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It Is What It Looks Like

The Left never fails to defend and worship terrorism at all levels and in all venues. It has become so obvious recently that the Party itself knows how bad this looks, or at least some factions within the Party do. The trial balloon they sent up at the Atlantic was a limp-wristed acknowledgment of the problem and filled with wobbly and outlandish "both-sidesism" with the Atlantic's brand of "just trust me bro" assertions that most political violence was historically right-wing, but it's clear that somebody in the Party is worried about Leftist terrorism and ordered the balloon. They do this all the time when some faction decides that they need to make a change, and the Atlantic is a regular venue for them. We saw it several times during COVID.

Like during COVID, this early trial balloon showed that the base is not willing to consider it. Most of the Party isn't willing to consider a change. I don't know which faction was responsible for the trial balloon, but it is clearly in the minority and not well aligned with the rest of the Party. Every day, the hits just keep coming. Not just Leftist terrorism, but the grotesque celebration and cheering of Leftist terrorism. You can't swing a cat without seeing gleeful adulation of some terrorist or terrorist action, and open encouragement to do more of it.

There is, of course, the ongoing celebration of the Kirk assassination. Then there is the defense of Jay Jones' bloodlust. The glorification of Mangione. The constant wagon-circling around Antifa. The deafening silence around trans-perpetrated mass shootings. These are just the recent ones, and the list goes on and on and on. But the problem is very much deeper than that. The Left doesn't have a "terrorism problem," terrorism is part of Leftist identity and worldview. The recent activity is certainly much bigger and louder than before, but it is nothing new. Terrorism is in Leftist DNA and they can't help themselves. If there is a lefty terrorist, he is worthy of worship and defense.

Late last month, the Chicago Teachers Union did something very typical for the Left: they performed public worship of a terrorist on X:

Rest in Power, Rest in Peace, Assata Shakur. 🕊️

Today we honor the life and legacy of a revolutionary fighter, a fierce writer, a revered elder of Black liberation, and a leader of freedom whose spirit continues to live in our struggle.

Assata refused to be silenced. She taught us that "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains."

Don't know who Shakur was? The Community Notes are there to help:
In 1973, Assata Shakur murdered a NJ State Trooper & was convicted of first-degree murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault.

In 1979, armed allies stormed prison, freed her, and smuggled her to Cuba

The FBI added her to its Most Wanted Terrorists list.

Shakur was a Black Panther before joining the hardcore racial communist Black Liberation Army. It was during her time with BLA that she was involved in a shootout during a traffic stop on the NJ Turnpike that led to her imprisonment and subsequent jailbreak and asylum in Cuba. She was a radical communist and a convicted murderer. And The Chicago Teacher Union invites her to "rest in power." The white dove emoji was a particularly nice touch.

This is a minor sideshow, of course. That's the point. Leftists glorifying terrorists is not only nothing new, it's downright routine. Simple hagiographies of terrorists are becoming dull at this point, now that Democrat governors are flirting with actual open war against the National Guard to defend terrorist encampments at federal buildings and Leftists are regularly gunning down their political enemies real and imagined.

They go after soft targets like churches and schools, hard targets like Trump and middling-difficulty targets like Kirk. Their violence is both random and targeted, and they can be sure to receive defense and glorification. The Party cultivates its warriors and sets them loose, then never forgets them. Even decades later, some Party organ or another will at least spare a moment to slaver over a fellow murderous communist as they send her off to "rest in power." Sometimes it's the press, sometimes it's a politician, sometimes it's a teachers union - but they never fail to celebrate a left-wing terrorist while they industriously labor to produce more of them.

It has been this way for a very long time, and it will continue. It has to continue, because it is exactly what it looks like. This is who they are, and terrorism is what they do.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM




Comments

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1 ZEROETH!

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

2 Before BLADE!

Posted by: Inogame at October 08, 2025 11:01 AM (53oGX)

3 Hey, Mannix. I'll go cull the otters.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

4 Sparkling wigglers.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 08, 2025 11:01 AM (oUurD)

5 Otter status: Culled.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

6 The left worships a lot of bad shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2025 11:03 AM (Q4IgG)

7 And here we are getting seen as "weird" for believing in God.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2025 11:03 AM (+4yJ5)

8 If only we had some clue that the Left put no value on human life...

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2025 11:04 AM (o1u+L)

9 The left has lost their soul.

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2025 11:04 AM (2N3ca)

10 Good post Joe. And related. The judges home that the MFM leftist hacks tripped over their own dicks to scream MAGA VIOLENCE! Might not be MAGA VIOLENCE! at all. No retractions forthcoming. I hate them.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 08, 2025 11:05 AM (4p0Xq)

11 1 ZEROETH!
Posted by: Bulg
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*golf clap*

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2025 11:05 AM (TN0g+)

12 "In 1973, Assata Shakur murdered a NJ State Trooper & was convicted of first-degree murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault."

She should not have even been around to be sprung in 1979.

Posted by: fd at October 08, 2025 11:06 AM (w4WrZ)

13 The left has lost their soul.
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And they're *proud* of it. They're really, really, proud of it.

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2025 11:06 AM (TN0g+)

14 9 The left has lost their soul.
Posted by: Piper


Random thought:

They are convinced that they are the One True Path that will lead humanity to Secher Nbiw. They have the most perfect plans ever but those people refuse to obey. That's why they're quite fine with burning down everything and everyone in order to bring paradise to Earth.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2025 11:06 AM (+4yJ5)

15 "Most of the Party isn't willing to consider a change."

Why should they? Terrorism works. It works extremely well.

Terrorism has been getting the left most of what it wants for over a century. Literally entire governments were created by terrorism and continue to survive -- and in some cases, flourish -- because of terrorism.

Without terrorism, there is no left. The left's ideas are odious and perverted. Their ideas could never thrive in a sane world where the left had to intellectually convince people of their policies.

Terrorism is extremely successful and the basic lifeblood of the left. They will never give it up. Never.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:07 AM (iFTx/)

16 And our response?

Vigils and prayer.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 08, 2025 11:07 AM (5Yz+T)

17 The left has lost their soul.
Posted by: Piper

Random thought:

They are convinced that they are the One True Path that will lead humanity to Secher Nbiw. They have the most perfect plans ever but those people refuse to obey. That's why they're quite fine with burning down everything and everyone in order to bring paradise to Earth.
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Its Pol Pot all over again.

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2025 11:07 AM (TN0g+)

18 Its Pol Pot all over again.
Posted by: Crusader


Yes, but the difference is that THEY are in charge and everything will run perfectly!

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2025 11:08 AM (+4yJ5)

19 And related. The judges home that the MFM leftist hacks tripped over their own dicks to scream MAGA VIOLENCE! Might not be MAGA VIOLENCE! at all. No retractions forthcoming. I hate them.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 08, 2025 11:05 AM (4p0Xq)

It's called muddying the waters. They do it with any story they don't obviously benefit from. That's how they turned Kirk being murdered on video into a Victim Jimmy Kimmel narrative.

They do it with everything. It started in earnest under Obama. I believe Fort Hood "workplace violence" was the first time I saw it employed.

It's not meant to convince. Just a stall tactic until a "better" story comes along.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2025 11:08 AM (o1u+L)

20 "Rest in Power" - I hate this phrase. It's like it says "we are going to continue to do some evil, but now we'll do it in your name to carry on your legacy of doing evil".

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

21 9 The left has lost their soul.

have they checked their other pants?

Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:08 AM (oY6Yp)

22 Well stated. Terrorism is uniquely a left-wing phenomenon.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at October 08, 2025 11:08 AM (P7Iz+)

23 Thx Joe.
Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn became "respected " educators and put a straw man in the White House. They raised Chesa Boudin after his parents went to jail. He became radical DA of SF until removed. The woman bomber pardoned by Bubba went back into leftist actions including BLM. Others and their progeny are throughout government band academia. They never stop. Just keep hitting back.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2025 11:09 AM (pwtJC)

24 Asshole Shitcan is the actual face, heart and soul of the democrat party. She hated America and especially white folks.

Yet dumb people will wear her T-shirt and holler “Power To The People!” never understanding she would have killed them first.

Posted by: Zombie Pol Pot at October 08, 2025 11:10 AM (w22JQ)

25 by: Its Go Time Donald at October 08, 2025 11:07 AM (5Yz+T

I think you should include your suggestions as to the actions we should take from the earlier thread.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2025 11:10 AM (Nx5jP)

26 Willard:

RMBS, still have a few days to serve on my Massachusetts sentence. Maybe I’ll listen to Howie on the drive back.

In re learning Greek: I did Rosetta Stone Spanish for a month before going to Spain. I was able to do simple conversations like asking for the house red wine, and which bus to take. And the natives were very polite about it. I think.
Posted by: RI Red at October 08, 2025 11:05 AM (1Vo6X)

Posted by: RI Red at October 08, 2025 11:10 AM (1Vo6X)

27
Random thought:

They are convinced that they are the One True Path that will lead humanity to Secher Nbiw. They have the most perfect plans ever but those people refuse to obey. That's why they're quite fine with burning down everything and everyone in order to bring paradise to Earth.
Posted by: NR Pax at October

It’s incredible they don’t understand decadence doesn’t survive well when you are burned back to having to find your own food (like on the hoof and from the ground), or they won’t be subject to their violence ultimately.

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2025 11:11 AM (2N3ca)

28 This is who they are, and terrorism is what they do.
=========================
I never wanted to believe this of my fellow Americans, but it obviously true. Ugly fact.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2025 11:11 AM (fIKv5)

29 9 The left has lost their soul.

have they checked their other pants?
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:08 AM


Er, uh, what other pahnts?

Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at October 08, 2025 11:11 AM (ySpAZ)

30 > 9 The left has lost their soul.
Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2025 11:04 AM (2N3ca)

"You had no soul to lose, and you know it." -- with apologies to Bob Dylan

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:11 AM (qpyNK)

31 And the natives were very polite about it. I think.
Posted by: RI Red

I think natives always appreciate it when you at least try to communicate with them in their own language, no matter how badly you butcher it.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:12 AM (77rzZ)

32
Wow! This Assata Shakur chick sounds like an awesome revolutionary!

I think I'll make a comedy drama about her killing police for my next movie.

Or, maybe musical! That would be hilarious!!!

Posted by: Paul Thomas Anderson at October 08, 2025 11:12 AM (iJfKG)

33 Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 08, 2025 11:08 AM (Dv3i1)

Joanne Chesimard is not resting in power . She was a violent extremist, who as far as I know never repented.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2025 11:12 AM (Nx5jP)

34 Jay James is defended by the entire power structure of the Democrat Party. He merely said what every last one of them believes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2025 11:13 AM (fIKv5)

35 RMBS, still have a few days to serve on my Massachusetts sentence. Maybe I’ll listen to Howie on the drive back.

In re learning Greek: I did Rosetta Stone Spanish for a month before going to Spain. I was able to do simple conversations like asking for the house red wine, and which bus to take. And the natives were very polite about it. I think.
Posted by: RI Red at October 08, 2025 11:05 AM (1Vo6X)
Posted by: RI Red at October 08, 2025 11:10 AM


Sounds like a plan.

Actually, I got compliments on my pronunciation from waiters, and impressed looks when we told them that, no, we didn't need the English menu.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2025 11:13 AM (ySpAZ)

36 with the Atlantic's brand of "just trust me bro" assertions that most political violence was historically right-wing



List them.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:14 AM (OUGLk)

37 There's only one thing terrorists understand and it's the only thing that will stop them.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 08, 2025 11:14 AM (g8Ew8)

38 34 Jay James is defended by the entire power structure of the Democrat Party. He merely said what every last one of them believes.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2025 11:13 AM (fIKv5)

Is it James or Jones ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2025 11:14 AM (VE6XX)

39 36 with the Atlantic's brand of "just trust me bro" assertions that most political violence was historically right-wing



List them.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:14 AM (OUGLk)

======

Random gang violence in jail: right wing.

2020 BLM riots: not counted.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:15 AM (GBKbO)

40 Actually, I got compliments on my pronunciation from waiters, and impressed looks when we told them that, no, we didn't need the English menu.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Isn't "gyro" actually pronounced something like "yeer-o?"

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

41 I never wanted to believe this of my fellow Americans, but it obviously true. Ugly fact.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2025 11:11 AM (fIKv5)

This. In so many ways, this.

Posted by: Doesn't Matter at October 08, 2025 11:15 AM (JCLJi)

42 I'll never understand the fawning over JoAnne Byron (Assata Shakur). She was a garden-variety criminal scumbag, a drug dealer and almost certainly a junkie herself, and almost certainly a whore.

There is literally nothing in her background or actions that has anything to do with black liberation, black civil rights, or anything that did anything to make anyone's lives better.

She was a violent sociopath who's only "activism" was robbing people, selling drugs, and murdering innocents.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

43 Isn't "gyro" actually pronounced something like "yeer-o?"
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:15 AM


Yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2025 11:16 AM (ySpAZ)

44 42 She was a violent sociopath who's only "activism" was robbing people, selling drugs, and murdering innocents.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

======

"And...?
-the party that sanctified George Floyd

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:16 AM (GBKbO)

45 Is "Free Mumia" still a thing? It was everywhere in Ann Arbor in the 80s.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:16 AM (77rzZ)

46 I don’t know, y’all. It wasn’t so very long ago we could disagree on whether the government should provide health care for everyone, but still agree murdering is bad. Violating children is bad. Those types of thoughts weren’t considered radical. It wasn’t long ago we could all agree advocating for the murder of your opponents children would make you a pariah, or coming down on the side of Hitler’s views of Jewish people would make people give you a very, very wide berth and chances would be you were off the Christmas card list. And yet look at NYC- that isn’t about Palestine. Never again sure was short lived and it’s scary. This should be a philosophical discussion about what you would do, we aren’t supposed to be reliving it.

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2025 11:17 AM (2N3ca)

47 What were the Bolsheviks, brownshirts, and blackshirts if not terrorists? The so-called anarchists of the very early 20th century? SDS? Weathermen? The left loves terrorism and has been using it here and around the world for over a hundred years.

Posted by: It's who they are at October 08, 2025 11:17 AM (TbWk/)

48 You are missing the Globalize the Intifada Leftists from you r list . Those wearing kefiiyahs and turning out for mass marches calling for the murder of Jews everywhere. They are successfully taking over entire communities. Their standard bearer, Mamdani, is the leading candidate for Mayor for one of the largest cities in the US. This is much more serious than the Mangione fan club.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 08, 2025 11:17 AM (t/2Uw)

49 with the Atlantic's brand of "just trust me bro" assertions that most political violence was historically right-wing



List them.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:14 AM (OUGLk)

======

Random gang violence in jail: right wing.

2020 BLM riots: not counted.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
___

All those (mostly minority) sex perverts in prison showers ass-raping each other are card-carrying Republicans and big MAGA, bro!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

50 I'll take a bit of a contrary view, and say that this lionization of Shakur (as well as the focus on violence in general) is the the strongest signal yet that the Left, as a socio-political force, is truly dead. Oh they still have enough devotees to make a lot of noise and cause trouble - but that's all that they can do now.

Who under the age of 40 (maybe even 50!) has ever heard of Shakur, or gives a damn about her? This is a name that only has meaning to those sad old ex-hippie wannabes you see at most every public demonstration the Left stages lately. It's pathetic, their movement is mainly a way to get these sad clowns out of the nursing home for an afternoon and let them get some sun.

That is *not* the foundation of a serious political movement. That is black comedy, nothing more.

Now this does not mean we do not face opposition - the Left still holds a great deal of institutional power, even in the Fed Government. (The purge will take some time to be effective) But the Left is out of ideas , out of plans, out of hope. All they have is emotion and Will-to-Power, which is why they devolve into violence.

Dangerous, pathetic losers. That's all that they are now

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2025 11:18 AM (uWKK8)

51 21 9 The left has lost their soul.

have they checked their other pants?
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:08 AM (oY6Yp

Or when you find the dope on them, "These aren't my pants"

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 08, 2025 11:18 AM (YlWIZ)

52 FWIW, Cenk's nephew Hasan Piker who supports Ham Ass, Houthis, etc. does this live on his stream. Shocks his poor dog for getting and and stretching and then yells at the poor doggie about how much he hates the US.

Top story at Insty right now.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:19 AM (WDjG6)

53 The left has always been a revolutionary movement. Sometimes it takes a peaceful form, other times not so much. But revolutionary change has always been their core. They are always advocating for their form of "progress".

The majority of the world is not on the left and for the most part wants to go about their lives and be left alone. This usually means it takes a while to respond to the left but I reject that it means terrorism works. It works for a while but then people start to get fed up with not being left alone and start to push back.

We are there. The response to the murder of Charlie Kirk made this pretty obvious. It doesn't mean the left will abandon violence immediately but it does mean they will increasingly face consequences. We went through this in the 60s and early 70s. We can crush them again.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2025 11:20 AM (viF8m)

54 52 FWIW, Cenk's nephew Hasan Piker who supports Ham Ass, Houthis, etc. does this live on his stream. Shocks his poor dog for getting and and stretching and then yells at the poor doggie about how much he hates the US.

Top story at Insty right now.


it's fucking horrendous. I have Many Thoughts. hoping for a thread or a quick hit later

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 08, 2025 11:20 AM (emBoF)

55 > Is "Free Mumia" still a thing?
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:16 AM (77rzZ)

Free Mumia with purchase of second Mumia of equal or greater value!


If the Chicago Teacher's Union (or anyone) worships a no-questions-about-it terrorist, they should be treated as terrorists.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:20 AM (qpyNK)

56
All those (mostly minority) sex perverts in prison showers ass-raping each other are card-carrying Republicans and big MAGA, bro!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

And Muslim terrorist violence isn’t counted anywhere, either. But it’s pretty clear who aligns with that group, they have partnered up in earnest and it isn’t us!

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2025 11:20 AM (2N3ca)

57 But the Left is out of ideas , out of plans, out of hope. All they have is emotion and Will-to-Power, which is why they devolve into violence.

Dangerous, pathetic losers. That's all that they are now
Posted by: Tom Servo
=======
Problem is that a Timber or Desert rattler has more morals than leftists. Those snakes at least warn before they strike.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:20 AM (WDjG6)

58 - Never heard of the 1973 murder. Was in the army and outside the continental US. Only time I remember watching tv during that time was '73', OU vs Neb football game.
Was out in '79' but don't remember seeing prison break story either. Then again, full time job, 12 hour course load and married didn't leave much time.

And how in the world (see what I didn't do there) did they even get inside the outer prison gate to do the break out?

Posted by: TeeJ at October 08, 2025 11:21 AM (cMU4o)

59 Hasan Piker is trending on X again
Don't look up why

Posted by: gKWVE at October 08, 2025 11:21 AM (1ET9J)

60 Dark Matter and Dark Energy May Be Illusions Created by Changing Physics

A physicist at the University of Ottawa has published research suggesting the universe’s most perplexing mysteries — dark matter and dark energy, which together supposedly account for 95% of everything that exists — could be explained without invoking unseen particles or forces.

Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2025 11:22 AM (RHGPo)

61 FWIW, Cenk's nephew Hasan Piker who supports Ham Ass, Houthis, etc. does this live on his stream. Shocks his poor dog for getting and and stretching and then yells at the poor doggie about how much he hates the US.

Top story at Insty right now.
Posted by: whig

Muslims hate dogs. I'm surprised he even owns one.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

62 This is about the NJ trooper killed by Joanne Chesimard. She gets so much attention. He never does:

https://tinyurl.com/4697hhrp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2025 11:22 AM (Nx5jP)

63 She was a violent sociopath who's only "activism" was robbing people, selling drugs, and murdering innocents.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

======

"And...?
-the party that sanctified George Floyd
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:16 AM (GBKbO)
_____

At least with Saint George of the Holy Overdose, there was a flashpoint to cause these scumbags to rally around: the video of him on the ground with the cop's knee on his back. He was idolized not for anything he actually did, but what was done to him.

Shakur was just a deranged psychopath. Even Che -- also a deranged psychopath -- had some claim to have actually done something worthwhile for the commie cause.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:22 AM (iFTx/)

64 She was a violent sociopath who's only "activism" was robbing people, selling drugs, and murdering innocents.
Posted by: Elric The Blade


I think you answered your remark about why the Left fawns over her. They adored Rodney King and George Floyd for much of the same reasons.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2025 11:23 AM (+4yJ5)

65 15
‘ Terrorism is extremely successful and the basic lifeblood of the left. They will never give it up. Never’

Certainly not as long as they live.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 08, 2025 11:23 AM (jbnUc)

66 They are successfully taking over entire communities. Their standard bearer, Mamdani, is the leading candidate for Mayor for one of the largest cities in the US. This is much more serious than the Mangione fan club.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 08, 2025 11:17 AM (t/2Uw)

If Mamdami wins, it would be one of the best things that could ever happen to the Conservative movement in this country. Because NYC will begin to collapse on every level almost immediately.

It will be a harsh object lesson that'll be on top of everyone's minds for decades.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2025 11:23 AM (uWKK8)

67 it's fucking horrendous. I have Many Thoughts. hoping for a thread or a quick hit later
Posted by: Black Orchid
========
This is who the left is---nothing more than pure pernicious evil wrath when they are not sinning via the other 6 deadly sins.

You open a gate to Stan when you indulge just one of the seven deadly sins as it often leads to even more deadly sins. Lust or envy for example can lead to rage and murder.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:24 AM (WDjG6)

68 I never wanted to believe this of my fellow Americans, but it obviously true. Ugly fact.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2025 11:11 AM (fIKv5)

Unfortunately I've been ahead of the curve on this which has made me unpopular (ok, even more unpopular) with a number of people. People really would rather cling to the delusion that we're all just one big happy American family with broadly shared values and just some minor disagreements. We went and we haven't been in a long time. Even when it's this directly in our faces, some will still remain in denial.

Posted by: The human capacity for self-deceit is unlimited at October 08, 2025 11:24 AM (TbWk/)

69 >>>You can't swing a cat without seeing gleeful adulation of some terrorist or terrorist action

... and you can't shock a dog who's wearing a shock collar without getting the whole internet up in your grill!

--Hasan Piker, learning this just today

Posted by: m at October 08, 2025 11:24 AM (aURVT)

70 The deification of George Floyd made them think that they had won but the Leftist Industrisl Complex needs to feed the machine so needed a new cause. Now that Climate Change had caused pain at the pump finally, they needed something new and the Pro Palestinian movement became a thing. Now they have a cause that has lasted 3000 years.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 08, 2025 11:25 AM (t/2Uw)

71 I've noticed that Chunk Uglier seems to be attempting to walk back his more extreme positions of late. He's apparently smart enough to realize how things have changed.

Won't work, Chunk.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:25 AM (qpyNK)

72 I think the left realized their perceived power back during the Obama reign. They were "cut loose" from a lot of the regulations, and laws, that kept them in check for decades. Trump 1 pissed them off to no end. *biden's junta cut them loose again and they made good on "getting even" for Trump 1.

Today, it's a fight to restore their perceived power and place in society/government. Keeping them suppressed, at least as far as government is concerned is paramount, IMO. The nutters running free will, or should be, taken care of by society where possible.

But, TBH, I don't think there's much of chance of rehabilitation at this point.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2025 11:25 AM (Q4IgG)

73 Well this could be interesting.

>>@BillMelugin_

>>BREAKING: An arson suspect has been arrested in connection with starting the devastating Palisades Fire in January that killed 12 people, per federal law enforcement source. DOJ presser scheduled for 9am PT in LA to make announcement, billed as "significant development" in case.

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

74 Every position they have historically held - free speech, firearms, the evils of corporations, police, cia, fbi, capital punishment, you name it, is strictly dependent on whether they currently hold the reins of power. “Democrats hate guns” went the refrain.

No. They love guns. They hate you[ and don’t want you to have them.

“We don’t let them have ideas;” said Stalin, “why would we let them have guns?”

Posted by: Common Tater at October 08, 2025 11:25 AM (o0flu)

75 Random gang violence in jail: right wing.

2020 BLM riots: not counted.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison



Obviously not counting the Mexican Mafia or the Black gangs in jail either.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:25 AM (OUGLk)

76 The trial balloon they sent up at the Atlantic was a limp-wristed acknowledgment of the problem and filled with wobbly and outlandish "both-sidesism" with the Atlantic's brand of "just trust me bro" assertions that most political violence was historically right-wing ...

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Using statistics of white prison gang violence -- which of course it's not political violence at all, except to the race-obsessed racists the racist on The Left (BIRM).

Posted by: ShainS -- The Sombrero Memes Will Continue Until Morality Improves! at October 08, 2025 11:26 AM (fzb4z)

77 Chicago Teachers Union… always focused like a laser on their core mission 🙄

How are test scores at Chicago public schools these days? Too lazy to look it up but I’d bet a day’s salary they’re abysmal

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2025 11:26 AM (OW907)

78 when you think about it, whig - and I have thought a lot about this - the Left could be considered DEFINED by the 7 Deadly Sins - which they've converted to virtues.

Meanwhile, the actual virtues, they full disdain if not consider "sinful."

So that is. Well. It's evil. It's opening yourself fully to demonic forces, while purposely pushing God out.

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 08, 2025 11:26 AM (emBoF)

79 Muslims hate dogs. I'm surprised he even owns one.
Posted by: Bulg

If you use Muslim theory as a guide, they can do all sorts of 'sin' when they are outside the countries of Islam. Here, because we don't have an Islamic government, it is treated as a warzone where things normally not allowed like booze, strippers, etc. are allowed to holy warriors in part to disguise who they are. I would imagine some Imam would approve of Piker having a dog under same set of circumstances.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:26 AM (WDjG6)

80 Not just The Atlantic is floating trial balloons.

Poll: More Americans now agree political violence may be necessary to right the country. NPR, October 1, 2025

It's amazing how much propaganda completely screws a country up. When 50% of the population believes "Nazis are the good guys," it's hard to get people unified to deal with a criminal thug like Putin.

It's clear we can not allow people to lie their asses off and pretend it's okay because it's free speech.

31% of Republicans think political violence may be necessary vs 28% of Democrats. Previously it was 28% for Republicans and 12% for Democrats. Democrats finally realized that the other side wasn't playing by the same set of rules.

the headline buries the real lead imo-52% supporting the use of the National Guard for law enforcement activities. We are so fundamentally broken. I don’t see a way out of this that doesn’t involve burning it all down and starting over.

Some people still believe the US is going to come out of this WITHOUT violence? A majority of voters voted for the candidate who campaigned on pardoning thousands of people in jail for political violence!!!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08, 2025 11:26 AM (JCZqz)

81 This would be a good time to go visit your doggy and tell her she's a good girl

Posted by: gKWVE at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (1ET9J)

82 What a depressing post.
Not at all inaccurate, nor discouraging. Just have to put the sad tag on it.
Felt the exact same way coming of age in late sixties, it's why I stayed.conservative even when embracing the long haired freak lifestyle.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (n4GiU)

83 >>>Leftists glorifying terrorists is not only nothing new, it's downright routine.

Can't see where Michelle Obama's "When they go low, we go high!" fits in here. Except as a mask.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (aURVT)

84 >>BREAKING: An arson suspect has been arrested in connection with starting the devastating Palisades Fire in January that killed 12 people, per federal law enforcement source. DOJ presser scheduled for 9am PT in LA to make announcement, billed as "significant development" in case.


huh very interesting

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (emBoF)

85 75 Obviously not counting the Mexican Mafia or the Black gangs in jail either.

those are the off-white faces of white supremacy.

Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (oY6Yp)

86 > An arson suspect has been arrested in connection with starting the devastating Palisades Fire in January that killed 12 people, per federal law enforcement source.

Odds that the perp is communist and/or Muslim?


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (qpyNK)

87 Meanwhile, the actual virtues, they full disdain if not consider "sinful."

So that is. Well. It's evil. It's opening yourself fully to demonic forces, while purposely pushing God out.
Posted by: Black Orchid
=========
Inversion of good and evil is one of Stan's favorite tricks.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (WDjG6)

88 @50
I agree with everything you wrote.

Angela Davis is another cut from the same cloth, except she's had a nice life in academia, unlike the people she killed.

Angela Davis was placed on the FBI's most wanted list and sought for kidnaping and murder charges after guns she purchased were used in an August 1970 Marin County Courthouse shootout, which resulted in four deaths. The weapons were registered to Davis, leading to her charge with murder, kidnaping, and criminal conspiracy, despite her absence from the crime scene. She was eventually acquitted of all charges and went on to become a prominent advocate for prison abolition. {Ed: Because of course she was and is}

Angela Davis's speaking fee typically falls in the range of $30,000 to $60,000.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

89 80 It's amazing how much propaganda completely screws a country up. When 50% of the population believes "Nazis are the good guys," it's hard to get people unified to deal with a criminal thug like Putin.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08, 2025 11:26 AM (JCZqz)

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"I call 1980s Democrat positions Nazism, so if you don't agree with my labeling, then you think Nazis are good."
-it's a take

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (GBKbO)

90 It’s incredible they don’t understand decadence doesn’t survive well when you are burned back to having to find your own food (like on the hoof and from the ground), or they won’t be subject to their violence ultimately.
Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2025 11:11 AM (2N3ca)


While they won't say it in these terms, they believe that a new age of serfdom will arise AND they believe that they will all be among the landowners.

But they were, all of them, deceived...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2025 11:28 AM (ExV1e)

91 82 What a depressing post.
Not at all inaccurate, nor discouraging. Just have to put the sad tag on it.
Felt the exact same way coming of age in late sixties, it's why I stayed.conservative even when embracing the long haired freak lifestyle.


there's a meme going around on X:

"Metalheads are nice guys who pretend to be evil. Hippies are evil guys who pretend to be good."

it's pretty accurate

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 08, 2025 11:28 AM (emBoF)

92 80 the headline buries the real lead imo-52% supporting the use of the National Guard for law enforcement activities. We are so fundamentally broken. I don’t see a way out of this that doesn’t involve burning it all down and starting over.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08, 2025 11:26 AM (JCZqz)

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The pristine streets of DC after a few days of National Guard involvement had an effect, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:28 AM (GBKbO)

93 Her common thread with the Dems and Left is she hated America.

The Left celebrates that every chance they get.


They are the petulant children who hate the parents who gave them more than any other parents could have given them.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 11:28 AM (EYmYM)

94 FWIW, Cenk's nephew Hasan Piker who supports Ham Ass, Houthis, etc. does this live on his stream. Shocks his poor dog for getting and and stretching and then yells at the poor doggie about how much he hates the US.

Top story at Insty right now.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:19 AM (WDjG6)


Saw the clip on Asmongold.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2025 11:29 AM (ExV1e)

95 I’m still in a shocked and depressed state about the Charlie Kirk assassination. I try not to think about it…. The dancing on his grave simply turns my stomach

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2025 11:30 AM (ZtAny)

96 Asshat shaker, jackie chessimard, what was her real given name? I read it was “byron” or something like that.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 08, 2025 11:30 AM (8pbdy)

97 ‘ Terrorism is extremely successful and the basic lifeblood of the left. They will never give it up. Never’

Certainly not as long as they live.
Posted by: Dr. Claw



Your terms are acceptable.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:30 AM (OUGLk)

98 Violence is escalating and even more worrying, they're getting more organized and disciplined. Antifa leadership cadres are reportedly being trained in Cuba. That isn't good. We don't want these people disciplined, well-led, and well-trained.

I think what they're after right now in hotbeds like Portland and Chicago are a series of carefully orchestrated provocations, ideally (for them) resulting in a federal reaction that leads to multiple 'innocent civilian' casualties. Note that a Presbyterian minister was recently caught on camera being struck by a gas canister. This is what they're working for.

Trump needs to formally declare a state of insurrection exists in these places and start arresting police chiefs and mayors and governors. He's supposedly mulling it over.

Posted by: troyriser at October 08, 2025 11:30 AM (DPeYO)

99 Top story at Insty right now.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:19 AM (WDjG6)

Can't read it... I don't do well with stories about cruelty to animals...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2025 11:30 AM (VE6XX)

100 >>Odds that the perp is communist and/or Muslim?

Or an illegal.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2025 11:30 AM (viF8m)

101 Saw the clip on Asmongold.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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You can always tell a person's character by how they treat their animals.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:30 AM (WDjG6)

102 Old labels don't apply so well.

In the US it's a fight between The Borg and the rest of us.

The Borg is the unholy alliance of BigGov, Academia, Media and co-opted public companies. It's used voting support from College-educated and minorities to stay in power, but outside Blue Cities that's not working anymore.

The rest of us includes our working class of all stripes who've been screwed over for the past 50 years. It also includes small business owners.

This political divide defines our current Cold Civil War.


Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2025 11:31 AM (dtajH)

103 Alice Cooper was a bad drunk but cleaned up to keep Sheryl Goddard in the marriage. In the early 1980s. They are still married.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 08, 2025 11:31 AM (1ET9J)

104 52% supporting the use of the National Guard for law enforcement activities. We are so fundamentally broken. I don’t see a way out of this that doesn’t involve burning it all down and starting over.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08, 2025 11:26 AM (JCZqz)
____

These guys can't be any more tone deaf. "Law enforcement techniques that visibly reduce serious crime are popular. Can you believe that bullshit?? We live under fascism, yo!"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:31 AM (iFTx/)

105 @53 posted by JackStraw

Hope you are right, JackStraw. I'm getting sick of all this violence. Wish the left would crawl back in their hole.

Posted by: Case at October 08, 2025 11:31 AM (9HFDU)

106 In re learning Greek: I did Rosetta Stone Spanish for a month before going to Spain. I was able to do simple conversations like asking for the house red wine, and which bus to take.
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The first phrase that I attempt to conquer is, 'Where is the restroom?'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2025 11:31 AM (XeU6L)

107 She changed her name for the same reason Barry changed his name. Should have been a huge red flag.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 11:31 AM (EYmYM)

108 Isn't "gyro" actually pronounced something like "yeer-o?"
Posted by: Bulg at

Its where hero sandwich comes from.

Posted by: Pulls random "fact" from ass at October 08, 2025 11:31 AM (n4GiU)

109 Odds that the perp is communist and/or Muslim?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM


Yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2025 11:32 AM (ySpAZ)

110 An arson suspect has been arrested in connection with starting the devastating Palisades Fire in January that killed 12 people, per federal law enforcement source.

Odds that the perp is communist and/or Muslim?


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia



Homeless white guy who was simply trying to light a spliff.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:32 AM (OUGLk)

111 40 Isn't "gyro" actually pronounced something like "yeer-o?"

yeeroscope > gyroscope

Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:32 AM (oY6Yp)

112 You can't swing a cat without seeing gleeful adulation of some terrorist or terrorist action, and open encouragement to do more of it.

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They think they want a Hot Civil War.

They better be careful what they wish for ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Sombrero Memes Will Continue Until Morality Improves! at October 08, 2025 11:32 AM (fQ+0J)

113 Hope you are right, JackStraw. I'm getting sick of all this violence. Wish the left would crawl back in their hole.
Posted by: Case
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It is their intent to foment a response.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2025 11:32 AM (XeU6L)

114 Odds that the perp is communist and/or Muslim?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (qpyNK)


Odds that the perp is a land developer tied to prominent Democrats?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2025 11:32 AM (ExV1e)

115 108 Isn't "gyro" actually pronounced something like "yeer-o?"
Posted by: Bulg at

Its where hero sandwich comes from.


superhero sandwiches come from krypton

Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:33 AM (oY6Yp)

116 108 Isn't "gyro" actually pronounced something like "yeer-o?"
Posted by: Bulg at

Its where hero sandwich comes from.
Posted by: Pulls random "fact" from ass at October 08, 2025 11:31 AM (n4GiU)

It's cuz the meat is on a rotating spits that "gyrates." Basically....

Posted by: m at October 08, 2025 11:33 AM (aURVT)

117 > AND they believe that they will all be among the landowners.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2025 11:28 AM (ExV1e)

Yes, the cosplay communists always imagine that they'll be the ones holding the whip, come the revolution.

They're too stupid and/or brainwashed to realize that every so-called "socialist revolution" in history has resulted in a Hitler, a Stalin, a Mao, or a Pol Pot seizing power, declaring that the former useful idiots (such as them) are now useless eaters, and rounding them up for the gulag.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:33 AM (qpyNK)

118 In re learning Greek: I did Rosetta Stone Spanish for a month before going to Spain. I was able to do simple conversations like asking for the house red wine, and which bus to take.
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The first phrase that I attempt to conquer is, 'Where is the restroom?'
Posted by: Mike Hammer


Que miras, pendejo? (High school)

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:33 AM (OUGLk)

119 It's cuz the meat is on a rotating spits that "gyrates." Basically....
Posted by: m


Mmmmmmm...doner kabob

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

120 After Germany dropped its long-standing opposition to EU chat control, leading encrypted messenger Signal issued a dire warning about privacy in Europe, with the post going viral.

However, now European parties such as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) have joined in the criticism, with the party warning just before the EU Council vote that so-called “chat control” could end privacy entirely in Europe.

The protest from the AfD comes after Signal threatened to pull out entirely from Europe if the EU implements its surveillance plans. If Signal went through with such a move, it would be a major black eye for the EU, putting it on par with surveillance states like China.

Ruben Rupp, the digital policy spokesperson for the AfD parliamentary group, warned against “total surveillance under the guise of child protection.”

... Tipper Gore was unavailable for comment

Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2025 11:33 AM (RHGPo)

121 Inversion of good and evil is one of Stan's favorite tricks.
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And its extremely easy to do with a significant portion of the population that have had no real education in law, ethics, religion, etc. And the other side spent a great deal of time learning linguistic judo that further confounds those who haven't spent much time pondering the meaning of life.

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2025 11:34 AM (TN0g+)

122 > Isn't "gyro" actually pronounced something like "yeer-o?"
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

Only in the barbarous jargon that passes for modern Greek.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:34 AM (qpyNK)

123 Tom Servo, I think you are wrong about the result of a Mamdani election. Look at London for example. There are billionaire interests that will prop up this idiot because power and control ae everything.
The people who want Leftisits in power will vote for Ds no matter how corrupt or stupid the candidate. They ran Kamala for President. They kept Biden in office. I rest my case.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 08, 2025 11:34 AM (t/2Uw)

124 They do it because they know there is never pushback from the other side.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 08, 2025 11:34 AM (5Yz+T)

125 The best way to learn a language is to go to a class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3iAqxNpQ-A

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:34 AM (GBKbO)

126 Hasan Piker. Yet another communist with a lavish lifestyle.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2025 11:34 AM (+4yJ5)

127 It will be a harsh object lesson that'll be on top of everyone's minds for decades.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Yes and no.

The collapse will happen.

Reaso : it wasn't tried the right way by EVERYONE. Its your fault conservatives.

They've been using that for years.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 08, 2025 11:34 AM (FxH7T)

128 And the other side spent a great deal of time learning linguistic judo that further confounds those who haven't spent much time pondering the meaning of life.
Posted by: Crusader


I know that one.

Posted by: Douglas Adams at October 08, 2025 11:35 AM (1ET9J)

129 gyros, Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyros

Posted by: m at October 08, 2025 11:35 AM (aURVT)

130 59
‘ Hasan Piker is trending on X again
Don't look up why’

I won’t. Don’t keep bumping the story.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 08, 2025 11:35 AM (jbnUc)

131 You can't swing a cat without seeing gleeful adulation of some terrorist or terrorist action, and open encouragement to do more of it.

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They think they want a Hot Civil War.

They better be careful what they wish for ...
Posted by: ShainS


They think they want a hot civil war against people who argue what is the proper concealed carry weapon for church.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:36 AM (OUGLk)

132 The “Hippie” counter-cultural movement was an op. A painfully obvious one in hindsight. Any genuine grass roots movement will be co-opted and repurposed or redirected. Brought to you by Time-Life and the usual suspects. Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.

Real hippies were pretty conservative by today’s standards. The phoney baloney hippies and freaks were trustafarians and other wealthy troublemakers who were manipulative con artists. They wear suits today, and infest the gubbmints. They are far worse than the “man” or “the Establishment” which was rather the point.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 08, 2025 11:36 AM (wJccJ)

133 These guys can't be any more tone deaf. "Law enforcement techniques that visibly reduce serious crime are popular. Can you believe that bullshit?? We live under fascism, yo!"
Posted by: Elric The Blade
------

Remember,
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said law enforcement is "supposed to solve crimes, not necessarily prevent them from happening"


Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2025 11:36 AM (XeU6L)

134 It is amusing that if you go to leftwing sites they'll tell you:

Kirk, and people like him, deserved to be assassinated
All violence is on the right

But the left revels in cognitive dissonance.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2025 11:36 AM (sKqQm)

135 You are missing the Globalize the Intifada Leftists from you r list . Those wearing kefiiyahs and turning out for mass marches calling for the murder of Jews everywhere. They are successfully taking over entire communities. Their standard bearer, Mamdani, is the leading candidate for Mayor for one of the largest cities in the US. This is much more serious than the Mangione fan club.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 08, 2025 11:17 AM (t/2Uw)

Amen.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 08, 2025 11:36 AM (g8Ew8)

136 Actually, I got compliments on my pronunciation from waiters, and impressed looks when we told them that, no, we didn't need the English menu.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Isn't "gyro" actually pronounced something like "yeer-o?"
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

the "g" is pronounced the same as in "gif"

-_-

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 08, 2025 11:36 AM (nXhwP)

137 >>Hope you are right, JackStraw. I'm getting sick of all this violence. Wish the left would crawl back in their hole.

Don't get me wrong, I expect the violence will increase as they become even more desparate but they won't win.

For all the bitching we do about Republicans take a good look at the Democrat Party these days. They are in complete disarray with the old guard slowly disappearing and being replaced by communists. But there are a lot fewer of those whack jobs than they like to pretend.

We didn't come this far to give into these mental defectives. Hold fast.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2025 11:36 AM (viF8m)

138 "It has been this way for a very long time, and it will continue. It has to continue, because it is exactly what it looks like. This is who they are, and terrorism is what they do."

The Black Power thig of the late 60's was about Power, not equality. Fist in the air, "submit to us or we will fight you". Way back to junior and senior high school, most of the blacks were more bullies than anything else. They act like their own tribe, at enmity with the rest.

Seems the same in Europe now, as African blacks bring their "culture" with them.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 08, 2025 11:37 AM (vbXSk)

139 Its Pol Pot all over again.
Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2025 11:07 AM


This time they will use computers!

Posted by: toby928 at October 08, 2025 11:37 AM (jc0TO)

140 🚨 FBI Joins Investigation After 250 Maine Ballots Found in Amazon Package | Newburgh, Maine Election Scandal The FBI is now assisting Maine officials after 250 official election ballots were discovered inside a woman’s Amazon delivery package in Newburgh, Maine. The shocking discovery has raised serious questions about ballot handling, election integrity, and voter security just weeks before Mainers head to the polls. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows confirmed her office is working with the Maine State Police, Attorney General’s Office, and FBI to determine how the ballots ended up misplaced between Ellsworth and Newburgh

Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2025 11:37 AM (RHGPo)

141 Billionaires in NYC know they won’t really affected by Mandani. It’s not like he’s really going to tax them. And they’re so insulated from the plebes it doesn’t really matters what’s going on. They live on the 80th floor high above it all. Their kids also go to prep school so who cares if education is grange in the city. They never have to take the subway or worry about crime.

The people who will suffer are normal people who will have to deal with more crime, higher rents, a continued downward spiral in education for their kids etc.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 08, 2025 11:37 AM (5Yz+T)

142 One area that isn't being talked about here though is how the electorate views this leftwing political violence.

The right generally knows about it, the left approves...but the mushy middle has no idea.

And the only way to make this something they'll start thinking about is to start arresting the leaders/funders of Antifa.

As look as it is only the individuals engaged directly in terrorism being arrested LIVs won't think about it.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2025 11:38 AM (sKqQm)

143 Joan Kennedy, first wife of Sen. Edward Kennedy, has died

Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2025 11:38 AM (RHGPo)

144 "I'll take a bit of a contrary view, and say that this lionization of Shakur (as well as the focus on violence in general) is the the strongest signal yet that the Left, as a socio-political force, is truly dead."

Agreed. They're not even good at terrorism. There were lots of bombings back in the 1960s. Today, not so much. Antifa is a paper tiger. Compare the Provo IRA.



Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2025 11:38 AM (dtajH)

145 Remember,
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said law enforcement is "supposed to solve crimes, not necessarily prevent them from happening"


Posted by: Mike Hammer


That's the job of vigilance committees.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:38 AM (OUGLk)

146 The Left doesn't have a "terrorism problem," terrorism is part of Leftist identity and worldview.

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Same as it ever was.

Way past time to designate the Democrat Party a Domestic Terrorist Organization and treat them accordingly.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Sombrero Memes Will Continue Until Morality Improves! at October 08, 2025 11:39 AM (yB0MT)

147 144 Agreed. They're not even good at terrorism. There were lots of bombings back in the 1960s. Today, not so much. Antifa is a paper tiger. Compare the Provo IRA.



Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2025 11:38 AM (dtajH)

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Antifa could be building up to bigger, wider actions.

But most of what I've seen is performative bullshit in safe areas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

148 Top story at Insty right now.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:19 AM (WDjG6)

Can't read it... I don't do well with stories about cruelty to animals...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2025 11:30 AM (VE6XX)
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I watched the video. It's not as bad as some are saying. But it's insane that he thought this was OK to do in front of millions of viewers. He looks like an asshole with a bad temper, yelling at a pet like the pet understands what his beef is about. I'm not sure where the "shock color" accusation is coming from. It's not like he shocked her in the video.

Also: is he a faggot? He mentions that the dog is spoiled by his mother. Does he live at home?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

149 I think you answered your remark about why the Left fawns over her. They adored Rodney King and George Floyd for much of the same reasons.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2025 11:23 AM (+4yJ5)

I wouldn't necessarily put those two in the same category. LAPD stopped CHP from effecting his deserved arrest so they could beat the fuck out of King. He absolutely should have been taken to jail, and that was the job at hand. Floyd's case was nothing even close to King's. Chauvin grinning and preening for the cameras with his knee on Floyd was stupid and unprofessional, and definitely should have gotten him fired, but he wasn't responsible for Floyd's death. Though the left does still lionize rotten people and use them as cause celebres.

Posted by: People are evil and stupid at October 08, 2025 11:39 AM (TbWk/)

150 The “Hippie” counter-cultural movement was an op. A painfully obvious one in hindsight. Any genuine grass roots movement will be co-opted and repurposed or redirected. Brought to you by Time-Life and the usual suspects. Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
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See: 'Yippies'

"Founded by activist pranksters Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Paul Krassner on New Year's Eve 1967, they combined the psychedelic aesthetic of the hippie movement with political action."

Pranksters, indeed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2025 11:39 AM (XeU6L)

151 Real hippies were pretty conservative by today’s standards. The phoney baloney hippies and freaks were trustafarians and other wealthy troublemakers who were manipulative con artists. They wear suits today, and infest the gubbmints. They are far worse than the “man” or “the Establishment” which was rather the point.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 08, 2025 11:36 AM


Just so. As a Hippie myself, it was all drop out of the rat race, back to the Earth, dope, etc.

Posted by: toby928 at October 08, 2025 11:40 AM (jc0TO)

152 > But most of what I've seen is performative bullshit in safe areas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

Yes. Without the collusion of the Portland Police, they can't even hold the streets of Portland against a bunch of pudgy guys in polo shirts, much less instigate a large-scale revolution.

If Trump succeeds in taking Portland away from them and jugging all their "leaders", they'll be done as a significant force.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:41 AM (qpyNK)

153 I'm not sure where the "shock color" accusation is coming from. It's not like he shocked her in the video.

he 1000 percent shocked her in the video

do you have eyes

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 08, 2025 11:41 AM (emBoF)

154 Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said law enforcement is "supposed to solve crimes, not necessarily prevent them from happening"

Legally she's right. There have been several lawsuits where the cops could have protected someone and did not...and all those cases went in the cops favor.

It almost makes sense with strong RKBA protections and a vibrant castle/stand your ground doctrine but it makes no sense in areas where you basically aren't allowed to defend yourself either

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2025 11:41 AM (sKqQm)

155 That's the job of vigilance committees.
Posted by: rickb223
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I'm okay with that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2025 11:41 AM (XeU6L)

156 I'm not sure where the "shock color" accusation is coming from. It's not like he shocked her in the video.

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Shock collar.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:42 AM (WDjG6)

157 Does Mark Sanchez going on a drunken rampage in an alley count as left wing terrorism? Probably not but he did learn the meaning of FAFO

The two things he’s best know for:
1. The butt fumble
2. Getting beat up and stabbed by a 69 year old then getting arrested because he was the instigator

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2025 11:42 AM (ZtAny)

158 I'm not sure where the "shock color" accusation is coming from. It's not like he shocked her in the video.

he 1000 percent shocked her in the video

do you have eyes
Posted by: Black Orchid at October 08, 2025 11:41 AM (emBoF)
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Yea I do. Send me link and show me where, if you are so sure.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:42 AM (iFTx/)

159 9 The left has lost their soul.
Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2025 11:04 AM (2N3ca)

Did they ever believe in one, in the first place?

Posted by: XTC at October 08, 2025 11:42 AM (UnA8+)

160 Real hippies were pretty conservative by today’s standards.

Barack Obama's re-election campaign was extreme right by the FNM standards of 2025...

But you aren't wrong. If a ground of people want to voluntarily join in a commune and set their own rules...go right ahead. You want to be socialists, or nudists, or whatever? If I don't have to see it or pay for it...have fun!

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2025 11:43 AM (sKqQm)

161 The one thing the ICE enforcement has done though is actually put the Hispanic street gangs on the side of the Left should a hot war start. Otherwise I think the street thugs the Left thought they always had would just be a side that preyed on opportunity and not ideology. They wouldn't care what side you were on.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 11:43 AM (EYmYM)

162 I think a lot of the new Left's action are attributable to 'protest envy'- what was once called 'radical chic'. These antifas and trannies were not around for the civil rights movement of the 50s-60s, and they missed out on the Vietnam war protests of the 60s-70s. So they manufacture new causes. Whether those causes are real or imagined doesn't matter.

The Left's whole identity is wrapped up in 'fighting' something. Anything. Just always be fighting. So they fight law enforcement and ICE and conservatives in general.

'We're strong and we matter because we fight!'

what are you fighting?

'Whaddya got?'

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2025 11:44 AM (AOsQT)

163 Joan stuck with that asshole Ted through Chappaquiddick but separated from him in 1978. She divorced him in 1983. Better late than never I suppose.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 08, 2025 11:44 AM (1ET9J)

164 The one thing the ICE enforcement has done though is actually put the Hispanic street gangs on the side of the Left should a hot war start.

Does that mean we get the Black Street Gangs?

Posted by: toby928 at October 08, 2025 11:44 AM (jc0TO)

165 I'm not sure where the "shock color" accusation is coming from. It's not like he shocked her in the video.

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Shock collar.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:42 AM (WDjG6)
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It looks like one of those "wireless fence" dog collars that are a billion-dollar industry

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

166 Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said law enforcement is "supposed to solve crimes, not necessarily prevent them from happening"

And your brain is supposed to stop you from saying stupid things before you say them. You should check your warranty, because you clearly got a defective unit.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2025 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

167 66
‘ If Mamdami wins, it would be one of the best things that could ever happen to the Conservative movement in this country.’

I’d rather see him deported than give the smirking muzzie creep any power.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 08, 2025 11:45 AM (jbnUc)

168 "Antifa could be building up to bigger, wider actions.
But most of what I've seen is performative bullshit in safe areas."

Trump's waiting for more and then he'll set the hounds loose. Unfortunately it may mean a few ICE dead.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2025 11:45 AM (dtajH)

169 Send me link and show me where, if you are so sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdqS3ZvRlvQ

There's a closeup of the collar along with someone in Hasan's studio commenting that it's too tight for the dog.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2025 11:45 AM (+4yJ5)

170 139 Its Pol Pot all over again.
Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2025 11:07 AM

This time they will use computers!


i'll get right on it

Posted by: chatgpt at October 08, 2025 11:45 AM (oY6Yp)

171 We're defending Hasan "Hamas" Piker, the Turkroach, now?

Posted by: XTC at October 08, 2025 11:45 AM (UnA8+)

172 The white dove emoji was a particularly nice touch.

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What, a black widow wasn't available?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Sombrero Memes Will Continue Until Morality Improves! at October 08, 2025 11:45 AM (yB0MT)

173 Joan stuck with that asshole Ted through Chappaquiddick but separated from him in 1978. She divorced him in 1983. Better late than never I suppose.
Posted by: gKWVE


Before or after the waitress sammich?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:46 AM (OUGLk)

174 > 143 Joan Kennedy, first wife of Sen. Edward Kennedy, has died
Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2025 11:38 AM (RHGPo)

She'd been a wet-brain basket case for decades, right? Under guardianship?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:46 AM (qpyNK)

175 Obviously not counting the Mexican Mafia or the Black gangs in jail either.

those are the off-white faces of white supremacy.
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (oY6Yp)

Mexicans and other Hispanics are "white" unless they're illegals. Then they're poor oppressed Latinx suffering the depredations of white racists.

Posted by: Linguistic contortionism at October 08, 2025 11:46 AM (TbWk/)

176 >>Agreed. They're not even good at terrorism. There were lots of bombings back in the 1960s. Today, not so much. Antifa is a paper tiger. Compare the Provo IRA.

There was a period in the early 1970s when 2500 bombs were set off in the US, many of them in the same old places including NY, Chicago and San Francisco. Hell, they even bombed the Senate. It was more than a daily occurence, it was a multiple times per day occurence. And that's just the bombings.

There was way more violence back then than there is now. It's not even close. The biggest mistake we made was not insuring there would be severe consequences. Bubba Clinton pardoned a number of the FALN bombers and weathermen and some went on to work with some of the groups causing violence today including BLM.

I want to see Trump bury some of these scumbags under the prisons not in them.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (viF8m)

177 101 Saw the clip on Asmongold.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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You can always tell a person's character by how they treat their animals.
Posted by: whig

Islam is not a big fan of dogs.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (JCZqz)

178 'We're strong and we matter because we fight!'

what are you fighting?

'Whaddya got?'


Oh, that's very good.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

179 What football coach had the infamous saying " They are who they are" ?


The Left have been who they are from almost the start of our country. The Left were the first to bomb Walk Street almost a hundred years before the muslims.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (EYmYM)

180 "Turkroach?" Gimme a moment. Gotta write that down.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (+4yJ5)

181 163 Joan stuck with that asshole Ted through Chappaquiddick but separated from him in 1978. She divorced him in 1983. Better late than never I suppose.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 08, 2025 11:44 AM (1ET9J)

adding a date:
On July 18, 1969, Sen. Ted Kennedy drives his car off of a bridge on Massachusetts' Chappaquiddick Island.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (aURVT)

182 175 Obviously not counting the Mexican Mafia or the Black gangs in jail either.

those are the off-white faces of white supremacy.
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (oY6Yp)

Mexicans and other Hispanics are "white" unless they're illegals. Then they're poor oppressed Latinx suffering the depredations of white racists.
Posted by: Linguistic contortionism at October 08, 2025 11:46 AM (TbWk/)

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A vast majority of Hispanics think of themselves as white because...they're mostly Hispanic which means...from Spain.

They're as white as Italians.

So, anti-white language isn't something they really enjoy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (GBKbO)

183 Their violence is both random and targeted, and they can be sure to receive defense and glorification.

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Their terrorism is speech.
Our speech is terrorism.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Sombrero Memes Will Continue Until Morality Improves! at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (yB0MT)

184 47 What were the Bolsheviks, brownshirts, and blackshirts if not terrorists? The so-called anarchists of the very early 20th century? SDS? Weathermen? The left loves terrorism and has been using it here and around the world for over a hundred years.
Posted by: It's who they are at October 08, 2025 11:17 AM (TbWk/)

Yes, Leninists, Stalinists all used terror methods. Prinicip, also used their methods.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 08, 2025 11:48 AM (y171U)

185 Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows confirmed her office is working with the Maine State Police, Attorney General’s Office, and FBI to determine how the ballots ended up misplaced between Ellsworth and Newburgh
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Misplaced?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 08, 2025 11:48 AM (Dv3i1)

186 >>Joan stuck with that asshole Ted through Chappaquiddick but separated from him in 1978. She divorced him in 1983. Better late than never I suppose.

She lived across the street from me in Boston after the divorce. Broken human thanks to Ted.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2025 11:48 AM (viF8m)

187 ‘ If Mamdami wins, it would be one of the best things that could ever happen to the Conservative movement in this country.’

I’d rather see him deported than give the smirking muzzie creep any power.
Posted by: Dr. Claw


That's a tough call. See him deported or watch him single handedly destroy NYC.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:48 AM (OUGLk)

188 Joan Kennedy, first wife of Sen. Edward Kennedy, has died
Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2025 11:38 AM (RHGPo)

did zombie teddy take her for a drive?

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 08, 2025 11:49 AM (nXhwP)

189 Maine is a purple state that in the last few years only seems to elect hardcod leftists...

I suspect there are a lot of "lost" ballots floating around...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2025 11:49 AM (sKqQm)

190 186 >>Joan stuck with that asshole Ted through Chappaquiddick but separated from him in 1978. She divorced him in 1983. Better late than never I suppose.

She lived across the street from me in Boston after the divorce. Broken human thanks to Ted.


The Lyin' of the Senate.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2025 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

191 122 > Isn't "gyro" actually pronounced something like "yeer-o?"
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2025 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

Only in the barbarous jargon that passes for modern Greek.


how did the argonauts (doubtless pronounced "aryonauts") pronounce it?

Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:49 AM (oY6Yp)

192 >Oh, that's very good.

Posted by: Archimedes
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believe it or not, I stole that from Elvis Presley, but it still applies today

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2025 11:49 AM (AOsQT)

193 They think they want a hot civil war against people who argue what is the proper concealed carry weapon for church.
Posted by: rickb223

.45acp

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 08, 2025 11:50 AM (Rt5i0)

194 What football coach had the infamous saying " They are who they are" ?


The Left have been who they are from almost the start of our country. The Left were the first to bomb Walk Street almost a hundred years before the muslims.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (EYmYM)

They are who we thought they were… and we let ‘em off the hook!! — Dennis Green at the apex of his famous postgame rant after his Cardinals blew at 20 point lead and lost to the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football

Only Jim Mora’s playoffs rant was better….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2025 11:50 AM (ZtAny)

195 182 A vast majority of Hispanics think of themselves as white because...they're mostly Hispanic which means...from Spain.

They're as white as Italians.

So, anti-white language isn't something they really enjoy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (GBKbO)

And they hate Afro-Latinos with the heat of 10,000 suns.

There's a reason the ONLY country that skin-lightening cream is illegal in is the United States.

Posted by: XTC at October 08, 2025 11:51 AM (UnA8+)

196 believe it or not, I stole that from Elvis Presley, but it still applies today

I knew it right away. One of my favorite lines.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2025 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

197 Maine is a purple state that in the last few years only seems to elect hardcod leftists...

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Low hanging fruit there. But I'll resist.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 08, 2025 11:51 AM (g8Ew8)

198 believe it or not, I stole that from Elvis Presley, but it still applies today

I knew it right away. One of my favorite lines.


Except it was Marlon Brando.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2025 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

199 osted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2025 11:50 AM (ZtAny)

Thanks for the accurate quote. Fits even better.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 11:51 AM (EYmYM)

200 A good graph to use in conversations around ACA subsidies:

https://x.com/brian_blase/status/1975602658196005342

Overall cost of the average plan for a 50 year old is syrocketing since the passage of the ACA. Most of it is hidden by subsidies. Even more started being hidden with covid extra subsidies.

Democrats have tried to turn this fight into keeping the little orange bar going forever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:51 AM (GBKbO)

201 A vast majority of Hispanics think of themselves as white because...they're mostly Hispanic which means...from Spain.

They're as white as Italians.

So, anti-white language isn't something they really enjoy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (GBKbO)

Sure. It's why you see blonde-haired blue-eyed South Americans, or those of Spanish or Italian complexion. My main point is the way the left contextually categorizes them based on whether it fits their victim-oppressor narrative or not.

Posted by: It's all leftist racist sleight of hand at October 08, 2025 11:52 AM (TbWk/)

202 198 believe it or not, I stole that from Elvis Presley, but it still applies today

I knew it right away. One of my favorite lines.

Except it was Marlon Brando.


nonsense. the original source was kryten.

Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:52 AM (oY6Yp)

203 Zohran will lose if there's high turnout. I'm not counting on it.

Elise Stefanik will run for NY Gov in a year and can put Zohran on a leash.

But Zohran will lead NYC into a decline. Many of our pillars of posterity are already cracking.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2025 11:52 AM (dtajH)

204 [O/T -- Be better, Canada:]

Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox

REPORT: Canada just crossed a line that should terrify every free nation. A new bill would let the government instantly cut off your internet, phone, and even your online banking—simply for saying the “wrong thing.”

If passed, Canada’s Industry Minister could declare your words a “threat” and erase your digital existence without warning. No court order. No appeal. And the most chilling part? It can all be done in secret—you wouldn’t even be allowed to say it happened.

This is the Digital ID agenda in motion. The World Economic Forum admits “digital identity” will decide who gets to participate in society. Canada is the testing ground. The U.S. is next, with Real ID already laying the foundation.

https://is.gd/OLGYXd

Posted by: ShainS -- The Sombrero Memes Will Continue Until Morality Improves! at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (yB0MT)

205 > how did the argonauts (doubtless pronounced "aryonauts") pronounce it?
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:49 AM (oY6Yp)

In ancient Greek, γ was pronounced like "g" in "go".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (qpyNK)

206 We're defending Hasan "Hamas" Piker, the Turkroach, now?
Posted by: XTC at October 08, 2025 11:45 AM (UnA8+)
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No, we are not. Maybe you should actually read my comment? He's a scumbag as I said above. But just because he's a scumbag doesn't mean all the accusations against him are true. "He's torturing his dog on camera!" That sounded suspicious to me. So rather than mindlessly regurgitate crap like some people, I watched the video myself.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

207 They think they want a hot civil war against people who argue what is the proper concealed carry weapon for church.
Posted by: rickb223

.45acp
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory



.45 LC in 1873 SAA

Blessed are the Peacemakers.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (OUGLk)

208
Overall cost of the average plan for a 50 year old is syrocketing since the passage of the ACA. Most of it is hidden by subsidies. Even more started being hidden with covid extra subsidies.


People want essentially infinite healthcare. If it is a "right" then you have to find infinite money to pay for it.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (sKqQm)

209 MrTea's brother and sister in law are hard leftists. I knew they leaned left but I didn't realize how far left. One night we were having dinner together and we started talking politics -- this is after the 2nd bottle of wine. They both stated that the world would be better off if there were no Jews in it. I was shocked (this was years ago) by that. I questioned that and they doubled down.
People say, "I just have a hard time believing half of America feels this way about us," regarding wanting us dead. Idk, after that interaction with the bil and sil, I started looking at the left differently. It's not comfortable, but I think it's realistic, given what we see.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (+4S8X)

210 The infiltration of Islam into the well financed Left and politics is a much more serious threat than Antifa in Portland or Gangs in Chicago or crime in DC. Those can be contained or dismantled. It is underway. But turning out 10's of thousands to block streets and ransack stores and getting elected and imposing Sharia law is way more serious. They are allowed to stand in the street and call for the genocide of a religion without consequence. As a Jew, I know that they will not stop with words.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (t/2Uw)

211 A vast majority of Hispanics think of themselves as white because...they're mostly Hispanic which means...from Spain.

They're as white as Italians.

So, anti-white language isn't something they really enjoy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (GBKbO)

Sure. It's why you see blonde-haired blue-eyed South Americans, or those of Spanish or Italian complexion. My main point is the way the left contextually categorizes them based on whether it fits their victim-oppressor narrative or not.
Posted by: It's all leftist racist sleight of hand at October 08, 2025 11:52 AM (TbWk/)

Yes yes, this exactly...

-_-

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (nXhwP)

212 198 believe it or not, I stole that from Elvis Presley, but it still applies today

I knew it right away. One of my favorite lines.

Except it was Marlon Brando.

nonsense. the original source was kryten.
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:52 AM (oY6Yp)

Pliny the Younger

Posted by: Theyre rebellious when they're young at October 08, 2025 11:54 AM (TbWk/)

213 REPORT: Canada just crossed a line that should terrify every free nation. A new bill would let the government instantly cut off your internet, phone, and even your online banking—simply for saying the “wrong thing.


Hello last thread:
There's your thought crime.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:54 AM (OUGLk)

214 G-d have pity on Joan, may she find peace.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 08, 2025 11:54 AM (1ET9J)

215 210 The infiltration of Islam into the well financed Left and politics is a much more serious threat than Antifa in Portland or Gangs in Chicago or crime in DC. Those can be contained or dismantled. It is underway. But turning out 10's of thousands to block streets and ransack stores and getting elected and imposing Sharia law is way more serious. They are allowed to stand in the street and call for the genocide of a religion without consequence. As a Jew, I know that they will not stop with words.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (t/2Uw)

I'm not sure if it's infiltration as much as it is the Globalist Left invited it in.

It looks to me like they see imposing a Caliphate and Shari'ah Law upon the globe as the fastest way to a One World Government.

Posted by: XTC at October 08, 2025 11:55 AM (UnA8+)

216 As a Jew, I know that they will not stop with words.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)


Huh, you don't look Jewish.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2025 11:55 AM (Riz8t)

217 Obviously not counting the Mexican Mafia or the Black gangs in jail either.

those are the off-white faces of white supremacy.
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:27 AM (oY6Yp)

Mexicans and other Hispanics are "white" unless they're illegals. Then they're poor oppressed Latinx suffering the depredations of white racists.
Posted by: Linguistic contortionism at October 08, 2025 11:46 AM (TbWk/)

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A vast majority of Hispanics think of themselves as white because...they're mostly Hispanic which means...from Spain.

They're as white as Italians.

So, anti-white language isn't something they really enjoy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (GBKbO)
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Depends. Some or even most Hispanics consider themselves true Spaniards and thus white. But there are some who consider themselves "poc" (almost certainly for political advantage) and despise the "white ones." The "white ones" despise the "poc" ones too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:56 AM (iFTx/)

218 omg Elric take a chill pill.

go on X and look at the evidence:

a) he has openly spoken of how the shock collar is used on her

b) you can see him reach for the box to shock her when he sees her move

c) you can see the SHOCK COLLAR ON HER

d) she yelps and immediately returns to "place" when he reaches for the box.

I am personally very aware of this type of training and know what I am talking about.

a lot of (especially younger) people are going with shock collars as a part of training, especially with larger protective dogs like this one, a Tibetan Mastiff bitch.

I hate it. It's lazy. there are some very specific applications, I guess it's possible.

there is no question whatsoever that that he uses that shock collar, he's talked about it, she's wearing it, he gets annoyed and reaches for the box and triggers the shock.

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 08, 2025 11:56 AM (emBoF)

219 208 People want essentially infinite healthcare. If it is a "right" then you have to find infinite money to pay for it.

hence, the nasa project to mine the platinum asteroid.

Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:56 AM (oY6Yp)

220 So, anti-white language isn't something they really enjoy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:47 AM (GBKbO)

Sure. It's why you see blonde-haired blue-eyed South Americans, or those of Spanish or Italian complexion. My main point is the way the left contextually categorizes them based on whether it fits their victim-oppressor narrative or not.
Posted by: It's all leftist racist sleight of hand at October 08, 2025 11:52 AM (TbWk/)

Yes yes, this exactly...

-_-
Posted by: Sturmtoddler


Yeah. Texas illegal = Mexican mestizo.
Mexican ruling party = stepped out of a casting call for a Spain travel ad.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:56 AM (OUGLk)

221 lots of links to close-ups and such of the puppy-shocking here:

@Awk20000

Posted by: m at October 08, 2025 11:56 AM (aURVT)

222 Some South American countries are more "white" then the US...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2025 11:57 AM (sKqQm)

223 The whiteness of Latinos varies a LOT between different countries. Sometimes even different regions of the same country.

Countries like Argentina have a very high proportion of European ancestry.

Some of the Caribbean countries have mucho African ancestry.

Mexico is split between those with predominately European ancestry and those with predominately (feather) Indian ancestry.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:57 AM (qpyNK)

224 210 The infiltration of Islam into the well financed Left and politics is a much more serious threat than Antifa in Portland or Gangs in Chicago or crime in DC. Those can be contained or dismantled. It is underway. But turning out 10's of thousands to block streets and ransack stores and getting elected and imposing Sharia law is way more serious. They are allowed to stand in the street and call for the genocide of a religion without consequence. As a Jew, I know that they will not stop with words.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (t/2Uw)

You just keep on provoking them by being all Jewy.

Posted by: That is a satirical comment at October 08, 2025 11:57 AM (TbWk/)

225 200 A good graph to use in conversations around ACA subsidies:

https://x.com/brian_blase/status/1975602658196005342
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So it costs the recipient $2k/mo but the overall cost is $10k? So to insure one household is $120k/yr? That's the cost of surgery plus hospital stay. I imagine the out of pocket adds several thousand as well.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 08, 2025 11:57 AM (Dv3i1)

226 Shock collar.

Baby shock collar.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 08, 2025 11:57 AM (C6guj)

227 EPORT: Canada just crossed a line that should terrify every free nation. A new bill would let the government instantly cut off your internet, phone, and even your online banking—simply for saying the “wrong thing.


Hello last thread:
There's your thought crime.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:54 AM (OUGLk)

This is how you would get an insurrection in the USA. Confiscate my property for mind thoughts and I would not hesitate . I think that goes the same for otherwise law abiding citizens.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 11:57 AM (EYmYM)

228 hence, the nasa project to mine the platinum asteroid.

Gotta get the material for the $1T coins from somewhere right?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2025 11:57 AM (sKqQm)

229 *hides*

Posted by: the monkey at October 08, 2025 11:57 AM (1ET9J)

230 It looks like one of those "wireless fence" dog collars that are a billion-dollar industry
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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You don't have animals do you. And the purpose for those is not to 'correct' a behavior but to keep them in an area.

You do not do use them to correct normal dog behavior like getting up and stretching.

How would you like a shock collar around your neck when a judge decides to shock you for your behavior.

Hasan Piker shocked the dog for normal dog behavior. That is wrong and evil. Keeping a dog inside an invisible fence so it does not get into trouble like being run over is a different matter altogether. I don't care for shock collars there either but the intention is not to punish the dog in that case.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 11:58 AM (WDjG6)

231 The infiltration of Islam into the well financed Left and politics is a much more serious threat than Antifa in Portland or Gangs in Chicago or crime in DC. Those can be contained or dismantled. It is underway. But turning out 10's of thousands to block streets and ransack stores and getting elected and imposing Sharia law is way more serious. They are allowed to stand in the street and call for the genocide of a religion without consequence. As a Jew, I know that they will not stop with words.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (t/2Uw)

I'm not sure if it's infiltration as much as it is the Globalist Left invited it in.

It looks to me like they see imposing a Caliphate and Shari'ah Law upon the globe as the fastest way to a One World Government.
Posted by: XTC at October 08, 2025 11:55 AM (UnA8+)
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Yes, invited them in. The non-religious left seems to think they are allies with Islam and opened the door. For now, they are allies. But it's only feeding the alligator so it eats you last.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:58 AM (iFTx/)

232 186
‘ She lived across the street from me in Boston after the divorce. Broken human thanks to Ted.’

Did you comfort her?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 08, 2025 11:58 AM (jbnUc)

233 205 > how did the argonauts (doubtless pronounced "aryonauts") pronounce it?
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:49 AM (oY6Yp)

In ancient Greek, γ was pronounced like "g" in "go".


no i'm just confused

Posted by: a gogo with a yoyo at October 08, 2025 11:58 AM (oY6Yp)

234 > Except it was Marlon Brando.

nonsense. the original source was kryten.
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2025 11:52 AM (oY6Yp)

Pliny the Younger
Posted by: Theyre rebellious when they're young at October 08, 2025 11:54 AM (TbWk/)

Habbakuk. Pretty much his only claim to fame.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 11:58 AM (qpyNK)

235 Countries like Argentina have a very high proportion of European ancestry.


German mainly. But we aren't supposed to talk about that.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:58 AM (OUGLk)

236 "Countries like Argentina have a very high proportion of European ancestry."

Argentina is basically half Italian and half Spanish. There's a province that's mostly Welsh.

I went there on business a few times, luckily in their summer. I called it the land of long legs and short skirts.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2025 11:59 AM (dtajH)

237 I was estimating the Obamacare price increases at 3-4X - looks like that infographic supports that...though my out of pocket increases are also, way, way up which is not included there

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2025 11:59 AM (sKqQm)

238 The Kennedys turned Joan into a drunken mess. I doubt she was blameless, but she's should be an example to younger women who think the Kennedys are just wonderful. See Caroline Bissett and sister, Joe Kennedy's lobotomized daughter, RFK Jr's wife commiting suicide, Martha Moxkey , etc, etc ....

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2025 11:59 AM (pwtJC)

239 > .45 LC in 1873 SAA

Blessed are the Peacemakers.
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I have a lever action Rossi rifle in .45LC. It's a hoot.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2025 11:59 AM (Q4IgG)

240 Shock collar.

Baby shock collar.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 08, 2025 11:57 AM (C6guj)


Baby shock doo do do do do do
Baby shock doo do do do do do

Posted by: Baby shock! at October 08, 2025 11:59 AM (TbWk/)

241 237 I was estimating the Obamacare price increases at 3-4X - looks like that infographic supports that...though my out of pocket increases are also, way, way up which is not included there
Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2025 11:59 AM (sKqQm)

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"And it's Republicans fault!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 08, 2025 11:59 AM (GBKbO)

242 206 We're defending Hasan "Hamas" Piker, the Turkroach, now?
Posted by: XTC at October 08, 2025 11:45 AM (UnA8+)
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No, we are not. Maybe you should actually read my comment? He's a scumbag as I said above. But just because he's a scumbag doesn't mean all the accusations against him are true. "He's torturing his dog on camera!" That sounded suspicious to me. So rather than mindlessly regurgitate crap like some people, I watched the video myself.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

I hear ya. But some analyses of the video tend to support the claims.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2025 11:59 AM (aURVT)

243 Countries like Argentina have a very high proportion of European ancestry.----


Very German.

Actually I think German is the highest percentage of legal immigration into the USA also.


Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 12:00 PM (EYmYM)

244 Muslims hate dogs. I'm surprised he even owns one.

Many people are more likely to tune in if there’s a dog in your thumbnail. It’s basic view count optimization, and it’s why he shocks the dog when it wants to get up and move off camera.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2025 12:00 PM (3cXfB)

245 Does Mark Sanchez going on a drunken rampage in an alley count as left wing terrorism?
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I happen to believe he was drugged (by somebody else). Oh sure, he may indeed have a drinking problem--he may not. But he has no known history of violence. And then to read that he was doing drunken windsprints in an alley in the middle of the night prior to going on a violent spree? I suspect somebody drugged his drink OR he bought what he thought was local pot and found out much too late that it was laced with something.

Drinking can be bad, and he may have had another vice he was pursuing with it. But he has no record of violence. I think someone likely random ruined him that night.

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2025 12:00 PM (TN0g+)

246 197 Maine is a purple state that in the last few years only seems to elect hardcod leftists...

We're having a serious discussion about terrorism on a large scale. This is no plaice for fish puns!

Posted by: From My Lofty Perch at October 08, 2025 12:00 PM (oftw2)

247 REPORT: Canada just crossed a line that should terrify every free nation. A new bill would let the government instantly cut off your internet, phone, and even your online banking—simply for saying the “wrong thing.”

https://is.gd/OLGYXd

Posted by: ShainS -- The Sombrero Memes Will Continue Until Morality Improves! at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM


As always, you can vote yourself into Socialism but you have to shoot your way out.

Posted by: toby928 at October 08, 2025 12:01 PM (jc0TO)

248 Hassan has stated in the past that it’s a shock collar. This is not a conspiracy theory.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2025 12:02 PM (3cXfB)

249 I just got a call/voicemail from some gal wanting to sell me on a “time ship” which sounds pretty cool. There is a very low probability she meant time share which I’m going to disregard entirely. I’m soon going to embark on an exciting life of adventure racing through time streams to correct post wrongs. Wish me luck.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 08, 2025 12:03 PM (XTECK)

250 Canada has been REPEATEDLY crossing lines.

They're also using MAID for Organ Harvesting now.

Posted by: XTC at October 08, 2025 12:04 PM (UnA8+)

251 I just got a call/voicemail from some gal wanting to sell me on a “time ship” which sounds pretty cool. There is a very low probability she meant time share which I’m going to disregard entirely. I’m soon going to embark on an exciting life of adventure racing through time streams to correct post wrongs. Wish me luck.

Is she hawt? For some reason, hawt women all seem to live near me.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2025 12:04 PM (Riz8t)

252 *hides*
Posted by: the monkey
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*golf clap*

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2025 12:04 PM (TN0g+)

253 Drinking can be bad, and he may have had another vice he was pursuing with it. But he has no record of violence. I think someone likely random ruined him that night.
Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2025 12:00 PM (TN0g+)

I hadn’t even thought of that possibility

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2025 12:04 PM (P/Wjn)

254 141 Billionaires in NYC know they won’t really affected by Mandani.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 08, 2025 11:37 AM (5Yz+T)

Mamdani wants free child care and free buses and says billionaires will pay for it.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 08, 2025 12:04 PM (y171U)

255 I watched the Piker video and I can definitely hear the dog give an alarmed yelp as though shocked but I haven't spotted where he did something to activate it. Piker is a vile shitbag and criminal participant in the recent riots against ICE (no he wasn't there as an objective observer give me a break) and deserves no quarter. But I would like to make sure facts are straight on this especially when he already has a mountain of undeniably godawful things showing what an intestinal parasite he is.

Posted by: Hasan CHOP at October 08, 2025 12:04 PM (TbWk/)

256 I am personally very aware of this type of training and know what I am talking about.

a lot of (especially younger) people are going with shock collars as a part of training, especially with larger protective dogs like this one, a Tibetan Mastiff bitch.

I hate it. It's lazy. there are some very specific applications, I guess it's possible.

there is no question whatsoever that that he uses that shock collar, he's talked about it, she's wearing it, he gets annoyed and reaches for the box and triggers the shock.
Posted by: Black Orchid at October 08, 2025 11:56 AM (emBoF)
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So he uses a technique that you admit "a lot" of people use and that makes him an evil animal torturer? I don't like the guy any more than anyone else here does. But if one of "our guys" was doing the same thing -- and I'll bet any amount of money there are -- we would not be so harsh in our accusations.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 12:04 PM (iFTx/)

257 They think they want a hot civil war against people who argue what is the proper concealed carry weapon for church.
Posted by: rickb223

.45acp
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory



.45 LC in 1873 SAA

Blessed are the Peacemakers.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 11:53 AM


I bought some LC because my new Old Army came with a conversion cylinder.

That's a big ass cartride.

Posted by: toby928 at October 08, 2025 12:05 PM (jc0TO)

258 Arson suspect: Essayli

Lebanese name.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 08, 2025 12:05 PM (3ImbR)

259 cartridge



oh fuck it.

Posted by: toby928 at October 08, 2025 12:05 PM (jc0TO)

260 I alone will have the ability to correct my misspellings by simply traveling back in time to re do it.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 08, 2025 12:05 PM (XTECK)

261 Oops...Is Essayli the US Atty or the suspect

Posted by: IrishEi at October 08, 2025 12:05 PM (3ImbR)

262 It’s incredible they don’t understand decadence doesn’t survive well when you are burned back to having to find your own food (like on the hoof and from the ground), or they won’t be subject to their violence ultimately.
Posted by: Piper
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They don't think that they are decadent. They think we are evil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2025 12:06 PM (sQtf0)

263 Overall cost of the average plan for a 50 year old is syrocketing since the passage of the ACA. Most of it is hidden by subsidies. Even more started being hidden with covid extra subsidies.

Democrats have tried to turn this fight into keeping the little orange bar going forever.
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Remember Donna Brazile, chair of the DNC?:

What's on your menu? Just got off the phone with my health care provider asking them to explain why my premium jumped up. No good answer!
9:50 AM · Feb 27, 2013

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2025 12:06 PM (XeU6L)

264 Great Britain, Canada, Australia....See the pattern? We'e next.
With that, I'm out for a while. Need to get my endorphins up and shake this mood.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 08, 2025 12:06 PM (t/2Uw)

265 Essayli is the atty. My bad.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 08, 2025 12:06 PM (3ImbR)

266 Posted by: banana Dream at October 08, 2025 12:03 PM (XTECK)

Sounds like the good basis of a novel. I don't get funny voice mails like that , although when the phone tries to give me a transcription it can be rather amusing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2025 12:06 PM (ZeH0U)

267 IIRC, Argentine basically murdered all their aborigines.

Posted by: toby928 at October 08, 2025 12:06 PM (jc0TO)

268 > Mamdani wants free child care and free buses and says billionaires will pay for it.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 08, 2025 12:04 PM (y171U)

Yeah, well, communists say a lot of shit that they know isn't true. Anything to grab power.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 12:06 PM (qpyNK)

269 "This is who they are, and terrorism is what they do."

And "they" are everybody you know who votes Dem, at any level. Which for most people is LOTS of people.

Yes, your cool bro softball teammate, your colleague at work, your doctor, his nurse, your sister.

And remember, 90% of these civic cretins calls themselves "liberal", which is just the chef's kiss of orwellian inversion of language for people who - whether out of ignorance, low practical intelligence, or conviction - support barbarism, racism, violence, and totalitarianism.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2025 12:07 PM (U/Byj)

270 Actually I think German is the highest percentage of legal immigration into the USA also.


Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 12:00 PM (EYmYM)

Pennsylvania. And Texas. LOADS of German immigrants went to Texas. New Braunfels is a good example.

Posted by: Big water parks I hear at October 08, 2025 12:07 PM (TbWk/)

271
Mamdani wants free child care and free buses and says billionaires will pay for it.
Posted by: Joemarine


I always wanted my very own bus.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2025 12:08 PM (63Dwl)

272 The "democratic bourgeois wing" of the capitalist class, who know not what they do.

>Workers Org - Sept 27, 2025 - 'Philly meeting shows why anti-fascist defense can work'
In part, " (Larry, Philly DA) "Krasner represents the democratic bourgeois wing of the capitalist class while Trump represents the capitalist wing that believes fascism is required at this time to save their decaying system. Many workers and students support neither capitalist faction & believe a socialist system is the only answer to imperialist wars, genocide, ecocide and poverty."

>Left Voice, org - “Bourgeois Democracy”: What Do Marxists Mean by That Term?

So it seems Communist Party USA does not support "bourgeois democracy" but instead USES the existing democratic processes to advance its goals.

Tactical engagement in elections & advocacy for reforms as a way to expose the limitations of the current system. By participating, they build influence & fight for immediate improvements for the working class.

Building a political alternative: Their ultimate goal is to move beyond bourgeois democracy toward a different political & economic system toward building a worker's democracy (i.e. local police ctrl).

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 08, 2025 12:08 PM (NFX2v)

273 So he uses a technique that you admit "a lot" of people use and that makes him an evil animal torturer? I don't like the guy any more than anyone else here does. But if one of "our guys" was doing the same thing -- and I'll bet any amount of money there are -- we would not be so harsh in our accusations.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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You do bullshit rather well but in training, you do NOT use corrections for normal behavior anymore than you use a Taser routinely on traffic stops to punish someone for speeding.

The more you argue, the more ludicrous motte and bailey bullshit you use because you are bog ignorant of training animals and you can't argue on that basis. Sophistry used instead.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 12:09 PM (WDjG6)

274 Back in the hospital. Secondary infection has me

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM (Uah4U)

275 256
‘ But if one of "our guys" was doing the same thing -- and I'll bet any amount of money there are -- we would not be so harsh in our accusations.’

You underestimate my harshness with roaches.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM (jbnUc)

276 And Texas. LOADS of German immigrants went to Texas. New Braunfels is a good example.
Posted by: Big water parks I hear at October 08, 2025 12:07 PM


The German Relief societies were basically running travel services. My mother's people came that way, via Corpus Christi. They traveled all the way from Prussia just to have the patriarch die of yellow fever at Corpus.

Posted by: toby928 at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM (jc0TO)

277 255 I watched the Piker video and I can definitely hear the dog give an alarmed yelp as though shocked but I haven't spotted where he did something to activate it. Piker is a vile shitbag and criminal participant in the recent riots against ICE (no he wasn't there as an objective observer give me a break) and deserves no quarter. But I would like to make sure facts are straight on this especially when he already has a mountain of undeniably godawful things showing what an intestinal parasite he is.
Posted by: Hasan CHOP at October 08, 2025 12:04 PM (TbWk/)

He sees the dog walk off its pad--he's looking in a reflection--and then with his left hand, he reaches to the left on his desk and presses down and she yelps.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM (aURVT)

278 45 Colt is a nice little artillery-shell-looking cartridge. And very easy to reload.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM (U/Byj)

279 268 > Yeah, well, communists say a lot of shit that they know isn't true. Anything to grab power.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2025 12:06 PM (qpyNK)

Yes, and Andrew Cuomo says the state legislature will never pass it.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM (y171U)

280 The Ramones were more popular in Argentina than any country on earth, and remain so to this day. Dee Dee met his wife Barbara there and she is 100% Italian background. There are a number of Argentine Ramones cover bands.

Posted by: Ramones 4 Ever at October 08, 2025 12:11 PM (oftw2)

281 Pennsylvania. And Texas. LOADS of German immigrants went to Texas. New Braunfels is a good example.
Posted by: Big water parks I hear


The towns of West & Muenster, Tx also.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 12:11 PM (OUGLk)

282 45 Colt is a nice little artillery-shell-looking cartridge. And very easy to reload.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM


It's like three times as long as .45ACP, I guess because it was a black powder cartridge.

Posted by: toby928 at October 08, 2025 12:11 PM (jc0TO)

283 Back in the hospital. Secondary infection has me
Posted by: Duke Lowell


Prayers Duke.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2025 12:12 PM (OUGLk)

284 So he uses a technique that you admit "a lot" of people use and that makes him an evil animal torturer? I don't like the guy any more than anyone else here does. But if one of "our guys" was doing the same thing -- and I'll bet any amount of money there are -- we would not be so harsh in our accusations.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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You do bullshit rather well but in training, you do NOT use corrections for normal behavior anymore than you use a Taser routinely on traffic stops to punish someone for speeding.

The more you argue, the more ludicrous motte and bailey bullshit you use because you are bog ignorant of training animals and you can't argue on that basis. Sophistry used instead.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 12:09 PM (WDjG6)
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Go fuck yourself. Seriously. Cut off your dick and fuck yourself in the ass. You pretentious scolding cocksucker.

I was responding to a comment from someone who says they know what they are talking about and that it's a common technique. I expressed no opinion on the use itself.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 12:12 PM (iFTx/)

285 He's not stopping her from, say, going into a busy street. He's zapping her for walking onto the floor.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2025 12:12 PM (aURVT)

286 I watched the Piker video and I can definitely hear the dog give an alarmed yelp as though shocked but I haven't spotted where he did something to activate it.

In the video Asmongold posted he's reaching off camera right before the dog yelps. And he's stated openly in the past that it's a shock collar. He even almost says it here when the woman points out the collar is too tight.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2025 12:12 PM (2ocoG)

287 274 Back in the hospital. Secondary infection has me
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM (Uah4U)

Praying for you Duke. I was hospitalized for 4 days about a month ago with pneumonia. Only saw newly minted residents. The supervising Dr refuses to see patients. Even my oncologist was losing his mind over these idiots. Hope your experience is better.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 08, 2025 12:12 PM (N39Ws)

288 274 Back in the hospital. Secondary infection has me
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM (Uah4U)

Fuck, dude. Stop letting those bacteria in! Get well soon.

Posted by: In and out hospital at October 08, 2025 12:13 PM (TbWk/)

289 So he uses a technique that you admit "a lot" of people use and that makes him an evil animal torturer? I don't like the guy any more than anyone else here does. But if one of "our guys" was doing the same thing -- and I'll bet any amount of money there are -- we would not be so harsh in our accusations.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 12:04 PM (iFTx/)

You must not have been here for the Noem discussion. I would assume at least 90% here believe shock collars are cruel and unnecessary.

But go ahead and insult the horde in order to defend your position.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 12:13 PM (EYmYM)

290 Yep, black powder, hence the size and volume of 45 Colt. And with modern smokeless powder, easy to play around with, though I don't, really. Only have a lever rifle in that caliber, though some day it will get a revolver brother, whether repro of old model or a Ruger, dunno.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2025 12:13 PM (U/Byj)

291 He's not stopping her from, say, going into a busy street. He's zapping her for walking onto the floor.

He's zapping her for walking off camera, which might affect his view count. He is literally hurting the dog for clout.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2025 12:13 PM (2ocoG)

292 So he uses a technique that you admit "a lot" of people use and that makes him an evil animal torturer? I don't like the guy any more than anyone else here does. But if one of "our guys" was doing the same thing -- and I'll bet any amount of money there are -- we would not be so harsh in our accusations.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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You do bullshit rather well but in training, you do NOT use corrections for normal behavior anymore than you use a Taser routinely on traffic stops to punish someone for speeding.

The more you argue, the more ludicrous motte and bailey bullshit you use because you are bog ignorant of training animals and you can't argue on that basis. Sophistry used instead.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2025 12:09 PM (WDjG6)
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Go fuck yourself. Seriously. Cut off your dick and fuck yourself in the ass. You pretentious scolding cocksucker.

I was responding to a comment from someone who says they know what they are talking about and that it's a common technique. I expressed no opinion on the use itself.


The livestock are getting restless, you two. Please just stop.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2025 12:13 PM (Riz8t)

293 Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM (Uah4U)

So sorry, Duke. What an uncomfortable journey for you. I will pray that things get worked out smoothly and that you get to come home soon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2025 12:14 PM (ZeH0U)

294 284
‘ Go fuck yourself. Seriously. Cut off your dick and fuck yourself in the ass. You pretentious scolding cocksucker.’

Impeccable logic right here.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 08, 2025 12:14 PM (jbnUc)

295 274 Back in the hospital. Secondary infection has me
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM (Uah4U)

Hoping for a good outcome Duke!

Posted by: Joemarine at October 08, 2025 12:14 PM (y171U)

296 My dog was trained with a shock collar by a professional dog trainer. I spent several thousand doing this because nothing else worked, it wasn't laziness, it was this particular dogs behavior. I tried it on myself. I keep it at the lowest setting to get his attention when is a situation where he is hyper focused on something he shouldn't be, like chasing one of the cats or jumping on someone. I can't have him hurting someone. I know he doesn't mean to but he gets excited and nothing else will snap him out of it.

Posted by: lin-duh commentor-steward at October 08, 2025 12:14 PM (9AdGW)

297 So he uses a technique that you admit "a lot" of people use and that makes him an evil animal torturer? I don't like the guy any more than anyone else here does. But if one of "our guys" was doing the same thing -- and I'll bet any amount of money there are -- we would not be so harsh in our accusations.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 12:04 PM (iFTx/)

You must not have been here for the Noem discussion. I would assume at least 90% here believe shock collars are cruel and unnecessary.

But go ahead and insult the horde in order to defend your position.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 12:13 PM (EYmYM)
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Read my full comment. I was responding to a comment from someone who says they know what they are talking about and that it's a common thing. I expressed no opinion on it at all.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 12:14 PM (iFTx/)

298 New one: insurrection

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2025 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

299 The livestock are getting restless, you two. Please just stop.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2025 12:13 PM



Oh George, not the livestock.

Posted by: toby928 at October 08, 2025 12:14 PM (jc0TO)

300 289 You must not have been here for the Noem discussion. I would assume at least 90% here believe shock collars are cruel and unnecessary.

But go ahead and insult the horde in order to defend your position.
Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 12:13 PM (EYmYM)

One either dies a hero, or lives long enough to see themselves become ScoggDog.

Posted by: XTC at October 08, 2025 12:15 PM (UnA8+)

301 300

Posted by: m at October 08, 2025 12:15 PM (aURVT)

302 Martha Moxley , etc, etc ....
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Geeze, had forgotten about that. Skakel.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2025 12:16 PM (XeU6L)

303 Indianola was a place.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2025 12:16 PM (sQtf0)

304 But if one of "our guys" was doing the same thing -- and I'll bet any amount of money there are -- we would not be so harsh in our accusations.

People here have in fact been harsh on "our guys" doing the same things. Quit it with the "both sides" crap.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2025 12:16 PM (2ocoG)

305 Back in the hospital. Secondary infection has me
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 08, 2025 12:10 PM


Prayers up, Duke.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2025 12:16 PM (ySpAZ)

306 Let’s all come together and direct our hate at the democrats.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 08, 2025 12:16 PM (jbnUc)

307 My dog was trained with a shock collar by a professional dog trainer. I spent several thousand doing this because nothing else worked, it wasn't laziness, it was this particular dogs behavior. I tried it on myself. I keep it at the lowest setting to get his attention when is a situation where he is hyper focused on something he shouldn't be, like chasing one of the cats or jumping on someone. I can't have him hurting someone. I know he doesn't mean to but he gets excited and nothing else will snap him out of it.
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I know you're doing what you're doing with the best of intentions, but an alternative take is "some dogs aren't fit to be pets". If you really believe your dog is capable of "hurting someone", that's a problem. I'm always amazed when people tell me things like "Just give me 15 minutes notice before you come--my dog doesn't do well with people".

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2025 12:17 PM (TN0g+)

308 Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2025 12:14 PM (iFTx/)

You said the horde would be defending someone on 'our' side if they had done the same thing.

That's an insult in my book.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 12:17 PM (EYmYM)

309 295 274 Back in the hospital. Secondary infection has me
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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And a prayer or two for you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2025 12:18 PM (sQtf0)

310 Mamdani wants free child care and free buses and says billionaires will pay for it.
Posted by: Joemarine


I remember seeing something like that here in the GPROMD a few years back.

Government: "We're gonna tax those eeeeeevil millionaires and make them pay their fair share!" *
People: "YEAH! MAKE THEM PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE! RAISE TAXES ON THEM!"
One year later
Government: "Why aren't we getting all that sweet money we predicted?"
Millionaires: "We move out."
Government: "YOU CAN DO THAT? SINCE WHEN?"

*This was back in the day when millionaires were the villains to liberals.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2025 12:18 PM (+4yJ5)

311 Posted by: lin-duh commentor-steward at October 08, 2025 12:14 PM (9AdGW)

Any trainer that has to use a shock collar ain't much of a trainer imo. Again just my opinion.

Posted by: Willie Nailer at October 08, 2025 12:20 PM (EYmYM)

312 New post is up. You can stop screaming at each other about shock collars now.

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=416804

Posted by: The Lower Depths at October 08, 2025 12:21 PM (Dg7ng)

313 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2025 12:22 PM (NcvvS)

314 >>Only have a lever rifle in that caliber, though some day it will get a revolver brother, whether repro of old model or a Ruger, dunno.
Posted by: rhomboid
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It hits about the same as a 44 mag. That lever is good for brush deer (50yds).

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2025 12:22 PM (sQtf0)

315 Crusader,
When I say hurt someone, I mean he's a biggish dog and if he jumps on a kid or older person he could hurt them. I do not mean biting or attacking someone. He has never done that. He will bark but if someone approaches him he backs up. Some bigger dogs will hurt people just by their size, like my dog was running into the house and stepped on my mom's foot and it hurt. that does not mean he should not be a pet.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 08, 2025 12:24 PM (9AdGW)

316 We can crush them again.
Posted by: JackStraw


It'll be good to see them driven before us but I don't want to hear any lamenting troons.

Posted by: DaveA at October 08, 2025 12:25 PM (PMJuY)

317 What-A-Not-a-Cop, thanks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2025 12:26 PM (sQtf0)

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