Trump Names New Deputy Director of the FBI

I have to imagine that Bongino was making a lot more with his podcasting venture than he'll make as a Deputy FBI Director. He's taking a paycut to do the right thing.

President Donald Trump has appointed former Secret Service agent and conservative commentator Dan Bongino as Deputy Director of the FBI. The announcement, made on Truth Social, highlights Bongino's law enforcement background and commitment to justice.
Key Details:
Bongino, a former NYPD officer and Secret Service agent, will serve under newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel.
Trump praised Bongino's credentials, including his graduate degrees and successful podcasting career.
He expressed gratitude to Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Director Patel for the opportunity.
Diving Deeper:
President Donald Trump has tapped Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and prominent conservative commentator, to serve as Deputy Director of the FBI. The announcement, made via Trump's Truth Social account, underscores Trump's commitment to reshaping federal law enforcement under his administration.
"Dan Bongino, a man of incredible love and passion for our Country, has just been named the next DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, by the man who will be the best ever Director, Kash Patel," Trump wrote. He lauded Bongino's extensive background, which includes service in the New York Police Department, the U.S. Secret Service, and his rise as one of the most influential conservative voices in media.
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With Patel at the helm of the FBI and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi now leading the Department of Justice, Trump has assembled a leadership team determined to restore "fairness, justice, law, and order" to federal law enforcement. The appointments mark a decisive shift away from what Trump and his allies have long decried as politicization within the intelligence community.

Thank you Mr. President, Attorney General Bondi, and Director Patel. pic.twitter.com/bJqIDbWLEE
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) February 24, 2025

Jonah is all sad!

Dude, you can do better than this. I hope. https://t.co/7qNIFtWZwN
— @instapundit (@instapundit) February 24, 2025

So are his frenz at the NYT:

This is just delicious. NYT describes @dbongino as a "right-wing commentator" in the headline to inform their tabloid readers of his appointment instead of "former Secret Service agent and police officer." DIABOLICAL. pic.twitter.com/WyzxYRivkJ
— Disinformation Expert Lizzy (@StarChamberMaid) February 24, 2025

Paul Perez has been working for the border patrol (2 yrs, and says he's never seen it as secure as it is now under Trump

Bongino ~ it's almost hard to believe how quickly Trump shut the border, it's almost like illegal immigration has effectively stopped

Bongino's Podcast pic.twitter.com/PlVSYsJNTX
— @Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 (@Chicago1Ray) February 20, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 01:15 PM

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1 Howdy! Great news!

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 24, 2025 01:16 PM (rbKZ6)

2 I read the content.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 01:16 PM (i24o9)

3 First?!?

Posted by: Grayman27 at February 24, 2025 01:16 PM (pgwxJ)

4 Bah.

Posted by: Grayman27 at February 24, 2025 01:16 PM (pgwxJ)

5 The left is seething already. This is going to push them into “involuntary psych hold” territory..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 24, 2025 01:16 PM (l3YAf)

6 Well all righty then!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 24, 2025 01:16 PM (RP0h0)

7 first or whatever

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 24, 2025 01:17 PM (B9Prs)

8 First

Posted by: Dad of Six at February 24, 2025 01:17 PM (XEdA2)

9 Dangit again!

Posted by: Dad of Six at February 24, 2025 01:17 PM (XEdA2)

10 DOGE’s Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine Turns Out to be a Descendant of Soviet KGB Spy Who Betrayed the USSR for America: Report

.. seems he does come from "Big Balls"

Posted by: SMOD at February 24, 2025 01:17 PM (RHGPo)

11 >> Bongino ~ it's almost hard to believe how quickly Trump shut the border, it's almost like illegal immigration has effectively stopped

How did Trump shut the border? I was told that could only be done by Congress, which is why Biden was powerless to act.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 24, 2025 01:18 PM (l3YAf)

12 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 24, 2025 01:18 PM (kgE5c)

13 The A++ Team.

Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2025 01:18 PM (pMi6S)

14 I hope lefty heads are exploding like popping soap bubbles.

Posted by: Stateless...49% - mental state clawing up from 10% at February 24, 2025 01:18 PM (jvJvP)

15 Dude, you can do better than this. I hope. https://t.co/7qNIFtWZwN
— @instapundit (@instapundit) February 24, 2025

The FBI that prosecuted 0 Epstein clients...are you upset Jonah that that leadership has now been replaced?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:18 PM (t0Rmr)

16 Hi ace!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at February 24, 2025 01:18 PM (4XwPj)

17 Noooooice!!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 01:18 PM (yxfMP)

18 And the left's meltdown continues... Love it

Posted by: It's me donna at February 24, 2025 01:18 PM (VE6XX)

19 I’d look to see how often the NYT referred to anyone in the mainstream media as a “left-wing commentator” but, well… why bother.

Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 01:18 PM (WylBZ)

20 I have to imagine that Bongino was making a lot more with his podcasting venture than he'll make as a Deputy FBI Director. He's taking a paycut to do the right thing.
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Are you sure he's taking a paycut?

Posted by: Just about any Democrat appointee in FedGov at February 24, 2025 01:18 PM (Dv3i1)

21
Podcasting's loss (slight, at this point), is law enforcement's gain (much).

And don't think that Dan won't have something to add about the Secret Service's failings, as well.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 24, 2025 01:19 PM (xG4kz)

22 I actually kind of like this strategy of a celebrity cabinet.

It's much harder to buy off / control people who are already famous, already have a fan base or whatever, have a reputation they presumably care about, and already are wealthy.

There may be a stroke of genius here by Trump and his team. Yes, these people may not be loyal to Trump, but they're much more likely to be loyal to their own images / media personas then they will be to the deep state.

I guess we'll see how it plays out.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 24, 2025 01:19 PM (uCjyK)

23 DOGE’s Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine Turns Out to be a Descendant of Soviet KGB Spy Who Betrayed the USSR for America: Report

I like how they paint him as the descendant of a "traitor" not a "defector".

That's some nice subtle poison, right there.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 24, 2025 01:19 PM (hB7mE)

24 Still not tired of winning.

Posted by: Joe Average at February 24, 2025 01:19 PM (DobEs)

25 What's Tater's Take (tm) on all of this?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2025 01:19 PM (a3Q+t)

26 I did not know that Paul Perez was a twi'lek.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 24, 2025 01:19 PM (2ap+5)

27 >>>it's almost hard to believe how quickly Trump shut the border, it's almost like illegal immigration has effectively stopped

It's amazing what can happen when you don't exploit and traffic little brown children for political and other purposes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 01:19 PM (i24o9)

28 Any predictions where Adam Schiff will wind up at?

Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2025 01:20 PM (D7oie)

29 This appointment is as good as Kash Patel.

Trump is burning down the deep state.

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 24, 2025 01:20 PM (EYnHd)

30 Bongino ~ it's almost hard to believe how quickly Trump shut the border, it's almost like illegal immigration has effectively stopped

The funniest part of all this is we found out after Musk started looking into federal spending that the government was paying illegals to come...while those same people in fedgov argued there was no way to stop them.

Its like if Jonah Goldberg stopped paying men to rail his wife...maybe it wouldn't stop ALL of them but I bet it would stop many.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:20 PM (t0Rmr)

31 I thought you had to be a lawyer to be a bigwig at the FBI.

It's refreshing to have a non-lawyer in the upper echelon of that agency.

Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 01:20 PM (77rzZ)

32 I am at peace with this development.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 24, 2025 01:20 PM (igU66)

33 How did Trump shut the border? I was told that could only be done by Congress, which is why Biden was powerless to act.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 24, 2025 01:18 PM (l3YAf)

Oh, turns out all you have to do is stop funding the tax payer-funded NGO's that are paying the cartels to smuggle people to the US, and the entire web of NGO's that take care of them when they arrive, and the taxpayer money that pays to house, feed, clothe, etc. them.

Who knew?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 24, 2025 01:20 PM (uCjyK)

34 DOGE’s Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine Turns Out to be a Descendant of Soviet KGB Spy Who Betrayed the USSR for America: Report

.. seems he does come from "Big Balls"
Posted by: SMOD

His dad fled the socialist paradise? What kind of nut is he?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 24, 2025 01:20 PM (L/fGl)

35 There may be a stroke of genius here by Trump and his team. Yes, these people may not be loyal to Trump, but they're much more likely to be loyal to their own images / media personas then they will be to the deep state.

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Good point.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 01:20 PM (yxfMP)

36 I thought he was expected to be head of the Secret Service

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (kTd/k)

37 What ever happened to Mayorkas?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (63Dwl)

38 Was Stasi right wing or left? This villainizing everyone sure gets confusing!

Posted by: Field Marshal Nathan Wade at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (wBaIH)

39 See what happens when you hire people who understand the job?

Posted by: Eromero at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (jgmnb)

40 I can't wait to not see what Capehart and Reid say about this...

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (igU66)

41 33 Oh, turns out all you have to do is stop funding the tax payer-funded NGO's that are paying the cartels to smuggle people to the US, and the entire web of NGO's that take care of them when they arrive, and the taxpayer money that pays to house, feed, clothe, etc. them.

Who knew?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 24, 2025 01:20 PM (uCjyK)

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But there's no fraud in federal government spending.

Just the federal government spending billions of dollars for illegal immigrants to break laws.

Totally different.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (GBKbO)

42 Potemkiin Outlaw.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (G9iYQ)

43 President Trump: No ALLCAPS? HOW IS THIS WINNING?

Posted by: Ziz Lasota &the Disgraceful8 at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (CTUih)

44 I can't wait for the Trumpmas Airing of Grievances.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (jc0TO)

45 >> are you upset Jonah that that leadership has now been replaced?
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Diabetes Boy is upset he was never important enough to be invited to Pedo Island.

Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (WylBZ)

46 Perhaps I misunderstood, but I thought it was a good thing that Bongino didn't get some other appointment (SS Director, maybe -- I forget) because he's a loose cannon and talks more than he thinks. But he's a good fit for FBI Deputy Director?

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (cSvoa)

47 It’s almost as if telling illegals you’re not welcome here go home gets illegals to - get this- go home.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (yxfMP)

48 Who is taking over Bongino's podcast?

Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (D7oie)

49 Any predictions where Adam Schiff will wind up at?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2025 01:20 PM

Bath house glory hole?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (kgE5c)

50 It's amazing what can happen when you don't exploit and traffic little brown children for political and other purposes.

Trump is going to shut off the white sex slaves from Ukraine, the brown sex slaves from central America, the yellow sex slave from East Asia and the black sex slaves from Africa.

What the hell is an oligarch supposed to do nowadays?!?

Posted by: George Soros at February 24, 2025 01:22 PM (t0Rmr)

51 Bongino is a close friend of Trump’s.

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 24, 2025 01:22 PM (EYnHd)

52 TSA Under Biden Focused on Speeding Up Checkpoints for Illegal Aliens Without IDs, Not National Security

Posted by: SMOD at February 24, 2025 01:22 PM (RHGPo)

53 Will he need Senate confirmation?

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at February 24, 2025 01:22 PM (C5svy)

54 When I think of Jonah Goldberg I paraphrase Jim Schoenfeld " have another donut you fat pig"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2025 01:22 PM (cMcMn)

55 I do have to admit that my first thought on this was to wonder how well Bongino and Patel's personalities might mesh.

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 24, 2025 01:22 PM (rbKZ6)

56 What ever happened to Mayorkas?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (63Dwl)
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Not rotting in prison, sadly.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at February 24, 2025 01:23 PM (6K6Eu)

57 This Bongino fella looks too young to have served both NYPD and Secret Service. Either he looks much younger than he is or he was a law enforcement prodigy.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at February 24, 2025 01:23 PM (4XwPj)

58 36 I thought he was expected to be head of the Secret Service
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (kTd/k)

FBI is much more important than Secret Service, in the grand scheme of trying to un-fuck and un-corrupt our massively corrupt government.

Secret Service seems to be a bunch of inept frat boys and overweight lesbians. They're not really harming anyone, they don't have any real power in DC.

The FBI is one of the biggest power players in politics and has been since the Hoover days.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 24, 2025 01:23 PM (uCjyK)

59 Those two need to pick up some straight shooters, as allies, among the FBI leadership. For insights into the staff and to avoid being solated as outsiders.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 24, 2025 01:23 PM (WapDv)

60 Gee, all Democrats and some Republicans said that they had to do a "comprehensive" bi-partisan bill to be able to secure the border. Could they have been lying to us all of these years?

Posted by: Cheri at February 24, 2025 01:23 PM (oiNtH)

61 21
Podcasting's loss (slight, at this point), is law enforcement's gain (much).

***

It's no loss to talk radio.
Seriously, I wish him well and this is obviously right move, but he is NOT a broadcaster. He spends more time talking to Jim The Producer than he does to the audience.

Posted by: Just a listener at February 24, 2025 01:23 PM (DobEs)

62 Oh wow. I figured Dan would get a role at the Secret Service, ideally.

But this is good too.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 24, 2025 01:23 PM (xcxpd)

63 Will he need Senate confirmation?
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at February 24, 2025 01:22 PM (C5svy)
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I think mostly only top spots require confirmation.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at February 24, 2025 01:23 PM (6K6Eu)

64 Democrats and pedo sex trafficers, birm, hardest hit.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 01:23 PM (jc0TO)

65 55 I do have to admit that my first thought on this was to wonder how well Bongino and Patel's personalities might mesh.
Posted by: Moonbeam at February 24, 2025 01:22 PM (rbKZ6)

I imagine Trump ran this by Patel...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 24, 2025 01:23 PM (VE6XX)

66 Diabetes Boy is upset he was never important enough to be invited to Pedo Island.

Like I told the Fair Lady Jessica, I'm fine just watching, and look man I'm always there at the end with some fresh towels and a sandwich or two for her bulls.

PICK ME DIDDY COME ON!

Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at February 24, 2025 01:24 PM (t0Rmr)

67 Dan Bongino needs to go after this crazy woman-

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
TikToker who admits she hasn't filed taxes in 8 years calls for Elon to be ass*ssinated
@fbi

https://tinyurl.com/562zyy43

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2025 01:24 PM (NpAcC)

68 It's no loss to talk radio.
Seriously, I wish him well and this is obviously right move, but he is NOT a broadcaster. He spends more time talking to Jim The Producer than he does to the audience.
Posted by: Just a listener

My wife refers to him as "Captain Obvious."

Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (77rzZ)

69 ,@46 Emmie, Bongino wouldn't pass Senate confirmation because both is outspokenness, but he doesn't need confirmation here. He will be a perfect hatchet man. He knows what goes on in the FBI

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (cMcMn)

70 from the previous thread -

Kamala's "flawless" campaign

"journalist" Elie Mystal

... just can't stop chuckling ...

Posted by: dissent555 at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (MB784)

71 "What did you do last week, Dan?!?!"

-Elon Musk

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (VoAdT)

72 Ham and eggs are back on the menu.

Posted by: 13times at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (7AQN1)

73 TikToker who admits she hasn't filed taxes in 8 years calls for Elon to be ass*ssinated

By the Snipes standard that should be 8 years in the slammer

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (t0Rmr)

74
Who is taking over Bongino's podcast?

Joy Reid

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (63Dwl)

75 My wife refers to him as "Captain Obvious."
Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (77rzZ)
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I'm standing right here, you know.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (6K6Eu)

76 Jonah Goldberg somehow manages to be the ball and the target in every game of dodgeball he starts.

Dude is a gimp's gimp.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (igU66)

77 My wife refers to him as "Captain Obvious."
Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM

Ha! Mrs928 says similar.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 01:26 PM (jc0TO)

78 My wife refers to him as "Captain Obvious."
Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (77rzZ)

Whoa! Whoa there!

Posted by: Dave Ramsey at February 24, 2025 01:26 PM (/6GbT)

79 Dude, you can do better than this. I hope.

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It's not like Jonah plagiarizes Ace or others.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS -- DOGE should be renamed Federal Agency for Financial Oversight (FAFO) at February 24, 2025 01:26 PM (9RZ84)

80 But there's no fraud in federal government spending.

Just the federal government spending billions of dollars for illegal immigrants to break laws.

Totally different.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (GBKbO)

Depends how you define fraud.

If you're defining fraud as "people taking money from the fedgov under false pretenses and spending that money on something else", then fraud doesn't seem like the worlds biggest problem.

If you're defining fraud as "our government lying to us about what they're spending money on, and sending money to NGO groups with the goals of destroying the country", then yeah fraud is a huge fucking problem.

Like most thing, it comes down to definitions.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 24, 2025 01:26 PM (uCjyK)

81
One of the most poignant broadcasts Dan did was several years back during the Days of Lockdowns when he related how lonely and despondent his youngest daughter had become because she was not free to go play with children her own age.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 24, 2025 01:26 PM (xG4kz)

82 Regarding the Secret Service...

There may be plans to overhaul it. As in dissolve it, dump all the deadwood (DEI hires) and reconstitute it elsewhere... maybe under the Office of the President.

It's a totally untrustworthy entity to this administration.

Probably not even worth the time and effort to attempt to rehabilitate it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2025 01:27 PM (Q4IgG)

83 With president Trump having lead the initial charge I'm hoping his cabinet team of Avengers unleashes a flurry of legal actions on the deep stater and grifter cabal.. I expect more actions incoming that Trump EO's.. Congress needs to get busy as well ... Midterms could inflict further damage to the commie globalist rip and run team ...

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 24, 2025 01:27 PM (w4nzS)

84 Wonder if we'll now hear anything about Hunter's WH cocaine stash. Bongino was all over that.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 24, 2025 01:27 PM (Dm8we)

85 I do have to admit that my first thought on this was to wonder how well Bongino and Patel's personalities might mesh.
Posted by: Moonbeam

I heard on Newsmax this morning that Bongino was Trump's pick but not Patel's. I hope that it all works out. I would have thought Bongino for SS Director.

Posted by: Cheri at February 24, 2025 01:27 PM (oiNtH)

86 Is Jonah still at NR? I honestly don’t know what any of these cucks do anymore or where they do it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 01:27 PM (yxfMP)

87 But, is he a genuine Hannity certified ham and egger ? The world wonders.

Ayn Rand was right.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at February 24, 2025 01:27 PM (3aNof)

88 Devon "Short Fat Otaku" Del Vecchio won't stop complaining that it's Illegal if DJT hires anyone who doesn't hate him and want to stop him.

He was once reasonable, but his TDS has gone off the rails.

Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2025 01:27 PM (UnA8+)

89 Ace, here's a meme:

https://tinyurl.com/yc3jtzfc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 01:27 PM (ohSsM)

90 Kinda surprised that he wasn't picked to head the Secret Service.

Posted by: Josephistan at February 24, 2025 01:27 PM (y9ksN)

91 54 When I think of Jonah Goldberg I paraphrase Jim Schoenfeld " have another donut you fat pig"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2025 01:22 PM (cMcMn)

Hilarious. Best part was that that official tried to say Schoenfeld pushed him.

Video says...that was a lie.

Just like Jonah.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 24, 2025 01:27 PM (KbCG3)

92 Bongino doesn't strike me as the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

But he seems committed to Trump's agenda, so maybe that is all that is needed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2025 01:27 PM (mWSu4)

93 55 I do have to admit that my first thought on this was to wonder how well Bongino and Patel's personalities might mesh.
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I saw a report somewhere that they're good friends. I don't know if it's true.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 24, 2025 01:28 PM (paSBy)

94 Federal Agency for Financial Oversight is almost Trumpian.

Bravo.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 01:28 PM (jc0TO)

95 Anyone interesting in the details of your taxpayer money being funneled to and through the AFL-CIO to the tune of 100,000,000 smackeroos?

https://tinyurl.com/5ap254xd

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 01:29 PM (ohSsM)

96 It's crazy in a good way how Bongino, Patel, Bondi, Pete Hegseth, Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos Duffy are all great friends. Evita Duffy even works for him. I wonder if she will get a job working under her dad or Dan.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2025 01:29 PM (NpAcC)

97 Secret service has always been a bit of a chimera mutant. Security details, forgery investigation, some other oddball thing that has nothing to do with those other two....

Why is it even a thing?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 01:29 PM (VoAdT)

98 80 If you're defining fraud as "people taking money from the fedgov under false pretenses and spending that money on something else", then fraud doesn't seem like the worlds biggest problem.

If you're defining fraud as "our government lying to us about what they're spending money on, and sending money to NGO groups with the goals of destroying the country", then yeah fraud is a huge fucking problem.

Like most thing, it comes down to definitions.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 24, 2025 01:26 PM (uCjyK)

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But processes were followed, Harry.

Processes. Were. Followed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:30 PM (GBKbO)

99 How does this affect us hard-working agents on the front lines?

Posted by: Dwayne T. Robinson at February 24, 2025 01:30 PM (rrjxR)

100 67- https://tinyurl.com/562zyy43
Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2025 01:24 PM

She looks like Hillary!!

Posted by: Moonbeam at February 24, 2025 01:30 PM (rbKZ6)

101 Federal Agency for Financial Oversight is almost Trumpian.

Bravo.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 01:28 PM (jc0TO)
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See the meme I linked to earlier:

https://tinyurl.com/yc3jtzfc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 01:31 PM (ohSsM)

102 Good guy, but I'm still not getting the rationale behind it. Talk is great, however leadership is more than just having a vision.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 01:31 PM (fqEzO)

103 Yeah, I probably ate more donuts than him.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 24, 2025 01:31 PM (QSrLX)

104 40 I can't wait to not see what Capehart and Reid say about this...
Posted by: Sifty Boones

David Brooks looks on, leans in, runs his fingers through his pant crease, then backs off.

Posted by: Auspex at February 24, 2025 01:31 PM (j4U/Z)

105 99 How does this affect us hard-working agents on the front lines?
Posted by: Dwayne T. Robinson at February 24, 2025 01:30 PM (rrjxR)

Shouldn’t you be busy packing for your move to Huntsville?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 01:31 PM (yxfMP)

106 Let's Go!!!

Posted by: Plainoldtoast at February 24, 2025 01:31 PM (8RRqB)

107 Judge Deborah L. Boardman Blocks Education Department, OPM From Sharing Data With DOGE

Posted by: SMOD at February 24, 2025 01:31 PM (RHGPo)

108 GOD bless and LFG!!

Posted by: Pamazon at February 24, 2025 01:32 PM (b5MGU)

109 This is as good a time as any to remind ourselves: Hillary Clinton will never be president.

Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 01:32 PM (WylBZ)

110 48 Who is taking over Bongino's podcast?
Posted by: Kindltot
____

I can talk over anybody.

Posted by: Sean Hannity at February 24, 2025 01:32 PM (Dv3i1)

111 What ever happened to Mayorkas?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Whatever happened to Beaver Cleaver?
Whatever happened to Ward and June?

Posted by: Zombie Eddie Haskell at February 24, 2025 01:32 PM (vcOmj)

112 Why is it even a thing?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 01:29 PM (VoAdT)

Real backstory? There is nothing in the constitution authorizing federal law enforcement.

So for a long time, the only gun-carrying civilian force of any size that the feds had were the treasury inspectors who were supposed to bust counterfeiters.

And it made sense to let those guys also do some protective detail work. And, like any good bureaucracy, it continued to grow and mission creep and all of that. After 911, got moved to the new DHS from Treasury, and... here we are.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 24, 2025 01:32 PM (uCjyK)

113 >>> It's no loss to talk radio.
Seriously, I wish him well and this is obviously right move, but he is NOT a broadcaster. He spends more time talking to Jim The Producer than he does to the audience.
Posted by: Just a listener at February 24, 2025 01:23 PM (DobEs)

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Thanks for saying what I wanted to say. I get that it's a tough slot to fill (he took over Rush's slot in my city). But you're right about the producer part. And I might add the relied too much on sarcasm to try to make a point. YMMV.

Posted by: Turn 2 at February 24, 2025 01:32 PM (JfxgE)

114 I like how Electric Means thinks.

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 24, 2025 01:32 PM (EYnHd)

115 Before Keith Olberdouche his loudmouthed broadcast style was unheard of in mainstream media. It was the trial balloon of normalizing loud and profane rhetoric guised as a sports commentator. Just like 'comedians' foisted immoral crap into the public square in the name of comedy and free speech. Lenny Bruce comes to ming. Then there was George Carlin with his seven words schtick...

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 24, 2025 01:32 PM (w4nzS)

116 How does this affect us hard-working agents on the front lines?
Posted by: Dwayne T. Robinson at February 24, 2025 01:30 PM (rrjxR)

You're just LAPD. Stay in your lane.

Posted by: Special Agent Johnson at February 24, 2025 01:33 PM (y9ksN)

117 Who is going to be the next Pope? There are some strong candidates.

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I don't know if Charlie Sheen is Catholic but he'd be a good Pope in the Frankie Hollywood tradition.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 24, 2025 01:33 PM (L/fGl)

118 I thought he was expected to be head of the Secret Service
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (kTd/k)

I was expecting that he had too nice of a spot to consider going back to to the Feds

Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2025 01:33 PM (D7oie)

119 Hasn't DOGE been at the DOE for a couple of weeks now? Wasnt that what Maxine Waters was screeching about?

Posted by: Megthered at February 24, 2025 01:33 PM (oYePG)

120 Interesting that Judge Deborah L. Boardman is in the Maryland district. The DC circuit had previously ruled the other way.

Posted by: SMOD at February 24, 2025 01:33 PM (RHGPo)

121 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
TikToker who admits she hasn't filed taxes in 8 years calls for Elon to be ass*ssinated
@fbi

https://tinyurl.com/562zyy43
Posted by: redridinghood+++
Last year that little video clip would have gotten her door kicked in at 3AM.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (Lo97M)

122
Bongino wouldn't pass Senate confirmation because both is outspokenness, but he doesn't need confirmation here. He will be a perfect hatchet man. He knows what goes on in the FBI
Posted by: Smell the Glove

** sniff **

-- Andy "The FBI Underlings Are All Good People, and True" McCarthy

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (xG4kz)

123 Whatever happened to Randolph Scott?

Posted by: The Statler Brothers at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (DobEs)

124 I could be Pope.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (G9iYQ)

125 119 Hasn't DOGE been at the DOE for a couple of weeks now? Wasnt that what Maxine Waters was screeching about?
Posted by: Megthered at February 24, 2025 01:33 PM (oYePG)

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They have.

Some judge is saying to cut off their access or something.

If DOGE hasn't downloaded everything already, I'd be shocked.

It's resistance theater.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (GBKbO)

126 How does this affect us hard-working agents on the front lines?
Posted by: Dwayne T. Robinson at February 24, 2025 01:30 PM (rrjxR)

You're just LAPD. Stay in your lane.
Posted by: Special Agent Johnson at February 24, 2025 01:33 PM (y9ksN)
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We'll try to let you know if you're needed.

Posted by: Special Agent Johnson, the other one at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (6K6Eu)

127 Secret service has always been a bit of a chimera mutant. Security details, forgery investigation, some other oddball thing that has nothing to do with those other two....

Why is it even a thing?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

IIRC, Lincoln signed the act creating the secret service either on the day of or the day before his assassination.

Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (77rzZ)

128 Whatever happened to Beaver Cleaver?
Whatever happened to Ward and June?
Posted by: Zombie Eddie Haskell

Lumpy Rutherford ate them.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (L/fGl)

129 Judge Deborah L. Boardman Blocks Education Department, OPM From Sharing Data With DOGE
Posted by: SMOD at February 24, 2025 01:31 PM (RHGPo)

Guess she forgot they vacuumed that department on day 2

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (n7h9X)

130 Dan Bongino, born 1974, 50 years old. In good shape, clearly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 24, 2025 01:35 PM (wyMQY)

131 What the hell is an oligarch supposed to do nowadays?!?
Posted by: George Soros at February 24, 2025 01:22 PM (t0Rmr)

There is always Tripoli. For now.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2025 01:35 PM (D7oie)

132 Everybody wise to the NSA's sex chats?

https://t.co/Ghm9ahHCE2

I assume it only gets much worse.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 01:35 PM (ohSsM)

133 124 I could be Pope.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (G9iYQ)

Half the Protestants posting about boobs on Ace threads would be an improvement over Frankie. I'd literally rather have JJ Sefton up there.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 24, 2025 01:35 PM (gKWVE)

134 How did President Trump shut the border? I was told that could only be done by Congress, which is why “President” Biden was powerless to act.
——-

America has been gaslit since (at least) 1986 with the good cop/bad cop politico jiggery-pokery & media hypnosis. “We can’t get there from here”, “nothing can be done” and “our hands are tied” and insane opinions by clowns wearing robes. Meanwhile, the usual suspects have been making Bank. Including corporate vultures.

Sad to say, the founders would have been stacking bodies long ago.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 24, 2025 01:35 PM (vlExx)

135 If we know the secret service exists, is it really secret when it falls in the forest and makes no sound?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 01:36 PM (fqEzO)

136 97 Secret service has always been a bit of a chimera mutant. Security details, forgery investigation, some other oddball thing that has nothing to do with those other two....

Why is it even a thing?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 01:29 PM (VoAdT)

I can't help but think of the South Park skit where they're goofing off the show 24 and they have the one scene where like 6 different agencies in succession come in and take over control over the operation.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 24, 2025 01:36 PM (B9Prs)

137 The “complicated” and “sophisticated” shit in law enforcement is Epstein list characters and how the real offenders get off Scot free.

The searches for defense lawyers and dump my real estate while searching air line bookings may provide hints, Bob.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 24, 2025 01:36 PM (QSrLX)

138 But processes were followed, Harry.

Processes. Were. Followed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:30 PM (GBKbO)

Exactly. I guarantee we will get some frustrating exchanges that go something like:

"Is it true that your agency paid over $300 million to help illegals cross in to the US?"
"Well, Senator, NGO's apply for grants, and goes through a rigorous approval process, then that money is to be used for that specific purpose. In this case, the money was for transportation, housing, and feeding undocumented people present in our country."
"So is it not fraud that taxpayer money was used to smuggle millions of people in to the country?"
"No, we audited the funds and the money was used how they said it would be used in their grant application. There was no fraud."

We will hear that kind of thing over and over and over again. And the media will report that the experts found no fraud.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 24, 2025 01:36 PM (uCjyK)

139 Half the Protestants posting about boobs on Ace threads would be an improvement over Frankie. I'd literally rather have JJ Sefton up there.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 24, 2025 01:35 PM (gKWVE)
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JJ, think about what a great kiddush you could give in the Sistine Chapel!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 01:36 PM (ohSsM)

140 What's Tater's Take (tm) on all of this?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2025 01:19 PM (a3Q+t)

He's boiling.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 01:36 PM (i24o9)

141 I thought this one would cover the Bugs/Listening Devices in the Oval Office, too.

Patel and Bongino working together at FBI has got to scare a ton of people.

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 01:37 PM (oa1NA)

142 I waited a whole lifetime for the Good Guys to be in charge, and I didn't even know it.

There were times when I believed the Good guys actually were at the helm, but they turned out to be paper tigers, or worse.

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2025 01:37 PM (dCxaZ)

143 "He spends more time talking to Jim The Producer than he does to the audience."

The few times I listened to him long ago, it seemed he'd try to drag out his stories. Of course I felt that way about Rush as well, but not to the same degree. Gotta get those commercials in there and leave people wanting to hear more ... I suppose.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2025 01:37 PM (Cus5s)

144 >>I'd literally rather have JJ Sefton up there.

Easter Knishes!

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 01:37 PM (oa1NA)

145 >> It's resistance theater.
———
I’ve been really wondering about that. Just how effective have all these corrupt judges and beclowned politicians been in impeding DOGE? A lot of this sound and fury looks performative.

Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 01:38 PM (WylBZ)

146 I saw Paucity of Trolls open for Silverchair at The Bunkhouse in '94.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 24, 2025 01:38 PM (lEahz)

147 70 from the previous thread -

Kamala's "flawless" campaign

"journalist" Elie Mystal

... just can't stop chuckling ...

Posted by: dissent555 at February 24, 2025 01:25 PM (MB784)

Leftists called Kammie's campaign flawless in order to claim her loss was totally because of raycism and misogyny.

Just as they called Joe brilliant, said he worked 22 hours a day, and talked on the phone with dozens of 'world leaders he knows personally' each day, in order to dismiss all criticisms of him as age-ism.

Everything the Left does and says is an op.

Posted by: Gref at February 24, 2025 01:38 PM (aBgBM)

148 Half the Protestants posting about boobs on Ace threads would be an improvement over Frankie. I'd literally rather have JJ Sefton up there.

Posted by: gKWVE

Can we still post about boobs if we've taken a vow of celibacy?

Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (77rzZ)

149 Judge Deborah L. Boardman Blocks Education Department, OPM From Sharing Data With DOGE

Posted by: SMOD at February 24, 2025 01:31 PM (RHGPo)
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Apparently, Boardman has a Fakestinian mommy. Look up her bio.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (ohSsM)

150 Already saying that Bongino is being sent there to be Patel's hatchet man, to be the one who actually carries out all the proverbial bloodletting while Patel can do the big picture things.
Being someone with no ties to the FBI, he can be ruthless.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (wyMQY)

151 More good news: Starbucks has announced 1000 corporate layoffs. Learn to code sweeties.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (yxfMP)

152 >>IIRC, Lincoln signed the act creating the secret service either on the day of or the day before his assassination.
Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (77rzZ)
___
Wrong! It was the day after.

--DUmmy

Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (bNf8H)

153 I stopped listening to Bongino before COVID. IMO it gets old listening to the same vanilla chucklehead Conservative talk that attempts to make it "entertainment" rather than productive. You'd never hear of Bongino's show hitting the Dems hard on this or that issue, exposing this or that, or really doing anything but promoting himself saying the "right" things. I'm guessing while he still has an audience, his growth flattened and he put his name up for a admin gig. Apologies to any Bongino fanbois here, to each their own.

Posted by: Thor Olsen at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (36OLy)

154 Here's a little appt. that's flying under the radar...

Leo Terrell was at Trump's Black History event. He is going to work in the DOJ in the civil rights division.

He called President Trump the greatest president of his lifetime, or maybe the greatest the nation has ever had, can't recall which.
Bill O'Reilly did name Trump as the best President, with George Washington coming in a close second.

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (dCxaZ)

155 There were times when I believed the Good guys actually were at the helm, but they turned out to be paper tigers, or worse.
____

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: George W. Bush at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (Dv3i1)

156 145 >> It's resistance theater.
———
I’ve been really wondering about that. Just how effective have all these corrupt judges and beclowned politicians been in impeding DOGE? A lot of this sound and fury looks performative.
Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 01:38 PM (WylBZ)

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It's 100% performative.

No injunctions have actually been filed, as far as I can tell.

Most of the TROs have just quietly expired.

No injunctions means precious little that can be appealed up the judicial chain. All while Trump's team are effectively ignoring the TROs because they're so badly written ("Elon Musk is enjoined from doing illegal actions.") and DOGE and team just keep on.

Democrats are in full on panic, but they don't actually have much in the way of legal recourse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

157 NSA monitors? Pffft. Go buy drinks for a cord board operator if you can find her.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (QSrLX)

158 Kash and Dan both know SpyGate inside and out. There's a reason why they're purging everyone loyal to the Clintons.

My guess is, the reckoning will start late August either just before or after Congress gets back from summer recess. Personally, I want hangings. I'll settle for very long prison sentences. But I think we're going to see what we all have wanted to see for a very long time. I have a glimmer of hope.

Posted by: Mister Fabulist at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (xhnQc)

159 Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?

Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (dsq1+)

160
*Half the Protestants posting about boobs on Ace threads would be an improvement over Frankie.*

Jews like boobs, too.

Posted by: Let's be honest at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (DobEs)

161 Politicians should have to loose a finger (Japanese style) each time they lie.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (J8LnB)

162 I wouldn't want to have to just eat celery.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (G9iYQ)

163 >> We will hear that kind of thing over and over and over again. And the media will report that the experts found no fraud.
———
We said we wanted to dispossess you. We used your tax dollars to dispossess you, and we delivered.

Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (WylBZ)

164 I’ve been really wondering about that. Just how effective have all these corrupt judges and beclowned politicians been in impeding DOGE? A lot of this sound and fury looks performative.
Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 01:38 PM (WylBZ)

Not much, plus Trump has enough to cut them without needing to see details. He can just ask them what they do and that will make it all come out

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (n7h9X)

165 It's much harder to buy off / control people who are already famous, already have a fan base or whatever, have a reputation they presumably care about, and already are wealthy.

There may be a stroke of genius here by Trump and his team. Yes, these people may not be loyal to Trump, but they're much more likely to be loyal to their own images / media personas then they will be to the deep state.

I guess we'll see how it plays out.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
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Both Hamilton and John Adams favored this as did George Washington among others. That is also why Ben Franklin proposed that government officers served without salary.

Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (ctrM5)

166 Lincoln couldn’t wage total war without “Greenbacks”, aka funny money. War always destroys sound economics. Always.

I suppose it makes sense, in a way, to have the security detail cover both assassination prevention, and ensure nobody else benefits from printing “money” out of thin air. Ft. Knox was constructed, you’ll recall, via executive order because Americans were “hoarding” coinage.

Melting them down into bars keeping them yerself, that is not “hoarding”. I guess. FDR said so.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (vlExx)

167 I’ve been really wondering about that. Just how effective have all these corrupt judges and beclowned politicians been in impeding DOGE? A lot of this sound and fury looks performative.
Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 01:38 PM (WylBZ)

Ultimately, there is obviously no real legal argument about whether or not the President, as head of the Executive branch, is allowed to audit the books of the executive branch.

Obviously he can.

So yeah, I tend to agree -- this is all theater. No one expects this to go anywhere. Some well-connected judges have and will continue to issue TRO's, but it won't materially affect the outcome of DOGE's audits.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 24, 2025 01:41 PM (uCjyK)

168 >> I'm guessing while he still has an audience, his growth flattened

Obviously, you failed to check the actual metrics before making this assertion.

I don't like the guy's show...but the numbers don't lie.

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 01:41 PM (oa1NA)

169 I do hope for good things from Bongino here. Godspeed!

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at February 24, 2025 01:41 PM (IaVIh)

170 *shifty eyes*

Posted by: George W. Bush at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (Dv3i1)

Oh, look who replied...it's good old Dubya! Come on over for dinner, honey. I'll serve up some meatballs for ya.

It's a special recipe.

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2025 01:41 PM (dCxaZ)

171 159 Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?
Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist
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Confirmation hearings would be lit. Imaging senators debating Ace's colorful terms.

Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (ctrM5)

172 159 Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?
Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (dsq1+)

Ambassador to Endor.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (LxER7)

173 No injunctions have actually been filed, as far as I can tell.

Most of the TROs have just quietly expired.

No injunctions means precious little that can be appealed up the judicial chain. All while Trump's team are effectively ignoring the TROs because they're so badly written ("Elon Musk is enjoined from doing illegal actions.") and DOGE and team just keep on.

Democrats are in full on panic, but they don't actually have much in the way of legal recourse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

There's a new one out concerning the Department of Education, but even it's kind of weak when you look closely - it blocks Doge from accessessing personal information like SS numbers for DoE employees for 2 weeks. Ok, big deal, let DOGE focus elsewhere for 2 weeks, that isn't going to change anything in the long run.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (wyMQY)

174 159 Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?
Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM (dsq1+)

The secretary of fartclams and puffyscampers?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (hYZus)

175 159 Deputy assistant Secretary of Transportation regarding all things Vespa and Messenger Bags.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (gm9Sb)

176 Heh

Trump: "Biden didn't communicate with Putin. He couldn't communicate with his own child"

Posted by: WisRich at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (Qgr0I)

177 Apologies to any Bongino fanbois here, to each their own.
Posted by: Thor Olsen at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (36OLy)

--

I've always viewed him as a red meat broadcaster, but that's about it. I can't think of one time I thought "huh, that's a really thought provoking argument that I hadn't considered before." He has his audience and that's great. He's good at what he does. It just never landed with me.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (fqEzO)

178 PDT is giving Macron the good old Trump Charm Offensive right now, on live TV from in the Oval Office.

Art of the Deal, baby!

Posted by: Gref at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (aBgBM)

179 But processes were followed, Harry.

Processes. Were. Followed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

In my head, I heard KJP's pronunciation.

"Processeeze". 😂

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (CljNn)

180 159 Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?
Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist
_____

HUD, Under-Secretary in charge of shelving.

Posted by: George W. Bush at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (Dv3i1)

181 "On October 2, he said that he had received a "bad phone call" from doctors, and announced that he would be undergoing surgery on October 7.[75]

Following his surgery, he tweeted that the "entire tumor" was removed from his neck, but that he likely had lymphoma. He said he would receive treatment in the future.[76] On October 16, he confirmed that he received an official diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma, adding that he would be continuing treatment in consultation with his doctors.[77] In an interview in July 2021, Bongino announced that he had "beaten" cancer.[78]"

wiki under bongino

Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (Cus5s)

182 I suppose it’s lost on the NYT that a “veteran officer who oversees operations” also oversaw the illegal, unconstitutional panty raid on Mar a Lago, intelligence operations against people for being Christians and the jailing of non violent protestors outside abortion clinics.

Posted by: Vengeance at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (ZSrej)

183 166 Lincoln couldn’t wage total war without “Greenbacks”, aka funny money. War always destroys sound economics. Always.

I suppose it makes sense, in a way, to have the security detail cover both assassination prevention, and ensure nobody else benefits from printing “money” out of thin air. Ft. Knox was constructed, you’ll recall, via executive order because Americans were “hoarding” coinage.

Melting them down into bars keeping them yerself, that is not “hoarding”. I guess. FDR said so.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Welfare state economics is more ruinous than wars. Wars always end, welfare payments continue even beyond the grave apparently.

Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (ctrM5)

184 >>Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?

Undersecretary of Urban Shelving and Development.

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (oa1NA)

185 The Bush-cheney clan turned out to be a hive of scum and villainy.

A POX ON BOTH THEIR HOUSES

forsooth

Posted by: kallisto at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (dCxaZ)

186 Bill O'Reilly did name Trump as the best President, with George Washington coming in a close second.
Posted by: kallisto

Um, no. Washington was the one the founders had in mind when they conceived the idea of the Presidency. And he was the first one, so he set the standard for all who came after him. No one can be a greater President than Washington.

Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (77rzZ)

187 Ace deserves to be the humble intercontinental executioner.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (J8LnB)

188 173 There's a new one out concerning the Department of Education, but even it's kind of weak when you look closely - it blocks Doge from accessessing personal information like SS numbers for DoE employees for 2 weeks. Ok, big deal, let DOGE focus elsewhere for 2 weeks, that isn't going to change anything in the long run.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (wyMQY)

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And DOGE has had Education Data for at least 3 weeks now.

It's completely pointless.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

189 >>>Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?
Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist

Ace of Spades, Smart MilBlogger, Keeper of Shelves and Dolls.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 01:43 PM (i24o9)

190 Now the FBI will be completely depoliticized. [

--Jewnah Goldberg

If this obese bagel muncher had been concerned with a "politicized FBI" when the FBI was rounding up J6 grannies with cancer, I might listen to his whining.

As is, he needs to exercise his dual citizenship and f*ck off out of our country.

Posted by: Just saying at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (MPR4k)

191 Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?
Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist
________

With epaulettes and a sash. And pencil thin mustache.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (Dm8we)

192 "Project Liberal" president caught lying about Elon abandoning Little X at an event. Lie has since spread to MSM:

https://tinyurl.com/5bmhs8ys

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (ohSsM)

193 Half the Protestants posting about boobs on Ace threads would be an improvement over Frankie. I'd literally rather have JJ Sefton up there.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 24, 2025 01:35 PM (gKWVE)

Generally the Pope is not supposed to post about boobs. You really need one of the Heresies if you want that.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (D7oie)

194 If you're defining fraud as "our government lying to us about what they're spending money on, and sending money to NGO groups with the goals of destroying the country", then yeah fraud is a huge fucking problem.

Like most thing, it comes down to definitions.

It is hilarious though - Bill Kristol or Stacy Abrams get big cash payouts in the kind of fraud that get private sector people long jail terms and the left is right now arguing that its all legal because they filled out all the right forms and got approval from the right bureaucrats.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (t0Rmr)

195 Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?
Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist
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Confirmation hearings would be lit. Imaging senators debating Ace's colorful terms.
Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (ctrM5)

Department of Shelving and Urban Development

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (B9Prs)

196 >>Apologies to any Bongino fanbois here, to each their own.
Posted by: Thor Olsen at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (36OLy)
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Admiring his accomplishments doesn't make anyone a "fanboi," or a vanilla conservative chucklehead, asshole.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (bNf8H)

197 Be of good cheer, not all of your Joy has disappeared.

I'm here for you!

Posted by: Joy Behar at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (a3Q+t)

198 Hjalmar Schadt was a central banker, He was tried at Nuremburg, but as I recall was let off the hook. Funny, that. Professional courtesy perhaps.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (vlExx)

199 190 Now the FBI will be completely depoliticized. [

--Jewnah Goldberg

If this obese bagel muncher had been concerned with a "politicized FBI" when the FBI was rounding up J6 grannies with cancer, I might listen to his whining.

As is, he needs to exercise his dual citizenship and f*ck off out of our country.
Posted by: Just saying at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (MPR4k)

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The idea that a subservient department of the executive branch of government should be "non-politicized" is deeply stupid and unAmerican.

If the body politic (the people) of America shouldn't have a say in the running of an executive branch department, it shouldn't fucking exist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:45 PM (GBKbO)

200 Democrats are in full on panic, but they don't actually have much in the way of legal recourse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

But the collapse is just 29 days away, so they got that.

Posted by: Auspex at February 24, 2025 01:45 PM (j4U/Z)

201 Current status of the federal workers over "The Two Bobs" email:

Full on panic.
Still.
The management of many agencies was to initially try to pull a fast one by telling all the employees to report the OPM email as spam; "woopsie, we never got it."*
Since it obviously came back as legitimate, they've been whiplashing the employees around, "answer, don't answer, send, recall the send, hold your response."

Of course, all the top employees have sent their response.
While the drones, following their agency heads, are getting hung out to dry.

Amazing.

*I'm amazed at how casually they embraced deception and lies; this is the standard in our government--lie first, second and third.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 24, 2025 01:45 PM (IIsq3)

202 Ace position in govt: Grand Invectivator.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at February 24, 2025 01:45 PM (IaVIh)

203 178 PDT is giving Macron the good old Trump Charm Offensive right now, on live TV from in the Oval Office.
____

/sock

Macron laughing it up with worse than Hitler, I wonder how this plays domestically.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2025 01:45 PM (Dv3i1)

204 I listed to Bongino's radio program if he happened to be on while I was driving around, but I didn't make a point of it. I believe he'll probably be a good assistant FBI director.

I'd like to see Chris Plante get more exposure as a talk show host. Good analysis and a great sense of humor.

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 01:45 PM (mADJX)

205 I wouldn't want to have to just eat celery.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2025 01:40 PM

Celery is best served stuffed with pimento cheese. This is known.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2025 01:45 PM (a3Q+t)

206 Apparently Judge Boardman wants to get an epic bitch slap from the supreme court. These judges ain't doing themselves any favors. There is going to be an omnibus decision and it ain't going to be pretty for the left

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2025 01:46 PM (cMcMn)

207 Keith Olbermann@KeithOlbermann
It is such a confused, brutal, racist purge at MSNBC it's like they're being run by Elon Musk

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OMG! Is there nothing Musk can't do?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 24, 2025 01:46 PM (L/fGl)

208 Confirmation hearings would be lit. Imaging senators debating Ace's colorful terms.
Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (ctrM5)

DO YOU SUPPOAT THE FAHTCLAM?!?

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at February 24, 2025 01:46 PM (VoAdT)

209 Yes he later ended up brokering oil for king saud and was the model for a character in our man in havana

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 24, 2025 01:46 PM (dJR17)

210
Generally the Pope is not supposed to post about boobs. You really need one of the Heresies if you want that.

I get your point but liking boobs is not heretical.

Not saying I want boob advice from the Pontiff but maybe at this point it would be a good signal the guy isn't part of the lavender mafia.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:46 PM (t0Rmr)

211 Ace of spades, poet laureate of the us.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 24, 2025 01:46 PM (hYZus)

212 208 Confirmation hearings would be lit. Imaging senators debating Ace's colorful terms.
Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (ctrM5)

DO YOU SUPPOAT THE FAHTCLAM?!?
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at February 24, 2025 01:46 PM (VoAdT)

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Stacey McCain has always said that ace is actually quite soft-spoken in real life.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:46 PM (GBKbO)

213 Im speaking of schacht

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 24, 2025 01:46 PM (dJR17)

214 >>I'd like to see Chris Plante get more exposure as a talk show host. Good analysis and a great sense of humor.

Plante is among the worst Radio Hosts I have ever listened to. Guy's show is fucking awful.

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 01:47 PM (oa1NA)

215 Hjalmar Schadt was a central banker, He was tried at Nuremburg, but as I recall was let off the hook. Funny, that. Professional courtesy perhaps.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (vlExx)
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As he said immediately after the verdict, "They never hang the bankers."

Posted by: Special Agent Johnson, the other one at February 24, 2025 01:47 PM (6K6Eu)

216 The presser with PDT and Macron just ended with the little shrills screaming questions. PDT should just close these by passing out McD's gift cards and telling them to go to lunch.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2025 01:47 PM (gm9Sb)

217 Posted by: Just saying at February 24, 2025 01:44 PM (MPR4k)
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And fuck you, too.

I'm just saying.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 01:47 PM (ohSsM)

218 The idea that a subservient department of the executive branch of government should be "non-politicized" is deeply stupid and unAmerican.

If the body politic (the people) of America shouldn't have a say in the running of an executive branch department, it shouldn't fucking exist

And add into that those "non-politicized" people spent the last 4 years trying to arrest any right of center pol/activist they could find while leftists burned down cities...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:47 PM (t0Rmr)

219 133 124 I could be Pope.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (G9iYQ)

Half the Protestants posting about boobs on Ace threads would be an improvement over Frankie. I'd literally rather have JJ Sefton up there.
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Can JJ sport a Pope hat? I have my doubts.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (pLaQB)

220 Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?
Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist
===========
Confirmation hearings would be lit. Imaging senators debating Ace's colorful terms.
Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (ctrM5)

He can work at ATF in the Val-u-Rite bureau.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (n7h9X)

221 Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?
Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist
________

With epaulettes and a sash. And pencil thin mustache.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 24, 2025

***
Ace could go for the Major Strasser look, except no Not-See insignia.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (J2vNu)

222 186.
This passes the John Wayne Test.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (I4Gv8)

223 The Reichsmark traded on the currency exchange until late 1944, Switzerland gets flack as “Hitler’s banker” but the truth is every country including the USA needed a neutral place to do business where they didn’t have to worry about confiscation or nationalization.

Seizing Russian assets more recently without “due process” only accelerates a shift away from dollar assets. Profoundly stupid, but they did it.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (Iu0zc)

224 Gee, all Democrats and some Republicans said that they had to do a "comprehensive" bi-partisan bill to be able to secure the border. Could they have been lying to us all of these years?
Posted by: Cheri

What if I told you they're still lying?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (hB7mE)

225 Generally the Pope is not supposed to post about boobs. You really need one of the Heresies if you want that.

I get your point but liking boobs is not heretical.

Not saying I want boob advice from the Pontiff but maybe at this point it would be a good signal the guy isn't part of the lavender mafia.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:46 PM (t0Rmr)

There was the one thing a while ago where the person running the Pope's twitter/X account liked/followed/whatever a bunch of thirst traps forgetting they weren't on their personal, if that counts.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (B9Prs)

226 218 And add into that those "non-politicized" people spent the last 4 years trying to arrest any right of center pol/activist they could find while leftists burned down cities...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:47 PM (t0Rmr)

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And yeah, that's the other thing.

The idea that "non-politicized" means "without politics". Only a retard would believe it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (GBKbO)

227 Goldberg really is an insufferable twatbag of nonkosher hot dogs

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now Unemployable Due to Lack of Wagshambas at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (HYKHz)

228 Talk radio in general in unlistenable. Commercials every 2 minutes.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (yxfMP)

229 Crep.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (6K6Eu)

230 >> And DOGE has had Education Data for at least 3 weeks now.
It's completely pointless.
———
I think since the inauguration and the advent of DOGE we’ve been seeing the entire purpose of many people’s jobs in and around DC is pointlessness. With the side benefit of a six to seven figure salary paid for by the public.

Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (WylBZ)

231 124 I could be Pope.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM (G9iYQ)

Half the Protestants posting about boobs on Ace threads would be an improvement over Frankie. I'd literally rather have JJ Sefton up there.
----------------
Can JJ sport a Pope hat? I have my doubts.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (pLaQB)

Yeah with Frankie as Pope we are no longer sure bears shit in the woods.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (n7h9X)

232 But the collapse is just 29 days away, so they got that.
Posted by: Auspex at February 24, 2025 01:45 PM

When he's saying what we want to hear, St. Carville is never wrong!

Posted by: Denizens of Democratic Underground at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (a3Q+t)

233 And add into that those "non-politicized" people spent the last 4 years trying to arrest any right of center pol/activist they could find while leftists burned down cities...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:47 PM (t0Rmr)

While also paying for the people to burn down the cities.

Don't forget that part.

And I hesitate to even call the rioters "leftists."

They were paid political agitators. Supported by our very own tax dollars.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (uCjyK)

234 So, when Is Jonah Goldberg going to come out with his new book, Conservative Communism? Those bagels and donuts aren't going to pay for themselves. Or does he have a fat trust fund or a billionaire sugar daddy?

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (mADJX)

235 Plante is among the worst Radio Hosts I have ever listened to. Guy's show is fucking awful.
Posted by: garrett

Agree. He laughs at his own jokes and constantly repeats himself.

The only reason he got that gig at all is because he was Bill Plante's stepson.

Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (77rzZ)

236 36 I thought he was expected to be head of the Secret Service
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 24, 2025 01:21 PM (kTd/k)

Old Bongino in the Secret Service..

https://tinyurl.com/mraxyb66

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (w4nzS)

237 Ace - transportation undersecretary - 2 wheel division

Posted by: A dude in MI at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (/6GbT)

238 Where the heck are the thousands of firings?

Posted by: Mr Gaga at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (KiBMU)

239 232 When he's saying what we want to hear, St. Carville is never wrong!
Posted by: Denizens of Democratic Underground at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (a3Q+t)

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Except all the times he was wrong, like when he said that Democrats were dumb for listening to 25 year old chicks with no real-world experience about how to appeal to white, straight men.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

240 Celery is best served stuffed with pimento cheese. This is known.
--------------
Peanut Butter. Shoosh.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 24, 2025 01:50 PM (pLaQB)

241
Fuckface has-been jim carville predicts "total collapse" [in PDT's approval ratings] in next 30 days.

You know, right after he signs a HUGE Tax Cut bill into Law.

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 24, 2025 01:50 PM (kvigd)

242 @ 67; now that is some low-hanging fruit right there ... wow.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 24, 2025 01:50 PM (RP0h0)

243 https://tinyurl.com/562zyy43
Posted by: redridinghood+++
Last year that little video clip would have gotten her door kicked in at 3AM.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 24, 2025 01:34 PM
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Sara C Roberts needs a visit the Secret Service and IRS.

Posted by: Darth Randall at February 24, 2025 01:50 PM (ILWbY)

244 Carville is even unreliable for a snake alien. And that is saying a lot.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 24, 2025 01:50 PM (I4Gv8)

245 The idea that a subservient department of the executive branch of government should be "non-politicized" is deeply stupid and unAmerican.

If the body politic (the people) of America shouldn't have a say in the running of an executive branch department, it shouldn't fucking exist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 01:45 PM (GBKbO)
_____

Even worse, the executive branch is neutral in name, thanks to years of mis- and dis- information from our education system, media and Democrat party (BIRM), but leftist in practice. A great arrangement if you are a leftist.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2025 01:50 PM (Dv3i1)

246 The Pope does have a red skullcap so . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at February 24, 2025 01:51 PM (gKWVE)

247 228 Talk radio in general in unlistenable. Commercials every 2 minutes.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (yxfMP)

Yeah, it's a terrible format for any kind of serious discussions.

As is television.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 24, 2025 01:51 PM (uCjyK)

248 The presser with PDT and Macron just ended with the little shrills screaming questions. PDT should just close these by passing out McD's gift cards and telling them to go to lunch.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2025 01:47 PM (gm9Sb)

Not sure if the shrillness is from Macron or the press...

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2025 01:51 PM (n7h9X)

249 Can JJ sport a Pope hat? I have my doubts.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (pLaQB)

Yeah with Frankie as Pope we are no longer sure bears shit in the woods.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2025 01:49 PM (n7h9X)
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Okay, we're saying J.J. can be pope if he wears a hat in the woods?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 01:51 PM (tT6L1)

250 *Not saying I want boob advice from the Pontiff but maybe at this point it would be a good signal the guy isn't part of the lavender mafia.*

Does he know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at February 24, 2025 01:51 PM (DobEs)

251 Annoying pop ups from Mcafee telling me there might be problems with Window and I'm on Chrome OS. Finally found the right, deviously disguised, place to tell them to get lost. Click. Adios, Mofos.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2025 01:51 PM (gm9Sb)

252 The management of many agencies was to initially try to pull a fast one by telling all the employees to report the OPM email as spam; "woopsie, we never got it."*
Since it obviously came back as legitimate, they've been whiplashing the employees around, "answer, don't answer, send, recall the send, hold your response."

I think that's when the underlings forward all of those emails to DOGE and say "Is this the kind of person you want running this bureau?"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 24, 2025 01:51 PM (hB7mE)

253 It is a pay cut for sure. He won't be getting money under the table from USAID.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 24, 2025 01:52 PM (lTGtQ)

254 @ 112, there it is. not one word in the Constitution.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 24, 2025 01:52 PM (RP0h0)

255 I have shat in the woods.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2025 01:52 PM (G9iYQ)

256 Fuckface has-been jim carville predicts "total collapse" [in PDT's approval ratings] in next 30 days.

You know, right after he signs a HUGE Tax Cut bill into Law.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 24, 2025 01:50 PM (kvigd)

and cuts a DOGE check for 5K to all taxpayers.

Carville used to know politics a little.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2025 01:53 PM (n7h9X)

257 228 Talk radio in general in unlistenable. Commercials every 2 minutes.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 01:48 PM (yxfMP)

2 minutes of show half of that being self-promotion, then 5 minutes of commercials, then 2 minutes of show half of that being....rinse, repeat, for hours.

Posted by: Gref at February 24, 2025 01:53 PM (aBgBM)

258 Modern religion.

https://is.gd/n7SSBf

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 24, 2025 01:53 PM (L/fGl)

259 I like the format of this Trump/Macron thing. Having key cabinet secretaries present to respond to questions is cool.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 24, 2025 01:53 PM (paSBy)

260 240 Celery is best served stuffed with pimento cheese. This is known.
--------------
Peanut Butter. Shoosh.
Posted by: Pudinhead at February 24, 2025 01:50 PM (pLaQB)

Don't forget the raisins ...

Posted by: Big Raisin at February 24, 2025 01:53 PM (TTAGa)

261 Goldberg isn't a gibbering nitwit because because he's Jewish, he's a nitwit because he's a bloated arrogant ignoramus. Leave religion out it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2025 01:53 PM (cMcMn)

262 Dan Bongino and Pete Hegseth...both are "personalities" which is what the left focused on. The fact they both have a ton of experience which goes with the positions they were picked for was overlooked.

Proof, once again, history starts tomorrow with leftists.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 01:53 PM (tT6L1)

263 "Stacey McCain has always said that ace is actually quite soft-spoken in real life."

but e carries a Big Stick?

Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2025 01:54 PM (Cus5s)

264 No serious political discussion should occur at greater than arms length.
The fist veto must always be an option. It helps maintain decorum.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 24, 2025 01:54 PM (I4Gv8)

265 Modern religion.

https://is.gd/n7SSBf

True of clickbait, Chesterton was right

The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:54 PM (t0Rmr)

266 Jonah doesn't even own pants. No standing.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 24, 2025 01:55 PM (xzkgE)

267 I have shat in the woods.

--

"I can beat that."

-William Shatner

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 01:55 PM (4dsHO)

268 Stacey McCain has always said that ace is actually quite soft-spoken in real life."

but e carries a Big Stick?

Let's just say none of the lady ewoks complain afterwards.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:55 PM (t0Rmr)

269 93 55 I do have to admit that my first thought on this was to wonder how well Bongino and Patel's personalities might mesh.
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I saw a report somewhere that they're good friends. I don't know if it's true.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 24, 2025 01:28 PM (paSBy)

I've heard they're besties. They even have slumber parties together.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at February 24, 2025 01:55 PM (g8Ew8)

270 The msm’s reaction to the $5k checks was hilarious. They said it’s bad because it will cause inflation. Ohhhhh? Now they’re worried about inflation? But when Biden spent $1t on EVs and other green new deal bullshit, that wasn’t inflationary I guess.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 01:55 PM (yxfMP)

271 Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?
Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist
________

With epaulettes and a sash. And pencil thin mustache.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 24, 2025

How about in one of Gaddafi's old uniforms, in powder blue, decorated with Taxi medallions? Slick!

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 01:56 PM (mADJX)

272 Stacey McCain has always said that ace is actually quite soft-spoken in real life."

but e carries a Big Stick?

Let's just say none of the lady ewoks complain afterwards.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:55 PM (t0Rmr)

Except the ones that are male.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 01:56 PM (i24o9)

273 Jonah doesn't even own pants. No standing.

Can we get George Will and Jonah Goldberg to have a verbal slap fight over decorum and the proper way to dress?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:56 PM (t0Rmr)

274 261 Goldberg isn't a gibbering nitwit because because he's Jewish, he's a nitwit because he's a bloated arrogant ignoramus. Leave religion out it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2025 01:53 PM (cMcMn)

Dude can't even control the weather.
Fails at his own heritage.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 24, 2025 01:56 PM (xzkgE)

275 Late to the party today, but I found it delicious that the Reid peeple found out they were canned via press leaks.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 24, 2025 01:56 PM (ufFY8)

276 I didn't know Eddie Haskell was a motorcycle cop in LA. He also got shot three times while on duty. Retired out after 18 years on the job. I always like Eddie.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 24, 2025 01:57 PM (pLaQB)

277 All this time the McGuffin, was me.

Posted by: Jonah "the Wale" Goldberg at February 24, 2025 01:57 PM (53oGX)

278 Fuckface has-been jim carville predicts "total collapse" [in PDT's approval ratings] in next 30 days.

You know, right after he signs a HUGE Tax Cut bill into Law.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 24, 2025 01:50 PM (kvigd)

and cuts a DOGE check for 5K to all taxpayers.

Carville used to know politics a little.

He knew politics before the election, even.

The media's now trying to explain to people that getting a check for $5000 is nothing, and boy is that gonna be an uphill battle for them.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 01:57 PM (2ocoG)

279 Modern religion.

https://is.gd/n7SSBf
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 24, 2025 01:53 PM (L/fGl)

There's an old story about a very vocal atheist who died and went instantly to heaven since he thought about God all the time.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2025 01:57 PM (n7h9X)

280 The msm’s reaction to the $5k checks was hilarious. They said it’s bad because it will cause inflation. Ohhhhh? Now they’re worried about inflation? But when Biden spent $1t on EVs and other green new deal bullshit, that wasn’t inflationary I guess.

Whether deficit spending goes to gay comic books or checks to taxpayers it will have the same inflationary pressure. Switching from the former to the latter will not suddenly making the spending inflationary.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:57 PM (t0Rmr)

281 If Bongino walks away from his podcast he wont be able to restart is later. It takes years to build an audience, so he's taking a huge risk financially.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at February 24, 2025 01:57 PM (Hpgos)

282 Grand Invectivator.
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at February 24, 2025 01:45 PM (IaVIh)

I heard that in the voice of Heinz Doofenshmirtz.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at February 24, 2025 01:58 PM (4XwPj)

283 He can work at ATF in the Val-u-Rite bureau.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Hobo hunting might suggest a role in the Dept of Interior over wildlife.

His pungent comments regarding sexuality might suggest becoming the new Surgeon General. Imagine Fartclam becoming a new national term.

Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:58 PM (ctrM5)

284 I'd convert for a Jewish pope.

I'd just need some time to get used to giving up bacon.

Posted by: XTC at February 24, 2025 01:58 PM (UnA8+)

285 The media's now trying to explain to people that getting a check for $5000 is nothing, and boy is that gonna be an uphill battle for them.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 01:57 PM (2ocoG)

And the new "What is a woman" is gonna be "Why are you against finding waste, fraud and abuse in Government"

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (n7h9X)

286 If Bongino walks away from his podcast he wont be able to restart is later. It takes years to build an audience, so he's taking a huge risk financially.

For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (t0Rmr)

287 @173

>> Ok, big deal, let DOGE focus elsewhere for 2 weeks, that isn't going to change anything in the long run.

They pretty much have all of the data they need upon first contact.

If it’s in database tables, they simply replicate the databases, if it’s files, they copy the files, etc.

What ever the data is, it’s snarfed up pretty quickly.

You’re talking about a crew that can decipher ancient texts and create rocket propelled sky cranes and deorbit satellites, the fed govs data is not much of a task for these psychopathic wizards.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (y+6yP)

288 Whether deficit spending goes to gay comic books or checks to taxpayers it will have the same inflationary pressure. Switching from the former to the latter will not suddenly making the spending inflationary.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:57 PM (t0Rmr)

I was commenting on how according to the mam govt spending is only inflationary when the gop does it.

And would it be? If dogs saves $1 and sends 20 cents to tax payers, it’s not really.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (yxfMP)

289 RIP: Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer of ‘Killing Me Softly with His Song,’ dies at 88.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (Dv3i1)

290 Green smoke means the next pope is a bear.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (lEahz)

291 The dog was the real pundit

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (dJR17)

292 What a great pick.

Bongino knows the entire Spygate/Russia Hoax from A to Z, having investigated it for years and written several books about it. He knows exactly who to pursue and all the evidence needed to bail them.

Comey/McCabe to Patel/Bongino has to be the greatest upgrade in history.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (BRvvM)

293 263 Stacey McCain and Ace being soft spoken. She has never heard him, when asked, "kid, what are you rebelling against" and Ace answers "whaddya got". Rides off on the Vespa with a pine wood derby trophy lashed to the handlebars. And a messenger bag.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (gm9Sb)

294 Whoa whoa whoa cool it with the antisemitism...
Now back to shit talking catholicism...
miga protestants are a strange bunch

Posted by: Cmonman at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (q7Il9)

295 nsa sex chats, oh jeezley crow we paid for every bit of that, no wonder they are all unshakably loyal to the deep state.

amirite?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM (RP0h0)

296 I didn't know Eddie Haskell was a motorcycle cop in LA. He also got shot three times while on duty. Retired out after 18 years on the job. I always like Eddie.
Posted by: Pudinhead
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Why did he call Wally "Sam"?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM (Dm8we)

297 Al Trautwig passed away . Good sports announcer, usually around NYC

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM (cMcMn)

298 284 I'd convert for a Jewish pope.
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Do they have miniature bagel wafers?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM (pLaQB)

299 287 You’re talking about a crew that can decipher ancient texts and create rocket propelled sky cranes and deorbit satellites, the fed govs data is not much of a task for these psychopathic wizards.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (y+6yP)

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Yeah, this order is probably the most pathetic of the resistance theater the judiciary has offered up over the past month.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM (GBKbO)

300 And would it be? If dogs saves $1 and sends 20 cents to tax payers, it’s not really.

Every dollar of deficit spending raises inflation.

But obviously if you are reducing spending at the same time overall it will reduce the inflation rate.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM (t0Rmr)

301
Ace & mods

The posts above by poster "Just Saying" are antisemitic.

These posts should be removed, and this geek should be banned.

Simple and obvious.

Posted by: mnw at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM (NLIak)

302 293 263 Stacey McCain and Ace being soft spoken. She has never heard him, when asked, "kid, what are you rebelling against" and Ace answers "whaddya got". Rides off on the Vespa with a pine wood derby trophy lashed to the handlebars. And a messenger bag.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (gm9Sb)

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Stacey's a dude.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM (GBKbO)

303 244 Carville is even unreliable for a snake alien. And that is saying a lot.
Posted by: Sifty Boones
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He, Rove, and Luntz should all be voted off the US Survivor island. None of them have useful skills for rebuilding America and making it great again.

Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM (ctrM5)

304 Completely disagree with the Chris Plante hate.

But what's the point in arguing? Conservative talk radio pretty much died with Rush Limbaugh, anyway (God rest his soul).

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM (mADJX)

305 Im speaking of schacht

Posted by: Miguel cervantes

Can you dig it?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 24, 2025 02:01 PM (lTGtQ)

306 RIP: Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer of ‘Killing Me Softly with His Song,’ dies at 88.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (Dv3i1)

Ironically, it was his song that ultimately got her.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 02:01 PM (i24o9)

307 And a messenger bag.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM

According to the Style Guide, that should be J. Crew Messenger Bag.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2025 02:01 PM (a3Q+t)

308 Stacey's a dude.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Meanie! Stacey can be whatever gender s/he defines themselves as.

Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 02:01 PM (ctrM5)

309 296 I didn't know Eddie Haskell was a motorcycle cop in LA. He also got shot three times while on duty. Retired out after 18 years on the job. I always like Eddie.
Posted by: Pudinhead
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Why did he call Wally "Sam"?
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No idea.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 24, 2025 02:02 PM (pLaQB)

310 Now back to shit talking catholicism...

Observing that the current Pope is about as Catholic as Mohammed isn't shit talking Catholicism.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 02:02 PM (2ocoG)

311 Limbaugh was always very plain and upfront about his show being about entertainment first. That's why he succeeded.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 02:02 PM (4dsHO)

312 The first Pope was Jewish and he already told us we could eat bacon.

Posted by: Just Lily at February 24, 2025 02:02 PM (QkgHF)

313 Is Jonah Goldberg still around?

Isn't there a special farm for people like him and Joy Reid and Mitt Romney. They can loll around and eat treats. Chase squirrels.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 24, 2025 02:02 PM (1bNHn)

314 if I really get a $5k check I plan to immediately buy an Elecraft KH1

Immediately!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 24, 2025 02:02 PM (RP0h0)

315 Stacey's a dude.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Meanie! Stacey can be whatever gender s/he defines themselves as.
Posted by: whig

Stacey is old enough then to schedule a prostate exam.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2025 02:02 PM (8eY+W)

316 You’re talking about a crew that can decipher ancient texts and create rocket propelled sky cranes and deorbit satellites, the fed govs data is not much of a task for these psychopathic wizards.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2025 01:59 PM (y+6yP)

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Yeah, this order is probably the most pathetic of the resistance theater the judiciary has offered up over the past month.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM
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The SSA database was exported to a text file then opened with Excel. Which I find highly amusing.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 02:02 PM (tT6L1)

317 Stacey's a dude.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM

You're a biologist AND movie critic?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2025 02:03 PM (a3Q+t)

318 Why do I get the impression that Patel just hired himself an "Enforcer?"

Posted by: Orson at February 24, 2025 02:03 PM (dIske)

319 Just to be certain, I'd want to see an encyclical on smoked pork products.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 02:03 PM (4dsHO)

320 Carville takes the historical trend where Presidents approval ratings always go down post honey moon period, but then tries to claim this is something unique to Trump

K

I bet it actually goes up

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now Unemployable Due to Lack of Wagshambas at February 24, 2025 02:03 PM (HYKHz)

321 if I really get a $5k check I plan to immediately buy an Elecraft KH1

Immediately!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

I'm paying a bill and banking the rest.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2025 02:03 PM (8eY+W)

322 Conservative talk radio pretty much died with Rush Limbaugh, anyway (God rest his soul).

Yeah, podcasts and Substack are the current hotness.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 02:03 PM (2ocoG)

323 If Trump really wants to have fun he could go interview a bunch of normies with some simple spending priority questions...

1) Would you rather pay for Peruvian gay comic books or get $5K?

2) Would you rather give Stacey Abrams $2B to increase her strategic donut reserve or get $5k?

3) Would you rather give Bill Kristol a few million to hire some cabin boys or get $5K?

And then the FNM can tell us these people are all racists when they choose the $5k

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 02:03 PM (t0Rmr)

324 The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:54 PM (t0Rmr)

———

Meh. 20,000 denominations, so believing in God really doesn’t prevent you from believing in anything.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 24, 2025 02:04 PM (Vh9CX)

325 Uh oh, brand new soap premiering in CBS.

So far, all black people at a country club.

Tamara Tunie is in it (we know one of her cousins).

Mrs. anchorbabe already complained that there should be white servants.

LOL.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 24, 2025 02:04 PM (ufFY8)

326 I'd convert for a Jewish pope.
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Do they have miniature bagel wafers?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 24, 2025 02:00 PM (pLaQB)
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With matjes herring.

We call this rite the YouCanFress.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 02:04 PM (ohSsM)

327 How about in one of Gaddafi's old uniforms, in powder blue, decorated with Taxi medallions? Slick!

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 01:56 PM (mADJX)

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Surrounded by an all-female security protection team like Gaddafi's.

Posted by: ShainS -- DOGE should be renamed Federal Agency for Financial Oversight (FAFO) at February 24, 2025 02:04 PM (qsa9v)

328 The SSA database was exported to a text file then opened with Excel. Which I find highly amusing.

That just shows how far out of touch the SSA was if their entire database fits on a commodity PC.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 02:05 PM (2ocoG)

329 I'd convert for a Jewish pope.
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Do they have miniature bagel wafers?

Posted by: Pudinhead

With lox & cream cheese?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2025 02:05 PM (8eY+W)

330 Patel is who chose Bongino, with Trump's approval, I'm sure.

Bongino was not too bad a fill in for Rush when Rush was still with us, but his own show became unlistenable for me. As someone upthread said, too much talking to the producer and teasing what big story he would break in the next hour, then he might get to it the hour after that.

But Rush had him fill in because he was at that time, a former SS agent who was originally on treasury, counterfeit detail for his first few years after his decade as a NYC cop, and then was assigned to presidential details. His information on Hunter's 127 bank alerts to the IRS was quite enlightening. He has experience working with these other agencies in his professional career and knows how all this is supposed to work. He will be extremely useful to Patel and will also be the organizer for the FBI to restart that agency after clearing out the criminals in it.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 24, 2025 02:06 PM (2YklL)

331 DOGE’s Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine Turns Out to be a Descendant of Soviet KGB Spy Who Betrayed the USSR for America: Report
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He's just a college drop-out!!!
-- current leftie REEEEEE!!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 24, 2025 02:06 PM (IIsq3)

332 The SSA database was exported to a text file then opened with Excel. Which I find highly amusing.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 02:02 PM (tT6L1)

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Then a pivot table using entry tags. Ironically they have a tag labeled “obvious fraud”.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 24, 2025 02:06 PM (Vh9CX)

333 I remember when excel could only open a file with 64k records.

I suspect the upper limit now is determined by your RAM...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 02:07 PM (t0Rmr)

334 People realize an open or shut border was ALWAYS a choice.

Posted by: El Mariachi at February 24, 2025 02:07 PM (nLFEI)

335 >> The SSA database was exported to a text file then opened with Excel. Which I find highly amusing.
———
I’m amazed the federal government isn’t still using IBM punchcards.

Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 02:07 PM (uoSeY)

336 apparently from Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop

"The contradictory updates being given about Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s medical condition casts a disturbing light on the way Vatican communications are being managed. There are those who believe that “the Pope is already deceased” and that this fact is being kept hidden from the public. It is clear that the Vatican and the Bergoglian deep church are in a panic and will do everything to gather the consensus of the Cardinals together around the name of someone who will continue the Bergoglian revolution. There are those who have every interest in burying their own crimes – along with those of Bergoglio ..."

exsurgedomine.it/250223-declaratio-eng/

Sounds like the Catholic Deep State.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 24, 2025 02:07 PM (Cus5s)

337 How about in one of Gaddafi's old uniforms, in powder blue, decorated with Taxi medallions? Slick!

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 01:56 PM (mADJX)

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Surrounded by an all-female security protection team like Gaddafi's.
Posted by: ShainS -- DOGE
__________

All Mannix girls.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 24, 2025 02:07 PM (Dm8we)

338 The SSA database was exported to a text file then opened with Excel. Which I find highly amusing.
Posted by: blake
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Almost all databases have the ability to export *.csv datafiles. *.csv files can then be opened in excel depending on the number of lines in the dataset. Excel used to have a hard coded limit which is why I used Quattropro back in the day for transferring and editing large datafiles into something stat programs could easily read.

Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 02:08 PM (ctrM5)

339 330, I like the idea, yes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 24, 2025 02:08 PM (RP0h0)

340 Sonavabitch. Credit cards paid off, bank likes me, stashing a few $K a month away and now they might give me $5K! Rotten bastards.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2025 02:08 PM (gm9Sb)

341 153 I stopped listening to Bongino before COVID. IMO it gets old listening to the same vanilla chucklehead Conservative talk that attempts to make it "entertainment" rather than productive. You'd never hear of Bongino's show hitting the Dems hard on this or that issue, exposing this or that, or really doing anything but promoting himself saying the "right" things
Posted by: Thor Olsen at February 24, 2025 01:39 PM (36OLy)
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To each their own, but to me you just described the Clay and Buck show.

Bongino is way more substantive on conservative principles and taking the fight to the left.

Posted by: ballistic at February 24, 2025 02:08 PM (R6GhA)

342 I remember John Paul II and Benedict tried to make stronger connections with non-heretical protestant/orthodox believers.

I wonder how much that's deteriorated under the Red Pope who was making friends with pagans, heretics, and their ilk

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 02:08 PM (t0Rmr)

343 The left have plastered LinkedIn with their fucktarded waving around of microdicks thinking THEY GOT MUSK by claiming he doesnt understand COBOL programming and that explains the social security numbers

lots of picodick waving I guess to show woke companies how awesome they are to get a job

good luck fuckholes

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now Unemployable Due to Lack of Wagshambas at February 24, 2025 02:08 PM (HYKHz)

344 228. Interview with Sean Duffy a few days ago revealed that the FAA is still using floppy discs. They had to keep around much older programmers, etc. to keep the system going because the current generation had no idea how to work with the discs.

He said he was stunned when he learned that.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 24, 2025 02:09 PM (2YklL)

345 340 Sonavabitch. Credit cards paid off, bank likes me, stashing a few $K a month away and now they might give me $5K! Rotten bastards.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2025 02:08 PM (gm9Sb)

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I hope it happens, mostly because I'm really curious how it's going to fit into Dolley's anti-Trump headspace when we get $10,000 from the Musk/Trump alliance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

346 I hope it happens, mostly because I'm really curious how it's going to fit into Dolley's anti-Trump headspace when we get $10,000 from the Musk/Trump alliance.

Tell her she can still give her share to Bill Kristol if she thinks Trump and Musk are in the wrong.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 02:10 PM (t0Rmr)

347 TikToker who admits she hasn't filed taxes in 8 years calls for Elon to be ass*ssinated

40% of households pay zero taxes
She's likely a sponge living in her parents basement with no income.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at February 24, 2025 02:10 PM (8nX01)

348 How about in one of Gaddafi's old uniforms, in powder blue, decorated with Taxi medallions? Slick!

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 01:56 PM (mADJX)

Surrounded by an all-female security protection team like Gaddafi's.
Posted by: ShainS -- DOGE

All Mannix girls. - Biff Pocoroba

That's our boy! Can't wait for the Margaret Brennan interview!

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 02:10 PM (mADJX)

349 I hope it happens, mostly because I'm really curious how it's going to fit into Dolley's anti-Trump headspace when we get $10,000 from the Musk/Trump alliance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

won't change her mind, sorry dude

Posted by: runner at February 24, 2025 02:10 PM (g47mK)

350 I hope it happens, mostly because I'm really curious how it's going to fit into Dolley's anti-Trump headspace when we get $10,000 from the Musk/Trump alliance.
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Did Dolley vote for the retard?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 24, 2025 02:11 PM (pLaQB)

351 I hope it happens, mostly because I'm really curious how it's going to fit into Dolley's anti-Trump headspace when we get $10,000 from the Musk/Trump alliance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

Baby steps.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 02:11 PM (i24o9)

352 Who would be administering a $5k rebate?

Clean out the IRS first, then send the checks. Cynical me says the IRS would go for some
Malicious Compliance in the current state.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 02:11 PM (YnIVK)

353 171 159 Since Ace is hobnobbing with Musk these days, and Trump is bringing in bloggers to the administration, might we see Ace as assistant secretary of state, or defense, since this is a smart military blog?
Posted by: Conspiracy Theorist
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Confirmation hearings would be lit. Imaging senators debating Ace's colorful terms.

Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (ctrM5)
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So do they have a computer screen up and Ace responds via postings?

Posted by: Black JEM at February 24, 2025 02:11 PM (GZYu7)

354 Almost all databases have the ability to export *.csv datafiles. *.csv files can then be opened in excel depending on the number of lines in the dataset. Excel used to have a hard coded limit which is why I used Quattropro back in the day for transferring and editing large datafiles into something stat programs could easily read.
Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 02:08 PM (ctrM5)
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That's right, it is csv. And it's ridiculously easy to define the delimiters if necessary.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 02:11 PM (tT6L1)

355 > The SSA database was exported to a text file then opened with Excel. Which I find highly amusing.

That just shows how far out of touch the SSA was if their entire database fits on a commodity PC.
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It's an old database, run on an old system with limited storage and processing power. It's nowhere near graphical, or even "rich text." Probably fits on a large, consumer grade SSD.

But it's filled with fraud.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 24, 2025 02:11 PM (Q4IgG)

356 She will tell you it's a gimmick, and they have caused a lot more destruction than this 10K represents. Be prepared!

Posted by: runner at February 24, 2025 02:11 PM (g47mK)

357 349 I hope it happens, mostly because I'm really curious how it's going to fit into Dolley's anti-Trump headspace when we get $10,000 from the Musk/Trump alliance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

won't change her mind, sorry dude
Posted by: runner at February 24, 2025 02:10 PM (g47mK)

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Probably not.

Still, I'm curious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:12 PM (GBKbO)

358 I hope it happens, mostly because I'm really curious how it's going to fit into Dolley's anti-Trump headspace when we get $10,000 from the Musk/Trump alliance.

Tell her she can still give her share to Bill Kristol if she thinks Trump and Musk are in the wrong.
Posted by: 18-1

Is she against Musk having her private information? If so, don't let her accept the check.
Moral stand.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2025 02:12 PM (8eY+W)

359 Ace won’t be called out for having the best online name, HarryBalls is already taken.

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 24, 2025 02:12 PM (QuKDe)

360 I always thought "Alfredo Stroessner" was the look to cultivate. You get to wear the German inspired uniforms, but you also get to lounge around in designer tropical suits.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2025 02:12 PM (D7oie)

361 357 349 I hope it happens, mostly because I'm really curious how it's going to fit into Dolley's anti-Trump headspace when we get $10,000 from the Musk/Trump alliance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

won't change her mind, sorry dude
Posted by: runner at February 24, 2025 02:10 PM (g47mK)

=======

Probably not.

Still, I'm curious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:12 PM (GBKbO)

You have a mixed marriage…

Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2025 02:13 PM (PCK5/)

362 Just heard a loud explosion 5 minutes ago in Reno Nevada.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at February 24, 2025 02:13 PM (kFeXA)

363 We had Reagan, John Paul II, and Thatcher.

Maybe history will rhyme and we will get Trump, that African as Pope, and...AfD?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 24, 2025 02:13 PM (ufFY8)

364 if I really get a $5k check I plan to immediately buy an Elecraft KH1

Immediately!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez
*
I'm paying a bill and banking the rest.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2025

***
The bank for me too. Relocation money!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 02:13 PM (J2vNu)

365 345 Tell her she can always return it to the Treasury as she is running out the door for "I'll see you dear, the girls and I are going shopping".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2025 02:14 PM (gm9Sb)

366 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Kamala Harris is asked for her thoughts on the LA fires. Her response is even worse than you were expecting.

https://tinyurl.com/2z9z5j73

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2025 02:14 PM (NpAcC)

367 With my 5k I will buy silver…

Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2025 02:14 PM (PCK5/)

368 Oh, look! Another 20,000,000 found!

https://tinyurl.com/ymc5yukz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 02:14 PM (ohSsM)

369 "Easter Knishes!
Posted by: garrett"

Knishes get stitches.

Posted by: eleven at February 24, 2025 02:14 PM (0HaGk)

370 Whether deficit spending goes to gay comic books or checks to taxpayers it will have the same inflationary pressure. Switching from the former to the latter will not suddenly making the spending inflationary.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:57 PM (t0Rmr)

20% kickback, 20% against the national debt, the rest to offset taxes next year.

Fiat is funny money and like an IOU it is only as good as the prospects of being paid back.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2025 02:14 PM (D7oie)

371 132 Everybody wise to the NSA's sex chats?
...
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 01:35 PM (ohSsM)

Malarkey seems to smell a lot like chlorine, peroxide, and the slight fetor of infected flesh and feces.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 24, 2025 02:15 PM (gKWVE)

372 TikToker who admits she hasn't filed taxes in 8 years calls for Elon to be ass*ssinated

A woman on Reddit posted she was gonna do it herself, and posted photos of her substantial gun collection.

She then deleted her account, but oops, when you do that Reddit doesn't delete your posts. So plenty of photos of her, her job, and her kids were waiting to be harvested. Will anyone be shocked if I note that the photos show that she's apparently a nurse who's a single mother and hard into "trans rights"?

Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 02:16 PM (2ocoG)

373 362 Just heard a loud explosion 5 minutes ago in Reno Nevada.
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Zizians have attacked?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 24, 2025 02:16 PM (pLaQB)

374 VOTE VANCE!

Posted by: Sid at February 24, 2025 02:16 PM (bkXav)

375 @EndWokeness
Kamala Harris is asked for her thoughts on the LA fires. Her response is even worse than you were expecting.

https://tinyurl.com/2z9z5j73

Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2025 02:14 PM (NpAcC)
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Holy smokes!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 02:16 PM (ohSsM)

376 363 We had Reagan, John Paul II, and Thatcher.

Maybe history will rhyme and we will get Trump, that African as Pope, and...AfD?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 24, 2025 02:13 PM (ufFY

Cardinal Robert Sarah is 79 until June 15 at which point he'll no longer be eligible to vote in the conclave. Man, that would be something.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 24, 2025 02:16 PM (B9Prs)

377 Bongino at the Secret Service would be a waste.

And for those who think that he's not very bright, well was *all over* how the Russiagate Hoax was developed and spread and he named names.

Posted by: Harlock at February 24, 2025 02:17 PM (/s2Pk)

378 You have a mixed marriage…
Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2025 02:13 PM (PCK5/)

He is raising his kids Conservative.

Posted by: runner at February 24, 2025 02:17 PM (g47mK)

379 361 You have a mixed marriage…
Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2025 02:13 PM (PCK5/)

=======

It can get tense.

I choose to not engage on politics (she walks into any discussion emotional with preset assumptions that make it...difficult to actually engage on) and be cheerful instead.

I've also recommended that she cut back on her news intake since it's messing with her head. She's actually agreed, implicitly, that she should. When I brought it up a second time, she said, "It's just hard to do it." Which tells me she knows that keeping up with the news is messing with her mental health, and she knows she needs to do something about it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:17 PM (GBKbO)

380 It's been said that the $5,000 checks would be inflationary. Ok, I'll settle for:

1) $2,500, and

2) Six months of coupons for free once-per-week Bojangles sausage biscuits and a regular-size order of dirty rice.

No, make that a large order of dirty rice.

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 02:17 PM (mADJX)

381 So do they have a computer screen up and Ace responds via postings?

Ace did once appear on Fox News, like in front of cameras and everything.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 02:17 PM (2ocoG)

382 If you are going standard deduction and should be getting a refund, the IRS ain't exactly gonna be knocking down your door if you don't file for the better part of a decade....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 02:17 PM (VoAdT)

383 Bongino wants a piece of Schiff, he was all over the Russia hoax and Schiff's part in it. Cant wait!

Posted by: Molly k. at February 24, 2025 02:17 PM (j/yko)

384 Kamala Harris is asked for her thoughts on the LA fires. Her response is even worse than you were expecting.

https://tinyurl.com/2z9z5j73
Posted by: redridinghood at February 24, 2025

***
Washed-up grifter and election loser says what?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 02:18 PM (J2vNu)

385 You can't put a price on making liberals cry (or better yet finally jailing all those who have screwed us for decades)

Posted by: Rbastid at February 24, 2025 02:18 PM (D16ET)

386 Confirmation hearings would be lit. Imaging senators debating Ace's colorful terms.

Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (ctrM5)
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Senator Chucklefuck: "Uh, Mr. O'Spades, can you tell the committee who, um, Sweetdick Honeycum, Esquire is?

Posted by: ballistic at February 24, 2025 02:18 PM (R6GhA)

387 380 It's been said that the $5,000 checks would be inflationary. Ok, I'll settle for:

1) $2,500, and

2) Six months of coupons for free once-per-week Bojangles sausage biscuits and a regular-size order of dirty rice.

No, make that a large order of dirty rice.
Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 02:17 PM (mADJX)

========

The $5,000 would essentially be 1/5 of a $25,000 reduction in government spending per capita.

$20,000 would go to reducing the debt. $5,000 would go to the taxpayer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:18 PM (GBKbO)

388 IIRC, Mayorkas received a gold-plated Biden pardon.

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2025 02:18 PM (rj6Yv)

389 Interview with Sean Duffy a few days ago revealed that the FAA is still using floppy discs.

----

The Paolo, he has no such problem.
Wait, you said "discs"...

Posted by: The Paolo at February 24, 2025 02:18 PM (y9ksN)

390 374 So Trump is proven to have been recruited into the KGB in the 80s. Even had a code name. You still support the Putin-loving traitor? /spit
Posted by: Sid at February 24, 2025 02:16 PM (bkXav)

Keep shaking it.

Posted by: The shake weight at February 24, 2025 02:19 PM (hYZus)

391 Sid makes me lol.

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 24, 2025 02:19 PM (EOcGw)

392 Our retarded troll is here.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 24, 2025 02:19 PM (ufFY8)

393 Musk doesn't understand COBOL? Is that really the claim being made?

Yes, intimate knowledge of COBOL is necessary to sit at a terminal and tell the system to "take all records and dump them to a txt or csv file."

These are some seriously stupid people to make such a statement.

And, the people saying this are also shooting themselves in the foot because if the system is producing erroneous results from what should be a pretty straightforward operation, then the system is seriously broken and needs to be scrapped ASAP.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 02:20 PM (tT6L1)

394 387

The $5,000 would essentially be 1/5 of a $25,000 reduction in government spending per capita.

$20,000 would go to reducing the debt. $5,000 would go to the taxpayer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:18 PM (GBKbO)

That is actually an excellent plan.. 80% to cut the debt 20% to keep it real, on a personal level… heis getting good advice.

Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2025 02:20 PM (PCK5/)

395 386 Confirmation hearings would be lit. Imaging senators debating Ace's colorful terms.

Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (ctrM5)

I would pay my entire dividend check to listen to Ace read his Ka-Boom! cereal post as his opening statement.

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 02:20 PM (mADJX)

396 Trump's fault!

HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?: "Pilot with allergy to spiders is bitten mid-flight by stowaway tarantula"

https://is.gd/32l8DD

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I think Samuel L. Jackson said it best. "I have had it with these motherfucking tarantulas on this motherfucking plane!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 24, 2025 02:20 PM (L/fGl)

397 If the argument is that checks for $5k instead of spending it on feminist dance therapy are inflationary, then the argument doesn't know what inflation actually is.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 02:20 PM (5QMT6)

398 362.
Just Johnny Cash.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 24, 2025 02:20 PM (ghZuT)

399 Worked with him in USSS, decent guy. Hope he rips that disgusting agency to shreds and dumps it into blue plains.

Posted by: Jeff E at February 24, 2025 02:20 PM (4ODAW)

400 Ace et all

You will just love this, Trump has made the Leftists believers in the Second Amendment.

As in "Donald Trump is the reason the 2d Amendment was created."

Yea they still want to play the assassination game. I hope the USSS and FBI gives it to them good and hard.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2025 02:21 PM (JmUtS)

401 And the new "What is a woman" is gonna be "Why are you against finding waste, fraud and abuse in Government"
---
Like the CNN ass last week kept saying, "of course, I'm against fraud, waste and abuse. It's just got to be done the right way."

The response to that should be:
Name five programs you want cut.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM (IIsq3)

402 With the Bongino nomination, a 24-hour news cycle is once again claimed by the Trump administration.

Four more, years, Dems.

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM (rj6Yv)

403 I can see some limited wisdom in a $5k kickback to the people at large.

There's a hell of a lot more to extract from this particular mine, and a little direct, instantaneous payoff to keep the mobile vulgus in support of the endeavor is more of an investment in its future than anything else.

Not saying it's great, but it is an argument.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM (VoAdT)

404 One wonders what other chat rooms the alphabet agencies have and how secure they are.. and deviant?

Posted by: Mister Ghost at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM (TGPs7)

405

I know who/what SID is working for and where. Just by that one post. It's a tell.

Posted by: runner at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM (g47mK)

406 We get 10K I'm getting a new rifle. My wife will get an extended vacation in FL so we can visit her relatives.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM (tT6L1)

407
Malarkey seems to smell a lot like chlorine, peroxide, and the slight fetor of infected flesh and feces.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 24, 2025 02:15 PM (gKWVE)

Someone's been to The Barrel, I see...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM (y9nCu)

408 Bongino is a Trump Puppet. We does nots trust Don Bangano and he also lied abouts are Black Presdent.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM (FDlb9)

409 I feel like we should have seen a lot more memes with the "do a job you love" template, with Kash and Hegseth's (and now Dan's) head in place of the thai police officer about to bludgeon someone.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM (D16ET)

410 if I really get a $5k check I plan to immediately buy an Elecraft KH1

Immediately!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

That's a sweet sweet box of electronics.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at February 24, 2025 02:23 PM (g8Ew8)

411 406 We get 10K I'm getting a new rifle. My wife will get an extended vacation in FL so we can visit her relatives.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM (tT6L1)

I thought it was 5000 K ?

Posted by: It's me donna at February 24, 2025 02:23 PM (VE6XX)

412 Confirmation hearings would be lit. Imaging senators debating Ace's colorful terms.

Posted by: whig at February 24, 2025 01:42 PM (ctrM5)
-----
Senator Chucklefuck: "Uh, Mr. O'Spades, can you tell the committee who, um, Sweetdick Honeycum, Esquire is?
Posted by: ballistic at February 24, 2025 02:18 PM (R6GhA)

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

"And what about this Butterball Powerbottom sex machine ... Stelter?"

Posted by: ShainS -- DOGE should be renamed Federal Agency for Financial Oversight (FAFO) at February 24, 2025 02:23 PM (qsa9v)

413 400 Ace et all

You will just love this, Trump has made the Leftists believers in the Second Amendment.

As in "Donald Trump is the reason the 2d Amendment was created."

Yea they still want to play the assassination game. I hope the USSS and FBI gives it to them good and hard.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2025 02:21 PM (JmUtS)

Reminder that these are the people who spent the last 4 years laughing at anyone and saying "what is your AR going to do against the full US military?"

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 24, 2025 02:23 PM (B9Prs)

414 I would pay my entire dividend check to listen to Ace read his Ka-Boom! cereal post as his opening statement.
Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 02:20 PM (mADJX)

Classic.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 24, 2025 02:23 PM (ufFY8)

415 411 406 We get 10K I'm getting a new rifle. My wife will get an extended vacation in FL so we can visit her relatives.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM (tT6L1)

I thought it was 5000 K ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 24, 2025 02:23 PM (VE6XX)

We are getting 5 million??

Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2025 02:24 PM (PCK5/)

416 391 Sid makes me lol.
Posted by: Seems Legit at February 24, 2025 02:19 PM (EOcGw)

392 Our retarded troll is here.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 24, 2025 02:19 PM (ufFY

Checks dry up and it's still dragging the lunch pail in to the factory.

That's love of the game, right there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 02:24 PM (VoAdT)

417 I'd take the money. The cute Vector on the shelf down the street isn't going to buy itself.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 24, 2025 02:24 PM (ghZuT)

418
We are getting 5 million??
Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2025 02:24 PM (PCK5/)

Yeah.. I knew that was wrong when I hit post

Posted by: It's me donna at February 24, 2025 02:24 PM (VE6XX)

419 The $5,000 would essentially be 1/5 of a $25,000 reduction in government spending per capita.

$20,000 would go to reducing the debt. $5,000 would go to the taxpayer.

Yup.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 02:24 PM (2ocoG)

420
I thought it was 5000 K ?
Posted by: It's me donna at February 24, 2025 02:23 PM (VE6XX)
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I don't know if it's 5K each or 5K total.

I'm being optimistic because I want a new rifle. If it's only 5K we go to FL.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 02:24 PM (tT6L1)

421 Hi Mary! Thanks for clearing that up.

Posted by: wth at February 24, 2025 02:24 PM (v0R5T)

422 Kash Patel named Bongino to the post not Trump on this one.
-Just sayin

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 24, 2025 02:25 PM (w4nzS)

423 418
We are getting 5 million??
Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2025 02:24 PM (PCK5/)

Yeah.. I knew that was wrong when I hit post
Posted by: It's me donna at February 24, 2025 02:24 PM (VE6XX)

Just funnin’ you…

Posted by: tubal at February 24, 2025 02:25 PM (PCK5/)

424 419 The $5,000 would essentially be 1/5 of a $25,000 reduction in government spending per capita.

$20,000 would go to reducing the debt. $5,000 would go to the taxpayer.

Yup.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 02:24 PM (2ocoG)

=======

So, even if I accept that already appropriated and oftentimes spent money redirected to taxpayers via a payment is inflationary...

it's more than offset by the larger reduction in debt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:26 PM (GBKbO)

425 We will all get $5k from Nigerian princes. Do try to keep up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 24, 2025 02:26 PM (cMcMn)

426 The $5,000 would essentially be 1/5 of a $25,000 reduction in government spending per capita.

$20,000 would go to reducing the debt. $5,000 would go to the taxpayer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:18 PM (GBKbO)
==
If you want to move to tariffs and dump the income tax - you need to put it all to debt reduction. That line has to move down. 20% to taxpayers kills that.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 24, 2025 02:26 PM (GZYu7)

427 Did you guys get your billion dollars yet?

I'm getting new Ford Taurus.

Posted by: eleven at February 24, 2025 02:26 PM (0HaGk)

428 I've also recommended that she cut back on her news intake since it's messing with her head. She's actually agreed, implicitly, that she should. When I brought it up a second time, she said, "It's just hard to do it." Which tells me she knows that keeping up with the news is messing with her mental health, and she knows she needs to do something about it.

Even absent its political aspect the FNM spins fear to get people to watch.

A suggestion I've given before to people upset about Trump - go right down whatever your fears are...in detail. Then put your notes away from a year and agree to ignore politics until then (and since you can't do anything about it any way...there is no loss if you do).

Then check your list and notice most of the things on that list never happened...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 02:26 PM (t0Rmr)

429 For $5 million could buy a nice house in the DC suburbs that are now listed on Zillow.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2025 02:26 PM (JmUtS)

430 @EndWokeness
Kamala Harris is asked for her thoughts on the LA fires. Her response is even worse than you were expecting.

Well, to be fair, if you start a question to Kamalalala with "What goes through your mind..." you're gonna get what you asked for.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 24, 2025 02:27 PM (/y8xj)

431 This is going to push them into “involuntary psych hold” territory..
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

Prescription:
1 truckload of Haldol to the water intakes up the Potomac.

DHS: Go ahead they need it.

Posted by: DaveA at February 24, 2025 02:27 PM (FhXTo)

432 >> Musk doesn't understand COBOL? Is that really the claim being made?
Yes, intimate knowledge of COBOL is necessary to sit at a terminal and tell the system to "take all records and dump them to a txt or csv file."
These are some seriously stupid people to make such a statement.
———
The cope of the liberal midwit. Five seconds of typing revealed a whole list of online program manuals for COBOL. Give that to Musk’s team and in 48 hours they will be writing full-blown COBOL applications. Besides, the notion that no one is available *to Elon Musk* who is already familiar with a programming language still in unfortunate but wide legacy use is absurd. Just the dumbest cope imaginable.

Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 02:27 PM (uoSeY)

433 Musk doesn't understand COBOL? Is that really the claim being made?

Yes, intimate knowledge of COBOL is necessary to sit at a terminal and tell the system to "take all records and dump them to a txt or csv file."

These are some seriously stupid people to make such a statement.

The argument was that in 1988 COBOL started including a standard that a date field with no valid value would read as being in 1875.

From here the argument is the Musk is dumb because he didn't know that those people aren't 150 years old, they just had invalid birth dates. In a system where eligibility is based on birth dates.

The SSA database dates back to the late 1960s when COBOL didn't have a dedicated date field and isn't subject to that standard, and Elon revealed that there are people much older than 150 in the database.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 02:27 PM (2ocoG)

434 I am seeing the UK deep state is hard at work trying to disrupt the workings of our government. The UK services were always a nest of slimy buggers without any barriers. I am seeing it now. Their Uke project failed, and now they are panicking. Trump and his team should be careful of our "cousins".

Posted by: runner at February 24, 2025 02:28 PM (g47mK)

435 If I get 5K, I will move to Montana and marry a fat woman. Nah, that's that old Red October bullshit. Vegas, here I come. Craps and Keno and slots, oh my!

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 24, 2025 02:28 PM (gm9Sb)

436 Well, to be fair, if you start a question to Kamalalala with "What goes through your mind..." you're gonna get what you asked for.

A whispering wind?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2025 02:28 PM (JmUtS)

437 I'd just like to see Ace in a White House presser, sitting next to Chanel Rion.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 24, 2025 02:28 PM (paSBy)

438 Wow. Lotta math on the blog today.

Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 02:28 PM (77rzZ)

439 428 Even absent its political aspect the FNM spins fear to get people to watch.

A suggestion I've given before to people upset about Trump - go right down whatever your fears are...in detail. Then put your notes away from a year and agree to ignore politics until then (and since you can't do anything about it any way...there is no loss if you do).

Then check your list and notice most of the things on that list never happened...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 02:26 PM (t0Rmr)

=======

I actually thought about doing that.

But, then the discussion came to an end (I had to leave to pick up a kid), and the promise of a follow up talk about politics never materialized.

I don't invite this. It just messes with her head when I could be talking about Ted Lasso, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at February 24, 2025 02:28 PM (GBKbO)

440 Bongino is probably taking a major paycut.

On the flipside, how much money would Bongino have paid, cash in hand, to be able to turn the screws on the whiny little shits that can not or will not do their jobs? Like the Secret Service who almost got a President/Candidate assassinated through incompetent malice.

Non-monetary benefits like that may be worth the opportunity costs of stepping away from his show(s).

Posted by: Another Anon at February 24, 2025 02:28 PM (QNMaY)

441 So, even if I accept that already appropriated and oftentimes spent money redirected to taxpayers via a payment is inflationary...

it's more than offset by the larger reduction in debt.

The simplest answer of course would be to just stop spending so much money.

But if Trump constrains these sort of checks only to people paying taxes it would be rewarding HIS voters which is smart politics.

When leftwingers get elected they go on a spending orgy that goes to their voters. Righwing pols should look at this and do the same thing. The one problem of course is the money is coming FROM the taxpayers, so I'm really hoping Trump also has a slate of draconian taxes that will hit leftists/blue staters coming up.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 02:29 PM (t0Rmr)

442 434.
Out: Retinal Scans
IN: Dental Scans

Posted by: Sifty Boones at February 24, 2025 02:29 PM (EIYQ6)

443 I made it 5 seconds into that Kamala on fires video. Seeing and smelling. Yeah, deep, there Kamala, really deep.

Boggles my mind someone so deeply stupid was almost president.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 02:29 PM (tT6L1)

444 >> if you start a question… with "What goes through your mind..."
———
…you are not a journalist but a jock-sniffer.

Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 02:29 PM (uoSeY)

445 An invalid Date Field would result in all of them having the same age.

We know who never learned to code.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2025 02:29 PM (JmUtS)

446 Whether deficit spending goes to gay comic books or checks to taxpayers it will have the same inflationary pressure. Switching from the former to the latter will not suddenly making the spending inflationary.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 01:57 PM (t0Rmr)

Sending it back to the fund to retire debt is deflationary. Sending 80 percent is less deflationary.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2025 02:29 PM (n7h9X)

447 This bunch of assholes could not figure out Cambridge 5 were working for the Soviets. They should mind their own fkng business.

Posted by: runner at February 24, 2025 02:30 PM (g47mK)

448 >Just to be certain, I'd want to see an encyclical on smoked pork products.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 02:03 PM (4dsHO)

Jesus smoked.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 24, 2025 02:30 PM (lEahz)

449
Sounds like the Catholic Deep State.
Posted by: illiniwek

The Pope is so energetic that the Cardinals can't keep up with him.
Best Pope ever!

Posted by: Murderin' Joe Scarborrower at February 24, 2025 02:31 PM (63Dwl)

450 Delta plane, smoked filled cabin:

https://tinyurl.com/53h8uf4p

Yesterday there was another smoke filled plane which was forced to land, I think, in NY's LaGuardia.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 02:31 PM (ohSsM)

451 NOOD Lester

Posted by: ShainS -- DOGE should be renamed Federal Agency for Financial Oversight (FAFO) at February 24, 2025 02:31 PM (qsa9v)

452 Noodus

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 24, 2025 02:31 PM (J2vNu)

453 Inflation was, is, and always will be a monetary phenomenon.

It has nothing to do with fiscal policy.

Never confuse supply/demand shocks with inflation.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 02:31 PM (bxySM)

454 The Pope is so energetic that the Cardinals can't keep up with him.

He does the RBG workout, yo!

Posted by: Bulg at February 24, 2025 02:32 PM (77rzZ)

455 You know I have noticed that the left doesn't use inflation the way we do. It is literally any price increase irrespective of why.

If Trump reduces a subsidy to some group? Inflation.

If Trump sends illegals home which raises the cost of low skill labor? Inflation

If Trump switches from income taxes to tariffs? Inflation

and on and on. It is almost comical

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 02:32 PM (t0Rmr)

456 Sending it back to the fund to retire debt is deflationary. Sending 80 percent is less deflationary.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 24, 2025 02:29 PM (n7h9X)

Doing it for two months until everyone loses interest is deflationary. Doing 80% of it for eight years because it's wildly popular and you can't be stopped is more deflationary.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 24, 2025 02:32 PM (VoAdT)

457 >> Yesterday there was another smoke filled plane which was forced to land, I think, in NY's LaGuardia.
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If it was smoke from weed, it’s all good, brah.

Posted by: electronic means at February 24, 2025 02:32 PM (uoSeY)

458 449
Sounds like the Catholic Deep State.
Posted by: illiniwek

The Pope is so energetic that the Cardinals can't keep up with him.
Best Pope ever!
Posted by: Murderin' Joe Scarborrower at February 24, 2025 02:31 PM (63Dwl)

Couldn't keep up

Posted by: Notorious RBG at February 24, 2025 02:32 PM (hYZus)

459 429 For $5 million could buy a nice house in the DC suburbs that are now listed on Zillow.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2025 02:26 PM (JmUtS)
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Yeah but then you'd live in the DC suburbs.

Ugh.

Posted by: ballistic at February 24, 2025 02:32 PM (R6GhA)

460 This thread just shows that "conservatives" aren't appreciably different than inner city welfare queens, licking their lips at the thought of a gubermint check.

Posted by: Just saying at February 24, 2025 02:32 PM (MPR4k)

461 Delta plane, smoked filled cabin:

https://tinyurl.com/53h8uf4p

Yesterday there was another smoke filled plane which was forced to land, I think, in NY's LaGuardia.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 24, 2025 02:31 PM (ohSsM)

Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson were the pilots

Posted by: Josephistan at February 24, 2025 02:34 PM (y9ksN)

462 Musk doesn't understand COBOL?

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Sumbitch needs to learn to code.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 24, 2025 02:34 PM (L/fGl)

463 I know who/what SID is working for and where. Just by that one post. It's a tell.
Posted by: runner at February 24, 2025 02:22 PM

In the end, there can be only Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 24, 2025 02:34 PM (a3Q+t)

464 The argument was that in 1988 COBOL started including a standard that a date field with no valid value would read as being in 1875.

From here the argument is the Musk is dumb because he didn't know that those people aren't 150 years old, they just had invalid birth dates. In a system where eligibility is based on birth dates.

The SSA database dates back to the late 1960s when COBOL didn't have a dedicated date field and isn't subject to that standard, and Elon revealed that there are people much older than 150 in the database.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 02:27 PM (2ocoG)
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Ah, so they're reduced to making an argument for something which didn't happen. Musk never claimed there were people that old. He said people this old shouldn't exist in the SSA database and pointed out it's a problem.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 02:35 PM (tT6L1)

465 ***With Patel at the helm of the FBI and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi now leading the Department of Justice, Trump has assembled a leadership team determined to restore "fairness, justice, law, and order" to federal law enforcement. The appointments mark a decisive shift away from what Trump and his allies have long decried as politicization within the intelligence community.
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Chanson d'amour, ra ta-da ta-da, play encore
Here in my heart, ra ta-da ta-da, more and more

Chanson d'amour, ra ta-da ta-da, je t'adore
Each time I hear, ra ta-da ta-da
Chanson, chanson, d'amour

Ra ta-da ta-da - ra ta-da ta-da

Chanson d'amour, ra ta-da ta-da, je t'adore

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 24, 2025 02:35 PM (//7iq)

466 Retiring debt isn't deflationary either. Money supply is unchanged.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 02:35 PM (kJuzF)

467 "Bongino ~ it's almost hard to believe how quickly Trump shut the border, it's almost like illegal immigration has effectively stopped"
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Obama ~ "He just says, 'Well, I'm going to negotiate a better deal.'. Well, what, how exactly are you going to negotiate that? What magic wand do you have? [...]"

Trump ~ "Bippity, Boppity, Boo... Bitch!"
Also,
Trump ~ "Expelliarmus!"

Posted by: Another Anon at February 24, 2025 02:36 PM (QNMaY)

468 422 Kash Patel named Bongino to the post not Trump on this one.
-Just sayin
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 24, 2025 02:25 PM (w4nzS)

Well thats whet twitter said..
whoopsie

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 24, 2025 02:36 PM (w4nzS)

469 Smoke in the plane? Choking gasping?

Mentour Pilot just had a video on a 'problem' with the new generation jet engines.

They have bigger and fewer turbine blades. If one blade breaks that means the engine is out of balance.

A new automatic system was introduced but not put in the manuals that reduces the vibrations from an out of balance engine. But the kicker is this system will inject oil into the engine BEFORE the intakes for the A/C packs.

As a result. depending upon engine, will inject smoke into the cabin or cockpit. Poisonous smoke that could incapacitate a flight crew in 39 seconds.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2025 02:37 PM (JmUtS)

470 394

Hi, tubal

Show Me State greetings.

The problem with saying that the $5k refund is more than offset by the amount left over to apply to debt reduction is this:

all the OTHER new spending/tax reduction changes Trump promised. The SALT tax reduction. Making tips tax free. Abolishing tax on Social Security pensions. Not taxing law enforcement salaries.

Posted by: mnw at February 24, 2025 02:40 PM (NLIak)

471 The SSA database dates back to the late 1960s when COBOL didn't have a dedicated date field and isn't subject to that standard, and Elon revealed that there are people much older than 150 in the database.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 24, 2025 02:27 PM (2ocoG)
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Ah, so they're reduced to making an argument for something which didn't happen. Musk never claimed there were people that old. He said people this old shouldn't exist in the SSA database and pointed out it's a problem.

Posted by: blake

Serious question: If people that old are in the SS system, wouldn't it stand to reason they are getting SS checks? Why else would they be in the system?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2025 02:41 PM (8eY+W)

472 Kamala Harris is asked for her thoughts
__________________

Uh oh. This can't end well.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 24, 2025 02:48 PM (YqDXo)

473 Our retarded troll is here.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 24, 2025 02:19 PM

Could you be a little more specific?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 24, 2025 03:01 PM (kgE5c)

474 468 422 Kash Patel named Bongino to the post not Trump on this one.
-Just sayin
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at February 24, 2025 02:25 PM (w4nzS)

Well thats whet twitter said..
whoopsie
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!
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Bet they had a conversation about it before Kash made the announcement.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 24, 2025 03:10 PM (//7iq)

475 I follow Ace for life because of the cruelty.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 24, 2025 03:15 PM (cduTK)

476 Heh. Trump to Macron just now:

"Say hello to your beautiful wife."

👀😄💀

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 24, 2025 03:34 PM (4tmpE)

477 Bongino knows the Steele dossier and the Russian collusion hoaxes inside and out. Expect to see these on the front burner. There will be indictments.

Posted by: Max Entropy at February 24, 2025 03:42 PM (oxDA9)

478 Serious question: If people that old are in the SS system, wouldn't it stand to reason they are getting SS checks? Why else would they be in the system?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2025 02:41 PM (8eY+W)

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Technically everyone with a SS number - including newborns - is in the system. Whether you get a check of some sort is a different matter altogether.

Posted by: Diabeetus at February 24, 2025 03:43 PM (C278+)

479 If I get 5K, I will move to Montana and marry a fat woman. Nah, that's that old Red October bullshit. Vegas, here I come. Craps and Keno and slots, oh my!
Posted by: bill in arkansas
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Butte Montana is where it's at, Bill

Posted by: Beer Can Bob at February 24, 2025 03:49 PM (twS2i)

480 99 How does this affect us hard-working agents on the front lines?
Posted by: Dwayne T. Robinson at February 24, 2025 01:30 PM (rrjxR)

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Why don't you wake up and smell the shhit u shovelin' .

Posted by: Sgt. Al Powell at February 24, 2025 04:27 PM (VM6dT)

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