The Daily Signal: The Left is Burning Churches and the Media Is Silent

383 churches were attacked in 2024.

And the media is still babbling about George Floyd and January 6th, the most violent day in history, in the entire universe.

Although the backlash to the overturning of Roe v. Wade appears to have subsided, vandals, arsonists, and worse targeted hundreds of churches in 2024, according to a new report.
Travis Weber, vice president for policy and government affairs at the Family Research Council, which released the report Monday, said most Americans would be surprised to hear that 383 churches suffered 415 attacks in 2024.
"We have a tendency in the West and in the United States to think of ourselves as safe and freedom-loving, tolerant, and protective of religious freedom, including religious freedom to practice Christianity," he told The Daily Signal in an interview Friday. "So, I think the fact that we have hundreds of incidents--specifically, 415--in the year 2024 is very revealing."
While these 415 attacks represented a decrease from the 2023 high of 485 attacks, it still included hundreds more incidents than in 2022 (19, 2021 (9, and previous years.
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The Family Research Council used open-source documents, reports, and news articles to assess attacks against Christian churches. The 2024 report identified 284 acts of vandalism, 55 incidents of arson or other fires, 28 gun-related attacks, 14 bomb threats, and 47 other incidents, such as physical assault, disruption of church services, and general threats of harm.
In August, four churches in southern Ohio caught fire, and authorities suspected one person may have set all four fires. Authorities have yet to name a suspect. Also in August, a man allegedly killed the secretary of St. Mark AME Zion Church in Athens, Tennessee, before setting fire to the building, completely burning down the roof.
Other attackers disrupted services by entering churches with guns. These gun-related incidents increased from 12 in 2023 to 28 last year.

The left continues mainstreaming the idea that violence is just politics by other means.

They will come to grief for that.

Posted by: Ace at 05:20 PM

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1 It's churches.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 15, 2025 05:21 PM (0N4FZ)

2 Good afternoon Hordenfolken!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2025 05:21 PM (3Ope8)

3 "The left continues mainstreaming the idea that violence is just politics by other means. "

I thought that was Carl von Clausewitz?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 15, 2025 05:22 PM (0N4FZ)

4 Would they be singing a different tune if it were mosques?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 15, 2025 05:22 PM (3Ope8)

5 Imagine 400+ abortion clinics catching fire in a year.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 15, 2025 05:23 PM (9uMVd)

6 and I would bet that 80 percent of the arsonists/attackers/graffitists are Transtifa.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 15, 2025 05:25 PM (/U5Yz)

7 Did any Moron on the last couple of threads mention the red-carpet "tightrope" Trump's team made Putin walk? Fucking thing was like a foot wide, max!

LOL

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at August 15, 2025 05:25 PM (i49OE)

8 When we finally pop off, it's going to be really, really bad for the left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 15, 2025 05:27 PM (Q4IgG)

9
Imagine 400+ abortion clinics catching fire in a year.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 15, 2025 05:23 PM (9uMVd)

__________

It's a start.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 05:27 PM (kkTda)

10 Bubba: I see they burnin' churches.

Skillet: That's a'ight, I like Popeyes anyway.

Posted by: Chicken Wars at August 15, 2025 05:28 PM (G5+As)

11 What a day! Lots of good stuff, Ace!

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 15, 2025 05:28 PM (rbKZ6)

12 Someone should alert Tucker Carlson.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 15, 2025 05:29 PM (RIvkX)

13
Trad Catholics. Told you we should have kept an eye on them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 05:29 PM (kkTda)

14 Those Latin Mass Fringe People are known firebugs. Candles and censers are a coverup!

Posted by: Pants On Fire at August 15, 2025 05:31 PM (G5+As)

15 really brave, attacking people who's religion teaches them to turn the other cheek.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at August 15, 2025 05:32 PM (ciYHQ)

16 Every response should be, go home. You are drunk.
I say this to all liberals regardless of subject.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at August 15, 2025 05:33 PM (EyfuW)

17 Canada did the same thing after ginning up a fake outrage. Blackface dude was complicit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 15, 2025 05:33 PM (bss/y)

18 The National Post reports that 592 churches have been burned in Canada since 2010. The greatest number occuring since the so-called missing children/ native schools tomfoolery started in 2021.

Posted by: AlbertaLyle at August 15, 2025 05:33 PM (CTwZU)

19 The left continues mainstreaming the idea that violence is just politics by other means.

They will come to grief for that.
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Tesla dealerships, high-end mansions, federal courthouses, public statues, Old Glory, murder ... anything that reminds them that they have personal obligations to their families, communities, and their country. It's an annihilation of self on the public stage.

Posted by: mrp at August 15, 2025 05:33 PM (rj6Yv)

20 "Did any Moron on the last couple of threads mention the red-carpet "tightrope" Trump's team made Putin walk? Fucking thing was like a foot wide, max!"

And he had a stealth bomber fly over Putin's head ha

Posted by: Fenrisulven at August 15, 2025 05:34 PM (ciYHQ)

21 Are Tucker Carlson and Candace Owen blaming this on Jews.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 15, 2025 05:34 PM (kTd/k)

22 OT: I do like the Bee 'JB Pritzker joins police force in hopes of getting sandwich thrown at him'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 15, 2025 05:34 PM (bss/y)

23 Import MOAR Islamicists and Mosques!

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 15, 2025 05:34 PM (Gt0vN)

24 Canada has the added disorder of riled up Indians and Eskimos lying about the non-existent "mass graves" at their former residential schools.

Posted by: Complete Fairy Tale at August 15, 2025 05:35 PM (G5+As)

25 Those Latin Mass Fringe People are known firebugs. Candles and censers are a coverup!
Posted by: Pants On Fire at August 15, 2025 05:31 PM (G5+As)

Fiddleback chasubles!

Posted by: mrp at August 15, 2025 05:35 PM (rj6Yv)

26 21 Are Tucker Carlson and Candace Owen blaming this on Jews.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 15, 2025 05:34 PM (kTd/k)

Wait. So in their mind is Putin anti-Semitic? But I thought that was the Ukes? Did they swap sides?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 15, 2025 05:35 PM (bss/y)

27 24 Canada has the added disorder of riled up Indians and Eskimos lying about the non-existent "mass graves" at their former residential schools.
Posted by: Complete Fairy Tale at August 15, 2025 05:35 PM (G5+As)

That they could oddly never find. Oh, well it is just a few buildings.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 15, 2025 05:36 PM (bss/y)

28 someone should tell the leftists I am the Living Temple of God due to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. You may burn down buildings but GOD does not dwell buildings, Peace to you.

But just for shit and giggles we will hunt down these individual misinformed complete and total ass wipe motherfuckers retribution will include cutting out of the tongue and peeling off your skin leaving you alive for 10 years on life support

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 15, 2025 05:37 PM (VPPG8)

29 Are Tucker Carlson and Candace Owen blaming this on Jews.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 15, 2025 05:34 PM (kTd/k)

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And Winston Churchill.

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 15, 2025 05:37 PM (Gt0vN)

30 Unfortunately , the usual suspects include a wide variety of groups. Not just Antifa.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 15, 2025 05:37 PM (cnokD)

31 That's Marxism for you
The street thugs do the deed and the Propaganda Ministry keeps their traps shut about it.

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2025 05:37 PM (+qU29)

32 The AME church was black. You are not going to find a ghey flag in there.

Pure demonic hatred of all of them, no common thread.

What the arsonists don't know is this:
The church and the members will be stronger from this loss. I can say this without hesitation.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 15, 2025 05:38 PM (6PCLE)

33
Fiddleback chasubles!
Posted by: mrp at August 15, 2025 05:35 PM (rj6Yv)

_______

We got the old traditional ones. White today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 05:38 PM (kkTda)

34 Trad Catholics. Told you we should have kept an eye on them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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I would not be surprised to hear that some sparkle creed Lutheran pastor is out there advocating church burning.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 15, 2025 05:38 PM (XvL8K)

35 Imagine if it were 400 mosques. Or abortion clinics. Or drug ‘rehab’ centers. Or government buildings. Or congress offices. Or gay bathhouses. Or union offices. Or gay porn studios. Or brothels. Or Subways where doofy faggot ass-pirates buy sandwiches to throw at cops.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 15, 2025 05:39 PM (lEo4j)

36
The arsonists will receive Christian forgiveness from those they affected. After they get the living daylights beaten out of them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 05:40 PM (kkTda)

37 Neil Young has been busy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2025 05:40 PM (gOZ19)

38 I would be for burning at the stake for the perps

Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2025 05:41 PM (+qU29)

39 How very KKK-ish.

Posted by: Paco at August 15, 2025 05:41 PM (mADJX)

40 Does anyone on the left recognize how closely tied black Americans are to the Pentecostal, rural, intergenerational protestant denominations? For all his posing, the urban wannabe's grandma who raised him is hoping she will have a building to go to to worship sometime between Sunday and Wednesday.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 15, 2025 05:41 PM (QArof)

41 Athens, TN has a rich and colorful history.

If the people there still care about their community and read history books I'd probably avoid playing a game of FAFO there.

Posted by: ballistic at August 15, 2025 05:42 PM (3BwY8)

42 Imagine 400+ abortion clinics catching fire in a year.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 15, 2025 05:23 PM (9uMVd)

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Reminds me of comedienne Paula Poundstone's punch line: "I'm thinking about it! I'm thinking!"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 15, 2025 05:43 PM (SJrOE)

43
I would be for burning at the stake for the perps
Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2025 05:41 PM (+qU29)

__________

Make Autos-da-fé Great Again!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 05:43 PM (kkTda)

44 Elton John- Burn Down the mission.

Homo Extraordinaire stink hole poker poop soaked wiener sucking English Gentleman

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 15, 2025 05:44 PM (VPPG8)

45 Never knew what a chasuble was until just now.

Posted by: So, A Fancy Vest? at August 15, 2025 05:44 PM (G5+As)

46 [O/T -- The only thing missing were some bald eagles pooping on Putin's head.]

Geiger Capital
@Geiger_Capital

Trump just flew a B-2 stealth bomber over Putin’s head…

Absolutely incredible.

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DC_Draino
@DC_Draino

We call this mafia boss diplomacy

https://is.gd/NNRNQh

Posted by: ShainS -- Donald the Lionhearted 2028! at August 15, 2025 05:46 PM (Gt0vN)

47 383 churches!!??!?! Where are you getting this, FOX News?!?! LOL, none of this is happening! If it were, it would be on CNN/MSNBC and in the Boston Globe!

Posted by: Aunt Margie, Marshfield, MA at August 15, 2025 05:47 PM (qUkBO)

48 Well this is one thing they can't blame on rednecks

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 15, 2025 05:48 PM (cnokD)

49 Our denomination has implemented "safe church" guidelines, and that means our doors are locked on the outside ten minutes after the service starts with a deacon (armed) manning the door. The pastor lives across from church and he often carries.

So, don't try anything funny in my church. Or sing off key, the worship coordinator (pastor's wife) hates that and will kill you with a look.

Posted by: pookysgirl has good pitch, thankfully at August 15, 2025 05:49 PM (Wt5PA)

50 Slo-pitch-dog broke from his chain, swallowed his muzzle and's on the loose again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 05:49 PM (5uRA0)

51 Trump arranged a stealth bomber fly by right over Putin before the press conference, LOL!

Posted by: Max Power at August 15, 2025 05:49 PM (Hucnr)

52 How very KKK-ish.
Posted by: Paco at August 15, 2025 05:41 PM
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We like to stick with what we know.

Posted by: Democrats at August 15, 2025 05:50 PM (9uMVd)

53
Well this is one thing they can't blame on rednecks
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 15, 2025 05:48 PM (cnokD)

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Eh. Seriously, I think that a good fraction are just set by firebugs who just see a building.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 05:50 PM (kkTda)

54 I saw on my channel guide that an ABC News station was running a segment called Trump and Putin Meeting. I haven't watched any network news in 25 years, but I thought I'd try it.

ABC brought on an "expert" who said although Trump said he wanted to be a Peace President, he hasn't brought any peace anywhere. Really? India/Pakistan? Congo/Rwanda? Thailand/Cambodia? This is why I haven't watched network news in 25 years.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 15, 2025 05:50 PM (b294k)

55 >>> 48 Well this is one thing they can't blame on rednecks
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 15, 2025 05:48 PM (cnokD)

You mean like that gay bar shot up by a muslim? Who was *obviously* influenced by those homophobic rednecks???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 15, 2025 05:51 PM (ULPxl)

56 Burn down the Lord's house is not a very smart move. They will have a higher judge to answer to.

Forgive them Father they know not what they do.

These people know exactly what they are doing.

Posted by: Case at August 15, 2025 05:52 PM (iwlvf)

57 I thought the bombers were sort of an honor fly by ? Trump would want to be a bad host and do something stupid like threaten his guest. Also, I saw Putin walking the tarmac from his plane, the red carpet was the same size as the one Trump was standing on. It's just the photo angle that made it look narrow. Trump would not do anything nonsensical like the Euros might.

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 05:52 PM (g47mK)

58 Eh. Seriously, I think that a good fraction are just set by firebugs who just see a building.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 05:50 PM (kkTda)

Well, one way to tell would be how many arsons are there in the US yearly.

The other thing is, a arsonist just wants to burn a building. He may know that if he sets fire to a church, the local lefties may not pursue too hard because they will assume it is one of their allies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 15, 2025 05:52 PM (bss/y)

59 And this is just in the US? Canada has its own whole pogrom of church burnings by idiots, started by ridiculous lies about "native" cemeteries or some such nonsense.

And then there's the ongoing war against churches in Africa by jihadists, dozens murdered (in church, on Sunday) at a time. Unless I missed it, eerie silence from the Vatican, which instantly spouts off idiotic slander and ignorant defamation over Gaza at the drop of a keffiyeh.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 15, 2025 05:53 PM (U/Byj)

60 >>Trump arranged a stealth bomber fly by right over Putin before the press conference, LOL!

Not just a stealth bomber, F-35s and F-22s as well.

Loud enough to make both of them stop and look up. I think Vlad got the message.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 05:53 PM (viF8m)

61 Many many churches have organized volunteer armed watchers as well they should. "Other attackers disrupted services by entering churches with guns. These gun-related incidents increased from 12 in 2023 to 28 last year."

I wonder how many of these 'disrupted services" intended much worse than mere disruptions but surrendered quietly when met with armed resistance? And a testament to Christian tolerance and good trigger control on all the cases where the good guys with the guns stopped harm without putting holes in the bad guys with guns.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 15, 2025 05:53 PM (bP/i4)

62 I think Izvestia and Pravda are more truthful these days than the US networks.

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 05:54 PM (g47mK)

63 Apropos of nothing, I've given up watching Pluto TV's "Weather Nation" - too many disgusting pharma commercials - during the day and have started watching water hole cams from Africa on youtube. Lots of elephants and zebras so far. And no commercials or breaks! No gorillas so far, but it's almost as good as the Gorilla Channel.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 15, 2025 05:54 PM (sFNX2)

64 Does anyone on the left recognize how closely tied black Americans are to the Pentecostal, rural, intergenerational protestant denominations?
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The left doesn't give a damn about blacks. Even black leftists don't give a damn about blacks. All leftists care about is power and graft.

Posted by: Crusader at August 15, 2025 05:54 PM (TN0g+)

65 Apparently, Trump let Putin ride in The Beast.

Not Hillary. The Automobile one.

Posted by: jsg at August 15, 2025 05:54 PM (lmwvN)

66
These gun-related incidents increased from 12 in 2023 to 28 last year.

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A 133% increase! REEEEEE!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 15, 2025 05:55 PM (kkTda)

67 5 hr
Six Russian vessels have arrived off the coast of Alaska on all sides. The nuclear capable vessels include warships and submarines.

This follows the arrival of the two US Bombers which are parked at Elmendorf Air Base, Alaska, where Russia's Putin will arrive in a couple of hours
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 05:55 PM (5uRA0)

68 Yesterday, I watched a salmon spawning cam from Alaska. Lots of bears eating sushi, but I was hoping to see Putin.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 15, 2025 05:56 PM (sFNX2)

69 Not Hillary. The Automobile one.
Posted by: jsg

Evidently, Hillary said if Trump brought peace he'd deserve the Nobel.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 15, 2025 05:56 PM (b294k)

70 Six Russian vessels have arrived off the coast of Alaska on all sides. The nuclear capable vessels include warships and submarines.

=

I thought Ukes destroyed the entirety of Russian fleet, including nukkelar ?

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 05:56 PM (g47mK)

71 I became an Usher for my local Catholic Church and I never knew how many threats we had and how many close calls we have had. We let the State, city and counties do a mass shooting drill, after it the first thing we did was take down the no guns sign, we were told that is the first thing shooters look for. We had a woman with her child right before Mass acting weird and carrying a backpack, we were lucky she was only had anti-Catholic papers and books in the backpack could have been worse. We have to lock the Church when the Bishop comes with all the crazies and threats to his life.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 15, 2025 05:56 PM (FCrpy)

72 Seriously, I think that a good fraction are just set by firebugs who just see a building.
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Those buildings are vacant for the majority of the 168 hours in a week as well. Its easy opportunity for misadventure. I'd assume most churches need to add well-placed (and thus well-noticed) security cameras if they were serious about security.

Posted by: Crusader at August 15, 2025 05:57 PM (TN0g+)

73 Destroy religion, destroy the nuclear family, destroy traditions and norms. Definitely commie

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 15, 2025 05:57 PM (xffwU)

74 Evidently, Hillary said if Trump brought peace he'd deserve the Nobel.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 15, 2025 05:56 PM (b294k)

She must be feeling the heat.

Posted by: davidt at August 15, 2025 05:57 PM (i0F8b)

75 I'm on the security team for my church.
Just about every week we get a briefing for an attempt at violence at area churches.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 15, 2025 05:57 PM (xcxpd)

76 These gun-related incidents increased from 12 in 2023 to 28 last year.

And note that many states have put churches on their Gun-Free Zones list. This is not a coincidence.

Because some have exemptions for security guards, it behooves your church to actually have a plan for armed defense and put everyone who carries in your church on the list. Retroactively if you have to.

Posted by: GWB at August 15, 2025 05:58 PM (rSsQh)

77 >>> 75 I'm on the security team for my church.
Just about every week we get a briefing for an attempt at violence at area churches.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 15, 2025 05:57 PM (xcxpd)

Maybe she provided evidence that will lead to the arrest and conviction of William J. Clinton.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 15, 2025 05:58 PM (ULPxl)

78 It's just the photo angle that made it look narrow. Trump would not do anything nonsensical like the Euros might.
Posted by: runner
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or his two idiot predecessors.

Notice when Trump offered his hand to Putin it was palm up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 05:59 PM (5uRA0)

79 but I was hoping to see Putin.
Posted by: Martin Tell at August 15, 2025 05:56 PM (sFNX2)

Walking, swimming upstream, or eating the salmon?

Posted by: GWB at August 15, 2025 05:59 PM (rSsQh)

80 Nothing in my hate feed today about the federal courthouse in NYC being forced to evacuate yesterday due to several envelopes of white powder being found.

You have to dig down several paragraphs to find it was a federal courthouse (Trump's war on judges!) but a federal _immigration_ courthouse and detention center.

And now you know why it's suddenly not a big deal.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 15, 2025 05:59 PM (I4g9n)

81 The George Floyd statue was removed from the Smithsonian and placed in storage next to the Ark of the Covenant and the Epstein files.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at August 15, 2025 06:00 PM (bMlVe)

82 64 The left doesn't give a damn about blacks. Even black leftists don't give a damn about blacks. All leftists care about is power and graft. - Crusader

Analysis: True.

Posted by: Paco at August 15, 2025 06:00 PM (mADJX)

83 Trump and Putin were walking side-by-side on the red carpet. So, not considerably larger than 1 foot wide.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 15, 2025 06:02 PM (XMwZJ)

84 Biden #1, in church burnings.

Posted by: torabora at August 15, 2025 06:03 PM (iOlSu)

85 Imagine if it were 400 mosques. Or abortion clinics. Or drug ‘rehab’ centers. Or government buildings. Or congress offices. Or gay bathhouses. Or union offices. Or gay porn studios. Or brothels. Or Subways where doofy faggot ass-pirates buy sandwiches to throw at cops.
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Add in 400 newspapers and you have a list of 4,400 buildings I'd not mind seeing burn.

Maybe not the Subways, I've no beef with them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 15, 2025 06:03 PM (I4g9n)

86 Y'know, we could just subhead this post with:

"Don't eff with Horde churches, or you'll Find Out."

Posted by: pookysgirl has a Papa Bear sitting next to her every Sunday at August 15, 2025 06:03 PM (Wt5PA)

87 Part of the deal Trump is pursuing is getting the Gorilla Channel on all Russian cable systems.

Posted by: Harambe's Legal Team at August 15, 2025 06:03 PM (G5+As)

88 71 I became an Usher for my local Catholic Church and I never knew how many threats we had and how many close calls we have had. We let the State, city and counties do a mass shooting drill, after it the first thing we did was take down the no guns sign, we were told that is the first thing shooters look for. - Patrick

I'm sure our parish has some kind of security plan, but I also have my own.

Posted by: Paco at August 15, 2025 06:04 PM (mADJX)

89 Judging from the US Fire Administration's numbers on church fires, they say about 33% of fires in churches are from making food. 15% are likely arson. They say there are 1,300 fires per year in churches...which works out to about 195 fires due to arson each year. Therefore, over half of the attacks in this article are vandalism.

Posted by: Orson at August 15, 2025 06:04 PM (dIske)

90 Brandon couldn't meander down that carpet runner. Wanders off...hand out for a handshake with a ghost.

Posted by: torabora at August 15, 2025 06:04 PM (iOlSu)

91
childhood memberberry:

Dairy Joy
Weston, MA

They served soft-serve ice cream on those "waffle" cones.
They had a flavor called JAVABERRY -- a mix of Black Raspberry & Coffee. Sound good? It was delish.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 06:04 PM (yI1fK)

92 They put all the journalists in the hockey arena. Sleeping on camping cots, and forced to take cold showers. I guess warm water not available. lol. Not a single hotel room is available either.

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 06:05 PM (g47mK)

93
AoS Cone Wars?

Waffle cones vs. the other kind

What's the other kind of cone called? You know, the hard, crunchy type.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 06:06 PM (yI1fK)

94 ...on the flight he was making a deal with the President of Belarus.

41m
According to the White House Press Pool, the three-on-three meeting between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin; Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov;
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin Foreign Policy Aide Yury Ushakov; is still ongoing, with the luncheon not yet begun

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 06:06 PM (5uRA0)

95 Brandon couldn't meander down that carpet runner. Wanders off...hand out for a handshake with a ghost.
Posted by: torabora at August 15, 2025 06:04 PM (iOlSu)

yeah, shakes hands with a stranger and wonders into the woods...

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 06:06 PM (g47mK)

96 Take a cue from synagogues and hire guys with Desert Eagles to watch the churches. When Moonbeam catches a .50AE for xher sociology project things will change.

Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at August 15, 2025 06:06 PM (qcVI3)

97 The left continues mainstreaming the idea that violence is just politics by other means.

They will come to grief for that.

Posted by: Ace at 05:20 PM

Well war is politics by other means so they're technically right. Not sure they will like it when they push too far with this, though.

Posted by: Farquad at August 15, 2025 06:07 PM (NtFTC)

98 Steven Miller didn't go along. He and Lavrov facing off would have been epic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 06:08 PM (5uRA0)

99 Churches being burned in Canada because of the mission school lie.

Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2025 06:08 PM (YwEeS)

100 Congressional testimony under oath: Biden administration gave unaccompanied minors a hotline to call if they had trouble, and 65,000 calls to the hotline were ignored.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at August 15, 2025 06:09 PM (Da7Vv)

101 >>What's the other kind of cone called? You know, the hard, crunchy type.

Sugar Cones

Posted by: garrett at August 15, 2025 06:09 PM (t39oN)

102 no, no sugar cones, waffle cones

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 06:10 PM (g47mK)

103 "Walking, swimming upstream, or eating the salmon?"

Wrestling bears for salmon dibs.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 15, 2025 06:11 PM (sFNX2)

104 "They will come to grief for that".

........say when. I'm tired of these violent a-holes.

Posted by: JROD at August 15, 2025 06:11 PM (IlL6s)

105 A Waffle Cone is essentially a Pizzelle.

Posted by: garrett at August 15, 2025 06:11 PM (t39oN)

106 They will come to grief for that"

Not at all. The vast majority recoil at the slightest hint of conflict...

Posted by: man at August 15, 2025 06:11 PM (tubbA)

107 A Waffle Cone is essentially a Pizzelle.
==

Yes! same material, different shape

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 06:12 PM (g47mK)

108 Menu for Trump and Putin:

First course
Green salad with champagne vinaigrette dressing
Sourdough bread with rosemary lemon butter

Main Course
Filet mignon with brandy peppercorn sauce
or
Halibut Olympia

Sides: Buttery whipped potatoes, roasted asparagus

Dessert
Creme brule with ice cream

That's a damned good meal; no over-the-top, fancy bs.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 15, 2025 06:13 PM (I4g9n)

109
69

Evidently, Hillary said if Trump brought peace he'd deserve the Nobel.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 15, 2025 05:56 PM

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She said, if he can end the war without Ukraine giving up territory. Which everyone knows is not going to happen. It's a calculated non-endorsement.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 15, 2025 06:13 PM (VWtfl)

110
A Jewish ice cream is made from matzah meal, yes?

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 06:13 PM (yI1fK)

111 Best not attack my church, while I’m seated in a pew there.

Posted by: Eromero at August 15, 2025 06:14 PM (jgmnb)

112 Russian vessels have arrived off the coast of Alaska on all sides"

On the east?

Posted by: man at August 15, 2025 06:14 PM (tubbA)

113 >>Dairy Joy
Weston, MA

A bike ride from my house when I was a kid.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 06:14 PM (viF8m)

114 I used to love Choco Tacos. I wonder of they still make them ?

*search*

Yes. Yes they do !

Posted by: jsg at August 15, 2025 06:14 PM (lmwvN)

115 so we're here now

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 06:14 PM (AOsQT)

116
A bike ride from my house when I was a kid.
Posted by: JackStraw

That would make us neighbors.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 06:15 PM (yI1fK)

117
I literally rode my bike to Dairy Joy.

A few times I even jogged there.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 06:15 PM (yI1fK)

118 >>That would make us neighbors.

You must have had a paint bucket at least once.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 06:16 PM (viF8m)

119 The meeting in Anchorage going longer is a good sign, I think.

Trump said he'd walk out if he didn't think Putin was serious.

Seems like that hurdle has been crossed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 15, 2025 06:16 PM (6ydKt)

120 People are sick of these humans that have the hearts of insects.
Some insects that have hive minds.

Most should be kicked out of the country and I would love love love to be the one to inform them.

Now that's a movie.
CUT.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at August 15, 2025 06:16 PM (EyfuW)

121 >What's the other kind of cone called? You know, the hard, crunchy type.
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that would be 'Disgusting'

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 06:16 PM (AOsQT)

122 @BreannaMorello
·
55m
🚨JUST IN🚨

Special Prosecutor Ed Martin went to Tish James’ multi-family residential property today, which is under investigation for federal mortgage fraud.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 06:17 PM (viF8m)

123
You must have had a paint bucket at least once.
Posted by: JackStraw

Wow I forgot that!

The banana split was our go-to.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 06:17 PM (yI1fK)

124 There's an ice cream parlor up in Estes Park that makes the waffle cone fresh when you order your ice cream cone

little round waffle maker right there

Posted by: Don Black at August 15, 2025 06:17 PM (AOsQT)

125 OSINTdefender retweeted . MeNMyRC@MeNMyRC1 . 57m

...well monitored airspace with a pair of AWACS on orbit during the meeting.
I wonder how many fighters are in the air right now, 4? 6?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 06:18 PM (5uRA0)

126 I should never try to do normal things away from the internet and AoSHQ. I attempted to repair problems at my church this morning, which as usual took all day, and now I find I have missed not one but five posts by Ace! I will try to catch up over the weekend!

Posted by: jayhawkone at August 15, 2025 06:19 PM (10ssZ)

127 >>Wow I forgot that!

>>The banana split was our go-to.

No human could eat a paint bucket by themselves. A bunch of us would power through one.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 15, 2025 06:19 PM (viF8m)

128 >>>Seems like that hurdle has been crossed.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Well, they're not going to walk away from a good meal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 06:20 PM (5uRA0)

129 91 childhood memberberry:
Dairy Joy
Weston, MA
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We had the Dairy Delite. I remember getting soft-serve ice cream cones there when I was about five years old. It's still there and still doing a good business.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at August 15, 2025 06:20 PM (paSBy)

130 Making me think of TCBY and their waffle cones.

That place was awesome for several years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 15, 2025 06:20 PM (6ydKt)

131 Bets on if Trump asked Putin when he landed in Alaska if he liked what we've done with the place ?

Posted by: jsg at August 15, 2025 06:20 PM (lmwvN)

132
Am I confusing the waffle cone with the sugar cone?? I think I might be.

Oh now I know -- I meant WAFER Cone.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 06:20 PM (yI1fK)

133 Well, they're not going to walk away from a good meal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 06:20 PM (5uRA0)

That menu does look delicious.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 15, 2025 06:21 PM (6ydKt)

134 126: Correction, 7 plus the Morning Rant! It's going to be a long Saturday catching up!

Posted by: jayhawkone at August 15, 2025 06:21 PM (10ssZ)

135
Yeah, the Wafer Cone has a flat bottom, and is superiorly-shaped to hold a scoop of ice cream. Perfectly engineered cone to receive and store ice cream.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 06:21 PM (yI1fK)

136

noood

LOOOSE!

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 15, 2025 06:22 PM (yI1fK)

137 Hiker who died after being bitten by venomous snake in Tennessee made fatal mistake, officials believe

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He picked up a timber rattlesnake. Well, they are so cuddly.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 15, 2025 06:22 PM (L/fGl)

138 Menu for Trump and Putin:

First course
Green salad with champagne vinaigrette dressing
Sourdough bread with rosemary lemon butter

Main Course
Filet mignon with brandy peppercorn sauce
or
Halibut Olympia

Sides: Buttery whipped potatoes, roasted asparagus

Dessert
Creme brule with ice cream

That's a damned good meal; no over-the-top, fancy bs.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 15, 2025 06:13 PM (I4g9n)

Delicious stuff ! Very Americana ! Wish I had that for dinner ! I guess no vegans in either delegation. LOL

Posted by: runner at August 15, 2025 06:23 PM (g47mK)

139 OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
49m
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revealed that Secretary Kristi Noem has been moved [to ] ... Quarters 1, a spacious waterfront residence at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Southeast Washington, D.C.

DHS referred to the arrangement as temporary, claiming the reason to be a “vicious doxxing” and “death threats” recently, following an article published in April by the Daily Mail, showing photographs of the area around Noem’s residence in Washington’s Navy Yard.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 15, 2025 06:24 PM (5uRA0)

140 The Kitchen Sink at Jahn's Ice Cream Parlor NYC:

https://tinyurl.com/332yx298

Posted by: IrishEi at August 15, 2025 06:26 PM (3ImbR)

141
Yep, my bad, those were F-22s, not F-35s. Trump thinks the F-22s are the most beautiful fighters we have. So naturally he'd use those.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2025 06:42 PM (w6EFb)

142 Amazing how many people know what is NOT going to happen. Wojttyła elected Pope. Soviet Union falls. Trump elected two out of three times. An American elected Pope.

And the "Derp State" has been betraying the public since Caleb was voted down. Numbers 13:30

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 15, 2025 06:46 PM (YlWIZ)

143 The Kitchen Sink at Jahn's Ice Cream Parlor NYC:

https://tinyurl.com/332yx298
Posted by: IrishEi at August 15, 2025 06:26 PM (3ImbR)

Back in the mid to late 60's a gang of us would order that at Jahn's in Union NJ. A 15 minute drive from home. They are long gone. My future wife's and my first date in July 1966.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 15, 2025 07:47 PM (5xuJ/)

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