The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 7/25/25

Good morning kids, as I have written about, or at the least have attempted to write about in my tenure as your personal envoy/sherpa of the news, the differentiation and identification of the disease from merely the symptoms of societal rot and dissolution.

A or at least the shining example that is coming to the fore, despite the media's shameless and desperate attempts to obfuscate and distort if not completely bury it is Obamagate, which Tulsi Gabbard to her credit has revealed what we all knew or at the barest of minimums suspected, was that Barack Obama either orchestrated or at the very least knew about and/or approved ofthe Intel community's combined operation with Hillary Clinton to manufacture a case that Donald Trump colluded with Vladimir Putin to somehow sabotage the 2016 election. And then afterward, use this manufactured case of treason to destroy his presidency if not him personally by tarring and feathering him as a traitor. Dear Lord, you talk about projection, especially given the background of Obama himself.

But as I stated how is it that institutions that are in place which are intended to safeguard our freedoms and society at large turn out to be the greatest threat to both of those things? Where is the failing? Well, as Shakespeare wrote "The fault lies not in our stars but in ourselves."

As President Trump though so accurately observed, they're not out to get me, they're out to get you! I'm just standing in the way. So terribly true as we have learned and seen with our own eyes despite the attempts by the Propagandists to convince us otherwise. As horrendous a crime as this was, and remains a stain on our society, so long as the perpetrators are left unpunished which the corruption being as dark and deep as it is I sadly have to assume will forever be the case. Regardless of the culpability of the perpetrators, the lack of resolve (so far Gabbard notwithstanding) of those to attempt to right his most horrendous of wrongs is just as bad. Yes, fear of both political and personal retribution if not the justified fear for personal safety of oneself and one's families surely are factors. But that said, if you cannot take the heat, then get out of the kitchen. The crime is bad enough, lack of resolve to preserve, protect and defend the Republic has just as deleterious consequences going forward.

Psaki-Psircling back to Trump's observations about who the criminals are after, we have this:

The House Judiciary Committee has released an interim staff report showing that the Biden administration and the FBI manufactured a false narrative of Catholic Americans as violent extremists.
New documents obtained by the Committee show that the 2023 Richmond memorandum from former FBI Director Christopher Wray that described traditional Catholics as “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists,” wasn’t an isolated incident.
Commenting on Report: How the Biden-Wray FBI Manufactured a False Narrative of Catholic Americans as Violent Extremists,” Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said, “we now know that the Biden Admin’s targeting of Catholics was worse than we thought.”

Yes indeed, they're after us and they always will be. And as I noted yesterday and in days past, it begins and ends in the schools where future generations of our tormenters are "groomed" so to speak as our supposed elites/superiors and the rest are conitioned to believe that monstrous fiction and that we must believe and obey them for our own betterment.

Some continuing good news on the economic front, with unfortunately the continuing corruption of hack-in-black judges on the immigration front. Oh well. . .

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Revelations about the Russia collusion hoax confirm our intel agencies are incompatible with democratic self-government and the rule of law.
The Intelligence Community Needs To Be Dismantled
All those illegal aliens provide cheap, and sometimes illicit, services for the ruling classes.
They’re Not Sanctuary Cities; They’re Slavery Cities

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

President Donald J. Trump chastised Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in person over the nearly $1 billion in cost overruns for renovations and new office construction undertaken by the American central bank. On Thursday, July 24, 2025, Trump became only the fourth President in American history to visit the Federal Reserve, and the only President to enter the building for nonceremonial purposes. Previously, former Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, and George W. Bush each visited the Fed.
Trump Hits Powell Over Renovation Costs During Historic Fed Visit.
“The American people need an emergency management system that works quickly and effectively."
New Bill Would Overhaul FEMA, Ban Political Discrimination In Disaster Relief
To reduce the taxpayer cost and locate the USDA “closer to the people it serves,” much of the Agency’s headquarters and employees will be relocated from the D.C. area to one of five hubs with lower living cost pay adjustments: Raleigh, North Carolina (22.24%)Kansas City, Missouri (18.97%) Indianapolis, Indiana (18.15%) Fort Collins, Colorado (30.52%) Salt Lake City, Utah (17.06%)
USDA Flees D.C. Area ‘Plagued by Rampant Overspending, Decades of Mismanagement’
The real goal of DOGE is the return the government to the limited, constitutional order envisioned by the founders.
There Are Three Good Reasons To Cut Bureaucratic Bloat, And Only One Is About Money
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a new report laying out how it will evaluate budgetary proposals to end the government’s control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Although the report is officially nonpartisan and descriptive, its implications are clear: the best deal for taxpayers—the cleanest and most fiscally responsible path forward—is to put the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) into receivership. (and Barney Frank, Franklin Raines and Jamie Gorelick in leg irons - jjs)
Breitbart Business Digest: CBO Sees Fannie and Freddie Receivership as Best for Taxpayers
"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
The ruling marks a significant legal setback for the Trump White House; however, it does clear the path for the administration to bring the matter before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Order Ending Birthright Citizenship.
New records show ex-DOJ lawyer Erez Reuveni advising his colleagues on how to possibly ‘sway’ the agency’s handling of a deportation case.
Docs: Fired DOJ Official Sought To ‘Sway’ Trump Admin’s Handling Of Venezuelan Deportation Case
'These violent thugs have committed a smorgasbord of crimes and been arrested multiple times.'
EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Alien Released Under Biden Charged With Stabbing ICE Officers
By far, the most dramatic testimony from the hearing came during an exchange between Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) and witness Ali Hopper, the president and co-founder of GUARD Against Trafficking. Crane asked Hopper what, if any, guardrails did the Biden junta put in place to monitor the well-being of UACs after they were placed with sponsors.
65,000 Calls to Biden Junta Hotline for Unaccompanied Alien Children Reportedly Ignored
“President Trump is keeping his promise to the American people to carry out the largest mass deportation operation in history!” a White House spokesman said, adding: “American communities will be safer with these dangerous criminal illegal aliens gone. Promises made. Promises kept.”
Arrests of Criminal Illegals Are Up by Triple Digits.
Daniel Greenfield: A lawsuit by vast majority of Dem states shows how bad the problem is.
90% of Dem States Sue to Fund Welfare for Illegal Aliens
Kurt Schlichter: There is cringe, and then there is the DIGNITY Act.
Read Our Lips – No Amnesty Ever
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
The nation’s largest oil refiner added racial hiring goals to its bonus compensation formula while eliminating a safety metric.
Did Marathon Petroleum Prioritize DEI Over Safety?
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Margot Cleveland & Mollie Hemingway: Officials warned the Steele dossier suffered from ‘POOR SOURCE TRADECRAFT’ and compared it to the National Enquirer.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘This Should NOT Be Included’ — Read Intel Officials’ Objections To ‘Extremely Sketchy’ Steele Dossier
Fred Fleitz: Tulsi Gabbard's release of the hidden House Intel report exposes how Obama officials and intel chiefs rigged a 2017 assessment to kneecap Trump before he took office.
Five Crucial Facts from the House Intel Report on 2016 Russian Interference
There is nothing wrong with seeking the truth.
Put Obama In The Dock
Tulsi Gabbard is unafraid to stand up to the tyranny that has been hiding under the guise of compassion and democracy.
Democrats framed Trump for Russia collusion and still think they're the good guys
Tulsi Gabbard’s bombshell confirms Obama, Brennan, and Comey rigged the Russia narrative—turning a Clinton hoax into the biggest intel scandal in American history.
How Gabbard’s Revelations Complete the Case Against Comey and Brennan
For all his feigned concerns about the state of ‘democracy’ in America, Obama has shown himself to be one of the biggest threats to it.
There Was No Peaceful Transfer Of Power In 2017
A series of interviews and media reports from the “Russia Russia Russia” era show Joe Biden’s total and complete deception.
Obama? What of Biden’s Complicity?
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The Democrat National Committee (DNC) drew widespread mockery Thursday over a since-deleted social media post that showed how the cost of groceries skyrocketed under former [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden.
Democrat Party tries to pin ‘record high’ 2025 grocery prices on Trump – but it completely backfires
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday via Truth Social that his administration had secured a trade deal with Japan, which included a $550 billion investment in the United States. Lutnick explained to Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Dylan Housman how he thought up the deal and negotiated with Japan for six months to secure the historic investment.
Howard Lutnick Reveals How Trump Admin Secured Massive Trade Deal With Japan
U.S. beef producers gain greater access to the Australian market, marking a significant trade breakthrough.
After 20 Years, Australia Reverses American Beef Ban.
Socialism doesn’t work.
City-Funded Grocery Store in Kansas City has Empty Shelves, Plagued by Crime
ISRAEL AND USA vs Hamas, IRAN, et al
Mediators have been working for over two weeks to facilitate discussions between the Israeli and Hamas delegations, but the talks have not yielded results. The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire, with warnings of “mass starvation” spreading among the population.
U.S. and Israel Leave Gaza Ceasefire Talks, Blame Hamas.
Despite stalled ceasefire talks and Hamas' refusal to compromise, Macron says recognition is key to “just and lasting peace.”
Macron Announces Plans To Recognize ‘Palestine’ As Hamas Upends Ceasefire Talks
The Ynetnews: “Hamas has backtracked on several agreements in the negotiations on a ceasefire and the release of hostages.”
Israel Recalls Hostage Negotiating Team From Qatar as Hamas Makes New Demands
From sleeper cells to propaganda networks, Tehran has been working for decades to attack the U.S. homeland from within.
Trump Must Address the Iranian Threat Within Our Borders
What the U.S. needs to do about it.
Iran’s Fatwa Against Trump a Declaration of War
Iran’s explanation for Israel’s big win.
Iran, Israel, the Jinn, and Other ‘Occult Forces’
The peculiar narrative of “settler violence”.
Weaponized Tragedy: The Curious Pattern of American Deaths in Judea and Samaria
More anti-Israel lies. This time by omission.
That Israeli ‘Internment Camp’ to Be Built in Rafah
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
New documents obtained by the Committee show that the 2023 Richmond memorandum from former FBI Director Christopher Wray that described traditional Catholics as “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists,” wasn’t an isolated incident.
Rep. Jim Jordan: Biden Administration’s Targeting of Catholics ‘Worse Than We Thought’
Two high-profile cases of Christians targeted under the law—Masterpiece Cakeshop and 303 Creative—resulted in losses for Colorado at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Colorado Hit With Another Lawsuit Over Controversial Anti-Discrimination Law
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Gilbertson said that “the establishment media, I got the sense yesterday, they’re going to fight tooth and nail to just make this go away. There were murmurings in the briefing room as Gabbard was laying some of this out. I heard somebody murmur liar in the back of the room, there was some grandstanding from some veteran establishment journalists that were in the back of the room, too.”
The Cover-Up Begins: Establishment Media Is Going to Fight Tooth and Nail to Bury Obamagate
For months, many of us raised the red flag about woke AI.
Trump took the first step to kill woke AI—the tech industry must finish the job
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Zeldin met with his Mexican counterpart, Alicia Bárcena, in Mexico City on Thursday to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the countries to stop the flow of raw, untreated sewage polluting southern California.
Trump’s EPA Secures ‘Win’ with Mexico to Solve Tijuana River Sewage Crisis
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
What’s the alternative to Zohran Mamdani’s socialism, especially when ‘capitalism’ has a bad reputation? Here it is.
Cops, Not Commissars Brings Affordability

EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
States say school districts have no interest—much less a compelling one—in concealing minor students’ social sex transitions from their parents.
22 States Back NJ Father’s Fight Against School For Keeping Daughter’s Sex Transition Secret
The deal was controversial both inside and outside the Trump administration. While the president is getting a pound of flesh and the university was forced to commit in writing to complying with a multitude of federal laws, the agreement did not include several structural reforms to the school that the parties had previously discussed.
Trump’s Columbia Deal
ABORTION
Studies show that abortion — whether by scalpel or pill — kills babies and leaves physical, mental, and emotional scars on women and girls.
Planned Parenthood Sues In Nevada To Keep Teens’ Abortions Secret From Their Parents
L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN
Oversight Chairman James Comer said the committee’s new ranking Democrat, California Rep. Robert Garcia, joined Republicans in authorizing subpoenas for Bill and Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Jeff Sessions and Alberto Gonzales.
Oversight Committee Moves To Subpoena The Clintons, Comey, Garland And Others In Epstein Probe
The Jeffrey Epstein political football bounced back and forth between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate Thursday, with both sides blocking each others’ resolutions to release the files.
Political Football: GOP and Democrat Senators Block Each Others’ Resolutions Calling For Release Epstein Files
POLITICS
Another democrat(ic) socialist just won the primary for NYC mayor.
Meet Omar Fateh, The Radical Somali American Socialist Poised To Be The Next Mayor Of Minneapolis
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
All the reasons, however, for shifting away from the Biden administration’s plan to fund an endless war in Ukraine—and for finding ways to talk to Russia about other issues—are still valid.
Trump Should Resist Russia Hawks
The initial law weakened the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions, raising fears that Zelensky is not serious about reforming the country at best, and attempting to actively cover up his government’s misdeeds at worst. Zelensky’s justification, that the law protected against Russian influence, was criticized as contradictory and self-defeating.
Zelensky Backtracks After Gutting Anti-Corruption Bodies.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
State-run press indicated that the Islamic Republic is worried about the prospect of a second round of U.S. or Israeli strikes after the successful operation to take out Tehran's nuclear program
Iran and Russia Conduct War Drills 'In Order to Send a Message to the United States,' Iranian Media Report
Today, the United States informed Director-General Audrey Azoulay of the United States’ decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States.
Trump Administration Pulls U.S. out of UNESCO — Again — Reversing Biden
The UN building would make a nice hotel by the river.
We gotta get out of this place (From the East River to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, the Parking will Be Free! - jjs)
If this behavior doesn’t prove Sheinbaum’s lust for power and control, nothing will. She doesn’t really care about Mexico’s beaches or environment. If she did, she would celebrate SpaceX’s salvage operations. What she really doesn’t like is that someone is doing something without her permission. She is the boss, and SpaceX better remember that!
Mexico’s president says it will investigate SpaceX for doing salvage operations off its coast
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Chinese state-affiliated hackers have exploited a critical vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint software to infiltrate several U.S. government agencies, including the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which is responsible for America’s nuclear weapons. According to multiple cybersecurity reports, the cyberattack began on July 18 and also affected organizations across Europe and the Middle East.Microsoft has linked the attackers to groups it tracks as Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, and Storm-2603. These groups reportedly took advantage of a zero-day flaw in SharePoint to gain unauthorized access, enabling them to steal cryptographic keys. This theft may have allowed them to impersonate legitimate users or services within affected systems. Microsoft has since issued security patches to mitigate the vulnerability and is urging all users to update their systems.
China Exploits Microsoft Flaw to Hack US Nuclear Agency.
Former Air/Space Force Lieutenant Colonel F-15 pilot becomes #2 person in the Air Force, and Legal Insurrection couldn’t be happier
Massive Upgrade to DoD: Matthew Lohmeier Confirmed as Under Secretary of the Air Force
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
States are also enacting MAHA agenda items, including Nebraska (which just secured a waiver to prohibit the purchase of soda and energy drinks with SNAP benefits).
‘Make America Healthy Agenda’ Scores More Wins on Froot Loops and Flu Vaccines
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Ultimately, this means that Mars’ glacial ice deposits are nearly pure across the globe, providing a clearer understanding of Mars’ climate history and a possible resource for future utilization.
The glaciers on Mars are almost pure ice with only a thin cover of dust and debris
iRocket’s Shockwave launch vehicle is uniquely designed for recovery and reuse of all of its stages. Just as airplanes fly multiple flights, iRocket will Recondition, Reload, and Relaunch™ its rockets in under 24 hours. iRocket’s patented liquid rocket engines will maintain high efficiency through descent as well as ascent. iRocket’s engines will be fueled with sustainable liquid oxygen and methane, which burns cooler, imparts less stress on components, and further supports iRocket’s unique 24-hour turn-around time. Being on a leading edge with its rocket engine expertise, iRocket is also developing solid rocket motors that will transform boosters, missiles, and interceptors.
Rocket startup IRocket mergers with investment company
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Kmuel King is serving an 80-year sentence inside the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Illinois — supposedly a women’s facility — while the state labels him as “male,” according to prison records first reported by Reduxx. The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) declared in 2021 that inmates would not be separated based solely on “anatomy” and that it would respect “gender identity,” though the prison records do not say when or why King was placed in the Logan facility. (RELATED: DOJ Says It’s Pulling Funding From State That Let Male Murderer Into Women’s Prison)
Illinois Keeps Man Who Murdered His Mother In Women’s Prison
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
My apologies for the glib headline on such a serious topic. But I decided early on, if only for one moment, that I'd treat the most deadly serious topic in history with as much seriousness as those currently throwing around the word "genocide" like confetti at a parade. I promise you the headline is as glib as I'll get today. Mostly.
Thursday Essay: Hey, Kids — Let's Talk About Genocide!
Colbert ran the Letterman legacy into the ground as his act became more ridiculous with each passing year.
Stephen Colbert ran late night TV into the ground
Politically correct ‘thinking’ dulls the wits.
Leftists Can’t Take a Joke
Cosmetic retailer Ulta Beauty just partnered with a gay man dressed in drag to peddle their latest line of - wait for it - hair products for women. Because nothing says "Buy this, ladies!" like a bearded dude in a dress and heels bouncing around like an over-caffeinated chihuahua and making a mockery of their entire gender.
Ulta Beauty Partners With Dude in Drag to Peddle Women's Hair Products
All mainstream culture is now created by and for resentful geek losers. Everything sucks now, and it’s because of Reddit.
How Reddit Destroyed Mainstream American Culture
Conservative thinkers Edmund Burke and Roger Scruton share a belief that civilization is a delicate inheritance, not a machine to be engineered.
To Love and Preserve
Christian Toto: Marvel's First Family finally comes alive with warm, witty reboot (of a reboot)
‘Fantastic Four’ – Pro-Family, Pro-Life and Pro-MCU
HITHER & YON
The pro wrestling legend passed of a cardiac arrest on Thursday at 71, after serving as a wrestling focal point for more than 40 years.
‘MAGA All the Way’: President Trump Mourns the Loss of ‘Great Friend’ Hulk Hogan
Mangione is perhaps best known for his most popular hit, the 1978 single “Feels So Good.”
Jazz Legend Chuck Mangione Dead at 84

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1 Happy Fricking Friday

Posted by: hennigantx at July 25, 2025 07:36 AM (gbOdA)

2 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 07:36 AM (ExV1e)

3 It's Flapjack Friday!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 25, 2025 07:36 AM (e5NfL)

4 Happy Fricking Friday
Posted by: hennigantx at July 25, 2025 07:36 AM (gbOdA)

You change your name or just get over excited?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

5
. . . the differentiation and identification of the disease from merely the symptoms of societal rot and dissolution.

There can be no peace until every single leftist on the planet lives each day in abject fear of being found out and dealt with--extrajudicially, if that is the only way.

Posted by: biteme at July 25, 2025 07:38 AM (xWS9V)

6 Will Trump push to prosecute the traitors? He will do what he thinks is best for the country, but unless the players receive consequences, the deep state will be even more fortified.

Posted by: IanDeal at July 25, 2025 07:39 AM (XM69t)

7
*adjusts knot in tie*

Well! Shall we begin?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2025 07:39 AM (HZi96)

8 Arrests and trials.

Waiting.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2025 07:41 AM (DIXP3)

9 Friday… cloth off!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at July 25, 2025 07:41 AM (oYtl5)

10 ...institutions that are in place which are intended to safeguard our freedoms and society at large...

It is certainly the case that this is how those institutions were sold to the public but I wonder if their actual behavior isn't what the people who put them in place intended all along.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 07:41 AM (ExV1e)

11 Good morning JJ. Did you see that Tony Evers is not going run again for the governor's spot?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:41 AM (SfhV1)

12 Good morning!

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at July 25, 2025 07:42 AM (3kTgY)

13 Happy Fricking Friday
Posted by: hennigantx at July 25, 2025 07:36 AM (gbOdA)

You change your name or just get over excited?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

He's gone poultry?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 07:42 AM (wVcYX)

14 WI Gov Evers(D) has announced he won't seek re-election.

Posted by: davidt at July 25, 2025 07:43 AM (i0F8b)

15 Thank you JJ. Are Fridays pants-optional? Just wondering….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 07:44 AM (WdMlw)

16 11 Good morning JJ. Did you see that Tony Evers is not going run again for the governor's spot?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:41 AM (SfhV1)

Nope! So, does that mean we'll have a Cheesehead Momdani or will we have a shot at a Scott Walker redux. assuming the election rigging machine will not be able to manufacture a big engogh and believable enough theft?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 25, 2025 07:44 AM (x0n13)

17 missed by >< that much

Posted by: davidt at July 25, 2025 07:44 AM (i0F8b)

18 I am back after having to step out of the office for a bit. I've had oatmeal, I have my coffee, life is good.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 07:44 AM (jjoN6)

19 Thank you JJ. Are Fridays pants-optional? Just wondering….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 07:44 AM (WdMlw)
----
The only thread with a dress code is the Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Every other thread is a nudist paradise.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 25, 2025 07:45 AM (4S2yc)

20 I can't have Flapjacks on account of my Diabeeeeeeeeeeeetez

Posted by: Wilford Brimley at July 25, 2025 07:45 AM (ycs3a)

21 “A lot of very expensive work, there’s no question about it,” Trump said, adding: “So we’re taking a look, and it looks like it is about $3.1 billion; it went up a little bit.”

I worked for the Navy for 10 years and every contract was firm fixed price. Even requested changes by local bases were denied as the project, price, scope, and schedules were in stone.

Posted by: hennigantx at July 25, 2025 07:45 AM (gbOdA)

22 WI Gov Evers(D) has announced he won't seek re-election.

Posted by: davidt at July 25, 2025 07:43 AM (i0F8b)

Yesterday Scott Walker posted a picture of the MAGA hat with 45, 47 on it. Then he said hmmm....

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:45 AM (SfhV1)

23 *yawn* Lil Pooky's up and babbling. I went to bed early and I still am tired. Kinda jealous of his 15 hours of sleep a day, but not jealous of his teething or dependence on others. There is something to be said about being able to go to the fridge and grab yourself food, after all....

Posted by: pookysgirl needs a nap at July 25, 2025 07:46 AM (Wt5PA)

24 You change your name or just get over excited?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

Were did the r go?

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 07:46 AM (gbOdA)

25 “The American people need an emergency management system that works quickly and effectively."
New Bill Would Overhaul FEMA, Ban Political Discrimination In Disaster Relief

Congress: Despite the fact that individual state governments SHOULD be better suited to handling the specific situations which arise in their state and the fact that prohibitions against political discrimination in government behavior are routinely ignored by members of certain parties, it is inconceivable to us that anything should ever be removed from the clutches of fedguv.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 07:47 AM (ExV1e)

26 The overruns at the Fed have gotten so bad they're looking into buying a building from Qatar instead.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 07:47 AM (AVW/H)

27
Is Evers being forced out by the Far Left Maoists or does he and the party fear they'll lose to the GOP?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 25, 2025 07:47 AM (x0n13)

28
Legacy media were never the cool kids although they and their Hollywood friends were always saying they were.

Watching them fall apart into angry hecklers has been a joy.

Posted by: Auspex at July 25, 2025 07:47 AM (Y8DZL)

29 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2025 07:48 AM (Q4IgG)

30 Is Evers being forced out by the Far Left Maoists or does he and the party fear they'll lose to the GOP?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 25, 2025 07:47 AM (x0n13)

Yes

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:48 AM (SfhV1)

31 my lil sis would have been 59 today.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 07:48 AM (gbOdA)

32 Saw video of Trump with Powell yesterday at the Fed building project. Powell looked like he was in a hostage video. Hilarious…. A vigorous executive can do wonders simply by showing up. You think those project managers won’t up their game now?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 07:49 AM (WdMlw)

33 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2025 07:49 AM (cYBz/)

34 my lil sis would have been 59 today.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 07:48 AM (gbOdA)

Remembrances are bittersweet. God be with you today.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:50 AM (SfhV1)

35 Every other thread is a nudist paradise.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 25, 2025 07:45 AM (4S2yc)

LoL… now I wish I hadn’t asked

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 07:50 AM (WdMlw)

36 At nature.com: "Physicists Blow Up Gold With Giant Lasers"

Physicist: "DAMN!! I *LOVE* THIS JOB!!!"

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at July 25, 2025 07:50 AM (3kTgY)

37 There Was No Peaceful Transfer Of Power In 2017

Ironic, given that the left always breathlessly panics about Republican Presidents refusing to leave office once their terms are up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 07:50 AM (ExV1e)

38 Did you see that Tony Evers is not going run again for the governor's spot?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:41 AM (SfhV1)

What scandal is about to drop for him? Last I saw, he'd faced no repercussions for his COVID tyranny and he was entrenched in the corruption.

Are we taking bets on the scandal?

Posted by: pookysgirl is guessing it involves the teachers' union at July 25, 2025 07:52 AM (Wt5PA)

39

Demolish the UN:

From the (East) River to the General Assembly, the Parking Shall Be Free!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 25, 2025 07:52 AM (x0n13)

40 You seem, rightfully, deflated brother JJ. Take a break and have a whiskey at noon, Lisbon time.

Posted by: Danimal28 at July 25, 2025 07:52 AM (mNOhh)

41 We got a call in the night that Rev's brother's neighbor had requested a wellness check on Rev's brother. Hadn't been seen getting the mail or mowing the lawn. Calls went to voicemail. Police came and found him dead on the floor. Today we try to find out what to do next.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:53 AM (SfhV1)

42 "So, we get a promise that they’re totally going to break because they have broken it every single time.'

And that's why these amnesty bills cannot be trusted.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 07:53 AM (AVW/H)

43
36 At nature.com: "Physicists Blow Up Gold With Giant Lasers"

Physicist: "DAMN!! I *LOVE* THIS JOB!!!"
Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at July 25, 2025 07:50 AM (3kTgY)

"No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!

- - Gert Frobe...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 25, 2025 07:54 AM (x0n13)

44 Meet Omar Fateh, The Radical Somali American Socialist Poised To Be The Next Mayor Of Minneapolis

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By the looks of this guy, he's Somalia's equivalent of Deliverance banjo boy. I'd say his (likely) election as Minneapolis' next mayor will destroy the city, but it's probably pretty far gone already. He'll just nail the coffin shut.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 25, 2025 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

45 McLaughlin said. “How many people have to die, how many lives have to be changed forever for Mayor [Eric] Adams and his sanctuary politician ilk to end these performative politics?”

The I Care bullshit I hope ends up on the scrapheap of really big lies. You cannot claim I Care for illegals when the same illegal are killing fellow citizens by the thousands every year.
Your I Care is BULLSHIT.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 07:55 AM (gbOdA)

46 40 You seem, rightfully, deflated brother JJ. Take a break and have a whiskey at noon, Lisbon time.
Posted by: Danimal28 at July 25, 2025 07:52 AM (mNOhh)

Gout prone. Whiskey is a no-no.

Have to take the 19-year-old kitty to the vet this afternoon. Limping a bit and I noticed she has a couple ingrown claws. Ugh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 25, 2025 07:55 AM (x0n13)

47 >>Arrests and trials.

>>Waiting.

I'm in no hurry. We went through years of slow demorilization over the Russia lies, the Ukraine lies and on and on. The media isn't going to help us by reporting the truth, it will have to come from document drops, hearing and other public acts to show not just the country but the world what really happened.

Let them spin in the wind for the next 4 years while this corrodes the Democrat Party even further. They love to think of themselves as the good guys and never tire of telling us. Let's show the world the truth.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 07:55 AM (viF8m)

48 There is nothing wrong with seeking the truth.
Put Obama In The Dock
________
He'll just lie, daring anyone to punish him.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 25, 2025 07:56 AM (od0dV)

49 Pilot who removed Jewish teens from flight trained 9/11 terrorists
Pilot Ivan Chiribella, who removed Jewish teens from a Vueling flight, confirmed to have trained two of the September 11 terror pilots.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2025 07:56 AM (CTj58)

50 Today marks Day Three of Not Saying It

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 07:56 AM (AOsQT)

51
Trump Hits Powell Over Renovation Costs During Historic Fed Visit.

I think what Trump doesn't understand is-

Powell's fierce need for mink-lined toilet seats.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2025 07:56 AM (iJfKG)

52 Lady in Black, Fateh was the Somali pirate in the movie Captain Phillips .

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 07:57 AM (HFcKg)

53 Very sorry to hear for your loss, grammie.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 07:57 AM (viF8m)

54 I think what Trump doesn't understand is-

Powell's fierce need for mink-lined toilet seats.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2025 07:56 AM (iJfKG)

We did not have mink-lined toilets in the Navy, but I hear the Air Force did

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2025 07:57 AM (CTj58)

55 We got a call in the night that Rev's brother's neighbor had requested a wellness check on Rev's brother. Hadn't been seen getting the mail or mowing the lawn. Calls went to voicemail. Police came and found him dead on the floor. Today we try to find out what to do next.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:53 AM (SfhV1)

I'm so sorry, grammie. Deepest condolences.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 07:58 AM (wVcYX)

56 "Have to take the 19-year-old kitty to the vet this afternoon. Limping a bit and I noticed she has a couple ingrown claws. Ugh."

My 19-year old Mitten takes Cosequin for her arthritis. It works very well!

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at July 25, 2025 07:58 AM (3kTgY)

57 Have to take the 19-year-old kitty to the vet this afternoon. Limping a bit and I noticed she has a couple ingrown claws.

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Wow, 19! That's quite a feat for a kitty. I once had a Siamese that lived to 21. When he passed, he was nothing but a skeleton with fur. Must've been the equivalent of 120 years old in human years.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 25, 2025 07:58 AM (qBdHI)

58 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

59 Nevergiveup, hope you are well.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 07:59 AM (HFcKg)

60 Trump's approval rating at 37%
No President has fallen so low in such a short time

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at July 25, 2025 07:59 AM (d3tBr)

61 90% of Dem States Sue to Fund Welfare for Illegal Aliens

We promise no illegals get your tax money and they are good for the economy but just in case you ever try to take away the money we are not (nudge nudge) giving them we are going to sue you to make sure that we have the money there.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 07:59 AM (gbOdA)

62 Thanks JackStraw. Thanks Count, and everyone. He had no wife or children so I guess it's up to us to figure things out.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:59 AM (SfhV1)

63 ‘Make America Healthy Agenda’ Scores More Wins on Froot Loops and Flu Vaccines

There are no flu "vaccines". There are flu shots. They only started calling the flu shot a "vaccine" after the FDA changed the definition of vaccine in September 2021 from "a product that stimulates a person's immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease" to "a preparation that is used to stimulate the body's immune response against diseases" so they could call the COVID shots -- that do not produce immunity -- "vaccines".

If MAHA really wants a "win", the FDA needs to change the definition back to accurately reflect what a vaccine is.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 08:00 AM (P5BPp)

64 Gout prone. Whiskey is a no-no.

Is that all alcohol or just whiskey? Cuz there's always absinthe.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:00 AM (ExV1e)

65 > I think what Trump doesn't understand is-

Powell's fierce need for mink-lined toilet seats.
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Wait.... doesn't everyone have those?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2025 08:00 AM (Q4IgG)

66 Nevergiveup, nice to see you here!

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 25, 2025 08:00 AM (qBdHI)

67 Nevergiveup, hope you are well.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 07:59 AM (HFcKg)

Outstanding

I am getting sucked in deeper to the Civilian Side of the DOD LOL

They actually expect me to work, unlike Active Duty

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2025 08:00 AM (CTj58)

68 We did not have mink-lined toilets in the Navy, but I hear the Air Force did
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2025 07:57 AM (CTj5

/punch

does shit stick to your fur?

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 08:00 AM (gbOdA)

69 A Seattle woman is suing the Navy's Blue Angles for violating her constitutional rights by blocking her from commenting on the flight demonstration team's Instagram account.

In a profanity-laced comment posted to the account in August of 2023, the woman claimed the jet noise from team's F/A-18 Super Hornets during the Puget Sound air show was stressing out her cat and other animals.

The comment was removed and the woman blocked from further commenting. Now, she is suing.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 25, 2025 08:01 AM (Y1sOo)

70 {{{grammie winger}}}

Sorry this had to happen. Seems to be happening more and more.

My best friend was found by a wellness check recently. We had been friends since 10th grade.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

71 "Iran’s Fatwa Against Trump a Declaration of War"

Average American Liberal: "Oh stop it, H8R! A fatwa could mean a scolding which Drumpf deserves. And you're islamaphobic for acting like it's a threat."

Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 08:01 AM (jjoN6)

72
Question:

Let's say you're not overwhelmed. But you're also not underwhelmed. Then what are you?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 08:02 AM (NJsVu)

73 My best friend was found by a wellness check recently. We had been friends since 10th grade.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

It's hard, isn't it? Not a call you want to get late at night. I'm sorry for your friend.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 08:03 AM (SfhV1)

74 51 Powell's fierce need for mink-lined toilet seats.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2025 07:56 AM (iJfKG)

See "Meret Oppenheim's" Fur-lined cup and saucer. Maybe a future CBD art thread item?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 25, 2025 08:03 AM (x0n13)

75 the woman claimed the jet noise from team's F/A-18 Super Hornets during the Puget Sound air show was stressing out her cat and other animals.

Maybe the animals were stressing out when you forgot to feed them.

Posted by: dantesed at July 25, 2025 08:04 AM (Oy/m2)

76 Cosmetic retailer Ulta Beauty just partnered with a gay man dressed in drag to peddle their latest line of - wait for it - hair products for women. Because nothing says "Buy this, ladies!" like a bearded dude in a dress and heels bouncing around like an over-caffeinated chihuahua and making a mockery of their entire gender.

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Let's just say I live in a considerably conservative part of upstate SC. The Ulta's around me are full of freaky employees, including men dressed as women wearing makeup and the whole 9 yards. I think it's safe to say Ulta is all on board the tranny crazy train. I hate going in there and do all I can to buy what I need elsewhere.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 25, 2025 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

77 Nevergiveup

Glad you are still keeping BUMED up to speed. I feel better.

Have we lost an entire generation of Flag Officers to pbho and Biden (all knowing Congress approves of the list)?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

78 In a profanity-laced comment posted to the account in August of 2023, the woman claimed the jet noise from team's F/A-18 Super Hornets during the Puget Sound air show was stressing out her cat and other animals.

The comment was removed and the woman blocked from further commenting. Now, she is suing.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 25, 2025 08:01 AM (Y1sOo)

Why is it that the crazy ladies always have cats?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 08:04 AM (nrfI8)

79 Seven YEARS before these 5 men were acquitted of accusations of sexual assault.

Hey, at least the lawyers got paid well for that ridiculously extended period of time, that's what's important here I'm sure. {/sarc}

Link:
https://tinyurl.com/48zh5zmh

Something about "Justice delayed is justice denied". It should NOT have taken this long to get to an acquittal.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 25, 2025 08:04 AM (O7YUW)

80 A Seattle woman is suing the Navy's Blue Angles for violating her constitutional rights by blocking her from commenting on the flight demonstration team's Instagram account.

In a profanity-laced comment posted to the account in August of 2023, the woman claimed the jet noise from team's F/A-18 Super Hornets during the Puget Sound air show was stressing out her cat and other animals.

The comment was removed and the woman blocked from further commenting. Now, she is suing.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 25, 2025 08:01 AM (Y1sOo)

No....no, of course not.

The transmittable brain parasite carried by cats doesn't at all lead to insane cat ladies.

Why do you ask?

Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2025 08:05 AM (iJfKG)

81 A Seattle woman is suing the Navy's Blue Angles for violating her constitutional rights by blocking her from commenting on the flight demonstration team's Instagram account.

In a profanity-laced comment posted to the account in August of 2023, the woman claimed the jet noise from team's F/A-18 Super Hornets during the Puget Sound air show was stressing out her cat and other animals.

The comment was removed and the woman blocked from further commenting. Now, she is suing.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 25, 2025 08:01 AM (Y1sOo)

That's an interesting question. I wonder how the courts will rule.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:05 AM (ExV1e)

82 Grammie, congrats on Evers retiring. And I do hope Walker runs again.. Has great name ID as former Gov.

Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:05 AM (YCxFk)

83 Most all of the residents of my community have no family close by. Wellness checks are, by far, the most common activity of our LEOs.

It's a tough balance here to look after each other and, at the same time, not be intrusive.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2025 08:05 AM (cYBz/)

84 64 Gout prone. Whiskey is a no-no.

Is that all alcohol or just whiskey? Cuz there's always absinthe.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:00 AM (ExV1e)

Grain-based alcohol and beer are especially high in purines, but doctors advise that alcohol in general can trigger an attack.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 25, 2025 08:05 AM (x0n13)

85 Question:

Let's say you're not overwhelmed. But you're also not underwhelmed. Then what are you?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 08:02 AM (NJsVu)

Just right!

Posted by: Goldilocks at July 25, 2025 08:05 AM (wVcYX)

86 President Trump's approval rating at 73%.
No President has reached such a high rating in so short a time.

Posted by: Assinmymomsmouthmomsmouth at July 25, 2025 08:05 AM (R/m4+)

87 @69/one hour sober: "A Seattle woman is suing the Navy's Blue Angles for violating her constitutional rights by blocking her from commenting on the flight demonstration team's Instagram account."

And it's a cat lady, because of course she is. I feel a headache coming on.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 25, 2025 08:06 AM (O7YUW)

88 "I think it's safe to say Ulta is all on board the tranny crazy train. I hate going in there and do all I can to buy what I need elsewhere."

If it's any consolation, Ulta is one of the Bling Brands, and their stores get mob-robbed quite regularly.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at July 25, 2025 08:07 AM (3kTgY)

89 States say school districts have no interest—much less a compelling one—in concealing minor students’ social sex transitions from their parents.

The fact that the people running school districts are not in mortal terror at doing this is a flaw in our system.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 08:07 AM (jjoN6)

90
Funny thing is WSJ fake news just published a brand new poll showing Our Favorite President steady @ 46%, which means his real approval is 56%.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 08:07 AM (NJsVu)

91 I don't understand why Trump's people don't take the "Dignity Act" and just blue pen it. "Here's what we like (expedited hearings and deportations, more security resources), here's what we don't like (the amnesty bits), here's what we want (more alligators)" and tell Congress to pass that instead. And rename it something less stupid. The Getting Rid of Illegals, Now Get Out (GRINGO) Act.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 08:07 AM (AVW/H)

92 > City-Funded Grocery Store in Kansas City has Empty Shelves, Plagued by Crime

Unlike today's smugly ignorant youth, we 29-year-olds can remember the bare shelves in the former Soviet Union (Piss Be Upon It).

We can also remember Yeltsin becoming despondent at the mere sight of an average American grocery store.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 25, 2025 08:07 AM (qpyNK)

93 Question:

Let's say you're not overwhelmed. But you're also not underwhelmed. Then what are you?
Posted by: Soothsayer

So then to renege is to nege again?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2025 08:08 AM (cYBz/)

94 Has great name ID as former Gov.

Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:05 AM (YCxFk)

He keeps an ongoing presence on Facebook. Probably on X too but I don't look at that much. He's certainly got his name out there.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 08:08 AM (SfhV1)

95 >Why is it that the crazy ladies always have cats?
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I think it's a chicken/egg type situation

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 08:08 AM (AOsQT)

96
Has no one ever been simply whelmed?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 08:08 AM (NJsVu)

97 Tonypete

You remarried well. A close grouping of friends is the recommended path, if remarriage is not the answer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

98 > Navy's Blue Angles

What about the Saxons and Jutes? And I thought it was the Celts who painted themselves blue?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 25, 2025 08:09 AM (qpyNK)

99 Air shows DO scare pets. You don't have to be a crazy cat lady to complain about that. But she took it WAY too far by euthanizing the cat.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at July 25, 2025 08:09 AM (3kTgY)

100 Previous government investigations into the Russia collusion hoax dryly described the opposition merely as officials having “expressed concern” about using the infamous Steele dossier because it was “not completely vetted.” But records reviewed by The Federalist reveal career intelligence officials expressed outright shock at the poor quality of the reporting that the FBI repeatedly insisted be included in the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) — and objected to any reference to the dodgy dossier.

IIRC there were 19 or 20 claims in the Steele dossier that were literally vetted to be false in one day of research.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 08:09 AM (gbOdA)

101 Wellwhelmed.

Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at July 25, 2025 08:10 AM (3kTgY)

102 Funny thing is WSJ fake news just published a brand new poll showing Our Favorite President steady @ 46%, which means his real approval is 56%.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 08:07 AM (NJsVu)

In my chair, Trump's approval is running about 98%. I'd like to see him take us out of NATO - although he couldn't do it on his own and Congress would, no doubt, object. Most of the rest of the hair-on-fire stuff I'm pretty sanguine about.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

103 Air shows DO scare pets. You don't have to be a crazy cat lady to complain about that. But she took it WAY too far by euthanizing the cat.
Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at July 25, 2025 08:09 AM (3kTgY)

It was for Fluffy's own good.

Posted by: Crazy Cat Lady at July 25, 2025 08:11 AM (wVcYX)

104 >>It's a tough balance here to look after each other and, at the same time, not be intrusive.

My sister and I had been doing our own wellness checks on our aunt. She had a bad time during the lockdowns, terrified to even leave her apartment because of all the lies. We kept calling after because she didn't seem to be coming around once the lockdowns were over.

The police found her during a wellness check when she stopped responding to our calls. Got to her just in time and off to the hospital and now she is in a home. Had to get Power of Attorney to get through the mountain of paperwork and BS but at least she's being cared for now.

Getting old is not for the faint of heart.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 08:11 AM (viF8m)

105 Few years back, my brother did not show up for Thanksgiving. Lived in the City (Chi) Single. sister and I busted down the door. We found him passed away on floor. Chicago police were great. Guided us thru the process and very compassionate. Landlord too. Lot of great people live in the city, politicians ruin it.

Sorry for your loss Grammie

Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:11 AM (YCxFk)

106
My cousin's kids in Illinois adapted a baby born in Texas this week.

The state of Illinois puts adoptive parents through an $80,000 administrative wringer.

Seen the baby pictures. She's worth every penny.

Posted by: Auspex at July 25, 2025 08:12 AM (Y8DZL)

107 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Saw your comment on one of the sound industry leaders firing those who were not helping the corporation. Sad he is gone.

Looks like equity lawsuits will clog the courts and feed lawyers. For a while. The Blue Angles are well within their rights to block someone.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

108 I'm suing the Navy on account of my pussy!!

Posted by: Zombie Mrs. Slocombe at July 25, 2025 08:12 AM (cYBz/)

109 Commenting on Report: How the Biden-Wray FBI Manufactured a False Narrative of Catholic Americans as Violent Extremists,” Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said, “we now know that the Biden Admin’s targeting of Catholics was worse than we thought.”

Can't wait for a forceful denunciation from the USCCB.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 25, 2025 08:13 AM (rJ48h)

110 Morning Horde, thx JJ. Happy Friday.
Barney Frank being clapped in leg irons along with Gorelick ( the mistress of disaster) et al would be appropriate. Unfortunately I think Baahney might enjoy it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 25, 2025 08:13 AM (hIY2p)

111 > Cosmetic retailer Ulta Beauty just partnered with a gay man dressed in drag to peddle their latest line of - wait for it - hair products for women. Because nothing says "Buy this, ladies!" like a bearded dude in a dress and heels bouncing around like an over-caffeinated chihuahua and making a mockery of their entire gender.

I dunno, mang. There's a long history of women taking fashion, hair, and cosmetic advice from dudes who flame about as hard as Dresden in WWII.

No, I don't understand it either, but it's an observable fact.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 25, 2025 08:13 AM (qpyNK)

112 102. After the absolute discrediting of MSM pollsters, including FOX, last November. It amazes me that anyone still even reads these polls

Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:13 AM (YCxFk)

113 99 Air shows DO scare pets. You don't have to be a crazy cat lady to complain about that. But she took it WAY too far by euthanizing the cat.
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The least bit of thunder send my cats under the bed immediately.

Posted by: pudinhead at July 25, 2025 08:13 AM (W3T6M)

114 Thanks Jonah.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 08:13 AM (SfhV1)

115 We can also remember Yeltsin becoming despondent at the mere sight of an average American grocery store.

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I made this same comment here a few days ago, but when Elena Ceausescu was here with her commie husband, she thought our stocked stores were all lies. She'd get indignant when watching American TV shows and didn't believe any of the prosperity the programs showed. She thought it was all a setup.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 25, 2025 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

116 Has no one ever been simply whelmed?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 08:08 AM (NJsVu)

Given that whelm, apparently, means to cover completely, as with water, yes, people are frequently whelmed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

117 WSJ still works with NBC on their polling? and then never trump Murdoch FOX polling is dem weighted big too

Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:14 AM (YCxFk)

118 Has no one ever been simply whelmed?

No but I'm sure I have been gruntled.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 08:14 AM (jjoN6)

119 Has no one ever been simply whelmed?

No but I'm sure I have been gruntled.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 08:14 AM (jjoN6)

I was appointed once.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2025 08:16 AM (iJfKG)

120 By the looks of this guy, he's Somalia's equivalent of Deliverance banjo boy. I'd say his (likely) election as Minneapolis' next mayor will destroy the city, but it's probably pretty far gone already. He'll just nail the coffin shut.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 25, 2025 07:55 AM

I think the city has already been destroyed. And his likely election is a result of that. Same with NYC and Mamdani.

Just like in the UK where the majority of major cities have Muslim leaders/mayors. They were only able to get into those positions, because the cities had already been taken over by Muslim invaders who then voted in their own people to take power in those cities and solidify conquering the city.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 08:16 AM (P5BPp)

121 J.J., just realized we haven't given a thought to your unwanted brain enhancement issues in a long time. A surgery anniversary must be coming up.
I continue to send up random prayers for you, and many others.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 25, 2025 08:16 AM (n4GiU)

122 Glad you are still keeping BUMED up to speed. I feel better.

Have we lost an entire generation of Flag Officers to pbho and Biden (all knowing Congress approves of the list)?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

Not so much BUMED,but DHA and the Civilian Contractor

The 2 Star at BUMED hates me LOL. Ran into her at a retirement ceremony

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2025 08:16 AM (CTj58)

123 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 08:16 AM (77rzZ)

124 I live on the edge of a very large AFB and overflights have never bothered my cats. My big boy gets a little perturbed by trains. Loud things he can't see makes him agitated. But C-17s and C-130s passing 500 feet over the house don't perturb him at all.

I think she's full of shite.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 08:17 AM (AVW/H)

125 Glad Lara Trump not running in NC. She would have been labeled a carpetbagger

Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:17 AM (YCxFk)

126 J.J., just realized we haven't given a thought to your unwanted brain enhancement issues in a long time. A surgery anniversary must be coming up.
I continue to send up random prayers for you, and many others.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 25, 2025 08:16 AM (n4GiU)

Surgery Anniversary!!!!

Is the 1st Surgical Anniversary the Suture Anniversary or the Anbtibiotics Anniversary?

Posted by: naturalfake at July 25, 2025 08:18 AM (iJfKG)

127 I live on the edge of a very large AFB and overflights have never bothered my cats. My big boy gets a little perturbed by trains. Loud things he can't see makes him agitated. But C-17s and C-130s passing 500 feet over the house don't perturb him at all.

I think she's full of shite.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 08:17 AM (AVW/H)

Your cats were able to adjust as the overflights happened all the time. Even in Puget Sound, the Blue Angels only perform once a year.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:18 AM (ExV1e)

128 I live on the edge of a very large AFB and overflights have never bothered my cats. My big boy gets a little perturbed by trains. Loud things he can't see makes him agitated. But C-17s and C-130s passing 500 feet over the house don't perturb him at all.

I think she's full of shite.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 08:17 AM (AVW/H)

We are kinda under the approach to Newark Airport and Tetterboro and my cat thinks the planes are big birds and makes that Bird Attack sound when she sees them

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2025 08:18 AM (CTj58)

129 We had two cats within sight of a very active flightline, and they'd get startled occasionally, but weren't traumatized. Our parents loved coming to airshows at our house because we'd get buzzed by the fighter pilots. One of the best photos of my life was from a Thunderbird coming within two hundred feet of us, so close I could see his helmet.

So Seattle lady, YOU CAN SUCK IT! THAT'S THE SOUND OF FREEDOM!!!

Posted by: pookysgirlknows that the smell of freedom is JP-8 fuel at July 25, 2025 08:19 AM (Wt5PA)

130 Glad Lara Trump not running in NC. She would have been labeled a carpetbagger
Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:17 AM (YCxFk)

Given that she was born, and presumably raised, in NC, that would have been silly.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

131 During the WoT the left claimed that Muslims were peaceful and everything done in the name of stopping terrorism was really to oppress Muslims and arrest leftwing pols.

And then of course as soon as the left took the presidency they stopped paying attention to Islamism and instead starting using the same tools against Christians and rightwing pols.

Hell they put leftwing Tulsi on the no fly list just because she embarrassed Kamala Harris publicly.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 08:19 AM (t0Rmr)

132 Shockingly, the FNM never really looked into Biden’s “medical emergency” in Las Vegas a year ago… it was such an emergency he wasn’t seen in public for about 3 days IIRC. Bowing out of the race on X followed by silence was…. Strange

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 08:20 AM (WdMlw)

133 90% of Dem States Sue to Fund Welfare for Illegal Aliens

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Eh, that sucks, but put it in context. If Trump were trying this stuff eight years ago, that would be 100% of blue states, and every red state except the border states.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 08:21 AM (BI5O2)

134 1st anniversary is Gauze

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 08:21 AM (AOsQT)

135 JJ? The article "65,000 Calls to Biden Junta Hotline for Unaccompanied Alien Children Reportedly Ignored" links back to this page.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 08:22 AM (jjoN6)

136 In a sane world, the claim that Barney Frank was completely unaware that his boyfriend was running a gay brothel in their apartment would've been given the horse laugh it deserves.

I mean, if I were living in a whorehouse (gay or straight), I'm PRETTY SURE that I would notice.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 25, 2025 08:22 AM (qpyNK)

137 Guy over yonder, in the woods, must have bought a new rifle and was breaking it in. The cats didn't flinch.

I open the garage door and.... zzzzzzing off they go.

Cats can be really weird. Or stupid. Or both.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2025 08:22 AM (Q4IgG)

138 LinusVanPelt

The FNM are stenographers for the self-important and self-designated "ruling class." Without an ounce of curiosity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:22 AM (u82oZ)

139 Did we ever find out what Pam Bondi’s medical issue was yesterday?

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 08:23 AM (77rzZ)

140 Steven Colbert is losing 40 million a year.

The WNBA is losing 40 million a year.

Coincidence?

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 08:23 AM (fV+MH)

141 Shockingly, the FNM never really looked into Biden’s “medical emergency” in Las Vegas a year ago… it was such an emergency he wasn’t seen in public for about 3 days IIRC. Bowing out of the race on X followed by silence was…. Strange
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 08:20 AM (WdMlw)

The FNM doesn't exist to "look into" things. They exist to have a non-government face regurgitate the government's utterances or call the government liars, depending on who is in the WH.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

142 We can also remember Yeltsin becoming despondent at the mere sight of an average American grocery store.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 25, 2025 08:07 AM (qpyNK)

That happened about 3 miles from my house.
He did not think it was real so when they were in Fla to visit NASA he asked to stop by Kroger. Thats when he knew the USSR was done.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 08:23 AM (gbOdA)

143 90% of Dem States Sue to Fund Welfare for Illegal Aliens /i]

Then: Undocumented immigrants get no aid from the government. Period. Any claim they do is a racist lie

Now: If you remove undocumented immigrants from the welfare rolls millions will die! Why are you so racist?!?!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 08:23 AM (t0Rmr)

144 140 Steven Colbert is losing 40 million a year.

The WNBA is losing 40 million a year.

Coincidence?
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 08:23 AM (fV+MH)

It sucks to be sucky.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 08:24 AM (gbOdA)

145 18-1

90% of Dem States want slaves.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

146 132 Shockingly, the FNM never really looked into Biden’s “medical emergency” in Las Vegas a year ago… it was such an emergency he wasn’t seen in public for about 3 days IIRC. Bowing out of the race on X followed by silence was…. Strange
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It was a stroke. You're right; even the tell-all books aren't covering this.

Posted by: Auspex at July 25, 2025 08:25 AM (Y8DZL)

147 Steven Colbert is losing 40 million a year.

The WNBA is losing 40 million a year.

Coincidence?
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 08:23 AM (fV+MH)

They're both mostly lesbians who can't hit a layup?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:25 AM (ExV1e)

148 @107/NaCly Dog: "Saw your comment on one of the sound industry leaders firing those who were not helping the corporation. Sad he is gone. "

I'm also sad he's gone.

For those who missed my comment the other day, we're referring to Dietrich Mateschitz, founder of Red Bull.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 25, 2025 08:25 AM (O7YUW)

149 > Posted by: Zombie Mrs. Slocombe at July 25, 2025 08:12 AM (cYBz/)

And now you know why I sailed alone around the world.

Posted by: Joshua Slocum at July 25, 2025 08:25 AM (qpyNK)

150 The article "65,000 Calls to Biden Junta Hotline for Unaccompanied Alien Children Reportedly Ignored" links back to this page.

____________________

I saw Unaccompanied Alien Children open for Blink 182 at the Pavilion in 2006

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 08:25 AM (AVW/H)

151 Outstanding

I am getting sucked in deeper to the Civilian Side of the DOD LOL

They actually expect me to work, unlike Active Duty
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2025 08:00 AM (CTj5

Great to see you again.

During WINNING times!

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY and NOT HOMELESS - New Life Creation - 14.7% at July 25, 2025 08:26 AM (jvJvP)

152 Trump's approval rating at 37%

I checked this via Grok:

Recent polls indicate President Donald Trump's approval rating has indeed hit 37% in some surveys during his second term. Specifically, a Gallup poll conducted from July 7-21, 2025, reported a 37% job approval rating, marking the lowest point of his second term, driven largely by a 17-point decline among independents to 29%. This figure is slightly higher than his all-time low of 34% at the end of his first term.

Other polls, however, show varied results: for instance, a YouGov poll from July 9-13, 2025, reported a 39% approval rating with 56% disapproval, while an RMG Research poll from July 10 showed a higher approval of 50%.

Factors like the "Big Beautiful Bill Act," tariffs, and handling of issues like the Epstein files and immigration enforcement have contributed to fluctuations in public sentiment. Approval ratings can differ across polls due to methodology, sample size, and timing, but the 37% figure aligns with some recent data reflecting a dip in support.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 08:26 AM (P5BPp)

153 The article "65,000 Calls to Biden Junta Hotline for Unaccompanied Alien Children Reportedly Ignored" links back to this page.

My only regret is I only got to sniff a few of them.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 25, 2025 08:26 AM (t0Rmr)

154 The FNM are stenographers for the self-important and self-designated "ruling class." Without an ounce of curiosity.

I've been saying it for decades - Goebbels would have been amazed at our media. All walking in lockstep, yet without firm centralized control. Just a little bit of direction, a few talking points, and they climb all over each other trying to be the most Leftish.

Part of the trick is the two biggest hubs are NYC and DC. Part of the trick is that media, like all vocations, attracts a certain type person. But that doesn't explain all of it. Their hive mind is amazing to watch. Terrifying, like a rattlesnake nest, but amazing.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 08:27 AM (hk7Ln)

155 Minneapolis' next mayor will destroy the city, but it's probably pretty far gone already. He'll just nail the coffin shut

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I dunno. I was recently talking to guy who lives in Minneapolis and works in Denver a lot about why I left Denver. He basically said "yeah, Minneapolis is a Leftist toilet, but even after the riots, it's still a better place than Denver, which is why I don't move there."

There's still a lot of ruin left in Denver, so i figure there's plenty left in Minneapolis to ruin as well.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 08:27 AM (BI5O2)

156 90% of Dem States want slaves.

__________________

The ironic part would be if the blue states secede so they can keep their peculiar institution of imported dark skinned house servants and field hands

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 08:27 AM (AVW/H)

157 The NAVY's other flight squadrons, the acute, right, and obtuse angles were unavailable for comment.

Charlie's Angles are just glaring at me right now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 25, 2025 08:27 AM (O7YUW)

158 Who gives Macaroon, or anybody else the right to trade Israel's land, without Israel's agreement ? Is Macaroon insane ? Unless he want to give a slice of France to establish a state for his precious "palestins".

Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 08:27 AM (g47mK)

159 Pam Bondi recently canceled her appearance at a high-profile anti-trafficking summit due to a medical issue. She revealed that she is recovering from a torn cornea

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so eye has a owie

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 08:28 AM (AOsQT)

160 Cmon Clyde. Gallup, Yougov? why even quote them. Yougov and NPR were named the worst pollsters of 2024.

Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:28 AM (YCxFk)

161 More via Grok, asking specifically about Rasmussen approval rating:

According to Rasmussen Reports, as of July 24, 2025, President Donald Trump's overall approval rating is 48%, with 50% disapproving, resulting in a net approval of -2. This marks a decline from earlier highs, such as 51% approval on July 14, 2025, and a peak of 54% on June 13, 2025.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 08:28 AM (P5BPp)

162 @24 r hennigantx - you lost the 'r' when you removed the Navin prefix yesterday.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 25, 2025 08:28 AM (NcvvS)

163 ObamaGate....Robert Redford needs to unwrinkle hisself and do a remake of "All The President's Men".

Call me Bob!

Posted by: Dustin Hoffman at July 25, 2025 08:28 AM (R/m4+)

164 > 150 The article "65,000 Calls to Biden Junta Hotline for Unaccompanied Alien Children Reportedly Ignored" links back to this page.

____________________

I saw Unaccompanied Alien Children open for Blink 182 at the Pavilion in 2006
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 08:25 AM (AVW/H)

I saw Biden Junta Hotline open for Rage Against the Machine in a punk club in LA back in '92.

Posted by: Joshua Slocum at July 25, 2025 08:29 AM (qpyNK)

165 From the "How Reddit Destroyed Mainstream Culture":

"We’ve had decades of rule by mealymouthed geeks now, and all of pop culture bends to flatter the egos of geekwads."

We get it, dude, you're salty that Star Wars became more popular than Star Trek. Let it go, man!

(The whole article is an annoying variation of this line.)

Posted by: pookysgirl kind of doesn't like either at July 25, 2025 08:29 AM (Wt5PA)

166 Atlas Intel was the best pollster of 2024. What do they say?

Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:29 AM (YCxFk)

167 3 It's Flapjack Friday!
Posted by: Mister Scott

Great Scott! You've made me hate Fridays!!

Posted by: Zombie Rachel Corrie at July 25, 2025 08:30 AM (G5+As)

168 Sorry Clyde. I am cranky today

Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:30 AM (YCxFk)

169 Regardless of how ardently Haspel and Nakasone held their positions opposing the release of the House report, because the president is ultimately in charge of all U.S. intelligence and classification decisions, their refusal to cooperate with White House orders to release the report was, in my opinion, insubordination to a U.S. president. Moreover, DNI Gabbard’s action this week proved there were no valid national security reasons not to release a declassified version of this report.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 08:30 AM (gbOdA)

170 It's National Wine and Cheese Day. 🍷🧀

Posted by: redridinghood at July 25, 2025 08:31 AM (NpAcC)

171 Pilot who removed Jewish teens from flight trained 9/11 terrorists
Pilot Ivan Chiribella, who removed Jewish teens from a Vueling flight, confirmed to have trained two of the September 11 terror pilots.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2025 07:56 AM (CTj5

this is crazy!

Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 08:31 AM (g47mK)

172 > 3 It's Flapjack Friday!
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 25, 2025 07:36 AM (e5NfL)

What do my boobs have to do with anything?

Posted by: Barbra Streisand at July 25, 2025 08:31 AM (qpyNK)

173 Let's say you're not overwhelmed. But you're also not underwhelmed. Then what are you?

Posted by: Soothsayer

So then to renege is to nege again?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2025 08:08 AM

Jerry: I thought the whole dream of dating a doctor was debunked.

Elaine: No, it's not debunked, it's totally bunk.

Jerry: Isn't bunk bad? Like, that's a lot of bunk.

George: No something is bunk and then you debunk it.

Jerry: What?

Elaine: Huh?

George: I think.

Elaine: Look it, I'm dating a doctor and I like it. Let's just move on.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 08:32 AM (P5BPp)

174 runner

I will laugh and laugh when the big influx of Palestinian immigrants to France are shredded by the current Muslim hard-liners in the French no go zones.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:32 AM (u82oZ)

175 36 At nature.com: "Physicists Blow Up Gold With Giant Lasers"

Physicist: "DAMN!! I *LOVE* THIS JOB!!!"
Posted by: It Puts The gp In The Basket at July 25, 2025 07:50 AM (3kTgY)

Colbert - "Hold my extra virgin Shirley Temple!" - as he pisses away $100 million a year.

Powell - "Hold my Bud Light!" - as he has a billion dollars in cost overruns.

Congress - "Pussies..." - as the US nears $38 trillion in debt.

Everyone have a great day. Day 6 of cleaning the basement. But at least it's mine.

Oh, and the real cute girl was at Tim Horton's this morning. Very Pretty, tall, skinny, great smile and sweet as hell. Cool.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY and NOT HOMELESS - New Life Creation - 14.9% at July 25, 2025 08:33 AM (jvJvP)

176 JJ with a Wisco wife, becoming a transplanted New Yorker.
It’s like the Annie Hall story.

Posted by: Redenzo at July 25, 2025 08:33 AM (jZ3ZM)

177 I suspect the Epstein stuff has hurt Trump's approval. And likely a little bit in that he hasn't been ignoring left wing judges acceding their authority.

The people mad about him sending illegals home hated him already so that wouldn't affect polling numbers.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 08:33 AM (t0Rmr)

178 Watching NYC Dems panic at the thought of Mamdani win is funny but stupid . They simply can't process that the way they've voted their entire lives has led to this point . JJ ,I believe Brad Lander is what you would call a "self gassing Jew" . He's wholeheartedly supporting an antisemitic Marxist Jihadist. Feeding the crocodile in the hope it will eat him last

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 25, 2025 08:33 AM (hIY2p)

179 But as I stated how is it that institutions that are in place which are intended to safeguard our freedoms and society at large turn out to be the greatest threat to both of those things?
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If we had a functioning Constitutional republic, we would have nothing to fear from a king, a tyrant, a dictator, a strongman, or any other of the invectives with which they've labeled Trump (and conservatives).

But the Democrats have spent the last 150 years tearing down all safeguards, guardrails, restraints and restrictions against such.

It wasn't Trump they fear, it's losing their unaccountable power.

The judiciary has tipped their hand and exposed which side of the ledger they are on.
And it's not the side of the people, the Constitution or the laws.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 25, 2025 08:33 AM (M5STE)

180 Might note that I-Rocket has been around since 2018 and hasn't fired off so much as a bottle rocket.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 25, 2025 08:34 AM (n4GiU)

181 City-Funded Grocery Store in Kansas City has Empty Shelves, Plagued by Crime

Tragedy of the Commons

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 08:35 AM (gbOdA)

182 Many of the PLO and hastanian leaders, wives, and children are already in France, with their stolen billions. Enough to bribe every politician there.

Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 08:36 AM (g47mK)

183 Glad Lara Trump not running in NC. She would have been labeled a carpetbagger
Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:17 AM (YCxFk)
*****
She's got her own show on Fox and is featured on several shows as a substitute host.
She probably likes the gig.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 25, 2025 08:36 AM (NpAcC)

184 Random thought:

Just got the weekly JR Cigar junk mail. Who are the people smoking 70 gauge cigars?! HFS.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 08:36 AM (3Dcbq)

185 Let's say you're not overwhelmed. But you're also not underwhelmed. Then what are you?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 08:02 AM

Chastity: I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed?

Bianca: I think you can in Europe?

Posted by: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) at July 25, 2025 08:38 AM (P5BPp)

186 Just got the weekly JR Cigar junk mail. Who are the people smoking 70 gauge cigars?! HFS.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 08:36 AM (3Dcbq)

Those are my favorite!

Posted by: Billy Jeff Clinton, Cigar User at July 25, 2025 08:38 AM (R/m4+)

187 Glad Lara Trump not running in NC. She would have been labeled a carpetbagger
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Also Trump's history of Senate endorsements does not inspire confidence

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 08:38 AM (AVW/H)

188 But as I stated how is it that institutions that are in place which are intended to safeguard our freedoms and society at large turn out to be the greatest threat to both of those things?

Nature of man. We can't guarantee our freedoms by giving power to a select few, in the hopes that they'll act nobly and justly on our behalf. Because that's simply not how things work. Its not how people work.

Those that seek power ? Generally the least trustworthy with it. And so, we create our own chains by making these alphabet agencies.

It only worked during the Cold War because they had an external enemy to focus on. As soon as the USSR fell ? We should have torn down the CIA. As soon as the mafia was gutted ? We should have gutted the FBI. But we didn't, and now they've got a new enemy. Us.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 08:38 AM (hk7Ln)

189 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 25, 2025 08:38 AM (53oGX)

190 90% of Dem States want slaves.

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Nah. Dems want welfare dependent voters.* The Republicans want the wage slaves. Different motivations.

*Related: small, under the radar story... TN Dems are up in arms about the racist Trumpiness of a new state law ordering high schools to teach high school seniors about the importance of entering the workforce before marriage and only THEN having kids, to promote strong family formation and reduce the number of broken homes.

It's a lot of "HOW DARE YOU judge these kids' alternative lifeways, bigots!? These cradle-to-grave welfare cases are just as American as apple pie!"

They need those broken homes to feed the power demons gnawing on their rancid innards.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 08:40 AM (BI5O2)

191 Factors like the "Big Beautiful Bill Act," tariffs, and handling of issues like the Epstein files and immigration enforcement have contributed to fluctuations in public sentiment.

So Independents, whose opinions, as a whole, tend to flutter in the breeze have been affected by the continuous lies of the media. And, and I quote, "everyone I know on social media being upset about this!!!!!!!!!!"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:40 AM (ExV1e)

192 The Cover-Up Begins: Establishment Media Is Going to Fight Tooth and Nail to Bury Obamagate

CNN
Talking about Obamagate gives the Russians material.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 08:40 AM (gbOdA)

193 If Pam has a torn cornea that's a pretty major injury.

That's a big deal.

We should see some evidence of that pretty soon.

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 08:40 AM (fV+MH)

194 Part of the trick is the two biggest hubs are NYC and DC. Part of the trick is that media, like all vocations, attracts a certain type person. But that doesn't explain all of it. Their hive mind is amazing to watch. Terrifying, like a rattlesnake nest, but amazing.
Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 08:27 AM (hk7Ln)

Most media, broadcast and print, just regurgitate whatever is put out by the AP.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

195 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 08:42 AM (JBVNW)

196 >>Report: How the Biden-Wray FBI Manufactured a False Narrative of Catholic Americans as Violent Extremists

Gee, maybe Joe wasn't such a good Catholic after all!?!

Next you're going to tell me the Clinton love story and blissful marriage is a myth, too. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 08:42 AM (GbwPZ)

197 > Just got the weekly JR Cigar junk mail. Who are the people smoking 70 gauge cigars?! HFS.
Posted by: WitchDoktor
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I had the chance to visit one of their retail stores in Burlington N.C. years ago. The cigar humidor tucked away in this huge warehouse was actually pretty cool.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2025 08:42 AM (Q4IgG)

198 You know what's strange, if you don't mind a non-sequitur?

That story of the Buffalo school district, along with the county DA's office, being horrendously corrupt just sort of vanished. Granted, I haven't exactly been scouring the Series of Tubes for information myself, but I would have thought we'd have heard something in passing. But it's been a good couple weeks and bupkis.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 08:42 AM (VoAdT)

199 191 Factors like the "Big Beautiful Bill Act," tariffs, and handling of issues like the Epstein files and immigration enforcement have contributed to fluctuations in public sentiment.

So Independents, whose opinions, as a whole, tend to flutter in the breeze have been affected by the continuous lies of the media. And, and I quote, "everyone I know on social media being upset about this!!!!!!!!!!"
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:40 AM (ExV1e)

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10-30% of the public don't change their political opinions every other week.

Public polling is a nuisance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:43 AM (GBKbO)

200 Illegals give Democrats electoral power and they know it. Saw a video of a NY Democrat saying she needs more illegal aliens in her district because it helps keep her in power. She came right out and said it.

Leftists are evil not stupid. Well some are both but all are evil.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 08:43 AM (viF8m)

201 Good morning!
TGIF

Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 08:43 AM (GbwPZ)

202 Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 08:38 AM (hk7Ln)

I think one idea is to create an adversarial governing system where different factions attack each other so there's a theoretical balance and JPFs are left alone.

Unfortunately, that presumes very different factions and goals. When there's a uniparty, anarchy unfortunately begins to look more reasonable.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 08:43 AM (XyZ7W)

203 Next you're going to tell me the Clinton love story and blissful marriage is a myth, too. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 08:42 AM (GbwPZ)

Not since Bonnie and Clyde has a romance involved so many projectiles.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 08:43 AM (VoAdT)

204 yeah corneas just don't come loose

hmm

maybe she was working out with a sparring partner, and things got out of hand

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 08:44 AM (AOsQT)

205 Most media, broadcast and print, just regurgitate whatever is put out by the AP.

They all copy off each other, for sure. I don't know if AP is the first source, but I'm positive of this - they all absolutely try to be the loudest singer in the choir.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 08:44 AM (hk7Ln)

206 Got into a hilarious debate last night with regards to Colbert. The dude was claiming that Trump was using "mafia" tactics to bully the network into taking him out. And then he went on about how Trump and the GOP were taking away people's rights.

Germans are hilarious when they show their ignorance. I told him to document what right was being taken away and prove it. The answer? "Project 2025."

I praised him over the fact that I normally have to pay for two drinks for that level of amusement.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 08:44 AM (jjoN6)

207 I've been saying it for decades - Goebbels would have been amazed at our media. All walking in lockstep, yet without firm centralized control. Just a little bit of direction, a few talking points, and they climb all over each other trying to be the most Leftish.
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The writers at Pravda at least had the excuse of torture or death if they didn't comply.
And yet, they were still far more even-handed and honest than the current American leftist press.

It's not just the cause they believe in that's frightening, it's the utter glee they take at inflicting pain on strangers merely for perceived sins of opposition to their ideology, inquisitions born of a false, perverse and haughty aura of absolute moral and factual authority.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 25, 2025 08:44 AM (M5STE)

208 yeah corneas just don't come loose

hmm

maybe she was working out with a sparring partner, and things got out of hand
Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 08:44 AM (AOsQT)

A workout at the Harry Reid Gym?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 08:45 AM (XyZ7W)

209 Morn' all.. Regarding polls... Atlas and Trafalgar were 2 of the top pollsters last go around and last time I heard they had Trump much higher than 37%... Take that for what it's worth...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2025 08:45 AM (VE6XX)

210 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412246

Pilot who removed Jewish teens from flight trained 9/11 terrorists
Pilot Ivan Chiribella, who removed Jewish teens from a Vueling flight, confirmed to have trained two of the September 11 terror pilots.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 25, 2025 08:45 AM (CTj58)

211
Ahhh. Light breeze, surf's up. Life is good!

Posted by: Jeffrey Epstein, on a beach, sipping mai tais at July 25, 2025 08:45 AM (EFZgU)

212 @207 communism 101, independent cells acting independently for a common goal.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 25, 2025 08:46 AM (hIY2p)

213 10-30% of the public don't change their political opinions every other week.

Public polling is a nuisance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:43 AM (GBKbO)

It could be possible that 10-30% of the public really has no idea what's going on, doesn't particularly care, and can be pushed one way or the other like a feather on any given day, essentially going along to get along whichever direction the pollster pushes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 08:46 AM (VoAdT)

214 Bondi might have torn a cornea just by a problem with her contact lens, assuming she wears them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:46 AM (GBKbO)

215 Have a great day, everyone.

We are winning. To complete the job, clear your local area and hold it. It can be done.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2025 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

216 " Bondi might have torn a cornea just by a problem with her contact lens, assuming she wears them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison"

Has she ever worn glasses?

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 08:47 AM (fV+MH)

217 > If Pam has a torn cornea that's a pretty major injury.
--------
Eye patch Bondi?

She'll be out of the public eye for a while.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2025 08:47 AM (Q4IgG)

218 Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do during the campaign and then some. Literally everything is better now than it was 6 months ago and the trajectory is for it to get even better. The Epstein crap is more beltway noise.

Most polls are used to influence not inform.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 08:47 AM (viF8m)

219 The three-day exercises—codenamed "CASAREX 2025" and held under the slogan "Together for a Safe and Secure Caspian Sea"—included the Iranian Navy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, the Islamic Republic's Law Enforcement Command, and the Russian Federation's navy.

Cajan Navy>than all 4 combined

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 08:48 AM (gbOdA)

220 t's not just the cause they believe in that's frightening, it's the utter glee they take at inflicting pain on strangers merely for perceived sins of opposition to their ideology, inquisitions born of a false, perverse and haughty aura of absolute moral and factual authority.

Reminds me, more than a little bit, of what I've read about old time Quakers. Or what I personally saw growing up around Southern Baptists. As you say, an absolute self-justification and glee at scolding the non-devout.

It is their religion, without a firm text to constrain their viewpoints.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 08:48 AM (hk7Ln)

221 It could be possible that 10-30% of the public really has no idea what's going on, doesn't particularly care, and can be pushed one way or the other like a feather on any given day, essentially going along to get along whichever direction the pollster pushes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 08:46 AM (VoAdT)

That's certainly one factor.

There is so much wrong with the statistical methodologies used by these polling outfits, to the point where all of it is crap, that I'd need about 15 posts to list them all bc of the character limits.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 08:48 AM (XyZ7W)

222 Corneas do just come loose. It's kind of crazy, and not really all that uncommon apparently. It happened to my dad a long while back. It happened to me when I was a kid. A friend I work with just had it happen a few months ago. Sitting around, minding your own business, you itch your eye, and suddenly everything goes blurry and itchy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 08:48 AM (VoAdT)

223 213 It could be possible that 10-30% of the public really has no idea what's going on, doesn't particularly care, and can be pushed one way or the other like a feather on any given day, essentially going along to get along whichever direction the pollster pushes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 08:46 AM (VoAdT)

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Push polling is part of the problem.

But the larger problem is the problem I've always had with polling: cheap polling firms cannot get good samples sizes, so they model.

They don't model well, they model like shit, and we're supposed to just take it like gospel.

I find it best to assume that the public is somewhere between 45-55% of support for any major political figure, absent a real scandal, and anything outside of that should just be laughed at.

And once you get within 45-55%, you're within margins of error where the result could be anything. So, fuck it all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:49 AM (GBKbO)

224 I kind of want a detached cornea so I could wear an eyepatch and walk around with a parrot on my shoulder.

A lifelong dream.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 08:50 AM (XyZ7W)

225 Bill Ackman, God bless him.
He woke up w/the Harvard anti-Jew/DEI stuff, then the below-the-belt MSM attacks on his wife retaliation for his successful ousting of Harvard's president, and then. . . he endorses some limp Democrat for POTUS (before eventually supporting Trump). Now he's working against Mamdani.

Wondering when he'll realize you can't fight the Commie radicals with 'moderate' Democrats.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 08:50 AM (GbwPZ)

226 Well Pam can let her assistant handle things for a few days then.

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 08:50 AM (fV+MH)

227
...yeah corneas just don't come loose...

You reckon it's the joos?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 08:50 AM (NJsVu)

228 And once you get within 45-55%, you're within margins of error where the result could be anything. So, fuck it all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:49 AM (GBKbO)

Yes.. Any poll to the extreme either way we should be wary of...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2025 08:50 AM (VE6XX)

229 224 I kind of want a detached cornea so I could wear an eyepatch and walk around with a parrot on my shoulder.

A lifelong dream.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 08:50 AM (XyZ7W)

========

Do they test for proper eyesight when purchasing eyepatches and pets?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:50 AM (GBKbO)

230 There is so much wrong with the statistical methodologies used by these polling outfits, to the point where all of it is crap, that I'd need about 15 posts to list them all bc of the character limits.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 08:48 AM (XyZ7W)

Yeah, the "Simplest Explanation" is clearly that polling is hot buttered garbage. But the scientist in me always is slow to discount the fact that what you're measuring might actually be real, regardless of how dumb it looks and what assumptions you have already made about reality. Reality is pretty dumb, sometimes, and it's never wise to completely ignore that fact.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 08:51 AM (VoAdT)

231 Prayer for Ms. Bondi's healing but envision the AG with an eye patch. Hot or not?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 08:51 AM (HFcKg)

232 Interesting that Ron Klain didn't take the 5th and spoke to the committee yesterday. OTOH, he can say he wasn't around the last two years and Biden was running circles around him in 2021 & 2022.

Evidently doesn't fear a possible perjury charge or knows no one else is going to testify.

Bring Joe in and make him take the 5th or show the10M book advance is pure BS

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 25, 2025 08:52 AM (JkCto)

233 I kind of want a detached cornea so I could wear an eyepatch and walk around with a parrot on my shoulder.

A lifelong dream.
Posted by: WitchDoktor

Unless you also have either a pegleg or a hook for a hand (or both), you're just a poseur pirate.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 08:52 AM (77rzZ)

234 230 Yeah, the "Simplest Explanation" is clearly that polling is hot buttered garbage. But the scientist in me always is slow to discount the fact that what you're measuring might actually be real, regardless of how dumb it looks and what assumptions you have already made about reality. Reality is pretty dumb, sometimes, and it's never wise to completely ignore that fact.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 08:51 AM (VoAdT)

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The simplest question to ask is this:

Does any polling firm have any incentive to measure public sentiment correctly in July of a year without an election?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:52 AM (GBKbO)

235 231 Prayer for Ms. Bondi's healing but envision the AG with an eye patch. Hot or not?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 08:51 AM (HFcKg)

Will she be wearing one of those wench dresses like in Pirates of the Caribbean ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2025 08:52 AM (VE6XX)

236 One can wear an eye patch without having to damage an eye. I've seen it done on Halloween!

Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 08:52 AM (g47mK)

237 eat cat too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp89-5l8giE

Posted by: DaveA at July 25, 2025 08:52 AM (FhXTo)

238 If Pam has a torn cornea that's a pretty major injury.

That's a big deal.

We should see some evidence of that pretty soon.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 08:40 AM (fV+MH)

She gave an interview where she was wearing an eyepatch. And a tri-corn hat. And had a parrot on her shoulder.

I may have dreamed all that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

239 Does any polling firm have any incentive to measure public sentiment correctly in July of a year without an election?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:52 AM (GBKbO)

And if there is... how would anyone know?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 08:53 AM (VoAdT)

240 I looked it up… a torn cornea is scratch and can lead to serious eye infections if untreated. Probably not as bad as a detached retina which is what caused TR to go partially blind after receiving a blow in a boxing match.

So Blondi’s eye got scratched. I’m like Kosmo Kramer I immediately say to myself: Catfight?!

Seriously hope she’s okay

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 08:53 AM (i5Vkf)

241 "Warai-otoko"

I'm not paranoid, in fact I'm the least paranoid person I know.

You seem be naysaying everything I post.

Maybe I'm just imagining it. Who would do that, right?

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 08:54 AM (fV+MH)

242 Yeah, the "Simplest Explanation" is clearly that polling is hot buttered garbage. But the scientist in me always is slow to discount the fact that what you're measuring might actually be real, regardless of how dumb it looks and what assumptions you have already made about reality. Reality is pretty dumb, sometimes, and it's never wise to completely ignore that fact.

As fast as the electorate is moving right now, how can anyone hope to model it. Let alone as it applies to Trump ?

Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 08:54 AM (hk7Ln)

243 Sorry Clyde. I am cranky today

Posted by: Jonah at July 25, 2025 08:30 AM

No worries, that's why I looked up the Rasmussen data, since that is typically more accurate.

I first looked up the 37% number specifically to see where it came from.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 08:54 AM (P5BPp)

244 5 We got a call in the night that Rev's brother's neighbor had requested a wellness check on Rev's brother. Hadn't been seen getting the mail or mowing the lawn. Calls went to voicemail. Police came and found him dead on the floor. Today we try to find out what to do next.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:53 AM (SfhV1)
*******
That's horrible, grammie. I am so very sorry for your loss. Condolences to you, your husband and his family.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 25, 2025 08:55 AM (NpAcC)

245 239 Does any polling firm have any incentive to measure public sentiment correctly in July of a year without an election?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:52 AM (GBKbO)

And if there is... how would anyone know?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 08:53 AM (VoAdT)

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The polling firm with the desire to do things right would be more likely to be an outlier to the other firms than to fall in line with them.

Being an outlier, there'd be a natural inclination to dismiss them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:55 AM (GBKbO)

246 I had a detached penis once.

I got better.

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 08:55 AM (fV+MH)

247 But the larger problem is the problem I've always had with polling: cheap polling firms cannot get good samples sizes, so they model.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:49 AM (GBKbO)

It's deeper than sample size. The sample itself is unstable to the point of being useless. You don't know if part of the sample is reading Reddit or something and changes preferences after already being counted. Or a portion of the sample is lying. A huge number of people don't even want to participate and aren't even IN the sample.

Stats as I'm sure you appreciate relies on objective and stable data, neither of which are present in political polls.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 08:55 AM (Mmf4/)

248 242 As fast as the electorate is moving right now, how can anyone hope to model it. Let alone as it applies to Trump ?
Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 08:54 AM (hk7Ln)

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The electorate is moving, you say, because of...polling?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:55 AM (GBKbO)

249 244 5 We got a call in the night that Rev's brother's neighbor had requested a wellness check on Rev's brother. Hadn't been seen getting the mail or mowing the lawn. Calls went to voicemail. Police came and found him dead on the floor. Today we try to find out what to do next.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:53 AM (SfhV1)
*******

I'm so sorry.. Prayers for the Family

Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2025 08:55 AM (VE6XX)

250 About 6 weeks ago there was a sizeable group here that wanted Bondi fired. Now some are having weird pirate fantasies about her.

There's your public polling.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2025 08:56 AM (viF8m)

251 Grammie, deepest condolences. May his memory be a comfort to you and Rev.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 08:56 AM (77rzZ)

252 246 I had a detached penis once.

I got better.

Did you talk the guy down to $17?

Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 08:57 AM (jjoN6)

253 The polling firm with the desire to do things right would be more likely to be an outlier to the other firms than to fall in line with them.

I always liked it when they used to talk about "Democrat" and "Republican" polling firms. Because if I want the right answer - I don't give a damn about their party affiliation. And if I ran the firm that could give you the right answer ? I'd work for the highest bidder. Pure and simple.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 08:57 AM (hk7Ln)

254 For the record, I do not think that Pam Bondi is an amateur boxer on the side. It was an attempt at humor, which happens frequently on this site.

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 08:57 AM (AOsQT)

255
Bloomberg radio fake news is hilarious, today.
Characterizing the president's visit to the Fed construction debacle as a "spectacle," and "political theater."

PDT showed a letter to powell yesterday showing the cost overrun didn't hike the cost up to $2.7B, but to $3.1B. But Powell, according to Bloomberg radio fake news, had a perfectly valid reason for that $3.1B figure. You see, that figure includes an earlier and totally separate project. HA! Bloomberg fake news says Trump's "stunt" failed and Powell showed him, showed him real good.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 08:57 AM (NJsVu)

256 I’m not a doctor and don’t play one on TV…. But I’ve recently dealt with a torn retina (which can lead to detachment)… it can lead to loss of eyesight. The retina is inside the eyeball at the back… it’s the imaging cells. The cornea is on the outside… two different things. From news reports it sounds like the AG has a scratch to the cornea.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 08:57 AM (i5Vkf)

257 Maybe I'm just imagining it. Who would do that, right?
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 08:54 AM (fV+MH)

No, man, sorry. It's probably more of a "here's a statement. Look at the opposite of the statement. The original statement is probably true, but there's another facet to the statement that might be interesting, either refining or refuting the original statement". It's all in the spirit of exploring whatever the idea is. Which is more fun than a simple "Yeah bro you're awesome" or "Nah bro you're stupid".

And you make interesting statements. So I bounce things off of them. That's all. Not trying to dick-ride.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 08:58 AM (VoAdT)

258 “ The Lord detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him. When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.”

Proverbs 11

Posted by: Marcus T at July 25, 2025 08:58 AM (edBUw)

259 maybe she was working out with a sparring partner, and things got out of hand
Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 08:44 AM (AOsQT)

Sometimes in the heat of battle, a certain thing will poke in where it shouldn't. Me jimmy is still a little sore too!

Get well Pam!

Posted by: Hogleg Jones, Packing Heat at July 25, 2025 08:58 AM (R/m4+)

260 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:53 AM (SfhV1

Sorry, Grammie .May the Lord give you strength, comfort and wisdom at this very difficult time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 25, 2025 08:58 AM (2GCMq)

261 247 It's deeper than sample size. The sample itself is unstable to the point of being useless. You don't know if part of the sample is reading Reddit or something and changes preferences after already being counted. Or a portion of the sample is lying. A huge number of people don't even want to participate and aren't even IN the sample.

Stats as I'm sure you appreciate relies on objective and stable data, neither of which are present in political polls.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 08:55 AM (Mmf4/)

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Size of the sample is my shorthand for the problems you outline, yeah.

A 1000 response poll with 900 Reddit users, even if modeled to reflect...something like reality, would still be useless. I mean...why poll at all if you're just going to say, "This is garbage, I'm going to change it all based on this read of the electorate."

Also, a tangent, my favorite thing is people saying, "Polling firm X is actually pretty good. Look at their final poll of the last election." when the final poll of the election wasn't that close and their random polls before the election were hot garbage.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:58 AM (GBKbO)

262 Oh, no, sorry to hear about it @grammie winger. Condolences.

Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 08:59 AM (g47mK)

263 >>The dude was claiming that Trump was using "mafia" tactics to bully the network into taking him out.

It's like the whole Obama-created apparatus to use NGOs, and an army of self-appointed Disinformation Experts, to shutdown the social media accounts (if not destroy their lives and businesses) of people who questioned or disagreed with them never happened.

Oh, we absolutely know what government censorship looks and feels like, see what GAB and VDARE have endured.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 08:59 AM (GbwPZ)

264 HA! Bloomberg fake news says Trump's "stunt" failed and Powell showed him, showed him real good.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 08:57 AM (NJsV

That's not what I saw... Powell looked like the little man he is... Literally...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2025 08:59 AM (VE6XX)

265 I wrote a song about my detached penis and some fucker stole it from me.

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 09:00 AM (fV+MH)

266 But she would look badass doing a presser with an eyepatch.

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:01 AM (AOsQT)

267 Grammie sported an eye patch here a few years ago, but never posted a pic. A shame.

Posted by: Pirate Fan at July 25, 2025 09:01 AM (G5+As)

268 Margot Cleveland & Mollie Hemingway: Officials warned the Steele dossier suffered from ‘POOR SOURCE TRADECRAFT’ and compared it to the National Enquirer.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘This Should NOT Be Included’ — Read Intel Officials’ Objections To ‘Extremely Sketchy’ Steele Dossier

==

even to an "untrained" eye the entire scheme seemed like total made up BS

Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 09:01 AM (g47mK)

269 Oh, that's rough, grammie winger! Condolences to you and the Rev,

Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 09:01 AM (GbwPZ)

270 " Warai-otoko"

What does that refer to, if I may axe?

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 09:02 AM (fV+MH)

271
otaku means boy, right? In japanese.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 09:02 AM (NJsVu)

272 The electorate is moving, you say, because of...polling?

No. I'd say its moving because the crazy amount of people I've talked to that either vote different than their long-standing political affiliation, or now are politically at least curious with no party affiliation at all.

Everything is changing - quickly in the grand scheme. Republicans are moving to national populism. Democrats are trying to meld corporate globalism with straight up communism. These are not the traditional cornerstones of either party.

How do you model that ? By calling 10 people in a county that turned out 60% Dem for the past three elections rife with fraud , and multiplying by the ratios ? The 60% is a joke, not all ten of those people are being honest, and at least a couple don't even give a damn about party registration anymore.

Everything is moving too fast to model.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 09:03 AM (hk7Ln)

273 >>I wrote a song about my detached penis and some fucker stole it from me.

It's over there, on the street vendor's blanket.

Posted by: King Missile at July 25, 2025 09:03 AM (GbwPZ)

274 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 08:58 AM (GBKbO)

Yes.

The margin of error calc is Margin of Error = 1 / sqrt(n)

But if n is crap because P and p is crap which makes your confidence interval crap, MOE is crap.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 09:03 AM (tKZgo)

275 I'm guilty of it too, but maybe we all should be checking in on the brothers, sisters, best friends, etc. a lot more often, so they don't be found by "welfare checks".

Posted by: From about That Time at July 25, 2025 09:03 AM (n4GiU)

276 270 " Warai-otoko"

What does that refer to, if I may axe?
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 09:02 AM (fV+MH)

271
otaku means boy, right? In japanese.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 25, 2025 09:02 AM (NJsVu)

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Seems to be a reference to a character in Ghost in the Shell. The Laughing Man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 09:03 AM (GBKbO)

277 Macron is pissing in the wind with his 2 state declaration. Even the Arab clans don't want it.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2025 09:04 AM (HFcKg)

278 274 Yes.

The margin of error calc is Margin of Error = 1 / sqrt(n)

But if n is crap because P and p is crap which makes your confidence interval crap, MOE is crap.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 09:03 AM (tKZgo)

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I've often wondered if the MOE on polling was just complete bullshit.

Like,...there's no way your MOE of 3.5% on this poll of 700 respondents that you...modeled is at all accurate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 09:04 AM (GBKbO)

279 Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
·
54m
Buccaneers today signed guard Michael Jordan.

----

He's tired of playing golf all the time.

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2025 09:05 AM (AOsQT)

280 Regarding polls... Atlas and Trafalgar were 2 of the top pollsters last go around and last time I heard they had Trump much higher than 37%... Take that for what it's worth...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2025 08:45 AM

Via Grok:

Based on the most recent data available:

AtlasIntel: A survey conducted between July 13-18, 2025, among 1,935 American adults showed President Donald Trump's approval rating at 44%, with 55% disapproving, resulting in a net approval rating of -11 points. This is the lowest approval rating for his second term according to this pollster.

Trafalgar Group: A poll conducted between June 18-20, 2025, among 1,098 voters indicated Trump's approval rating at 54%, with 45% disapproving, giving a net approval rating of +9 points.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 09:06 AM (P5BPp)

281 270 " Warai-otoko"

What does that refer to, if I may axe?
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 09:02 AM (fV+MH)

The nic? It's "laughing man" in japanese, which was the name of the main antagonist from the first season of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series.

Didn't pick it so much because i'm enamored with that sniveling little shit of a character, but because i was into that show at the time, and trying to be clever.... "just here for the lulz".

The hyphen is just there to look cool.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 09:06 AM (VoAdT)

282
johnny maga
@_johnnymaga
Trump’s new accuser is back implying the following:

- Trump went to an office building to be set up w/ a victim

- Trump said in front of a stranger he was there for a 16 year old

- Trump & Epstein went into an office w/ a victim, while stranger sat outside the door

Insane.

https://tinyurl.com/5mbme8pj

Posted by: redridinghood at July 25, 2025 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

283 Been announced that Corn Pop is writing foreword to the Husk's book. Joe has long fostered strong ties to the AA Community since his days in Scranton.

Posted by: I Pre-ordered, Have You? at July 25, 2025 09:07 AM (G5+As)

284 280 AtlasIntel: A survey conducted between July 13-18, 2025, among 1,935 American adults showed President Donald Trump's approval rating at 44%, with 55% disapproving, resulting in a net approval rating of -11 points. This is the lowest approval rating for his second term according to this pollster.

Trafalgar Group: A poll conducted between June 18-20, 2025, among 1,098 voters indicated Trump's approval rating at 54%, with 45% disapproving, giving a net approval rating of +9 points.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 09:06 AM (P5BPp)

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Atlas apparently got bought by Bloomberg near the end of the cycle and started changing their methodologies.

Skin suit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 09:07 AM (GBKbO)

285 So, how does it work that Macron and his wife, who are not American citizens, can sue an American citizen in a US court? Can one of our legal eagles explain that to me?

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

286 I've often wondered if the MOE on polling was just complete bullshit.

Like,...there's no way your MOE of 3.5% on this poll of 700 respondents that you...modeled is at all accurate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 09:04 AM (GBKbO)

It undoubtedly is BS to the point where they just...make it up. You'd probably default to p=0.5 because you only have the sample estimate, but yeah, since the sample is crap to begin with, everything downstream is garbage.

We need a movie about all of this.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 09:08 AM (Mmf4/)

287 >>HA! Bloomberg fake news says Trump's "stunt" failed and Powell showed him, showed him real good.

It was a great move by Trump. He knows construction like few, and the arrogant Powell looked uncomfortable being put on Trump's arena vs. his (where he no doubt thinks Trump knows nothing about monetary policy). I assume that the taxpayer's are funding the $3.1 billion project?

Also appreciated Bessent's comment questioning why an organization that lost $100 million needed to take on a costly renovation project.

Side note: recently heard that the Fed employs. . .24,000 people. WTF are all of them working on?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 09:08 AM (GbwPZ)

288 G'morn, y'all. It's another bright, beautiful, not scorching yet morning here in Oklahoma's Green Country corner.

I read this far:
"…revealed what we all knew or at the barest of minimums suspected…"

I am darkly amused how proofs come out of what we knew or suspected years ago. I certainly credit JJS, but also the well- and widely-read Horde, as well as our Ace of a host, for informing us of what's really up in the world.

[*takes first sip of coffee*]

Ah. Now to get on with all that informing du jour.[/i

Posted by: mindful webworker - natural DNA test for paternity at July 25, 2025 09:09 AM (iaVKI)

289 Posted by: redridinghood at July 25, 2025 09:07 AM

Of course.. Wonder why Kamala didn't use this in her run against Trump ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2025 09:09 AM (VE6XX)

290 I saw Goody Trump with the 16 year old.

Feckin' idjits.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 09:11 AM (VoAdT)

291 Like,...there's no way your MOE of 3.5% on this poll of 700 respondents that you...modeled is at all accurate.

All those statistical formulas are based on theoretic populations ... as in groups of numeric events, not people ... that are statistically random and non-weighted.

Does that sound like a group of people with political opinions to you ? No, it does not.

All that numeric theory is misapplied when you are talking human beings answering a poll question. Because the results are not random and not unbiased.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 09:11 AM (hk7Ln)

292 they think it's enough to create suspicions to take Trump down in this term ?? they are as detached from reality and deluded as their followers

Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 09:12 AM (g47mK)

293 Side note: recently heard that the Fed employs. . .24,000 people. WTF are all of them working on?
Posted by: Lizzy

The thots on OnlyFans don't watch themselves, you know.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 09:12 AM (77rzZ)

294 She gave an interview where she was wearing an eyepatch. And a tri-corn hat. And had a parrot on her shoulder.

I may have dreamed all that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

And calling for the Choom Gang to be keel hauled

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 09:13 AM (gbOdA)

295 I had a detached penis once.

I got better.

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 08:55 AM

I woke up this morning with a bad hangover and my penis was missing again.

YouTube: https://bit.ly/44NU9FR

Posted by: King Missle at July 25, 2025 09:13 AM (P5BPp)

296 >>Trump’s new accuser is back implying the following:

Women such as this, Jean Carroll, Kavanaugh's accuser, all of Gloria Alred's clients have done more harm to legitimate rape victims than they could possibly fathom.

They should be ashamed of themselves!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 09:14 AM (GbwPZ)

297 All that numeric theory is misapplied when you are talking human beings answering a poll question. Because the results are not random and not unbiased.
Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 09:11 AM (hk7Ln)

Stats work when you have something that fits the template, yes. Political polls do not fit the template even a little bit.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 09:14 AM (06wU2)

298 Jay Powell is small standing next to Trump.

Posted by: dantesed at July 25, 2025 09:14 AM (Oy/m2)

299 Lies, damned lies, and polling.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 09:14 AM (VoAdT)

300 292 they think it's enough to create suspicions to take Trump down in this term ?? they are as detached from reality and deluded as their followers
Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 09:12 AM (g47mK)

My theory on the Epstein stuff is once they finally got the "files" they were tampered with .This is why they tried to get the Grand Jury testimony and they are talking to Maxwell,,, They are trying to see if it squares with the records they were given... Okay.. I'll take my tin foil hat off now...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2025 09:15 AM (VE6XX)

301 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

As President Trump though so accurately observed, they're not out to get me, they're out to get you! I'm just standing in the wayAs President Trump though so accurately observed, they're not out to get me, they're out to get you! I'm just standing in the way.
===

True. And the clock is ticking until they steal the next election.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 09:15 AM (JvZF+)

302 "Slavery Cities." That's good.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 25, 2025 09:15 AM (9MTK6)

303 Man, we went from pirate fantasies to a dive into Stats.

What a wondrous place this is.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 09:16 AM (Rwc47)

304 The pic up top is interesting. Looks like Cerberus lost a head. Did Obama eat it?

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 09:16 AM (77rzZ)

305 Given that she was born, and presumably raised, in NC, that would have been silly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

Lara Yanuska was born and raised in Wilmington, NC. Attended Emsley A. Laney HS. Graduated from North Carolina State University with a degree in Communications. Yep. She ain't no carpetbagger.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 25, 2025 09:16 AM (5xuJ/)

306 Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 09:11 AM (VoAdT)

I don't really understand - except for Trump Derangement Syndrome and needing an op /why anything would think that Trump- who threw out Epstein from Mar A Lago for some lewd behavior by Epstein towards an underage girl would be interested in teen girls? He was a good looking, successful man and when he cheated he cheated with attractive adult women.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 25, 2025 09:16 AM (2GCMq)

307 "Didn't pick it so much because i'm enamored with that sniveling little shit of a character, but because i was into that show at the time, and trying to be clever.... "just here for the lulz".

The hyphen is just there to look cool.
Posted by: Warai-otoko"

I'm just here for lulz as well. I remember back in the day when this place was lol.

Unfortunately, shit got real. I still try to keep that edge.

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 09:17 AM (fV+MH)

308 johnny maga
@_johnnymaga
Trump’s new accuser is back implying the following:

- Trump went to an office building to be set up w/ a victim

- Trump said in front of a stranger he was there for a 16 year old

- Trump & Epstein went into an office w/ a victim, while stranger sat outside the door

Insane.

https://tinyurl.com/5mbme8pj
Posted by: redridinghood at July 25, 2025 09:07 AM (NpAcC)
====

Wait. Which of them work for the Mossad?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 09:18 AM (JvZF+)

309 these alleged victims have amazing memories and patience; to wait decades, through three elections, to remember ! like that chick who was allegedly "groped' by Trump at Barneys (or whatever). and then they ran on "convicted felon11!!" and it did not help! so they are back again. but now they are not just after Trump, taht is difficult, he is already in. They are after Bondi. Because she is the firewall. and they want enough noise for a special prosecutor. Trump would have to be insane to do that again.

Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 09:19 AM (g47mK)

310 The hyphen is just there to look cool.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

The hyphen is woefully underused in English these days. It needs to make a major comeback.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

311 Wait. Which of them work for the Mossad?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 09:18 AM (JvZF+)

They're all working for Mossad.

The whole thing is an op.

Except for the bellhop. He's DEVGRU.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 09:19 AM (VoAdT)

312 Of course.. Wonder why Kamala didn't use this in her run against Trump ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2025 09:09 AM (VE6XX)
*****
The Dems would have used this 4 yrs ago if they had anything. No doubt Merrick Garland researched it.
So funny how this smells just like the Kavanaugh smear.
People feel they can say anything to take down Trump and just plead the fifth.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 25, 2025 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

313 Stats work when you have something that fits the template, yes. Political polls do not fit the template even a little bit.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 25, 2025 09:14 AM (06wU2)

On of my absolute irritations - statistics as attempted to be applied in reality. Confidence intervals only work, as you know, when you have the luxury of "working backward". As in you already know statistical formulation generating the data set.

The first one they ever teach you is "assume a coin flip". A yes/no even probability. Yet these geniuses will try to apply that to a poll question. Not the same thing.

The shiny fresh faces would always try this in industry. The "six sigma" crap back in the day with all their stupid online data and excel sheets and pretty graphs ... all based on incorrect first assumptions of the data set. Because guess what ? Those results weren't random either. Always directly relatable to process, material, or tooling variations. Usually resulting in clusters. They'd make their graphs, I'd go fix the problems.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 09:19 AM (hk7Ln)

314 after they dig deeper they will find out this "Maria Farmer" really is

Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 09:20 AM (g47mK)

315 ---Trump’s new accuser is back implying the following:

And she waited thirty years to tell anyone

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 09:20 AM (AVW/H)

316 I woke up this morning with a bad hangover and my penis was missing again.

YouTube: https://bit.ly/44NU9FR
Posted by: King Missle at July 25, 2025 09:13 AM

Never. Not. Funny.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 25, 2025 09:21 AM (kgE5c)

317 We got a call in the night that Rev's brother's neighbor had requested a wellness check on Rev's brother. Hadn't been seen getting the mail or mowing the lawn. Calls went to voicemail. Police came and found him dead on the floor. Today we try to find out what to do next.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:53 AM (SfhV1)
====

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 09:22 AM (JvZF+)

318 just biding my time 'til (f)Art thread

Posted by: Otto Pen at July 25, 2025 09:22 AM (sJHOI)

319 Did Trump have a lacrosse stick with him when this was going on?

Athletic shorts with no pockets?

Hmmmm......?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 09:23 AM (VoAdT)

320 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at July 25, 2025 07:53 AM

Damn. May his memory be eternal.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 25, 2025 09:23 AM (kgE5c)

321 Side note: recently heard that the Fed employs. . .24,000 people. WTF are all of them working on?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 09:08 AM (GbwPZ)

Do you have any idea how much work goes into cleaning mink lined toilet seats? -- Jerome Powell

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 25, 2025 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

322 just biding my time 'til (f)Art thread
Posted by: Otto Pen

Can't wait to see what Mr. Absinthe-and-Gauloises has for us today.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

323 Had a scratched cornea when I was a kid. Wore an eye patch for a week. When it first happened and I tried to open my eye it felt like someone was throwing sand in it. Nasty feeling

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 25, 2025 09:24 AM (hIY2p)

324 @322/Bulg:

I'm going to guess: Cheese.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 25, 2025 09:24 AM (O7YUW)

325 "Side note: recently heard that the Fed employs. . .24,000 people. WTF are all of them working on?
Posted by: Lizzy"

Their resumes.

Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 09:25 AM (fV+MH)

326 Had a scratched cornea when I was a kid. Wore an eye patch for a week.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

How did the young ladies react?

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 09:25 AM (77rzZ)

327 @325/eleven:

"I see here you worked for the government for all of your career. Thank you for coming in today. Someone will see you out."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 25, 2025 09:26 AM (O7YUW)

328 Grammie , condolences to you and your family on your loss

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 25, 2025 09:26 AM (hIY2p)

329 Had a guy with an eyepatch on Young and the Restless back in the day. His name was, get this, Patch.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 09:26 AM (hk7Ln)

330 @326 ignored me, as usual. I get no respect

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 25, 2025 09:27 AM (hIY2p)

331 I just had an idea for snark that was supposed to be an intentionally dumb and silly idea and then I realized how terrifying it would actually be....

Go to grok or gpt or whatever, and say, "Write a current, up to date resume for me."

And then see what it shits out....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2025 09:27 AM (VoAdT)

332 Oh that silly Hussein.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 25, 2025 09:28 AM (Vvm2m)

333 titties would be nice, but I'm not getting my hopes up

Posted by: Otto Pen at July 25, 2025 09:29 AM (sJHOI)

334 Shishkin or Bierstadt would be nice on a Friday

Posted by: Otto Pen at July 25, 2025 09:30 AM (sJHOI)

335 .
NOOD

Art

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 25, 2025 09:30 AM (O7YUW)

336 Not another monochrome Mondrian!

Posted by: Art Maven at July 25, 2025 09:30 AM (G5+As)

337
A R T

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 25, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

338 titties would be nice, but I'm not getting my hopes up
Posted by: Otto Pen

Kinda-sorta

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

339 Forced handover of property is only theft if you believe people other than me "own" stuff to begin with. Obviously, all of your stuff is mine.

Posted by: Zohran Mamdani at July 25, 2025 09:31 AM (2OT9V)

340 Anchor baby citizenship was always going to be decided by scotus. These rulings are just the opening acts.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 25, 2025 09:33 AM (Vvm2m)

341 Boob Art

Posted by: toby928 at July 25, 2025 09:35 AM (jc0TO)

342 Forced handover of property is only theft if you believe people other than me "own" stuff to begin with. Obviously, all of your stuff is mine.

Posted by: Zohran Mamdani at July 25, 2025 09:31 AM

You will own nothing and you will be happy.

Posted by: WEF at July 25, 2025 09:52 AM (P5BPp)

343 Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby

BREAKING: The largest teachers’ union in America is pushing Holocaust education that erases Jews — referring vaguely to “victims of different faiths.”

Imagine teaching about slavery without mentioning Black Americans.

Why is this acceptable when it comes to Jews?

X: https://bit.ly/4lLEInm

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 10:23 AM (P5BPp)

344 "If this behavior doesn’t prove Sheinbaum’s lust for power and control, nothing will. She doesn’t really care about Mexico’s beaches or environment. If she did, she would celebrate SpaceX’s salvage operations."

But you see, the Chicoms were going to pay her big bucks for that salvaged booster and its engines!! You snooze, you lose, honey!

(Not kidding, folks!)

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 25, 2025 10:28 AM (PQOq3)

345 Well it's highly unlikely that Obozo will receive any punishment for his actions. The press covers his backside like a wet piece of toilet paper--when they're not kissing it.

But I might like to see John Brennan enjoying his dotage at a Club Fed either in Alabama or out in Lompoc CA where John Dean worked on his tennis game.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at July 25, 2025 10:49 AM (cB7nX)

346 And ... Biden claimed to be sooo CATholic that he had to drag his whore wife to meet the antiPope. Look what the cat drug home.

Posted by: Marooned at July 25, 2025 11:13 AM (LrbfP)

347 "the lack of resolve (so far Gabbard notwithstanding) of those to attempt to right [Obama']s most horrendous of wrongs"

Indeed. Over at the once-great Power Line blog, John Hinderaker is asking "what crime?" in response to Tulsi Gabbard's referral to DoJ for criminal prosecution.

But Mr. Hinderaker's Republican Party Country Club blazer is smartly pressed, so there's that.

Posted by: LibertyDefender at July 25, 2025 01:15 PM (6Lsdj)

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