Trump's So Scary That 100,000 Federal "Workers" Say They'll Resign on Tuesday In What Is Supposed to Be Some Kind of Blow to Us

"The largest mass resignation in history."

Wow. Even when Trump isn't doing anything at all, he's racking up the W's.

Now, this seems to be woke DEI hires taking Trump's very nice deal of getting a nice separation package instead of being fired.

US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts
Federal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation program
The Trump administration is set to oversee the largest mass resignation in US history on Tuesday, with more than 100,000 federal workers set to formally quit as part of the latest wave of its deferred resignation program.
With Congress facing a deadline of Tuesday to authorize more funding or spark a government shutdown, the White House has also ordered federal agencies to draw up plans for large-scale firings of workers if the partisan fight fails to yield a deal.
Workers preparing to leave government as part of the resignation program -- one of several pillars of Donald Trump's sweeping cuts to the federal workforce -- have described how months of "fear and intimidation" left them feeling like they had no choice but to depart.
"Federal workers stay for the mission. When that mission is taken away, when they're scapegoated, when their job security is uncertain, and when their tiny semblance of work-life balance is stripped away, they leave," a longtime employee at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) told the Guardian. "That's why I left."
The total resignation program is set to cost $14.8bn, with 200,000 workers paid their full salary and benefits while on administrative leave for up to eight months, according to a Senate Democrats' report in July.

I am not pleased by the generosity of this offer.

Trump officials argue this outlay is worth it. The Office of Personnel Management claimed the one-time costs lower longer-term spending by the federal government. It also criticized job protections of federal civil servants, claiming the government should have a "modern, at-will employment framework like most employers".

Let's hope.

Thanks to @ComradeArthur.

Posted by: Ace at 06:40 PM

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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 06:39 PM (W2Pud)

2 Double yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 06:39 PM (W2Pud)

3
Hello

Posted by: fourseasons at September 29, 2025 06:40 PM (3ek7K)

4 Is that like a black-out or a day without immigrants?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 29, 2025 06:40 PM (63Dwl)

5 Triple yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 06:40 PM (W2Pud)

6 Damn.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 06:40 PM (W2Pud)

7
Let em quit. Most are snowflakes sucking up our tax money.

Adios fuckers.

Posted by: fourseasons at September 29, 2025 06:42 PM (3ek7K)

8 Yawp!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 29, 2025 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)

9 the government should have a "modern, at-will employment framework like most employers"
......

But... but... then they'd have to DO something.

Posted by: wth at September 29, 2025 06:42 PM (v0R5T)

10 "Federal workers stay for the mission. When that mission is taken away, when they're scapegoated, when their job security is uncertain, and when their tiny semblance of work-life balance is stripped away, they leave,"...

Gaslighting horseshit. They stay for the money, and the lack of any accountability as far as job performance goes.... fucking GOOD RIDDANCE.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at September 29, 2025 06:42 PM (i49OE)

11 MOAR of what I voted for!

Trumpmas! Every Day!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 29, 2025 06:42 PM (ppG5b)

12 Read the article and nooded.

Posted by: Dad of Six at September 29, 2025 06:42 PM (5NMbq)

13 Resign.
Right.
I'd prefer a RIF, but oh well. If the Prez approves, I'll support him.
I heat there is an opening for a School Administrator in Des Moins.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 29, 2025 06:43 PM (2WIwB)

14 Can it be 200,000 pretty please?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 06:43 PM (7rldP)

15 months of "fear and intimidation" left them feeling like they had no choice but to depart.

Well...bye.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 29, 2025 06:43 PM (Wnv9h)

16 That'll show us

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 29, 2025 06:43 PM (iF0wO)

17 It is the end of the fiscal year ya know

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 06:43 PM (7rldP)

18 Bye.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at September 29, 2025 06:44 PM (AG3iD)

19 Narf!

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 29, 2025 06:44 PM (0aYVJ)

20 I could really a big fat RIF.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 29, 2025 06:44 PM (/lPRQ)

21 How many useless eaters do we actually need?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 29, 2025 06:44 PM (iF0wO)

22 I think the biggest question is: Will anybody notice their absence?

Posted by: Reforger at September 29, 2025 06:45 PM (a+GHA)

23 You can't fire us, we quit!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 29, 2025 06:45 PM (Wnv9h)

24 Please, please don't throw me in the briar patch!

Posted by: Eeyore at September 29, 2025 06:45 PM (s0JqF)

25
Gaslighting horseshit. They stay for the money, and the lack of any accountability as far as job performance goes.... fucking GOOD RIDDANCE.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at September 29, 2025 06:42 PM (i49OE

Every time...EVERY TIME...i had to deal with government bureaucrats, when I would walk in, if there were two or more, they were always talking about their next step increase. Never working.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (2WIwB)

26 Everyone knows that these 100,000 federal workers already resigned months ago right?

These are the federal workers that "resigned" back in the spring when OMB offered them buyouts which included a full paycheck for not working through the end of the FY and all sorts of other goodies if they would voluntarily resign. Those resignations go into effect at 2400 hours 1 October 2025.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (0N4FZ)

27
The total resignation program is set to cost $14.8bn, with 200,000 workers paid their full salary and benefits while on administrative leave for up to eight months

-----

It's worth it to be rid of them.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (iTNuP)

28 I think the biggest question is: Will anybody notice their absence?
Posted by: Reforger at September 29, 2025 06:45 PM (a+GHA)

the morning commute in certain locales might improve a bit.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (0aYVJ)

29 The overall buyout program could be as high as 200000.
What are the odds that no citizen will notice the difference

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (A2I8b)

30 "They won't be missed!" - Gilbert & Sullivan

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (7rldP)

31 I think the biggest question is: Will anybody notice their absence?

Oh yes. All the areas that insist on being subsidized will howl and scream.

Posted by: Head on a Swivel at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (zW+7z)

32 Someone should tell them that we're smarter than the Johnsons of Rock Ridge.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (s0JqF)

33 "I don't like the boss, so I quit."

Good. Seriously.

Government Job is not supposed to be a social caste. Go do something else. Good for you. Take your lovely little severance and fuck along, now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (06Hmj)

34 100,000?

You have no balls.

In other winning news:

YouTube to pay Trump $24.5 Million in settlement for 2021 account suspension

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (i24o9)

35 Oh no, don't go...

*Holds open door while holding their coat*

Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (gWBY1)

36 This is the buyout, right? Most of these people haven’t been working for 6 months! Their departure won’t be a blip on the rearward facing radar screen! Good riddance to bad rubbish!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (E0Kkk)

37 There's also the issue that Swalwell put out a fatwa that when the Democrats come back into power, they'll punish the Trump loyalists in government.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (gKWVE)

38 Old news, these are the folks who took the buyout offer back in March. They have been gone for months.

But it does give the opportunity for both sides to posture and preen, hoping to attract a mate.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (wLsnt)

39 R A W S A L E R T S
@rawsalerts
🚨#BREAKING: Secret Service officials have apprehended a male suspect who scaled the White House fence while President Donald Trump was inside the complex. The individual was quickly taken into custody, and no injuries were reported. The reason why he did it is currently unknown
3:42 PM · Sep 29, 2025

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (9aVck)

40 LMAO...this like that scene from Crocodile Dundee where he's taking a stroll along the outside of a skyscraper, and some guy is threatening to jump. Dundee shrugs, "Well, hurry up. I want to get by."

Posted by: Orson at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (dIske)

41 Ep bep bep bep bep STOP. My penis can only get so erect!

Posted by: Dr. Krieger at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (TbWk/)

42
200,000 workers paid their full salary and benefits while on administrative leave for up to eight months

===============

wth? There's no such thing as unemployment insurance?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (n7CIX)

43 Those resignations go into effect at 2400 hours 1 October 2025.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM

Sorry, 2400 hours 30 September 2025.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2025 06:48 PM (0N4FZ)

44 If they really want to stick it to Donald Trump, they'll refuse the bribe and quit on their own.

Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2025 06:48 PM (rJjpq)

45
The total resignation program is set to cost $14.8bn, with 200,000 workers paid their full salary and benefits while on administrative leave for up to eight months, according to a Senate Democrats' report in July.

In other words, regard the above as inaccurate.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2025 06:48 PM (E/NtD)

46 >>> 37 There's also the issue that Swalwell put out a fatwa that when the Democrats come back into power, they'll punish the Trump loyalists in government.
Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (gKWVE)

Future POTUS Vance looks at this and laughs.

Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 06:48 PM (gWBY1)

47 >>>. . . tiny semblance of work-life balance

RFKMWTHS?

Only better work-life balance is government indoctrinators.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 06:48 PM (i24o9)

48 However they git gone works for me. I would still like to see the DoE shuttered.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 06:49 PM (kurEY)

49 11 MOAR of what I voted for!

Trumpmas! Every Day!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 29, 2025 06:42 PM (ppG5b)

Festivus.... a day for airing grievances, and great feats of strength...

May I suggest to the style book... it's Trumpivus? yes, a Holiday for the rest of us...

Besides, all the Libs who were on that show would HATE IT!

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 06:49 PM (mP0Kj)

50 25 Every time...EVERY TIME...i had to deal with government bureaucrats, when I would walk in, if there were two or more, they were always talking about their next step increase. Never working.

'round here, they seem to be talking about fantasy football.

Posted by: anachronda at September 29, 2025 06:49 PM (sGtp+)

51 Are these still noshow "jobs"?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 29, 2025 06:49 PM (iF0wO)

52 The total resignation program is set to cost $14.8bn, with 200,000 workers paid their full salary and benefits while on administrative leave for up to eight months
________
Far too much. A dry crust of bread and one Roosevelt dime is what I'd support. And think myself generous.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 29, 2025 06:49 PM (s0JqF)

53 > 22 I think the biggest question is: Will anybody notice their absence?
Posted by: Reforger at September 29, 2025 06:45 PM (a+GHA)

As a wise man said, it's a damned good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.

(pro tip: when you can't remember who said something, and are too lazy to do a web search, just attribute it to a "wise man")

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 29, 2025 06:49 PM (qpyNK)

54 >>Resign.
Right.
I'd prefer a RIF, but oh well. If the Prez approves, I'll support him.
I heat there is an opening for a School Administrator in Des Moins.

I don't think it's either or. I'm pretty sure these are people who decided to take the buyout that was offered earlier this year.

Trump has also said he will be doing a RIF if Democrats shut the government down.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (viF8m)

55
The reason why he did it is currently unknown

Is this what we're doing, now?

Pretending we need to "officials" to tell us "why" people do bad things to decide what to think of the bad things being done?

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (E/NtD)

56 46 >>> 37 There's also the issue that Swalwell put out a fatwa that when the Democrats come back into power, they'll punish the Trump loyalists in government.
Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (gKWVE)

Future POTUS Vance looks at this and laughs.
Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 06:48 PM (gWBY1)

So, they go back to the policies of the Biden Administration?

OK then.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (mP0Kj)

57 I think the biggest question is: Will anybody notice their absence?

Porn sites.

Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (rJjpq)

58 @rawsalerts
🚨#BREAKING: Secret Service officials have apprehended a male suspect who scaled the White House fence while President Donald Trump was inside the complex. The individual was quickly taken into custody, and no injuries were reported. The reason why he did it is currently unknown
3:42 PM · Sep 29, 2025

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (9aVck)

There was also an SS vehicle on fire outside the WH. Related?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (i24o9)

59 Dear Fed Employees. .Your terms are acceptable.

Posted by: Irish Curmudgeon at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (H1uD7)

60 Yeah the Capitol dependent suburbs are about to get a kick in the tax base. Plus the housing market should be fun to watch.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (7rldP)

61 https://youtu.be/Obksd2CWMFo

Posted by: JQ at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (rdVOm)

62 If those soon to be former federal employees want to really make a point, they should leave the DC metro area altogether and move to a blue state far from the bad orange man. A few dozen thousand federal employees leaving northern Virginia would make the state a tiny bit redder.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (d9Cw3)

63 There's also the issue that Swalwell put out a fatwa that when the Democrats come back into power, they'll punish the Trump loyalists in government.

Spoiler Alert - they will anyway.

Posted by: Head on a Swivel at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (zW+7z)

64 BREAKING: Secret Service officials have apprehended a male suspect who scaled the White House fence while President Donald Trump was inside the complex. The individual was quickly taken into custody, and no injuries were reported. The reason why he did it is currently unknown
3:42 PM · Sep 29, 2025
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (9aVck)

And the reason he wasn't shot dead? They have snipers and spotters on the White House roof for exactly this scenario. Heads need to roll.

Posted by: Shit's got to stop at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (TbWk/)

65 12 hours work 12 hours off. That's balance

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 06:51 PM (kurEY)

66
By the way, I'm guessing some of these people are NOT in Washington, DC.... which is a shame. I'd be tickled to see housing there dip a bit.

I'd also like to know where these people are headed. Not all of them are lawyers or MAs or PhDs, or married to people who are. Where do they fetch up next?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2025 06:51 PM (n7CIX)

67 >>> 14 Can it be 200,000 pretty please?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 06:43 PM (7rldP)

Add a zero.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2025 06:51 PM (ULPxl)

68 65 12 hours work 12 hours off. That's balance
Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 06:51 PM (kurEY)

So, Navy at Sea hours? OK.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 06:52 PM (mP0Kj)

69 They can now join the unemployment ranks of applying for jobs above their pay grade, not getting the job, and the cycle of Dim life continues. I think Elon needs to look at unemployment payments as well as Medicare/Medicaid fraud.

This is what the late atheist in law did in our family. He only applied to manager jobs vs starting at the bottom like the rest of us peons. He was manager one time for a grub hub, which made him emperor penguin.

The rest of us plebs started at the bottom, went to college, and worked our way up by, well, working hard and showing up! I cleaned bedpans for heaven's sake!

So he got 1/3 pay, very little, for years working this system (we were told this, anyway). He did this by going to two job interviews above him twice a week. Rejected. He had a very flat affect so I would not hire him, either. He blamed, no doubt, conservatives and the gubment and everyone who breathed.

The rest of his time? He was a gamer. But, as far as we know, not a furry as married to a niece. Anything's possible in 2025.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 29, 2025 06:52 PM (6PCLE)

70
Creepy but True AI youtube video making The Left look demonic:

https://is.gd/jX4Jl1

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2025 06:52 PM (E/NtD)

71
And the reason he wasn't shot dead? They have snipers and spotters on the White House roof for exactly this scenario. Heads need to roll.
Posted by: Shit's got to stop

===============

Scaled the fricking fence? How far did he get before anyone noticed him?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 29, 2025 06:52 PM (n7CIX)

72 Well, bye.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 29, 2025 06:52 PM (YlWIZ)

73 57 I think the biggest question is: Will anybody notice their absence?

Porn sites.
Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2025 06:50 PM (rJjpq)

There will be far less human shit in the hallways.

Posted by: And at the desks at September 29, 2025 06:52 PM (TbWk/)

74 37 There's also the issue that Swalwell put out a fatwa that when the Democrats come back into power, they'll punish the Trump loyalists in government.
Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 06:47 PM (gKWVE)
_______
Not just in government. I saw that. He wants to go after private citizens who support Trump, too.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 29, 2025 06:52 PM (s0JqF)

75 200k workers. Suppose $100k average salary. 2/3rds of a year. That's, what, $13 billion give or take? Cocktail napkin math checks out.

But that's not a "cost". Those fuckers were already getting paid that for years already to do sweet fuck all. It's money that was already heading for the sluices. Do nothing, and that money also gets spent for 200,000 people to do absolutely nothing of value.

So what is lost? Where is the "cost", other than against the idea of shitcanning them post haste and giving them zero dollars and a hearty Get The Fuck Outta Here with their pink slip?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 06:53 PM (06Hmj)

76 The ones taking the buyout are fully vested in FERS for 20+ years and probably already marking time until they could start drawing it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 06:53 PM (7rldP)

77 So which day is 2400 hours in: the previous or the next? It’s like asking if midnight is AM or PM!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 06:54 PM (E0Kkk)

78 I think Charles Bronson should serve in breakfast in fag clothing for the fraidy cats in government

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at September 29, 2025 06:54 PM (mMbRo)

79
More AI:

It appears an AI "actress" is becoming quite popular. "Tilly Norwood" is so popular, in fact, she is drawing the ire of "real" hollywood celeries who fear AI will replace them.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2025 06:54 PM (E/NtD)

80 168 hours in a week-- 40 hours of work.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 06:54 PM (kurEY)

81 Just like when Musk took over Twitter, its far better to just give trashtier employees generous severance - as long as a condition of that severance is explicitly waiving the right to sue for their job back - to get rid of them with minimum headache.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at September 29, 2025 06:55 PM (lCHt6)

82 >>>"when their tiny semblance of work-life balance is stripped away"

FUCK YOU YOU MISERABLE PIECE OF SHIT I HAVE TO WORK EVERY FUCKING WEEKEND!! DIE IN A FIRE YOU MISERABLE PIECE OF SHIT!!!!

Posted by: Max Power at September 29, 2025 06:55 PM (EEd6s)

83 Aw man, I was hoping for 100k new resignations. Not the final departure of the ones I've already counted.

*kicks rocks*

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 06:55 PM (ftFVW)

84 200,000 workers paid their full salary and benefits while on administrative leave for up to eight months

If this is the cohort that took that deal in February, they've had nine months to find a new job while on full federal pay, and - if they're just starting to complain about it now - have apparently done jack shit with all that free time and money.

This is the kind of fiscal and personal responsibility that's been running our government.

Good riddance to bad cess.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 29, 2025 06:55 PM (a+4eV)

85 Ban Federal public sector unions ...at least for public safety workers. Use OPM for disputes.

Think ahead of court objections and what suitable remedies are.
The House Speaker has to be more energetic than Pelosi was.

Posted by: torabora at September 29, 2025 06:55 PM (KtOUo)

86 People are screwed up enough so don't drag the enemy into this without evidence, say it with me church lady style, Satan.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 29, 2025 06:56 PM (YlWIZ)

87 ace! Think of what is going to happen to the unemployment numbers! Can Trump ever recover from such a blow?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2025 06:56 PM (rbvCR)

88 Fcking feralgov idiots whining about their 'work life balance' ought to come take care of my critters for a day.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2025 06:56 PM (ULPxl)

89 >>> Not just in government. I saw that. He wants to go after private citizens who support Trump, too.

Triple Trumpers will be first on the list. And anyone with a MAGA hat.

Apparently TPUSA passed out 5K shirts at a college sports tailgate event recently! The OSU game I think.

Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 06:56 PM (gWBY1)

90
I hope the asswipes never find another job.

Posted by: fourseasons at September 29, 2025 06:56 PM (3ek7K)

91 I work through some weekends, am off others. I have like a week and three days coming up in a couple weeks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2025 06:56 PM (zZu0s)

92 50 25 Every time...EVERY TIME...i had to deal with government bureaucrats, when I would walk in, if there were two or more, they were always talking about their next step increase. Never working.

'round here, they seem to be talking about fantasy football.

Except for the weather, i really don't like this time of year. Everybody at my job is talking football or that fantasy sh*t. My cubemate is in some family league that her grandson runs and keeps me appraised in excruciating detail.

Keep it up Lisa. I'll give you my full thoughts on the original Mass Effect Trilogy vs. the changes made in the Legendary Edition.

Posted by: Nelly at September 29, 2025 06:57 PM (cHLus)

93 Federal workers stay for the mission.

Yep, the Mission is where you get free blankets and a meal, and they have a warming station for those really cold nights,

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2025 06:57 PM (rbvCR)

94 Helena Handbasket. AMEN

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 06:57 PM (kurEY)

95 90
I hope the asswipes never find another job.

Posted by: fourseasons at September 29, 2025 06:56 PM (3ek7K)

With their skills, I am sure they could easily find a job in the janitorial or food service industries.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2025 06:57 PM (zZu0s)

96 >>> 94 Helena Handbasket. AMEN
Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 06:57 PM (kurEY)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 29, 2025 06:57 PM (ULPxl)

97 >>> It appears an AI "actress" is becoming quite popular. "Tilly Norwood" is so popular, in fact, she is drawing the ire of "real" hollywood celeries who fear AI will replace them.

Apparently the creator says she is "art," and an art experiment. But I get the fear. However:

Tilly Norwood "Art" > Yoko Ono "Art"

Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 06:58 PM (gWBY1)

98 The legendary edition did not change THAT much, but what it did change is telling.

The weapons for the first game were improved, for example.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2025 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

99 77 So which day is 2400 hours in: the previous or the next?

embrace the healing power of "and".

Posted by: anachronda at September 29, 2025 06:59 PM (sGtp+)

100 Federal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation program

IOW, they were already leaving.
Nice virtue signal you got there, poser.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2025 06:59 PM (Dvcu+)

101
Speaking of the joke that is known as the Secret Service...

kalama harris' new ghost ridden book delightfully shares the revelation of her and her family's SS code names. They could pick their own name as long as it began with P.

Unshaved armpit daughter picked "Pickle!" And I add the exclamation point after pickle because the AI kamala voice that recites the audiobook thinks it's quite amusing to us.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2025 06:59 PM (E/NtD)

102 Keep it up Lisa. I'll give you my full thoughts on the original Mass Effect Trilogy vs. the changes made in the Legendary Edition.

Patch me into the call. I can smarten her up on the subtleties of concrete flatwork - industrial controls - and why the remastered Skyrim is the best XBOX game today.

You know - the important stuff.

Posted by: Head on a Swivel at September 29, 2025 06:59 PM (zW+7z)

103 Tilly Norwood would be a perfect casting choice for a remake of Looker.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:00 PM (7rldP)

104 100,000 part timers destined to join antifa full time now

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at September 29, 2025 07:00 PM (VPPG8)

105 It appears an AI "actress" is becoming quite popular. "Tilly Norwood" is so popular, in fact, she is drawing the ire of "real" hollywood celeries who fear AI will replace them.

Apparently the creator says she is "art," and an art experiment. But I get the fear. However:

Tilly Norwood "Art" > Yoko Ono "Art"

women are getting replaced

Posted by: n at September 29, 2025 07:00 PM (tbHsp)

106 More AI:

It appears an AI "actress" is becoming quite popular. "Tilly Norwood" is so popular, in fact, she is drawing the ire of "real" hollywood celeries who fear AI will replace them.

Posted by: Soothsayer

They will be replaced, but I don’t think quite yet. Those “actors” in that Leftist Late Night video did have affect, but only a fixed affect. Not yet good enough.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 07:00 PM (E0Kkk)

107 It's the Mark Of The Beast, Cats sleeping with Dogs, Scary Stuff...

Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes

NEW: European Union announces all Americans visiting nearly 30 countries, almost all in the EU, will be required to surrender finger prints, biometric data and your photograph which will be stored by their government

They are now mandating Americans surrender Digital ID data

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 29, 2025 07:01 PM (TGPs7)

108 I can't wait for Ananta to drop nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:01 PM (7rldP)

109 @97 wasn't the strike a year or so ago partly about avoiding AI actors? Great negotiations there Fran Drescher

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2025 07:01 PM (A2I8b)

110 168 hours in a week-- 40 hours of work.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 06:54 PM (kurEY)
*,*,*
Uhm...are you flippin' mad, white boy!
There's 29 hours in a work week. You can read about it in my Obamacare legislation.

Shout out to Zombie Sen. McCain! I couldn't have done it without you!
How's that funeral going?

Posted by: Bronco Bama at September 29, 2025 07:01 PM (KtOUo)

111 women are getting replaced

Call me when they make a real sex doll. Then never waste your time calling again.

Posted by: Head on a Swivel at September 29, 2025 07:01 PM (zW+7z)

112 79
More AI:

It appears an AI "actress" is becoming quite popular. "Tilly Norwood" is so popular, in fact, she is drawing the ire of "real" hollywood celeries who fear AI will replace them.

I'm not a fan of AI at all; i'm of the 'it's eventually going to kill us all' school. That said, i like the idea of replacing annoying f*ckwit r*tards with a bunch of electrons that doesn't buy and sell kids. So, I say, full speed head on AI hollywood.

Posted by: Nelly at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM (cHLus)

113 Isn’t Yoko Ono “Art” setting a really low bar?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM (E0Kkk)

114 studios are going to have ai actors and actresses and own them as ip forever

Posted by: n at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM (tbHsp)

115 Tilly Norwood > Emma Watson

Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM (gWBY1)

116 Unshaved armpit [step]daughter [Ella Emhoff] picked "Pickle!"

"Greendildo" not being available for P- names.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM (gKWVE)

117 Stepford Wives needs a Karen-esque remake.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM (7rldP)

118 I think it should be a Federal holiday.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM (vFG9F)

119 Unshaved armpit daughter picked "Pickle!" And I add the exclamation point after pickle because the AI kamala voice that recites the audiobook thinks it's quite amusing to us.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2025 06:59 PM (E/NtD)

So, named for a half rotten cucumber?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM (mP0Kj)

120 go into effect at 2400 hours 1 October 2025.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (0N4FZ)

I hope not. That means they stayed an extra day. Between 2359 on the 30th and 0001 on the 1st.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM (Dvcu+)

121 women are getting replaced

Call me when they make a real sex doll. Then never waste your time calling again.
Posted by: H

Posted by: n at September 29, 2025 07:03 PM (tbHsp)

122 😅
Politico
Inside Congress Live
Inside Congress newsletter

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries speak.
10 hours ago
Federal workers unions call on Schumer, Jeffries to hold the line even if it means a shutdown
“Federal workers will willingly forego paychecks in the hopes of preserving the programs we have devoted our lives to administering,” the unions said.

Cheyanne M. Daniels, 09/29/2025
A coalition of federal unions are calling on Democratic leadership to fight back against budget cuts to “critical public services,” even if it leads to a government shutdown and mass layoffs.

In a letter to minority leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Federal Unionists Network and 35 local, council and national unions urged the Democrats to reject any proposal that cuts health care, social security, Veterans’ Affairs and scientific agencies.
---
Go ahead. Screw the taxpayers, save the non-essential workforce.

Posted by: L -No nic, another fine day at September 29, 2025 07:03 PM (NFX2v)

123 When I think of government workers, the image of three guys standing around while another one fills the hole comes to mind.

Posted by: dantesed at September 29, 2025 07:03 PM (Oy/m2)

124 I didn't lose a fuckkng thing in Europe that I need to retrieve.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 07:03 PM (kurEY)

125 108 I can't wait for Ananta to drop nyah
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:01 PM (7rldP)

I am assuming it is high weeb, anna?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2025 07:03 PM (zZu0s)

126 Federal workers stay for the mission
-
What mission?

Because if it had anything to do with the founding purpose of the nation, we want to be rid of them so desperately.

Posted by: Methos at September 29, 2025 07:03 PM (vSvIl)

127 "Ma'am, I strongly recommend you pick a codename other than 'Penismightier'. We... I'll level with ya, ma'am... we just don't wanna have to say that."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 07:03 PM (06Hmj)

128 DOGE!!!

Posted by: Snydersky at September 29, 2025 07:03 PM (z6Sq8)

129 Isn’t Yoko Ono “Art” setting a really low bar?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

She and Hunter in a race to the bottom.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:04 PM (ftFVW)

130 Imagine putting 'Federal Employment Experience' on a resume. yeesh

Posted by: DanMan at September 29, 2025 07:04 PM (8uzBS)

131 How is the Commie any different than all the other horrible leaders of New York? Giuliani is the only guy who I can remember ever pointing NYC on the right direction.

This latest commie will throw trash on trash.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 29, 2025 07:04 PM (AN+eO)

132 go into effect at 2400 hours 1 October 2025.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2025 06:46 PM (0N4FZ)

I hope not. That means they stayed an extra day. Between 2359 on the 30th and 0001 on the 1st.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM

See my correction at #43.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2025 07:04 PM (0N4FZ)

133
It won't be long until we have digital identity in our Country.

Posted by: fourseasons at September 29, 2025 07:04 PM (3ek7K)

134 On Mars, a female III android is so human she can bear children.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:04 PM (7rldP)

135 Sorry, 2400 hours 30 September 2025.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2025 06:48 PM (0N4FZ)

Ah, you caught it.

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2025 07:05 PM (Dvcu+)

136 In a letter to minority leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Federal Unionists Network and 35 local, council and national unions urged the Democrats to reject any proposal that cuts health care, social security, Veterans’ Affairs and scientific agencies.
---
Go ahead. Screw the taxpayers, save the non-essential workforce.
Posted by: L -No nic, another fine day at September 29, 2025 07:03 PM (NFX2v)

You work for who pays you...

Some assembly required.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:05 PM (mP0Kj)

137 Tilly Norwood > Emma Watson

Again, isn’t this setting an artificially low bar?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 07:05 PM (E0Kkk)

138 What if AI turns out to really be artificial idiocracy?

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2025 07:05 PM (vFG9F)

139 Isn’t Yoko Ono “Art” setting a really low bar?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

She and Hunter in a race to the bottom.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:04

Ahem!

Posted by: Nude Ottoman Guy at September 29, 2025 07:05 PM (F6L9M)

140 134 On Mars, a female III android is so human she can bear children.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:04 PM (7rldP)

But, Mars aint no place to raise a kid!

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:05 PM (mP0Kj)

141 When I think of government workers, the image of three guys standing around while another one fills the hole comes to mind.

Bullshit. They can get their own AI sex doll.

Posted by: Head on a Swivel at September 29, 2025 07:05 PM (zW+7z)

142 It won't be long until we have digital identity in our Country.

Posted by: fourseasons at September 29, 2025 07:04 PM (3ek7K)

Feh, those chickenshits have been shilly shallying around with RealID for so long and yet still haven't done it, there's no way they have the balls to try something like that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 07:06 PM (06Hmj)

143 >>> 121 women are getting replaced
Call me when they make a real sex doll. Then never waste your time calling again. Posted by: H

Back when "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" with Haley Joel Osment debuted in theaters, I thought the Jude Law robot gigolo as a companion to the MC was weird. Now it's like prophetic.

Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 07:06 PM (gWBY1)

144 I hope other stipulations include foregoing pension and medical and being barred from any future fed gov "service"

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at September 29, 2025 07:06 PM (E3Ph4)

145 138 What if AI turns out to really be artificial idiocracy?
Posted by: fd at September 29, 2025 07:05 PM (vFG9F)

It already is.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:06 PM (mP0Kj)

146 The total resignation program is set to cost $14.8bn, with 200,000 workers paid their full salary and benefits while on administrative leave for up to eight months
________
Far too much. A dry crust of bread and one Roosevelt dime is what I'd support. And think myself generous.
Posted by: Eeyore at September 29, 2025 06:49 PM (s0JqF)

How about 40 acres and a mule? In Venezuela?

Posted by: GWB at September 29, 2025 07:06 PM (Dvcu+)

147 "On Mars, a female III android is so human she can bear children.
Posted by: Anna Puma"

How is the android, um , "implanted"?

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2025 07:06 PM (vFG9F)

148 It won't be long until we have digital identity in our Country.

Posted by: f

never happen

Posted by: n at September 29, 2025 07:06 PM (tbHsp)

149 How dare they threaten us with a good time!

Anyway, sure Jan, whatever.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at September 29, 2025 07:07 PM (tT6L1)

150 AI runs on an AL Gore Rythm.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 07:07 PM (kurEY)

151 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 07:07 PM (Zz0t1)

152 138 What if AI turns out to really be artificial idiocracy?
Posted by: fd at September 29, 2025 07:05 PM (vFG9F)

But, that is actually just as scary as Evil...

Obama? was wrong on everything because Evil.
Biden? wrong on everything because stupid.

Results? just about the same.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:07 PM (mP0Kj)

153 nshaved armpit [step]daughter [Ella Emhoff] picked "Pickle!"

"Greendildo" not being available for P- names.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM (gKWVE)

P-rostitute was already taken.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 07:07 PM (i24o9)

154 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 06:39 PM (W2Pud)

No Yeet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 07:07 PM (Zz0t1)

155 It won't be long until we have digital identity in our Country.

Posted by: fourseasons at September 29, 2025 07:04 PM (3ek7K)

Feh, those chickenshits have been shilly shallying around with RealID for so long and yet still haven't done it, there's no way they have the balls to try something like that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 07:06 PM

Digital ID will never happen in the US because we have 30 million illegals that the democrats do not want counted, tracked or identified in any way.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2025 07:07 PM (0N4FZ)

156 ai sexbots doing jobs women wont do

Posted by: n at September 29, 2025 07:07 PM (tbHsp)

157 Paolo's coming for your sex doll too.
The real loser has to be the wives of National Review, since soon they won't even be able to get some from Paolo anymore

Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 07:08 PM (gKWVE)

158 If we have a government shutdown, won’t this be a great opportunity for a government RIF?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 07:08 PM (E0Kkk)

159 "Sorry, 2400 hours 30 September 2025."

So all balls 1 Oct

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at September 29, 2025 07:08 PM (E3Ph4)

160 I dunno, Obama was pretty stupid too.

Obama was more 'idealistic' (he thought of himself that way) but Biden was more corrupt.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2025 07:08 PM (zZu0s)

161 >>> nshaved armpit [step]daughter [Ella Emhoff] picked "Pickle!"
"Greendildo" not being available for P- names.

She could have picked "Pussyriot," but clearly chickened out.

Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 07:08 PM (gWBY1)

162 This is definitely what I voted for.

Posted by: PTSD giver at September 29, 2025 07:09 PM (k3AX8)

163 Heh. Government shutdown.

You know what they say.

"Have you tried turning it off and then back on again?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 07:09 PM (06Hmj)

164 Ananta is having the Western gaming tourists screaming and seething.

GTA anime style. With Prototype, Yakuza, Sleeping Dog, Saints Row thrown in. Huge city to explore. Male and female MCs. Unlockable characters via game play. Cosmetics you have to pay for. Dating sim and multiplayer. PS5 and PC, later will go mobile.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:09 PM (7rldP)

165 Feh, those chickenshits have been shilly shallying around with RealID for so long and yet still haven't done it, there's no way they have the balls to try something like that.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

They did finally shit on the RealID pot. I'll be taking a domestic flight with my passport this week.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:09 PM (ftFVW)

166 It's funny as hell that as NYC circles the drain, the Dems congressional leaders are NYC nitwits, Schumer and Jefferies and that another "star" is NYC dingbat AOC

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 29, 2025 07:09 PM (A2I8b)

167 148 It won't be long until we have digital identity in our Country.

I call it the Conservative Conundrum. There will always be one Republican - no matter how shitty the situation - more than willing to point out "but these are the rules".

Posted by: Head on a Swivel at September 29, 2025 07:09 PM (zW+7z)

168 Biden was always Stupid, but he was also always Evil. He was Stupid Evil!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 07:09 PM (E0Kkk)

169 AI influencers are already replacing all the meat sacks on Insta and TikTok.

Companies see them as a much cheaper option with far less risk and will say exactly what the corporations want.

There already is a massive flood of AInfluencers on those platforms. It's super easy to create one.

Even worse, now you can paint an AI influencer over your video image in real time so a fat middle aged guy can LARP as a young hot skinny chick.

I'm pretty sure we're seeing the last of the Hollywood stars.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 29, 2025 07:10 PM (AN+eO)

170 The total resignation program is set to cost $14.8bn, with 200,000 workers paid their full salary and benefits while on administrative leave for up to eight months, according to a Senate Democrats' report in July.

I am not pleased by the generosity of this offer.

Either they sit at home doing nothing or they go into the office and do nothing. Better they sit at home. At least you can sell the office space.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 07:10 PM (Q9Vcs)

171 It won't be long until we have digital identity in our Country.

Posted by: f

never happen
Posted by: n at September 29, 2025 07:06 PM (tbHsp)

***

Not until Christians have become such a small minority that they won't matter.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 29, 2025 07:10 PM (2WIwB)

172 I'd prefer a RIF, but oh well.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 29, 2025 06:43 PM

You might still get one, based on the meeting I was in today.

Posted by: Bert G at September 29, 2025 07:10 PM (VARTN)

173 Watch the anime Armitage III nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:10 PM (7rldP)

174 Cherry 2000.

Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2025 07:11 PM (LHPAg)

175 PS5 and PC, later will go mobile.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:09 PM (7rldP)

Huh.

Lol. I notice you did not answer the weeb level question.

When I looked it up just now, one of the characters looked like pippa.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 29, 2025 07:11 PM (zZu0s)

176 It is kind of adorable watching the left whine about how the size of the federal government is getting smaller

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2025 07:11 PM (dfIr7)

177 144 I hope other stipulations include foregoing pension and medical and being barred from any future fed gov "service"
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at September 29, 2025 07:06 PM (E3Ph4)

Hmmm... over 2 million fed worker types...
All can retire after 30 years? so mid 50's
If 60 retire if 20 years.
If 62, can retire with partial with only 5 years.

So yeah, I'll bet most just took the months off it was just an early retirement.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:11 PM (mP0Kj)

178 They did finally shit on the RealID pot. I'll be taking a domestic flight with my passport this week.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:09 PM (ftFVW)

Heh. I took a flight recently, and brought my passport just in case, because I really am not keeping up with this RealID shit at all. At the security guy booth, i said "passport's OK?", and he looks at me for just a fraction of a second like i'm completely retarded. Because I am. Of course it's OK, you numpty, a passport is the most OK thing you could have for crying out loud.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 07:11 PM (06Hmj)

179 US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts
Federal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation program

Learn to weave cotton.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 07:12 PM (Zz0t1)

180 nshaved armpit [step]daughter [Ella Emhoff] picked "Pickle!"

"Greendildo" not being available for P- names.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 29, 2025 07:02 PM (gKWVE)

Making sammiches?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 07:12 PM (i24o9)

181 Biden was always Stupid, but he was also always Evil. He was Stupid Evil!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 07:09 PM (E0Kkk)

We've been ruled by evil retards, like the Pakleds.

Posted by: Josephistan at September 29, 2025 07:12 PM (F6L9M)

182 He wants to go after private citizens who support Trump, too.
Posted by: Eeyore
=======
This is the same stupid asshole that wanted to nuke red areas if they revolt. What he doesn't get is there are a lot more private citizens that might take armed objection to his plans than people that would fight and die to save that Congress critter's miserable butt.

This is all to win credit among the soy boys for OWNING the GOP and conservatives.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 07:12 PM (WDjG6)

183 You want a hot android
You'd settle for a holodeck
You get Stella Mudd

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at September 29, 2025 07:12 PM (vFG9F)

184 Whatever the EU collects will be laundered back to the Feds thru 5i’s.
I think their plan for us is similar to that being worked out for Israel. Isolate us and chop us up into little pieces.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2025 07:12 PM (Dpv2s)

185
"Federal workers stay for the mission."

Bwahahahahahahaha. Pull the other one, it has bells.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 29, 2025 07:12 PM (QVmho)

186 When I think of government workers, the image of three guys standing around while another one fills the hole comes to mind.
Posted by: dantesed

Dreamy, isn't it?

Posted by: Mayor Alfred E. Buttplug at September 29, 2025 07:12 PM (E3Ph4)

187 165 Feh, those chickenshits have been shilly shallying around with RealID for so long and yet still haven't done it, there's no way they have the balls to try something like that.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

They did finally shit on the RealID pot. I'll be taking a domestic flight with my passport this week.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:09 PM (ftFVW)

Yeah.... luckily for me that Retired Military ID card with no expiration date is a Valid Real ID.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)

188 It would be nice if all 100,000 lived in Northern Virginia. Maybe they'd be obliged to move elsewhere.

Posted by: Paco at September 29, 2025 07:13 PM (mADJX)

189 Cherry 2000.
Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2025 07:11 PM (LHPAg)

I've always found "Cherry Poppin' Daddies" an incredibly disturbing name for a band.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 07:13 PM (Zz0t1)

190 It won't be long until we have digital identity in our Country.

y'all remember when we had at least 20 or more phone numbers memorized without any problem? Digital identity will do to names what cell phones did to phone numbers.

Posted by: DanMan at September 29, 2025 07:14 PM (8uzBS)

191 How is the Commie any different than all the other horrible leaders of New York? Giuliani is the only guy who I can remember ever pointing NYC on the right direction.

This latest commie will throw trash on trash.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 29, 2025 07:04 PM (AN+eO)

And then burn it to the water line.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 29, 2025 07:14 PM (snZF9)

192 >>> It appears an AI "actress" is becoming quite popular. "Tilly Norwood" is so popular, in fact, she is drawing the ire of "real" hollywood celeries who fear AI will replace them.

Apparently the creator says she is "art," and an art experiment. But I get the fear. However:

Tilly Norwood "Art" > Yoko Ono "Art"
Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 06:58 PM (gWBY1)

I've seen at least two commercials on TV that are AI. They have to be. Like not just CGI, but AI. Those cheap JG Wentworth, Deal Dash type of stuff. It's here.

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 29, 2025 07:15 PM (144I4)

193
Anna Puma, do you watch the anime "Dandadan?"

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2025 07:15 PM (E/NtD)

194 Aetius

Weeb is current gen dumb speak for otaku. They think they invented fandom. Nyah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:15 PM (7rldP)

195 I survived six RIF's so far at my company.

RIF four & six were pretty damn good paydays. Four paid upwards of a year depending on time with the company.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 07:15 PM (Q9Vcs)

196 The Guardian ratted out Jason Bourne in The Bourne Ultimatum

just saying

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2Y Banana at September 29, 2025 07:15 PM (AOsQT)

197 I've always found "Cherry Poppin' Daddies" an incredibly disturbing name for a band.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 07:13 PM (Zz0t1)

Even worse for a daycare.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 07:15 PM (i24o9)

198
Of course it's OK, you numpty, a passport is the most OK thing you could have for crying out loud.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

I asked what other fed gummint id cards were okay. TSA dude told me my VA disabled vet id card was okay. I tried it coming back home in DFW when i checked in. Poof, no questions asked.

That is how secure this realid crap is. Did any of the rest of you veterans get any scrutiny of your identity when you got your VA medical card?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 29, 2025 07:16 PM (QVmho)

199 Goodie! Maybe the position of Chairman of the Committee for Monitoring U-Boat Activity in Chesapeake Bay will open up.

Posted by: Paco at September 29, 2025 07:16 PM (mADJX)

200
Even worse for a daycare.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 07:15 PM (i24o9)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 07:16 PM (Zz0t1)

201 Yeah, 8 months severance isn't all that extraordinary.

And considering the benefits and the inability to get fired, I'd bet many of them (probably most) have been there for quite a while. In the corporate world, these are people that would more likely get fully paid early retirement.

Posted by: deadrody at September 29, 2025 07:16 PM (vgB0v)

202 Kiss them goodbye 👋

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2025 07:16 PM (+qU29)

203 >Giuliani is the only guy who I can remember ever pointing NYC on the right direction.
----

as mayors of NYC go, Ed Koch was okay

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2Y Banana at September 29, 2025 07:17 PM (AOsQT)

204 It's like independence day for all those federal workers. They can have a nice funemployment and pursue those hobbies they always wanted to take up and maybe even start a small business selling goat cheese and doilies hand woven from locally sourced pubic hair.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2025 07:17 PM (vFG9F)

205 Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 07:16 PM (Zz0t1)

*surrenders parking stub*

Anyone seen . . . ?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 07:17 PM (i24o9)

206 Swalwell is letting everybody know the Bolsheviks defeated the Mensheviks, SR’s and Cadets. To them, you are either a Bolshie or dead.
The left really believes a person choosing death over X absolves them of culpability. We should give them the same choice.

Posted by: Accomack at September 29, 2025 07:18 PM (Dpv2s)

207 I've always found "Cherry Poppin' Daddies" an incredibly disturbing name for a band.

Their stage show featured a huge penis-shaped cannon that fired confetti into the crowd. Great band, but a little broken. For a while the studios made them go by "The Daddies." They are from Eugene Oregon originally

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2025 07:18 PM (dfIr7)

208 That Billy the Kid tv show is ok.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 29, 2025 07:18 PM (iF0wO)

209 Maybe it should be
Double Dog Dare ya

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2025 07:18 PM (+qU29)

210 "138 What if AI turns out to really be artificial idiocracy?

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2025 07:05 PM (vFG9F) "

you mean to tell me that's not what it means? I had no idea ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 29, 2025 07:18 PM (ppG5b)

211 Kiss them goodbye 👋
Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2025 07:16 PM (+qU29)

Because this popped into my head when reading that comment........

https://youtu.be/u6nX8qvrY_8

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 07:18 PM (Zz0t1)

212 Only watched the second season. Space kaiju tai NewType Buddha was fun.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:18 PM (7rldP)

213 Really hope Trump can do something to smash govt worker unions. Even FDR thought they were wrong.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at September 29, 2025 07:19 PM (E3Ph4)

214 He wants to go after private citizens who support Trump, too.
Posted by: Eeyore
=======
This is the same stupid asshole that wanted to nuke red areas if they revolt. What he doesn't get is there are a lot more private citizens that might take armed objection to his plans than people that would fight and die to save that Congress critter's miserable butt.

This is all to win credit among the soy boys for OWNING the GOP and conservatives.

Posted by: whig at September 29, 2025 07:12 PM (WDjG6)

People like that will learn the hard way that their "revolutionaries" break windows, steal TVs, and burn buildings. Patriots go hunting, and nothing will save you when that happens.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 29, 2025 07:19 PM (snZF9)

215 Most Fed workers who are off the roles on Wednesday took a buyout. It's planned. They all get some form of retirement in perpetuity as long as they live...that's the deal they had anyway. They are no longer on at full salary and benefits. It saves money and the job slot is gone (cannot be refilled). So, it reduces future costs..which is a minor win.

With shutdown, Trump (OMB) says "those not essential must not be needed at all if Congress wont fund..." so were gonna reduction in force (RIF) them.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at September 29, 2025 07:19 PM (rii+a)

216
Ooh, here's another leftist-mocking AI video you'll like:

https://is.gd/e0wXw3

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2025 07:19 PM (E/NtD)

217 If we have a government shutdown, won’t this be a great opportunity for a government RIF?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 07:08 PM

That's Trump's plan. He was on TV the other day laying out exactly what he has directed OMB to do if the democrats refuse to play ball.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2025 07:20 PM (0N4FZ)

218 Federal Workers is an Oxymoron.

Like Hillary's Vagina.

Posted by: Huma Abadeebaadaabaa at September 29, 2025 07:20 PM (R/m4+)

219 Short term cost for long term gain. Assuming of course there isn't an employee replacement process under the next socialist presidency, then we will be back at square one. The next step would be to get rid of the public unions. Even FDR was against public employee unions.

Posted by: Indy Bill at September 29, 2025 07:20 PM (oHbDU)

220 Even worse, now you can paint an AI influencer over your video image in real time so a fat middle aged guy can LARP as a young hot skinny chick.

This has already happened:

https://is.gd/W3elJ2

And this isn’t even the guy I was thinking of who used a face-swap to do it in real time! He was also Japanese, whatever that means!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 07:21 PM (E0Kkk)

221
ooh, you see the end of that vid I linked above?

The Hodge Twins!

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2025 07:21 PM (E/NtD)

222 I've always found "Cherry Poppin' Daddies" an incredibly disturbing name for a band.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Ahhhh that takes me back. Zoot Suit Riot anyone?

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:21 PM (ftFVW)

223 The next step would be to get rid of the public unions. Even FDR was against public employee unions.

I think you probably could get the supreme court to agree that public employee unions are a bad idea

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2025 07:21 PM (dfIr7)

224 ]i[ ...but Biden was more corrupt.

not so sure, it all went to heck when Obama showed up. But Biden did introduce and endorse him first so Biden gets the golden carrot for that

Posted by: DanMan at September 29, 2025 07:21 PM (8uzBS)

225 What ever happen to the extra 87k IRS agents?

And I wonder if Musk researched the cost of all the ammo bought by the various non law enforcement agencies.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:22 PM (EYmYM)

226 Patriots go hunting, and nothing will save you when that happens.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 29, 2025 07:19 PM (snZF9)

I'll put on the goofy ass orange hat.

But i draw the line at spraying hobo piss on me so they think i'm "one of them" from 200 yards out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 07:22 PM (06Hmj)

227 "you mean to tell me that's not what it means? I had no idea ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"

We've been told one thing but the truth is coming out, like Amelia Earhart and the crabs.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2025 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

228 80% of the people do 20% of work while 20% do 80% of the work.

Something I heard from someone but don't know if is true.

Posted by: dantesed at September 29, 2025 07:23 PM (Oy/m2)

229 And this isn’t even the guy I was thinking of who used a face-swap to do it in real time! He was also Japanese, whatever that means!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 07:21 PM (E0Kkk)

John Woo isn't Japanese, silly.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 07:23 PM (06Hmj)

230 Ahhhh that takes me back. Zoot Suit Riot anyone?

This was my favorite song of theirs, kinda sad but well done

https://youtu.be/lspXdFPKmEY

I think they were the best of the 90's swing era bands

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2025 07:23 PM (dfIr7)

231 The first year of the Trump Presidency is not closed yet. Three more years will bring many more changes.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 07:23 PM (kurEY)

232 The threatening with a good time proceeds apace.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2025 07:24 PM (bMISb)

233
1 Yeet!
2 Double yeet!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 29, 2025 06:39 PM

The Blade is getting dull?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2025 07:24 PM (0sNs1)

234 Other point is they don't want Trump they are not MAGA

Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2025 07:24 PM (+qU29)

235 The total resignation program is set to cost $14.8bn.

A drop in the bucket compared to Ukraine.

Speaking of Ukraine, it kept its young men safe and out of the line of fire for civil service. They owe us.

Posted by: L -No nic, another fine day at September 29, 2025 07:24 PM (NFX2v)

236 100,000 ain't nothin' is compared to clinton's 400,000. Think of how much bloat has been added since 9/11, some 24 years ago

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 29, 2025 07:24 PM (Xe3i/)

237 225 What ever happen to the extra 87k IRS agents?

And I wonder if Musk researched the cost of all the ammo bought by the various non law enforcement agencies.
Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:22 PM (EYmYM)

Did the Fort Knox audit ever happen? Bet not.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:25 PM (mP0Kj)

238 US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts

Given that they haven't been working for the government for months, seems like kind of a stupid thing to scaremonger over.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 29, 2025 07:25 PM (ExV1e)

239 182 This is the same stupid asshole that wanted to nuke red areas if they revolt. What he doesn't get is there are a lot more private citizens that might take armed objection to his plans than people that would fight and die to save that Congress critter's miserable butt. - whig

Everything that comes out of that garbage-compactor mouth of his is stupid. I'm still trying to figure out how he lost a college soccer scholarship by breaking his thumbs.

Posted by: Paco at September 29, 2025 07:25 PM (mADJX)

240 Ahhhh that takes me back. Zoot Suit Riot anyone?
---
That song recklessly endangers people standing in back of you.

Posted by: Axeman at September 29, 2025 07:25 PM (bMISb)

241 Btw - the Furryification of culture continues.

Visited the Spirit Halloween store. They have 'cheap' furry kigurumi masks for sale. $59.99 to $99.99.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:25 PM (7rldP)

242 Ha! Good! I remember some coworkers wearing paper lips on their badges to symbolize that they were part of the Resistance.

You swore an oath, assholes!

They didn't resign, of course. Not gonna take an actual bullet for the cause.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 29, 2025 07:26 PM (kpS4V)

243 "The largest mass resignation in history."

Nope. That would be the mass 'resignation' of the bulk of the Imperial Russian Army in 1917. Although the 'resignation' of the Imperial German Army on the Western Front 1918 may have been as large or larger. So there we have at least two larger resignations. Expert professional journalists can't get anything right.

Posted by: Gref at September 29, 2025 07:26 PM (5rh/l)

244 Did the Fort Knox audit ever happen? Bet not.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:25 PM (mP0Kj)

Elon: "Holy shit, you mean it's actually empty?"

Guard: "Yurp."

Elon: "... I think i'm just going to leave, now."

Guard: "Mmmmm-hm."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 07:26 PM (06Hmj)

245 We've been told one thing but the truth is coming out, like Amelia Earhart and the crabs.
Posted by: fd at September 29, 2025 07:22 PM

It takes the top-tier of aviators, a Naval Aviator, to fly well when being tormented by an insatiable urge to scratch.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 29, 2025 07:27 PM (0sNs1)

246 There's 2+ million federal employees, not counting DoD Armed Services.

100K is a drop in the bucket. And if followed through will amount to about 1000 or less. Mostly those that are due to retire before the end of the year and will face zero penalties. Financially speaking.

Fake news.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2025 07:27 PM (Q4IgG)

247 230 Ahhhh that takes me back. Zoot Suit Riot anyone?

This was my favorite song of theirs, kinda sad but well done

https://youtu.be/lspXdFPKmEY

I think they were the best of the 90's swing era bands
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2025 07:23 PM (dfIr7)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has entered the chat.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at September 29, 2025 07:28 PM (NmqTc)

248 If the gold ain’t in Fort Knox where did it go?

Don’t say Goldfinger got it.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:28 PM (EYmYM)

249 Is this possible? Fed worker doesn't take buyout because of pension benefits and then gets shitcanned in an RIF? That's like a double saving.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 07:28 PM (kurEY)

250 I think they were the best of the 90's swing era bands
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Like em a lot. But my favorite slot goes to Squirrel Nut Zippers.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:28 PM (ftFVW)

251 BREAKING NEWS: Nicole Kidman is back on the market, 'rons.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at September 29, 2025 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

252 I’m sure not all the Fed workers who took the buyout are libs.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:30 PM (EYmYM)

253 248 If the gold ain’t in Fort Knox where did it go?

Don’t say Goldfinger got it.
Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:28 PM (EYmYM)

Rumor has it to a bank the Fed Res owns in New York... which is why some of us would like to know.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:30 PM (mP0Kj)

254 She Hobbit, fistbump on your comment in the art thread . You read my mind.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 07:30 PM (kurEY)

255 I hate Halloween

it's okay for little kids
but if you're over 12 and still get excited about Halloween, maybe pause for a moment of reflection, reappraise your life choices

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2Y Banana at September 29, 2025 07:31 PM (AOsQT)

256 250 I think they were the best of the 90's swing era bands
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Like em a lot. But my favorite slot goes to Squirrel Nut Zippers. - She Hobbit

They're both pretty good, but I prefer my swing old school: Basie, Hines and Calloway.

Posted by: Paco at September 29, 2025 07:32 PM (mADJX)

257 Rumor has it to a bank the Fed Res owns in New York... which is why some of us would like to know.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:30 PM (mP0Kj)

Who’s been watching Die Hard 3?

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:32 PM (EYmYM)

258 I hate Halloween

it's okay for little kids
but if you're over 12 and still get excited about Halloween, maybe pause for a moment of reflection, reappraise your life choices

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2Y Banana at September 29, 2025 07:31 PM (AOsQT)

You sound fun.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 07:32 PM (i24o9)

259 >BREAKING NEWS: Nicole Kidman is back on the market, 'rons.
---

did she broom that dirty hillbilly?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2Y Banana at September 29, 2025 07:32 PM (AOsQT)

260 What about the Stray Cats nyah?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:32 PM (7rldP)

261 Sounds exactly like my wife.
"It was on sale! Look how much money I saved."

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at September 29, 2025 07:32 PM (ekM0A)

262 I live in a 55+ community now so don’t have to buy any candy for Halloween.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:33 PM (EYmYM)

263 Like em a lot. But my favorite slot goes to Squirrel Nut Zippers.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:28 PM

*fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 29, 2025 07:33 PM (Wnv9h)

264 251 BREAKING NEWS: Nicole Kidman is back on the market, 'rons.

Strange. I didn't see anything on eBay.

Posted by: Paco at September 29, 2025 07:33 PM (mADJX)

265 She Hobbit, fistbump on your comment in the art thread . You read my mind.
Posted by: Ben Had

Hahaha, it looked like a peaceful little place.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:33 PM (ftFVW)

266 Yeah.... luckily for me that Retired Military ID card with no expiration date is a Valid Real ID.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)
There is iron in the words of Romeo13 for all men to see.
- Ten Bears

Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2025 07:33 PM (LHPAg)

267 251 BREAKING NEWS: Nicole Kidman is back on the market, 'rons.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at September 29, 2025 07:30 PM (0sNs1

Skeletor Kidman?

Hard pass.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 29, 2025 07:33 PM (AN+eO)

268 I live in a 55+ community now so don’t have to buy any candy for Halloween.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:33 PM (EYmYM)

*rings doorbell*

*runs*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 07:34 PM (i24o9)

269 It's good that Halloween is in October because that's when I'm really working on my Winter fat layer.

Posted by: fd at September 29, 2025 07:34 PM (vFG9F)

270 BREAKING NEWS: Nicole Kidman is back on the market, 'rons.
---

did she broom that dirty hillbilly?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2Y Banana at September 29, 2025 07:32 PM (AOsQT)

??
Well, I reckon Aussies have hillbillies as well.

She needs to find someone who is at least as tall as she.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 29, 2025 07:34 PM (0aYVJ)

271 I am not pleased by the generosity of this offer.

Yeah, but it's sunk cost. We have already paid these trolls for six months.

Posted by: toby928 at September 29, 2025 07:34 PM (jc0TO)

272 Is this possible? Fed worker doesn't take buyout because of pension benefits and then gets shitcanned in an RIF? That's like a double saving.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 07:28 PM

Quite possible. Lots of clutching of pearls, gnashing of teeth, tearing of hair, and rending of garments in large swaths of the federal workforce considering what the next few days may bring.

Posted by: Bert G at September 29, 2025 07:34 PM (VARTN)

273 Double feature might - Taps and BMX Bandits.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:34 PM (7rldP)

274 I have a metal gate and two badass dogs. The trick is to not get eaten.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 07:35 PM (kurEY)

275 @131

>>How is the Commie any different than all the other horrible leaders of New York? Giuliani is the only guy who I can remember ever pointing NYC on the right direction.

Arguably, the greatest 8 years in NYC's history where the first two terms of Bloomberg, he continued Giulianni's successful crime fighting regime and added S-Tier Business acumen and had the city running like a top to the extent that he went coo-coo in his third term because he had solved pretty much all of the cities problems.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 29, 2025 07:35 PM (XV/Pl)

276 'Not just in government. I saw that. He wants to go after private citizens who support Trump, too.'

Do congresspeople get Secret Service protection?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 29, 2025 07:35 PM (fd80v)

277 Brad Williams needs to be careful. Nicole likes them short.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 29, 2025 07:35 PM (0aYVJ)

278
Well ... 'bye!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at September 29, 2025 07:35 PM (xG4kz)

279 I hate Halloween

it's okay for little kids
but if you're over 12 and still get excited about Halloween, maybe pause for a moment of reflection, reappraise your life choices

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2Y Banana at September 29, 2025 07:31 PM (AOsQT)

You should see what SpongeBro does at his mom's house for decorations at Halloween. It's quite spectacular.

But we'll make sure to stay off your lawn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 29, 2025 07:35 PM (Zz0t1)

280
Ace likes these types of stories -- women complaining about men. Remember Jackie Mackie Paisley Wackie?

"Aging Millennial Girlbosses are Getting Desperate"

I cued it up to the end, but watch the whole thing.

https://is.gd/AeOBDK

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2025 07:35 PM (E/NtD)

281 They're both pretty good, but I prefer my swing old school: Basie, Hines and Calloway.
Posted by: Paco

Calloway is definitely my favorite of the real thing (versus '90s resurgence).

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:36 PM (ftFVW)

282 I was too late for the prior thread on the NYC mayor race.

Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.

NYC mayor races are off-cycle and typically have light turnout. If normal people get off their asses Zohran is not inevitable.

I'm in The Bronx and I'll be pulling the lever for Andy, which I thought could never happen.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 29, 2025 07:36 PM (dtajH)

283 > Is this possible? Fed worker doesn't take buyout because of pension benefits and then gets shitcanned in an RIF? That's like a double saving.
--------
Mostly, no.

The various agency/bureau/dept. HR departments, as well as the overall Federal retirement structure will coach employees to retire or separate from service when it most benefits them.

This "mass resignation" is, IMO horseshit. Some may, but they'll be the ones with little to lose. And... can be rehired tomorrow if they so desire and have the motivation to go through the motions.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 29, 2025 07:36 PM (Q4IgG)

284 I got my Real ID DL 5 years ago. They didn’t get any additional info that would allow any additional surveillance capability. I don’t understand the pushback.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:36 PM (EYmYM)

285 260 What about the Stray Cats nyah?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:32 PM (7rldP)

Brian Setzer Orchestra used to do an OUTSTANDING Christmas concert.... and the rest of the Cats used to play with the band as well...

Saw them 4 different times...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:36 PM (mP0Kj)

286 The next step would be to get rid of the public unions. Even FDR was against public employee unions.

I think you probably could get the supreme court to agree that public employee unions are a bad idea

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2025 07:21 PM

Unfortunately they are codified into federal law. Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute 5 USC 7102.

Congress would have to dismantle the law and even if that could happen the inevitable lawsuits would tie up the federal courts for decades.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 29, 2025 07:37 PM (0N4FZ)

287 Gabby Giffords wished she had USSS protection.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:37 PM (7rldP)

288 it's okay for little kids
but if you're over 12 and still get excited about Halloween, maybe pause for a moment of reflection, reappraise your life choices
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2Y Banana at September 29, 2025 07:31 PM (AOsQT)

Correct. Lots of 8 year old adults running around this here country. Buying Halloween costumes and NFL gear as an adult will get you a night in the box.

Posted by: Carr, The Floor Walker at September 29, 2025 07:37 PM (R/m4+)

289 >>> BREAKING NEWS: Nicole Kidman is back on the market, 'rons. Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at September 29, 2025 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

Supposedly sometime after her divorce from Cruise, she became the muse of some Chinese technocrat, and he propped up her career.

My husband HATES her commercial in the movie theaters that plays before every show. AMC I think? Her face is really plastic, but I do like her suit.

Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 07:37 PM (gWBY1)

290
Unfortunately it's the smart, hardworking ones who take the buyout. The slugs, drones and incompetents will cling on and on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 29, 2025 07:38 PM (tgvbd)

291 You should see what SpongeBro does at his mom's house for decorations at Halloween. It's quite spectacular.

But we'll make sure to stay off your lawn.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

He ain't kidding. It's exquisite.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:38 PM (ftFVW)

292 284 I got my Real ID DL 5 years ago. They didn’t get any additional info that would allow any additional surveillance capability. I don’t understand the pushback.
Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:36 PM (EYmYM)

Had to track down a copy of my 85 year old Mom's Birth Cert from Nebraska a few years back to get her real ID.

Was a pain.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:38 PM (mP0Kj)

293 That is how secure this realid crap is. Did any of the rest of you veterans get any scrutiny of your identity when you got your VA medical card?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at September 29, 2025 07:16 PM (QVmho)

The chances that Oregon DMV has been giving Real ID to illegals wholesale is non-zero. They have trouble with "only give disabled Vet ID to disabled Vets"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 29, 2025 07:38 PM (rbvCR)

294 It's official, I'm in love with Tilly Norwood.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 29, 2025 07:38 PM (KXyQ2)

295 268 I live in a 55+ community now so don’t have to buy any candy for Halloween.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:33 PM (EYmYM)

I live in a community that is overwhelmingly retirees, but I encourage Mrs. Paco to buy chocolate bars, er, just in case.

Posted by: Paco at September 29, 2025 07:38 PM (mADJX)

296 >>> it's okay for little kids
but if you're over 12 and still get excited about Halloween, maybe pause for a moment of reflection, reappraise your life choices Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2Y Banana at September 29, 2025 07:31 PM (AOsQT)

Grinch.

Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 07:38 PM (gWBY1)

297 But i draw the line at spraying hobo piss on me so they think i'm "one of them" from 200 yards out.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 29, 2025 07:22 PM

This man smells us from 200 yards away. What does that say about our hygiene?

Posted by: The 'Bos at September 29, 2025 07:39 PM (jc0TO)

298 I’m not yet tired of all the winning. More please

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 29, 2025 07:39 PM (ANuwa)

299 rings doorbell*

*runs*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 07:34 PM (i24o9)

BAM ! BAM ! BAM !

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:39 PM (EYmYM)

300 288 it's okay for little kids
but if you're over 12 and still get excited about Halloween, maybe pause for a moment of reflection, reappraise your life choices
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2Y Banana at September 29, 2025 07:31 PM (AOsQT)

Correct. Lots of 8 year old adults running around this here country. Buying Halloween costumes and NFL gear as an adult will get you a night in the box.
Posted by: Carr, The Floor Walker at September 29, 2025 07:37 PM (R/m4+)

Come on... its a great night for us single guys to go girl watch in bars.... with the sexy slutty costume trend.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:39 PM (mP0Kj)

301 BurtTC is in line for sloppy 457th

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 07:39 PM (kurEY)

302 As federal employee of the military I have a wishlist of who I hope is numbered in that 100,000.

Posted by: Aivanther at September 29, 2025 07:39 PM (2fpG4)

303 299 rings doorbell*

*runs*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 29, 2025 07:34 PM (i24o9)

BAM ! BAM ! BAM !
Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:39 PM (EYmYM)

Release, the Hounds...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:39 PM (mP0Kj)

304 Unfortunately they are codified into federal law. Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute 5 USC 7102.
-
Which would be the point of giving the SC an excuse to declare it unconstitutional.

Posted by: Methos at September 29, 2025 07:40 PM (vSvIl)

305 Imagine if you will a Halloween MoMe.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 29, 2025 07:40 PM (7rldP)

306 270 BREAKING NEWS: Nicole Kidman is back on the market, 'rons.
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did she broom that dirty hillbilly?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Spider 2Y Banana at September 29, 2025 07:32 PM (AOsQT)

Boo! Boo! The queen of filth, I say. Boo!

Posted by: Eromero at September 29, 2025 07:40 PM (LHPAg)

307 BurtTC is in line for sloppy 457th
Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 07:39 PM (kurEY)

No! That's the beauty of it, there is no sloppy!!

Posted by: BurtTC at September 29, 2025 07:41 PM (KXyQ2)

308 BurtTC, hahahaha.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 29, 2025 07:41 PM (kurEY)

309 BurtTC is in line for sloppy 457th
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That's the beauty of falling for an AI actress, you can just download a copy of the original and start fresh.

Posted by: Methos at September 29, 2025 07:42 PM (vSvIl)

310 NOOD cafe

Posted by: ScaryMary at September 29, 2025 07:42 PM (Hvd9a)

311 AI girlfriend reminded me of the movie Her. I need to watch it again. I was shocked that they made a decent movie based on Siri.

Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:42 PM (EYmYM)

312 Why don't the Federal workers ever strike?

Posted by: toby928 at September 29, 2025 07:42 PM (jc0TO)

313 I got my Real ID DL 5 years ago. They didn’t get any additional info that would allow any additional surveillance capability. I don’t understand the pushback.
Posted by: The way I see it

Had to track down a copy of my 85 year old Mom's Birth Cert from Nebraska a few years back to get her real ID.

Was a pain.
Posted by: Romeo13

And married women have to bring marriage license (official, not a copy) if they changed their name. I don't care so much, just haven't bothered to round up all the docs since they delayed it so many times.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:42 PM (ftFVW)

314 294 It's official, I'm in love with Tilly Norwood.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 29, 2025 07:38 PM (KXyQ2)

I'm holding out for a Stepford Wife.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:44 PM (mP0Kj)

315 20 pt Gaza Plan

7. Cut up swingsets for rockets from new playgrounds
11. Centrifugal rocket launch merry go rounds from Six Flag over AllahLand
17. Kill Jews

Mohammedans

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 29, 2025 07:44 PM (gbOdA)

316 "Guardian: Mormon church shooting suspect had Trump sign outside home, records show"

I'm still waiting on the 72 hour rule.

One thing I'm waiting on is the final death count. LDS congregations usually have a special children's musical number in the fall, with all the kids ages 6-12 getting up and singing sometime after the sacrament. A lot of the churches were doing that this week. So potentially a LOT more grandparents and kids were in that crowd than normal for their sacrament meeting.

Bless all those sweet families.

Posted by: LizLem at September 29, 2025 07:44 PM (gWBY1)

317 Had to track down a copy of my 85 year old Mom's Birth Cert from Nebraska a few years back to get her real ID.

Was a pain.
Posted by: Romeo13

And married women have to bring marriage license (official, not a copy) if they changed their name. I don't care so much, just haven't bothered to round up all the docs since they delayed it so many times.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 29, 2025 07:42 PM (ftFVW)

Yeah, we had that.... also had to get a Social Security Card.... for an 85 year old Retired Teacher who didn't get Social Security.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 29, 2025 07:45 PM (mP0Kj)

318 Hundreds of thousands sat home for years doing little to nothing. Who suffered then? Consumers, children, veterans, etc. Who worked? Grocery store employees, transportation, big box workers, essential medical personnel.
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Again, non-essential workers - including union officials and shop stewards and some managers - are on 'layoff' every time the federal government shuts down. They will not lose pay and benefits.

But close the government for long enough and some of their benefits might lag behind.

Posted by: L -No nic, another fine day at September 29, 2025 07:45 PM (NFX2v)

319 Least we're getting a top-drawer Super Bowl halftime show this year.

Posted by: Up With People at September 29, 2025 07:46 PM (oftw2)

320 I am not pleased by the generosity of this offer.

“Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.”
― Sun Tzu

Posted by: weew at September 29, 2025 07:49 PM (wA+Z+)

321 Specifically, 5 U.S.C. §7311, specifies that federal employees may not participate in a strike, assert the right to strike, or even belong to a union that “asserts the right to strike against the government of the United States.” Driving the point home, 18 U.S.C. §1918 makes it a felony to strike against the United States or belong to a union that asserts the right to strike against the United States. What’s more, the Office of Personnel Management can declare an individual who participates in a strike unsuitable for federal employment. Forever.
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Remember the air traffic controllers of 1981?
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Government Executive

Posted by: L -No nic, another fine day at September 29, 2025 07:50 PM (NFX2v)

322 248 If the gold ain’t in Fort Knox where did it go?

Don’t say Goldfinger got it.
Posted by: The way I see it at September 29, 2025 07:28 PM (EYmYM)

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It's being held safe and sound on Zimtok-5.

Posted by: Blor Utar, from Zimtok-5 at September 29, 2025 07:50 PM (E8jXP)

323 That's Trump's plan. He was on TV the other day laying out exactly what he has directed OMB to do if the democrats refuse to play ball.
Posted by: Mister Scott

I wished he'd have kept his mouth shut about that.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 29, 2025 07:54 PM (Q9Vcs)

324 290
Unfortunately it's the smart, hardworking ones who take the buyout. The slugs, drones and incompetents will cling on and on.
Posted by: Hadrian

As management. 😱

Posted by: L -No nic, another fine day at September 29, 2025 07:54 PM (NFX2v)

325 Unfortunately they are codified into federal law. Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute 5 USC 7102.

If the court rules that it is a conflict of interest and abuse of power etc it won't matter if there's a law.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 29, 2025 08:17 PM (dfIr7)

326 Soothsayer -
That “Race Card” AI celebrity impersonation video was much less convincing. Fun to hear the arguments coming from somewhat plausible “actor” but not real verisimilitude.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 08:20 PM (E0Kkk)

327 Fort Knox won’t be empty, but how many bars will be tungsten-filled?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 29, 2025 08:24 PM (E0Kkk)

328 Aren't there over 2,000,000 of those Fed drones? so 100,000 leaves 1,900,000....

sigh

Posted by: Beverly at September 29, 2025 08:34 PM (Epeb0)

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