The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 7/7 /25

Good morning kids, Of course the big story is the massive flooding in Texas that so far has claimed the lives of some 70 people, including 5 children from a Christian summer camp, and with search and rescue operations still ongoing, the death toll is likely to rise.

For all of you and your loved ones who are affected by this catastrophe, our thoughts and prayers go out to you and yours that you may stay safe and that relief and recovery are swift.

President Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem are expected to be on the ground in Texas and more importantly moving resources into the area to aid in recovery and disaster amelioration efforts. Competency and actually giving a damn are indeed a refreshing change from Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants Biden and his handlers. Of course, when disaster struck Red states during their junta's reign, it was more cruelty and retribution than incompetency that made the disasters even worse for the victims.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he signed a Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County, Texas, as the state reels from deadly flooding that has killed dozens and left more missing. . . According to Trump, Coast Guard officials and Texas first responders have rescued over 850 people as of Sunday. At least 67 people have died in the floods across Texas, including 59 in Kerr County, according to local officials. Particularly hard-hit was Camp Mystic, a Christian summer retreat for girls near the Guadalupe River, where 11 children and one counselor remain missing, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said during a press briefing.

Of course, the response from the anti-American left is about what you'd expect:

When tragedy strikes, you can always count on the left to weaponize heartbreak for political gain. . . Instead of mourning the dead or supporting the heroic first responders—who have already rescued more than 850 people from the floodwaters—leftists are spinning a narrative that blames Trump-era budget decisions for the devastation. . . It’s not enough for them to politicize a tragedy—they have to lie about it, too. As the search for survivors continues, liberal pundits and blue-check Twitter warriors are busy “concern trolling” Texans, suggesting that “this is what happens when you cut too much government.” Some have even gone so far as to imply that red states somehow deserve this fate, as if the weather itself is a tool of cosmic justice for voting the wrong way. The sheer callousness is staggering.

Meh, these are the same twisted reptilian ghouls who cheered on the Islamic hordes from Gaza raping and butchering Israelis if not joining in here at home by verbally and physically assaulting Jews on college campuses and elsewhere.

It's why even I, as an ex New Yorker despite having mixed feelings about what my hometown is in for should the absolutely man-caused disaster of Zohran Momdani and his acolytes take control. NYC didn't and should not have to have been doomed to suffer what is about to hit it, and yet. . .

The city is dying, and we should let it. Progressives are all in favor of assisted suicide, we should join them in the case of New York and help the city kill itself. Only a complete embrace of socialist/fascist/communist policies (and there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between the three) will ween those people off their addiction to seeking government to solve their problems/improve their lives. Let it die, and let them choke on whatever damage and harm to people it does along the way.
Some people can learn from history, other are too dumb to heed those lessons and avoid the pitfalls of the past. New York falls into the latter, so let them swallow the whole bottle of their own medicine. I can’t bring myself to care.
Republicans in Washington should do everything to make sure that all the socialist policies New York currently has, and the ones in waiting to be imposed, have the maximum impact on the people who voted for their worthless politicians.

As I attempted to articulate, I totally get this sentiment and I even agree with it. Good and hard as the saying goes. But, I still have elderly relatives and some sane friends who simply cannot pack up and leave for a host of reasons and so are trapped. Yes, it's easy to to tell NYC and every other blue shit hole to go to hell. But, unless and until an actual civil war or other political dissolution of the bonds that tie us together comes about, if it and all the other blue states go down, we may very well be sucked down in the vortex as well.

So there's that and then there is the sheer insanity/stupidity/folly or whatever of Elon Musk forming a political party that will only, if it does gain any traction, merely siphon off votes from the Trump base and Trump averse GOP electorate thereby handing the country over to the Democrats for the midterms, 2028 and quite possibly well into the future.

This at the very moment when the Democrat Party is tearing itself apart as it struggles to contain the erupting insanity of the Momdani/Titty-Caca/Bernie Sanders and other bust-out wackadoo maniacs from gaining control from the more effective closeted communists and criminals who control the Party.

President Trump in just the past 6 months has been wildly successful domestically and internationally, with his most successful accomplishment being exposing the Democrats as well as the traitors allegedly on our side in the GOP for who and what they are.
As CBD and I lamented on the latest episode of the podcast in reference to the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill, all it is is the furtherance of the multi-trillion dollar ongoing grift that makes politicians on both sides of the aisle part and parcel of the same hypocrisy.

The irony of course is that the BBB, at least in our early estimation will expose this, but as erudite commenter and friend Dave in Florida pointed out to me (and which i included in the editorial last Friday) there are actually some very good things in the bill, so I look forward to having my reservations about it proven to be wrong.

Whether the BBB stinks on ice or is indeed a major Trump masterstroke, Musk is violating Napoleon's ironclad principle of when your enemy is making a mistake, let them continue without interference. Jealousy, treachery, duplicitousness? What a scumbag, or am I missing something here? Instead of a third party pipe dream, it should be all hands on deck to wrest control of the GOP.

Elsewhere, has it really been 20 years since the Islamic terror attack on London?

How time flies when westerners have their heads up their ass...

And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.

Have a great day!

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

A general aviation aircraft was intercepted by a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) fighter after it violated Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) airspace over Bedminster, New Jersey. This event marked one of five unauthorized incursions into the restricted airspace on the day.The civilian aircraft entered the restricted zone at about 2:39 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To capture the pilot’s attention, NORAD aircraft executed a headbutt maneuver and safely escorted the aircraft out of the area.
NORAD Intercepts Plane at Trump’s Bedminster.
John Dale Dunn, M.D.: What didn’t happen is that four police officers violated both regulations and laws to kill George Floyd, and the officers were railroaded.
A Five-Year George Floyd Retrospective Lets Us See What Really Happened
Victor Davis Hanson: Zoran Mamdani built his dream on radical chic—but now that he's winning, he's scrambling to bury the blueprint.
The Frightening Dream House of Zoran Mamdani
Michael Walsh: The recent accession to the throne of St. Peter by the new pope, Leo XIV, is surely the most significant event in Church history since the doctrinal demolition derby of the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65 unleashed by Pope John XXIII and concluded by Pope Paul VI (both, unaccountably, sainted since their deaths). Nothing did more to destroy the integrity and popularity of the Roman Catholic faith than this disastrous conclave, and nothing could be more timely or encouraging than a restoration of the liturgy by the Chicago White Sox fan, Pope Bob; it just might take an American to clean out the Augean Stables of the Eternal City.
THE COLUMN: Il Ritorno della Messa Tridentina in Patria?

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

Abbott advised residents to be mindful that the areas impacted by floods in the Central Texas region are water-logged and saturated, making the impacts of any rainfall over the coming days more dangerous to residents from the San Angelo Concho Valley and other areas surrounding the Guadalupe River.
Texas Governor Warns Flood-Stricken Region to Brace for More Life-Threatening Storms
Sadly, the death toll from the devastating floods in Texas continues to rise. It's now at seventy casualties. FEMA has been sent to Texas, which may or may not be good news, as FEMA infamously withheld or seized aid for hurricane victims last year in the southeast. Hopefully entirely new management is in charge now for this flood disaster relief initiative, so that FEMA helps instead of augmenting the problem.
Death Toll Rises in Texas Flooding
“These families are enduring an unimaginable tragedy, with many lives lost, and many still missing,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He said his administration “continues to work closely with State and Local Leaders,” adding that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on the ground to coordinate relief efforts.
Trump Signs Major Disaster Declaration After Heavy Texas Flooding
In particular, search crews are looking for 20-25 young girls reported missing from Camp Mystic near Hunt, Texas. The camp is located on the banks of the Guadalupe about 18 miles northwest of Kerrville.
Videos Show Devastating Impact of Deadly Independence Day Flood in Texas
Janie was the great-granddaughter of the late billionaire William Herbert Hunt, who was the brother of the late Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt.
Chiefs owner’s family loses 9-year-old girl in Texas floods: ‘Our hearts are broken’
When tragedy strikes, you can always count on the left to weaponize heartbreak for political gain. The catastrophic flash floods in central Texas—already the deadliest weather disaster of 2025—have claimed over 50 lives, including 15 children. Families are shattered. A Christian girls’ camp in Kerr County was virtually obliterated, with desperate searches underway for the missing. Yet, as rescue teams work around the clock and communities cling to hope, the left has seized the moment to launch a grotesque smear campaign against Donald Trump and red-state governance.
The Left’s SICK Response to the Texas Floods Will Make Your Blood Boil

* * * * *
A big dose of their own medicine is exactly what the doctor ordered.
Help New York City Kill Itself

"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Just before 11 p.m., officers from the Alvarado Police Department responded to reports of a suspicious person near the Prairieland ICE Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas, CBS News reported. Upon arrival, officers encountered what appeared to be an armed individual, and when one officer attempted to engage, several suspects allegedly opened fire and struck the officer in the neck, police said. (RELATED: Thousands Of Non-Citizens Convicted Of Homicide, Other Crimes Roaming Free In US, ICE Says)
Police Officer Shot In Neck Outside Texas ICE Facility, Multiple Suspects In Custody, Authorities Say

* * * * *
Let’s just do the right thing because it’s not hard.
A Better Suggestion For Illegal Alien Farm Workers
Mass immigration isn’t policy—it’s punishment; a patriotic alternative would make foreigners pay to work while Americans reclaim prosperity and peace at home.
What an America First Guestworker Policy Could Look Like
Daniel Greenfield: That's the cure.
The Cost of the Border Crisis Hasn’t Changed, We’re Just Putting the Money Into Prevention
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The 2017 tax reform was a success story that never got its due.
Time to Say It Out Loud: The Trump Tax Cuts Worked
ISRAEL AND USA vs IRAN
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it will continue distributing aid despite the attack and Hamas’s threats.
American Veterans Injured In Grenade Attack While Distributing Aid In Gaza
America may have bombed Iran’s nuclear program into submission, but the real war—with malware, not missiles—could be just beginning.
Iran’s Nuclear Defeat Won’t End Their Ongoing Cyber War
America should have nothing to do with it.
The ‘Ceasefire’ Deal Means Victory for Hamas
The new emirate, they say, would join the Abraham Accords, the regional agreement establishing peace between Israel and participating Arab and Muslim states. Abraham himself is said by tradition to be buried in Hebron, in the Tomb of the Patriarch, holy to Muslims and Jews. The initiative places a new option on the table for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and an alternative to the corrupt and antisemitic Palestinian Authority, which currently administers the area.
'Palestinian' Sheikhs in Hebron Ask Israel for Separate Emirates, Not State

* * * * *
The new America.
Pro-'Palestinian' Terrorists Attack Homes of University of Michigan Regents
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Philadelphia's public school system, according to documents provided to the Free Beacon, teaches identity politics and hosts radical pro-Hamas employees
'Quite Shocking to Us': Local Parents Fighting 'Cesspool' of Anti-Semitism in Philly Schools Say Josh Shapiro's Office Stopped Meeting With Them
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Daniel Greenfield: Who did it? Don't ask King Charles.
King, PM Mark 7/7 Attacks With No Mention of Islam
Daniel Greenfield Part Deux: Anything to distract from Islam.
Mamdani Blamed U.S. for Al Qaeda Leader’s Terrorism
Because we Westerners constantly lie to ourselves about Islamic ideology and its societal regulations, we have no idea what we’re facing.
When It Comes To Islam, Are We In The West Too Stupid To Survive?
Her “rakhi brother” disguised himself in a burqa to murder her.
India: Muslim Man in Burqa Kills Hindu Woman for Rejecting His Proposal
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
This development comes shortly after President Donald Trump said the U.S. had “pretty much” reached a deal for an American company to acquire TikTok’s U.S. assets. The president told Maria Bartiromo of Fox News that the deal is “good for China, and it’s good for us.” He added he is optimistic about the deal even though it will require China’s approval.
TikTok Reportedly Building New U.S. Version Of App Ahead Of Sale
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Details of lucrative contract revealed after civil service labor union sued Bonta for outsourcing case
California AG Taps Major Dem Donor To Represent State in Lawsuit Against Oil Companies
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The shooting occurred following an album release party at Artis Restaurant and Lounge for rapper Mello Buckzz. Shots were fired from a fast-moving vehicle, striking a crowd gathered outside the venue, according to police. (RELATED: Chicago Records Another Bloody Weekend, At Least 36 Shot, 3 Killed)
‘In A Matter Of Seconds’: Chicago Sees 18 People Shot, 4 Killed In Single Drive-By Shooting
As of this week, 1,555 NYPD officers have filed for retirement — a 48% increase from the 1,049 who left during the same period last year, and a 65% increase from a decade ago when just 941 cops turned in their badges. The data, provided to the Post by the Police Benevolent Association (PBA), suggests an unprecedented exodus is underway. (RELATED: Electing Zohran Mamdani NYC Mayor Would Spur Huge Cop Exodus, Rising Crime Straight Out Of ‘Gotham City,’ Cops Say)
NYPD Retirements Reportedly Hit Historic High — And Union Says Zohran Mamdani Could Make It Worse
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Our educational system is on life support.
The K-12 Teacher Exodus
SECOND AMENDMENT
Why should the law-abiding be denied the weapons in common use by our police?
The Big Beautiful Bill restores some gun liberties

SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Robert Spencer: One of Brennan's former CIA employees gives his eyebrow-raising take.
Should John Brennan Be in Prison? (in an unmarked prison yard grave, after being hanged- jjs)
Last week’s CIA review by the deputy director of analysis found that when Brennan was “confronted with specific flaws in the Dossier by the two [Russia] mission center leaders — one with extensive operational experience and the other with a strong analytic background — he appeared more swayed by the Dossier’s general conformity with existing theories than by legitimate tradecraft concerns.”
Miranda Devine: Ex-CIA chief John Brennan may have opened himself up to perjury charges over Trump-Russia hoax
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Zohran Mamdani has admitted listing his race as ‘black’ on a college admission form. That’s just the tip of the iceberg.
A Big, Fat Liar
“This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.’ There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions,” the memo says. (RELATED: Shawn Ryan Tells Tucker Carlson He Has A Question About Epstein Case Feds Never Answered)
Trump DOJ Reportedly Concludes Epstein Had No Client List, Killed Himself
POLITICS
Clarice Feldman: What a week! The 2016 and 2020 plots against Trump are now confirmed; the Supreme Court is finally acting to restore judicial integrity; and the ballooning welfare state finally is punctured.
Dirty Deeds, Judicial Ping Pong, and the BBB
“No more racist roads” has a deranged sort of ring, doesn’t it?
Whom will Democrats run in 2028?
Reflections on a party filled with perverts, weirdos, and mutants.
How Could Anyone Support These People?
Republican Tennessee Rep. Mark Green submitted his resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives Friday, narrowing the GOP’s already-slim majority by one seat. His departure, effective July 20, comes just months before expected fiscal showdowns on Capitol Hill, including potential government funding fights in the fall.
Republican House Majority Narrows By One
Musk says the American Party will restore democracy and freedom after suggesting he would a new political party amid a high-profile feud with President Donald Trump.
Musk announces ‘America Party’ founding
And there are good reasons why.
Third Parties Don’t Work
Elon Musk’s “America Party” may aim to fix politics with engineering precision—but in the messy world of democracy, third parties tend to short-circuit their own ideals.
Business and Politics Are Not the Same, But the America Party Seems to Think They Are
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Zelensky: 'It was probably the best conversation we have had during this whole time."
Ukraine’s Zelensky Says Latest Call With Trump Was ‘Most Productive’ Yet
The arrest of Ukraine’s most notorious oligarch reveals a deeper network of influence, corruption, and sanctioned allies.
Ukraine’s Shadow Alliances: How Ihor Kolomoisky and Pavel Fuks Built a Power Bloc—and Why It’s Now Unraveling
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
MELBOURNE, Australia – A man was charged Sunday over an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue in an apparent escalation of antisemitic violence in Australia’s second-most populous city. Angelo Loras, 34, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court Sunday charged with arson, endangering life and property damage. He was also charged with possessing a “controlled weapon” on Saturday when he was arrested. The charge sheet does not say what that weapon was
Australia: Alleged Arsonist Charged over Fire at Melbourne Synagogue
He’s a person who deserves a great deal more credit than he’s getting for ending a war that’s lasted for over three decades.
Massad Boulos: The Key Architect Behind the Historic DRC-Rwanda Peace Agreement
On the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport, Netanyahu described the trip as both strategic and symbolic, aimed at solidifying Israel’s recent battlefield victories and accelerating a new diplomatic momentum. “We have already transformed the Middle East beyond recognition, and we now have a chance to bring a great future to the state of Israel, the people of Israel and the entire Middle East,” he said.
Netanyahu Heads to D.C.: ‘Now Is the Time to Expand the Circle of Peace’
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
It’s a vibe, not a vice.
Are Cigarettes Making A Comeback? How Gen Z Is Staging A Smoking Rebrand
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Two Russian “inspector” satellites, launched together in 2022 but now separated, appear to be maneuvering toward an American military satellite and are about to position themselves to within 30 and 50 miles respectively every four days.
Two Russian satellites are maneuvering toward an American military satellite
After months of delay following the nozzle failure on the rocket’s second launch, ULA has now finally begun preparing a new Vulcan rocket for its third launch, carrying a number of a classified NSSL national security payloads.
ULA finally begins stacking Vulcan for next launch
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The enforcement of Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education, may become more stringent depending on how the Supreme Court rules. The position of the Trump administration and several conservative-led states is that forcing women and girls to compete with biological males who identify as transgender is discriminatory.
The Supreme Court Is Reviewing Transgender Sports Bans.

CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
As pride in America plummets, especially among the young, it’s clear we haven’t just failed to teach history—we’ve failed to teach why the nation is worth loving at all.
What Happened to Loving America?
Roger Kimball: Even as elites sneer at patriotism, small-town ceremonies and Walter Berns's Making Patriots remind us that liberty cannot endure without love of country.
Making Patriots in an Unpatriotic Age
Christian Toto: Comments come after Man of Steel actor refuses to say 'American Way'
‘Superman’s’ Gunn: ‘Screw’ Fans Who Don’t Like Film’s Politics
He also admitted that one segment of the movie where Lois Lane interviews Clark Kent is all about politics.
‘Superman’ Director James Gunn Says His Film ‘Is About Politics,’ ‘An Immigrant that Came from Other Places,’ and the ‘Kindness We Have Lost’
Too bad they took away the giant bronze female lawn jockey from Times Square. this could've been installed directly behind her IYKWIM . . . And entitled Mamdani does New York - jjs)
Phallic New York Sculpture Astounds, Offends — and Sprays Observers
HITHER & YON
Thad McCotter: Washington’s “tell-all” culture turns every negotiation into theater and every confidant into a memoirist—killing trust, candor, and good government for a book deal.
(No) Thanks for the Memories: Tell-Alls Are Detrimental to Good Government
Just before he was given general anesthesia, Reagan reportedly rose on one elbow, removed his oxygen mask and said, “I hope you are all Republicans.” Dr. Giordano, a committed liberal, had a memorable comeback. “Today, Mr. President,” he said. “We are all Republicans.”
Surgeon Who Saved Ronald Reagan’s Life Is Remembered Following His Passing
REVIEW: ‘American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews’ by Andrew Porwancher (wow, I hope his name is not pronounced "poor-wanker" - jjs)
The American Jew in TR’s View

ALSO: The Morning Report cross-posts at CutJibNewsletter.com within an hour of posting here, if you want to continue the conversation all day.

And. . . PODCASTING NEWS: the Podcast feeds have been fixed so you can now listen to them on the RSS feed as well as Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and of course directly at the CutJibNewsletter site. We also post a version on our Rumble channel within 12-24 hours of going live at the above.

Also, do follow us on X (Twitter): @CutJibNews

And my X (Twitter) account at: @therealJJSefton

and on Instagram: @Cutjibnewsletter

TIP JAR : Your support helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated. Note: We are on Stripe, not PayPal.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:05 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Up early JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 07:08 AM (gbOdA)

2 Is PBS off the air yet?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 07, 2025 07:10 AM (XQo4F)

3 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2025 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

4 Good morning, everyone! Sadly, the plumber was not able to make it to our house last weekend but they are heading over in the next hour. Hopefully things get resolved quickly.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2025 07:14 AM (svLOV)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2025 07:15 AM (Q4IgG)

6 The Frightening Dream House of Zoran Mamdani

Do not click this link all kinds of bogus virus alerts

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 07:15 AM (gbOdA)

7 This Epstein cover up is a scandal, and the Trump administration is going to regret it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 07:16 AM (zsjuF)

8 6 The Frightening Dream House of Zoran Mamdani

Do not click this link all kinds of bogus virus alerts
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 07:15 AM (gbOdA)

????? Works fine for me. At American Greatness which is now back up and running.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 07:17 AM (x0n13)

9 Thank you for the early morning report, JJ.

I’m not entirely with the “good and hard” sentiment anymore. A great country should have great cities… great like NYC, LA and Chicago used to be. The 90s aren’t that long ago really and that was the era of Giuliani in NYC.

Good and hard implies the vote was fair; I do believe these big city votes are rigged by the corrupt Dem machines there

As for Musk (sigh)… how can someone so smart be THAT stupid and naive?? I predict his new party will be a complete bust. He’s been so politically erratic over the last year or two he’s lost all credibility everywhere. Get off the bong, Elon

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2025 07:18 AM (ANuwa)

10 Rescuers did well. 850 saved is amazing. One Coast Guard SAR swimmer broke a record in numbers saved. Well done. Let's not forget the helo pilots with lots of hover time and the helo mechanics for keeping the helos operational.

The river rose 20 feet in 37 minutes. Not a lot of time to say "Time to go. Now!"

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2025 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

11 9 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2025 07:18 AM (ANuwa)

Well said. And what happens in NYC and other Blue zones won't necessarily stay there. Cancer spreads if not excised and treated.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 07:20 AM (x0n13)

12 NYC tried to stay out of the War of Northern Aggression until Lincoln's barbarians shelled it.

It is highly doubtful such an energetic and interesting and genuninely great city as NYC actually voted for this Mandrani. No, the vote was rigged.

But, the fact is if you try to rescue them, the Lefties will use this as a chance for you to waste your time as they have the place locked down. Effort and concern by the Right will probably make NYC suffer more as the Left will derive enjoyment from seeing the Right's compassion and sadness.

Posted by: Eric2 at July 07, 2025 07:21 AM (q7Vou)

13 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 07:23 AM (ExV1e)

14 There is only one way to stop these attempts by pro-Palestinians to terrorize university regents and other officials into adopting anti-Israel policies. These brownshirts need to be caught, and given sentences measured not in months but in years of prison time. That will do much to curb the enthusiasm of these baby-faced terrorists.
============================
let me know when one of these people are shot while terrorizing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 07:24 AM (kFmIv)

15 Democrats are doing the only thing cultists can do: double down in the face of failure or doubt.
How long did it take to ruin Rome? And they were burned a few times.
My kid's first day at a YMCA day camp is today. She has never done anything like this.

Posted by: Accomack at July 07, 2025 07:25 AM (28cZF)

16 >The recent accession to the throne of St. Peter by the new pope, Leo XIV, is surely the most significant event in Church history since....
----

I read the other day that Pope is going on a 6 week vacation soon

Pope Layabout I
he just got the job

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:25 AM (AOsQT)

17 J.J. Sefton, good rant on the cities. Time will tell.

Winston Churchill, half-American and a visitor of NYC (which almost killed him in a pedestrian accident) said America can be counted on when it really matters.

We are so improved from the days of DOOM in pbho and the visible rot of Joe snd his junta of thugs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2025 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

18 12 Posted by: Eric2 at July 07, 2025 07:21 AM (q7Vou)

That was just the Dem primary but no doubt the general will be rigged. No way Sliwa will win.

I still think that Lee Zeldin beat Hochul back in 2020 and that perhaps Trump might have won a lot more votes in NY state in 2020 than were reported. Tammany Hall is still a thing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 07:25 AM (x0n13)

19 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence will play a role in America Party.

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:26 AM (AOsQT)

20 New York City is what happens when you have millions of greedy, slothful, envious, hate filled, lying, cock sucking, four flushing moochers and looters all crammed into 469 square miles of real estate and they all believe how they live is the best living in the world. Hopefully they will do me a favor and burn the place down soon.

Posted by: Travis Bickle at July 07, 2025 07:26 AM (lX1hk)

21 Now that the FBI has pulled an Emily Latella with Jeffrey Epstein, the next step has to be the release of Ghislane Maxwell.

Why exactly is she in prison if there is no client list, nobody was being blackmailed and nobody was being trafficed?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2025 07:27 AM (XV/Pl)

22 Travis Bickle

Kinda early to go all Sodom and Gomorrah, don't you think?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2025 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

23 Thomas Bender

Hmmm. It was not just an Op.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2025 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

24 Flooding in Chapel Hill NC

https://tinyurl.com/438hekae

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:30 AM (AOsQT)

25 19 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence will play a role in America Party.
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:26 AM (AOsQT)

Sounds like Musk has put out the catnip as respectable cover for all the Never-Trumpers.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 07, 2025 07:30 AM (WHfpM)

26 “Nobody should ever encounter a masked and hooded man on the front porch of their home in the early morning making demands that the university divest from Israel and defund the police,” Regent Mark Bernstein reportedly said at the time.

pew pew would stop this

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 07:32 AM (gbOdA)

27 20 Posted by: Travis Bickle at July 07, 2025 07:26 AM (lX1hk)

Your statement is simplistic, puerile and just plain wrong.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 07:32 AM (x0n13)

28 So we have riots in Mexico because Americans are moving in and taking over the culture.

The audacity of these people is breathtaking.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/oh-irony- mexicans-lose-their-minds-as-americans/

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2025 07:32 AM (svLOV)

29 As far as the epstein client list goes I am confident that the fib is telling the literal truth that no such list exists. There used to be a list but that was destroyed by the fib when they went to epstein island.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 07, 2025 07:32 AM (e5NfL)

30 So all the Epstein stuff was smoke but no fire?? That’s just not credible or believable. Come on Kash

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2025 07:33 AM (6RwsA)

31 JJ, the BehindTheBlack Russian satellite link needs fixing, if you have a moment.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 07:33 AM (TD/kz)

32 If there was no client list, what did Pam Bondi have on her desk?

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 07, 2025 07:34 AM (WHfpM)

33 19 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence will play a role in America Party.
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:26 AM (AOsQT)

Pence and Ryan were involved in the pussy tape. After Hilldog bit the bollard they knew she was done and held the pussy tape till around 45 days out so that they could take the ticket and run.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 07:34 AM (gbOdA)

34 Good morning JJ, Horde

So FEMA has been sent to Texas? Ask a North Carolina survivor of Hurricane Helene what they think about FEMA. Brace for harsh language.

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2025 07:35 AM (T+z9y)

35 Flooding in Chapel Hill NC

https://tinyurl.com/438hekae

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:30 AM (AOsQT)
-

It may simply be Mother Nature this time. But you know what? I've learned NOT to "trust the 'science." Good call by MTG?

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸
@RepMTG

I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity. It will be a felony offense.

I have been researching weather modification and working with the legislative counsel for months writing this bill.

It will be similar to Florida’s Senate Bill 56.

We must end the dangerous and deadly practice of weather modification and geoengineering.

3:59 PM · Jul 5, 2025
7.9M Views

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 07:35 AM (ZvVgj)

36 King, PM Mark 7/7 Attacks With No Mention of Islam

I believe that all the British monarchs speeches are either written, or at least approved, by the current government.

I'm no great fan of Charles but I don't believe that he's permitted to say anything the government would find objectionable. He's a dancing monkey, not a ruler.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 07:36 AM (ExV1e)

37 So we have riots in Mexico because Americans are moving in and taking over the culture.

The audacity of these people is breathtaking.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/oh-irony- mexicans-lose-their-minds-as-americans/

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2025 07:32 AM (svLOV)
-

And now a word from our sponsor:

https://tinyurl.com/twtw7xtt

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 07:37 AM (ZvVgj)

38 Jealousy, treachery, duplicitousness? What a scumbag, or am I missing something here?
________
No, just wrong. Elon is a classic example of the kind of smart guy who can make bad decisions for good reasons.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 07, 2025 07:38 AM (od0dV)

39 Probably because the Cleveland baseball team is historically stinky I am approaching this week grumpily. I'll try not to spleen-vent all over the news, but it will take a lot of effort.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 07:38 AM (0o7VX)

40 TikTok Reportedly Building New U.S. Version Of App Ahead Of Sale

Not one single word about this report within the article.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 07:39 AM (ExV1e)

41 the sheer insanity/stupidity/folly or whatever of Elon Musk forming a political party

I honestly don't understand the sheer stupidity and gullibility of people in the former United States that will crawl over broken glass to vote for foreigners to control their lives.

In my tech career, I have come across many H1B foreigners who wanted to be US citizens so that they can vote or be elected to usher in Communism. They suck up the oxygen wildly proclaiming why America is horrible and can only be cured by full-on Marxism.

What pisses me off is that people who just got off the boat, got their citizenship, never grew up as a kid experiencing what America has to offer, rather as mature adults automatically run for office so they can form the US into the image of what they fled or what their delusional visions dictate.

And we celebrate that, and confirm it by voting for people who clearly hate America and came here to destroy it from within.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 07:40 AM (a4flb)

42 NC is getting soaked by a passing tropical storm

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:40 AM (AOsQT)

43
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 07, 2025 07:40 AM (tljrc)

44 31 JJ, the BehindTheBlack Russian satellite link needs fixing, if you have a moment.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 07:33 AM (TD/kz)

Thanks. Try it now. Should be fixed

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 07:40 AM (x0n13)

45 "Your statement is simplistic, puerile and just plain wrong."

But other than that...

Posted by: Give him SOME credit... at July 07, 2025 07:41 AM (XQo4F)

46 Among the provisions of the Big Beautiful Bill that President Trump symbolically signed on July 4 is the removal of taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and AOW—Any Other Weapon. Because it’s a reconciliation bill, the provisions of the 1934 National Firearms Act that require regulation of such items, including onerous registration, background checks, fingerprinting, and other regulations, could not likewise be ended.

Emphasis added for the people who complain about things.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 07:41 AM (ExV1e)

47 So all the Epstein stuff was smoke but no fire?? That’s just not credible or believable. Come on Kash

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2025 07:33 AM (6RwsA)
-

Sarah Fields
@SarahisCensored
4h

If the entire government is protecting pedophiles, it has officially become the government against the people.

I hope you all understand that.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 07:41 AM (ZvVgj)

48 No, just wrong. Elon is a classic example of the kind of smart guy who can make bad decisions for good reasons.
Posted by: Eeyore at July 07, 2025 07:38 AM (od0dV)

It's shaping up as a Greek tragedy.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 07, 2025 07:41 AM (WHfpM)

49 Tesla stock down 7% pre-market, as Musk announces crazy stuff.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 07:42 AM (0o7VX)

50 He's a dancing monkey, not a ruler.

Lives pretty damned well for a dancing monkey.

Pretty sure billions of people would sign up for that job if it were made available.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 07:43 AM (a4flb)

51 39 Probably because the Cleveland baseball team is historically stinky I am approaching this week grumpily. I'll try not to spleen-vent all over the news, but it will take a lot of effort.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
.........................................
I'm sympathetic.

-Pittsburgh Pirates fan, for some reason

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 07, 2025 07:43 AM (sAmhv)

52 This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.’ There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions,” the memo says.

No client list - anymore.
No Epstein blackmail - what about deep state blackmail based on Epstein info?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 07:43 AM (ExV1e)

53 "19 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence will play a role in America Party."

---
Wait. There's a campfire? Where?

Posted by: Person who likes s'mores at July 07, 2025 07:44 AM (XQo4F)

54 I thought Elon was going to call it The Great American Party.
Sniff.

Posted by: Shawn Hannitized at July 07, 2025 07:45 AM (XQo4F)

55 Tesla stock down 7% pre-market, as Musk announces crazy stuff.

That or is GM's gambit to destroy US domestic car manufacturing by deliberately converting the CCP's SAIC car manufacturing from a regional player to a global hegemon finally paying off?

Tesla can't compete with SAIC, especially when Tesla loses its technological advantage (through the usual espionage and IP theft) when SAIC has the GM and MG dealership network at its total disposal.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 07:46 AM (a4flb)

56 What pisses me off is that people who just got off the boat, got their citizenship, never grew up as a kid experiencing what America has to offer, rather as mature adults automatically run for office so they can form the US into the image of what they fled or what their delusional visions dictate.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 07:40 AM (a4flb)
-

1. Musk got off the boat in 1992. He was 21 at the time.

2. I have not seen where Musk himself says he plans to run for office.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 07:46 AM (ZvVgj)

57 Nice story about tennis player Ben Shelton, a winner so far at Wimbledon. His sister has been at every match to cheer for him but Shelton publicly needed to plead for her to get some extra time off from her job so she could stay in England and keep supporting his tournament play. Her employer (banking giant Morgan Stanley) came through yesterday, giving her extra days.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 07:47 AM (O3KmZ)

58 I'm pretty sure the whole cloud seeding, chemtrails thing had been debunked.

Maybe

Better to waste time and effort on legislation to ban the practice than to focus on other things.

Posted by: Marjorie Taylor Greene's Weather Machine at July 07, 2025 07:48 AM (Q4IgG)

59 To capture the pilot’s attention, NORAD aircraft executed a headbutt maneuver. . .

What on earth is a headbutt maneuver?? I keep thinking of one airplane charging another nose to nose like a pair of angry billy goats but that can't be right.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at July 07, 2025 07:48 AM (HI5Mk)

60 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence will play a role in America Party."

If true, queue the America Party's funeral dirge.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 07:48 AM (a4flb)

61 "...the Cleveland baseball team is historically stinky..."

Hey. Don't forget that our stadium is known as The Factory Of Sadness.

Posted by: The Browns at July 07, 2025 07:48 AM (XQo4F)

62 And now a word from our sponsor:
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Can't follow the link at work. Is it a trap like Akbar posts? -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2025 07:49 AM (svLOV)

63 Can't believe I was in London a little over 6 months after the 7/7/05 attacks. Looking back on it, it was strange that I didn't feel nervous at all and rode the Tube everywhere.

Nevermore, sadly.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 07:49 AM (x0n13)

64 Brennan “lied about his use of the discredited Steele dossier.” While telling the media that he didn’t think much of the dossier, which claimed that Vladimir Putin had evidence of compromising behavior Trump supposedly engaged in while in Moscow, Brennan “specifically pushed for the inclusion of the dossier in the ICA,” that is, the CIA’s Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA).

lyin liars gonna lie

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 07:49 AM (gbOdA)

65 And we celebrate that, and confirm it by voting for people who clearly hate America and came here to destroy it from within.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Unfortunately, a LOT of people on the Left despise the fact that our country is successful. So when you get someone who wants to "cut us down to size" and address the unfairness of things, they squee like schoolgirls seeing their favorite boy band.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2025 07:50 AM (svLOV)

66 Should John Brennan Be in Prison?
_______
I've changed my mind about this. Now I want him to be inside an alligator's stomach.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 07, 2025 07:50 AM (od0dV)

67 Can't follow the link at work. Is it a trap like Akbar posts? -:-)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2025 07:49 AM (svLOV)
-

No. DHS:

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/
1941979433612484884

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 07:51 AM (ZvVgj)

68 54 I thought Elon was going to call it The Great American Party.
Sniff.
Posted by: Shawn Hannitized at July 07, 2025 07:45 AM (XQo4F)

My name for Hannity is Yawn Inanity.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 07:51 AM (x0n13)

69 "No Epstein blackmail - what about deep state blackmail based on Epstein info?"

There is no deep state. Or black mail. Or intel agency operation that has videos of prominent people committing horrific crimes against children and infants.

Everything's fine.

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2025 07:52 AM (T+z9y)

70 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 07:52 AM (77rzZ)

71 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence will play a role in America Party."

If true, queue the America Party's funeral dirge.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 07:48 AM (a4flb)
-

I have ~~a bridge~~ 5 or 6 bridges to sell you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 07:52 AM (ZvVgj)

72 Musk is off his rocker. What a disappointment.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 07:53 AM (77rzZ)

73 66 Should John Brennan Be in Prison?
**

That Tina Peters is and that he never will be is sickening and a shame on America.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 07, 2025 07:53 AM (WHfpM)

74 I'm pretty sure the whole cloud seeding, chemtrails thing had been debunked.

Cloudseeding is a thing. Saudi Arabia has been doing it, and the former United States did it for years.

Chemtrails is a different thing. I love how so many podcasters breathlessly terrorize their listening audiences with all the details of these chemtrails except:
• the actual chemicals
• the manufacturer of the chemicals
• the organization creating the chemtrails
• identifying the actual aircraft involved
• funding sources of chemtrails

All of these things would be a snap to do, starting with using Flight Aware to get the N-number of the plain deploying the chemicals and then following through.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 07:53 AM (a4flb)

75 "19 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence will play a role in America Party."

Oh. You know, there is a political party out there called the 'Modern Whigs' Party. Should probably just take over those dead enders.

https://tinyurl.com/yy34tpdb

They just sound like 'moderates'. Meh. Pence and crew would blend right in. 'The Future belongs to Insight' isn't moving any needled.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 07, 2025 07:55 AM (sAmhv)

76 Musk announces ‘America Party’ founding

--

Then Musk is too dumb (use whatever word you want) to understand he'd be handing the keys to the country over to the Democrats, who will implement everything he vehemently opposes. I've gotta say I've lost some respect for him lately.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 07, 2025 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

77 66 Should John Brennan Be in Prison?
_______

Get in line.

Posted by: Tony Fauci and Deborah Birx at July 07, 2025 07:55 AM (XQo4F)

78 All I know is Bongino, Patel and Bondi have lost all credibility.

They've essentially cucked themselves and are not to be trusted.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2025 07:55 AM (XV/Pl)

79 That the Democratic Party is a clown car stuffed with perverts, weirdos, and mutants who are not ready to deal with the fact that their parents never really loved them is a bit of a harsh assessment, but the truth sometimes is. Why their parents didn’t like them is understandable, honestly, but why others do is a mystery.

reminds me whens the next MoMe

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 07:55 AM (gbOdA)

80 I live in the high desert in idaho. Without cloud seeding our agriculture dries up and blows away.
Nice call, MTG.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at July 07, 2025 07:56 AM (P0m9n)

81 Republican Tennessee Rep. Mark Green submitted his resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives Friday, narrowing the GOP’s already-slim majority by one seat.

Piece of shit. Couldn't commit to two fucking years.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 07:56 AM (ExV1e)

82 The traitor John Brennen is a traitor who deserves a traitor's fate.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 07, 2025 07:56 AM (sAmhv)

83 Unfortunately, a LOT of people on the Left despise the fact that our country is successful.
——

Jealousy, hate, and envy. Saw this in their worldview decades ago. It isn’t “fair” you see. This works at the macro and micro level. This is why they are hellbent on importing so many thirdworlders and sprinkling them far and wide in the hinterlands.

They are very insistent about destroying functional societies. Unfortunately the answer for them isn’t to bring the failed communities up it’s to bring yours down. That’s how you get assclowns claiming that wanting to be free from violence and crime is evidence of “white supremacy” and rot like that. They are complete psychopaths

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2025 07:57 AM (DqnOM)

84 Gold has risen 20% since inauguration day. I have no idea why, except to say the Chinese government has been buying it every day since.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 07:59 AM (1R5J+)

85 Musk is brilliant, has a ferocious work ethic, and has demonstrated that setbacks do not slow him and in fact that knows how to extract valuable lessons from them moving forward. Yet he completely fell apart over his treatment with DOGE and the failed nomination of his friend at NASA. Something about these latter setbacks was personal, and revealed an emotional intemperateness, leading him further down a slippery slope with risks beyond his ken and which may prove his downfall.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 07, 2025 08:00 AM (WHfpM)

86 Rush used to point out there are no monuments erected to Great Moderates In History.

Posted by: I miss Rush at July 07, 2025 08:00 AM (XQo4F)

87 I live in the high desert in idaho. Without cloud seeding our agriculture dries up and blows away.
Nice call, MTG.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at July 07, 2025 07:56 AM (P0m9n)
-

I know nothing about cloud seeding. When I was a kid, I was told they used dry ice. From the sound of things, today's mix includes chems I have never heard about. Is that right?

I was also told that the science was never settled as to whether cloud seeding actually works or not. Again, no idea.

My simple question is: Is what's good for Idaho good for neighboring states downwind? I have no idea.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 08:00 AM (ZvVgj)

88 So we have riots in Mexico because Americans are moving in and taking over the culture.

--

My first thought...why would anyone in their right mind want to move to Mexico? I hear tell of days of old where it was a beautiful place to vacation. But now it's just a very dangerous place full of squalor.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 07, 2025 08:00 AM (qBdHI)

89 The cameras that supposedly failed at the moment of Epstein's death, also- miraculously- recorded a view of the closed door of his cell the entire time he was in it

so there was video, but there was no video

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:01 AM (AOsQT)

90 Gold has risen 20% since inauguration day. I have no idea why, except to say the Chinese government has been buying it every day since.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 07:59 AM (1R5J+)
-

/buys futures in next best thing - pyrite.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 08:02 AM (ZvVgj)

91 I saw the Giant Bronze Female Lawn Jockeys open for Fine Young Cannibals at the TCCC in 1986.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 08:02 AM (gbOdA)

92 So thinking 2 more minutes about the Epstein thing… are Patel and Bongino naive and easily fooled by their underlings? Or can the deep state effectively blackmail them?? Or did they discover stuff that’s so shocking that they figure the public can’t handle it? There really is nothing there?

It’s confusing, Moe!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2025 08:02 AM (ANuwa)

93 All I know is Bongino, Patel and Bondi have lost all credibility.

They've essentially cucked themselves and are not to be trusted.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2025 07:55 AM (XV/Pl)
=======================
They are obviously doing what they were told to do. This scandal may be on Trump, but it strikes me as more likely on the three letter agencies.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:02 AM (1R5J+)

94 A great country should have great cities… great like NYC, LA and Chicago used to be.

Cities should have a purpose. What, in the modern world, is the purpose of a "great" city, where great just means a fuckload of people living in too close proximity for their own wellbeing?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:02 AM (ExV1e)

95 They are very insistent about destroying functional societies. Unfortunately the answer for them isn’t to bring the failed communities up it’s to bring yours down. That’s how you get assclowns claiming that wanting to be free from violence and crime is evidence of “white supremacy” and rot like that. They are complete psychopaths
Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2025 07:57 AM (DqnOM)

Now do education.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 08:04 AM (gbOdA)

96 . I have not seen where Musk himself says he plans to run for office.

Now do Momdani, today's above the fold topic.

Musk did the LORD's work in DOGE. He also has made a lot of people multi-millionaires and has increased the prestige of the US in automobiles and space flight. The takeover and turn-around of X is suitable enough to put him in the history books as a defender of Freedom.

He is deeply concerned with the profitability of his US based companies and has first hand experience in what a sclerotic yet malicious Leviathan government can do once it is no longer underwriting his wealth though subsidies and lucrative contracts.

So he has skin in the game, he doesn't have the cultural heritage that comes with growing up in the US.

From what I understand, he was pretty head down as soon as he got here.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:04 AM (a4flb)

97 They are obviously doing what they were told to do. This scandal may be on Trump, but it strikes me as more likely on the three letter agencies.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:02 AM (1R5J+)
-

Conspiracy theory. Watch this space:

Cernovich
@Cernovich
9h

There is a chain of command on this planet, and elite pedophiles are at the very top. Even above Trump. Way above him.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 08:04 AM (ZvVgj)

98
Woke up at 6:30 this morning. That's disgraceful.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 08:05 AM (/HVsR)

99 The river rose 20 feet in 37 minutes. Not a lot of time to say "Time to go. Now!"
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2025 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

Folks who don't live in central Texas are, generally, unaware that we have ~1 inch of dirt over limestone. Heavy rains cause floods. Being near the river in the summer is - usually - safe because it doesn't rain, but when it does...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:05 AM (ExV1e)

100 You try running the US Justice Department out of the Fox News green room!

Posted by: Pam Blondie at July 07, 2025 08:05 AM (XQo4F)

101 "All I know is Bongino, Patel and Bondi have lost all credibility.
They've essentially cucked themselves and are not to be trusted."

They didn't cuck. They're under duress. Something monstrous and dangerous has told them to back off.

Posted by: callsign claymore at July 07, 2025 08:06 AM (T+z9y)

102 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence will play a role in America Party.
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:26 AM (AOsQT)

A surefire winner, then. I assume the Lincoln Project guys will join in as well.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

103 What is the America Party going to be for and against? Anyone know?

Don't tell me. "America and Democracy".

It will be a waste of space. (swid)

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2025 08:07 AM (VPwHp)

104 Flooding in Chapel Hill NC

https://tinyurl.com/438hekae
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:30 AM (AOsQT)

GOD is pissed about the fags stealing the rainbow.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

105 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 08:05 AM (/HVsR)

You recovering ok? Did they put you on steroids? That shit tends to keep one awake.

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2025 08:08 AM (VPwHp)

106 sane friends who simply cannot pack up and leave for a host of reasons and so are trapped

------

Some folks try to get away
if they can escape from the neighborhood
takin' flight for Miami Beach
Or somewhere good
But I'm cookin' a stray hound
In a barrel by a subway line
I'm in a New York state of mind

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2025 08:08 AM (BI5O2)

107 LA is a funny sort of city, a lot different than Chicago or NYC, insofar as it is diffused, with lots of centers of activity and the "downtown" area is sort of a big nothing. There are centers of activity in Burbank, Santa Monica, out towards Pasadena, and certainly down towards Orange County. By contrast, Chicago and NYC feel more concentrated, with most of the action in Manhattan or the Loop respectively.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:08 AM (l1LhX)

108 Pam was really good in the confirmation hearings. We'll always have that.

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:09 AM (AOsQT)

109 10 Rescuers did well. 850 saved is amazing. One Coast Guard SAR swimmer broke a record in numbers saved. Well done. Let's not forget the helo pilots with lots of hover time and the helo mechanics for keeping the helos operational.

The river rose 20 feet in 37 minutes. Not a lot of time to say "Time to go. Now!"

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2025 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

This is where NWS or the city or someone made the mistake - 5-7 inches is a lot, but it's not "once in a lifetime" rain...15 inches (which is what they got) IS a rain forecast that should force an evacuation of everyone by the river. Underestimating the rain (which isn't funding - it's just error, like what happens every snowfall) was the big problem b/c as mentioned, no one gets up and evacuated safely at 2-4am - it's gotta happen before sleep, not during...

But mistakes happen. And mistakes were made by many. If I was the camp, I can't believe they stay even with 5-7 inches - that's misery for kids on a parents' dime. There should have always been an alt site to bus to if that much rain was ever called for.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2025 08:09 AM (tOcjL)

110 Cities should have a purpose. What, in the modern world, is the purpose of a "great" city, where great just means a fuckload of people living in too close proximity for their own wellbeing?

Cities used to be the nexus for high specialization, also proximate to where the action is. When Wallstreet had traders on the floor, it helped to be close the physical floor. When your courts, banks and investment firms are in the CBD, then the lawyers, accountants and investors tend to be proximate to where they meet.

When you needed thousands to man the assembly lines, you needed the housing and support services (schools, stores, entertainment)

When you wanted top quality entertainment and food, you need a large population to ammortize those costs.

and so on...

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:09 AM (a4flb)

111 A surefire winner, then. I assume the Lincoln Project guys will join in as well.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:06 AM (ExV1e)
==============
We will if we get paid. Hell, we will do anything if we get paid. And interns, we are going to need some young make interns.

Posted by: The Lincoln Project at July 07, 2025 08:10 AM (l1LhX)

112 NYC tried to stay out of the War of Northern Aggression until Lincoln's barbarians shelled it.

Posted by: Eric2 at July 07, 2025 07:21 AM (q7Vou)

Well, the draft riots in NYC during the War of The Southern Rebellion were started because the city's Irish population didn't want to be drafted and fight for emancipation. They killed a lot of free Blacks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 07, 2025 08:10 AM (Zv8bq)

113 The audacity of these people is breathtaking.

In fairness, they stayed in Mexico. Further, as a Texan who sees prices soar every time we get another wave from Cali or NYS, I can somewhat understand their unhappiness.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

114 Hahaha!! I might’ve been worried about Musk’s new party but if he brings in Pence nothing to worry about. Pence is as popular as fire ants at a picnic

I mean is Liz Cheney next? Political powerhouses…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2025 08:11 AM (ANuwa)

115 A great country should have great cities… great like NYC, LA and Chicago used to be.

--

Our once-great cities have some common denominators that are impossible to ignore. Decades of Democrat leadership that created hellholes with high crime, excrement and urine smells wafting through the air, pop up camping tents strewn about, horribly failing schools, and so much more.

Just thinking about the downfall of places like San Fran, NYC, LA is sad. They're all the same. Filthy, disgusting pig pens with nothing to offer humanity other than misery.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 07, 2025 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

116 He is deeply concerned with the profitability of his US based companies and has first hand experience in what a sclerotic yet malicious Leviathan government can do once it is no longer underwriting his wealth though subsidies and lucrative contracts.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:04 AM (a4flb)
-

Musk has repeated multiple times that he'll be happy for the gubbernmint to remove all subsidies for everything - including his businesses.

Space X has lucrative contracts because it's proven that no one can compete. Are you suggesting awarding contracts based on favoritism instead? What? You want another rescue mission to the ISS?

I don't think Musk's idea is crazy. RINOs don't change their skin. I'm still on the fence regarding the BBB. Too many "ifs."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 08:11 AM (ZvVgj)

117
The documents posted online, however, paint a different picture. They suggest the majority of bishops who responded to the Vatican survey had a generally favorable view of Benedict’s reform. They warned that suppressing or weakening it would "do more harm than good" and lead traditionalist Catholics to leave the church and join schismatic groups.

Traditionis Custodes was based on lies. The lie that the TLM was revered only by superannuated fossils. The lie that those who attended and were uplifted by it were potential schismatics. The lie that by suppressing the TLM, the faithful who loved it would be satisfied by the Novus Ordo Mass. I hope Leo at least stops the acts of suppression by the various bishops.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 08:11 AM (/HVsR)

118 I for one hope that NY recovers and becomes a bit more livable.

Why, because we have no more room or tolerance for these people elsewhere.

I am sick of hearing loud NY accents shouted out everywhere in pubic over some small inconvenience.

People leave NY and keep the attitude.

They as bad in many ways as the illegals.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2025 08:12 AM (xLTGo)

119 I knew when Bondi said they would redact the Epstein files for national security reasons that the whole thing was the deepest of deep-state ops.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 08:12 AM (77rzZ)

120 Cities should have a purpose. What, in the modern world, is the purpose of a "great" city, where great just means a fuckload of people living in too close proximity for their own wellbeing?

well some have ports (NYC, Philly)

decent point but the ports alone suggest an amount of support and density

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:13 AM (Pv3Rg)

121 Dry ice, yes.
Silver iodide comes to mind, now.
Both become inert after use.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at July 07, 2025 08:13 AM (P0m9n)

122 I think that idiot Jeff "Snow" Flake is probably on board with the America Party, since it is going to be the well-funded home of TDS.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:14 AM (l1LhX)

123
People leave NY and keep the attitude.

Sign seen in the control room of a plant in Texas: "I Don't Care How You Did It Up North"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 08:14 AM (/HVsR)

124 It's National Macaroni Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2025 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

125 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 07, 2025 08:14 AM (erzCX)

126 People leave NY and keep the attitude.

the ones who leave - and many come here, to Chester County PA - don't get that the policies caused the problems, not at all.

and they believe they themselves are special - extra special really - for being rich enough to deign to buy an estate from us rubes in PA

ugh

the worse NYC gets, the worse SE PA gets.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:14 AM (Pv3Rg)

127 Probably because the Cleveland baseball team is historically stinky I am approaching this week grumpily. I'll try not to spleen-vent all over the news, but it will take a lot of effort.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 07:38 AM (0o7VX)

https://youtu.be/TR-bsTkkXVY

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

128 Then Musk is too dumb (use whatever word you want) to understand he'd be handing the keys to the country over to the Democrats, who will implement everything he vehemently opposes. I've gotta say I've lost some respect for him lately.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 07, 2025 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

He was always a temporary ally, never a true friend.

And the way you treat your family is always an indicator of how you'll treat everyone...and his baby mommas and kids have some things to say about that...

Say what you want about Donald making somewhat similar mistakes, but his kids all love him, and his exes never hated him...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2025 08:15 AM (tOcjL)

129 Elon is acting the fool

I spend too much time on X

he's just being nasty and vindictive

the BBB is going to help - it's already making inroads! - it's going to help people. and they will realize that fairly quickly

so he's trying to do maximum damage too quickly, because even he knows he doesn't have too much time to slop the poo all over Trump here.

he's shown himself.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:16 AM (Pv3Rg)

130 If I was the camp, I can't believe they stay even with 5-7 inches - that's misery for kids on a parents' dime. There should have always been an alt site to bus to if that much rain was ever called for.

I dunno, some women need an hour just to prepare to go to the grocery store. Couldn't be caught dead without makeup, hair and presentable clothes.

Now do a camp full of middle and upper-middle class girls on safari with their precious mobile devices and other possessions scattered about.

Where do you conjure up the drivers and vehicles in just a few minutes? They had three hours notice of Flash Floods.

When I lived in Central Texas, every time the WX reporter mentioned more than just showers, the usual "with a chance of flash flooding in low lying areas" statement as added almost as an afterthought.

With the penchant of the "news" to decorate the mundane with hyperbole, how do you realistically inform people that you really, really mean it this time, especially when the flooding is quite localized over a few ZIP codes in a multi-county coverage area?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:16 AM (a4flb)

131 There has never been a Clydesdale, Belgian, or Percheron, large enough to carry that Giant Bronze Female Lawn Jockey.

Posted by: Hard Troofs at July 07, 2025 08:16 AM (G5+As)

132 128 Then Musk is too dumb (use whatever word you want) to understand he'd be handing the keys to the country over to the Democrats, who will implement everything he vehemently opposes. I've gotta say I've lost some respect for him lately.

in a lot of surprising ways, Elon is in fact, pretty dumb.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:16 AM (Pv3Rg)

133 Cities should have a purpose. What, in the modern world, is the purpose of a "great" city, where great just means a fuckload of people living in too close proximity for their own wellbeing?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:02 AM (ExV1e)

Tourist site?

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2025 08:16 AM (tOcjL)

134 I expect the America Party will have a home for NeverTrumpers, as well as a persistent hard-on for EVs and Bitcoin and AI

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:16 AM (AOsQT)

135 It's also...
Nude Recreation Week.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2025 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

136 From the get-go, Musk should've directed his ire at Congress and work to unseat those unwilling to get behind a new American renaissance. Working to elect America First patriots would do much more good than forming a 3rd party...of which, might I surmise, would only be populated with the very kinds of people we should be unseating.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 07, 2025 08:17 AM (qBdHI)

137 134 I expect the America Party will have a home for NeverTrumpers, as well as a persistent hard-on for EVs and Bitcoin and AI

and porn and prostitution apparently

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:18 AM (Pv3Rg)

138 Morn' all.... The Epstein file thing is real strange ... Bondi says she has them then she says there aren't any ? All this is gonna do is make the libs say "See, Trump is in those files !"....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2025 08:18 AM (VE6XX)

139 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 07, 2025 08:18 AM (53oGX)

140 Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2025 08:12 AM (xLTGo)

The free-floating hate for NY is just so charming.

When was the last time you saw a New Yorker on this website decry the existence of Floridians, because they are toothless, ignorant hicks who can't function in modern society.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 07, 2025 08:18 AM (Zv8bq)

141 so he's trying to do maximum damage too quickly,

Its not as bad as you think. Americans have the attention span of Mayflies. If Elon would douse the flames in his hair before, this time next year, most people will forget that this America Party foolishness was an actual thing and not a TikTok Challenge stunt.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:19 AM (a4flb)

142 Periodically the administration lets slip that FedGov, specifically Health and Human Services was involved in child trafficking. The reports of 10's of thousands, if not 100's of children who were brought to the US border from Central and South America and "chaperoned" into the US by non-relatives. They were considered "undocumented minors" and HHS was one of the agencies responsible for their safety.

Many, (most) are unaccounted for. How is that possible?

We know how that's possible. And that FedGov and those that are it's orbit are responsible. Epstein and his "list" is a distraction.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2025 08:19 AM (Q4IgG)

143 >>>Should John Brennan Be in Prison?
~~~~~

He should be executed for treason.

Unfortunately, however, the statute of limitations on perjury is only five years. Miranda Devine must know this, and it doesn't help to raise peoples' hopes that he will face justice.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 07, 2025 08:19 AM (3ImbR)

144 LOL #1:

The Old Man
@TheOldManIsHere
10h

I can't believe Epstein killed himself right before he was about to be acquitted due to a complete lack of evidence.

LOL #2:

Scott Adams
@ScottAdamsSays
3m

He was a pessimist, apparently.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 08:19 AM (ZvVgj)

145 107 LA is a funny sort of city, a lot different than Chicago or NYC, insofar as it is diffused, with lots of centers of activity and the "downtown" area is sort of a big nothing. There are centers of activity in Burbank, Santa Monica, out towards Pasadena, and certainly down towards Orange County. By contrast, Chicago and NYC feel more concentrated, with most of the action in Manhattan or the Loop respectively.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:08 AM (l1LhX)

Good portrait. It is not really a city in the classic definition but a mass of heterogenous influences and characters. And yes, the downtown always felt like an empty shell to me, a ghost town. The film business is everywhere but there.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 07, 2025 08:20 AM (WHfpM)

146 "I must be super focused on X/xAI and Tesla (plus Starship), as we have critical technologies rolling out."

~~ Musk, when leaving DOGE
-------------------
He should have done what he aimed to do, and not got sidetracked by the BBB. What he wanted Trump to accomplish with that bill couldn't be done. It had to get through Congress, after all.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:20 AM (e0Po/)

147
Now do a camp full of middle and upper-middle class girls on safari with their precious mobile devices and other possessions scattered about.

Where do you conjure up the drivers and vehicles in just a few minutes? They had three hours notice of Flash Floods.

When I lived in Central Texas, every time the WX reporter mentioned more than just showers, the usual "with a chance of flash flooding in low lying areas" statement as added almost as an afterthought.

With the penchant of the "news" to decorate the mundane with hyperbole, how do you realistically inform people that you really, really mean it this time, especially when the flooding is quite localized over a few ZIP codes in a multi-county coverage area?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:16 AM (a4flb)

It's called having an emergency plan. They were charging parents enough to have one. Even if the emergency plan was finding a local Church in the area on high ground to bed down in...and having that pre-existing relationship to do so...

Something along the lines of "when 4+ inches of rain are called for, we'll be bussing to this site"...and it's just in camp docs...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2025 08:20 AM (tOcjL)

148 good morning and I hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day weekend!

I was with family and everything went pretty well! although I admit to sticking close to my own kids lol

Lititz PA has a wonderful traditional day on the 4th - full day of parades and fun stuff in the park, followed by an amazing fireworks display by the local Clair Brothers (music and concert producers to the stars!). was pretty amazing this year and the people we met - I mean! - everyone was so great, and so happy. it was something special this year! loads of kids and happy families and just fantastic vibes all around

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:21 AM (Pv3Rg)

149 Sorry, CBD. NYC brought that hatred on itself by thinking and acting like it’s the center of the world.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 08:21 AM (77rzZ)

150
I read the other day that Pope is going on a 6 week vacation soon

Pope Layabout I
he just got the job
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:25 AM (AOsQT)

Castel Gandolfo has traditionally been the summer residence of the Pope, since Rome gets very hot and stinky then. Francis, in another stupid act of performative humility, decided not to use it. The effect on the town was economically devastating.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 08:21 AM (/HVsR)

151 132 128 Then Musk is too dumb (use whatever word you want) to understand he'd be handing the keys to the country over to the Democrats, who will implement everything he vehemently opposes. I've gotta say I've lost some respect for him lately.

in a lot of surprising ways, Elon is in fact, pretty dumb.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:16 AM (Pv3Rg)
******
Just because he's a genius doesn't mean he has common sense.
I think he's a little on the spectrum and he does drugs which makes him erratic.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2025 08:21 AM (NpAcC)

152 I'm pretty sure the whole cloud seeding, chemtrails thing had been debunked.

Maybe

Better to waste time and effort on legislation to ban the practice than to focus on other things.
Posted by: Marjorie Taylor Greene's Weather Machine at July 07, 2025 07:48 AM (Q4IgG)

https://youtu.be/9kdDkYfaNMQ

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:22 AM (ExV1e)

153 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2025 08:22 AM (+qU29)

154 From the get-go, Musk should've directed his ire at Congress and work to unseat those unwilling to get behind a new American renaissance. Working to elect America First patriots would do much more good than forming a 3rd party

And all he would have to do is target a relatively small handful of districts to give the Speaker a reliable majority of fiscal and social restraint enthusiasts.

The Senate, is a totally different matter. That is going to require an Act of God to correct, and Musk ain't the Almighty.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:22 AM (a4flb)

155 chemtrails! yes!

so I track the damn things like a spastic gardener which I am

not sure about today but there were NONE here from Thursday through Sunday! I was elated!

probably the pilots all went to the shore

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:23 AM (Pv3Rg)

156 >Castel Gandolfo has traditionally been the summer residence of the Pope
----

is there a pool

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:24 AM (AOsQT)

157 When was the last time you saw a New Yorker on this website decry the existence of Floridians, because they are toothless, ignorant hicks who can't function in modern society.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 07, 2025 08:18 AM (Zv8bq

In fairness, Floridians haven't contributed much to the wholesale destruction of the country. New York, on the other hand, is a medal of dishonor recipient in the war against America. They'll never be as destructive as DC, but they sure do give it their all.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2025 08:24 AM (BI5O2)

158 It's also...
Nude Recreation Week.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2025 08:17 AM (NpAcC)
-

Sorry. Can't join in. I'm modeling winter parkas till the end of the month.

/fig leaf of an excuse.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 08:24 AM (ZvVgj)

159 Then Musk is too dumb (use whatever word you want) to understand he'd be handing the keys to the country over to the Democrats, who will implement everything he vehemently opposes.

Musk is Open Borders guy. In his mind, you can't replace American engineers and technicians fast enough with Indians and Chinese.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:24 AM (a4flb)

160 They've essentially cucked themselves and are not to be trusted.

Does that mean that the people who bitch about them every day will now stop?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:24 AM (ExV1e)

161 The symmetry to Epstein's careers is fascinating and bears investigating...

His career started when Bill Barr's Father got him a teaching job and his life ended under Bill Barr who was in control of the federal prison system, in a jail cell when the guards fell asleep and the cameras stopped working.

And apparently his life and exploits are just one big Seinfeld episode, it was all... Nothing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2025 08:24 AM (XV/Pl)

162 I think that Musk forming a 3rd party will give the 'reasonable' Ds a place to go, because they won't be able to stay with the leftist fringe that have/are taking over the modern day D party. This 3rd party would be more inclined to make reasonable partnerships with the Rs than they would with the Ds. The 3rd party would, on the surface, temper the imaginary reactionary tendencies of some on the far right. I really think that the 3rd party would take far more from the left and give more to the right than the other way around.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 07, 2025 08:25 AM (JNTt1)

163 135 It's also...
Nude Recreation Week.
Posted by: redridinghood

Bad Idea. Snapping turtles in the lake, big bluefish in the surf.

Posted by: Keep Your Trunks On! at July 07, 2025 08:25 AM (G5+As)

164 Castel Gandolfo has traditionally been the summer residence of the Pope
----

is there a pool

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:24 AM (AOsQT)
-

Is there golfo?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 08:25 AM (ZvVgj)

165 150
I read the other day that Pope is going on a 6 week vacation soon

Pope Layabout I
he just got the job
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:25 AM (AOsQT)

Castel Gandolfo has traditionally been the summer residence of the Pope, since Rome gets very hot and stinky then. Francis, in another stupid act of performative humility, decided not to use it. The effect on the town was economically devastating.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 08:21 AM (/HVsR)

PS - The pope's "vacation" is less vacation and more about changing homes to continue working while the 1st home gets its seasonal refreshing...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2025 08:25 AM (tOcjL)

166
is there a pool
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:24 AM (AOsQT)

A very nice lake.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 08:25 AM (/HVsR)

167 But I'm cookin' a stray hound
In a barrel by a subway line
I'm in a New York state of mind
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2025 08:08 AM (BI5O2)]
tff

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 08:25 AM (gbOdA)

168 Musk is Open Borders guy. In his mind, you can't replace American engineers and technicians fast enough with Indians and Chinese.

a thousand percent this and I will not forget his assholery when Vivek "said too much."

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:25 AM (Pv3Rg)

169 everyone was so great, and so happy. it was something special this year! loads of kids and happy families and just fantastic vibes all around
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:21 AM (Pv3Rg)
===================
This is the way.

None of the crap, all the joy. Sounds great.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:26 AM (e0Po/)

170 156 >Castel Gandolfo has traditionally been the summer residence of the Pope
----

is there a pool
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:24 AM (AOsQT)

Theres a pool and an pond
Pond'd be good for you.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 08:27 AM (gbOdA)

171 We're expected to believe that Epstein pimped out underaged kids to imaginary people. Huge loss of credibility for the Trump admin

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 07, 2025 08:27 AM (Dv3i1)

172 I think that Musk forming a 3rd party will give the 'reasonable' Ds a place to go, because they won't be able to stay with the leftist fringe that have/are taking over the modern day D party.

well sure, if they existed

sadly, they do not

the most insane libs in my family - ok so this one fam, all into EVs everyone has one - they were all "well now we feel better about driving the teslas!"

they are NOT "moderate Dems"

they are insane liberals. that's who is loving the America Blah Blah Party.

anti Trump psychos

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:27 AM (Pv3Rg)

173 Is there golfo?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 08:25 AM (ZvVgj)
=============
I see you speak Italian!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:27 AM (e0Po/)

174 My take-away from the Musk-Trump bromance break-up is that Elon doesn't take rejection well.

Plus, if he was honestly interested in helping America he'd put his money, his tech and his mouth to use in primarying RINO's in Congress.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2025 08:30 AM (Q4IgG)

175 The ad for Camp Mystic. A private Christian camp for girls.

https://www.campmystic.com/

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 07, 2025 08:30 AM (5xuJ/)

176 As long as Wall Street remains, NYC will never fully falter.

Left Wing Hedge and bankers, coupled with elitist RINO trash will never leaver their central park penthouses and Conneticutt mansions. Call girls too

Posted by: Jonah at July 07, 2025 08:30 AM (YCxFk)

177 It's called having an emergency plan.

I'm truly surprised that wasn't a condition for liability insurance.

Guessing, that many Zoom/Teams meetings today within the industry on that topic.

Dittos with Slip & Fall Lawyers who want to make bank on this tragedy.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:30 AM (a4flb)

178 Nude Recreation Week gives a whole new meaning to “pickleball.”

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 08:30 AM (77rzZ)

179 135 It's also...
Nude Recreation Week.
Posted by: redridinghood
=====================
Fun for the whole family!

Posted by: Joe Biden, family guy at July 07, 2025 08:30 AM (e0Po/)

180 FDR Drive is the latest installment in a series starring protagonists Nora Carleton (aka "Ms. Smooth"), a brilliant federal prosecutor and "rule-of-law social liberal" who recently became a lesbian, and Benny Dugan (aka "Mr. Rough"), a hard-charging old-school investigator and recovering alcoholic who recently became woke. Having successfully taken down the Italian mob in an earlier book, the dynamic duo set their sights on an even bigger threat: MAGA white supremacy.

Bird cage liner

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2025 08:30 AM (gbOdA)

181 I see you speak Italian!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:27 AM (e0Po/)
-

Only a little bito.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 08:30 AM (ZvVgj)

182 The America Party will simply become a respectable refuge for Never Trumpers.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 07, 2025 08:30 AM (WHfpM)

183 Pam Bondi is a joke...

Jeff Kuhner

His callers are not happy with the 3 lightweights, Bondi, Patel and Bongino. I expect those three to be gone by Midterm, still until some President comes along and disbands the FBI and CIA, nothing will change

Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 07, 2025 08:31 AM (TGPs7)

184
Star Trek Meetings...

You know what these are?

These are meetings in which everyone gets to offer an opinion, no one interrupts, a plan is formulated, and everyone agrees at the end. Even Worf.

Why can't the Trump Admin be like that? Maybe it is. Except for Elon. Maybe Elon was Data-Lore?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 07, 2025 08:31 AM (b3oov)

185 174. Spot on Martini. Elon needs to go after RINO's in Safe seats

Posted by: Jonah at July 07, 2025 08:31 AM (YCxFk)

186 Is there a pool

Are there stairs?

Posted by: Pak Chooie Unf at July 07, 2025 08:32 AM (qqb9B)

187 185 174. Spot on Martini. Elon needs to go after RINO's in Safe seats
Posted by: Jonah at July 07, 2025 08:31 AM (YCxFk)

I see people have read my editorial! ;-)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 08:32 AM (x0n13)

188 Plus, if he was honestly interested in helping America he'd put his money, his tech and his mouth to use in primarying RINO's in Congress.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2025 08:30 AM (Q4IgG)
-

That's one of Musk's party's goals.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 08:32 AM (ZvVgj)

189 We're expected to believe that Epstein pimped out underaged kids to imaginary people. Huge loss of credibility for the Trump admin

Not the Trump Admin, the Three Stooges† who fake being competent DOJ officials but are really just TV personalities who are in over their heads.

† Bondi, Patel, Bongino

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:33 AM (a4flb)

190
The epstein bullshit is, like, 197th on my list of things I give a shit about. Right below South Africa, ukraine, and Israel.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 07, 2025 08:33 AM (b3oov)

191 I expect Bondi soon to come up with some fiery or fulsome statements in defense or support of Trump over one thing or another. Sucking up is her go-to move when the heat is on.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 07, 2025 08:33 AM (WHfpM)

192 51 -Pittsburgh Pirates fan, for some reason
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 07, 2025 07:43 AM (sAmhv)

The Pirates, who are only good when the Degenerates come to town for their Degenerate Con.

Posted by: XTC at July 07, 2025 08:33 AM (UnA8+)

193 >It's also...
Nude Recreation Week.
----

It's breathtaking I suggest you try it

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:33 AM (AOsQT)

194 182 The America Party will simply become a respectable refuge for Never Trumpers.

yep exactly

and will get mucho support from progs, they will spend money like crazy (but vote blue of course)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:34 AM (Pv3Rg)

195 183. They have only been in office 6 months, and have to deal with the courts just like Trump.

I get it every one wants blood for John Brennan, Comey etc.. But we have to move forward. Winning again in 2028, is much more important than chasing the past

Posted by: Jonah at July 07, 2025 08:34 AM (YCxFk)

196 "In my tech career, I have come across many H1B foreigners who wanted to be US citizens so that they can vote or be elected to usher in Communism. They suck up the oxygen wildly proclaiming why America is horrible and can only be cured by full-on Marxism."

You should wish them good luck getting citizenship with that attitude.

I've met a few of those hotheads and they tend to disappear for some reason. I don't think I've met any of them over 25.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2025 08:34 AM (xLTGo)

197 187. Sorry JJ.My bad

Posted by: Jonah at July 07, 2025 08:35 AM (YCxFk)

198 anyway I find it interesting that just when PDJT has all these massive wins, and people are feeling great ...

all of a sudden Elon comes up with this "strategy' to put a dumb damper on everything?

stinks to high heaven frankly

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:35 AM (Pv3Rg)

199 I think Musk won't keep up enough pressure to matter, but I have no problem with anybody taking a run at the Republican Party. Stop hating people for hating them. They earned the hate, and they deserve the trouble they're getting from Musk, and much more.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2025 08:35 AM (BI5O2)

200
I admire Musk's many virtues. But he's no politician and he's going to get rolled.

Not many people have the character traits to succeed in politics. Many, but by no means all, of those traits may be bad ones but you and I don't have them and it's not a 10,000 hour project to acquire them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 08:35 AM (/HVsR)

201 177 It's called having an emergency plan.

I'm truly surprised that wasn't a condition for liability insurance.

Guessing, that many Zoom/Teams meetings today within the industry on that topic.

Dittos with Slip & Fall Lawyers who want to make bank on this tragedy.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:30 AM (a4flb)

I wonder if they had liability insurance.

But if I had kids in my care, NO WAY have I not gamed out all the possible emergency scenarios I could think of and have plans for them (even if the plan is "call parents to pick up kids asap")...flood, tornado, hurricane, lightning, missing kid, fall, accidents, etc...I'd have thought of what I would do. These guys didn't.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2025 08:36 AM (tOcjL)

202 The Trump proposed "ceasefire" with Hamas would force Israel to accept getting only half of the remaining hostages back. In good conscience, after all Israel has accomplished recently, how could anyone think that is a deal worth signing?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:36 AM (e0Po/)

203 199 I think Musk won't keep up enough pressure to matter, but I have no problem with anybody taking a run at the Republican Party. Stop hating people for hating them. They earned the hate, and they deserve the trouble they're getting from Musk, and much more.

sure but he's not really doing that

I read his tweets over the holiday and it was more about anti-Trump really

it wasn't Javier Milei stuff!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:36 AM (Pv3Rg)

204 182. Agree. amazing that Elon would want to be associated with loser Never Trumpers like Kristol

Posted by: Jonah at July 07, 2025 08:37 AM (YCxFk)

205 I think Musk won't keep up enough pressure to matter, but I have no problem with anybody taking a run at the Republican Party. Stop hating people for hating them. They earned the hate, and they deserve the trouble they're getting from Musk, and much more.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2025 08:35 AM (BI5O2)
===============
Up twinkles on this one.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:37 AM (+Rpe6)

206 Saint George Five Year Look Back?

Is Amy Klobuchar mentioned?

No.

She had nearly 10 misconduct reports about Chauvin as Hennepin DA...but wanted the Police Union endorsement in her Senator run.

Klobuchar's FAILURE.

Posted by: Internet Nut Job Is Me at July 07, 2025 08:37 AM (kVxgh)

207 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Early again. East coast time. Ugh.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 07, 2025 08:37 AM (2eet0)

208 Winning again in 2028, is much more important than chasing the past
Posted by: Jonah at July 07, 2025 08:34 AM (YCxFk)

True, but settling scores motivates the base.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 07, 2025 08:38 AM (WHfpM)

209 “This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.’ There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions,”

Horseshit!

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at July 07, 2025 08:38 AM (K+rHH)

210 Speaking of Melei, and NYC should pay special attention to this, did everyone see the report on Sunday saying rents are down 40% in Buenos Aires and the supply of rentable apartments has tripled since the end of price controls.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:40 AM (+Rpe6)

211
The more Elon caterwauls, the more he looks like a billionaire playing a game, throwing his money around.

He will lose The People, if he hasn't already.

Right now, all he has is the nevertrumpers, a tiny group of flaccid cucks.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 07, 2025 08:40 AM (b3oov)

212 Does the Pope wear a wife-beater, swim trunks, and white zinc cream on his nose on vacation?

Posted by: Ecclesiastically Challenged at July 07, 2025 08:40 AM (G5+As)

213
Your IDF Babe of the Day
An occasional series.

https://tinyurl.com/4mtmu2z3

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:40 AM (AOsQT)

214 They didn't underestimate rain totals. It was a remnant of a tropical storm that stalled in one spot. It's similar to what caused the flooding in North Carolina. If there had been more wind, the original estimate would have been right.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 07, 2025 08:40 AM (AcTAo)

215 "Mark Green submitted his resignation"

That probably means the Dems found two women who will swear he raped them unless he steps down.

Posted by: Rip N Read at July 07, 2025 08:41 AM (fr4zq)

216 They have only been in office 6 months, and have to deal with the courts just like Trump.

How many J6ers were rounded up and thrown in camps within six months?

I think Russia! Russia! Russia! was in full swing too.

There are no arrests and no investigations because they don't want to do that kind of work. They would rather send a battalion of Fed agents to deal with a local crime involving a shooter in ID, or they want to play ICE agents and roll with the pros in escorting illegal aliens out of courtrooms.

Hopefully, as new ICE agents go on-line and more States step up and commit resources, the FBI can go back to their usual screwing off and petty crime investigations.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:41 AM (a4flb)

217 102 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence July 07, 2025 08:06 AM (T+z9y)

102 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence will play a role in America Party.
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:26 AM (AOsQT)

A surefire winner, then. I assume the Lincoln Project guys will join in as well.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:06 AM (ExV1e) play a role in America Party.
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 07:

Icing on the shitcake: Mark Cuban now says he wants to be part of it.
Mark Cuban is to political movements what Jim Kramer is to stock picks.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2025 08:41 AM (Lhvai)

218
Mark Cuban is to political movements what Jim Kramer is to stock picks.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2025 08:41 AM (Lhvai)

Always wrong, but never in doubt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 08:42 AM (/HVsR)

219 What many of you don't understand is that most of the New Yorkers you despise are not native New Yorkers. Hell, many (if not most) are not even US citizens. They come from elsewhere to make it in NY. The only native New Yorkers left are probably those in the outer boroughs, like the poor minorities in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, and they're not invading your bucolic villages. Incredibly, Staten Island, which was always considered the red-headed stepchild borough, is probably the closest you will find to native. But they pretty much stay put. Manhattan is all tourists, transplants and illegals.

I was born and raised in Manhattan and spent the first 30+ years of my life there, so I'm not talking out of my ass. Back then we had neighborhoods: Jewish, Italian, Irish, German, etc. There are still pockets of true New York, but they are far too few.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 07, 2025 08:42 AM (3ImbR)

220 215 "Mark Green submitted his resignation"

yeah this was the other thing

just desperation moves by the DS after Trump Train wins

that guy was a weasel

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:42 AM (Pv3Rg)

221 This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.’ There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions,”
Horseshit!
Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at July 07, 2025 08:38 AM (K+rHH)

Didn't some big brained fella awhile ago explain that the Epstein stuff was accidentally stumbled upon in the dark and it is so big, so vast and so evil that people really do not want to know the truth because it could change everything.

Posted by: Mendulla Oblongata at July 07, 2025 08:42 AM (lX1hk)

222 Does anyone bl that even the full impact of the failure of communism will wake up the majority of NYC? After the woman who was a victim of the illegal immigrant/Boulder fire-bomber wore the giant HIAS insignia in her televised interview, I don’t have much hope in the goal of self-preservation for many in this country.

Posted by: EveR at July 07, 2025 08:43 AM (rdF17)

223 214 They didn't underestimate rain totals. It was a remnant of a tropical storm that stalled in one spot. It's similar to what caused the flooding in North Carolina. If there had been more wind, the original estimate would have been right.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 07, 2025 08:40 AM (AcTAo)

Which means the forecast was in error b/c they missed the chance for the stall. Just like in snowfall amounts when they miss a stall or it goes 50 miles north or south or it comes in 2 hours earlier in rush hour vs later...and everything changes b/c of the miss.

It's an error...but not one b/c of money or personnel...just lack of perfection b/c we still aren't perfect with weather forecasting. Even with all the tech we bring to it.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 07, 2025 08:43 AM (tOcjL)

224
America Party. A home for all the people nobody likes.

Posted by: Auspex at July 07, 2025 08:43 AM (j4U/Z)

225 @195

>>They have only been in office 6 months, and have to deal with the courts just like Trump.

That's not going to fly, they made promises to get to the bottom of the Epstein Op and apparently the bottom is that this was all one big misunderstanding, there's nothing to see here, thanks for your attention to this matter, see you later.

Ghislane Maxwell needs to be released because if Epstein was nothing then she's a patsy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2025 08:43 AM (XV/Pl)

226 Seems like Musk is just as vulnerable to emotionalism as any human. Remember he openly backed Trump after Butler last summer…. It was hard not to have an emotional reaction of admiration for that moment.

Now that emotion has cooled down and something got under his skin… probably a combo of his impression that a lot of his good DOGE work was ignored in the BBB plus other stuff not favorable to his companies…. Personal slights (even when not real and only perceived) can cause emotional responses. Remember he did face many attacks from his work on DOGE. I can understand partially his emotional reaction…. But I still think he’s gone way overboard beyond any reasonable reaction.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2025 08:44 AM (ANuwa)

227 Good luck, Accomack. We couldn't get Pookette into a camp run by a local college because it fills up by 12:15 a.m. on the desgnated sign-up day, pretty much all by alumni kids and grandkids (of which she is both). Hope your kiddo stays safe and has fun!

Posted by: yawning pookysgirl at July 07, 2025 08:44 AM (Wt5PA)

228 I was born and raised in Manhattan and spent the first 30+ years of my life there, so I'm not talking out of my ass. Back then we had neighborhoods: Jewish, Italian, Irish, German, etc. There are still pockets of true New York, but they are far too few.

I believe you IrishEi!!! its getting like this in Philly too. Actually more of the true Philadelphias have just left than the New Yorkers you speak of

right what I'm saying is we get mega-rich asshats buying homes here. they don't really care about politics so much and think they are incredibly special. most likely worked NY finance and were not native to the city or anything like that!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:44 AM (Pv3Rg)

229 Mark Cuban (the snake) to Musk:

Mark Cuban
@mcuban
I work with
@voterchoice They will help you get on ballots. That is their mission.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2025 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

230 I kid, of course
The world needs a Pope
the right Pope can be a force multiplier for Good

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:45 AM (AOsQT)

231
Star Wars V: The Final Frontier

"What does God need with a Pope?"

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 07, 2025 08:46 AM (b3oov)

232 Didn't some big brained fella awhile ago explain that the Epstein stuff was accidentally stumbled upon in the dark and it is so big, so vast and so evil that people really do not want to know the truth because it could change everything.

well that sounds about right

I think the pedophilia is the not-worst part of what is done to the children

scary darkness out there; it gets very dark

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:47 AM (Pv3Rg)

233
The Platform Conference for the America Party will be a hoot.

Posted by: Auspex at July 07, 2025 08:47 AM (j4U/Z)

234 This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.’ There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions,”
Horseshit!
Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at July 07, 2025 08:38 AM (K+rHH)

Didn't some big brained fella awhile ago explain that the Epstein stuff was accidentally stumbled upon in the dark and it is so big, so vast and so evil that people really do not want to know the truth because it could change everything.
Posted by: Mendulla Oblongata at July 07, 2025 08:42 AM (lX1hk)

Just wait 60 years - THEN the truth will come out!

- Zombie JFK

Posted by: Doof at July 07, 2025 08:48 AM (5jU2p)

235 Cities used to be...

The most important four words in your history lesson.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

236 CBD,

Why do you take it to 11 right off the bat?

There was no hate expressed in my comment and I didn't focus on anything but wishing NYers learn to chill out a bit.

I understand that the attitude is a bit of a survival thing but that kind of pressure doesn't exist in many of the places where the refugees are showing up.

When in Rome kind of thing.

I think you illustrated my point pretty well.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2025 08:48 AM (xLTGo)

237 Who's up for some nude cornhole?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at July 07, 2025 08:49 AM (xXhAI)

238 > They have only been in office 6 months, and have to deal with the courts just like Trump.
----------
They don't have to deal with the courts to investigate. I will allow that they 'might' be in the middle, or early stages of theoretical investigations, but there's no evidence to suggest that. Perhaps that means the administration has adopted good OPSEC. Perhaps not.

The *biden junta was able to move fast and make announcements because the left controls the judiciary. I get that.

But, back to a comment I made @142; it was RFK Jr that made mention of this human trafficking issue and then, later, Bondi herself mentioned it. If this isn't just hyperbole on their part it "might be something."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2025 08:49 AM (Q4IgG)

239 I was just looking at a rangefinder and Amazon claims it is "sustainable". How can a plastic device converting stored electricity to a laser be termed "sustainable"?

Who knows, who cares, and what an overshot, marketing-wise. The term they were looking for is "accurate", or "sturdy", or maybe "light-weight". Something along those lines.

"Sustainable', forsooth!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:49 AM (0o7VX)

240 "When tragedy strikes, you can always count on the left to weaponize heartbreak for political gain. . . Instead of mourning the dead or supporting the heroic first responders—who have already rescued more than 850 people from the floodwaters—leftists are spinning a narrative that blames Trump-era budget decisions for the devastation"

This terrible event is an excellent example of what I'll call the Left's Two-Step Disaster Narrative Dance.

The Left screamed months ago that Trump's National Weather Service cuts will kill people. Without basis. When a weather-caused disaster happens, the Left is pre-loaded to blame Trump's cuts. Without any facts at the start. And likely none in the end. The Democrat-Media Complex gets two bites of the Trump's Fault! apple. The two-step puts Trump (or whomever) on defense when cuts are made. Then later when a Leftist-claimed cause and effect event occurs. Two sets of DOOM for the media to flood the news cycle with. Facts be damned.

We see the same "Trump Will Kill/Killed People!" op BS from the Left every day. And if not Trump killing folks, it is Republicans in Congress, Greg Abbott, or Ron DeSantis. It is all a Narrative Set-Up Dance.

Posted by: Gref at July 07, 2025 08:50 AM (aBgBM)

241 Heads-up to Buck Throckmorton. I think he has covered the TVA in previous posts.

Secretary Brooke Rollins @SecRollins

ON IT, @johnrich. Standby.

Quote
John Rich @johnrich

The TVA plans to build a 900 Megawatt Methane Plant, with 10 acres of massive lithium batteries right in the middle of Cheatham County,TN, my home county. The parcels in RED indicate the active farms within a two mile radius of the @TVAnews site. This CANNOT happen. @SecRollins

X: https://bit.ly/44NpCHT

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 07, 2025 08:50 AM (P5BPp)

242 The Platform Conference for the America Party will be a hoot.
Posted by: Auspex at July 07, 2025 08:47 AM (j4U/Z)
======================
There will be weed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:51 AM (0o7VX)

243 I have to say I get where Musk is coming from - he put a LOT at great risk aligning hiself with Trump, DOGE, and the Republicans.

And they repaid him by saying well thanks but yeah we like spending money like drunken sailors so that seems a bit inconvenient.

I think ALL of us here are disillusioned and disappointed with the GOP, mostly starting with those spineless Senators.

At the same time, it seems doomed to failure, looks way too much like Ross Perot and that gave us the Clintons and all of that fallout.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 07, 2025 08:51 AM (UpwUi)

244
That ramen-noodle hair douche bag debbie blabbermouth shultz actually used the "Trump lied, people died" line, last week.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 07, 2025 08:52 AM (b3oov)

245 It's an error...but not one b/c of money or personnel...just lack of perfection b/c we still aren't perfect with weather forecasting. Even with all the tech we bring to it.

And 40 years of data and model corruption in the service of proving Climate Change™

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:52 AM (a4flb)

246 Mark Cuban and Mike Pence ?Weren't Liz Chaney and Adam Kinzinger available ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2025 08:52 AM (VE6XX)

247 Doesn’t weed tend to make you paranoid? Maybe that’s part of Musk’s problem.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 08:52 AM (77rzZ)

248 How time flies when westerners have their heads up their ass...

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

Colonization has taken on an entirely different meaning.

Posted by: ShainS -- This is what happens when you cut too much government at July 07, 2025 08:52 AM (kU4R9)

249 People leave NY and keep the attitude.

They as bad in many ways as the illegals.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2025 08:12 AM (xLTGo)

No hate in that comment? All you meant was that NYers should "chill out a bit?"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 07, 2025 08:53 AM (Zv8bq)

250 According to GHF, following the successful distribution of food aid to Gazans, two assailants threw Iranian-made grenades packed with ball bearings at the contractors before running into the crowd of civilians. No civilians or Gazan workers were injured in the attack.

For a people starving to death in genocide, they sure have an odd way of thanking the people handing out free food.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 07, 2025 08:53 AM (6ydKt)

251 zerohedge.com:

Google Bets Big On Nuclear Fusion

Google signed the first direct corporate power purchase agreement for nuclear fusion energy with Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2025 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

252 "The TVA plans to build a 900 Megawatt Methane Plant"

Why are they calling it a 'methane plant' instead of a plain-old natgas plant?

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at July 07, 2025 08:53 AM (K+rHH)

253 Doesn’t weed tend to make you paranoid? Maybe that’s part of Musk’s problem.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 08:52 AM (77rzZ)

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

JackStraw hardest hit.

Wait, I was assured that Musk was a Ketamine Freak ...

Posted by: ShainS -- This is what happens when you cut too much government at July 07, 2025 08:55 AM (kU4R9)

254
We of the America Party stand for:

Electric cars.
Convict transport to Mars.
No alone time with non-wives.
Non-binary pageboys for everybody.

Posted by: Auspex at July 07, 2025 08:55 AM (j4U/Z)

255 Pediatrician fired for vile post suggesting Texas flood victims were Trump supporters who got ‘what they voted for’

https://tinyurl.com/37ebm5ww

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2025 08:55 AM (NpAcC)

256 We see the same "Trump Will Kill/Killed People!" op BS from the Left every day. And if not Trump killing folks, it is Republicans in Congress, Greg Abbott, or Ron DeSantis. It is all a Narrative Set-Up Dance.
Posted by: Gref at July 07, 2025 08:50 AM (aBgBM)

Eh. If Trump had proposed a 10% increase in NWS they would say that his failure to make it 15% led to the deaths of the girls. Because they are terrible people, there is no good faith, and Trump must do what he can.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 07, 2025 08:55 AM (UpwUi)

257 The New Zealand government uses the same four-tiered travel advisory scale as most nations: Level 1 (Exercise normal safety precautions), Level 2 (Exercise a high degree of caution), Level 3 (Reconsider your need to travel), and Level 4 (Do not travel).

On Nov. 29, the government raised its alert status for citizens traveling to the U.S. to Level 2 “due to the threat of terrorism,” where it has remained.

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2025 08:55 AM (RHGPo)

258 The US-Mexico game, played in Houston, was a home game for Mexico. Perfect snapshot of the US in 2025.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 07, 2025 08:56 AM (ImXfC)

259 Mark Cuban and Mike Pence ?Weren't Liz Chaney and Adam Kinzinger available ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2025 08:52 AM (VE6XX)
******
Soon.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2025 08:56 AM (NpAcC)

260 I know someone who needs to calm down a bit…

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2025 08:56 AM (77rzZ)

261 Musk is Open Borders guy. In his mind, you can't replace American engineers and technicians fast enough with Indians and Chinese.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:24 AM (a4flb)

Musk is a selfish guy. He doesn't care what country his engineers come from. He wants to pay them as little as possible while having them work as many hours as possible so as to achieve his vision.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 08:57 AM (ExV1e)

262 Musk suggested the political party would focus on two or three Senate seats and between eight and 10 House seats during the 2026 mid-term elections, CNBC reported.

Given the narrow margins among House and Senate majorities in recent years, a small number of seats in both chambers would be enough to significantly influence legislation, Musk said.

He said the party would caucus independently of Democrats and Republicans but enter into legislative discussions with both.

For a genius, Elon can sure come up with some dumb ideas.

That’s not how it works.
That’s not how any of this works.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 07, 2025 08:57 AM (6ydKt)

263 Pediatrician fired for vile post suggesting Texas flood victims were Trump supporters who got ‘what they voted for’

https://tinyurl.com/37ebm5ww
Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2025 08:55 AM (NpAcC)
==================
She's from Houston! It's not like Houston doesn't see floods. Wow, what an incredible evil beotch.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 08:57 AM (0o7VX)

264 Republicans get what they deserve because they voted for it has been a thing with the left forever.

They are vile people.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 07, 2025 08:58 AM (ImXfC)

265 206 Saint George Five Year Look Back?

Is Amy Klobuchar mentioned?

No.

She had nearly 10 misconduct reports about Chauvin as Hennepin DA...but wanted the Police Union endorsement in her Senator run.

Klobuchar's FAILURE.
Posted by: Internet Nut Job Is Me at July 07, 2025 08:37 AM (kVxgh)

However crooked or inept a cop Chauvin might have been, he did not murder Floyd as the story clearly illustrates.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 08:59 AM (x0n13)

266 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2025 08:59 AM (RIvkX)

267 "People leave NY and keep the attitude.

They as bad in many ways as the illegals.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2025 08:12 AM (xLTGo)

No hate in that comment? All you meant was that NYers should "chill out a bit?"

Nothing more than asking if it would be better all around if they show some fucking respect for their neighbors.

No hate, just a bit of guidance in getting along.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2025 09:00 AM (xLTGo)

268 I am not so quick to trash Musk. He was very instrumental in Trump's victory in November.

This is all sad

Posted by: Jonah at July 07, 2025 09:01 AM (YCxFk)

269 Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2025 08:18 AM (VE6XX)

They lie about everything anyway. That said not been and never been a fan of Bondo (she's got electrolytes).

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2025 09:01 AM (VPwHp)

270
However crooked or inept a cop Chauvin might have been, he did no murder Floyd as the story early illustrates.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 08:59 AM (x0n13)

Correct...Unfortunately he was a "casualty "of the "Blacks are always the victims and cops are always bad." era

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2025 09:02 AM (VE6XX)

271 Musk gets tech. He doesn’t get people.
He can’t see that every never trumper in the country is going to pile into his new party and make it a pathetic joke.

Also, if you want to start an attack on a sitting President, you kick your movement off when he’s deeply unpopular. Not when he’s just had a string of his greatest a successes.

Musk’s Achilles Heel is that he’s always been dependent on the Green New Deal for a lot of his money. It was a great scam while it lasted, but it’s got to end.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2025 09:02 AM (Lhvai)

272 I believe you IrishEi!!! its getting like this in Philly too. Actually more of the true Philadelphias have just left than the New Yorkers you speak of
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:44 AM (Pv3Rg)
~~~~~

It's really sad, isn't it? I loved growing up in the city and wouldn't trade it for the world.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 07, 2025 09:03 AM (3ImbR)

273 Republicans get what they deserve because they voted for it has been a thing with the left forever.

Just scroll through today's comments here on this site and there are comments that are open to NYC residents getting the full Marxism effect because of their voting.

I think its required to add "...and get it good and hard".

Its human nature to look for Karma in politics.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 09:03 AM (a4flb)

274 That Houston pediatrician is just dumb for posting what she said publicly. But easily 90% of Democrats feel the same way.

I keep saying it’s time for a national divorce. When your spouse is to the point of cheering for the deaths of children whose parents disagree with them politically, you can no longer live in the same house as that person.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 07, 2025 09:03 AM (ImXfC)

275 Republicans get what they deserve because they voted for it has been a thing with the left forever.

They are vile people.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
_________

If 9/11 had happened in Texas, there's no way the blue states would have rallied to the flag.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 07, 2025 09:04 AM (p16cu)

276 In the weeks leading up to the devastating floods in Texas, five former directors of the National Weather Service sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump warning that continued cuts to the budget would result in the deaths of people.

I feel sick to my stomach for every single dead girl in Texas because it was preventable. It absolutely didn't have to happen. Lots of their parents voted for this gaggle of dipshits that cut all those NWS and NOAA jobs. Tragically, it close all those girls their lives.

Absolutely preventable. And the news media let the nation down again. Otherwise, all the people in red states and blue would know before the election that Trump sold himself directly to Big Oil, offering all they wanted in exchange for a one-time contribution of one billion dollars.

There is no more normal - ever. We are being third worldized. They are going to kill a lot of us. We are also being pauperized so we will be willing to replace deported workers at any price just to stay alive. This criminal incompetence needs to be hung around Trump's neck 24/7. We must oppose MAGA at every step to save lives!!

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 07, 2025 09:04 AM (JCZqz)

277 Didn't some big brained fella awhile ago explain that the Epstein stuff was accidentally stumbled upon in the dark and it is so big, so vast and so evil that people really do not want to know the truth because it could change everything.
Posted by: Mendulla Oblongata

Change it then. Bring it all down. Start the executions.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 07, 2025 09:04 AM (erzCX)

278 273 Yeah, we do it too. Glad you said it so I didn't have to.

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at July 07, 2025 09:04 AM (K+rHH)

279 Ratcliffe told Breitbart News that Brennan’s tenure as CIA director “was one of the worst things that has ever happened to the Agency.” Ratcliffe detailed in that interview several steps he already had going to undo the politicization of intelligence that Brennan had accelerated.

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2025 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

280 Just scroll through today's comments here on this site and there are comments that are open to NYC residents getting the full Marxism effect because of their voting.

I think its required to add "...and get it good and hard".

Its human nature to look for Karma in politics.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 09:03 AM (a4flb)

FFS it’s not the same thing. Nobody in Kerr county voted for a 1000 year flood. People in NYC vote for communism every chance they get.

This is a really stupid take.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 07, 2025 09:05 AM (ImXfC)

281 She had nearly 10 misconduct reports about Chauvin as Hennepin DA...but wanted the Police Union endorsement in her Senator run.

Klobuchar's FAILURE.
Posted by: Internet Nut Job Is Me at July 07, 2025 08:37 AM (kVxgh)

However crooked or inept a cop Chauvin might have been, he did not murder Floyd as the story early illustrates.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 08:59 AM (x0n13)

I’m pretty sure any cop working for a long period of time in a city like Minneapolis is going to get multiple misconduct reports filed on him.

Now that we know that Floyd was dying on the asphalt because of his own actions the on,y thing you could really accuse the cops of is refusing to turn Floyd over and starting CPR.

But they were waiting on the ambulance they’d already called for Floyd.

And we also learned Floyd died in the hospital, not on the street.

Chauvin is a political prisoner at this point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 07, 2025 09:05 AM (6ydKt)

282 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 07, 2025 09:04 AM (JCZqz)

OMG.. They are really gonna blame Trump for the floods ? He really is God...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2025 09:05 AM (VE6XX)

283 So what is Trump going to say about this new Epstein plot twist. He'll surely be asked.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 07, 2025 09:05 AM (WHfpM)

284 “This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.’ There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions,”

Horseshit!
Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at July 07, 2025 08:38 AM (K+rHH)

You'd think that, after all this time, people would learn to read with a critical eye. "There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals..." Not that blackmail didn't occur, only that Epstein didn't do it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 09:06 AM (ExV1e)

285 If 9/11 had happened in Texas, there's no way the blue states would have rallied to the flag.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 07, 2025 09:04 AM (p16cu)

Did blue states do that? I remember a lot of pro-al qaeda activity in blue states.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 07, 2025 09:06 AM (ImXfC)

286 I'm hopeful that Musk will get the his frustration out of his system and come around to cleaning out Congress.

Engineering is very much the study of trade-offs and a third party would just make the changes we all want harder to achieve.

Posted by: pawn at July 07, 2025 09:07 AM (xLTGo)

287 If 9/11 had happened in Texas, there's no way the blue states would have rallied to the flag.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 07, 2025 09:04 AM (p16cu)
=================
I disagree with this. Patriots live all over our country. Hell, Boston (just picking one example) is patriotic as all get out, Michelle Wu and her voters notwithstanding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 09:07 AM (4bikO)

288 And Pam Bondi has not even begun to address the serious problem of ladies farding in cars.

Posted by: Zombie Rush Limbaugh at July 07, 2025 09:07 AM (G5+As)

289 Look up Camp Mystic on Google Maps. Building in and obvious flood prone area is stupid. Building a camp for children is evil. FEMA closed access to flood plain maps through its website on June 30, 2025. What the fuck?

Posted by: Marooned at July 07, 2025 09:07 AM (kt8QE)

290 Agree on the fate of NYC. It is one of our greatest cities and we should do everything we can to fight its return to the 70's.

The "100 year march through our institutions" is here and we are only 15 years into the turn(Tea Party, MAGA, etc.).

Posted by: Danimal28 at July 07, 2025 09:07 AM (1E4GV)

291 Your IDF Babe of the Day
An occasional series.

https://tinyurl.com/4mtmu2z3
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:40 AM (AOsQT)

Based on this series I've come to the conclusion that all Israeli women have massive tits.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 09:08 AM (ExV1e)

292 275 If 9/11 had happened in Texas, there's no way the blue states would have rallied to the flag.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 07, 2025 09:04 AM (p16cu)

They would rally to the ISIS flag!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2025 09:08 AM (x0n13)

293 Only a complete embrace of socialist/fascist/communist policies (and there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between the three) will ween those people off their addiction to seeking government to solve their problems/improve their lives.

No, it won't.

The will just move on to other places and despoil them, like the locusts they are.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 07, 2025 09:08 AM (0sNs1)

294 I will admit though that I gave next to zero fucks about the California fires. They want me dead. Fine. I don’t necessarily want them dead, but I’m not shedding any tears over them either.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 07, 2025 09:08 AM (ImXfC)

295 89 They are very insistent about destroying functional societies.

They read Harrison Bergeron and saw the society in the story as ideal.

That’s how you get assclowns claiming that wanting to be free from violence and crime is evidence of “white supremacy” and rot like that.

And what we need are people with the courage to look them in the eye and force them to admit that they think crime and violence are the distinguishing characteristics of non whites.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2025 09:09 AM (svLOV)

296 How many J6ers were rounded up and thrown in camps within six months?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 07, 2025 08:41 AM (a4flb)

Imagine, for just a moment, how much easier it is to accomplish things when the system is on your side.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

297 If 9/11 had happened in Texas, there's no way the blue states would have rallied to the flag.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 07, 2025 09:04 AM (p16cu)

I was in Northern California for a wedding in October 2001, and I didn't see much rallying around the flag.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 07, 2025 09:10 AM (Zv8bq)

298 I think Musk has alienated both sides... I can't see his "party" doing too well.. Not sure if it hurts Dems or Repubs the most...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2025 09:10 AM (VE6XX)

299 I would like to know why Epstein was in jail, where he mysteriously died, and Maxwell was convicted of felonies, if nothing happened.

It literally makes no sense.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 07, 2025 09:11 AM (Vfq+S)

300 Didn't some big brained fella awhile ago explain that the Epstein stuff was accidentally stumbled upon in the dark and it is so big, so vast and so evil that people really do not want to know the truth because it could change everything.
Posted by: Mendulla Oblongata at July 07, 2025 08:42 AM (lX1hk)

That pedos rule the world and nothing will happen to them? Everyone paying attention already knows.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 09:11 AM (ExV1e)

301 Many states are receiving orders to activate troops under Title X status to support ICE operations for the next few months (and to be prepared to extend into the next fiscal year). Combined with the BBB massively expanding ICE operations, I think we're going to see Trump "flood the zone" soon. I can't wait to hear the lamentations of the Left.

Posted by: Military Moron at July 07, 2025 09:12 AM (JCZqz)

302 You'd think that, after all this time, people would learn to read with a critical eye. "There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals..." Not that blackmail didn't occur, only that Epstein didn't do it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 09:06 AM (ExV1e)

That jumped out at me. From the hints that have dropped over the years, and from the absolute fear of anyone openly identifying what was going on there, I believe it’s clear that Epstein was just a front man, and that the Island was being run by FBI/CIA with a lot of help from all Five Eyes partners, and of course Maxwell brought Israeli intelligence services into it. Goal: compromise as many political and business leaders as possible so they could be controlled.

Epstein was a puppet. Those who the island are still in charge.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2025 09:12 AM (0DdMG)

303 DW News
@dwnews

"Gringos, stop stealing our homes."

Tourists were shouted at and store windows smashed during a protest against gentrification in Mexico City, where an influx of Americans and other "digital nomads" is driving up rents and pushing out locals.

Cabot Phillips
@cabot_phillips
The desire to preserve one's culture and homeland is only xenophobic when white people are the ones expressing it

.. this week it was Mexico City telling tourists to go home.
Last week it was Spain ...

The surge in visitors has stoked complaints at times from some Spaniards about “overtourism, ” with concerns about overcrowding, water use and particularly the availability and affordability of housing.

Spain’s government has started listening to demands for more regulation, particularly around housing in Spain’s big cities, where rising home and rental prices have become a key concern for voters. Earlier this month, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez introduced a 12-part plan to tackle the housing crisis, with measures aimed at bringing stricter regulations to short-term rentals that mainly cater to tourists.

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2025 09:12 AM (RHGPo)

304 I am not understanding why the America Party is getting so much grief here. The America Party is for real Americans just like you and me, who want the America Dream!

Posted by: Ramesh Vindaloo, H-1B Software Engineer at July 07, 2025 09:13 AM (T+z9y)

305 Look up Camp Mystic on Google Maps. Building in and obvious flood prone area is stupid. Building a camp for children is evil. FEMA closed access to flood plain maps through its website on June 30, 2025. What the fuck?
Posted by: Marooned at July 07, 2025 09:07 AM (kt8QE)

I haven’t seen any pics of the camp but I do have to wonder if the camp buildings weren’t built on stilts, why not?

It’s fine to build in a floodplain as long as you build 20+ feet off the ground.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 07, 2025 09:13 AM (6ydKt)

306 Now that we know that Floyd was dying on the asphalt because of his own actions the on,y thing you could really accuse the cops of is refusing to turn Floyd over and starting CPR.

Had his heart stopped at that point?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 07, 2025 09:14 AM (erzCX)

307 DC_Draino
@DC_Draino
Starting to notice a pattern

Thus far the biggest names signaling their interest in the America Party are rabid Trump haters who see an opportunity to try and split his base to weaken him

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

Anthony Scaramucci indicates he’s interested in joining Elon Musk’s America Party

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2025 09:14 AM (NpAcC)

308 NYP reports GLP-1 users need to watch out for pancreatitis. It only affects 1% of users but can be fatal.

Be alert to this risk if you are using one of these drugs, morons!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2025 09:14 AM (4bikO)

309 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence will play a role in America Party.
Posted by: Don Black
+++
I wonder if Nikki! Halley is sucking up to Elon yet. I'm pretty sure that she's never gonna get anywhere running as a Republican.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 07, 2025 09:14 AM (Lo97M)

310 My guess is maybe 25% of Democrats felt bad for what happened on 9/11. The rest were either meh or supported it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 07, 2025 09:14 AM (ImXfC)

311 Was Musk really angry about the lack of budget cuts in the BBB, or is this really about H1B visas and green energy subsidies?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2025 09:15 AM (tvrW2)

312 311 Was Musk really angry about the lack of budget cuts in the BBB, or is this really about H1B visas and green energy subsidies?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2025 09:15 AM (tvrW2)

Yes

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2025 09:15 AM (VE6XX)

313 126 People leave NY and keep the attitude.

the ones who leave - and many come here, to Chester County PA - don't get that the policies caused the problems, not at all.

and they believe they themselves are special - extra special really - for being rich enough to deign to buy an estate from us rubes in PA

ugh

the worse NYC gets, the worse SE PA gets.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 08:14 AM (Pv3Rg)

You're not wrong. South Florida is plagued with this as well. And the "NYC IS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD AND YOU'RE ALL SHIT-COVERED PLEBS" attitude, while not universal, is real and it has even been displayed here by former NYers (not JJ, let's be perfectly clear). So let's not pretend on either side of the issue.

Posted by: Pattern recognition isn't hate at July 07, 2025 09:16 AM (TbWk/)

314 The North American Man-Boy Lincoln Project is supporting Musk's Judean Peoples Front party.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2025 09:16 AM (tvrW2)

315 So America party is ex Republican, Democrats who still pretend to be Republicans. And now they’ll pretend to be 3rd Party. Lol.

Will Jonah Goldberg and Bill Kristol join as well?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 07, 2025 09:16 AM (ImXfC)

316 Google Bets Big On Nuclear Fusion

Google signed the first direct corporate power purchase agreement for nuclear fusion energy with Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2025 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

If'n I were a betting man, I'd bet that Google added a big penalty for non-delivery in that contract and expects some government to take the hit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 09:17 AM (ExV1e)

317 309 Word around the campfire is that Mike Pence will play a role in America Party.
Posted by: Don Black
+++
I wonder if Nikki! Halley is sucking up to Elon yet. I'm pretty sure that she's never gonna get anywhere running as a Republican.
Posted by: Florida Peasant

Hey. You guys need a little Jebmentum to get this thing off the ground?

Please clap.

Posted by: Jeb! at July 07, 2025 09:17 AM (JCZqz)

318 you what would be really great ? Stormy Daniels joining Musk's new Party

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2025 09:19 AM (g47mK)

319 I haven’t seen any pics of the camp but I do have to wonder if the camp buildings weren’t built on stilts, why not?

It’s fine to build in a floodplain as long as you build 20+ feet off the ground.

there was a story about a similarly-situated boys camp where they all survived. the boys were up in the rafters of the cabins, not sure about stilts on the cabins.

btw Mike Pence is wholly behind the America-ish Party - bc of course he is

not an op, no not at all!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 09:19 AM (Pv3Rg)

320 They read Harrison Bergeron and saw the society in the story as ideal.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2025 09:09 AM (svLOV)

—

I read an avowed socialist professor’s blog post years ago where he argued the Vonnegut’s story was pro-socialism because Harrison turning into a superhuman dictator emperor at the end of the story was a warning about what happens when you don’t hobble exceptional people like him.

It all makes sense in their minds.

And history will never convince them otherwise.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 07, 2025 09:19 AM (6ydKt)

321 291 Your IDF Babe of the Day
An occasional series.

https://tinyurl.com/4mtmu2z3
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 08:40 AM (AOsQT)

I'd like to fight into her ambush.

Posted by: Hava gazongas at July 07, 2025 09:19 AM (TbWk/)

322 *you know what would be...

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2025 09:19 AM (g47mK)

323 Will Jonah Goldberg and Bill Kristol join as well?

oh billy is all in already

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 09:19 AM (Pv3Rg)

324 Good morning!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2025 09:19 AM (wVcYX)

325 Maybe if the people who promised to rein in spending would actually do so, people wouldn't want to be forming a third party?

I know, I know, that's crazy talk. I'll see myself out.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at July 07, 2025 09:20 AM (ERYKL)

326 She's from Houston! It's not like Houston doesn't see floods. Wow, what an incredible evil beotch.

Houston never flooded before the development of SUVs. -- Evil Beotches United

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2025 09:20 AM (ExV1e)

327 You're not wrong. South Florida is plagued with this as well. And the "NYC IS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD AND YOU'RE ALL SHIT-COVERED PLEBS" attitude, while not universal, is real and it has even been displayed here by former NYers (not JJ, let's be perfectly clear). So let's not pretend on either side of the issue.
Posted by: Pattern recognition isn't hate at July 07, 2025 09:16 AM

Texas suffers this from Californians, as well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 07, 2025 09:20 AM (0sNs1)

328 25% of Democrats were probably normal about 9/11. There is probably another 15 to 20% that believed America deserved it but wishes we didn't because it made them sad. Jon Stewart got on TV and cried to the terrorists, practically asking them what we did to make them so mad.

The rest of Democrats absolute thought we deserved it and didn't GAF or were happy because it was "bankers".

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2025 09:21 AM (VPwHp)

329 The North American Man-Boy Lincoln Project is supporting Musk's Judean Peoples Front party.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2025 09:16 AM (tvrW2)

But of course they are.

Posted by: Splitters! Of man ass! at July 07, 2025 09:21 AM (TbWk/)

330 >>I would like to know why Epstein was in jail, where he mysteriously died, and Maxwell was convicted of felonies, if nothing happened.

Might have something to do with the long line of victims who came forward to give testimony against Epstein and Maxwell.

There are files, there are victims there's a lot of evidence. All the latest report is saying is that there is now no evidence of a list of pedophiles or evidence that someone killed Epstein and he didn't kill himself.

The FBI had the evidence for 5 years. If there ever was such a list it is no doubt sleeping with the fish and as much as it would add to the intrigue there's never been any evidence anyone killed Epstein. And I don't for 1 second believe Kash and Bongino flipped to baddies.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2025 09:21 AM (viF8m)

331 Musk is bringing his intelligence and expertise to politics. This is a good thing. The current two-party system is filled with corruption and ineptitude. A visionary like Musk can create a viable third party that will bring freedom and budgetary tightening to the US when we need it most.

Go Musk!

Posted by: Diabeetus at July 07, 2025 09:21 AM (S+el1)

332 >My guess is maybe 25% of Democrats felt bad for what happened on 9/11. The rest were either meh or supported it.
---
Michael Moore (remember him?) remarked at the time that by destroying a part of New York City, the hijackers had killed the wrong people

He claimed that the people in the WTC, being mostly New Yorkers, were likely sympathetic to the muslim cause of jihad.

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 09:22 AM (AOsQT)

333 It's a blessing to live in a flyover state that New Yorkers and Californians won't move to.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2025 09:22 AM (tvrW2)

334 I read an avowed socialist professor’s blog post years ago where he argued the Vonnegut’s story was pro-socialism because Harrison turning into a superhuman dictator emperor at the end of the story was a warning about what happens when you don’t hobble exceptional people like him.

The fact that people like him are not treated with the scorn and derision they deserve is a flaw in our system.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2025 09:23 AM (svLOV)

335 The story goes that Houston was created after a hurricane struck Galveston and the survivors marched inland and started Houston.

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2025 09:23 AM (RHGPo)

336 Today marks the 81st anniversary of the largest banzai attack in World War II on the island of Saipan. This battle is usually remembered for two things, providing a base for B-29s to attack the Japanese home islands and the suicide of Admiral Chuichi Nagumo.

But there is another reason to remember this day. In 2002 President Bush awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to Capt. Ben L. Solomon of the 2d Bn/105 Inf Reg/27 Inf Div for his actions on Saipan.

When the attack was over, Capt. Solomon was found lifeless and hunched over a heavy machine gun. He took 24 bullet wounds before succumbing to his injuries and had shifted the machine gun three times. Around him were the bodies of 98 Japanese soldiers.

Capt. Solomon had been the 2d Bn's surgeon and had ordered his medics and wounded to retreat to the regimental aid station while he held the attackers off.

At first his award for the Medal of Honor had been denied due to the fact he was a medic. Then it was denied in the 1950s because time had passed. It took one guy researching USC's contributions to the war effort, Solomon was an alumnus, to finally get Capt. Solomon the recognition he deserved for defending his patients.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 07, 2025 09:23 AM (XOckW)

337 333 It's a blessing to live in a flyover state that New Yorkers and Californians won't move to.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Working on that myself. *grumble*

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2025 09:23 AM (svLOV)

338 Texas suffers this from Californians, as well.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 07, 2025 09:20 AM (0sNs1)

I've heard that Californication has spread its diseases filth to parts of Idaho and Montana as well, which is very sad.

Posted by: Making wilderness gay and lame at July 07, 2025 09:23 AM (TbWk/)

339 Musk is bringing his intelligence and expertise to politics. This is a good thing. The current two-party system is filled with corruption and ineptitude. A visionary like Musk can create a viable third party that will bring freedom and budgetary tightening to the US when we need it most.

Go Musk!
Posted by: Diabeetus

Like his expertise led Hyperloop, Solar City, and numerous other massive projects to success? His original plan to launch a Mars mission in 2022? He's not even a snake oil salesman...just a clueless billionaire that makes big claims that tech bros latch onto.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 07, 2025 09:24 AM (JCZqz)

340 No love for Transhumanist Party....

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2025 09:24 AM (g47mK)

341 334 I read an avowed socialist professor’s blog post years ago where he argued the Vonnegut’s story was pro-socialism because Harrison turning into a superhuman dictator emperor at the end of the story was a warning about what happens when you don’t hobble exceptional people like him.

.. my wife used to deal with Vonnegut and his agent, Don Farber. Vonnegut always said that he had no idea where some people found the stuff in his books that he didn't put there.

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2025 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

342 306 Had his heart stopped at that point?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 07, 2025 09:14 AM (erzCX)

I guess not if he died in the hospital.

I’m just saying, the cops couldn’t do much.
Floyd refused to tell them he was high and just took the pills to hide them when the cop knocked on the window to the SUV he was driving.

If he’d just told them he thought he was ODing they might have been able to get him some Naploxne or something.

But nope, he was worried about going to jail again so he refused to answer when they asked him if he was on anything over and over.

All people have to do is watch the entire bodycam footage from the cops that day and you can see where the problem was, and it wasn’t the cops.

But that’s too much to ask if the TikTok Generation.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 07, 2025 09:25 AM (6ydKt)

343 325 Maybe if the people who promised to rein in spending would actually do so, people wouldn't want to be forming a third party?

I know, I know, that's crazy talk. I'll see myself out.
Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at July 07, 2025 09:20 AM (ERYKL)

We can see what trying to cut things has done to Trump.. He is now responsible for the Texas floods , killing people by cutting their medicaid , starving people by cutting their SNAP rations and on and on and on....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2025 09:25 AM (VE6XX)

344 How time flies when westerners have their heads up their ass...
____

The west once knew the threat from islam, they saw firsthand their brothers killed in war, their sons and daughters kidnapped and sold into slavery, etc. Oct 7th type raids were a common occurrence.

I was taught in school that islam expanded mostly peacefully across much of the former Roman empire and they treated minorities well. Why was it taught that way, I wonder.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 07, 2025 09:26 AM (Dv3i1)

345 Calling it the "Rust Belt" is branding to keep away the Californicans.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2025 09:27 AM (tvrW2)

346 Non-Binary Page Boys opened for the Cure at the Limelight in ‘97

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2025 09:28 AM (ACATy)

347 I'll tell you why Chauvin is in prison

sometimes these things come down to one critical act or image

for Chauvin, it was the image of his knee on Floyd's neck

that piece of video is why he's in jail

again, IMHO

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 09:29 AM (AOsQT)

348 .. my wife used to deal with Vonnegut and his agent, Don Farber. Vonnegut always said that he had no idea where some people found the stuff in his books that he didn't put there.
Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2025 09:25 AM

"And whoever wrote that report for you knows nothing at all about Kurt Vonnegut!"

- Back to School

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 07, 2025 09:29 AM (dPfyF)

349 I saw Vonnegut speak at a university in the 90s because my friend was hippie dippy. It was a fun entertaining talk.

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2025 09:30 AM (VPwHp)

350 >We can see what trying to cut things has done to Trump.. He is now responsible for the Texas floods , killing people by cutting their medicaid , starving people by cutting their SNAP rations and on and on and on....

Posted by: It's me donna

---

Oh my God HE'S GOING TO KILL US ALL

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 09:31 AM (AOsQT)

351 ART Hopper

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2025 09:31 AM (VE6XX)

352 Get ready to learn what the words "Useful Idiot" mean, Elon.

Posted by: XTC at July 07, 2025 09:31 AM (UnA8+)

353 he had no idea where some people found the stuff in his books that he didn't put there.

Because some people's agenda is their whole world view, so they project it into everything they see or experience. Pavlov would be so proud.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 07, 2025 09:31 AM (XOckW)

354 If you’ve ever wanted to witness the slow-motion collapse of a Ponzi scheme, you might want to keep an eye on Germany’s public pension system.

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2025 09:31 AM (RHGPo)

355 If you’ve ever wanted to witness the slow-motion collapse of a Ponzi scheme, you might want to keep an eye on Germany’s public pension system.

What about CALPERS?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 07, 2025 09:32 AM (XOckW)

356 I'll tell you why Chauvin is in prison

sometimes these things come down to one critical act or image

for Chauvin, it was the image of his knee on Floyd's neck

that piece of video is why he's in jail

again, IMHO
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2025 09:29 AM (AOsQT)

And grinning and taunting the crowd on camera. Not criminal, but stupid and unprofessional. He should not have gotten the railroading he got, but he did not do himself any favors in the public eye.

Posted by: Did some dumb things on film at July 07, 2025 09:32 AM (TbWk/)

357 The heart of the problem is all the propaganda about overpopulation beginning in the 1970s... Coupled with government policies aimed at reducing birth rates in the USA and western Europe, and trebled with secular hedonism and consumerism... caused Judeo-Christian birth rates to plummet while Mohammedan populations exploded. The future belongs to those who show up.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2025 09:32 AM (tvrW2)

358 The story goes that Houston was created after a hurricane struck Galveston and the survivors marched inland and started Houston.

Posted by: SMOD

Houston already existed, but it grew exponentially after the hurricane, because it was not destroyed. Galveston was the richest city in Texas until the hurricane, but people saw the risk in being 5 feet above sea level, and moved to Houston. Galveston never recovered.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 07, 2025 09:34 AM (Vfq+S)

359 My prediction is that the pension crisis and the national debt crisis both end in defaults.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2025 09:34 AM (tvrW2)

360 The Manhattan project cost approximately $2 Billion (1942 dollars)

Surprisingly it wasn’t the most costly single expenditure. That goes to the Boeing B29 procurement. $3 billion dollars.

The government was so insistent about procuring a long range super heavy bomber they approved it, and ordered an initial 300 before the prototype had even been built, much less flown; it was a huge debacle, and had many problems. It was basically left to the crews to work out the bugs, in combat.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2025 09:34 AM (31AX4)

361 Those IDF babes… any investigative reporting to confirm that these knockouts are actually in the IDF? If so are they in units that engage in combat? I’m trying to picture these babes flying sorties or patrolling in Gaza and can’t quite form a realistic mental image… probably because I’m distracted

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2025 09:34 AM (ANuwa)

362 It's a blessing to live in a flyover state that New Yorkers and Californians won't move to.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2025 09:22 AM (tvrW2)

That’s how people in Montana, Utah and Idaho felt 20 years ago.

And then…

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 07, 2025 09:35 AM (ImXfC)

363 A beloved Manhattan bodega cat was horrifically mauled to death by two pit bulls last week as the dogs’ heartless female owner and pals “watched and cheered,” animal rescuers claimed to The NYPost.

Tragic adorable tabby Freddy was attacked around 9 p.m. Friday outside Michelle Flowers, where he lived, in Washington Heights, according to volunteer rescuers with Cat Collective NY, who said they looked at surveillance video and spoke with witnesses.

The pit bulls’ owner and pals then smoked, danced and ate food while taking photos and mimicking the grisly scene, the group told The NYPost.

“Someone deliberately set dogs on a defenseless cat while people watched and cheered,” said Dan Rimada of Bodega Cats of New York — calling the incident pure “evil.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2025 09:36 AM (RHGPo)

364 Politically, the answer is to inflate away debts and obligations. Always.

This too is a kind of default, make no mistake, but is much more palatable and they might not end up decorating lamp posts.

Always and ever thus, without a defined currency unit. “Here’s a piece of paper with a picture of a dead guy on it. Happy now?”

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2025 09:37 AM (Vjlwe)

365 On June 16, 2025, Lebanese TV host Walid Abboud, on Hala Al-Arabiya (Lebanon), addressed Hizbullah and Iranian regime supporters in Lebanon, telling them to leave Lebanon. He said that they should take their weapons, drones, rockets, flags, and allegiance to the Supreme Leader and the "Resistance Axis" with them.

He said that their "Great Iran" has planted a nuclear bomb in the midst of Lebanon, while its people are consumed by wars and killed by hunger. He accused Hizbullah of planting weapons and drones throughout Lebanon under the guise of saving the country, saying that in reality, it is finishing it off. He told them to stop hijacking the Lebanese people and killing their children, adding that Lebanese people no longer consider them a resistance movement: "You are not our destiny, and we will not be held hostage by your delusions."

He asked: "Who told you that loyalty to Iran is tantamount to patriotism?" He urged them to go away and settle in those faraway lands. He said that Iran will not reject them, after "all the love" they have shown it. "Go away, we want to live in peace."

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2025 09:38 AM (RHGPo)

366 To everyone who said you don’t trust Elon way back in 2023 or 2024;

You were right. Take your victory lap.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 07, 2025 09:39 AM (ImXfC)

367 The story goes that Houston was created after a hurricane struck Galveston and the survivors marched inland and started Houston.

—

Was the first SUV built in Galveston?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 07, 2025 09:40 AM (ImXfC)

368 Let’s just do the right thing because it’s not hard.
A Better Suggestion For Illegal Alien Farm Workers

Ag labor shortages are due largely to the industry's unwillingness to pay wages that would attract citizens onto the farms. This is what needs to change. How in the world can we be paying California lifeguards half a million dollars per year but can't pay farm workers a competitive wage? Food prices will rise (labor intensive products like fruits, vegetables, eggs, meat would go up more than corn, wheat, soybeans) but a $500,000 per year lifeguard can probably afford a 20-30% increase in the cost of produce.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 07, 2025 09:41 AM (MMp6W)

369 366 To everyone who said you don’t trust Elon way back in 2023 or 2024;

You were right. Take your victory lap.

yep

grok is a load of horseshit now too

Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 07, 2025 09:42 AM (Pv3Rg)

370 VTK - agree. Even though its really not so "rusty" anymore, the perception does keep the riff-raff out of our backyards and headed for other more high profile destinations.

Posted by: CoolHandLuke at July 07, 2025 09:42 AM (0VH88)

371 No, Montanans hated Californians as far back as 1980, it was a huge issue and much grumbling of the locals. Resource extraction was basically outlawed, so logging and mining declined. Then the wealthy trustafarians moved in, as is their wont, and granolas and hippies transformed the cities into carbon copies of Berkely or whatever. The first iteration of that was probably Telluride, Colo. sleepy blue collar mining town at one time.

None of the assclowns that ruined California were from California either. Virtually all transplants.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2025 09:43 AM (BWpBM)

372 “ But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.”

Hebrews 2:9

Posted by: Marcus T at July 07, 2025 09:45 AM (sdi9Z)

373 So there's that and then there is the sheer insanity/stupidity/folly or whatever of Elon Musk forming a political party

All the garbage going today, every bit of it, was ushered in by Ross The Insane Pirogi.

Too many people of good will fell for the "Read My Lips" propaganda from The Disgusting FIlth in the media.

It gave us Bill and Hillary. Who gave us The Bastard Son of Frank Marshall Davis, who gave us Biden. All of whom gave us the dimocrap scum party of today.

It showed the dimocrap party that they didn't have to be 'mainstream' they only had to wait for Republicans to self-destruct by running an idiot.

Posted by: YosemiteSatchmo at July 07, 2025 09:50 AM (aCkHf)

374 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

July 15, 2023, several vehicles were trapped by a wall of water that rushed down from the nearby creek onto a 1-mile stretch of Washington Crossing Road in Bucks County, PA. Seven people - from ages 9 months to 78 years old - died as a result of the flash flooding.

Reportedly, the watershed was steeper than other waterways in the area, and rainwater collected quickly from several directions — making it possible for the creek to rise rapidly.

For the present, I don't want to see the msm pile on regions of Texas such as Kerrsville, state & federal services, etc. where such such devastating flooding is being experienced with its shoulda, coulda, gotcha press & politics. Just help if within your power and allow those poor people involved to hope & pray; search; grieve, reflect in their time. Pray for, or maybe remember if prayer isn't your thing, all involved especially the deceased; missing; physically and/or mentally injured; all of their families, the first responders & search and rescue teams, and places of refuge.

Some of the happiest times I had as a young girl were as a camper at a "church camp" on Lake Wallenpaupack in PA.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 07, 2025 10:04 AM (NFX2v)

375 When the shoe is on the other foot.

News Central Africa
EU to Demand Stronger Migration Controls During Libya Visit' By Abdullahi Jimoh, July 3, 2025

In part, "The European Union (EU) has signalled its intention to take a tougher stance with Libyan authorities following a significant rise in irregular migration across the Central Mediterranean route.

EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner announced plans to travel to Libya next week, accompanied by government officials from Greece, Italy, and Malta, to press for stricter controls on migrant departures.

Brunner revealed details of the upcoming mission during a meeting in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, highlighting the urgency of the issue.

“That is a question that bothers us quite a lot at the moment. Libya is, of course, at the top of the agenda, and we’re travelling together to Libya next week because we have to be fast, I think, and firm,” he said."
----
To ensure the long-term security of the US borders, the Visa Waiver Program should also be revisited by the federal government.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 07, 2025 10:24 AM (NFX2v)

376 So all TX needs is an extremely large government and nothing like the floods will ever happen again, huh?

Well, how come the “blue states” will not pass legislation banning death?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 07, 2025 10:35 AM (Pce4l)

377 To ensure the long-term security of the US borders, the Visa Waiver Program should also be revisited by the federal government.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 07, 2025 10:24 AM (NFX2v)

Everything should be revisited by the federal government. And we need to be checking passports when people LEAVE as well, as Australia, HKG, Japan, the ROK and EU do.

Unrelated, hopefully the Left keeps up their attacks on this state, because I suspect that it will simply piss off a lot of people around here outside Travis County and help ensure their walk in the wilderness here.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 07, 2025 10:40 AM (Pce4l)

378 The enforcement of Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education, may become more stringent depending on how the Supreme Court rules. The position of the Trump administration and several conservative-led states is that forcing women and girls to compete with biological males who identify as transgender is discriminatory.
The Supreme Court Is Reviewing Transgender Sports Bans.

Considering "gender identity" is a class protected by federal law, I don't see how a law can prevent people identifying as a certain sex/gender from competing in the sport of their choice.

I think the federal law first needs to change to remove "gender identity" as a protected class.

I think that would require an overturning of Bostock v. Clayton County (2020).

The landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Bostock v. Clayton County (2020) effectively added "gender identity" as a protected class under U.S. federal law by interpreting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Court ruled 6-3 that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity constitutes discrimination "because of sex," which is prohibited under Title VII.

Grok: https://bit.ly/4koOhY4

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 07, 2025 10:41 AM (P5BPp)

379 I lived in Texas and the Gulf Coast for 20 years. A little perspective. Any summer Thunder storm can dump 5 inches and the usual places will flash flood. It's normal. Catastrophic rain always comes off the gulf from a low. I believe that when tropical storm Barry was declared dissipated people took that to mean all rained out and the low gone because that's what usually happens. When a flash flood warning was issued later into the Holiday Weekend I don't think people made the connection. Otherwise no way the death toll would be anything like this. There'd be a person or two that drove into it and that would be it. It's a horrible thing. IMO that's where the disconnect in risk thinking happened for those folks.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at July 07, 2025 10:43 AM (jPdyB)

380 Nic Update

Posted by: ShainS -- Flooding and Death are What Happens when you Cut Government! at July 07, 2025 11:16 AM (WbV6R)

381 Elon Musk seems to be raising his sights from merely screwing over his shareholders, to screwing over all Americans!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 07, 2025 11:53 AM (PQOq3)

382 59 To capture the pilot’s attention, NORAD aircraft executed a headbutt maneuver. . .

What on earth is a headbutt maneuver?? I keep thinking of one airplane charging another nose to nose like a pair of angry billy goats but that can't be right.

For anyone interested, a headbutt maneuver is when an aircraft (in this case the Russian Fighter) crosses directly in front of another aircraft (in this case, the B-52) so close as to cause B-52 crew to need to change their flight suits. The B-52 was traveling at roughly 750 feet per second. The Russian fighter crossed in front of them at a distance of roughly 75 to 100 feet. Basically playing chicken at 600 miles per hour. A real colon clincher.

Posted by: Mike B at July 07, 2025 12:47 PM (iEhIB)

383 What on earth is a headbutt maneuver?

Posted by: Mike B at July 07, 2025 12:47 PM

Via Grok:

A headbutt maneuver is a tactical interception technique used by fighter jet pilots to gain the attention of an aircraft that has violated restricted airspace or is not responding to communication attempts. It involves the intercepting jet positioning itself directly in front of the intruding aircraft, often at a close distance, and sometimes sharply ascending or descending to create wake turbulence. This visually and physically jarring action is intended to alert the pilot of the violating aircraft without making physical contact.

The maneuver is typically used when radio communication fails or the pilot is not monitoring the appropriate frequency, such as the Guard frequency (121.500 MHz), and is part of standard intercept procedures to ensure airspace safety.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 07, 2025 12:58 PM (P5BPp)

384 Big Beautiful Bill has Liberals whining and the typical response from the pathetic little Sissies

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at July 07, 2025 06:21 PM (wGqjj)

Processing 0.06, elapsed 0.0716 seconds.
15 queries taking 0.0167 seconds, 393 records returned.
Page size 261 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.