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The Morning Report — 8/27/25

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Good morning kids. Sadly, picking up from where I left off yesterday, President Trump is defending his decision to grant 600,000 student visas to Red Chinese students. RUFKM Mr. President?!


“We’re getting along very well with China. And I’m getting along very well with President Xi. I think it’s very insulting to say students can’t come here because they’ll go out, they’ll start building schools and they’ll be able to survive it. But, I like that their students come here, I like that other countries’ students come here. And you know what would happen? If they didn’t, our college system would go to hell very quickly,” Trump said.

Mr. President, considering the state of American culture and politics over the past 60 years, the names Bill Ayers, Ted Kaczynski, Luigi Mangione, Rashid Khalidi, John Brennan, and on and on and on, it is evident that our college system is not going to hell. Our college system, and much of Pre-K to 12 is in fact HELL ITSELF by virtue of what its graduates have wrought. What we are suffering this very day, from open borders, to transexual madness, to Wokeness, DEI, racial grievance and anti-Americanism and anti-free market capitalism to censorship, crime and dissolution in our cities that resulted in your calling up of the National Guard, is a result of the nightmare vision that was nurtured in our universities to begin with. And from the admirers of Mao Tse-Tung, one of history's greatest mass murderers, who Xi is an ardent admirer and acolyte...

The same people who defend burning the American flag as a sacred expression of free speech. Ironic given President Trump's move to criminalize flag burning . . .

Republican New Hampshire House candidate Lily Tang Williams on Tuesday warned that allowing more Chinese students to migrate to the U.S. would not be a smart move for the country. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would enable 600,000 students from China to study in the U.S. Williams said on “Fox & Friends First” that Chinese citizens are legally compelled to assist the Chinese government or else face repercussions and therefore must “be very carefully vetted.” “Well, people have to understand there are different kinds of Chinese students: people like me who come here in the 1980s and 1990s, really want to come here, live under freedom and the land of free, for opportunity to have better lives,” Williams said. “Then later, after China joined the WTO [World Trade Organization] they’re still going to come here. They are the wealthy, powerful children and they come here with a certain test to perform.” “Now, with [Chinese President] Xi Jinping’s Chinese national security and intelligence laws, they have to actually assist, to perform tasks for the Chinese government asks them to perform. Otherwise there will be serious consequences,” she continued. “Anybody who carries Chinese passport potentially needs to be very carefully vetted. And so I think this is not a good idea right now. And plus, we have so many come in during the [former President Joe] Biden years through the southern border. And where are they? Are they all out of our country yet? And are they vetted?”


Vetting even one let alone all 600,000 is impossible, given the limited resources and the fact that Red China is about as repressive, closed and impenetrable as a police state can get.


Psaki-psircling back to President Trump's move to criminalize burning the American Flag, as the owner of a 48-star flag presented to my grandfather at the burial of his son (my uncle) who gave his life on the green hell of Saipan, yes that flag to me and all of you is indeed sacred. But as a free speech absolutist and as painful as it is to witness, if some piece of shit wants to burn a flag, so be it. The problem becomes prosecuting anyone who burns a homosexual rainbow flag or who dares utter the holy of holy words that begins with "N" and BIGGERs the imagination.

Viral fame is proving plenty damaging for Shiloh Hendrix, the Minnesota mom catapulted to notoriety in April for her use of racial slurs. The Rochester City Attorney’s Office is now moving to bring three counts of Disorderly Conduct against Hendrix, according to KTTC News. Hendrix may face up to 90 days in jail, and/or a $1,000 fine, reports the outlet. . .

The legal complaint submitted to a district court judge reads, according to KTTC, “[Hendrix] wrongfully and unlawfully engaged in offensive, obscene, abusive, boisterous, or noisy conduct, or in offensive obscene, or abusive language that would reasonably tend to arouse alarm, anger, or resentment in others.” (RELATED: US Will ‘Soon’ Have ‘Illegal Hate Speech’ Laws, World Economic Forum Panelist Tells Brian Stelter)

Is speech that arouses anger now verboten? Or speech that inspires resentment? 

If so, I suppose we’d all better pray whatever guy we like wins the next election. He — and his appointees — will be the ones deciding which words are too inflammatory to fall on the public’s ears.

It's not about the speech per se, it's about who gets to define what is and what is not permissible and ultimately the nature of the First Amendment and the nature of our society insofar as the aforementioned is one of if not the premier cornerstone of said society.

The Associated Press headlined their piece: “Trump moves to ban flag burning despite Supreme Court ruling that Constitution allows it.” The article included “experts” about free speech and emphasized the Supreme Court’s 1989 ruling.

But when Pride flags are burned, none of these outlets show the same concern for the First Amendment. When “two rainbow pride flags were set on fire outside of a gay bar” in New York, it was part of a spike in “hate crimes,” as written by The Times’ Sharon Otterman. No mention of free speech, no reminder of Texas v. Johnson or the First Amendment.

In 2019, CNN reported on an Iowa man sentenced to years in prison for burning an LGBT flag that was hanging from a church. The act was treated as a hate crime. Similarly, no mention of free speech or the first amendment.


wrapping it up, and Ace covered this late yesterday, God bless and protect that brave young Scottish lass! A few more like her and we can yet save civilization.

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  • In a viral video with nearly 40 million views on X reportedly connected to the arrest, two girls can be seen shouting back and forth with at least two alleged migrant men who allegedly attempted to assault one of the girls, with the two pleading for the men to leave them alone while one brandished an axe and a large knife. Police arrived on the scene after the incident to make the arrest, but did not charge any of the men in the video, the police told the DCNF.
    Scotland Police Charge Teen Girl Seen In Viral Alleged Attempted Migrant Assault (A few more like her and we can save civilization - jjs)

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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 07:36 AM (ExV1e)

2 Happy Wednesday, one and all!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 07:37 AM (+4yJ5)

3 Its Hump Day

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 27, 2025 07:37 AM (gbOdA)

4 Tech thread alerted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 07:38 AM (Q4IgG)

6 Good morning, JJ!

Posted by: Doof at August 27, 2025 07:39 AM (wkXwO)

7 I guess this is from the Book of George Floyd.

Greg Price@greg_price11
DNC delegate: "DEI is the very foundation of the Christian church."
*round of applause*

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 07:39 AM (L/fGl)

8 Mornin', horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 27, 2025 07:40 AM (uxAXv)

9 THE WRATH OF THE AWAKENED SAXON
by Rudyard Kipling

barnhardt.biz

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2025 07:40 AM (ZmEVT)

10 Not to mention we're all ChiCom spies...

Posted by: The 600K alleged students at August 27, 2025 07:40 AM (XQo4F)

11
Having watched the video, I get the impression that if the word "fuck" didn't exist, the Scots would be incapable of communicating by speech.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 07:40 AM (kkTda)

12 In a viral video with nearly 40 million views on X reportedly connected to the arrest, two girls can be seen shouting back and forth with at least two alleged migrant men who allegedly attempted to assault one of the girls, with the two pleading for the men to leave them alone while one brandished an axe and a large knife. Police arrived on the scene after the incident to make the arrest, but did not charge any of the men in the video, the police told the DCNF.

Why would they charge the men? Raping white children isn't against the law for 'migrants' in the UK.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 07:40 AM (ExV1e)

13 Brandishing a knife is not pulling it out to defend oneself.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2025 07:41 AM (ZmEVT)

14 And you know what would happen? If they didn’t, our college system would go to hell very quickly,” Trump said.

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Considering what's being churned out of our American college system, it's already in hell.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2025 07:41 AM (qBdHI)

15 The girl in Scotland reinforces my belief that multiculturalism is poison to a healthy society.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 07:42 AM (+4yJ5)

16 Baby Boudica!

Sat 9/13. Mark your calendars.
Tommy Robinson is calling for a massive rally in London. It could get sporty.

Especially if the Brits arrest Tommy before.


Posted by: Ignoramus at August 27, 2025 07:43 AM (dtajH)

17 13 Brandishing a knife is not pulling it out to defend oneself.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2025 07:41 AM (ZmEVT)


the Scottish said Brandish, you're a fine young cutLASS, what a good knife you would be...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 27, 2025 07:43 AM (x0n13)

18 The DNC Passed a Resolution Calling for ‘Unrestricted’ Aid to Gaza and a Two-State Solution. The Party’s Chairman Pulled It After Anti-Israel Dems Complained That It Didn’t Go Far Enough.

I call for unrestricted Democrats to Gaza. No deposit required.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 07:43 AM (ExV1e)

19
Listening to the delightful overture to The Lily of Kilarney by Julius Benedict. That opera along with Maritana by William Wallace and The Bohemian Girl by Michael Balfe form what is called "The Irish Ring".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 07:43 AM (kkTda)

20 This would not be an issue if Shiloh Hendrix was black.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 07:43 AM (vFG9F)

21 Is it legal to set fire to a Palestinian flag? How about a keffiyah? What if said keffiyah is wrapped around the face of a terrorist cockroach?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 27, 2025 07:44 AM (kTd/k)

22 Send all foreign “students” home. No need for them to be here.

Let the colleges go bankrupt and fuck them all.

Posted by: Knowledge Is Good at August 27, 2025 07:45 AM (OU3xT)

23 The upside of Chinese students is they might get a taste of Christianity and freedom, such as it is.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

24
Is it legal to set fire to a Palestinian flag? How about a keffiyah?

If they belong to you, sure.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 07:45 AM (kkTda)

25 Some dozen or so years back Gap changed their logo (font) to something generic and stupid and lacking all personality. The outcry from their base was so wild they went back and never looked back.

Posted by: ... at August 27, 2025 07:45 AM (Okn8h)

26 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 27, 2025 07:46 AM (53oGX)

27 Morning, News Folken,

Carried over from Pixy's thread: I went ahead and ordered that Samsung Galaxy 11" tablet for my buddy in FL. Free shipping (I chose Monday, 9/1, which is a holiday -- so he won't see it until Tuesday), and it was on sale anyway, $145, down from $201.

He's not as financially secure as I am, and I recall times decades ago where he carried me when I was out of work or not earning much. It seemed the right thing to do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2025 07:47 AM (omVj0)

28 Hollywood Democrats Are M.I.A. as Their Party Goes Down in Flames

I assume they're working on a video where a bunch of them will tell Americans that failing to vote for Democrats is -ist.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 07:49 AM (ExV1e)

29 I suspect there's some sort of "deal" behind letting 600K Chinese student spies into our colleges... or wherever they'll end up.

OTOH Xi may have issued an ultimatum that couldn't be ignored.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 07:50 AM (Q4IgG)

30
From the Tech Thread:

Her Majesty, Rosalind and The Big Dummy are chilling (literally) in Amana, Iowa waiting for shows to start on Friday. They're at a camp site with lots of other dog people - national specialties for Beagles and Harriers are taking place - so I expect there's a lot of drinking and socializing taking place.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 07:50 AM (kkTda)

31 14 And you know what would happen? If they didn’t, our college system would go to hell very quickly,” Trump said.

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Considering what's being churned out of our American college system, it's already in hell.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2025 07:41 AM (qBdHI)


I see you read my editorial!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 27, 2025 07:50 AM (x0n13)

32 28 Hollywood Democrats Are M.I.A. as Their Party Goes Down in Flames

I assume they're working on a video where a bunch of them will tell Americans that failing to vote for Democrats is -ist.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 07:49 AM (ExV1e)


And they're going all out to elect - SUSAN COLLINS!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 27, 2025 07:52 AM (x0n13)

33 Who owns the flags that youre burning? If you burn your own flag, then so be it. But if youre burning someone else’s flag — such as a flag hanging outside a business — then obviously that’s a crime regardless of the first amendment.

So I would need more details about the Fag Flag burnings to really compare. Sounds from the summary that the flags were being flown by the bar and church, and thus owned by them. Not sure. Don’t care.

I don’t burn things to show disagreement. Burning things is a leftwing commie fetish, like sex with children and licking assholes. Not for me.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 07:52 AM (mF1Bp)

34 The 600k Replacement Students from China is a clear tell me to that former US is fucked and this is part of the ransom we have to pay to our senior partners in Beijing. Sucking up to Ukraine is the tribute we pay to Brussels and bombing Iran is the vig we pay to Tel Aviv.

Trump probably took a survey of the US landscape and saw K-12 Failure across the board and that 600,000 Chinese spies are somehow a better academic deal so that 600,000 US citizens have to go to trade school, DeVry or take on-line courses.

Maybe Elon convinced Trump that US Generation α is nothing more than drugged up, lazy fuck-ups and the STEM future is across the Pacific.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 07:54 AM (rgGn5)

35 Price Controls Are Not the Answer to High Drug Costs

"Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has floated the idea of a NATO-like alliance to distribute the cost-burden of innovation more fairly."

Yes. We should definitely listen to Albert Bourla and set up a NATO-like alliance to decide who pays what for drugs. Genius. After all, a NATO-like alliance certainly ensured that the cost of defending Europe was spread fairly across the beneficiaries in Europe and the US wage slaves paying the bill.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 07:54 AM (ExV1e)

36 Cracker Barrel's logo switch-back is the least of its problems, imo. I can trace it back to the "pride" rockers, but until Robby Starbuck, I had no idea how pervasive their pro LGBTblahblah really was. We went maybe once every couple of months on average. We won't be back unless and until they strip every vestige of that garbage out. Which they won't do, so...bye.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2025 07:54 AM (qBdHI)

37 I found the video of the Scottish girl unclear as to who started what or what was going on.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 07:55 AM (h/ffs)

38 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 07:56 AM (oE4iy)

39 How many of the Cracker Barrel restaurants actually got changed?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2025 07:56 AM (ZmEVT)

40 “ Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. ”

John 5:24

Have a blessed day.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 27, 2025 07:56 AM (8Ih04)

41 The IDF on Tuesday revealed that six of the around 20 Palestinians killed in the military’s tank shelling of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis on Monday morning were Hamas terrorists.

It appears you cannot fire a BB gun into Gaza without hitting a terrorist.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 27, 2025 07:57 AM (gbOdA)

42 I assume they're working on a video where a bunch of them will tell Americans that failing to vote for Democrats is -ist.

They can form an organization and call it something snappy like the "Film Actors' Guild". Put Alec Baldwin in charge, and have them do Asian outreach.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 27, 2025 07:57 AM (7mYvx)

43 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Re: Chinese students. C'mon, Jack. Every single one is a spy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2025 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

44 The upside of Chinese students is they might get a taste of Christianity and freedom, such as it is.
Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 07:45 AM (vFG9F)


On college campuses?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 07:58 AM (ExV1e)

45 Morning again Horde. Thx JJ.
Hollywood stars MIA as Dems implode. The stars are just doing performative crap when they act "Democratic". Most actors are dumb as bricks so it's not surprising that they're avoiding the implosion, there's nothing that can make them look good in it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2025 07:58 AM (rRoxM)

46 Lady in Black hit the nail of the proverbial head; the Cracker Barrel logo swap back to the original does nothing. The corporate makeover will continue with all the ghey shit still embedded in it.

It was never 'just' about the damn logo.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 07:59 AM (Q4IgG)

47 At least in the 90s, the left pretended to care about the children. Now children are nothing more than sacrifices to the alter of their globalist gods.


I think those Scottish lassies deserve asylum here.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 27, 2025 08:00 AM (XseTC)

48 I like the Bee's take on the Chinese students thing: he's trying to destroy China with woke.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 27, 2025 08:00 AM (7mYvx)

49 All hail SpaceX! Great test yesterday, and congratulations.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 27, 2025 08:00 AM (fMKtt)

50 Scotland Police Charge Teen Girl Seen In Viral Alleged Attempted Migrant Assault

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I'd like to see a massive outcry and backlash over the charging of this very brave girl. As we always ask...are there any real men left in the UK (and elsewhere) to take matters into their own hands and stop this? Have all the men in the UK gone effete?

Go round up all those burly guys from The Slaughtered Lamb and see if you can save your women before it's too late.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2025 08:00 AM (qBdHI)

51 "On college campuses?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic"

I admit it's unlikely but not impossible.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

52 WTF?!(Chinese and flag burning)...

Time will help with the explanation.

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 27, 2025 08:01 AM (A07cR)

53 He always has a long game in mind, so give it time.

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 27, 2025 08:02 AM (A07cR)

54 Lady in Black hit the nail of the proverbial head; the Cracker Barrel logo swap back to the original does nothing.

Here's what I think it accomplished...

When they announced the logo change, the stock price dropped. When they announced that they were changing back, the stock price rose. I wonder who sold/shorted/bought at the most opportune moments.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:02 AM (ExV1e)

55 How many college students in real programs are there in the country? 10M? 12M? And at least 600k of them are commie spies from a single country. That’s insane. Trump got this one wrong, unless (maybe) it’s part of a bigger deal with China.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:02 AM (mF1Bp)

56 A lot of discussion about the Chinese students, but what about the Chinese FACULTY that come here to teach and research? How many of THEM are actively spying on us?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2025 08:03 AM (7fElN)

57 Relax, everybody.

Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Jamie Raskin argues that “crime has always been part of our history” — while bashing Trump for trying to do something about it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:03 AM (L/fGl)

58 He always lets those crying foul to out themselves. Make the Chinese become public about their involvement in our higher ed system of theft and grift.

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 27, 2025 08:04 AM (A07cR)

59 Price Controls Are Not the Answer to High Drug Costs

"Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has floated the idea of a NATO-like alliance to distribute the cost-burden of innovation more fairly."


F you. Charging $8.00 a pill in the US and 30 cents in the Philippines, you're lucky we haven't come for you with torches and pitchforks.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 08:04 AM (oE4iy)

60 When they announced the logo change, the stock price dropped. When they announced that they were changing back, the stock price rose. I wonder who sold/shorted/bought at the most opportune moments.

The usual answer for stock market questions like that is "Nancy Pelosi".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 27, 2025 08:04 AM (7mYvx)

61 It is always amazing that the NYTimes writes all of their stuff like an intelligence community asset

Posted by: SMOD at August 27, 2025 08:05 AM (RHGPo)

62 Two sets of laws, two separate justice systems. Not supposed to work that way in a free country.

Posted by: Eromero at August 27, 2025 08:06 AM (jgmnb)

63 No. A thousand times No. Chinese students and researchers are on a mission from their government; they will report everything they can back to the CCP.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 27, 2025 08:07 AM (3TH5P)

64 > A lot of discussion about the Chinese students, but what about the Chinese FACULTY that come here to teach and research? How many of THEM are actively spying on us?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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All of them.

Plus, there are thousands of Chinese nationals that have infiltrated our MIC. Recall; a US Navy recruiting station in California staffed entirely by Chinese nationals.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 08:07 AM (Q4IgG)

65 Hendrix may face up to 90 days in jail, and/or a $1,000 fine, reports the outlet. . .

That is pocket change to her but I hope she has a bloodthirsty lawyer that is on standby over this crap.

I am tired of being told that we have to accept the ghetto fabulous lifestyle and its minions because "das our culture!" I don't care that Shiloh spoke the Wakandan Holy Word. I can easily point out a lot of trashy things blacks did to whites that went unpunished.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 08:07 AM (+4yJ5)

66 It is always amazing that the NYTimes writes all of their stuff like an intelligence community asset

Isn't the conventional wisdom that the DNC owns the NYTimes and the intelligence community owns the Washington Post?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 27, 2025 08:07 AM (7mYvx)

67 Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Jamie Raskin argues that “crime has always been part of our history” — while bashing Trump for trying to do something about it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks



So was hanging. And I haven't seen a good hanging in a long time.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 08:08 AM (oE4iy)

68 22 Send all foreign “students” home. No need for them to be here.

Let the colleges go bankrupt and fuck them all.

Posted by: Knowledge Is Good at August 27, 2025 07:45 AM (OU3xT)

Trump is spinning a lot of balls in the air...he's right that many colleges would immediately go under without those full outside state tuitions, especially since he's cut back federal grant money to the colleges this year already...and he has shown he's happy to replace US taxpayer money with foreign money to keep these industries afloat...and this is without considering the other Chinese issues we have if we got in a real fight...

So, I understand baby steps...we have a job market on edge from all the Biden economic destruction and Trump needed fed gov cuts...no need to tip it over in the same year with more enormous losses...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 27, 2025 08:08 AM (tOcjL)

69 Spain UK Texas California
Energy cost - wind, solar, gas in concert (USD per kWh) $0.106 $0.143 $0.054 $0.092
Energy cost - gas only (USD per kWh)
$0.081 $0.091 $0.034 $0.044

Solar and Wind add 60% more to the cost of Texas Elec.
Solar and Wind add 110% more to the cost of Cal Elec.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 27, 2025 08:09 AM (gbOdA)

70 Scotland Police Charge Teen Girl Seen In Viral Alleged Attempted Migrant Assault

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Old and busted: Braveheart

New and cool: Bravetart

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:09 AM (L/fGl)

71 "54 Lady in Black hit the nail of the proverbial head; the Cracker Barrel logo swap back to the original does nothing."


Exactly right. A tactical concession.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 08:10 AM (h/ffs)

72 Nazi war criminal Soros-Linked Lobbyist at DNC Summer Meeting: Migrant Crime, Carjackings ‘Don’t Matter to That Many Americans’
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Made me think of "Do you hear yourself, Martha?"

Posted by: Eeyore at August 27, 2025 08:11 AM (s0JqF)

73 So was hanging. And I haven't seen a good hanging in a long time.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 08:08 AM (oE4iy)

It's all right, Taggart. Just a man and a horse being hung out there.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 27, 2025 08:11 AM (gbOdA)

74 For context I wonder what the number of student visas issued to Chinese nationals has been over the last few years, so that the 600,000 number can be understood in light of past practice. So I asked ChatGPT, which looked at public visa data, and said (no idea if accurate)
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Here are the counts of U.S. F-1 “student” visas issued to nationals of China (mainland) over the last three completed fiscal years (FY runs Oct 1–Sep 30):

FY2024: 82,654.
Travel.gov

FY2023: 85,950.
Travel.gov

FY2022: 61,894.
Travel.gov

These figures come from the U.S. Department of State’s “NIV Detail Table” (Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances by Visa Class and Nationality). They count visas issued—not entries—and refer specifically to F-1 academic students.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 27, 2025 08:11 AM (IeJut)

75 Heroic American tourist brutally stabbed while protecting two women in Germany

NY Post reports -
https://tinyurl.com/ycyvrna8

Any guesses on who the attackers are? Any guesses if the stabber is currently in custody?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 27, 2025 08:11 AM (Dv3i1)

76 37 I found the video of the Scottish girl unclear as to who started what or what was going on.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 07:55 AM (h/ffs)

She's obviously from the poorer white classes, so not worth protecting in Scotland and the filming male migrant knew that...amazing he walked away til you consider current Britain...and then it isn't...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 27, 2025 08:12 AM (tOcjL)

77 67 Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Jamie Raskin argues that “crime has always been part of our history” — while bashing Trump for trying to do something about it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks



So was hanging. And I haven't seen a good hanging in a long time.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 08:08 AM (oE4iy)



While cancer has always been a part of our history, Cancer like Raskin is fairly recent.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 27, 2025 08:12 AM (x0n13)

78

So Raskin, what gives you the right to try and battle cancer given that like crime it has always been part of our history!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 27, 2025 08:13 AM (x0n13)

79 "Sadly, picking up from where I left off yesterday, President Trump is defending his decision to grant 600,000 student visas to Red Chinese students."

I don't like it. I'm gonna hold my fire for now. Because what Trump giveth, Trump can taketh away.

He's always negotiating.

Posted by: Gref at August 27, 2025 08:13 AM (aBgBM)

80
If Scottish girls covered themselves up and were accompanied by a male and didn't talk to strangers...

Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2025 08:13 AM (Y8DZL)

81 Interesting dust-up in my home city the Horde will appreciate. About a mile from house is a nice plaza. I grew up with the guy who's family owns it. They do a lot for the city.
A bus hub was established near the supermarket in the plaza. Recently the county made all bus rides free, and tons of low life's have begun hanging out at the hub. A couple ODs , some assaults , general scumbaggery. The plaza has asked the hub be removed and the county is moving it about a mile away to a parking lot of county buildings. You would have thought the plaza people had murdered orphans. The comments on my local leftist rag, by leftists are insane. Someone will get hurt.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2025 08:14 AM (rRoxM)

82 How many of the Cracker Barrel restaurants actually got changed?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2025


***
This Sunday I may run out to the one closer to me and have a look. If it's changed inside, well, I'd hate to waste the gas to drive there without eating. But at least I'd know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2025 08:14 AM (omVj0)

83 75 Any guesses on who the attackers are? Any guesses if the stabber is currently in custody?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 27, 2025 08:11 AM (Dv3i1)



They'll give him the Iron (cross?) Crescent!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 27, 2025 08:14 AM (x0n13)

84 Scotland Police Charge Teen Girl Seen In Viral Alleged Attempted Migrant Assault

-
Old and busted: Braveheart

New and cool: Bravetart
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


Golf clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 08:15 AM (oE4iy)

85 The comments on my local leftist rag, by leftists are insane.

There are bad neighborhoods and good neighborhoods. Leftists look at that and say it's not far that there are people living safely in good neighborhoods so they want the bad moved over so everyone can be equally miserable.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 08:16 AM (+4yJ5)

86 Australia Expels Iranian Ambassador, Citing 'Credible Intelligence' That Shows Tehran Was Behind Anti-Semitic Attacks in Sydney and Melbourne
Australia on Tuesday expelled Iran's ambassador, closed its embassy in Tehran, and announced plans to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, accusing the Islamic Republic of orchestrating at least two major anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish sites in Sydney and Melbourne.

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said in a press release that his country's domestic spy agency had "credible intelligence" that Iran was behind the Oct. 20, 2024, attack on a kosher deli in Sydney and the Dec. 6, 2024, attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne. The two arson attacks caused significant property damage and made international headlines at the time.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the United States has designated as a foreign terrorist organization since 2019, orchestrated the attacks through "a complex web of proxies to hide its involvement," according to Australian Security Intelligence Organisation chief Mike Burgess, who said the corps was likely involved in other attacks.
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*surprised face

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2025 08:16 AM (RIvkX)

87 600,000 Chineses!?! After seeing all that wet market stuff with Covid in 2020, will our cars n dogs be safe?

Posted by: JROD at August 27, 2025 08:16 AM (IlL6s)

88
When they announced the logo change, the stock price dropped. When they announced that they were changing back, the stock price rose. I wonder who sold/shorted/bought at the most opportune moments.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:02 AM (ExV1e)

-----

CB Stock
March 2021.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 27, 2025 08:17 AM (LuaI9)

89 Two words for the brave Scottish lass:

Krav Maga.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 27, 2025 08:17 AM (PiwSw)

90 *cats*

Posted by: JROD at August 27, 2025 08:17 AM (IlL6s)

91 Today is Crab Soup Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 27, 2025 08:18 AM (NpAcC)

92 "Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has floated the idea
____

How about we put Bourla on an innertube and have him float out to sea?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 27, 2025 08:18 AM (Dv3i1)

93 >>Exactly right. A tactical concession.

Depends on what came you're playing. I don't have a dog in the fight over whether Cracker Barrel survives or not. I do care about the battle over woke and that is a clear victory.

Take wins, stack them up and move to the next target. That is what the left did for years to take over our institutions and that's how we take them back.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2025 08:18 AM (viF8m)

94 As I mentioned up thread; Xi may have issued Trump an ultimatum about those 600K student spies.

China has a number of avenues to leverage here in the states to get what they want. Blackmail is one.

The threats to our national infrastructure is another.

So's the thorn in everyone's side; Taiwan.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 08:19 AM (Q4IgG)

95 The twisted freaks on Reddit are villifying the "racist" Mayah Sommers for "harassing" that poor "migrant."

Which makes me pretty sure that the same is going on at the DU and elsewhere in the leftwing fever swamps.

Posted by: Delurker at August 27, 2025 08:19 AM (NhiOW)

96 Two words for the brave Scottish lass:

Krav Maga.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 27, 2025 08:17 AM (PiwSw)


I suspect that taking Krav Maga would provide a woman enough confidence to actually take it to a man and get her ass handed to her. Technique can only overcome so much.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

97 More than 50 organizations with ties to Beijing have mobilized members to fund-raise or endorse political candidates over the past five years, The Times found. Many were nonprofit charities, which are prohibited by law from electioneering.


Among the 53 groups, The Times found at least 19 registered charities that had ignored the ban on election activities.

We had a Chinese Police Force here in Houston for around 20 years. They were mainly transporting stolen info for UTMB and MD Anderson.

Every

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 27, 2025 08:20 AM (gbOdA)

98 With all the things happening, I'm here paying attention to Cracker Barrel. 🤣

The damage is done. The Board and major investors, assuming they've paid attention, will lose if not already have lost confidence in executive leadership. Reversing a decision that erased a ton of shareholder value isn't something one just forgives and forgets.

The company burned off any remaining goodwill it may have had. Probably accelerated the end but I think the end was already close. All it really has now are desperate measures to buy a little more time.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 27, 2025 08:21 AM (YwyUt)

99 World's Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Divests From Caterpillar Over IDF Rights Abuses

"Caterpillar’s products are being used to commit extensive violations of international humanitarian law"

Posted by: SMOD at August 27, 2025 08:22 AM (RHGPo)

100 Waiting to see the multi dimensional perspective of Trump supporting 600,000 Chinese students in USA universities .
On the surface it all sounds Bidenesque.
Then again what would the peasants know about such things?

Posted by: Voter theater. at August 27, 2025 08:22 AM (FCPbW)

101 87 600,000 Chineses!?! After seeing all that wet market stuff with Covid in 2020, will our cars n dogs be safe?
Posted by: JROD at August 27, 2025 08:16 AM (IlL6s)

Hey
Petre my pet pangolin has been missing for 2 weeks now.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 27, 2025 08:22 AM (gbOdA)

102 Changing the logo back could be considered shrewd and ultimately more subversive. That is, they might now be in a position to both exploit it and to mock it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 08:22 AM (h/ffs)

103 >>World's Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Divests From Caterpillar Over IDF Rights Abuses


Sounds like a buying opportunity.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2025 08:23 AM (Z1dZR)

104 I think the last time I was in Cracker Barrel was about two years ago. It was fine then, service and food was good.

Posted by: dantesed at August 27, 2025 08:23 AM (Oy/m2)

105 President Trump’s nomination of economist E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has triggered those infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome. That’s too bad, because Antoni has some exceptional ideas to modernize economic data collection and reporting.
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Modernize data collection and reporting? That's the last thing the corrupt swamp wants.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 27, 2025 08:23 AM (Dv3i1)

106 "Caterpillar’s products are being used to commit extensive violations of international humanitarian law"

Translation: "How dare those Jews not die off like they were supposed to back in the 40s?!"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 08:23 AM (+4yJ5)

107 President Trump you are what I voted for all three times you put your name forth to be the Commander in Chief. Yes, I have had a few differences with you on some of your choices in governing but nothing that would sour me on your leadership. However, your championing of bringing 600,000 Chinese students to the US is, how shall I say this, stupendously wrong. We already have enough foreign students here who are causing havoc, spouting Death to America, attacking Jews and other people they hate. We do not need foreigners from the country that would destroy us completely if they ever got the chance. Their spies are everywhere in the US and this would give them thousands more. Please sir do not place this loaded gun to the heads of your people.

Posted by: It's Gonna Be Yuge! at August 27, 2025 08:23 AM (SFMsh)

108 DNC delegate: "DEI is the very foundation of the Christian church."
*round of applause*


Its the "foundation" part that is interesting. I'm trying my best to see how DEI is wedged into Adam Sinned --> Creation Fell -i> Need of Atonement --> Messiah's Sacrifice --> Faith and Obedience --> Restoration

At best DEI is a product of the noetic effects of the Fall. Doesn't qualify for "foundation" though.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:23 AM (/TiS1)

109 We get rid of Haitian ms, Hondurans etc and bring in Chinese students. I guess that's a small improvement, but not necessary

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2025 08:24 AM (rRoxM)

110 The other girl can be heard on the video repeatedly telling them men not to touch her sister while the men continued filming the pair. The exact details regarding the incident are currently not fully known.

As a point to consider...this means that the Pakis knew the police/government have their back.

If they were afraid of the government arresting them for assaulting children they wouldn't have filmed it

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2025 08:24 AM (sKqQm)

111 But that isn’t going to happen. The crusty, impotent Republican Party is dead. It’s been killed in a murder/suicide in the sense that it killed itself while its opponents were killing it. That feeble, feminine Republican Party is gone, and it’s not coming back. So, the question is, “What are the Democrats going to do?” If history’s any judge, and it’s the best judge there is, they’re going to turn harder to the left.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 27, 2025 08:25 AM (gbOdA)

112 7 I found the video of the Scottish girl unclear as to who started what or what was going on.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 07:55 AM (h/ffs)

She's obviously from the poorer white classes, so not worth protecting in Scotland and the filming male migrant knew that...amazing he walked away til you consider current Britain...and then it isn't...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 27, 2025 08:12 AM (tOcjL)
——

I’ll give it the 48 hour rule. I’d like to see the full video or at least know what happened before. There seems to be no corroboration of anything in the story. Just the incomplete video that starts well after the conflict began. There don’t even seem to be post-video statements from the girls as to what happened, let alone any third-party witnesses.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:25 AM (mF1Bp)

113 Well, where else are Chinese kids supposed to go to learn to be good Communists other than American universities?

Posted by: MLCross at August 27, 2025 08:26 AM (Q2MxE)

114 "Caterpillar’s products are being used to commit extensive violations of international humanitarian law"

I wonder if they feel the same way about Boeing.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:26 AM (/TiS1)

115


WE Rove Susan Corrins!


600,000 Chinese student voters.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 27, 2025 08:26 AM (x0n13)

116 All in on crime.

That Smoke Pit Veteran@thatsmokepit
Insha Rahman, VP of the Vera Institute of Justice, stirred controversy by stating migrant crime and carjackings "don't matter to that many Americans" during a DNC meeting. She urged Democrats to counter Trump's crime narrative, labeling it a "political liability."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:27 AM (L/fGl)

117 She's obviously from the poorer white classes, so not worth protecting in Scotland and the filming male migrant knew that...amazing he walked away til you consider current Britain...and then it isn't...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 27, 2025 08:12 AM (tOcjL)
——

I’ll give it the 48 hour rule. I’d like to see the full video or at least know what happened before. There seems to be no corroboration of anything in the story. Just the incomplete video that starts well after the conflict began. There don’t even seem to be post-video statements from the girls as to what happened, let alone any third-party witnesses.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:25 AM (mF1Bp

Known - adult male Arab filming AND following underage girls - what exact reason do you think would make that EVER appropriate?

Posted by: Nova Local at August 27, 2025 08:27 AM (tOcjL)

118 Price Controls Are Not the Answer to High Drug Costs

==

but...that is not what is being proposed, is it. Trump just wants the same status for the US as the drug companies set for the rest of the world. for decades were were subsidizing drug companies' expansion into the foreign markets - they overpriced drugs sold in the US to Americans, while selling them for peanuts everywhere else.

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

119 Changing the logo back could be considered shrewd and ultimately more subversive. That is, they might now be in a position to both exploit it and to mock it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 08:22 AM (h/ffs)

Certainly possible. Showing the executive team the door would need to be a part of that strategy. Then fingers crossed that the underlying message ("See, this kind of stupid DEI thinking has no business here and we are getting rid of it!") will resonate and bring in new customers.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 27, 2025 08:27 AM (l6W3V)

120 Trump wouldn't do the 600,000 student deal unless there was a negotiating upside. Question is, what is it and is it worth it?

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 08:28 AM (h/ffs)

121 Just how do these chinamen get here? Over 6,000 miles, from a communist country full of people who have killed Americans from Korea to Vietnam. It’s crazy.

Posted by: The Yellow Peril at August 27, 2025 08:29 AM (OU3xT)

122 IIRC Trump mentioned a condition for accepting 600K student spies; "if it can be done safely." YMMV

Whatever. He obviously thinks this "deal" with Xi / China has an upside somewhere. Or, like I said, Trump was given an ultimatum. It could be a distraction... accept 600K Chinese vs. 600K from other third world shitholes like the Middle East. That apparently didn't work out so good as we've seen.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 08:29 AM (Q4IgG)

123 There are certainly cases were girls do odd things...but in what scenario does a girl demand a couple of men leave her and her friend alone while THEY are filming?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2025 08:29 AM (sKqQm)

124 "Caterpillar’s products are being used to commit extensive violations of international humanitarian law"

While this is almost certainly bullshit, I'm not sure what they're thinking Caterpillar can do about it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

125 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

126 I think I was in Cracker Barrel once in my life, at the time it seemed to be the only place for miles that had edible food...that said, executives showed flexibility and did not double down on stupid. now to fire whoever thought it was a good idea, and they will be good.

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2025 08:30 AM (g47mK)

127 Foreigners' schools already teach them to hate America from early childhood. I don't know what they have to gain from attending our schools.

Aside from pilfering any IP they haven't already got in their sticky little fingers, of course.

And I'm entirely unmoved by the argument that these nests of Marxist subversion would be hurt financially if we cut off their supply of foreign money. They shouldn't be getting any US taxpayer dollars, either. They can supply a quality product Americans want at a price Americans can afford, or go out of business, for all I care.

Enough of these high-handed bien pensant maggots and their billion dollar scam. Trump can sell this happy horseshit to somebody else, because I'm not buying it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2025 08:30 AM (BI5O2)

128 You’re delusional if you believe in any level that Democrats will simply give up and self destruct. This is the party who deliberately, and with malice undermined the entire electoral system to get their candidates elected. When they took office they used every dollar and every federal agency to undermine your liberties, subvert the constitution, jail every opposition figure, suppress your free speech, force you to take medicine you didn’t want or need, corrupt your children, flood the country with illegal aliens, steal your tax money to support their shadow government NGO’s, permit rampant crimes and ultimately try to divide us and crash our society so they could implement their tyranny.

This isn’t stopping and if anything they have become more determined to steal another election and get it done this time. We won’t have a country at that point, and we will most likely have some level of civil war. That’s not hyperbole, it’s reality and if people don’t get off their asses, including Trump, knock off the superfluous vanity efforts and focus on cleaning up the elections, this is over.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 27, 2025 08:30 AM (M/UeF)

129 CB Stock
April 2021. $175
Nov 2023. $ 76. New CEO
March 2024. $ 67. rebrand plans
Yesterday. $ 57

Yes, the CEO is woke, but CB has had a long decline
that predates her

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 27, 2025 08:31 AM (PNn0D)

130 And now Trump is doubling down on Operation Warp Speed, the one completely unnecessary thing that's murdering people by the millions.

WTF is going on with him? Geez Louise.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

131 > "Caterpillar’s products are being used to commit extensive violations of international humanitarian law"

While this is almost certainly bullshit, I'm not sure what they're thinking Caterpillar can do about it.
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Painting their equipment in ghey pastel colors of the rainbow would be a start.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 08:31 AM (Q4IgG)

132 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2025 08:31 AM (77rzZ)

133 Professor cancels class after learning Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged: ‘I can’t focus’

https://tinyurl.com/3kxspzmd

Posted by: redridinghood at August 27, 2025 08:31 AM (NpAcC)

134 @120 Ordinary American-maybe it’s 600,000 hot Asian girls(?)

Posted by: JROD at August 27, 2025 08:31 AM (IlL6s)

135 "The most powerful rocket ever, built and financed by a private company, has a near perfect tenth test flight"

My sources say that once again Starship lost quite a few (TBD number) of heat shield tiles and there were burn-throughs on one or more flaps.

This was the next to last Starship V2 test flight. V3 is scheduled to first fly in early 2026. Does V3 have a better tile attachment method and better flap heat protection? We'll find out. I wish them success.

Posted by: Gref at August 27, 2025 08:32 AM (aBgBM)

136 A lot of discussion about the Chinese students, but what about the Chinese FACULTY that come here to teach and research? How many of THEM are actively spying on us?

Or the hundreds of billions of dollars pumped into their "research programs"?

Why am I financing China's R&D?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:32 AM (/TiS1)

137 Harry Who? Sisson says MAGA is melting down over Taylor Swift getting engaged.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 27, 2025 08:33 AM (SPRPw)

138 That Smoke Pit Veteran@thatsmokepit
Insha Rahman, VP of the Vera Institute of Justice, stirred controversy by stating migrant crime and carjackings "don't matter to that many Americans" during a DNC meeting. She urged Democrats to counter Trump's crime narrative, labeling it a "political liability."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:27 AM (L/fGl)


None of my friends care about migrant crime. So what if some peasants are discomfited. We should champion the oppressed criminals in our midst. Get me some L-list actors to make an ad! -- Insha Rahman

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

139 134 @120 Ordinary American-maybe it’s 600,000 hot Asian girls(?)
Posted by: JROD at August 27, 2025 08:31 AM (IlL6s)



600,000 Fang-Fang Yum Yums...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 27, 2025 08:33 AM (x0n13)

140 I'm wondering if this Chinese student deal is a concession for something larger behind the scenes. Not 6D chess or anything like that, but just plain old deal making.

That's the only context that makes sense to me.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 27, 2025 08:34 AM (l6W3V)

141 Much was said yesterday regarding Cracker Barrel not serving alcoholic beverages in their stores.
We were in the local Cracker Barrel some time ago and this one did offer beer and wine.
Alas, the food quality had slipped quite a bit and we have not eaten there in quite some time.
Knowing now about their DIE strategy, I seriously doubt we will go there again.
Like legacy media, it is dead in the water. Self-inflicted.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not kill at August 27, 2025 08:34 AM (gxokI)

142 Hi Bulg!

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 27, 2025 08:34 AM (l6W3V)

143 Sisson says MAGA is melting down over Taylor Swift getting engaged.
Posted by: Northernlurker


Projection.
MAGA doesn't give a shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 08:34 AM (oE4iy)

144 Caterpillar’s products are being used to commit extensive violations of international humanitarian law"

While this is almost certainly bullshit, I'm not sure what they're thinking Caterpillar can do about it.
---------
Painting their equipment in ghey pastel colors of the rainbow would be a start.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 08:31 AM (Q4IgG)
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Funny how nobody cares about Caterpillar’s products being used in the slave-labor concentration camps in the Burmese and Chinese rare-earths mines ….

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:34 AM (mF1Bp)

145 but...that is not what is being proposed, is it.

Shhhhh. The author has a degree in political science AND they've worked as a legislative aide. They're an expert.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

146 Every Chinese national in the US needs to be kicked the hell out of our country.

Oh, and switch our diplomatic recognition of China back to Taiwan.

F**k the ChiComs.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2025 08:35 AM (77rzZ)

147 now to fire whoever thought it was a good idea, and they will be good.
Posted by: runner at August 27, 2025 08:30 AM (g47mK)



Never happens.

CEO that tried to woke Harley Davidson - still employed.
CEO that tried to woke Tractor Supply - still employed.
Board Members that are actively dismantling Ford and it's entire automotive empire - still employed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

148 I think the "deal" is solely to keep small colleges from all closing their doors

which in the end, they will do sooner or later

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 27, 2025 08:36 AM (Pv3Rg)

149 13 Brandishing a knife is not pulling it out to defend oneself.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

I'm uniformed on the law in regards to brandishing. I would think that brandishing is good if it is done in an attempt to deter unlawful activity and there would be a carve out in the law to allow this.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 27, 2025 08:36 AM (Dv3i1)

150 All in on crime.

That Smoke Pit Veteran@thatsmokepit
Insha Rahman, VP of the Vera Institute of Justice, stirred controversy by stating migrant crime and carjackings "don't matter to that many Americans" during a DNC meeting. She urged Democrats to counter Trump's crime narrative, labeling it a "political liability."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:27 AM (L/fGl)

She graduated with a B.A. in Africana Studies from Vassar College and earned her J.D. from the City University of New York School of Law.

Pinto: What's your major?
Insha: Primitive Cultures.
Meaner Dude: Do you mind if we dance with your dates?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2025 08:36 AM (wVcYX)

151 If there are colleges in the United States that can't survive without the importing of hundreds of thousands of people designed to do us harm, then they're really not all that necessary and should go away.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

152 Sisson says MAGA is melting down over Taylor Swift getting engaged.
Posted by: Northernlurker


Projection.
MAGA doesn't give a shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 08:34 AM (oE4iy)
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I had (thankfully) forgotten all about Swift and her insufferable commie prick. Now this beings them back into the news. Which is why I strongly suspect they got engaged. Clown show.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:37 AM (mF1Bp)

153 Hi, WD! How art thou?

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2025 08:37 AM (77rzZ)

154 Take wins, stack them up and move to the next target. That is what the left did for years to take over our institutions and that's how we take them back.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2025 08:18 AM (viF8m)

Something something the one of skills of your enemies.

Posted by: blaster at August 27, 2025 08:37 AM (RoO7G)

155
I'm uniformed on the law in regards to brandishing. I would think that brandishing is good if it is done in an attempt to deter unlawful activity and there would be a carve out in the law to allow this.


Even in the US "brandishing" will generally get you in trouble. I suspect in Britain more so.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2025 08:37 AM (sKqQm)

156 Professor cancels class after learning Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged: ‘I can’t focus’

https://tinyurl.com/3kxspzmd

Posted by: redridinghood at August 27, 2025 08:31 AM (NpAcC)


oh for the love of pete

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 27, 2025 08:38 AM (SfhV1)

157 You know, that Jerry Smith "Hungry for Apples" and campaign from Rick and Morty could have worked.

Picture this, two bros spot a Sidney Sweeney type girl in bib overalls. The bros and the hot chick eye bang each other. Bro turns to his bro, "Dude, she's hungry for apples."

Sidney Sweeney type pulls a luscious red apple out of her overalls and takes a big juicy bite.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2025 08:38 AM (MxZB4)

158 143 Sisson says MAGA is melting down over Taylor Swift getting engaged.
Posted by: Northernlurker


Projection.
MAGA doesn't give a shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 08:34 AM (oE4iy)

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This is why it's important to at least try and delineate between actual news that moves people and inside the Beltway or online only narrative.

I'm sure there was a good amount of action on social media from conservative influencers making fun of the engagement and, in particular, making fun of people weeping with joy at news that a couple they will never come close to meeting are getting married.

It was probably thousands and thousands of tweets.

There were probably also even people angry about it in a population that big.

But...it doesn't matter. It won't affect anything, so talking about it amounts to talking about local gossip as if it were of national import.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:38 AM (GBKbO)

159 I think the "deal" is solely to keep small colleges from all closing their doors

which in the end, they will do sooner or later
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 27, 2025 08:36 AM (Pv3Rg)

Hmm. We send half a million Chinese students to small and failing colleges that focus more on feminist dance therapy than the hard sciences.

Put the Cracker Barrel CEO as an adjunct professor in the business school.

It just might work.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 27, 2025 08:39 AM (l6W3V)

160 Wow thank you autocorrect!

Throne of skulls!

Posted by: blaster at August 27, 2025 08:39 AM (RoO7G)

161 Board Members that are actively dismantling Ford and it's entire automotive empire - still employed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

Have they gone all electric or changed their logo?

Posted by: dantesed at August 27, 2025 08:39 AM (Oy/m2)

162 My sources say that once again Starship lost quite a few (TBD number) of heat shield tiles and there were burn-throughs on one or more flaps.

I skimmed through the video of the flight. Apparently they deliberately left tiles off some places and tried some different methods of adhering the tiles. One of the big focuses of data for the flight was gathering tile information for planned rapid reuse.

And the flaps had less burn-through than previous flights.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:39 AM (ExV1e)

163 "Attendance at colleges is down, particularly among men, and it will drop among women next, for the obvious reasons.

It's down because they destroyed the quality of their product and they despise this country and its kids.

So we must save these proud American institutions by replacing those students with better foreign kids who despise this country and its kids. QED."

FTS.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2025 08:39 AM (BI5O2)

164 And now Trump is doubling down on Operation Warp Speed, the one completely unnecessary thing that's murdering people by the millions.

WTF is going on with him? Geez Louise.


Its my Misery Homeostasis Hypothesis turning into Theory. No matter how obvious the path to genuine human flourishing, there exists the pathology of injecting dysfunction into the system so that misery and suffering from a aggregate quantitative perspective remains the same.

The 600,000 Chinese spies and their handlers will benefit, and 600,000 American students will be denied a career opportunity because MAGA is an unattainable ideal, Misery Homeostasis always injects Make America Last Again.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:39 AM (rgGn5)

165 Sisson says MAGA is melting down over Taylor Swift getting engaged.
Posted by: Northernlurker

All I'm seeing is ridicule. That isn't melting down.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 27, 2025 08:40 AM (l6W3V)

166 Funny how nobody cares about Caterpillar’s products being used in the slave-labor concentration camps in the Burmese and Chinese rare-earths mines ….
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:34 AM (mF1Bp)



No one cares about me either.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie - Flat Stanley Impersonator at August 27, 2025 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

167 Bill Gates should've teamed up with Taco Bell for a run for border cross promotion.

Elon Musk Questions Whether Microsoft Is Funding Pro-Illegal Immigration Game “Take Us North,” They Are

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:40 AM (L/fGl)

168 Odds that Swift and her insufferable gay commie prick beard actually get married? Below 50 percent. Maybe below 25.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:40 AM (mF1Bp)

169 163 "Attendance at colleges is down, particularly among men, and it will drop among women next, for the obvious reasons.

It's down because they destroyed the quality of their product and they despise this country and its kids.

So we must save these proud American institutions by replacing those students with better foreign kids who despise this country and its kids. QED."

FTS.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2025 08:39 AM (BI5O2)

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Just as an addendum, the makeup of the 2024 freshman class was more than 60% female, just to show how bad it's gotten.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:40 AM (GBKbO)

170 When is the Angry Saxon switch going to be flipped in the UK? Long past time imo, but the Brits and Scots et al will have their hands full fighting the swarthies and their own police at the same time.

Posted by: Polka will never die at August 27, 2025 08:40 AM (Wmg4n)

171 Sisson says MAGA is melting down over Taylor Swift getting engaged.
Posted by: Northernlurker



Harry Sisson slurps cock for money and gives $5 handies in the freight elevator of his apartment building, I've heard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

172 Posted by: Vengeance at August 27, 2025 08:30 AM (M/UeF)

Well said. Anyway, the idea of the Left imploding or self-destructing is an example of the apocalyptic delusion. The Left has survived far worse performances of evil and failure. History grinds on, the pendulum swings, people forget.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 08:41 AM (h/ffs)

173 170 When is the Angry Saxon switch going to be flipped in the UK? Long past time imo, but the Brits and Scots et al will have their hands full fighting the swarthies and their own police at the same time.
Posted by: Polka will never die at August 27, 2025 08:40 AM (Wmg4n)

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The dominant desire of the Scottish population is to collect welfare.

They'll only rise up when their benefits get cut.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:41 AM (GBKbO)

174 Thinking more - yeah, we can definitely screw up a lot of Chinese students by sending them to crap colleges.

"I learned that Calculus is sexist and I won't use it for aerospace engineering!"

Maybe this is 6D chess after all.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 27, 2025 08:42 AM (l6W3V)

175 Odds that Swift and her insufferable gay commie prick beard actually get married? Below 50 percent. Maybe below 25.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:40 AM (mF1Bp)



Beard's brother got in trouble when he grabbed and trashed a guy's phone after the guy asked "Hey! What's it like knowing your brother's a fag!?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

176 Just as an addendum, the makeup of the 2024 freshman class was more than 60% female, just to show how bad it's gotten.
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If China thinks they can send their surplus of men to US colleges to find a mate, they know nothing about the current state of our women.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 27, 2025 08:43 AM (Dv3i1)

177 We have passed from the Taylor Swift era into the Sidney Sweeney era and it is a welcome change.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2025 08:43 AM (MxZB4)

178 Find a reason why 600K Chinese student spies can't be permitted to take up residence here and what happens to our "pillars of higher education?"

You said they'd be in trouble? "Go to hell", you said?

How... sad.

Find a fucking reason then. The sooner those "pillars" come down the better.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 08:43 AM (Q4IgG)

179
This is why it's important to at least try and delineate between actual news that moves people and inside the Beltway or online only narrative.


Ignore the BREAKING NEWS about some tabloid gossip involving a pop star celebrity and an NFL celebrity that just happens to come out at the start of the NFL Marketing Season.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:43 AM (rgGn5)

180 Trump can say one thing one day and another , totally opposite thing a week later. Today he is negotiating with China and he loves Chinese students. Yesterday he was negotiating with the EU and said "We LOVE Ursula". really, he said that.

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2025 08:43 AM (g47mK)

181 I can bench more than Harry Sisson.

Posted by: Zohran Mamdani at August 27, 2025 08:43 AM (PiwSw)

182 Attendance at colleges is down, particularly among men, and it will drop among women next, for the obvious reasons.

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They just need a new logo. Maybe a pig faced feminist with blue hair and nose ring.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (L/fGl)

183 Trump should be assaulting the University System. Not seeking to aid it in any way.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (Z1dZR)

184 176 Just as an addendum, the makeup of the 2024 freshman class was more than 60% female, just to show how bad it's gotten.
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If China thinks they can send their surplus of men to US colleges to find a mate, they know nothing about the current state of our women.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 27, 2025 08:43 AM (Dv3i1)

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I do wonder if that's part of the calculus on China's part. I know that there's a grand desire within Chinese culture to marry only within their ethnic group, but decades of overproduction of males could affect things.

And there are Chinese American females as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (GBKbO)

185 Trump says stuff...

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (g47mK)

186 175 Odds that Swift and her insufferable gay commie prick beard actually get married? Below 50 percent. Maybe below 25.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:40 AM (mF1Bp)


Beard's brother got in trouble when he grabbed and trashed a guy's phone after the guy asked "Hey! What's it like knowing your brother's a fag!?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)
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Good to know I’m not the only one who thinks Travis likes bozack.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (mF1Bp)

187 Find a reason why 600K Chinese student spies can't be permitted to take up residence here and what happens to our "pillars of higher education?"


I like the self fulfilling prophecy part about Musk whining about how he can't find competent domestic engineers and must import from Asia through broadened and highly fraud laden H1B program.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (rgGn5)

188 181 I can bench more than Harry Sisson.
Posted by: Zohran Mamdani at August 27, 2025 08:43 AM (PiwSw)

fixed it

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (gbOdA)

189 182 Attendance at colleges is down, particularly among men, and it will drop among women next, for the obvious reasons.

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They just need a new logo. Maybe a pig faced feminist with blue hair and nose ring.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (L/fGl)
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Smith College may already have that logo in use.

Posted by: scampydog at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (2bFN5)

190 I skimmed through the video of the flight. Apparently they deliberately left tiles off some places and tried some different methods of adhering the tiles. One of the big focuses of data for the flight was gathering tile information for planned rapid reuse.

And the flaps had less burn-through than previous flights.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


So, technically, planned obsolescence for data gathering purposes.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 08:45 AM (oE4iy)

191 oh for the love of pete
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 27, 2025 08:38 AM (SfhV1)
*******
I'm sure there's now gonna be a waiting list of students wanting to take his class.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 27, 2025 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

192 179
This is why it's important to at least try and delineate between actual news that moves people and inside the Beltway or online only narrative.

Ignore the BREAKING NEWS about some tabloid gossip involving a pop star celebrity and an NFL celebrity that just happens to come out at the start of the NFL Marketing Season.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:43 AM (rgGn5)

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It's a particularly egregious example of online only narrative (at least when it comes to political implications), but I think it's an important case study nonetheless.

Who will change their vote or decide to vote or not based on the online reaction to this?

No one. Therefore, it should not be mentioned in the realm of politics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:45 AM (GBKbO)

193 I like the self fulfilling prophecy part about Musk whining about how he can't find competent domestic engineers and must import from Asia through broadened and highly fraud laden H1B program.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (rgGn5)

Not a day goes by that you do not see news of an IT dept (yesterday it was Walmart) abusing H1B.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 27, 2025 08:45 AM (gbOdA)

194 183 Trump should be assaulting the University System. Not seeking to aid it in any way.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (Z1dZR)

I sort of thought he was, with the lawfare directed at Harvard and others. Now this mixed signal.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 08:46 AM (h/ffs)

195 Smith College may already have that logo in use.
Posted by: scampydog at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (2bFN5)


Harsh but fair.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 27, 2025 08:46 AM (PiwSw)

196 185 Trump says stuff...
Posted by: runner at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (g47mK)

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ICE wasn't going to go after agriculture anymore a couple of months ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:46 AM (GBKbO)

197 Elon Musk Questions Whether Microsoft Is Funding Pro-Illegal Immigration Game “Take Us North,” They Are
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:40 AM (L/fGl)



Yet no one is questioning Gates and his diabolical schemes for germ warfare he's waging every day in Africa, killing thousands.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

198 They just need a new logo. Maybe a pig faced feminist with blue hair and nose ring.


lol I think it's Tufts

"Jumbo"

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 27, 2025 08:46 AM (Pv3Rg)

199 Just as an addendum, the makeup of the 2024 freshman class was more than 60% female, just to show how bad it's gotten.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:40 AM (GBKbO)

Two girls for every guy!

With two swinging honeys for every guy
And all you gotta do is just wink your eye.

Yeah we're going to Quim College, cause it's two to one
Going to Quim College gonna have some fun

Posted by: Count de Monet, with apologies to Jan & Dean, Brian Wilson at August 27, 2025 08:47 AM (wVcYX)

200 In addition, the Iranian regime is attempting to cover up its crimes during the state massacres of the 1980s by paving over the graves of people the regime murdered. The regime is doing so by “building a parking lot over Tehran’s Behesht Zahra cemetery where many of the bodies were dumped,”

Pave Paradise
Put up a parking lot

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 27, 2025 08:48 AM (gbOdA)

201 Video of a White House reporter losing her mind over the Tay engagement is over at Twitchy. These people expect to be taken seriously?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2025 08:48 AM (rRoxM)

202 So, technically, planned obsolescence for data gathering purposes.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 08:45 AM (oE4iy)


More like destructive testing for data gathering purposes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

203 Yet no one is questioning Gates and his diabolical schemes for germ warfare he's waging every day in Africa, killing thousands.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

Now do DDT

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 27, 2025 08:48 AM (gbOdA)

204
The Camp of the Saints described the West being taken over by a migrant invasion, but it was more about the consequences of the West turning its back on its own heritage and culture.

I've seen comments saying that this is happening because the UK lost too many men during WWI and WWII. But lots of countries lost even more men; Poland was nearly wiped out.

What Poland has is a strong sense of national identity and still a strong religious base. The UK, as well as France and Germany, lost both a long time ago. That makes them prey to cultural indifferentism, that one culture is as good as another.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 08:48 AM (kkTda)

205 197 Yet no one is questioning Gates and his diabolical schemes for germ warfare he's waging every day in Africa, killing thousands.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

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Tangentially, Gates is apparently cutting ties with some major Democrat non-profit, Arabella Advisors, which controls $77 billion.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:49 AM (GBKbO)

206 "Attendance at colleges is down, particularly among men, and it will drop among women next, for the obvious reasons.

It's down because they destroyed the quality of their product and they despise this country and its kids.


Don't forget the life-long mountain of debt. Its been said that GM, Ford and others are finance companies that happen to sell cars as a sideline.

Universities exist to launder money and funnel stupid kids into a life-long finance scheme.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:49 AM (rgGn5)

207 Yet no one is questioning Gates and his diabolical schemes for germ warfare he's waging every day in Africa, killing thousands.

640K, a Hong Kong flu vax and 3 African stunt babies outta be enough for anybody!
(Rubs fat man boobs to a loud climax)

Yeah! Oh Yeah!

Posted by: Bill Gates, tech weirdo with fat man boobs at August 27, 2025 08:50 AM (OU3xT)

208 Just as an addendum, the makeup of the 2024 freshman class was more than 60% female, just to show how bad it's gotten.
____

If China thinks they can send their surplus of men to US colleges to find a mate, they know nothing about the current state of our women.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 27, 2025 08:43 AM (Dv3i1)

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I do wonder if that's part of the calculus on China's part. I know that there's a grand desire within Chinese culture to marry only within their ethnic group, but decades of overproduction of males could affect things.

And there are Chinese American females as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:44 AM (GBKbO)
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The added whammy is that it’s mostly Chinese men — or perhaps, their parents — that insist on marrying within their ethnic group. Chinese women are much more flexible. I’m glad I’m not a Chinese dude looking for a mate in today’s dating market where the available Chinese girls are few and far between.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:50 AM (mF1Bp)

209 206 Universities exist to launder money and funnel stupid kids into a life-long finance scheme.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:49 AM (rgGn5)

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It should be remembered that the OBBB capped loan amounts, especially for graduate programs.

I think it was $200,000 total for a graduate program. A lot still, but also a cap for growth to find its ceiling.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:51 AM (GBKbO)

210 Re: the Scottish girl wielding the knife and axe, God bless her and others like her but I have to wonder what happened to the Scotland of Robert Bruce and William Wallace? Or for that matter what happened to the England of Richard the Lionhearted and Winston Churchill? Are there any men left in the UK? Any country that will not protect its’ children does not deserve to survive.

Posted by: Agamemnon at August 27, 2025 08:51 AM (4IrjJ)

211 Lutnick now says he advocates the Feds buy ownership positions in defense companies. Eisenhower called out from beyond the grave in response: "Hey bozo, GFY!".

At what point has Lutnick done enough damage?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 27, 2025 08:51 AM (uPj69)

212 but it was more about the consequences of the West turning its back on its own heritage and culture.
___________________________

They traded their heritage for a welfare state, four months of annual vacation, and sexual degeneracy.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2025 08:52 AM (MxZB4)

213 yeah I'm done with lutnick, Huck

rrrrrr

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 27, 2025 08:52 AM (Pv3Rg)

214 208 The added whammy is that it’s mostly Chinese men — or perhaps, their parents — that insist on marrying within their ethnic group. Chinese women are much more flexible. I’m glad I’m not a Chinese dude looking for a mate in today’s dating market where the available Chinese girls are few and far between.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:50 AM (mF1Bp)

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https://is.gd/d4wdXQ

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:52 AM (GBKbO)

215 >>Well said. Anyway, the idea of the Left imploding or self-destructing is an example of the apocalyptic delusion. The Left has survived far worse performances of evil and failure. History grinds on, the pendulum swings, people forget.

Evil is eternal. I don't think many of forgotten. But there is nothing wrong with celebrating wins and looking for more instead of constant gloom.

Obviously, elections are a focus. The DOJ has had a program to focus on election including cleaning voter roles since Dhillon came onboard. And the redistricting going on in red states shows that the message is known everywhere. Trump's RNC was very focused on election integrity in 2024 and it showed. I doubt they think the battle is over.

No sense fighting if you don't care when you win and we are definitely winning.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2025 08:52 AM (viF8m)

216 Tangentially, Gates is apparently cutting ties with some major Democrat non-profit, Arabella Advisors, which controls $77 billion.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:49 AM (GBKbO)

Arabella Advisors. I hope the investigations into Act Blue will extend into these demons.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 08:52 AM (h/ffs)

217 Tangentially, Gates is apparently cutting ties with some major Democrat non-profit, Arabella Advisors, which controls $77 billion.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:49 AM (GBKbO)


Arabella only wanted to kill whites. Gates doesn't discriminate.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

218 Wheee!

Muh 'Horns are playing the Ohio State Buckets this Saturday.

If the Buckets lose, they have to go back and eat their excremental Cincinnati "Chili".

If they win, they have to go back and eat their excremental Cincinnati "Chili".

Kind of a No Win situation for the Buckets.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 27, 2025 08:53 AM (iJfKG)

219 Apologies if already posted:


Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia and a former religious skeptic, has announced his plan to join the Anglican Church of North America after a profound spiritual journey. Inspired by deep study of Christianity

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 27, 2025 08:53 AM (SfhV1)

220 210 Re: the Scottish girl wielding the knife and axe, God bless her and others like her but I have to wonder what happened to the Scotland of Robert Bruce and William Wallace? Or for that matter what happened to the England of Richard the Lionhearted and Winston Churchill? Are there any men left in the UK? Any country that will not protect its’ children does not deserve to survive.
Posted by: Agamemnon at August 27, 2025 08:51 AM (4IrjJ)

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Scotland sold out to English rule less than a century after Robert the Bruce.

They'd always been an aboriginal, backwards country without much in the way of industry who also saw a massive brain drain to the Americas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:53 AM (GBKbO)

221 >>Arabella Advisors.


ACORN was an Arabella creation, wasn't it?

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2025 08:53 AM (Z1dZR)

222
Universities exist to launder money and funnel stupid kids into a life-long finance scheme.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:49 AM (rgGn5)


I may have this wrong, but my understanding is that the per student amount of undergraduate student debt is comparatively small. It's in graduate education that the big-bucks amounts of debt are concentrated. Taking out a loan for an MFA is about the stupidest thing you could do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 08:54 AM (kkTda)

223 Gates comment " we can test this stuff in places like India" should have cause the Indian government to put a hit out on him. Indians should have sued him into poverty

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2025 08:54 AM (rRoxM)

224 Universities exist to launder money and funnel stupid kids into a life-long finance scheme.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:49 AM (rgGn5)


OMG! I took out $180K in student debt to get a teaching degree. No one taught me weigh pros/cons. Waaaaaaah! -- crying TikTok 'influencer'

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

225 223 Gates comment " we can test this stuff in places like India" should have cause the Indian government to put a hit out on him. Indians should have sued him into poverty
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2025 08:54 AM (rRoxM)

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"He's paying us."
-The Indian government, most likely

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (GBKbO)

226 That kids carrying weapons for self defense has been harassed before. Maybe even worse.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (vFG9F)

227 The added whammy is that it’s mostly Chinese men — or perhaps, their parents — that insist on marrying within their ethnic group. Chinese women are much more flexible.

From dating app data, Caucasian men are favored by women of most other ethnic groups (except black women IIRC)

Amusingly at odds with feminists/leftwing claims of the villainy of white men...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (sKqQm)

228 124 "Caterpillar’s products are being used to commit extensive violations of international humanitarian law"

While this is almost certainly bullshit, I'm not sure what they're thinking Caterpillar can do about it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

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When bulldozers are outlawed, only outlaws will have bulldozers

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (i4+TQ)

229 Re: AMA article

“Neither one of us spent an hour working on transgender care, neither one of us,” Mukkamala told Haim in the footage obtained by Shapiro. “So we have no business discussing the science that’s brought to the American Medical Association from people that spent years in training for this, and years taking care of patients for this.”

**********

This is the same mistake made by pediatrician's who blindly follow the "guidelines" of the AAP. We have an obligation to discuss it.

At its heart the phenomenon of delusional thinking that makes a 13 year old want to avoid the scary effects of puberty is not a medical condition. It is a psychological response to bombardment with a shared delusion. The notion that a person can be "born in the wrong body" is manifestly false. The seeds for this mass delusion are planted long before that child enters puberty. Gender dysphoria is a learned behavior that begins in pre-school and kindergarten, sometimes earlier.

You don't stop a child from jumping off the roof by debating the aerodynamics of a dish towel superhero cape.

STOP TRANSING CHILDREN!

Posted by: muldoon at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (/iMjX)

230 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 27, 2025 08:53 AM (SfhV1)


*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

231
Scotland sold out to English rule less than a century after Robert the Bruce.

They'd always been an aboriginal, backwards country without much in the way of industry who also saw a massive brain drain to the Americas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:53 AM (GBKbO)
——

‘Fuck you!’

— Macallan

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (mF1Bp)

232 Are there any men left in the UK?
Posted by: Agamemnon at August 27, 2025 08:51 AM


All signs point to no.

Posted by: The Magic 8 Ball at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (ySpAZ)

233 Trump hasn't forgotten evil exists.

>>Unofficial Trump on X
@trump_repost

>>Fan account
George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America. We're not going to allow these lunatics to rip apart America any more, never giving it so much as a chance to "BREATHE," and be FREE. Soros, and his group of psychopaths, have caused great damage to our Country! That includes his Crazy, West Coast friends. Be careful, we're watching you! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2025 08:56 AM (viF8m)

234 >>Gates comment " we can test this stuff in places like India" should have cause the Indian government to put a hit out on him. Indians should have sued him into poverty


India will sell you all the Undesirables you want for a Ha'Penny per unit.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2025 08:56 AM (Z1dZR)

235 231 ‘Fuck you!’

— Macallan
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (mF1Bp)

======

Scotland is kilts, whisky, and oil derricks off the coast.

And drugs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:56 AM (GBKbO)

236 Scotland produced many great scientists and thinkers , but as to the practicalities of government they're semi retarded

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2025 08:56 AM (rRoxM)

237 *hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)


Back at you

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 27, 2025 08:56 AM (SfhV1)

238 I don't like the idea of 600000 Chinese people coming into our country. They are Commies and I don't trust them, we have enough problems with our home grown Commie assholes.

Posted by: Case at August 27, 2025 08:56 AM (iwlvf)

239
India will sell you all the Undesirables you want for a Ha'Penny per unit.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2025 08:56 AM (Z1dZR)


"If you need more, we got 'em!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 08:57 AM (kkTda)

240 Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia and a former religious skeptic, has announced his plan to join the Anglican Church of North America after a profound spiritual journey. Inspired by deep study of Christianity
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 27, 2025 08:53 AM (SfhV1)

too bad he left Wiki almost 20 years ago.

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2025 08:57 AM (g47mK)

241 > Trump hasn't forgotten evil exists.
--------
The mountain of evidence against Soros and his spawn still, to this day hasn't had any effect on that family's demise. It's way, way past time to put up or shut up about them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 08:58 AM (Q4IgG)

242 Maybe he will start a bigger , better wikipedia.

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2025 08:58 AM (g47mK)

243 talking to my recent grad (who is gainfully employed in her field, yay!) and all her compadres are basically doing nothing, not finding jobs, and prepping to go to grad school second term so they won't have to start payments.

I told her this is very dumb. More debt for a degree so useless you can't find work (not that they tried - they mostly enjoyed the summer while she was working)?!?!

the parents are to blame. We are clear that grad school is UP TO HER. and having an apartment is UP TO HER. As in, we are no longer Free Money Suppliers lol.

Am I mean? I don't want her to have the debt. and we can't just pay for grad school for her! the other parents can't really either but seem happy with the additional debt. I don't get it.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 27, 2025 08:58 AM (Pv3Rg)

244 No sense fighting if you don't care when you win and we are definitely winning.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2025 08:52 AM (viF8m)

I celebrate our victories. But the idea that the democrat party will self-destruct is a sort of "pass-the-popcorn" folly and illusion we cannot afford. If one clearly apprehends the enemy and its resilience through history, one is better equipped to fight it without illusions and lazy assumptions of its self-owned collapse.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 08:58 AM (h/ffs)

245 the Scottish girl wielding the knife and axe,

That just reads better to me than "the Swedish girl pushing Climate Change"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:59 AM (rgGn5)

246 The sumbitch is pouncing!

The Associated Press@AP
Most Americans see crime as a "major problem" in large cities. Trump has seized on the concern as he deploys the National Guard.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:59 AM (L/fGl)

247 246 The sumbitch is pouncing!

The Associated Press@AP
Most Americans see crime as a "major problem" in large cities. Trump has seized on the concern as he deploys the National Guard.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:59 AM (L/fGl)

=======

As a legal and practical matter, I suspect he'll push to have governors in red states like Tennessee ask for the National Guard to move into places like Memphis.

It'd be a great boon to red state governors with blue enclaves they're afraid of going into. That it hasn't happened yet is an indictment on them, but Trump may drag them to do it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 09:00 AM (GBKbO)

248 As I mentioned this a couple of days ago, Halloween candy is out on display at my grocery store. Plus, pumpkin coffee creamer is available as well.

It's not even Labor Day yet!

Posted by: dantesed at August 27, 2025 09:00 AM (Oy/m2)

249
That just reads better to me than "the Swedish girl pushing Climate Change"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:59 AM (rgGn5)



"...soon to be pushing her retard porn on OnlyFans."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

250 The sumbitch is pouncing!

The Associated Press@AP
Most Americans see crime as a "major problem" in large cities. Trump has seized on the concern as he deploys the National Guard.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:59 AM (L/fGl)



hahah! and Ds defending crime. not a good look. shhhh, don;t tell them !

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2025 09:00 AM (g47mK)

251
Most Americans see crime as a "major problem" in large cities.

I wouldn't know. I avoid "large cities" at all costs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 09:01 AM (kkTda)

252 Those girls were being threatened by grown men who were also taunting them and it has happened before which is why she had the weapons. There is no excuse for that terrified, brave girl to be arrested given the obvious manipulation by grown men. Shame on the local Scottish authorities especially given the rape scandals. Keir Starmer should resign - he is a disgrace. And good for Elon Musk to offer to finance legal action regarding this travesty.

Posted by: Noble9 at August 27, 2025 09:01 AM (lMF9T)

253 The added whammy is that it’s mostly Chinese men — or perhaps, their parents — that insist on marrying within their ethnic group. Chinese women are much more flexible.

From dating app data, Caucasian men are favored by women of most other ethnic groups (except black women IIRC)

Amusingly at odds with feminists/leftwing claims of the villainy of white men...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2025 08:55 AM (sKqQm)
——

Yup. I think even with black women it’s changing. Part of it is a numbers game; why would you limit yourself to a relatively small segment of the population when there are far more men available in a different segment?

Same is true for men. I date outside my race a lot in part because that’s what’s available in a big city like NY.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 27, 2025 09:01 AM (mF1Bp)

254 When I was much younger, I remember when Chinese and Russian (Communist regime) athletic teams would come to America for competition. They would be guarded constantly so that the team members could not defect.

The issue was that when these teams came to America and saw the standard of living, they were loathe to leave. Worse - they spread the word at home that America was pretty awesome.

I think Trump figures that the more Chinese come here, the greater percentage of them will NOT be Communist agents, and will see the difference between the countries' standard of living, and will corrupt the hold the Communist party has over its citizens.

It's an argument to be made, anyway.

Posted by: One-Eyed Cat Peepin' in the Seafood Store at August 27, 2025 09:02 AM (FhMCZ)

255
I wouldn't know. I avoid "large cities" at all costs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 09:01 AM (kkTda)



I have to drive through one to get to the TxMoMe. The homeless encampments are FUN.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

256 Viral "n" word mom, viral Scottish girls- looks like white trash women (God bless 'em- there's a good country song in there- "ain't she cool!") are leading the charge against pc and the tyranny of the migrant/"minority." Interesting that in both cases, the girls/women are actually responding to threats/aggression from the immigrants, yet they are the ones charged. We'll see how long our society tolerates "brown" men beating up on, victimizing women and children. I'm thinking America may be a little different than the UK.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 27, 2025 09:02 AM (hlNLQ)

257 The Associated Press@AP
Most Americans see crime as a "major problem" in large cities. Trump has seized on the concern as he deploys the National Guard.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're Living On Land Stolen From the Dinosaur! at August 27, 2025 08:59 AM (L/fGl)
=====

The Vera Institute of Justice says all those Americans are wrong.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2025 09:03 AM (RIvkX)

258 From dating app data, Caucasian men are favored by women of most other ethnic groups (except black women IIRC)

Caucasian men hit the sweet spot of likely to have at least an average sized penis, likely to be able to get/hold a job, likely to be willing to put up with more shit from their women.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 09:03 AM (ExV1e)

259 the other parents can't really either but seem happy with the additional debt. I don't get it.

The other parents don’t want to upset their Monster Children.

Work? That’s for other people…

Posted by: Spoiled and Soft Like Goo at August 27, 2025 09:03 AM (OU3xT)

260 I don't like the idea of 600000 Chinese people coming into our country. They are Commies and I don't trust them, we have enough problems with our home grown Commie assholes.

Its like bringing in the population of Vermont of Communist spies into the academic world where I will be taxed to underwrite their Research and Development expenses that will only benefit China.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 09:03 AM (xE0sV)

261 That just reads better to me than "the Swedish girl pushing Climate Change"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 08:59 AM


I think we've found the Anti-Thunberg.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2025 09:03 AM (ySpAZ)

262 I think Trump figures that the more Chinese come here, the greater percentage of them will NOT be Communist agents, and will see the difference between the countries' standard of living, and will corrupt the hold the Communist party has over its citizens.

It's an argument to be made, anyway.
Posted by: One-Eyed Cat Peepin' in the Seafood Store at August 27, 2025 09:02 AM (FhMCZ)



The number that would and the benefit they'd bring does not offset the number that wouldn't and would assist in destroying America.

It should be avoided at all costs. F*CK teaching, training and educating the Chicoms. They can defect THEN come here once they've proven they're NOT a weapon of the Chinese government.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

263 So Ben Shapiro has been mentioned. Which means someone needs to mention his sister’s spectacular rack.

I will shoulder that burden.

Abby Shapiro’s got a spectacular rack.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2025 09:03 AM (77rzZ)

264 So...the Cracker Barrel redesign cost the company...$700 million?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 09:04 AM (GBKbO)

265 Praying for you Grammie Winger.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 27, 2025 09:04 AM (kTd/k)

266 I think Trump figures that the more Chinese come here, the greater percentage of them will NOT be Communist agents, and will see the difference between the countries' standard of living, and will corrupt the hold the Communist party has over its citizens.

Which is a charitable way of saying Trump lost his ass in a negotiation with Xi.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 09:04 AM (/TiS1)

267 The sumbitch is pouncing!

Well of course. Seizing is for after Labor Day.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2025 09:05 AM (ySpAZ)

268 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2025 09:05 AM (GbwPZ)

269 Don't call the Scottish girls white trash. That was a reason those girls were victimized in the Rotherham pedophilia.

Posted by: Noble9 at August 27, 2025 09:05 AM (lMF9T)

270 Well of course. Seizing is for after Labor Day.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2025 09:05 AM

Just don't do it while wearing white.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 27, 2025 09:05 AM (MGB5H)

271 >>I celebrate our victories. But the idea that the democrat party will self-destruct is a sort of "pass-the-popcorn" folly and illusion we cannot afford. If one clearly apprehends the enemy and its resilience through history, one is better equipped to fight it without illusions and lazy assumptions of its self-owned collapse.

They might not totally disappear but they are doing their best to make themselves toxic. The opening day at their retreat in Minneapolis proved they have learned absolutely nothing and are going to double down on policies almost nobody wants. And they are seriously hurting for cash while still paying for the enormous debt Harris rolled up.

They are currently running on defending crime particularly in blue cities and not deporting illegals including known gangbangers, pedophiles, murderers, wife beaters, rapists and drug smugglers. The only energy in the party is with the far left communists.

Fighting evil never ends but it's a lot easier when the put the gun to their own head.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2025 09:05 AM (viF8m)

272 Praying for you Grammie Winger.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at August 27, 2025 09:04 AM (kTd/k)


You can't imagine how much that means to me

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 27, 2025 09:06 AM (SfhV1)

273 Taylor Budowich
@TayFromCA

I appreciated the call earlier this evening with
@CrackerBarrel
. They thanked President Trump for weighing in on the issue of their iconic “original” logo. They wanted the President to know that they heard him, along with customer response (the ultimate poll), and would be restoring the “Old Timer.”

So smart! Congrats Cracker Barrel and America!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 27, 2025 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

274 Scotland is kilts, whisky, and oil derricks off the coast.

And drugs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 08:56 AM (GBKbO)


Ach, we haz sadz.

Posted by: Scottish Haggis Purveyors, Purveyors of Fine Haggis to the Royal Family since 1741 at August 27, 2025 09:06 AM (PiwSw)

275 Good morning Lizzy and everyone! lovely day here

this week is quieter for me as many clients are off vacationing

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 27, 2025 09:06 AM (Pv3Rg)

276 From dating app data, Caucasian men are favored by women of most other ethnic groups (except black women IIRC)



SpongeBro is letting his dating app membership expire. Any broad that reaches out gets the "up front, I don't support Biden, Harris or any of the other communists intending on destroying America, including their supporters."

They usually stop replying after that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

277 Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 09:04 AM (/TiS1)

Too early in the morning to smoke so much crack. Give your lungs a break already.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2025 09:06 AM (RIvkX)

278 Contact White House re Chinese students.
Be sure to ask if he is crazy.

Posted by: torabora at August 27, 2025 09:06 AM (KtOUo)

279 Well of course. Seizing is for after Labor Day.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2025 09:05 AM

Just don't do it while wearing white.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 27, 2025 09:05 AM


Perish the thought!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2025 09:06 AM (ySpAZ)

280
I think we've found the Anti-Thunberg.


Except instead of getting cash and prizes like the Swedish 'tard, Miss Scotland is going to get into serious trouble with the Scottish police.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2025 09:07 AM (sKqQm)

281 They are going to steal the 2026 midterms. The plans are being laid out right in the open, and it doesn't appear too many people seem to be worried about it or are even catching on.

Please talk me down.

Texas has added 5 likely Republican seats, but the average change has been 20+ seats so even in California doesn't change, statistically we still take the House. What else is the problem?

Dems must go "generic." ALL Republican candidates, incumbent or otherwise, MUST be framed as Trump acolytes, and therefore unacceptable as people who believe in democratic rule. Don't get dragged into policy debates; The entire GOP must be excised from elections until they can legitimately claim loyalty to the Constitution and renounce Trump.

Red states they will do voter roll purges on the las allowable day, removing millions of Democratic voters. There will not be time to get most of the registrations fixed. In Blue states, they will man the polling locations with large contingents of military and police for intimidation and shake down people in line.

We have to hit this one out of the park. The Supreme court cannot be allowed to get involved at all.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 27, 2025 09:07 AM (JCZqz)

282 Does pouncing come first before the seizing?? What about thrashing and crushing?

Posted by: dantesed at August 27, 2025 09:07 AM (Oy/m2)

283
Come for the news.

Stay for the debates about the aerodynamics of dish towel superhero capes.

Posted by: This Place at August 27, 2025 09:08 AM (XQo4F)

284 Which is a charitable way of saying Trump lost his ass in a negotiation with Xi.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 09:04 AM (/TiS1)

Yep. Trump can do only so much. We've been undermined for decades.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 27, 2025 09:08 AM (QjC8S)

285 Don't call the Scottish girls white trash. That was a reason those girls were victimized in the Rotherham pedophilia.
Posted by: Noble9 at August 27, 2025 09:05 AM


And never mention the name of the Scottish Play!

Posted by: Pretentious British Actors at August 27, 2025 09:08 AM (ySpAZ)

286 Red states they will do voter roll purges on the las allowable day, removing millions of Democratic voters. There will not be time to get most of the registrations fixed. In Blue states, they will man the polling locations with large contingents of military and police for intimidation and shake down people in line.


They will purge illegal and invalid registrants. Admitting that those are a vast majority of Democrat voters is amusing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

287 Except instead of getting cash and prizes like the Swedish 'tard, Miss Scotland is going to get into serious trouble with the Scottish police.

Still, if you saw: "Scottish girl wielding knife and axe" or "Swedish girl whining about Climate Change" in the first line of a description of a Netflix or Amazon Prime movie, which would you more likely click on?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 09:09 AM (/TiS1)

288 281 Red states they will do voter roll purges on the las allowable day, removing millions of Democratic voters. There will not be time to get most of the registrations fixed. In Blue states, they will man the polling locations with large contingents of military and police for intimidation and shake down people in line.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 27, 2025 09:07 AM (JCZqz)

=======

This is fucking hilarious. Like a retarded puppy.

Basic voter roll maintenance, as required by HAVA and Supreme Court precedent, is a right wing conspiracy, especially in blue states, to deny Democrats the right to vote.

And they won't be able to point to anyone specific who was denied the right. But, it'll be installed in their firmware that literally millions were turned away at the polls because of expired voter registration.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 09:09 AM (GBKbO)

289 talking to my recent grad (who is gainfully employed in her field, yay!) and all her compadres are basically doing nothing, not finding jobs, and prepping to go to grad school second term so they won't have to start payments.

Kid1, just turned 26, decided that college was not for them. They have a job, a spouse, and a house they just 'bought'.

Kid2, graduates college this December in 3.5 years with an engineering degree. Has a job lined up to start in March, a significant other who graduates in May, and plans to start looking for an apartment as soon as they get back to Texas after graduation.

I recall, however, both of them telling me, as HS seniors, that many of their friends didn't have drivers licenses and no desire to remedy that.

Lotta kids don't want to grow up. It'll hurt them in the long run but it gives a huge boost to the kids in their generation who do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

290 They will purge illegal and invalid registrants. Admitting that those are a vast majority of Democrat voters is amusing.


they honestly believe they ought to have more per-person votes that we undesirables

and this is how they do it

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 27, 2025 09:10 AM (Pv3Rg)

291 Still, if you saw: "Scottish girl wielding knife and axe" or "Swedish girl whining about Climate Change" in the first line of a description of a Netflix or Amazon Prime movie, which would you more likely click on?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 09:09 AM

Is the Scottish girl Karen Gillian?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 27, 2025 09:10 AM (MGB5H)

292 I grew up and worked most of my life in Los Angeles. I saw the slow spread of crime both in volume and severity. What happens is that you become inured to it as a fact of life. Trump is demonstrating through his initiative in DC that this doesn't need to be the case. The Left dreads this. Proving the fallacy of these "facts of life," proving that you can do something about a problem as intractable as chronic crime and urban degradation terrifies the corrupt leftist satraps.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 27, 2025 09:10 AM (h/ffs)

293 What about thrashing and crushing?
Posted by: dantesed at August 27, 2025 09:07 AM (Oy/m2)



"That's not who we are."

- - - - - GOPe

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)

294 286 They will purge illegal and invalid registrants. Admitting that those are a vast majority of Democrat voters is amusing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

=======

"Every single one is an innocent old black woman who is too stupid to get a driver's license!"
-DU, 99.9999% probability

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 09:10 AM (GBKbO)

295 162 My sources say that once again Starship lost quite a few (TBD number) of heat shield tiles and there were burn-throughs on one or more flaps.

I skimmed through the video of the flight. Apparently they deliberately left tiles off some places and tried some different methods of adhering the tiles. One of the big focuses of data for the flight was gathering tile information for planned rapid reuse.

And the flaps had less burn-through than previous flights.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 08:39 AM (ExV1e)


The issue is not simply surviving to get back on the ground (or water) in one piece. Elon's overall plan is to rapidly reuse Starships (and the booster). Replacing more than a handful of tiles and/or flaps after each mission is not going to result in the flight rate Elon wants.

Again, I wish him and his team success.

Posted by: Gref at August 27, 2025 09:10 AM (aBgBM)

296 They are going to steal the 2026 midterms. The plans are being laid out right in the open, and it doesn't appear too many people seem to be worried about it or are even catching on.

Please talk me down.


OK...jump.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2025 09:10 AM (ySpAZ)

297 290 they honestly believe they ought to have more per-person votes that we undesirables

and this is how they do it
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 27, 2025 09:10 AM (Pv3Rg)

======

That meme running around a few weeks ago that there are 8 million registered Democrats in Texas.

They honestly, truly believe it. It's an article of faith now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 09:11 AM (GBKbO)

298 They are going to steal the 2026 midterms. The plans are being laid out right in the open, and it doesn't appear too many people seem to be worried about it or are even catching on.

Please talk me down.



Talk you down? You don't have a hair in your ass if you don't jump.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 09:11 AM (oE4iy)

299 Lotta kids don't want to grow up. It'll hurt them in the long run but it gives a huge boost to the kids in their generation who do.


that's essentially what she says (she was EE major)

"I'm so far ahead of my peers here it's crazy"

but she always works super hard and is practical. and watches her money like a hawk. good things!

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 27, 2025 09:11 AM (Pv3Rg)

300
Yup. I think even with black women it’s changing. Part of it is a numbers game; why would you limit yourself to a relatively small segment of the population when there are far more men available in a different segment?

People respond best to people who are most like them. If you're a responsible white man with a good job, sure, a responsible black female with a good job might be appealing. But would you want Kween LaToya with all the presumptions thereof?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 09:12 AM (kkTda)

301
That meme running around a few weeks ago that there are 8 million registered Democrats in Texas.

They honestly, truly believe it. It's an article of faith now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 09:11 AM (GBKbO)



Skeletor Meme:

"Every hand you shake has had a dick in it."

"Until we meet again......"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

302 I wasn't using "white trash" as a pejorative-more of a term of affection.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 27, 2025 09:12 AM (hlNLQ)

303 B School has done for business in America what J School did for journalism.

The CEO of a company on stagnation/decline is pressured to change the brand and broaden its appeal. It's never to do a better job at what they already do.

Southwest Airlines is also undergoing shittification. Charging for baggage. Assigning seats. Doing away with quirky cabin announcements. Raising the prices and lowering the experience.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2025 09:13 AM (MxZB4)

304 303 B School has done for business in America what J School did for journalism.


design school ruined design

marketing school ruined advertising

not really sure modern med school is helping us get better docs and nurses, either, but at least they end up having to learn from doing (or people die)

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 27, 2025 09:14 AM (Pv3Rg)

305
Southwest Airlines is also undergoing shittification. Charging for baggage. Assigning seats. Doing away with quirky cabin announcements. Raising the prices and lowering the experience.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2025 09:13 AM (MxZB4)



They f*cked up royally when they made a bean counter that knows f*ckall about aviation as their CEO.

It's been downhill ever since.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

306 >>8 They are going to steal the 2026 midterms. The plans are being laid out right in the open, and it doesn't appear too many people seem to be worried about it or are even catching on.

>Please talk me down


Fastest way to the street is to jump.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2025 09:14 AM (Z1dZR)

307 The left has been arguing since at least 2000 that there are massive numbers of "disenfranchised" voters. To this day they have identified...0.

And remember this isn't like election fraud where you have to do deep investigations to find it. If a citizen went to vote and was told "no" they can immediately turn to the media...and this has not happened.

Occasionally the FNM will claim to have this...but you find out that there was a problem with an actual citizen's registration and he successfully cast a provisional ballot. Amusingly a regular purging of voter data would resolve this as re-registering in your correct address with your correct ID would remove most issues that come up.

Now absent this the left will then at time fall back to arguing and difference between 100% turn out of a left favoring group and the actual turn out is an example of voter suppression. So if 50% if the black people in City X voted that means 50% were suppressed which is...absurd.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2025 09:15 AM (sKqQm)

308 Morn' all... Yeah... I'm pissed about the 600 thousand Chinese spy's allowed to go to Our Universities... WTF Trump ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 27, 2025 09:15 AM (VE6XX)

309 302 I wasn't using "white trash" as a pejorative-more of a term of affection.
Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 27, 2025 09:12 AM
Thank you.

Posted by: Eromero at August 27, 2025 09:16 AM (jgmnb)

310
BREAKING: President Trump calls for George Soros and his “Radical Left” son Alex Soros to be hit with RICO charges for supporting violent protests across the country:

“George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America. We're not going to allow these lunatics to rip apart America any more, never giving it so much as a chance to "BREATHE," and be FREE. Soros, and his group of psychopaths, have caused great damage to our Country! That includes his Crazy, West Coast friends. Be careful, we're watching you! Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Posted by: redridinghood at August 27, 2025 09:16 AM (NpAcC)

311 We fuck up every business!

Posted by: Bean Counter Schools and Big 4 Networks at August 27, 2025 09:16 AM (wVcYX)

312 B School has done for business in America what J School did for journalism.

The CEO of a company on stagnation/decline is pressured to change the brand and broaden its appeal. It's never to do a better job at what they already do.

Southwest Airlines is also undergoing shittification. Charging for baggage. Assigning seats. Doing away with quirky cabin announcements. Raising the prices and lowering the experience.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2025 09:13 AM (MxZB4)

Business schools teach Disruption.

The issue I think is that a lot of companies aren't focusing on the prerequisites of being disruptive. To do that, a company first needs to stabilize the company, focus on the core business, then assess the landscape and find an opening. Only then can the company start to build momentum in that space and finally disrupt.

I see Cracker Barrel trying to go to step five without bothering with one through four.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 27, 2025 09:16 AM (PzXaK)

313 Don't get dragged into policy debates;
___________________________

Policy debates are the "land war in Asia" for Democrats

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2025 09:17 AM (MxZB4)

314 > Southwest Airlines is also undergoing shittification.
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I think they all are.

I haven't flown in years, mostly because it's a miserable experience akin to riding a less comfortable Trailways bus with a worse clientele.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 09:17 AM (Q4IgG)

315 I wasn't using "white trash" as a pejorative-more of a term of affection.

I prefer "Scoggin". But if someone were to utilize a white slur, "cracker" and "honkey" doesn't move the needle, if you want to impress me with the underlying contempt, use "ofay".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 09:17 AM (/TiS1)

316 That meme running around a few weeks ago that there are 8 million registered Democrats in Texas.

They honestly, truly believe it. It's an article of faith now


The left is very, very good an amplifying lies.

So someone makes a claim in the leftysphere - say Shrub is going to bring back the draft or Trump is going to start WWIII. They quickly reference each other and soon not only is it a fact, but any disagreement will quickly yield a "I'm not here to do your research for you...look it up yourself!"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2025 09:18 AM (sKqQm)

317 I haven't flown in years, mostly because it's a miserable experience akin to riding a less comfortable Trailways bus with a worse clientele.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 09:17 AM (Q4IgG)



Every day there are flights that are delayed because some asshole wants to make a scene over something incredibly stupid and ruins everyone else's day doing it.

Society sucks balls.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

318 but she always works super hard and is practical. and watches her money like a hawk. good things!
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 27, 2025 09:11 AM (Pv3Rg)


Yeah, my kid2 has a higher checking account balance than I do. Of course, that's cuz they just finished their summer internship and I'm still paying for everything but they don't spend money like water.

Kid1 is a bit more of a spendthrift but their spouse is better. Hopefully they'll get better as they age.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 09:19 AM (ExV1e)

319 Morn' all... Yeah... I'm pissed about the 600 thousand Chinese spy's allowed to go to Our Universities... WTF Trump ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 27, 2025 09:15 AM (VE6XX)
******
I am hoping that with enough grief from his supporters he'll reverse course

Posted by: redridinghood at August 27, 2025 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

320 309- I thought it was clear from the Confederate Railroad song reference!

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 27, 2025 09:19 AM (hlNLQ)

321 Listening to the delightful overture to The Lily of Kilarney by Julius Benedict. That opera along with Maritana by William Wallace and The Bohemian Girl by Michael Balfe form what is called "The Irish Ring".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 07:43 AM (kkTda)


When reviewing the Gilbert & Sullivan opera The Yeomen of the Guard, Punch magazine snidely commented that Gilbert had basically stolen the plot of Maritana.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 27, 2025 09:19 AM (ufSfZ)

322 Still, if you saw: "Scottish girl wielding knife and axe" or "Swedish girl whining about Climate Change" in the first line of a description of a Netflix or Amazon Prime movie, which would you more likely click on?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 09:09 AM

I'll just leave this here.

https://youtu.be/HXm8JdC4k4c

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2025 09:19 AM (gd9Fw)

323 I see Cracker Barrel trying to go to step five without bothering with one through four.

Disruptive in the sense of sanitizing all of the life and distinction from their product?

For all of their efforts, good or bad, the stock is still moving sideways.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 09:20 AM (/TiS1)

324 Business schools teach Disruption.
_____________________

Based on my and my spouses experience on cow college N schools, the central tenet of B-schools is "shareholder return on investment."

"Boeing, those quality inspectors are adding nothing to the bottom line Get rid of them."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2025 09:21 AM (MxZB4)

325 Buckaroo Trump versus the WEF would be a cool movie.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2025 09:21 AM (5/XFf)

326 Trump is getting a lot done by ignoring the Dems emotional blackmail. Not worrying about "empathy" or "coming together" etc.. Good idea

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2025 09:22 AM (rRoxM)

327 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 27, 2025 09:19 AM

Top o' the mornin' to ya, MP4!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2025 09:23 AM (ySpAZ)

328 Hey, MP4!

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2025 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

329 As has been mentioned regarding Cracker Barrel's surrender on their logo...

That switch was never the real issue. The corporate "makeover" and embracing all things fake, ghey and bullshit was.

And that transformation is still on. The logo had nothing to do with it. IMO it's not a "win." It's appeasement on the corporation's part to keep their plans on track.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 09:23 AM (Q4IgG)

330 Monday I was in one of the training academy Wal-Mart stores and had to use the loo. The walls were nothing but white tile.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2025 09:24 AM (5/XFf)

331 I see Cracker Barrel trying to go to step five without bothering with one through four.

The only solution now is to update the logo with Sydney Sweeney in sexy country girl clothes straddling the barrel. And say she has great biscuits, or muffins, or something.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 27, 2025 09:24 AM (JCZqz)

332 Lizzie Borden took an axe...

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 27, 2025 09:24 AM (3TH5P)

333 I don't know if people here got the rest of the story about the supposed active shooter at U of Arkansas on Monday. Police, FBI, and (I assume) National Guard swarmed the campus and didn't find anything. The call, which included sounds of gunfire, was a hoax.

This has been happening at other schools as well this semester.

Not that I know anything, but seems like some of these unbalanced people threatening domestic terrorism to "save democracy" might have something to do with this. And I wouldn't be surprised if there are more events with actual violence in the future.

I wish there were a way to impose sanity on these people.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 27, 2025 09:25 AM (FMtrg)

334 Ahhhh....that first sip of coffee that burns the shit out of your entire mouth......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

335 Top o' the mornin' to ya, MP4!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2025 09:23 AM (ySpAZ)

328 Hey, MP4!
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2025 09:23 AM (77rzZ)


Hello to you both. Just lurking - only saw the Maritana comment and thought I'd add a bit of trivia. Not feeling like returning regularly yet.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 27, 2025 09:25 AM (ufSfZ)

336 The only solution now is to update the logo with Sydney Sweeney in sexy country girl clothes straddling the barrel. And say she has great biscuits, or muffins, or something.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 27, 2025 09:24 AM (JCZqz)


But then stylish city dwellers and oppressed minorities wouldn't go to Cracker Barrel.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 09:26 AM (ExV1e)

337 Now that Taylor Swift is off the market, I have the sadz.

Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at August 27, 2025 09:26 AM (0sNs1)

338
"Boeing, those quality inspectors are adding nothing to the bottom line Get rid of them."
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2025 09:21 AM (MxZB4)


My old company got a girlboss as CEO. She brought in the consultants for a "strategic review". Older employees were hunted down in a pogrom. R&D was eviscerated. If you weren't managing money or turning a valve, you were superfluous.

When I was let go, the stock price was $130. Now it's $45.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 09:26 AM (kkTda)

339 One of the best memes I have seen is this poster with Aunt Jemimah, Uncle Ben, and the Land-o-Lakes Indian maiden all in heaven. At the bottom is the white Cracker Barrel guy saying he was going back down.

Kinda sums up how the AWLF Karens of business have erased from popular culture any kind of true representation.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2025 09:27 AM (5/XFf)

340 Not feeling like returning regularly yet.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 27, 2025 09:25 AM (ufSfZ)



It happens. Just make sure you keep in touch with someone outside the blog so when we start to worry, someone knows you're Ok.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

341 "... And you know what would happen? If they didn’t, our college system would go to hell very quickly,” Trump said.

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

I'm sure it's already been pointed out that our "college system" went to hell starting about six decades ago.

*spit*

Posted by: ShainS -- Only Sydney Sweeney Can Save Cracker Barrel Now! at August 27, 2025 09:27 AM (xvXg6)

342 335 Hello to you both. Just lurking - only saw the Maritana comment and thought I'd add a bit of trivia. Not feeling like returning regularly yet.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 27, 2025 09:25 AM (ufSfZ)

======

Hope you're doing well!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 09:27 AM (GBKbO)

343 I wish there were a way to impose sanity on these people.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 27, 2025 09:25 AM (FMtrg)


Enforce mandatory church attendance.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 27, 2025 09:28 AM (SfhV1)

344 Disruptive in the sense of sanitizing all of the life and distinction from their product?

For all of their efforts, good or bad, the stock is still moving sideways.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 27, 2025 09:20 AM (/TiS1)

Rebranding can be a part of a disruptive strategy. But the rebranding has to be a result of the previous steps and MUST be informed by them. Simply rebranding in a vacuum only alienates the core business without providing a reason for new customers to come in.

The idea behind disruption is to identify (or create...) an opportunity before your competitors and own the space. For instance, Apple identified an opportunity for people to take music on the go, with the result being the iPod. That worked very well and basically became a very popular, iconic product. It disruptied the other players in the industry and left them floundering.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 27, 2025 09:28 AM (PzXaK)

345
A system of higher education is essential. THIS system of higher education isn't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 09:28 AM (kkTda)

346 I woke up with one hell of a crick in my neck this morning.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

347 Stop putting women in charge.

Posted by: Like Cracker Barrel at August 27, 2025 09:29 AM (XQo4F)

348 Not feeling like returning regularly yet.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 27, 2025 09:25 AM (ufSfZ)


Love you.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 27, 2025 09:29 AM (SfhV1)

349 I am a lot less sanguine about Republicans electoral situation for the midterms. Those two loses of Iowa senate seats seems concerning. Does anyone have the background on those?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 27, 2025 09:29 AM (7lDkT)

350 Be well no matter what MPPPP.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2025 09:29 AM (5/XFf)

351 349 I am a lot less sanguine about Republicans electoral situation for the midterms. Those two loses of Iowa senate seats seems concerning. Does anyone have the background on those?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 27, 2025 09:29 AM (7lDkT)

=======

Special elections are not predictive of general elections.

They never have been. They never will be.

Turnout is simply different. They reflect different issues than what will come up in a general election.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 09:30 AM (GBKbO)

352 Ahhhh....that first sip of coffee that burns the shit out of your entire mouth......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:25 AM


I feel for you, brother. I can burn my mouth on warm tap water.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2025 09:30 AM (ySpAZ)

353 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

354 The boobs are nood.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 27, 2025 09:31 AM (MGB5H)

355 I feel for you, brother. I can burn my mouth on warm tap water.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2025 09:30 AM (ySpAZ)



I don't burn my mouth often, but when I do, it's first thing in the morning with a steaming hot cup of coffee.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

356 I have to wonder if Trump is doing some sort of bait and switch with the 600k Chinese college students?


Please?!?

I can't wrap my head around it happening as has been announced...

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2025 09:31 AM (GbwPZ)

357 MP4, you are one of my favorite commenters here. I look forward to your return when you are ready.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2025 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

358 Enforce mandatory church attendance.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 27, 2025 09:28 AM (SfhV1)


At a healthy church.

Some churches are all in on "saving democracy" and fighting Trump. Those churches are probably cultivating this demonic mindset.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 27, 2025 09:33 AM (FMtrg)

359 I am a lot less sanguine about Republicans electoral situation for the midterms. Those two loses of Iowa senate seats seems concerning
_____________

If the left is motivated and the right is complacent, the left wins.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2025 09:33 AM (MxZB4)

360 >> Special elections are not predictive of general elections.

They never have been. They never will be.

Turnout is simply different. They reflect different issues than what will come up in a general election.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 09:30 AM (GBKbO)

Yeah but it tells me that it’s close enough in terms of registration and turnout to make the seat competitive. I get that people don’t show up for off cycle stuff but it often seems to swing in the other direction. I was wondering what overall registration was like by party in those districts. Iowa is usually pretty red.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 27, 2025 09:34 AM (7lDkT)

361 I miss going to church. I mean I live in one, but I kiss going to one on Sunday morning.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2025 09:34 AM (MxZB4)

362 > two alleged migrant men who allegedly attempted to assault one of the girls

We really need to stop calling these asswipes "migrants", conflating them with well-behaved, legal immigrants who do their best to be good guests.

Even if one only considers the Indian subcontinent...

Are Hindus running child rape gangs? Buddhists? Jains? Parsees? Christians? Jews? (yes, there are some native Indian Jews)? Practitioners of various Indian tribal religions?

No. They are not.

Who does that leave?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2025 09:35 AM (qpyNK)

363 360 Yeah but it tells me that it’s close enough in terms of registration and turnout to make the seat competitive. I get that people don’t show up for off cycle stuff but it often seems to swing in the other direction. I was wondering what overall registration was like by party in those districts. Iowa is usually pretty red.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 27, 2025 09:34 AM (7lDkT)

=======

7,000 total votes when generals have 21,000 votes usually.

It's simply different, more about local organization and less about the opinions of the overall district.

It's why turnout of roughly 16% will yield different results from turnout of roughly 60%.

It's unreflective of the 60% that will show up to vote at the next general.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, growing up with John Hughes at August 27, 2025 09:36 AM (GBKbO)

364 329 As has been mentioned regarding Cracker Barrel's surrender on their logo...

That switch was never the real issue. The corporate "makeover" and embracing all things fake, ghey and bullshit was.

And that transformation is still on. The logo had nothing to do with it. IMO it's not a "win." It's appeasement on the corporation's part to keep their plans on track.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2025 09:23 AM (Q4IgG)

And they cannot see that.

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 09:39 AM (aURVT)

365 And now Trump is doubling down on Operation Warp Speed, the one completely unnecessary thing that's murdering people by the millions.

WTF is going on with him? Geez Louise.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2025 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

The calendar….the same one that caught up with Biden.

Posted by: Voter theater. at August 27, 2025 09:59 AM (FCPbW)

366 Monday I was in one of the training academy Wal-Mart stores and had to use the loo. The walls were nothing but white tile.

Functional, durable, maintainable, economical -- what's not to like?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2025 10:14 AM (V2xBx)

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