Democrat Senators Attack RFKJr., Trying to Pressure Their Weaker Republican Counterparts to Demand His Ouster

There is a plan, concocted by people in Big Pharma, to oust RFKJr.

On the eve before the US Senate reconvenes, a detailed secret trade-association memo plotting the removal of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has leaked. It reads like a coup attempt against regulatory reform--and they are spending millions to make sure Kennedy is out of office by September.
It seems that the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), whose membership includes Pfizer, Merck, Novavax, Vaxcyte, and hundreds of biotech firms that profit from regulatory insulation, has a mole. This article critiques the documented lobbying behavior of the trade group BIO, not the internal operations or clinical data of its member corporations.
When the nation's leading pharmaceutical trade group convenes a closed-door strategy meeting and openly discusses the need to "go to The Hill and lobby that it is time for RFK Jr. to go," the issue is no longer health policy--it is democratic integrity.
According to the apparent leaked minutes, verified by the name of the creator of the file, on April 3, 2025, BIO held a "Vaccine Policy Steering Committee" (VPSC) meeting whose internal summary, soon to be publicly available thanks to whistleblowers, reveals a campaign of strategic deception, institutional capture, and psychological warfare and exposes a campaign of institutional deception, investor protection, and coordinated sabotage of the MAHA reform platform.
According to the leaked document, titled "BIO Vaccine Policy Steering Committee -- April 3, 2025", BIO has committed $2 million--half of its cash reserve--to counter what it calls the "threat" posed by Kennedy's rise. But this is no ordinary PR push. It is a multi-pronged campaign designed to deceive the public, silence dissent, and preserve industry dominance through influence operations masquerading as science.
The Plot Exposed
The document opens with a blunt political calculation: Kennedy's candidacy threatens investor confidence, regulatory predictability, and the long-term viability of the vaccine business. BIO leadership in the apparent leaked document states plainly: "It is time to go to The Hill and lobby that it is time for RFK Jr to go."
To achieve this, according to the document, BIO intends to deploy surrogates across the political spectrum, co-opt conservative influencers, and bypass direct engagement with the Kennedy campaign altogether. Among the figures named as potential allies in this covert effort: Dr. Mehmet Oz, former Senator Richard Burr (former Senator NC; Advisor DLA Piper Health Policy Steering Committee), Senator Bill Cassidy (in a section of the document focused on strategic influencer engagement and legislative positioning), and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). These individuals and institutions, the memo suggests, can provide a veneer of bipartisan legitimacy to BIO's core aim: neutralize Kennedy without ever addressing the substance of his critique.

Cassidy, an unrepentant left-liberal who shames the Louisiana GOP that keeps electing him, already declared that Kennedy isn't allowed to fire HHS employees without his approval. Somehow, he believes that a legislator should have executive control.

Unfortunately, the folksy poser Senator John Kennedy joined his fellow Louisiana liberal in suggesting that RFKJr. is causing "chaos" at HHS and we need to support the "scientists" who did such a great job during covid.

Follow the Money
The most revealing detail is that $2 million--precisely half of BIO's entire $4 million reserve--has been allocated to vaccine communications, specifically a D.C.-area pilot campaign called "Why We Vaccinate." The purpose is not education, but behavioral influence: to combine "inspire and frighten" tactics in order to manipulate public sentiment and legislative behavior.
Internal documents state clearly that the campaign's goal is to appeal to the "movable middle" using emotionally charged messaging, capitalizing on fear messaging tied to national security, workforce resilience, and economic productivity.
Why such an aggressive push? Because, as Vaxcyte COO Jim Wassil apparently warned, "investors have stated they are leaving until the next data readout," citing Kennedy's "unpredictability" as a systemic disruption to the vaccine capital pipeline.
Given Kennedy's demand for restored liability, long-term data, and placebo-controlled trials, BIO appears to view Kennedy's proposals as a threat to the entire shortcut pipeline BIO built under EUA conditions.
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As a reminder, these statements are drawn from the contents of an internal memo that has not been publicly confirmed by the named individuals. Interpretations remain provisional.
Hijacking Language
The VPSC meeting wasn't just about funding. It was also about redefining language. BIO officials emphasized a shift in framing--from "protect," "defend," and "maintain" to "streamline," "optimize," and "enhance."
But these are not reforms. They read as an attempt at narrative laundering operations. When BIO says "efficiency," it means fewer safety requirements. When it says "resilience," it means consumer obedience, not protection from harms from vaccines held to the Kennedy Bar. And when it says "transparency," it means secretive PR-managed theater, not data disclosure.
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BIO's strategic calculus is unmistakable: avoid confronting RFK, Jr. head-on and instead flood the surrounding narrative space with surrogate voices engineered to appear neutral, authoritative, and scientifically grounded.
The April 3 memo explicitly recommends targeting "Makary and Trump Insiders vs RFK, Jr.," signaling an intention to bypass public debate in favor of internal triangulation. Within this framework, Dr. Mehmet Oz is floated as a potential "public health voice of reason within WH," praised for his healthcare credentials and presumed credibility with conservative audiences.
While no specific action is proposed, the implication is clear--the document suggests BIO may aim to elevate Oz as a counterweight to Kennedy's reform agenda by leveraging his media fluency and perceived scientific legitimacy to repackage industry talking points under the guise of responsible governance. This is not policy--it's psychological misdirection through proxy, as the document implies.
The document also names AEI as a "trusted" conduit for pro-vaccine messaging, with Scott Gottlieb calling the MAHA movement a "cover for an anti-vaccine campaign." It floats Dr. Oz as a possible public face of White House-aligned medical messaging. It outlines plans to use conservative constituents and influencers not to question BIO's agenda, but to normalize it among skeptics.

Senate Democrats savaged RFKJr. at yesterday's Finance Committee hearing,
appearing to be well-incentivized by Big Pharma donations.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., got into a heated debate with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Or., during a hearing on Thursday.
The exchange came as Kennedy was testifying before the Senate Finance Committee. Wyden accused Kennedy of putting children into "harm's way" with his policies and argued Kennedy has shown no regrets about doing so.
"This is about kids being pushed into harm's way by reckless and repeated decisions to get scientists and doctors out of the way and allow conspiracy theories to dictate this country's health policy," Wyden said at the end of his questioning.
"I don't see any evidence that you have any regrets about anything you've done or plans to change it. And my last comment is, I hope that you will tell the American people how many preventable child deaths are an acceptable sacrifice for enacting an agenda that I think is fundamentally cruel and defies common sense. Thank you, Mr. Chairman," Wyden said.
"Do I get a reply?" Kennedy said. "Senator you've sat in that chair how long? 20-25 years while the chronic disease of our children went up to 76%. And you said nothing."
"You never asked the question why it's happening. Why is this happening? Today, for the first time in 20 years, we've learned that infant mortality has increased in our country. It's not because I came in here. It's because of what happened during the Biden administration that we're going to end," he continued.

Sheldon Whitehouse complained that the Department of Health and Human Services wouldn't take his phone calls.

RFKJr. pointed out that this grandstanding c***sucker has his cell phone number, but never bothered to use it.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Thursday excoriated Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., over his complaints that he was being "jerked around" by his agency, saying Whitehouse had the means to contact him personally and never did so.
"I'm being jerked around by your bureaucracy. I would like it to end and get some progress," Whitehouse told Kennedy during his Senate testimony.
Kennedy Jr. was having none of it, however.
"Senator, you raised this during my confirmation hearing... you raised something that makes a lot of sense," he said. "I said to you at that time 'call me and we'd love to come talk about this.'"
"You have my cell phone! You can call me any time! I have never heard from you in seven months," Kennedy quipped. "I would love to meet with you."
Whitehouse cheekily replied, "we'll try. You have 30,000 employees. They could have reached out to me. They know where I live."

This is such a crazy female kind of argument: sure I could have called you if I have a problem but I want you to reach out to me. You should read my mind and just know when I need reassurance.

Speaking of crazy female logic: Maria Cantrell complains that RFKJr. is interrupting her when she insults him, and then, when he stops interrupting her, declares "You, sir, are a charlatan."

�OMG RFK Jr is too crazy to run HHS�

Same people.. 👇🏻pic.twitter.com/qkBXzNoP5T
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 4, 2025

🚨 RFK JR just UNLOADED on bureaucrats at the CDC: "We are the SICKEST country in the world. That's why we have to FIRE people at CDC.

They did not do their job! This was THEIR job to keep us healthy!"

"This morning I got a the latest numbers from CDC that 76.4% of Americans� pic.twitter.com/ewAXA9711g
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 4, 2025

Kennedy keeps on reminding Fauxcahontas that she's taken $850,000 from Big Pharma, and the new checks are in the mail.

RFK Jr. Just absolutely HANDLED Fauxahontas.

WATCH. pic.twitter.com/1lj2Z3xnZ0
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 4, 2025

Her argument is that RFKJr. should falsify the science and claim that the covid non-vaccines are indicated (recommended) for healthy children to scam the insurance companies into paying for a medically-unnecessary treatment. She actually argues this. "Insurance companies won't pay for medically-unnecessary treatments" so HHS should lie and claim that healthy children need endless covid boosters.

This seems like a perfect time for GAINZZZ.

Do you have GAINZZZ? Or planzzz to get GAINZZZ in the near future?

As I've mentioned, I'm on day four of my fast. I know that days 2-4 are the worst days and that at some point, hunger largely just extenuates. (Until you run out of fat to easily burn, at which point you have what they call "the hunger of the wolf," just an absolutely ravenous appetite and the body's clear signal that the fast is over. I never got to that point so I just have to take their word for it.)

It's been an easy fast so far. I think this is because I put on a lot of weight -- I'm heavier than I've been in five years -- and my body and brain both agreed: You can afford to take some time off from stuffing your face, Fatty.

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1 !

Posted by: barbarausa at September 05, 2025 05:05 PM (enw9G)

2 I absolutely believe it about Burr and Cassidy.

Posted by: PAgirlinNC at September 05, 2025 05:06 PM (yJ/J4)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 05, 2025 05:06 PM (GYt5+)

4
President Trump cannot spare this man, he fights!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! [/i at September 05, 2025 05:07 PM (Tv15w)

5 I want EACH AND EVERY Republican who gives the Pfizer-driven "issue" any attention at all to be *pilloried* for it. RFK Jr has been just what this nation needed--a reality check on how much fraud has been injected into our health and food systems.

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 05:07 PM (TN0g+)

6 Hi everybody
Can't believe I finally got to a thread early.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 05:07 PM (t/2Uw)

7 I have gainzz

Posted by: Accomack at September 05, 2025 05:08 PM (rlnxk)

8 So Ace is hungry like the wolf? Is he on the prowl and after you?

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 05:08 PM (TN0g+)

9 You can afford to take some time off from stuffing your face, Fatty.
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Cheesy-Poofs hardest hit...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 05, 2025 05:09 PM (7fElN)

10 I won't listen to any video of RFK. His voice affliction actually makes him painful to listen to for me.

Glad he's doing what he's doing, though.

Posted by: Bulg at September 05, 2025 05:09 PM (77rzZ)

11 "Democrat Senators Attack RFKJr., Trying to Pressure Their Weaker Republican Counterparts to Demand His Ouster"

rfk isn't going anywhere and they know it. He humiliated a couple of dem senators when they were supposed to be scoring cheap sound bites off of him.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 05, 2025 05:09 PM (0N4FZ)

12 >>>Whitehouse cheekily replied, "we'll try. You have 30,000 employees. They could have reached out to me. They know where I live."
This is such a crazy female kind of argument: sure I could have called you if I have a problem but I want you to reach out to me.

"Men" who are women.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2025 05:09 PM (aURVT)

13
Those pathetic asshole Senators could not cobble together even a single cogent and pertinent question from whatever background material their staffs provided.

Of what use are they? Flush all of them out of office!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! [/i at September 05, 2025 05:09 PM (Tv15w)

14 Is Ace still fasting?

Posted by: Bulg at September 05, 2025 05:09 PM (77rzZ)

15 >>>8 So Ace is hungry like the wolf? Is he on the prowl and after you?

i'm lost and I'm found.

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:10 PM (KRtlO)

16 The problem for big Pharma is that if they attack K for being paranoid about what they are doing, this confirms that he isn't paranoid at all.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 05:10 PM (8avO+)

17 I'm wondering what kind of sanctions Trump can place on these companies.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 05, 2025 05:10 PM (0U5gm)

18 The flak is getting heavy, he better not give up

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2025 05:11 PM (+qU29)

19 >>>14 Is Ace still fasting?

yes, day four. I believe/hope that it will be easy starting tomorrow. (Although it's been pretty easy so far.)

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:11 PM (KRtlO)

20 A big gain for me was starting to listen to a health podcast. I have decided to prioritize my health and I force myself to listen to it weekly before my gainzing pods.

Posted by: Brometheus at September 05, 2025 05:11 PM (FIfWh)

21 "This is such a crazy female kind of argument: sure I could have called you if I have a problem but I want you to reach out to me. You should read my mind and just know when I need reassurance."

Except that was a man saying it, Ace.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2025 05:12 PM (2GCMq)

22 >>>14 Is Ace still fasting?

yes, day four. I believe/hope that it will be easy starting tomorrow. (Although it's been pretty easy so far.)
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:11 PM (KRtlO)

count those limbs in case you gnawed some off...

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 05:12 PM (8avO+)

23 ....-a reality check on how much fraud ..

As the Onscreen/24-like countdown continues to tick, the world frets about the Rights of the Guilty, the Nobility of the Depraved, and the Legacy of the Insane...

The Establishment remaining Established no matter what the Body Count, but if JUST ONE PERSON die who's not part of the plan -- people JUST LOSE THEIR MINDS!

forWAR'd !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ANN55PjMw

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at September 05, 2025 05:12 PM (l2c62)

24 There is but so long you can ignore the Hunger of the Wolf. The Wolf comes for us all.

Posted by: Maria Ouspenskaya in 40s Horror Film at September 05, 2025 05:12 PM (oftw2)

25 the lyric isn't "I'm lost and I'm found," it's "I'm lost in a crowd."

I apologize for this Fake News. I'm a Russian Agent.

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:12 PM (KRtlO)

26 It is a strange world in which I have even a smidgen of respect for a Kennedy.

Posted by: huerfano at September 05, 2025 05:12 PM (98kQX)

27 I had my Post Op with Surgeon today and looking good. I can finally take a real shower but no swimming for 6 weeks. he said Drive when your ready. Big relief. PT starts Monday and hoping to start to get strong again. I am not a patient patient so happy to be starting phase 2.
Do what you need to do Ace. Getting fit is everything.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 05:13 PM (t/2Uw)

28 RFKjr has been ruthless.

Awaiting the autism report.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 05, 2025 05:13 PM (g0Wri)

29 dang Duran Duran is good and I'm no longer ashamed to say so

Love is Love

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:13 PM (KRtlO)

30 Needs more mockery

@TheBabylonBee 12m
Ford Introduces Pumpkin Spice F-150

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 05, 2025 05:13 PM (mlg/3)

31 Fauxcahontas: you always paid for my food.
Dad: you're 60. Get out
Faux: you can't change the rules

Posted by: Accomack at September 05, 2025 05:13 PM (FjEs9)

32 I think I may have reached the point in life where I need to drastically cut back my alcohol consumption and caloric intake generally.

Thanks Gin, it was a hell of a ride.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 05, 2025 05:13 PM (we+pM)

33 Is Ace still fasting?
Posted by: Bulg

Reading is fundamental!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 05, 2025 05:14 PM (NMeII)

34 >>>at some point, hunger largely just extenuates

"Extenuate" is not a word I know.

extenuate
verb [with object]
1 cause (an offense) to seem less serious: even the fact that you once helped to save my life could not extenuate your offense.
2 literary - make (someone) thin: his whole frame was extenuated by hunger and fatigue | (extenuated as adjective) : drawings of extenuated figures.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2025 05:14 PM (aURVT)

35 >>>Awaiting the autism report.

I don't believe that he's going to prove vaccines cause autism BUT 1, I want the issue studied, and I want to know one way or the other, and 2, I want to know what DOES cause it, if not vaccines.

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:14 PM (KRtlO)

36 Eric Adams was 40 minutes late to his presser to say he's staying in the race.

Posted by: Ann at September 05, 2025 05:14 PM (4neFu)

37 I disagree vehemently with RFK on 90 percent of issues, but I agree with him in his current position. He is a sharp guy, I'm glad he is on our side on this issue.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 05, 2025 05:15 PM (0U5gm)

38 I have zero problem with Kennedy locking horns with others in the administration to arrive at new protocols. It is a problem when money is being tossed around rather than ideas and science.

The current protocols need upending. If it takes a crank like Kennedy to flip the table, so be it.

Posted by: spongeworthy at September 05, 2025 05:15 PM (CDWlY)

39 >>> I think I may have reached the point in life where I need to drastically cut back my alcohol consumption and caloric intake generally.

the body doesn't recover as well as one passes age 29.

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:15 PM (KRtlO)

40 I wish Kennedy wasn't so hard to listen to.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 05:15 PM (t/2Uw)

41 I NEED RFK.jr to respond with "I'm sorry I wasn't listening".

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at September 05, 2025 05:15 PM (s9EN2)

42 ‘Time for RJKj to go”? He just got there!

Posted by: Sir Elric the Blade at September 05, 2025 05:16 PM (3+IIj)

43 Tide Pods are calorie-free and help flush the system. I do all me washin' in Tide.

Posted by: 'Cuz It's Too Darn Cold Outtide at September 05, 2025 05:16 PM (oftw2)

44 If Adams drops out without endorsing Mandami, Adams goes to jail.

Posted by: Accomack at September 05, 2025 05:16 PM (FjEs9)

45 So Ace is hungry like the wolf? Is he on the prowl and after you?

i'm lost and I'm found.
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*golf clap*

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 05:16 PM (TN0g+)

46 Other civilized countries vaccinate. No such autism rate. What gives? I hope they are comparing what they are doing what the US is doing.

Posted by: runner at September 05, 2025 05:17 PM (g47mK)

47 One quibble ace: how can Cassidy embarrass Louisiana if the keep electing him? They are getting exactly what they vote for.

Thank you.*

*read that in your head as Peter Falk

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 05, 2025 05:17 PM (zZu0s)

48 Adams is staying in? They are all such egotistical Divas.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 05:17 PM (t/2Uw)

49 This is such a crazy female kind of argument:

that one will attract a few fireballs

Posted by: brak at September 05, 2025 05:18 PM (jGJov)

50 So Ace is hungry like the wolf? Is he on the prowl and after you?

i'm lost and I'm found.
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*golf clap*
Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 05:16 PM (TN0g+)

As ear worms go, it is a lot better than fuckjng cbd and his Bonnie Tyler videos.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 05, 2025 05:18 PM (zZu0s)

51 UPDATE: The lyric IS "i'm lost and I'm found."

He also says "I'm lost in a crowed" earlier in the song.

so it's both.

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:18 PM (KRtlO)

52 47 One quibble ace: how can Cassidy embarrass Louisiana if the keep electing him? They are getting exactly what they vote for.

Thank you.*

*read that in your head as Peter Falk
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 05, 2025 05:17 PM (zZu0s)

Just one more thing.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2025 05:18 PM (aURVT)

53 Keep in mind everything RFK has done and said were considered perfectly reasonable leftwing position as recently as 2018.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 05, 2025 05:18 PM (sKqQm)

54 Just for the record, medical insurance costs about $2,000 per month or more. Sometimes your company pays part of that, but if you are self insured, you pay it.

There is no way the crap treatment that we get is worth that kind of money. At least half of it is siphoned off as bribes, payoffs, or make work jobs, and just about every senator is raking in millions per year from that pile of money.

We are being bled by medical costs so that our so called representatives can rake in money under the table.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 05, 2025 05:19 PM (0U5gm)

55 When did they start giving Hep B vaccine to newborns ? 1990s? If you ask me (and I am an expert in all things) that might be the leading cause autism!

Posted by: runner at September 05, 2025 05:19 PM (g47mK)

56 The Deep State trying to get rid of a Kennedy. Evergreen.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 05, 2025 05:19 PM (bNf8H)

57 Watching all the Karens complaining the clot shot has been "banned" because their insurance won't pay for it is hillarious.

I guess somehow overnight the government stopped being the ONLY source of truth on your need for the clot shot. Odd how that works isn't it?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 05, 2025 05:19 PM (sKqQm)

58 >>>I NEED RFK.jr to respond with "I'm sorry I wasn't listening".

I'm going to need you to calm down...

Posted by: brak at September 05, 2025 05:19 PM (jGJov)

59 the body doesn't recover as well as one passes age 29.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:15 PM (KRtlO)

Tell me about it. I upped my weight and squats quite a bit and while I did not hurt myself and it was a good workout. Fuck. I have been sore for two days like a little bitch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 05, 2025 05:19 PM (zZu0s)

60 @39

>>the body doesn't recover as well as one passes age 29.

Alcohol is poison, tasty fun poison, but poison none the less.

And once you reach a certain age, mumbly 60, mumbly 2, unless you are being active everyday, it's nearly impossible to keep weight of absent caloric restriction, I'm chunking up, and I don't like it one bit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 05, 2025 05:20 PM (we+pM)

61 the body doesn't recover as well as one passes age 29.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:15 PM (KRtlO)
But don’t taper off. Quit cold turkey. I’m considering age 99.

Posted by: Eromero at September 05, 2025 05:20 PM (jgmnb)

62 Pete Hegseth wins the competition for the most badass name for a cabinet position in recent history.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:20 PM (GoBh/)

63

John "Aw Shucks" Kennedy also supported Mitch McConnell's attempts to suppress the Jan 6 videos.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 05, 2025 05:20 PM (63Dwl)

64 >>>55 When did they start giving Hep B vaccine to newborns ? 1990s? If you ask me (and I am an expert in all things) that might be the leading cause autism!

could be. They also float a compromise position that it's not vaccines per se, it's 70 vaccines in a short amount of time which is a lot for a little baby's body to process.

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:20 PM (KRtlO)

65 My goodness Elizabeth Warren insists on being the strongest argument against women being included in any serious discussions beyond their immediate families. She is incapable of anything beyond the most superficial reasoning. She is an embarrassment and a living breathing insult to the distaff sex.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 05, 2025 05:20 PM (MMp6W)

66 Annnd...there's Bernie sitting at Warren's right hand. He looks a little uncomfortable.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 05, 2025 05:20 PM (XeU6L)

67 dang Duran Duran is good and I'm no longer ashamed to say so

Love is Love
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If you haven't heard it recently, go back to their hit "Rio" and listen to the bass line--its seriously bad-ass, especially around the instrumental break that starts at about the 2:50 mark. The bassist starts off rather tame, and then just gets to going!

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 05:21 PM (TN0g+)

68
The hunger of the wolf...

Tonight's Friday Night Hobo Hunt is gonna be lit!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 05, 2025 05:21 PM (iJfKG)

69 >>>John "Aw Shucks" Kennedy also supported Mitch McConnell's attempts to suppress the Jan 6 videos.

did he? I forgot that (if I knew it).

I just don't trust the "I'm just a plain-spoken folksy guy" thing in a politician. It feels like a manipulation.

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:21 PM (KRtlO)

70 He also says "I'm lost in a crowed" earlier in the song.

so it's both.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:18 PM (KRtlO)

Crowed was a good movie.

So sad about Brandon Lee.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 05, 2025 05:21 PM (zZu0s)

71 Health insurance, the way it is done is stupid.

Most of the things it covers, or people want it to cover, aren't insurance any more then changing your car's oil or making sure the heat in your house works are insurance issues.

Go back to cheap coverage that handle catastrophes like cancer or serious accidents and let people pay for their own physicals and trips to the DR for him to tell you that you have the flu.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 05, 2025 05:21 PM (sKqQm)

72 JD!

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:21 PM (GoBh/)

73 When RFK comes for the big Pharma advertising holy hell is going to rain down on him. That is gorging two of the last donk donation and propaganda sources.

I can’t wait!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at September 05, 2025 05:22 PM (17s+e)

74 Is The Department of War back?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 05, 2025 05:23 PM (gDlxJ)

75 >>> The bassist starts off rather tame, and then just gets to going!

he's good. I'll give it another listen.

He said that Hold Back the Rain has a double bass line, one line and then another overdubbed, which makes it a "bitch" to play live. I've long wondered how he can do that. Maybe it's something simple like just adding extra notes here and there.

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:23 PM (KRtlO)

76 "the document suggests BIO may aim to elevate Oz as a counterweight to Kennedy's reform agenda by leveraging his media fluency and perceived scientific legitimacy to repackage industry talking points under the guise of responsible governance."

Yikes. Oz == Neil deGrasse Tyson or Bill Nye? If I was Oz, I'd be pretty offended.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 05, 2025 05:23 PM (gLikB)

77 Five years ago I was squatting three plates, then I moved to SC and couldn't use my power rack because the garage is 100 degrees plus similar humidity. I tried Planet Fitness and their Smith machines for 5x5, but the place was full of mouthy queers, and I stopped going.

Starting up again with an empty bar. The long climb begins.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 05, 2025 05:23 PM (wBaIH)

78 >>>Crowed was a good movie.
So sad about Brandon Lee.

I remember Rapid Fire being surprisingly good. (Bonus Powers Booth.)

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:23 PM (KRtlO)

79 There is ZERO reason any healthy person under 50 needs a COVID vaccine.

Children? are you kidding me? Deaths to people under 20 are 0.4% of total deaths from COVID. vaccines do virtually nothing to help them. It's literally a joke. By the by the total number of COVID deaths for people under 20 in the U.S., for all time, is under 5,000. And many of these are deaths with COVID rather than deaths from COVID.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at September 05, 2025 05:24 PM (D1vbu)

80 >>>Do you have GAINZZZ?

Just made about 4 pounds of beef jerky, most of which was from a side of beef I won on $40 of raffle tickets. Oldest wanted high protein snacks as he is in a fitness mindset as he does cross country and is interested in building muscle mass for the ladies.

Just got about 10 pounds of homegrown pickling cucumbers from a friend we will put up this weekend.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 05, 2025 05:24 PM (i24o9)

81 Down 35 lbs in 3 months. Gainzzz....

Posted by: bearski at September 05, 2025 05:24 PM (Bhsk7)

82 As ear worms go, it is a lot better than fuckjng cbd and his Bonnie Tyler videos.
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My then-girlfriend and I were fascinated by the video to "I need a Hero". We re-watched it like 30 years after it came out and we were literally laughing outloud at just how poorly it had aged.

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 05:24 PM (TN0g+)

83 I can't say had much of a opinion on RFK before this year, but seems he is kicking ass and that's what's needed. They ran over the country with Covid and other dictates.

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2025 05:24 PM (+qU29)

84 >>>Crow was a good movie.
So sad about Brandon Lee.

I remember Rapid Fire being surprisingly good. (Bonus Powers Booth.)

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:23 PM (KRtlO)

Thumbs up on both.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 05, 2025 05:24 PM (i24o9)

85 >>> >>>55 When did they start giving Hep B vaccine to newborns ?

gotta keep the alphabet people happy we're inoculating innocent children for that STD they keep spreading

Posted by: brak at September 05, 2025 05:25 PM (jGJov)

86 Gage and DeSoto told dozens of patients and the public to "Calm down" as they performed their rescue/treatment and never caught flak for it. The 70s were different, I guess.

Posted by: Better Times? at September 05, 2025 05:25 PM (oftw2)

87 74 Is The Department of War back?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 05, 2025 05:23 PM (gDlxJ

Yes.

FoxNews showed them changing the name on a building.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 05, 2025 05:25 PM (jvJvP)

88 RFK Jr. has learned that these people were never the friends they purported to be. He's acting accordingly, and I applaud him for being tenacious for this cause that he's so obviously passionate about.

He's tough to listen to, but he gave better than he got.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 05, 2025 05:25 PM (M0V4/)

89 45 So Ace is hungry like the wolf? Is he on the prowl and after you?

i'm lost and I'm found.
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*golf clap*
Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 05:16 PM (TN0g+)

Hungry like the Worf?

Posted by: m at September 05, 2025 05:25 PM (aURVT)

90 I NEED RFK.jr to respond with "I'm sorry I wasn't listening".

I'm going to need you to calm down...
Posted by: brak
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I’m a bit peckish. Could you make me sammich and fetch me cold beer.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at September 05, 2025 05:26 PM (17s+e)

91 >>>There is ZERO reason any healthy person under 50 needs a COVID vaccine.

it's not about need, it's about sending a message

take the shot

Posted by: WEF deep state goons at September 05, 2025 05:26 PM (jGJov)

92 yes, day four. I believe/hope that it will be easy starting tomorrow. (Although it's been pretty easy so far.)
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:11 PM (KRtlO)
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It's all about the fiber. I eat all the time and lose weight be accident. Really. I'm down to my lowest weight in a very long time. Early 30s. I was drinking pop, eating ice cream, nothing put a dent in it.

I had to give up the sweets because apparently my long abstinence has left me unable to deal with it easily and my blood sugar levels caused panic at the doctor's office when the test results came through, but I'm still down almost 30 pounds from a couple of years ago. I walk, lift some weights, and drink. Fiber flushes all the bad stuff out.

Often with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)

93 I never thought I'd say this but...RFK Jr is just the man we need right now.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 05, 2025 05:26 PM (xcxpd)

94 LA Kennedy is a putz. Very Trey Gowdy.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at September 05, 2025 05:26 PM (s9EN2)

95 Sorta-GAINZZZZ: As y'all know, part of my medical odyssey included a stint in PT rehab, after which I could get around...sort of...slowly and weakly. I'm pleased to report that in the month-plus since I got back out into the world I'm now getting around pretty dang spritely for a dude my size and issues, even though I still use a walker for now (trust me, this is actually still an improvement over pre-surgery!)

So I got that going for me, and that's actually pretty decent, considering.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at September 05, 2025 05:26 PM (OUMaO)

96 I apologize for this Fake News. I'm a Russian Agent.
Posted by: ace

As I said in a previous thread, you're no Anna Chapman.

Unless Anna Chapman is actually Ace. In which case...mind blown!

Posted by: Bulg at September 05, 2025 05:26 PM (77rzZ)

97 Ace hit it on the head in the original post.

All of this backbiting and bullshit passive aggression is straight up Toxic Femininity.

Nobody in DC has straight out discussions or arguments any longer. They just decide they don't like Mary Sue so they start a whisper campaign that she blew the offensive line behind the bleachers at the stadium so that the other mean girls turn on Mary Sue and ostracize her.

Posted by: ballistic at September 05, 2025 05:26 PM (5aZAZ)

98
Big Daddy Pharma is used to getting what it wants through any means necessary. RFK's security should be doubled.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 05, 2025 05:27 PM (IifOV)

99 I'm down 50 lbs but it has probably been close to ten years. We had one of those "steps challenges" at work and, maybe for the only time in my career, I participated in a group activity. It changed my life.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 05, 2025 05:27 PM (MMp6W)

100 Unfortunately, the folksy poser Senator John Kennedy joined his fellow Louisiana liberal in suggesting that RFKJr. is causing "chaos" at HHS and we need to support the "scientists" who did such a great job during covid.
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Kennedy is too valuable in most other instances to just throw away.

However this does go on his personal record.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:27 PM (GoBh/)

101 >>>It's all about the fiber. I eat all the time and lose weight be accident. Really. I'm down to my lowest weight in a very long time. Early 30s. I was drinking pop, eating ice cream, nothing put a dent in it.

huh. I just bought some.

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:27 PM (KRtlO)

102 He's tough to listen to, but he gave better than he got.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 05, 2025 05:25 PM (M0V4/)
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He has a week voice and can't shout down people. The Dems exploited this, but looked like maniacs in the process. They had to keep interrupting him because when he gets more than a single sentence out, he destroys them. He did that a few times and it was hilarious.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 05:27 PM (ZOv7s)

103 "time was you bought a politician in this country, the son of a bitch stayed bought!"

Posted by: Big Pharma at September 05, 2025 05:28 PM (jGJov)

104 Re Warren's rant:

‘It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.’ -William McAdoo

Or woman, I would add.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 05, 2025 05:28 PM (XeU6L)

105
I had to give up the sweets because apparently my long abstinence has left me unable to deal with it easily and my blood sugar levels caused panic at the doctor's office when the test results came through, but I'm still down almost 30 pounds from a couple of years ago.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)

Your blood sugar test results came back Jamoca Almond Fudge.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 05, 2025 05:28 PM (i24o9)

106 Every time RFKj or anyone like him goes to testify before these diseased vultures, they should bring a sign for each of the questioners as to how much took from Big Pharma. Like “Pocahontas Took $850 Million From Pharma.” Then have the sign sitting in front of them during that vultures questioning. So every time the camera cuts to him, the TV audience sees the sign.

Posted by: Sir Elric the Blade at September 05, 2025 05:28 PM (3+IIj)

107 "Whitehouse cheekily replied, 'we'll try. You have 30,000 employees. They could have reached out to me. They know where I live.'"

Hey, Asshole! You have a mouse in your pocket? I said YOU can call me anytime. Can't you do your own job about which you're so exercised?

Posted by: Kennedy, Jr at September 05, 2025 05:28 PM (gLikB)

108 I never thought I'd say this but...RFK Jr is just the man we need right now.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

In a saner world, the current White House would be a pretty decent Democratic administration, y'know, in that alternate reality where the Marxism didn't drive everyone nuts.

...OK yeah, I had trouble typing that with a straight face.

...OK yeah, the nerve's still healing, but my face is usually kinda straight these days!

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at September 05, 2025 05:28 PM (OUMaO)

109 So, one of the Powerball numbers was 69. Nice!

Posted by: Orson at September 05, 2025 05:29 PM (dIske)

110 RFK seems to be on a rampage Same as Kristi.
Both were raked over the coals

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2025 05:29 PM (+qU29)

111 I never thought I'd say this but...RFK Jr is just the man we need right now.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 05, 2025 05:26 PM (xcxpd)
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In a cabinet of stellar picks, he may be the most consequential because he's blowing up the whole Big Pharma swindle.

And the Dems are setting themselves up for attack ads with how much big pharma money they take.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 05:29 PM (ZOv7s)

112 >>LA Kennedy is a putz.
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I've always thought but was reluctant to say this. He's embarrassing. F*cking practiced cornpone country quips.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 05, 2025 05:29 PM (bNf8H)

113 If you don't think some people at the CDC need to lose their jobs after the COVID response...?

I mean, how bad do these people need to fuck up before they lose their jobs?

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at September 05, 2025 05:29 PM (D1vbu)

114 75 >>> The bassist starts off rather tame, and then just gets to going!

he's good. I'll give it another listen.

He said that Hold Back the Rain has a double bass line, one line and then another overdubbed, which makes it a "bitch" to play live. I've long wondered how he can do that. Maybe it's something simple like just adding extra notes here and there.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:23 PM (KRtlO)

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My wife is a big Duran Duran fan. They are a group that still makes good music. The Dance Macabre album they released a few years ago was great. I love their cover of Psycho Killer.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 05, 2025 05:29 PM (g0Wri)

115 I recommend ground psyllium husk for fiber. Mix it up in water with a splash of apple cider vinegar, chug it down, you'll never get backed up again. Cuts down on tp consumption as well.

Posted by: brak at September 05, 2025 05:29 PM (jGJov)

116 Is The Department of War back?
Posted by: vmom

The NFL eliminated the position of warback after Colin Kaepernick told them it was racist.

Posted by: Bulg at September 05, 2025 05:30 PM (77rzZ)

117 100 Unfortunately, the folksy poser Senator John Kennedy joined his fellow Louisiana liberal in suggesting that RFKJr. is causing "chaos" at HHS and we need to support the "scientists" who did such a great job during covid.
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Kennedy is too valuable in most other instances to just throw away.

However this does go on his personal record.
Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:27 PM (GoBh/)

What he does well, he does well.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2025 05:30 PM (aURVT)

118 Cornpone and Circuses.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at September 05, 2025 05:30 PM (s9EN2)

119 Alcohol is poison, tasty fun poison, but poison none the less.

And once you reach a certain age, mumbly 60, mumbly 2, unless you are being active everyday, it's nearly impossible to keep weight of absent caloric restriction, I'm chunking up, and I don't like it one bit.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Guy named Bender badmouthing booze. Seems sub-optimal.

Posted by: Rum Dum With DTs. at September 05, 2025 05:30 PM (oftw2)

120 Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at September 05, 2025 05:26 PM (OUMaO)

Glad to hear that, Brother Tim.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2025 05:31 PM (2GCMq)

121 Is The Department of War back?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 05, 2025 05:23 PM (gDlxJ

Yes.

FoxNews showed them changing the name on a building.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless
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This makes me uncomfortable.

Posted by: Drug cartel at September 05, 2025 05:31 PM (XeU6L)

122 I remember Rapid Fire being surprisingly good. (Bonus Powers Booth.)
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:23 PM (KRtlO)

I always think of Showdown in Little Tokyo with Dolph Lungren and a naked Tia Carrera. Pretty solid. (That's what she said.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 05, 2025 05:31 PM (zZu0s)

123 And to Ace, not trying to nag, but I think fasting is a bandaid. You need to change what you eat more than how much.

Try low carb, not Atkins, try the South Beach Diet. Move towards meat and eggs and milk and veggies. If my fat ass can lose 50 pounds in a year doing just that, I suspect you can do.

That said, I hope your fast doesn't cause you too much drama.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 05, 2025 05:31 PM (xcxpd)

124 Coach Booth says after back surgery, he had to go to rehab.

Yeah, Okay. I hurt myself. I hurt my nose.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 05, 2025 05:32 PM (MMp6W)

125 122 I remember Rapid Fire being surprisingly good. (Bonus Powers Booth.)
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:23 PM (KRtlO)

I always think of Showdown in Little Tokyo with Dolph Lungren and a naked Tia Carrera. Pretty solid. (That's what she said.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 05, 2025 05:31 PM (zZu0s)

it's also pretty funny. Plus...naked Tia.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 05, 2025 05:32 PM (xcxpd)

126 If you haven't heard it recently, go back to their hit "Rio" and listen to the bass line--its seriously bad-ass, especially around the instrumental break that starts at about the 2:50 mark. The bassist starts off rather tame, and then just gets to going!

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 05:21 PM (TN0g+)

It makes many people's best bass line lists. Deservedly so.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 05, 2025 05:32 PM (i24o9)

127 Did anyone see the story about some Seals and a secret North Korea mission and that the details were leaked to the nytimes?
This sabotaging of the administration from within(there was also talk of this about staff at the CDC) is treasonous.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 05:32 PM (t/2Uw)

128 94 LA Kennedy is a putz. Very Trey Gowdy.
Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team
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Kennedy has some zingers but what if anything has he done legislatively for the cause.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at September 05, 2025 05:32 PM (17s+e)

129 "I always think of Showdown in Little Tokyo with Dolph Lungren and a naked Tia Carrera. Pretty solid. (That's what she said.)"

That was Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrell...some people! Dang.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at September 05, 2025 05:33 PM (s9EN2)

130 I'm seeming doing fine not gaining a pound

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2025 05:34 PM (+qU29)

131 The one answer that made RFK Jr. an absolute buffoon! “I told her (CDC Director Susan Monarez) she had to resign because I asked her if she was trustworthy and she said “no”? She couldn't be "trusted" to adopt his irresponsible anti-vaccine agenda! We need more untrustworthy public servants like Susan Monarez.

Yes, and he's spinning it as though she admitted to being a traitor to the nation. He's a Lying Loser just like his boss.

I'm certain that Chump will fire him before the end of the year. Not because he's stupid (he is), but because he's garnering as many headlines as Chump these days. That's a complete no-no for any Chump employee. You never upstage the boss.

I watched that sh!tshow on CNN International last night. I swear, even our cats’ eyes were rolling back in their heads.

The biggest thing that made rfk jr look like a 100% fool was him agreeing djt deserved the noble prize for the covid vax and then immediately turning around and saying the covid vax was a disaster...

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 05, 2025 05:34 PM (ycI94)

132 "time was you bought a politician in this country, the son of a bitch stayed bought!"
Posted by: Big Pharma

I think that line was first said about the notoriously corrupt PA politician Simon Cameron, who was Lincoln's first Secretary of War.

Lincoln dismissed him for his corruption, and appointed him ambassador to Russia. Some wag at the time remarked something to the effect of, "Hope the czar brings his things in at night." (The meaning being that, otherwise, Cameron would steal them.)

Posted by: Bulg at September 05, 2025 05:34 PM (77rzZ)

133 dang Duran Duran is good and I'm no longer ashamed to say so

Love is Love
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:13 PM (KRtlO)
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Duran Duran has always been good. Their blending in of chromatic notes was impressive, for a pop band.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:35 PM (GoBh/)

134 huh. I just bought some.

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:27 PM (KRtlO)
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I eat 25g a day of fiber, and it dries one out. Happily the Army taught me to drink water constantly, so I'm okay.

My mainstay is canned sliced pears in water, no sugar added. A can is 7g of fiber, and it adds water. Grape nuts in Greek yogurt is also important. Triscuits and popcorn also pack in the fiber as well. It's taken a few weeks but, I've finally "normalized" my diet so I don't have to count fiber every day, I just eat the "normal stuff."

Caveat: if you are not used to high fiber, be prepared for some volcanic BMs at first. Takes a while for the guts to become strong enough. I mean, it's basically a pressure wash of your colon to prevent cancer and polyps.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 05:35 PM (ZOv7s)

135 Richard Levine is a sick person. And a liar.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 05, 2025 05:35 PM (PiwSw)

136 Trump and his Cabinet are taking away an astounding number of Leftist and pay-for-play rice bowls in DC. More in 8 months than I used to believe possible in four years!

Winning!

Posted by: Gref at September 05, 2025 05:35 PM (aBgBM)

137 >>> And to Ace, not trying to nag, but I think fasting is a bandaid. You need to change what you eat more than how much.
Try low carb, not Atkins, try the South Beach Diet. Move towards meat and eggs and milk and veggies. If my fat ass can lose 50 pounds in a year doing just that, I suspect you can do.

Yeah it's a bandaid to reverse a couple of years of bad decisions and diet. But, you know, I need a reset.

After that, I'll be better. I'll look into the south beach diet. (Though I suspect it's mostly just regular keto.)

Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:35 PM (KRtlO)

138 Cantwell was a nobody state legislator when she made money in the tech boom. Was selected to run for the senate and won just as the dot-crash hit. Lost her $. The first person to have a fund-raiser for her was Teddy Kennedy. She was actually fairly good looking back them. I wonder what she had to do for that cash?

Posted by: Diogenes at September 05, 2025 05:35 PM (2WIwB)

139 129 "I always think of Showdown in Little Tokyo with Dolph Lungren and a naked Tia Carrera. Pretty solid. (That's what she said.)"

That was Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrell...some people! Dang.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at September 05, 2025 05:33 PM (s9EN2)

Showdown in Little Toyko != Big Trouble in Little China

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 05, 2025 05:35 PM (xcxpd)

140 I NEED RFK.jr to respond with "I'm sorry I wasn't listening".

I'm going to need you to calm down...
Posted by: brak
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I’m a bit peckish. Could you make me sammich and fetch me cold beer.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable

Pull out a deck of cards and play solitaire during the bloviating and grandstanding. Or work on a crossword puzzle or sudoku.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 05, 2025 05:36 PM (M0V4/)

141
There are no scientists at DHHS.

They are paper-pushing bureaucrats playing dress-up in white lab coats while they spend all day, every day rubber stamping disbursements to fund whatever woke bullshit tickles some pseudo-scientist's fancy enough to prompt the grifting piece of shit to fill out an application.

Posted by: biteme at September 05, 2025 05:36 PM (xWS9V)

142 If you had told me ten years ago that RFK Jr would become one of my favorite politicians, I would suspect you had a head injury.

But he is one of my favorites in this administration. Along with Marco Rubio who was a slam dunk hire. My opinion of him has skyrocketed.

Posted by: Mike at September 05, 2025 05:36 PM (zeZHk)

143 From the Bee:
Hunter Biden informed his father today that, due to an unexpected malfunction, he is going to be needing a new boat.

His prior boat apparently caught fire and exploded while going on a little outing through the southern Caribbean.

"The old boat, uh, died," explained Hunter to his father. "It's the darndest thing, you know? Just humming along in the Caribbean, on a dolphin tour, when... boom! It just blew up out of nowhere.

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 05:36 PM (TN0g+)

144
Ace, congrats for the will power.

I've done some 48 hr fasts but here sits a bag of salted-in-the shell-roasted peanuts and I'm like Hunter in front of a dime bag of anything.

Posted by: Auspex at September 05, 2025 05:37 PM (Y8DZL)

145 I'll look into the south beach diet. (Though I suspect it's mostly just regular keto.)
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:35 PM (KRtlO)

Jah mostly.
It's easier than keto because you don't have to kill all carbs except for the first month.

Eating just one slice of bread per day and one piece of fruit has been good for taming cravings and not messing up my gut as badly as Atkins/Keto did.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 05, 2025 05:37 PM (xcxpd)

146 Next G20 to be held Miami Florida! Bessent to set an agenda.

Posted by: runner at September 05, 2025 05:37 PM (g47mK)

147 I would love to hear one of Trump's secretaries say, "would you shut your gangrenous cock holster for one fucking minute so I can answer your retarded question?" That would make for some good TV.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at September 05, 2025 05:37 PM (qgPFD)

148 Pull out a deck of cards and play solitaire during the bloviating and grandstanding.
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Laying out a hand of solitaire while on the stand would be the stuff of legends.

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 05:38 PM (TN0g+)

149 Would the throat robo voice thing work for RFK? Might be cool, and less annoying.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at September 05, 2025 05:38 PM (s9EN2)

150 36 Eric Adams was 40 minutes late to his presser to say he's staying in the race.
Posted by: Ann at September 05, 2025 05:14 PM (4neFu)
___________________________

I'm now, officially and vigorously, supporting the little weak-ass socialist. NYC deserves to be a rotting husk. I want to be able to point to NYC and scare the ever living sh*t out of every fence sitting "moderate" who claims to intellectually choose their candidates when in fact they are half-wit attention whores.

"NY, NY, the place so nice they named it twice."

Soon to be:

"NY, NY, the place so infested with lice, that they scared of ICE."

Posted by: Orson at September 05, 2025 05:38 PM (dIske)

151 I still like Stephen Miller the best. After Trump, of course.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 05, 2025 05:38 PM (MMp6W)

152 138 Cantwell was a nobody state legislator when she made money in the tech boom. Was selected to run for the senate and won just as the dot-crash hit. Lost her $. The first person to have a fund-raiser for her was Teddy Kennedy. She was actually fairly good looking back them. I wonder what she had to do for that cash?
Posted by: Diogenes at September 05, 2025 05:35 PM (2WIwB)

Um, sammiches!

Posted by: Ted Kennedy and Chris Dodd, Democratic Titans at September 05, 2025 05:38 PM (PiwSw)

153 Fasting like that is....not recommended. As Aristotle said, and Ben Franklin reminded us, "Moderation in all things". Among other things, that means moderation in eating and not eating.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at September 05, 2025 05:38 PM (P7Iz+)

154 I mean, how bad do these people need to fuck up before they lose their jobs?
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at September 05, 2025 05:29 PM (D1vbu)
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A core element of the liberal mentality is that you cannot be held responsible for the results of your actions. Your intentions were pure, and you're one of the Good People so bad things are not permitted to happen to you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 05:38 PM (ZOv7s)

155 Richard Levine is a sick person. And a liar.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 05, 2025 05:35 PM (PiwSw)
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Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:39 PM (GoBh/)

156 133 dang Duran Duran is good and I'm no longer ashamed to say so

Love is Love
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2025 05:13 PM (KRtlO)
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Duran Duran has always been good. Their blending in of chromatic notes was impressive, for a pop band.
Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:35 PM (GoBh/)

+1
One of the few 80's band that still makes new good music after their peak in the 80's.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 05, 2025 05:39 PM (xcxpd)

157 I NEED RFK.jr to respond with "I'm sorry I wasn't listening".

I'm going to need you to calm down...
Posted by: brak
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I’m a bit peckish. Could you make me sammich and fetch me cold beer.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable

Pull out a deck of cards and play solitaire during the bloviating and grandstanding. Or work on a crossword puzzle or sudoku.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 05, 2025 05:36 PM (M0V4/)
***

A nice big arm stretching yawn.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 05, 2025 05:39 PM (2WIwB)

158 >>>A core element of the liberal mentality is that you cannot be held responsible for the results of your actions.

well that explains why so many women are liberals

Posted by: brak at September 05, 2025 05:39 PM (jGJov)

159 Based on my own son's experience I think the rise in autism is from the following process:

MMR vaccine > fibril seizure > brain trauma > autism

The fibril seizure was a near death experience for my son.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 05, 2025 05:40 PM (Vh9CX)

160 Duran Duran videos were racy too.

Posted by: Sports Illustrated PR team at September 05, 2025 05:40 PM (s9EN2)

161 "Or are you going to sit up there and continue screeching like a syphillitic chimpanzee?"

Posted by: AnchorPoint at September 05, 2025 05:40 PM (qgPFD)

162 Gainzzzz for me.

I finally accepted the fact I have to be on blood pressure medication. It’s been ten days.

My bp went from 190/108 to 114/74. I feel much better.

Yeah yeah. Shut up.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 05, 2025 05:41 PM (GQSbj)

163 Aren't the chromatic notes just all the notes?

Posted by: Oglebay at September 05, 2025 05:41 PM (MMp6W)

164 Aren't the chromatic notes just all the notes?
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Gene always got mad at me when I played all the notes.

Posted by: Vinnie Vincent at September 05, 2025 05:42 PM (TN0g+)

165 I guess when you become the party that most appeals mean girls, you become the party of mean-girling.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:42 PM (GoBh/)

166 >> i'm lost and I'm found.

Do you smell like you sound, lost in a crowd?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 05, 2025 05:42 PM (w6EFb)

167 There goes ace, a-howling and a-whining.

Posted by: Smells like he sounds at September 05, 2025 05:43 PM (TbWk/)

168 Many, many years ago Playboy magazine published a chart of what drugs went with which life events -- a parody of the "what wine goes with what food" thing -- e.g. cocaine for weddings.

As I recall, the recommended drug for Congressional hearings and grand jury indictments was LSD.

Posted by: Beatoff O'Cuck at September 05, 2025 05:43 PM (qpyNK)

169 I do have gainz. I went to the hemotologist a couple of weeks back and he says my bloodwork is now normal. Iron is under control. I can have beef twice a week and wine (haven't had either since I was diagnosed in October of 2023.

Tears of gratitude were shed.

Posted by: Wenda at September 05, 2025 05:43 PM (c+H8l)

170
Pull out a deck of cards and play solitaire during the bloviating and grandstanding. Or work on a crossword puzzle or sudoku.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 05, 2025 05:36 PM (M0V4/)
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While on battle watch during a 24-hour exercise, I produced a deck of cards and calmly laid them out on my desk, albeit not in view of the main conference camera. Really helped pass the time and when anyone asked, I said I was studying card-based probabilities for a new wargaming method.

One of the great thing about the Air Force is that they tolerate eccentrics, so I got along fine. I was a lousy soldier.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)

171 162 Gainzzzz for me.

I finally accepted the fact I have to be on blood pressure medication. It’s been ten days.

My bp went from 190/108 to 114/74. I feel much better.

Yeah yeah. Shut up.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 05, 2025 05:41 PM (GQSbj)

Better living through science!

Posted by: Gref at September 05, 2025 05:43 PM (aBgBM)

172 I NEED RFK.jr to respond with "I'm sorry I wasn't listening".

I'm going to need you to calm down...
Posted by: brak

Sir, this is a Wendy's.
-RFK

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 05, 2025 05:43 PM (zZu0s)

173 I mean, how bad do these people need to fuck up before they lose their jobs?
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at September 05, 2025 05:29 PM (D1vbu)

I'll let you know when it happens. After I stop laughing.

Posted by: Jamie Gorelick at September 05, 2025 05:43 PM (TbWk/)

174 Had Ace fed and watered the hampsters?

I see some glitching on the site.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:44 PM (GoBh/)

175 > My bp went from 190/108 to 114/74. I feel much better.

Yeah yeah. Shut up.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 05, 2025 05:41 PM (GQSbj)

Congrats. Yeah, that was hard for me to accept, too.

Posted by: Beatoff O'Cuck at September 05, 2025 05:44 PM (qpyNK)

176 Warren is really a horrible creature. I live not far from Massachusetts,in the mid Hudson, but Massholes deserve what they voted for at state and Fed level

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 05, 2025 05:44 PM (Ah2Jt)

177 Those Democrats are busy little bees aren't they?
Someone should take those backstabbing knives away from them. They are like plotting little brat children who can't get their way.

Posted by: Case at September 05, 2025 05:45 PM (iwlvf)

178 I finally accepted the fact I have to be on blood pressure medication. It’s been ten days.

My bp went from 190/108 to 114/74. I feel much better.

Yeah yeah. Shut up.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I'm there with you, Nurse. I had had very low blood pressure, historically. So much so, that in HS the school nurse asked me if I had ever passed out. Nope, I had not.

But now I'm on BP med.

Posted by: Bulg at September 05, 2025 05:45 PM (77rzZ)

179 ("son-in-law bidness" sock off)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 05, 2025 05:45 PM (qpyNK)

180 More than anything on a diet you need to get rid of sugar, candy, and chips of any type.

I started dieting on Labor Day to lose weight and in 4 days I lost 6 pounds. I restrict my calories to about 1200 or less a day.

I skip breakfast (the most important meal of the day! LOL), have light lunch like a can of tuna fish and some mixed nuts and a regularish dinner serving avoiding carbs.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at September 05, 2025 05:46 PM (Vh9CX)

181 Ohio bill would give energy companies power over household thermostats and water heaters

A new proposal in the Ohio General Assembly would allow energy companies to temporarily adjust customers’ thermostats and water heaters during periods of high demand.
House Bill 427, introduced this week, creates a voluntary demand response program aimed at reducing strain on the state’s power grid
Rep. Roy Klopfenstein, R-Haviland, said the plan is part of Ohio’s broader energy strategy. “Demand response programs have proven to be a vital tool for our large commercial users, and it’s important that similar programs are made available to residential and small commercial users,” Klopfenstein said.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at September 05, 2025 05:46 PM (9aVck)

182 Warren is really a horrible creature. I live not far from Massachusetts,in the mid Hudson, but Massholes deserve what they voted for at state and Fed level
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 05, 2025 05:44 PM (Ah2Jt)
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She lied her way into an Ivy League job, built her career on fake data about health care expenses, was exposed as a fraud by they just vote her back in because they suck.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)

183 This is amusing.
MD man, Kilmar Abrego is going to be sent to Eswatini. Yes, it is a real country i Africa. I had to look it upbecause I thought it wa a joke. Apparently after tunring down about 20 other possibilities, this is the result.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 05:46 PM (t/2Uw)

184 I just ate Little Debbie.

Sorry was that TMI.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 05, 2025 05:46 PM (rvwwT)

185 My goodness Elizabeth Warren insists on being the strongest argument against women being included in any serious discussions beyond their immediate families. She is incapable of anything beyond the most superficial reasoning. She is an embarrassment and a living breathing insult to the distaff sex.
Posted by: Oglebay at September 05, 2025 05:20 PM

* Looks at notes *

She was a professor at Harvard.

I rate this comment true.

Posted by: Beartooth at September 05, 2025 05:47 PM (1RikM)

186 Aren't the chromatic notes just all the notes?

Posted by: Oglebay at September 05, 2025 05:41 PM (MMp6W)
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Not within a scale or mode. Would you prefer non-diatonic?

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:47 PM (GoBh/)

187 The cardiologist pulled my beta blocker Rx yesterday. I was a bit downhearted about it because it made me feel slightly stoned.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 05, 2025 05:47 PM (MMp6W)

188 I've done some 48 hr fasts but here sits a bag of salted-in-the shell-roasted peanuts and I'm like Hunter in front of a dime bag of anything.
Posted by: Auspex
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Smoking or snorting?

Posted by: JQ at September 05, 2025 05:47 PM (rdVOm)

189 They always remind me of Senator Geary after Michael Corleone had him over a barrel:

These hearings on the Mafia are in no way whatsoever a slur upon the great Italian people. Because I can state from my own knowledge and experience that Italian-Americans are among the most loyal, most law-abiding, patriotic, hard-working American citizens in this land. From the time of the great Christopher Columbus up through the time of Enrico Fermi right up until the present day, Italian-Americans have been pioneers in building and defending our great nation. They are the salt of the earth, and they're one of the backbones of this country.

Especially Senator Kennedy (LA) who is obviously working for that campaign cash.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2025 05:47 PM (6ydKt)

190 This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass.

Posted by: Big Pharma at September 05, 2025 05:47 PM (R/m4+)

191 ace: "I just don't trust the 'I'm just a plain-spoken folksy guy' thing in a politician. It feels like a manipulation."

I do declare. Where I'm from, two types of folk: those who ain't, and those who are knee-high on a grasshopper. Which type ain't you ain't? Ya'll come back now.

Posted by: Senator M. Scott at September 05, 2025 05:48 PM (gLikB)

192 Speaking of useless procedures, I'm being badgered to do a Medicare wellness check. This is the same Medicare that won't cover the one prescription my pulmonologist said I'd need the rest of my life. They want me to use an ineffective generic instead. I just keep ignoring the calls. If they want to throw me off Medicare, they can.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 05, 2025 05:48 PM (kUxzU)

193 I just ate Little Debbie.

Sorry was that TMI.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 05, 2025 05:46 PM (rvwwT)

As long as you got her consent. I mean, she has to be like 90 now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 05, 2025 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

194 > Eswatini. Yes, it is a real country i Africa.

It used to be called Swaziland.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 05, 2025 05:48 PM (lIio7)

195 I'm still making small, incremental gainzzz with my calisthenics program. Even when I didn't feel like working out this week, I made myself do it and always felt better by the end. I'm starting to notice just a little more width in the shoulders and thickness in the arms, and my weight has stayed under 180 (which is a good weight for my height / body type).

Posted by: PabloD at September 05, 2025 05:48 PM (KXWAV)

196 > She is incapable of anything beyond the most superficial reasoning.

Along with our spirituality and ability to live in harmony with nature, we peaceful indigenes have our own form of logic, far superior to White Man logic.

It is known.

Posted by: Lizardbreath Warren at September 05, 2025 05:49 PM (qpyNK)

197 However much senators get paid it's too much--infantile, useless lunatics.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at September 05, 2025 05:49 PM (kTd/k)

198 Posted by: Wenda at September 05, 2025 05:43 PM

A rib eye and Syrah hopefully in your immediate future

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2025 05:49 PM (+qU29)

199 184 I just ate Little Debbie.

Sorry was that TMI.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 05, 2025 05:46 PM (rvwwT)

Only if she was under 18.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2025 05:49 PM (6ydKt)

200 Not GAINZZZ exactly.

My friend's cat Snowflake, adorable, is going back to my friends and will be an outdoor cat again. Like her mother, daughter and grand daughter. She's been waking me up by jumping on me at 3am and 5am.

It's too much and I'm right across the street so I'll see her.

And not GAINZZZ, the 14 year old dog is really limping. He's on Glucosamine and pain pills but the last few days have been really bad.

I've been helping him around the house.

Depressing. I'm going for beer.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 05, 2025 05:50 PM (jvJvP)

201 Not within a scale or mode. Would you prefer non-diatonic?
Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:47 PM (GoBh/)

So the idea is that the Duran fellow did not feel constrained to the notes in the key of the song he was playing and he might be in C, for example, but C7 would include b-flat?

Posted by: Oglebay at September 05, 2025 05:50 PM (MMp6W)

202 sharon(willow's apprentice): "Apparently after tunring down about 20 other possibilities, this is the result."

Wow! Gangs in so many places remain a threat to him. Good thing the Democrats have been fighting so hard to keep him in the USA.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 05, 2025 05:50 PM (gLikB)

203

Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 05, 2025 05:51 PM (63Dwl)

204 Skip,
Oh, yes. Thanks.

Posted by: Wenda at September 05, 2025 05:51 PM (c+H8l)

205 >. As long as you got her consent. I mean, she has to be like 90 now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 05, 2025 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

Nope, only 70 or so.

She was four when the company was founded in 1960, and is still on the company board of directors, or so says Wikipedia (take that for what it's worth).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 05, 2025 05:51 PM (qpyNK)

206 "This is such a crazy female kind of argument: sure I could have called you if I have a problem but I want you to reach out to me. You should read my mind and just know when I need reassurance"

I want Kennedy to say to these precious darlings:

Calm down.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at September 05, 2025 05:52 PM (2oNUb)

207 This whole RFK thing is just another attempt at bootstrapping a "scandal". Fuck Senator Kennedy for participating in this.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:52 PM (GoBh/)

208 sharon(willow's apprentice)

MD man, Kilmar Abrego is going to the former Kingdom of Swaziland. Native language, not English or Spanish. They need sugar cane harvesters.

The Swazi population faces major health issues: HIV/AIDS and (to a lesser extent) tuberculosis are widespread. Twenty-eight percent of the adult population are HIV-positive. As of 2018, Eswatini has the 12th-lowest life expectancy in the world, at 58 years. [Wiki]

Hell of a pick over Uganda, champ.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 05:52 PM (u82oZ)

209 My bp went from 190/108 to 114/74. I feel much better.

Yeah yeah. Shut up.
Posted by: nurse ratched

That's good news nurse!

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 05, 2025 05:52 PM (jvJvP)

210 NY Post reports that an African American teenager was murdered by a scar faced illegal who was released by Maryland for other crimes . ICE now has a hold, but Maryland never advised the Feds before

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 05, 2025 05:53 PM (Ah2Jt)

211 Alcohol is poison, tasty fun poison, but poison none the less.

And once you reach a certain age, mumbly 60, mumbly 2, unless you are being active everyday, it's nearly impossible to keep weight of absent caloric restriction, I'm chunking up, and I don't like it one bit.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Guy named Bender badmouthing booze. Seems sub-optimal.
Posted by: Rum Dum With DTs. at September 05, 2025 05:30 PM (oftw2)

A comic scientific gathering on YT had a paper presented than men get the gut to act as flotation devices in case of major flooding.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 05:53 PM (8avO+)

212
2022 performance of "Hungry Like the Wolf", Austin City Limits:

https://tinyurl.com/22pxbhb5

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 05, 2025 05:53 PM (w6EFb)

213 Hey, Wenda!

Posted by: Bulg at September 05, 2025 05:53 PM (77rzZ)

214 He probably counts that he will be able to escape back here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 05, 2025 05:53 PM (zZu0s)

215 @208 so now his attorneys will argue he can't go to Eswatini because he fears AIDS

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 05, 2025 05:54 PM (Ah2Jt)

216 {{{ nurse ratched }}}

Way to go! Bet your aim is also improved. But the homeless fear you, and run away as you approach with your hand in a pocket.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 05:54 PM (u82oZ)

217 > She was four when the company was founded in 1960,

When the Little Debbie brand was introduced, I should've said. The company was founded in 1928, by her grandparents.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 05, 2025 05:54 PM (qpyNK)

218 Hell of a pick over Uganda, champ.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 05:52 PM (u82oZ)

It just gets worse and worse for him the more he fights.

The dude could have been in El Salvador waiting to get out and join his other relatives there.

Now they're shipping him to Africa.

At some point I'd have said, "Send me back home!"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2025 05:55 PM (6ydKt)

219 So I guess we have agreements with various countries that they will accept our deportees? I hope this one works out and MD man Abrego
gets sent there and stays, because he really is a terrible person and I hope to hear no more about him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2025 05:55 PM (2GCMq)

220 Abrego turned down Costa Rica where they said he wouldn;t even have to serve jail time.
Why does the king of Eswatini have so many wives?
However, the traditional marriage, known as “Ludvendve” (marriage to the king) only follows later. In traditional Swazi culture, the king is expected to marry a woman from every clan in order to cement relationships with each part of Eswatini. This means that the king must have many wives.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 05:55 PM (t/2Uw)

221 Smell the Glove

Bet there is a lot of unsafe sex in that country. MD Man, guard your cornhole.

HaHaHA!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 05:55 PM (u82oZ)

222 It would be cool if an angry bull elephant stomped Abrego. Did you know elephants can't jump?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at September 05, 2025 05:55 PM (kTd/k)

223 183 This is amusing.
MD man, Kilmar Abrego is going to be sent to Eswatini. Yes, it is a real country i Africa. I had to look it upbecause I thought it wa a joke. Apparently after tunring down about 20 other possibilities, this is the result.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 05:46 PM (t/2Uw)

LOL

His lawyers fooked-up by believing they could keep him from ever being deported as long as they could get an immigration judge to believe his claim of fear for his life in El Salvador.

By the way, Eswatani used to be named Swaziland, which I had heard of. I guess they figured a re-branding was necessary.

Posted by: Gref at September 05, 2025 05:56 PM (aBgBM)

224 How awesome would it be if this Kilmore intestinal parasite got off the plane in Africa, stretched, and then … was mauled to jelly by a hungry lion? Answer: Very awesome.

Posted by: Sir Elric the Blade at September 05, 2025 05:56 PM (3+IIj)

225 Democratic mean-girling is probably something the Senate picked up from Corey Booker.

Miss Thang.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 05:57 PM (GoBh/)

226 It would be cool if an angry bull elephant stomped Abrego. Did you know elephants can't jump?
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You know who else can't jump? Angel Reese.

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

227 My only Gainzzz is getting "Negative" results from that Cologuard test. (Negative meaning no indication of cancer or polyps in the colon.

I'd heard they give false positives at somewhere between 15-66% ... so was expecting BigPharma to give me a false positive so they could collect on the colonoscopy.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 05, 2025 05:57 PM (vbXSk)

228 sharon(willow's apprentice)

With all that AIDS, it's not good to be king. And infighting must be intense. Or In Tents. Not sure which.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 05:57 PM (u82oZ)

229 Unfortunately, the folksy poser Senator John Kennedy joined his fellow Louisiana liberal in suggesting that RFKJr. is causing "chaos" at HHS and we need to support the "scientists" who did such a great job during covid.

I get a little tired of Kennedy's folksy routine. Making jokes - what he's known for - isn't really a legislative accomplishment.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 05, 2025 05:57 PM (g00SI)

230 My friend's cat Snowflake, adorable, is going back to my friends and will be an outdoor cat again. Like her mother, daughter and grand daughter. She's been waking me up by jumping on me at 3am and 5am.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 05, 2025 05:50 PM (jvJvP)

In the mid 80s I got a kitten who was climbing on me in the morning and night so I started grabbing her when she did and gushing gabble in her ears in a squeaky grandma voice and holding her close. She stopped, and apparently it was horrible enough that she taught all the new cats the house rule for her remaining 20 years...and they taught every new kittens...down to the present. For 40 years now.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 05:57 PM (8avO+)

231 Here's what Little Debbie looked like a couple of years ago:

https://tinyurl.com/5dx97b5u

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 05, 2025 05:58 PM (qpyNK)

232 222 It would be cool if an angry bull elephant stomped Abrego. Did you know elephants can't jump?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at September 05, 2025 05:55 PM (kTd/k)

That reminds me the discovery channel story where they were showing an antelope that one of the hosts claimed could jump higher than the average house, to which the other host replied that the average house can't jump

Posted by: Oglebay at September 05, 2025 05:58 PM (MMp6W)

233 By the way, Eswatani used to be named Swaziland, which I had heard of. I guess they figured a re-branding was necessary.
==

First thing they will do is invite him to dinner...

Posted by: runner at September 05, 2025 05:58 PM (g47mK)

234 By the way, Eswatani used to be named Swaziland, which I had heard of. I guess they figured a re-branding was necessary.
Posted by: Gref at September 05, 2025 05:56 PM (aBgBM)
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"Wakanda" was already taken.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 05, 2025 05:58 PM (IBQGV)

235 Gref

* Respectful tip of the hat *

That is how the country is pronounced in the native language. Not for the benefit of South Africa.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 05:59 PM (u82oZ)

236 By the way, Eswatani used to be named Swaziland, which I had heard of. I guess they figured a re-branding was necessary.
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They should have re-named it "Disney of Africa".

Sure, there would be a lot of disappointed tourists, but then again, there would have been a lot of tourists!

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 05:59 PM (TN0g+)

237 An angry bull elephant is terrifying. Is that symbolic of the Republican Party?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at September 05, 2025 05:59 PM (kTd/k)

238 runner

Cannibal Bob is in Eswatani??

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 05:59 PM (u82oZ)

239
Ace, glad to hear your fast is going well.
My GAINZZZ:

I've just gotten back into some moderate exercise including doing regular light weightlifting. Here's the key: My priority is too NOT OVERDO IT. - As that's my tendency. I overdo it; get injured; and then become subconsciously dissuaded from exercise. So, I'm just taking it light, easy, and consistent.

Also getting back to putting my appetite in check in the evenings. This modest discipline combined with my daily mini-fasts has already yielded good results in weight loss. I'm about 13 pounds from my target weight of 175.

Good luck and good discipline with the rest of your fast.

Posted by: Bach In Black at September 05, 2025 05:59 PM (KY9hS)

240
With all that AIDS, it's not good to be king. And infighting must be intense. Or In Tents. Not sure which.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

Heh

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 05:59 PM (t/2Uw)

241 The CDC has a lot to answer for

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2025 06:00 PM (+qU29)

242 Is Swaziland named for Patrick Swayze?

Posted by: Emily Litella at September 05, 2025 06:00 PM (PiwSw)

243 Bet there is a lot of unsafe sex in that country. MD Man, guard your cornhole.

HaHaHA!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 05:55 PM (u82oZ)
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Back in the early days of the internet, I loved reading foreign newspapers. Being 29, I remembered have to got to the library for that, and they were always old. Now it was possible to read news in real time.

Among the countries I 'visited' was South Africa, and apparently they have this thing for "dry sex" which is particularly prone to creating skin abrasions so blood-born infections are more easily spread.

That and the belief that if you nail a virgin, you transfer your VD to her are why AIDS is endemic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 06:00 PM (ZOv7s)

244 Swaziland is totally surrounded by South Africa which amuses it self now by killing whites.

Better work on that tan, Kilmar.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:01 PM (8avO+)

245 231 Here's what Little Debbie looked like a couple of years ago:

https://tinyurl.com/5dx97b5u

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 05, 2025 05:58 PM (qpyNK)

You can still see the little girl on the boxes in her face.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2025 06:01 PM (6ydKt)

246 Stateless, a low dose Aspirin would help your dog.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2025 06:01 PM (mFSH6)

247 > In traditional Swazi culture, the king is expected to marry a woman from every clan in order to cement relationships with each part of Eswatini. This means that the king must have many wives.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 05:55 PM (t/2Uw)

It's good to be the king.

Posted by: HRH Ngwenyama Mswati III at September 05, 2025 06:01 PM (qpyNK)

248 > You can still see the little girl on the boxes in her face.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2025 06:01 PM (6ydKt)

Yeah, definitely.

Posted by: HRH Ngwenyama Mswati III at September 05, 2025 06:02 PM (qpyNK)

249 Eswatini - coke, vodka and blood from an AIDS infected Swazi. New drink , all the rage

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 05, 2025 06:02 PM (Ah2Jt)

250 Hey back, Bulg!

How are you doing?

Posted by: Wenda at September 05, 2025 06:02 PM (c+H8l)

251 Among the countries I 'visited' was South Africa, and apparently they have this thing for "dry sex" which is particularly prone to creating skin abrasions so blood-born infections are more easily spread.

That and the belief that if you nail a virgin, you transfer your VD to her are why AIDS is endemic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 06:00 PM (ZOv7s)

Yeah, I hear that crap and it might be so, but then somehow that endemic aids never happens to kill people off like I was warned in the 80s. So odds are high that it is all just bullshit lies.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:02 PM (8avO+)

252 Albrego-Garcia reminds me of this muzzie invader who raped a young teen in some country in Europe.

The authorities were trying to deport him, but the court ruled his life was in danger in his country of origin.

.... for raping a girl in that country.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 06:03 PM (GoBh/)

253
So the idea is that the Duran fellow did not feel constrained to the notes in the key of the song he was playing and he might be in C, for example, but C7 would include b-flat?
Posted by: Oglebay at September 05, 2025 05:50 PM (MMp6W)

A C7 chord by definition contains a B flat.

Posted by: Musical theorizing at September 05, 2025 06:03 PM (TbWk/)

254 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Biological infections and poor marriage habits are a poor way to build a country. South Africa is really falling apart, even faster that anyone but Sudan and Gaza. Sucks to be them.

Especially if Trump moves the white inhabitants to the new enclave in Western Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 06:03 PM (u82oZ)

255 Is Swaziland named for Patrick Swayze?
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Saint Patricks Isle is named after Swayze. Its the place of the 50-year storm.

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 06:03 PM (TN0g+)

256 Surprisingly, it is 90% Christian.
Wow, come to AoSHQ and learn something new every day, even if it's stuff you really didn;t need to know.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 06:04 PM (t/2Uw)

257 Is Swaziland named for Patrick Swayze?

No, Alana Soares, Playboy Playmate of the Month, Miss March 1983. Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Bulg at September 05, 2025 06:04 PM (77rzZ)

258 My bp went from 190/108 to 114/74.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 05, 2025 05:41 PM (GQSbj)

Holy cow. How did you not pop!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 05, 2025 06:04 PM (i24o9)

259 246 Stateless, a low dose Aspirin would help your dog.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 05, 2025 06:01 PM (mFSH6)

Thank you.

I'll look into it.

He's been having the occasional wheezing fits and I've been carrying him up the stairs once in a while. The vet and I agreed that my goal is to keep him comfortable.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at September 05, 2025 06:04 PM (jvJvP)

260 Recently deceased actor Graham Greene on Red Green (whoa! mind blown!) and he talks like a Moron.

https://is.gd/3QHqxD

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 05, 2025 06:06 PM (L/fGl)

261 Hey back, Bulg!

How are you doing?
Posted by: Wenda

OK, thanks. Dealing with digestive issues -- I have been having bouts of vomiting, but the condition seems to be under control.

Posted by: Bulg at September 05, 2025 06:06 PM (77rzZ)

262 Yeah, I hear that crap and it might be so, but then somehow that endemic aids never happens to kill people off like I was warned in the 80s. So odds are high that it is all just bullshit lies.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:02 PM (8avO+)
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They lied to you in the 80s. They said it would kill everyone, but it was never a threat to the general population. Fauci's first big win.

AIDS drugs are much better now, and you even see ads for them on TV. It's not the death sentence it was in the 1980s.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)

263 Speaking of useless procedures, I'm being badgered to do a Medicare wellness check.
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I used to get those calls from Humana. I've changed since then.

The very obvious question was, 'Why is Humana doing this?'

Ony the most naive would imagine that the insurance company has the slightest concern for your well-being. No, there must be a profit motive. After all, these visits must cost the insurance company, what?, several hundred dollars at the least.

So, what's going on? What is going on is that the insurance companies use the data collected to justify the 'risk profile' that their clients represent to the Feds. What a surprise, that that results in higher reimbursement to the companies via Medicare/Medicade.

So, those 'visits' are actually a money-maker. You are being used. There ain't no compassion or caring involved, that's not how insurance companies work.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 05, 2025 06:06 PM (XeU6L)

264 A C7 chord by definition contains a B flat.
Posted by: Musical theorizing at September 05, 2025 06:03 PM (TbWk/)
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As an altered dominant in the key of F, which contains b-flat.

It's discord comes from the tritone. But it's in the scale.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 06:06 PM (GoBh/)

265 Speaking of useless procedures, I'm being badgered to do a Medicare wellness check. This is the same Medicare that won't cover the one prescription my pulmonologist said I'd need the rest of my life. They want me to use an ineffective generic instead. I just keep ignoring the calls. If they want to throw me off Medicare, they can.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 05, 2025 05:48 PM (kUxzU)

I'll be checked for a real disease, but wellness isnt a disease.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:06 PM (8avO+)

266 They lied to you in the 80s. They said it would kill everyone, but it was never a threat to the general population. Fauci's first big win.

AIDS drugs are much better now, and you even see ads for them on TV. It's not the death sentence it was in the 1980s.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 05, 2025 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)

I doubt all the billionish people there are getting regular drugs. Because no musician since the mid 90s has reminded me of it.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:08 PM (8avO+)

267 You all support off-label, untested, and irreversible hormonal "therapies" for children,
mutilating our kids and enriching big pharma.
You're full of shit and everyone knows it.

***

Beautiful. Almost Shakespearian.

Posted by: LASue at September 05, 2025 06:09 PM (lCppi)

268 Great, the music geeks have shown up. I guess I'll have to ditch my planned rendition of "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

Posted by: Bulg at September 05, 2025 06:09 PM (77rzZ)

269 Just how much money is Big Pharma paying Warren?
Must be a lot to get her so hopping mad.

Posted by: Case at September 05, 2025 06:10 PM (iwlvf)

270 Wellness checks are pretty-much useless for most on Medicare. I've done a few. All they do is take weight, BP, and pulse rate. The rest is talking and asking a bunch of quesions like do you have any floor rugs than can slip, how high off the floor is your bed, and so on. I expect the talking is an Alzheimer's check.

Posted by: Gref at September 05, 2025 06:10 PM (aBgBM)

271 Biological infections and poor marriage habits are a poor way to build a country. South Africa is really falling apart, even faster that anyone but Sudan and Gaza. Sucks to be them.

Especially if Trump moves the white inhabitants to the new enclave in Western Kansas.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 06:03 PM (u82oZ)

butchering the farmers is traditionally suboptimal for an advanced society.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:10 PM (8avO+)

272 Note of caution for those of you who watch stuff on Prime.
This series Countdown has two stories in the 13 episodes. The first story is pretty good. Lots of action and the task force members are interesting coming from different agencies. The second half, new storyline, sucks big time. The finale has the worst cliff hanger I have ever watched and there isn;t even any guarantee tha there will be another season to resolve it. It made no sense and didn;t resolve a single thing. be forewarned.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 06:11 PM (t/2Uw)

273 Oldcat

Zimbabwe found out the hard way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 06:11 PM (u82oZ)

274 I get a little tired of Kennedy's folksy routine. Making jokes - what he's known for - isn't really a legislative accomplishment.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 05, 2025 05:57 PM (g00SI)
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So, do you suspect him as a DC seat filler? (An allied politician who plays conservative to occupy a seat that would otherwise go to a conservative.)

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 06:11 PM (GoBh/)

275 @269 read somewhere that her campaigns have taken over $1m through the years from big pharma

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 05, 2025 06:12 PM (Ah2Jt)

276
butchering the farmers is traditionally suboptimal for an advanced society.
Posted by: Oldcat
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This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Rhodesia at September 05, 2025 06:12 PM (XeU6L)

277 I'll be checked for a real disease, but wellness isnt a disease.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:06 PM (8avO+)
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Your wellness is a disease on Mother Earth. It needs to be eradicated.

--The WEF

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 05, 2025 06:12 PM (IBQGV)

278
2022 performance of "Hungry Like the Wolf", Austin City Limits:

https://tinyurl.com/22pxbhb5
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 05, 2025 05:53 P

Love John Taylor.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 05, 2025 06:12 PM (Cg3Gl)

279 This series Countdown has two stories in the 13 episodes. The first story is pretty good. Lots of action and the task force members are interesting coming from different agencies. The second half, new storyline, sucks big time. The finale has the worst cliff hanger I have ever watched and there isn;t even any guarantee tha there will be another season to resolve it. It made no sense and didn;t resolve a single thing. be forewarned.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 05, 2025 06:11 PM (t/2Uw)

That's the new normal. If something not awful escapes the powers that be in the studio strangle it.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:13 PM (8avO+)

280 i really dig watching these hearings.

i do my own commentary with expletives and derogatory nicknames for every dem.

the secretary kicked ass and didn’t pull any punches and i cheered him on.

Posted by: cherries in season at September 05, 2025 06:14 PM (fVpPE)

281 butchering the farmers is traditionally suboptimal for an advanced society.
Posted by: Oldcat
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This is about us, isn't it?
Posted by: Rhodesia at September 05, 2025 06:12 PM (XeU6L)

Well Russia did it too in the 30s.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:14 PM (8avO+)

282 Pointing out again that the people who call these asshoes asshoes are nominally ex-Democrats - RFK Jr. Tulsi, etc. It's like the ex-commies turning into David Horowitz. Well, maybe it's exactly like that, come to think of it.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 05, 2025 06:15 PM (MZ+PY)

283
Hell of a pick over Uganda, champ.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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The judge should be pleased. He saved Abrego from going to Uganda.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 05, 2025 06:15 PM (Quxeu)

284 Well Russia did it too in the 30s.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:14 PM (8avO+)

I din't see nuffin'.

Posted by: Walter Duranty at September 05, 2025 06:16 PM (PiwSw)

285 Love John Taylor.
Posted by: CaliGirl at September 05, 2025 06:12 PM (Cg3Gl)
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Me too.
...
But might be different reasons.

Never cared that much for Robert Palmer solo, until Powerstation.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 06:16 PM (GoBh/)

286 I may be jumping the gun a little bit but Hungry, Hungry Hippo! OK, actually it's a rhino but who's counting?

https://is.gd/5dKQ2L

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Dinosaur Wrangler at September 05, 2025 06:16 PM (L/fGl)

287 NY Post reports that an African American teenager was murdered by a scar faced illegal who was released by Maryland for other crimes . ICE now has a hold, but Maryland never advised the Feds before
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 05, 2025 05:53 PM (Ah2Jt)

Since it's doubtful the teenager has any real connection to Africa, and "scar faced illegal" could actually be a person from Africa (although context clues tell me otherwise) I think we should go back to the more factual and simpler "Black."

Posted by: LASue at September 05, 2025 06:16 PM (lCppi)

288 Pointing out again that the people who call these asshoes asshoes are nominally ex-Democrats - RFK Jr. Tulsi, etc. It's like the ex-commies turning into David Horowitz. Well, maybe it's exactly like that, come to think of it.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 05, 2025 06:15 PM (MZ+PY)

Traitors are always worse than external enemies.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:16 PM (8avO+)

289 That's the new normal. If something not awful escapes the powers that be in the studio strangle it.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:13 PM (8avO+)
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Yep. They suck you in with decent writing and characters for the first few episodes, then perform a switcheroo to wokeness in mid-season, or, if you are lucky, they'll wait until Season 2 to go Full Woke.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 05, 2025 06:16 PM (IBQGV)

290 FoxNews showed them changing the name on a building.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

I love this!!!!
We never really won a war since we lost the Department of War.

Defense is for losers

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 05, 2025 06:17 PM (6U1c2)

291 91 >>>There is ZERO reason any healthy person under 50 needs a COVID vaccine.
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How about; There is ZERO reason ANY person needs a COVID vaccine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 05, 2025 06:17 PM (Quxeu)

292 illiniwek: "My only Gainzzz is getting 'Negative' results from that Cologuard test. (Negative meaning no indication of cancer or polyps in the colon.

I'd heard they give false positives..."

Personal experience: Cologuard is craptastic. It gave me a false negative.

I went to my GP. Part of the physical was this test. So, I pass the physical and the Cologuard (negative) with flying colors. Awesome.

Literally, about a month later, I'm in the ER for "appendicitis" which actually wasn't; it was adenocarcinoma in the colon with a nice, fat mass around it. It took a while to get the final diagnosis after biopsy, but I was dangerously close to getting to a fatal stage. So, unless you are having an active, bleeding sore in your intestine with enough cells to get spotted on the day of the test, the Cologuard is useless.

I think they even give the caveat that Cologuard is not a substitute for a colonoscopy. Obviously and absolutely true. So the test is, practically, worthless. In my actual experience. I guess if you took the test every day for a month, it might provide some clinical use. Assuming whatever is bleeding doesn't go dormant during that 30-day snapshot.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 05, 2025 06:17 PM (gLikB)

293 Glad to see Nurse return. I resent when you bastards die on me.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at September 05, 2025 06:17 PM (wBaIH)

294 Great, the music geeks have shown up. I guess I'll have to ditch my planned rendition of "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
Posted by: Bulg at September 05, 2025 06:09 PM

Here a SRV version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8MZ86yr-Uo

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 05, 2025 06:18 PM (0sNs1)

295 NY Post reports that an African American teenager was murdered by a scar faced illegal who was released by Maryland for other crimes . ICE now has a hold, but Maryland never advised the Feds before
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 05, 2025 05:53 PM (Ah2Jt)

Since it's doubtful the teenager has any real connection to Africa, and "scar faced illegal" could actually be a person from Africa (although context clues tell me otherwise) I think we should go back to the more factual and simpler "Black."
Posted by: LASue at September 05, 2025 06:16 PM (lCppi)

I'm not racist, we should throw out all illegals. And to show my true open mindedness we should deport all liberal arts college professors and administrators as well.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:18 PM (8avO+)

296 Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 05, 2025 06:17 PM (gLikB)

wow

Posted by: runner at September 05, 2025 06:18 PM (g47mK)

297 Wellness checks are pretty-much useless for most on Medicare. I've done a few. All they do is take weight, BP, and pulse rate. The rest is talking and asking a bunch of quesions like do you have any floor rugs than can slip, how high off the floor is your bed, and so on. I expect the talking is an Alzheimer's check.
Posted by: Gref at September 05, 2025 06:10 PM (aBgBM)

Also 'do you feel safe at home' and guns and other things none of their business... Or so I've been told.

Posted by: LASue at September 05, 2025 06:18 PM (lCppi)

298 ---
Yep. They suck you in with decent writing and characters for the first few episodes, then perform a switcheroo to wokeness in mid-season, or, if you are lucky, they'll wait until Season 2 to go Full Woke.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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The sekret is; Don't ever turn it on.
It will save your soul and your life will be better.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 05, 2025 06:19 PM (Quxeu)

299
The Swazi population faces major health issues: HIV/AIDS and (to a lesser extent) tuberculosis are widespread. Twenty-eight percent of the adult population are HIV-positive. As of 2018, Eswatini has the 12th-lowest life expectancy in the world, at 58 years. [Wiki]

Posted by: NaCly Dog

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And that's *outside* of jail. I've read that those deportees aren't being released to roam the streets.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 05, 2025 06:19 PM (lCaJd)

300 How about; There is ZERO reason ANY person needs a COVID vaccine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 05, 2025 06:17 PM (Quxeu)
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Except as the human laboratory rats for mRNA technology, that is.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 06:19 PM (GoBh/)

301 FoxNews showed them changing the name on a building.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

I love this!!!!
We never really won a war since we lost the Department of War.

Defense is for losers
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 05, 2025 06:17 PM (6U1c2)

To make matters worse, we never did a defensive war under the DoD.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:20 PM (8avO+)

302 I might have to go then. My bed is on the floor. I have a real Japanese bed

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 05, 2025 06:22 PM (kUxzU)

303 The DoW is up.

Posted by: Axeman at September 05, 2025 06:22 PM (GoBh/)

304 297 Wellness checks are pretty-much useless for most on Medicare. I've done a few. All they do is take weight, BP, and pulse rate.
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You must be speaking of Medicade. I have a Primary care physician, a cardiologist and other associated MD.s.
Annual physical and checkups are the norm.
Never heard of a wellness check.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 05, 2025 06:22 PM (Quxeu)

305 71 Health insurance, the way it is done is stupid.

Most of the things it covers, or people want it to cover, aren't insurance any more then changing your car's oil or making sure the heat in your house works are insurance issues.

Go back to cheap coverage that handle catastrophes like cancer or serious accidents and let people pay for their own physicals and trips to the DR for him to tell you that you have the flu.

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Things that need to change:

Insurance needs to be portable and as good as cash. Meaning, no out of network providers. Every provider is in everyone's network. You may not realize it but the insurance companies are actually monopolies.

Medical spending accounts should be unlimited except for the fact that the money needs to be spent on approved medical costs. No limit on how much money you can save (why only $5,000. why not $20 million). No rollover date (you shouldn't have to spend this money by December 31st and then reload). I shouldn't be limited to spending on my immediate family. If I want to help a cousin, a coworker a friend or a stranger, as long as the spending is legit medical, it should be approved.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 05, 2025 06:23 PM (c0Hqc)

306 I delegate the awful process of watching and most of the jokes about the quality to others on YT and watch them instead.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:23 PM (8avO+)

307 I never thought I'd cheer on a Kennedy, but RFK Jr. is definitely the right man for this job.

Posted by: LASue at September 05, 2025 06:23 PM (lCppi)

308 I've heard of doctors beginning to ask patients about their guns, but I haven't experienced it. Are any of you getting questions like this?

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 06:24 PM (TN0g+)

309 Don't ask me for anything.

Posted by: Dindu Nuffin at September 05, 2025 06:24 PM (0sNs1)

310 Nood.
Week in Woke

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 05, 2025 06:24 PM (u82oZ)

311 No, this is Medicare and th first time I've heard of it

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 05, 2025 06:25 PM (kUxzU)

312 Annual physical and checkups are the norm.
Never heard of a wellness check.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 05, 2025 06:22 PM (Quxeu)

I'd guess its just weasel wording trying to get you hooked on some nonsense diet or something.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:25 PM (8avO+)

313 I've heard of doctors beginning to ask patients about their guns, but I haven't experienced it. Are any of you getting questions like this?
Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 06:24 PM

If you're male, just whip it out.

"Oh, you meant to ask "Do I have any rifles?""

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 05, 2025 06:25 PM (0sNs1)

314 I've heard of doctors beginning to ask patients about their guns, but I haven't experienced it. Are any of you getting questions like this?
Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 06:24 PM (TN0g+)

sure its not your dentist and its GUMS?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:26 PM (8avO+)

315 A San Francisco-based federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump Administration from canceling Protected Status for 1.1 million Venezuelans and Haitians.

US District Judge Edward Chen, an Obama appointee, acknowledged the Supreme Court’s ruling but claimed the high court did not bar him from adjudicating the case on the merits.

Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 06:26 PM (TN0g+)

316 Govt making things better for us ...again.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 05, 2025 06:27 PM (Quxeu)

317 My bp went from 190/108 to 114/74. I feel much better.
Yeah yeah. Shut up.
Posted by: nurse ratched

that is super, it is good enough to get a positive response from my cardiologist

Posted by: Kindltot at September 05, 2025 06:27 PM (rbvCR)

318 I might have to go then. My bed is on the floor. I have a real Japanese bed
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 05, 2025 06:22 PM (kUxzU)

My frame broke after a long time so my bed is also on the floor. I would fix it but one of my cats took the change to mean that he could come on the bed for pets after a decade and he snuggles in for a bit in the evening and morning. I'm afraid he will stop

Posted by: Oldcat at September 05, 2025 06:29 PM (8avO+)

319 "Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel

thanks for that info.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 05, 2025 06:31 PM (vbXSk)

320 >> As I've mentioned, I'm on day four of my fast. I know that days 2-4 are the worst days and that at some point, hunger largely just extenuates.

Ace, I think you’re secretly Gandhi. Only he fasts as much as you. Well, he did. Now he’s dead. Maybe it was all the fasting…

Posted by: Marcus T at September 05, 2025 06:33 PM (mCdsz)

321 Never heard of a wellness check.
Posted by: Braenyard
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They target people 75+

I used to get a call about every 6 mos.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 05, 2025 06:36 PM (XeU6L)

322 Just how much money is Big Pharma paying Warren?
Must be a lot to get her so hopping mad.
Posted by: Case at September 05, 2025 06:10 PM (iwlvf)

apparently less than Ron Wyden

Posted by: Kindltot at September 05, 2025 06:38 PM (rbvCR)

323 I've heard of doctors beginning to ask patients about their guns, but I haven't experienced it. Are any of you getting questions like this?
Posted by: Crusader at September 05, 2025 06:24 PM
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My Dr. asked (~10 years ago) if I had "any guns in the house"

My reply: "Who *doesn't*?

Posted by: JQ at September 05, 2025 06:41 PM (rdVOm)

324 > Wellness checks are pretty-much useless for most on Medicare. I've done a few. All they do is take weight, BP, and pulse rate. The rest is talking and asking a bunch of quesions like do you have any floor rugs than can slip, how high off the floor is your bed, and so on. I expect the talking is an Alzheimer's check.
Posted by: Gref at September 05, 2025 06:10 PM (aBgBM)

Also 'do you feel safe at home' and guns and other things none of their business... Or so I've been told.
Posted by: LASue at September 05, 2025 06:18 PM (lCppi)

That's what my clinic calls what used to be called an "annual checkup".

BP, urine sample, blood draw for A1C, leg/foot inspection (I have diabetes), etc.

She also decides what labs to order (they do A1C and some basic urine stuff in her office, others require a visit to a separate lab). Probably order a lung scan (yeah, I still smoke).

Never been asked any nosy questions about guns, etc. but then this is Alaska. I suspect any doc that tried that crap would get strips torn off them verbally.

I kinda suspect that my doc is a conservative, anyway. We've never talked about it, which leads me to that supposition (lefties always have to proselytize).

Posted by: HRH Ngwenyama Mswati III at September 05, 2025 06:42 PM (qpyNK)

325 Hey Fatty, you want abs?

Hula hoop.

Five minutes a day.

Hula. Hoop.

Really.

Posted by: Return to the Planet of the Japes at September 05, 2025 06:49 PM (L7Nq0)

326 I am waiting for President Trump to tell a Commissar Judge to go fk themselves

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2025 06:49 PM (+qU29)

327 illiniwek: "thanks for that info."

You're welcome.

Just to add: I ended up with surgery (both some small and large intestine removed with associated lymph nodes to check for metastasis) and chemo within the year after my third trip to ER. And from the path report "There are no grossly recognized ulcerations, perforations or mass
lesions." So this large mass was still in a rather "undetectable" state but for the active infection that had been causing intermittent abdominal pain. My immune response was kinda reencapsulating the tumor.

So, get a scheduled colonoscopy whenever advised if not sooner.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 05, 2025 07:09 PM (gLikB)

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