ceiling
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 02:09 PM (VNX3d)

Bridgette has a tight swimsuit.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 02:11 PM (VNX3d)

411 Ah, yes, the US imperialist dogs are testing out their Tectonic Plate Weapon once again.

Wait, I thought Hugo assumed room temperature years ago...

Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024 02:11 PM (sQcJz)

412 "California."

Inorite?

Posted by: eleven at December 05, 2024 02:12 PM (fV+MH)

413 They had to use their terribly dirty lignite coal last year in winter. And obviously solar in winter in Germany will produce nothing.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:09 PM (n7h9X)

Heh. There is a fairly new "solar farm" a few miles South of me here. Drove by it on Monday. Some rows of panels tilted to the East, some to the West, and most fully or partially covered by snow. When you can't even be assed to make it look like you care...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2024 02:12 PM (KbBrU)

414 California.

Uber alles.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 05, 2024 02:08 PM (lUFok)

Their only decent song, IMO.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 02:12 PM (dGCAG)

415 403 Ah, yes, the US imperialist dogs are testing out their Tectonic Plate Weapon once again.
Posted by: Hugo Chavez
---

Would a picture of them eating their own be porno?

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 05, 2024 02:12 PM (fRIwc)

416 Somebody crossed the beams.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM

The walls are against the wall?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 05, 2024 02:07 PM (yuVjX)

The feet are against the ceiling
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 02:09 PM (VNX3d)

There are footprints against the windshield!

Posted by: A Moron's Dad at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (Aqu9a)

417 The U.S. blowing up their pipeline with Russia didn't help much either.
Posted by: BurtTC
---

Who did it piss off more, the Russians or the Germans?
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 05, 2024 02:11 PM (fRIwc)

Germans just bend over and ask for more. They are ball-less.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (dGCAG)

418 The Revolutions of 1848 were an interesting time for Europe, and coincidentally enough, started in Italy.

it was the end of the old post Napoleonic war order, and the beginning of the various "peoples" and cultures movements.

I wonder what is next.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (D7oie)

419 Are the Marxists taking over the Marxists?

Posted by: Skip at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (fwDg9)

420 Mike Benz on Joe Rogan is fascinating… and infuriating

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (ANuwa)

421 The tsunami warning in Cali is at the bottom of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Pray that thing doesn't have a megathrust quake
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I'll pray that any of the Horde in the area get out safe and sound if it does. Beyond that, no promises.

Posted by: Brother Tim, Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (OUMaO)

422 I think Ukraine blew up the pipeline as a false flag.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (EQBl3)

423 and I think we are done here.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 05, 2024 02:10 PM (zdLoL)
____________________________

Hey?

Posted by: Adolphus Sax at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (dIske)

424 Trump wins and the average euro-citizen's eyes are opened to the fact that they have been surfs.

Posted by: Archer at December 05, 2024 02:14 PM (IDphi)

425 405 Three Famous Belgians, here we go.

Pepin II
Charles Martel
Charlemagne

and I think we are done here.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 05, 2024 02:10 PM (zdLoL)

The Belgians (Belgae tribes) gave Julius Caesar a few headaches.

Not for long, though.

Posted by: Gref at December 05, 2024 02:14 PM (aBgBM)

426 Somebody crossed the beams.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM

The walls are against the wall?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 05, 2024 02:07 PM (yuVjX)

The feet are against the ceiling
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 02:09 PM (VNX3d)

Bridgette has a tight swimsuit.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 02:11 PM

The tits are not calm.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 05, 2024 02:15 PM (Wnv9h)

427 Due to this earthquake, I am cancelling all future elections and declaring myself governor for life.

Posted by: Gavin Newsome at December 05, 2024 02:15 PM (2UnvF)

428 Germany's economy is shrinking because they shutdown the nuke plants. Their green energy isn't enough and they have to compete for natural gas. All the countries smart enough to ditch wind and solar will see their economies improve
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (NQtI0)

The U.S. blowing up their pipeline with Russia didn't help much either.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 02:05 PM (dGCAG)

Perhaps not, last I heard Germany was not going to renew other pipeline gas contracts with Russia itself. Future deals will be on very different terms if any are desired. Long term more will be directed away from Europe.

I was also interested to see that Chad has just cancelled its defense treaty with France and wants them out. This may impact ideas for gas pipelining from Nigeria north to the Med for France and Italy. Plans for shipments from Syria and Israel are dubious as well.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:15 PM (n7h9X)

429 The Revolutions of 1848 were an interesting time for Europe, and coincidentally enough, started in Italy.

it was the end of the old post Napoleonic war order, and the beginning of the various "peoples" and cultures movements.

I wonder what is next.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (D7oie)

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

The Caliphate.

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS -- I heard that James Carville is a Scientologist as well as Pederast at December 05, 2024 02:15 PM (+qDeX)

430 Jeremy Brett FTW!

And I don't care if he was a pillow biter.
Posted by: Jetto at December 05, 2024
*
Best traditional Holmes. The second Watson was best Watson. Hardwicke?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 05, 2024

***
Edwards Hardwicke -- the son of Sir Cedric Hardwicke of Suspicion and The Ten Commandments.

And Brett really nailed the character. Holmes was supposed to be the ideal reasoning machine, and to disdain compliments. Yet Watson commented that Holmes did not seem to mind them. And in one episode, Brett, his face to us, gives the tiniest little smile when a client bursts out with "You're amazing, Mr. Holmes!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2024 02:15 PM (J2vNu)

431 424 Trump wins and the average euro-citizen's eyes are opened to the fact that they have been surfs.
____

Or smurfs in the belgians' case.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 05, 2024 02:15 PM (fs1hN)

432 Trump wins and the average euro-citizen's eyes are opened to the fact that they have been surfs.
Posted by: Archer at December 05, 2024 02:14 PM

Euroweenues don't surf!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 05, 2024 02:15 PM (Wnv9h)

433 Other famous Belgians

Waffles

Posted by: Archer at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM (IDphi)

434 I think Ukraine blew up the pipeline as a false flag.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (EQBl3)

Their invisible stealth submarines have to be seen to be believed!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM (KbBrU)

435 Somebody crossed the beams.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 05, 2024 02:03 PM

The walls are against the wall?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 05, 2024 02:07 PM (yuVjX)

The feet are against the ceiling
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 02:09 PM (VNX3d)

Bridgette has a tight swimsuit.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 05, 2024 02:11 PM

The tits are not calm.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 05, 2024 02:15 PM (Wnv9h)

Containment breech! Spillage!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM (Aqu9a)

436 285 Magnitude 6.6 earthquake detected a couple dozen miles off north California coast.

Where's Gavin Newsom when you need a surf buddy?
Posted by: Bombadil at December 05, 2024 01:51 PM (MX0bI)

So after Trump is sworn in, should a devastating quake happen in CA, FEMA won't help anyone there as they voted for Kamala.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM (N39Ws)

437 The US blew up that pipeline to prevent Germany from signing a separate peace with Russia.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 02:10 PM (lTGtQ)

You'd almost get the impression the U.S. of A. doesn't want peace breaking out anywhere.

Almost.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM (dGCAG)

438 The US blew up that pipeline to prevent Germany from signing a separate peace with Russia.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 02:10 PM (lTGtQ)

I suspect the Germans were already bringing in Nat Gas by that pipeline already. This is not a support of that open act of terrorism, but instead an explanation of why the Germans sat on their hands and said nothing.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM (D7oie)

439 Euroweenies. I can't type.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM (Wnv9h)

440 So I took a lap around the interwebs, scrolled X, did some work, peed, and came back to find the same top post up.

Somebody's timing is off.

Posted by: Candidus at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM (VkLJv)

441 418 The Revolutions of 1848 were an interesting time for Europe, and coincidentally enough, started in Italy.

it was the end of the old post Napoleonic war order, and the beginning of the various "peoples" and cultures movements.

I wonder what is next.
Posted by: Kindltot
---

For my great grand father it was called, getting out of Dodge.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM (fRIwc)

442 Other famous Belgians

Waffles
Posted by: Archer at December 05, 2024

***
Hercule Poirot

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2024 02:17 PM (J2vNu)

443 I think Ukraine blew up the pipeline as a false flag.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (EQBl3)

that's the cover story, which is a joke. Ukrainian deep water divers is itself an absurd notion and a US Navy exercise was in action in the area in the weeks before.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:17 PM (n7h9X)

444 Other famous Belgians

Waffles
Posted by: Archer at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM

Hercule Poirot

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 05, 2024 02:17 PM (Wnv9h)

445 Nood Catherine

Posted by: Chuck C at December 05, 2024 02:18 PM (yOPBE)

446 according to tsunami dot gov (sounds like nothing so far?)

HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN 300 KM OF THE EPICENTER ALONG THE COASTS OF

NO AREAS COVERED BY THIS MESSAGE APPEAR TO BE IMMEDIATELY
THREATENED. HOWEVER... THE SITUATION IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION. THIS THREAT EVALUATION WILL BE UPDATED AS
SOON AS FURTHER INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at December 05, 2024 02:18 PM (zOD0w)

447 Europe is doomed as long as they embrace socialism and communism.

Posted by: TJ Jackson at December 05, 2024 02:20 PM (bXvrr)

448 I suspect the Germans were already bringing in Nat Gas by that pipeline already. This is not a support of that open act of terrorism, but instead an explanation of why the Germans sat on their hands and said nothing.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM (D7oie)

Nordstream I had been in service for a long time. Nordstream II was the one most damaged, and is partly operable even now.

The German government had to have signed off on it, and their total lack of interest in investigating it is notable. Sweden had its own investigation which suddenly went dark and reported nothing.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:20 PM (n7h9X)

449 Sentient people everywhere have had it. Why are leftists and liberals so Obtuse?

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 05, 2024 02:20 PM (ePv8+)

450 Daily Mail, December 5, 2024, 'Trump plans to deport illegal migrants to these other countries if their home nations reject them
- Donald Trump is in talks with four countries to accept deported migrants
- Countries like Venezuela, Cuba and China are reluctant to accept back migrants
By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter, in Washington, D.C.

Al-Jazeera, News, Migration
'Bahamas rejects Trump proposal to take in deported third-country migrants' Countries across, the Americas are bracing for US president-elect’s plan to carry out a mass deportation operation.
Dec 5, 2024

Reuters, Americas, 'Mexico seeks Trump agreement to avoid receiving non-Mexican deportees' By Kylie Madry and Ted Hesson, December 5, 2024 1:31 PM
---
BTW Note that Cuba and Venezuela part of Homeland Security's Humanitarian Parole program and Venezuela part of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program plus there's a Statelessness TPS program!

See how well FJB, DHS and many others planned Not One Step Back?

Posted by: L - Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow at December 05, 2024 02:21 PM (NFX2v)

451 187 Daniel Craig Blames Toxic Masculinity for His Hesitancy To Play 007

He also said he wanted to play gay Bond IIRC.

Of course I'd like to play straight Bond who makes out with various Bond women like Connery and the rest did...

Cannot believe this pansy *ss mother***ker got 5 or six movies and Timothy Dalton only got 2. Dalton forever gets shade as not being a popular Bond but I think he played the most true to the character.

Posted by: Nelly at December 05, 2024 02:22 PM (bcr4y)

452 Detroit Green Bay should be a pretty good game.
I think Detroit, but close.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 05, 2024 02:22 PM (4780s)

453 The US blew up that pipeline to prevent Germany from signing a separate peace with Russia.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 05, 2024 02:10 PM (lTGtQ)

Unlikely that was the reason. German's Green government is almost as gung ho for EU expansion and crushing Russia as the 1941 government was. Too bad they have no army to speak of and a lot of their tanks were knocked out or captured in battle there -- reportedly many with German crews.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:23 PM (n7h9X)

454 the first thing I thought when they invited Trump to Notre Dame is that he better have bulletproof (and knifeproof, and bombproof, and etc ad inf) security.

I fear someone will try to take advantage to take him out.

Posted by: barbarausa at December 05, 2024 02:25 PM (enw9G)

455 443 I think Ukraine blew up the pipeline as a false flag.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (EQBl3)

that's the cover story, which is a joke. Ukrainian deep water divers is itself an absurd notion and a US Navy exercise was in action in the area in the weeks before.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:17 PM (n7h9X)

oh yeah this was the claim that Gilligan and the Skipper took the minnow out into the baltic, and the Professor destroyed the line with some depth charges he made out of coconuts.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2024 02:26 PM (wyMQY)

456 I think Ukraine blew up the pipeline as a false flag.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (EQBl3)

Their invisible stealth submarines have to be seen to be believed!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2024 02:16 PM (KbBrU)

And their coastline is blockaded/interdicted completely by the war, and the Bosporus, and Gibraltar...and the English channel...and Denmark passage...

Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:26 PM (n7h9X)

457 It's not that the globalists are super smart. It's that politicans everywhere are greedy and cheap. There's been no real opposition as a result.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 05, 2024 02:27 PM (NQtI0)

458 oh yeah this was the claim that Gilligan and the Skipper took the minnow out into the baltic, and the Professor destroyed the line with some depth charges he made out of coconuts.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2024 02:26 PM (wyMQY)

There was some woman involved too. for the feminists I imagine.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:28 PM (n7h9X)

459
All the countries smart enough to ditch wind and solar will see their economies improve
Posted by: Notsothoreau

That leaves out the USA.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 05, 2024 02:31 PM (63Dwl)

460 The tsunami warning in Cali is at the bottom of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Pray that thing doesn't have a megathrust quake
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I'll pray that any of the Horde in the area get out safe and sound if it does. Beyond that, no promises.
Posted by: Brother Tim, Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 05, 2024 02:13 PM (OUMaO)

My area is on a plateau that is about as high above sea level as Chicago, but is only a half hour or so from the coast. The west coast is an odd thing.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 05, 2024 02:31 PM (n7h9X)

461 And the French monarchy basically bankrupted itself and was destroyed for supporting American independence. So, we should be somewhat kind. N'est-ce pas?

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 05, 2024 02:34 PM (ePv8+)

462 pretty substantial quake.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 05, 2024 02:01 PM (Cus5s)
====

I looked up from my screen and everything!
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Did water slosh out of the toilet?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 05, 2024 02:49 PM (XeU6L)

463 Britain is teetering on political collapse brecause some people signed an electronic petition.

Retarded take.

Also, always with the gloating. I used to like Americans until I started to read their media. Scum who deserve everything that's coming.

"But America has Trump"; you not familiar with his first term?

Posted by: Beejay Stillborn at December 05, 2024 05:03 PM (8baZg)

464 I think we may see a Sixth French Republic this decade. Need a decent president in their system. No longer a thing for them.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at December 05, 2024 07:55 PM (LTq4q)

465 Having read this I thought it was extremely informative.
I appreciate you finding the time and effort to put this information together.
I once again find myself spending a lot of time both
reading and posting comments. But so what, it was still worth it!

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