Good morning kids. There are a number of pretty big stories that have been breaking since late yesterday and early this morning. First, it seems that President Trump, in advance of a meeting he was scheduled to have in Egypt regarding a potential cease fire deal in Gaza has evidently broken through the logjam and secured the release of the Israeli hostages.

“A great day for Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Wednesday night, announcing the approval of a landmark deal to bring home all the remaining Israeli hostages — a breakthrough reached with direct backing from President Donald Trump.
The announcement capped days of intense diplomacy, confirming a Trump-backed deal that will bring home every remaining Israeli hostage.
“I will convene the government to approve the agreement and bring all our dear hostages home,” Netanyahu said in a statement on X. He credited the “courage and sacrifice” of Israel’s soldiers and security forces, and thanked Trump and his team “for their mobilization for this sacred mission.”

As a Jew, a staunch supporter of the State of Israel, a proud Trump-supporting American-American and a human being, I am overjoyed that the hostages at long last are seemingly taking their first steps toward freedom from the clutches of the manifestation of evil on earth. And yet knowing exactly who they were in the clutches of tempers my joy with a dread for the future.

What we are dealing with is not Hamas. We are dealing with ISLAM. Period Full Stop.

Negotiating with Islamic terrorists doesn’t work. It leads to more terrorism.
That’s been true of every single deal made with the Islamic terrorists inside Israel. And this may be the worst of the deals because it rewards Hamas, frees large numbers of terrorists and validates October 7.
Worse still, it risks dragging us further into ‘nation-building’ an Islamic terrorist state.

Israel and the US as well as the other participants in this conference, the regional Arab/Muslim states might concede to a defanging if not dismantling of Hamas as the government of Gaza or as an entity in and of itself. But as we all know and as I and others have articulated or tried to articulate here and elsewhere the 1.5 billion adherents to Islam around the world will either actively participate in or otherwise cheer on and support the slaughter of every Jew on the planet and the eradication of the State of Israel if it brings them closer to their goal of the conquest of the entire world.

Unless and until President Trump and whatever remains of the Western world acknowledges this at the very least to themselves and for the greater good publicly – as diplomatically and politically palatable as and if possible — as they can, 10/7 will happen again and again not just in Israel but all over GOd's green earth.

What I want to see, and sadly what just is never going to happen is President Trump or please-God President Vance publicly read the passages in the Koran, the PLO and its allies' charters that equate Jews with apes and pigs, infidels calling for all Muslims everywhere to kill Jews and infidels wherever they find them and Call out every Muslim everywhere to publicly renounce those words.

Of course they cannot and likely will not do that because the Koran is the so-called word of their supreme false-god, so to do so would be an act of apostasy that would cost them their lives. But by not doing so, it would in essence for those paying attention scream to the world of their approval of those ideas. Maybe it's the shock treatment that the world needs. As if the sight of babies being roasted alive in front of their parents, or the mass rape and torture of innocent girls and women that they broadcast in the act via the GO-Pro cameras they were wearing on that day two years ago would or should have been.

Until my last breath, there will be no peace in the Middle East and indeed the world itself until the practice of Islam as preached and as written in its texts is as extinct as the dinosaurs. Ditto Socialism/Communism. Both are tyrannical evils.

And as my dear mother of blessed memory warned me, herself a survivor of that latter evil hell on earth, "Evil never rests."

In any case, I hope and pray that the long suffering hostages are set free and reunited with their loved ones and that however this "deal" came about, some good comes from it because Israel and the West will have had to have given up some kind of concession to these beasts that they will doubtless crow about as a victory and as Daniel Greenfield warns in his essay, will give them an incentive (as if they need one besides the accursed poison words of that Goddamned fucking Koran) to butcher Jews, Christians, Hindus or even their own if they dare show a bit too much ankle in public.

In other news, it seems the police have nabbed someone that they strongly suspect set the fire that burned Pacific Palisades to the ground. Surprise surprise.

A 29-year-old Biden-supporting Uber driver obsessed with images of fire has been charged with setting a blaze that later grew into the Palisades Fire, authorities said Wednesday — nine months after the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history erupted.
Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is accused of “maliciously” sparking a brush fire on Jan. 1. That fire was knocked down by the Los Angeles fire department, but continued to smolder unnoticed, underground for days before high winds rekindled it into the raging Palisades inferno, federal prosecutors said.
The Palisades Fire left 12 people dead, destroyed nearly 7,000 homes and businesses and caused about $150 billion in damages.

No doubt he believed in Climate Change/Gobal Warming so he had to burn Southern California to the ground to make us apostates see the truth!

Just like fat Sitz-Pritzker has to let Chicagoans be gunned down like fish in a barrel by his own constituents to make us believe Trump is a Hitlerite dictator!

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) compared actions by the Trump administration to tackle crime and enforce federal immigration law in Chicago to the “early days of the Nazi regime” and claimed the National Guard may be deployed at polling places during the 2026 midterm elections.

Not to be outdone in the criminally insane rhetoric department is everyone's favorite beady-eyed traitorous seditious scumbag Self-gassing Adam Schiff-for-Brains

Schiff: We Can’t Rule Out Trump Launching Military Strikes on Domestic Groups

Considering that his party is, was and always will be at the epicenter of domestic political violence, treachery, mopery and the fomenters of criminal insurrectionist violence for the sole purpose of overthrowing America and seizing absolute power permanently. A drone strike on Democrat National Headquarters would go a long way in advancing the cause of freedom (rhetorically-speaking of course /s!!)

On that note, CBD and I had a fantastic podcast with friend and co-blogger DIOGENES. We talked about Secretary of War (I love that!) Pete Hegseth and is he America's "Patton Pending?!"

Thanks Diogenes for a great conversation.

TO end on a humorous note, perhaps not for the normal people who may yet still live in California, your likely next governor Katie Porker, Porter is an absolute disgrace in every way shape and form.

. . . the video shows Porter speaking with former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in July 2021, before she cursed at a staffer for interjecting to correct her on a policy detail.
“Get out of my fucking shot!” Porter yelled at the staffer in the video.
When the staffer issued her correction regarding a policy detail, Porter responded, “Okay. You also were in my shot before that. Stay out of my shot.”

At that moment, you can see clearly see Ron Jeremy go limp and then they immediately switched to a commercial for Cialis!

Jeremy later stated, while dousing his schvantz in Kwell and Clorox, despite the fat check from the DNC he just couldn't get it up for Porter.

Have a good day!

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

They won't because violence is politically useful to them.
Democrats, Call Off Your Animals
Victor Davis Hanson: Van Jones blames “the Jews” for media silence on Nigerian massacres—but the real reason isn’t anti-Semitic conspiracy; it’s the left’s selective outrage and ideological blind spots.
About The “Jews”

CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

The judges wrote that “granting an administrative stay will best preserve the status quo.”
Appeals Court Gives Trump Control Over Oregon National Guard, Pauses Deployment
Miranda Devine: Democrats have placed themselves squarely on the wrong side of public opinion and no amount of lies and gaslighting will work this time. Trump Mark 2 has designated Antifa a terrorist organization and has sicced his entire administration on destroying it. That means not just arresting the Black Bloc militants and their zombie comrades but attacking the source of their funding.
The Dems are letting Antifa take over their cities — Trump is right to send federal troops to maintain order
Hawley called for a special prosecutor and public hearings to investigate alleged corruption within the FBI and DOJ.
Senator Demands a Special Prosecutor Investigate FBI Spying on GOP Lawmakers.
Democrats are not simply anti-American; they pursue policies and programs that are fundamentally anti-human.
The Democrats Are Not as They Appear (Think Gorgo the Friendly Angel of Star Trek - jjs)

CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSINATION
A family’s steady guidance turned a son’s dark path toward accountability, showing the quiet power of parental influence. (In the immortal lyrics of Rogers & Hammerstein "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" - jjs)
The Parents of Charlie Kirk’s Prodigal Assassin
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
The figure is part of a dramatic turnaround from the record 2.2 million apprehensions logged in fiscal year 2022 under the Biden junta.
Border crossings from Mexico hit lowest level in over 50 years under Trump administration crackdown
Record-breaking reductions in illegal immigration, with 1.6 million illegal aliens self-deporting and over 400,000 deported by ICE, alongside historic lows in border apprehensions.
U.S. Foreign-Born Population Drops by 2.2 Million Amid Deportations, Record Low Illegal Immigration.
“As the son of an undocumented immigrant (my mom overstayed an au pair visa for years before marrying my dad, a U.S. citizen), it’s deeply personal: Reddit wouldn’t exist if [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] had come for her,” Ohanian wrote on X, Oct. 7.
Co-Founder Of Degenerate Forum Reddit Admits It Wouldn’t Exist Without Illegal Immigration
“The Church cannot stay silent before injustice." (Hello Islamic butchery against Christians in Africa and Pakistan and everywhere. And of course Israel on 10/7, let alone Europe from 1933-1945.)
Pope Leo Urges Bishops to Fight for Illegal Aliens
Ossoff hired a pro open borders leftist, Katie Shepherd as his senior counsel ahead of the pivotal vote wherein Democrats voted to shut down the government in late September.
Democrat Jon Ossoff Hires Open Borders Aide Ahead of Shutdown to Give Illegal Aliens Health Care

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The BBC reports authorities said evidence collected from the suspect’s digital devices showed an image he generated on ChatGPT depicting a burning city.
Man Arrested in Connection with Start of Deadly Pacific Palisades Fire (Did anyone, perhaps even Newsom or Bass, hire him to set the fire? - jjs)
It’s not a shutdown, it’s a shakedown.
The Schumer Shakedown
Democrats rejected a bipartisan funding measure that would restore government operations for the sixth time. The same trio of Democratic Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and independent Maine Sen. Angus King, who caucuses with Democrats, broke ranks to join Republicans in voting “yes” on the House-passed spending bill.
Schumer Keeps Government Closed Despite Mounting Costs of Shutdown
“SLED Chief Mark Keel has announced that at this point in the investigation there is no evidence the horrific fire at Judge Goodstein’s Edisto home was intentionally set. “
SC Law Enforcement Division: No Evidence Fire at Judge’s Home Was Intentionally Set
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The Chevron disaster is not isolated. It’s not even new. PBF Energy’s Martinez refinery was closed after a Feb. 1 fire damaged the facility. It was partly operational in late April, but it won’t be fully back in business until some in the fourth quarter of this year. While its down time caused gasoline prices to rise – as much as 42 cents a gallon in Northern California – it represented only 9.6% of the state’s refining capacity, about 60% of what the El Segundo site produces. The Chevron loss is going to be a bigger hit.
How Much Will Gas Prices Rise After So Cal Refinery Fire?
The expansion of federally financed benefits for low-income workers is driving incentives to underreport income.
America’s Growing Shadow Economy
ISRAEL AND USA vs Hamas, IRAN, et al
“All Parties will be treated fairly!” the president added, calling it “a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America.”
Trump reveals when he expects hostages to be released after Israel-Hamas peace deal as families celebrate on phone call with prez
Negotiating with Islamic terrorists doesn't work. It leads to more terrorism.
Every Deal With Terrorists is a Surrender
Trump’s commitment to a possible trip to Egypt at the end of this week suggests that serious breakthroughs have been made in the Israeli-Hamas peace negotiations.
BREAKING: Trump Likely Heading to Egypt on Sunday for Gaza Talks.
Israel is losing the war of public opinion to ruthless and sick propagandists for Hamas and radical Muslims are gaining power in the West as a result.
The Bibas inversion

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The email began, "Two years ago this month, Netanyahu's military launched a ground invasion of Gaza."
Dem Senate Candidate Accuses Israel Of Invading Gaza In Oct 7 Fundraising Email
“There has been a gross campaign at the international level to demonize Israel. These are all percolating under the surface on the campuses. In some ways, the situation’s worse underneath, more organized, more coordinated, and more dangerous.”
Two Years After October 7 Massacre, Campuses Are Worse Under The Surface

OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
This trend should come as no surprise amid two years of anti-Israel protests, often echoing Hamas messaging, on college campuses.
Pollsters: Generational Divide On Israel Threatens Longstanding Support From American Voters
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
On Tuesday, the second anniversary of the horrific Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that claimed 1,200 lives, terrorist sympathizers took to the streets to declare that the violence was not “enough.”
Exclusive:Roy Bill Would Allow ICE To Deport Adherents Of Sharia Law
The glacial drip of revelations about the Manchester Synagogue attack continues to be released by police, including information they had in the very first minutes of their investigation last week. Specialist counter terrorism police revealed on Wednesday that 35-year-old Syrian migrant Jihad al-Shamie had spoken to a police telephone operator in a call while the attack was actually underway, boasted he’d “killed two Jews in the name of the Islamic State”.
Synagogue Killer Confessed Islamic State Affiliation on Phone to Police, Had Three Wives (Pfft! sez "Mickey Rooney!" - jjs)

FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
After founding Thoughtworks, Inc. in 1993 and building the company into a software consulting powerhouse, Singham helped orchestrate its sale in October 2017 for approximately $785 million to a group of funds managed by London-based private equity firm Apax Partners. Corporate records from the United Kingdom confirm Singham’s resignation from Thoughtworks that same month, and his own LinkedIn profile says he has been retired since 2017. Thoughtworks’ English-language website relegates him to its “alumni” section, reinforcing the image of a clean break.
Chinese Government Records List Left-wing Billionaire Neville Roy Singham as Corporate Officer for Thoughtworks Beijing
‘It is time to return to a world where we can say what we wish without fear of being censored, or deplatformed, or shot dead’
Davis: Inside The Government Conspiracy To Shut Down The Federalist For Wrongthink
Can you see my Claude Rains shocked face? - jjs
Report: Major CBS, ABC, PBS Shows Fail To Mention Jay Jones Scandal Once

SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
The charges stem from Comey’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020, where questions surrounding his role leading the FBI and the investigation into the Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia — a hoax — took center stage.
Traitorous Treasonous Scumbag Former FBI Director James Comey Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Charges
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
The White House also announced a $35.6 million investment in Canada’s Trilogy Metals, one of the regions possible developers. Also, 10 other key mine projects have been expedited in a mad dash to make us competitive with and independent from China.
Trump Approves Permits for Alaska Mining Road Blocked by criminal Biden Junta
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Is internal reform even possible?
The Kirk Assassination Only Underscores Left-Wing Professors’ Indoctrination of Students The professoriate is where it ends. The road to Leftist Assassin and/or street thug begins in Kindergarten.
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
This is just one victory. Now, Trump needs to move fast to make election integrity a reality across America.
A Wisconsin Judge Requires Proof of U.S. Citizenship to Vote in State Elections (Hallelujah!!! - jjs)
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
The group involved in the purchase included the Chinese energy company CEFC…a company that came up numerous times in documents off Hunter’s laptop.
Hunter Biden Wanted to Sell Land Around U.S. Embassy in Romania
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
News broke on Oct. 3 that Jones had sent text messages in 2o22 to Republican House Delegate Carrie Coyner saying he would give former Republican Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert “two bullets to the head” and urinate on his grave. The text messages were first reported by National Review.
More Than 350,000 Virginians Voted Before They Learned Jay Jones Is A Psychopath Well, he is clearly the Democrat, so what's the diff? - jjs
Republican New York Rep. Mike Lawler confronted Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for voting to shut down the government outside of the lead Democrat’s press conference. Jeffries has complained for weeks that Republicans are not willing to debate the government shutdown on the House floor, but when Lawler came prepared to discuss the matter, the lead Democrat told Lawler to “keep his mouth shut.”
Republican Confronts Hakeem Jeffries To His Face Over Shutdown, Heated Argument Ensues
POLITICS
The Supreme Court will rehear Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could result in the elimination of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a provision that bars “racial gerrymandering when it dilutes minority voting power,” according to Politico.
Supreme Court Could Kill Voting Rights Act’s Affirmative-Action Gerrymandering, Give GOP 19 More Seats
Porter flew off the handle after being asked a fairly tame question by CBS News Sacramento reporter, Julie Watts. “What do you say to the 40% of California voters who you’ll need, in order to win, who voted for [President Donald] Trump?”
Katie Porker Might Be Worse At Interviews Than Kamala
Conservative voters in New Jersey and Virginia have the first chance to rebuke violent leftist politics after our nation has suffered a great evil.
It's up to Virginia, New Jersey voters to begin the turnaround against violent leftism
Vance proved to be Trump’s perfect VP pick, while Harris exposed the Democrat Party’s stubborn incompetence and obsession with identity over results.
Unaccountable Kamala and the ‘Confidently Dumb’ Democrat Party
The left’s house of cards incinerates under scrutiny, and Trump lit the match.
Weaponizing Truth
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Since President Donald Trump’s return to office in January, he has led a major crackdown on drug cartels, designating certain international groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. In a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday, 71% of voters surveyed said they support sinking South American ships carrying drugs into the U.S.
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Trump Admin Blowing Drug Boats Out Of Water: POLL
The agreement struck between UN ambassador Mike Waltz and the international organization is part of the Trump admin's broader effort to reform the UN
Trump Admin Gets UN To Slash 'Ineffective' Peacekeeping Force's US-Funded Budget
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
When the system is collapsing, the absolute last thing we should do is allow the entire world to access it.
Democrats Have Been Trying To Cover Up One The Biggest Healthcare Scams Ever
Color me shocked. After more than a decade of breathless cheerleading for the so-called Affordable Care Act, the editorial elites at The Washington Post have finally admitted what conservatives have been saying all along: Obamacare was never affordable. As the Post’s own editorial board now concedes, the law “was never actually affordable.” This sudden burst of honesty comes amid the latest government shutdown showdown, which Democrats sparked in part by demanding yet another blank check to keep Biden’s lavish, COVID-era insurance subsidies alive.
Guess Who Just Admitted That Obamacare’s A Money Pit
As usual, Democrats want more subsidies to keep a bad plan going.
Time to pull the plug on ObamaCare
Spreading out measles, mumps, and rubella vaccinations could reduce side effects and give children’s bodies more time to adjust to them, but the health establishment is complaining that it could disrupt adherence to immunization schedules and increase the risk of contracting one of the illnesses between shots.
Acting CDC Boss Tells Big Pharma to Separate MMR Vax Into Three Shots.
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
According to an analysis of pairs of 300 hundred orbital images taken seconds apart, scientist have found that Martian winds can reach speeds of 100 miles per hour (160 kilometers per hours), much faster than previously expected.
Martian winds are faster than expected
Typically, material from the coma is swept into a long tail, which can grow up to millions of kilometres long as the comet moves closer to the Sun. The tail is much dimmer than the coma. We can’t see the tail in the CaSSIS images, but it may become more visible in future observations as the comet continues to heat up and release more ice.
First image from Mars of interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
KAROL MARKOWICZ: During Tuesday’s oral arguments in the case, Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked whether states can ban dieticians from telling “anorexic patients to engage in more restricted eating.” But the dietician in Sotomayor’s example actually aligns far more closely to the therapists who abide by Colorado’s law.
Supreme Court’s ‘trans therapy’ case is a free-speech slam dunk — that will save lives
Beneath the surface of ordinary life, an unspoken war is being waged -- not on crime or poverty, but on men.
How Divorce Courts and Social Engineering Wage War on Men
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Meanwhile, the utopian visions of people like Zohran Mamdani deny human nature and bring poverty in their wake.
Pigs in the Creek; or Base Human Instinct Properly Harnessed Brings Wealth
HITHER & YON
Inspiration for us in the West today.
The Victory That Saved Western Civilization (Civilization period. - jjs)

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1 Thirsty Thursday

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 07:32 AM (gbOdA)

2 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 07:34 AM (ExV1e)

3 Mmm smells so fresh

Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 09, 2025 07:34 AM (u4bMz)

4 In before Elric and Top Ten!

Posted by: NR Pax at October 09, 2025 07:35 AM (99eI0)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 09, 2025 07:35 AM (Q4IgG)

6 I nooded

Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 09, 2025 07:37 AM (u4bMz)

7
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 09, 2025 07:37 AM (tljrc)

8 Something very strange about the CA arsonist. It took them this long to find him?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2025 07:38 AM (7RYym)

9

TO the dentist for a crown this morning and then the barber this afternoon.

Getting my head together!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 09, 2025 07:38 AM (x0n13)

10 It's great that the hostages are being released. After that there is no reason to not totally destroy Hamas, right?

Posted by: Grok at October 09, 2025 07:40 AM (vFG9F)

11 From the Palisades fire article:

During the interview, Rinderknecht’s “carotid artery would pulsate and become visible” whenever he was asked about the fire – indicating he was “extremely anxious,” the docs state.

Dude's a real-life Trashcan Man.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 09, 2025 07:40 AM (/HDaX)

12 Anybody wanna buy a bridge? Okay, how about a tollway? I've got many motivated sellers looking to sell!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at October 09, 2025 07:41 AM (wVcYX)

13 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Gaza should have ceased to exist on October 8.

Negotiating with people who want to kill you is a fool's errand.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 09, 2025 07:41 AM (9ipOP)

14 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at October 09, 2025 07:42 AM (pM4Nm)

15 The violence also provides a thrill, if we may borrow the brilliant words of Martin Gurri, for those who hate “orderly lives, neighborliness, civility, and the spontaneous adherence to the law of the vast majority of Americans,” and “wish to infect all social relations with the chaos and anger agitating their minds.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 07:42 AM (gbOdA)

16 I'll make you a good price. Easy terms and a low down payment.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at October 09, 2025 07:43 AM (wVcYX)

17 I don't know what to say about Islam. The only hope I can see is some kind of reform movement as the elders die off, its stuck in the 4th century maybe that would take fire

Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 09, 2025 07:44 AM (u4bMz)

18 8 Something very strange about the CA arsonist. It took them this long to find him?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2025 07:38 AM (7RYym)

I think I read he was identified that first day by a hiker as a suspicious person. Also the Uber passengers noted he was looking to cause trouble.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 07:44 AM (gbOdA)

19 Negotiating with people who want to kill you is a fool's errand.

Trump's entire framework is making deals. He'd rather do that than solve problems, which is likely also why he hasn't started the massive federal firings we've all been hoping for.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 09, 2025 07:45 AM (UmGiD)

20 From the Palisades fire article:

During the interview, Rinderknecht’s “carotid artery would pulsate and become visible” whenever he was asked about the fire – indicating he was “extremely anxious,” the docs state.

Dude's a real-life Trashcan Man.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 09, 2025 07:40 AM (/HDaX)

Lock him up in the nut house in Terre Haute!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 09, 2025 07:46 AM (wVcYX)

21 8 Something very strange about the CA arsonist. It took them this long to find him?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2025 07:38 AM (7RYym)

I'm going to guess that it took this long to even get a hint at what actually happened, then gather the forensic evidence to prove that that's what happened, and that pinning that initial arson on this guy was the easiest part of it all.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 07:47 AM (06Hmj)

22 Good morning JJ and horde
Great podcast this week with Diogenes

Posted by: Skip at October 09, 2025 07:47 AM (xatjc)

23 After 3000 years. I can't believe we get to see it.

Posted by: t-bird at October 09, 2025 07:47 AM (AhCY4)

24 Appeals Court Lifts Judge’s Order Blocking Trump From Mobilizing Oregon National Guard Troops

Posted by: Neo at October 09, 2025 07:49 AM (hil2i)

25 I think the CA arsonist story is cover for something else. At one time the authorities claimed to have whoever started the fires, or knew who did. Then they didn't.

There's probably a connection between him and one or more politicos in CA.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 09, 2025 07:49 AM (Q4IgG)

26 Negotiating with people who want to kill you is a fool's errand.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 09, 2025 07:41 AM (9ipOP)

If someone killing you is their means to some end, they can be negotiated with. If them killing you is the end towards which everything else is a means, they can't.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 07:49 AM (06Hmj)

27 With news of peace in Gaza coming… soon…

My first thought is how the US democrats will sabotage it…

Posted by: Fenderbender at October 09, 2025 07:50 AM (1FEc1)

28 The violence also provides a thrill, if we may borrow the brilliant words of Martin Gurri, for those who hate “orderly lives, neighborliness, civility, and the spontaneous adherence to the law of the vast majority of Americans,” and “wish to infect all social relations with the chaos and anger agitating their minds.”

I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.

Probability that she's a Democrat voter and on SSRIs is likely 100%.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 09, 2025 07:50 AM (UmGiD)

29 Jack Daniel’s cuts off free cattle feed to Tennessee farmers after 45 years — and it could ‘absolutely destroy’ small local town.

… great way to turn your local community against you

Posted by: Neo at October 09, 2025 07:50 AM (hil2i)

30 Wife's side is Jewish. I still cant get over the hatred expressed toward jews in this country. And the stupid college kids singing From The River To The Sea without understanding what it meant.

I once hinted that Israel needed a leader who would sacrifice himself- launch nukes and then turn himself in for war crimes. Doesn't seem that radical today

Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 09, 2025 07:51 AM (u4bMz)

31 Probability that she's a Democrat voter and on SSRIs is likely 100%.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 09, 2025 07:50 AM (UmGiD)

Corollary: She's currently getting her bone on with at least one other person

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 07:51 AM (06Hmj)

32 I think the CA arsonist story is cover for something else. At one time the authorities claimed to have whoever started the fires, or knew who did. Then they didn't.

Maybe they knew, the FBI obstructed, and now one of the firings there has broken the logjam?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 09, 2025 07:52 AM (UmGiD)

33 Blue City Paradise: 4 Boston Cops Hospitalized After Pro-Hamas Rioters Attacked, Broke Bones, Even Stole Their Equipment via @WestJournalism

Posted by: Neo at October 09, 2025 07:52 AM (hil2i)

34 Oregon and Illinois have seceded from the Union seems to me

Posted by: Skip at October 09, 2025 07:52 AM (xatjc)

35 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.

Probability that she's a Democrat voter and on SSRIs is likely 100%.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 09, 2025 07:50 AM (UmGiD)

Because being smacked around for not turning enough tricks and getting evicted from your setup under the freeway overpass is such an exciting, adventurous life.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 09, 2025 07:53 AM (wVcYX)

36 … great way to turn your local community against you
Posted by: Neo at October 09, 2025 07:50 AM (hil2i)

This is why you never start feeding stray cats.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 07:54 AM (06Hmj)

37 Islam Delenda Est.

Posted by: XTC at October 09, 2025 07:54 AM (6Uni8)

38 Oregon and Illinois have seceded from the Union seems to me

160 years later the Dems still only have one playbook for trying to keep their slaves.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 09, 2025 07:54 AM (UmGiD)

39 The Parents of Charlie Kirk’s Prodigal Assassin

Paging Mr and Mrs Crooks

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 07:54 AM (gbOdA)

40 Supposedly, we have a peace deal for Gaza, Israel and the whole Middle East. This is going to need Arab Palestinians who are willing to reject very scary fellow Arab Palestinians who believe Allah wants all Jews (and us) killed.

Posted by: Neo at October 09, 2025 07:54 AM (hil2i)

41
It's nice that Trump believes he has negotiated peace in the Middle East.

Comey will walk.

Newsom, Pritzker and Schumer are locked in a titanic struggle that will determine the most loathsome person in America.

The Denver Broncos will win the AFC West.

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 07:55 AM (AOsQT)

42 35 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.

Probability that she's a Democrat voter and on SSRIs is likely 100%.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 09, 2025 07:50 AM (UmGiD)

Social media is fake and ghey...I'm betting she's not even married and has no kids...but she sure has money and attention now from that video...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 07:55 AM (tOcjL)

43 thank you JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 09, 2025 07:55 AM (kHop/)

44 Give a man a fish, and he'll say "hey cool man, thanks".

Give a man a fish every day for forty-five years, and he'll say "Where's my fish, asshole?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 07:56 AM (06Hmj)

45 I can’t get enough of Katie Portly.
Just put her on a video loop and enjoy the ugly utterances coming out of her pie hole.
Wonderful gift for us.

Posted by: Redenzo at October 09, 2025 07:57 AM (jZ3ZM)

46 Social media is fake and ghey...I'm betting she's not even married and has no kids...but she sure has money and attention now from that video...

Unfortunately it's real, but on the plus side seemingly half of single women on the Internet want her ex now.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 09, 2025 07:57 AM (UmGiD)

47 Mike Lawler and Hakeem Jeffries get into fiery shouting match over government shutdown: ‘Keep your mouth shut’

Posted by: Neo at October 09, 2025 07:57 AM (hil2i)

48 Jack Daniels marinated beef?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 09, 2025 07:57 AM (wVcYX)

49 This is going to need Arab Palestinians who are willing to reject very scary fellow Arab Palestinians who believe Allah wants all Jews (and us) killed.
Posted by: Neo at October 09, 2025 07:54 AM (hil2i)

It's also going to need even scarier Saudis and Qataris who finally realize that these homunculi are starting to ding their bottom line, instead of helping prop it up.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (06Hmj)

50 I’ve never heard of carotid artery pulsing as a tried-and-true interrogation technique… not even on Law and Order. Strange story all around… this guy may be guilty of something but what about LA officials and Newsom? For years no clearing of brush and the reservoirs were near empty…this guy may be a convenient scapegoat for their incompetence

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (lepZb)

51 The Parents of Charlie Kirk’s Prodigal Assassin

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I actually watched a few serious yootubes (not screaming meemies filming themselves from the front seat of their car) where they believe Erica Kirk had Charlie killed. All of the comments viewing these were in near agreement. They actually dissected every bit of her national speech at his memorial in AZ, the pictures of her mourning at his casket. All of it. They really believe she's behind his assassination and had him killed to take over his TPUSA and be rid of him as a husband. I couldn't believe what I was reading and seeing.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (qBdHI)

52 44 Give a man a fish, and he'll say "hey cool man, thanks".

Give a man a fish every day for forty-five years, and he'll say "Where's my fish, asshole?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 07:56 AM (06Hmj)

To be fair to the farmers, they were taking Jack Daniel's "trash" and disposing it for them, so it was a win/win situation. Now, an ethanol and fertilizer maker wants to pay JD's more than the farmers (who paid nothing or almost nothing) for the trash, so JD's ended the original win/win to pad their bottom line...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (tOcjL)

53 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (6U1c2)

54 "Newsom, Pritzker and Schumer are locked in a titanic struggle that will determine the most loathsome person in America."

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Hatey Porter at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (vFG9F)

55 They really believe she's behind his assassination and had him killed to take over his TPUSA and be rid of him as a husband. I couldn't believe what I was reading and seeing.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (qBdHI)

And have you seen the things Melania blinks out in Morse Code every times she's in public?

Scandalous.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 07:59 AM (06Hmj)

56 Adam Schiff is proclaiming he's worried President Trump will use the military inside the US for nefarious reasons?

The same Adam Schiff who said people going after the US government were fools, because the US military has nuclear weapons, fighter jets, etc?

What is with the left and their military force used to terrorize people within the US fantasies?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 07:59 AM (tT6L1)

57 Morning, J.J.

Thanks again!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 07:59 AM (tT6L1)

58 50 I’ve never heard of carotid artery pulsing as a tried-and-true interrogation technique… not even on Law and Order. Strange story all around… this guy may be guilty of something but what about LA officials and Newsom? For years no clearing of brush and the reservoirs were near empty…this guy may be a convenient scapegoat for their incompetence

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (lepZb)

You punch an old guy who never took care of himself and he falls and cracks his head and dies b/c he also doesn't go to the doc right away...you're still looking at the murder charges...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 08:00 AM (tOcjL)

59 They really believe she's behind his assassination and had him killed to take over his TPUSA and be rid of him as a husband. I couldn't believe what I was reading and seeing.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (qBdHI)
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Leftists project everything they've either done or would do onto the right. They're sick people.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 08:01 AM (tT6L1)

60 What's the story with Katie Porker? Has she won the D primary already? When is the statewide election for governor? Who on the R side is running, anybody? Since I'm highly doubtful any R can win the governor's mansion in CA anymore, if she's the frontrunner, CA is going to get Porked. Good and hard.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 09, 2025 08:01 AM (qBdHI)

61 Seems like a religion so large, backward and corrupt would have it's own kryptonite. Like smashing the holy rock or something.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 09, 2025 08:01 AM (u4bMz)

62 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at October 09, 2025 08:01 AM (53oGX)

63 ...I couldn't believe what I was reading and seeing.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (qBdHI)
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I have lost count of the times my MiL or lib idiot friends have made some wildly false assertion with total confidence. Because they saw it on...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 09, 2025 08:01 AM (9ipOP)

64 so JD's ended the original win/win to pad their bottom line...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (tOcjL)

"pad their bottom line" is a bit of a loaded phrase.

That action is the beating heart of free-market liberalism. They have a duty to make a profit where they can. If someone is willing to pay them for a byproduct, and they say "no we'd rather keep giving it away for free", then you're not simply doing a favor to the farmers, you're also doing a disservice to your employees, your customers, and the people who made you the offer.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:03 AM (06Hmj)

65
I have lost count of the times my MiL or lib idiot friends have made some wildly false assertion with total confidence. Because they saw it on...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 09, 2025 08:01 AM (9ipOP)
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I've run into similar, yet, when you ask for specifics, they hand wave that away as if it's an unimportant detail.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 08:03 AM (tT6L1)

66 >>It's also going to need even scarier Saudis and Qataris who finally realize that these homunculi are starting to ding their bottom line, instead of helping prop it up.

Qatar was one of the countries participating in the negotiations representing Hamas. Egypt was the other country representing Hamas. Hamas did not directly participate because they aren't a real country, they are an attack dog. The funding that pays for the attack dog comes from places like Qatar and Egypt. And Iran, of course, but they are all blown up and shit.

It was interesting listening to Trump's team talk about going after antifa yesterday. Their focus is going after the head of the snake, the funders. Take away the head and the snake dies.

Same same.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 08:03 AM (viF8m)

67 60 What's the story with Katie Porker? Has she won the D primary already? When is the statewide election for governor? Who on the R side is running, anybody? Since I'm highly doubtful any R can win the governor's mansion in CA anymore, if she's the frontrunner, CA is going to get Porked. Good and hard.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 09, 2025 08:01 AM (qBdHI)

She placed 3rd in the Senate jungle primary b/c Schiff and the R, so she's trying again for Gov. There are 3 other Ds and 2 Rs in the race.

She's smart, and yet mentally unwell...and that's been the case since high school. She has never changed being that off-putting and bristley and b&tchy. She is a complete unstable b&tch, but a smarter one that Kamala...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 08:04 AM (tOcjL)

68 Mike Lawler and Hakeem Jeffries get into fiery shouting match over government shutdown: ‘Keep your mouth shut’
Posted by: Neo at October 09, 2025 07:57 AM (hil2i)

For some reason this reminded me of a funny goof story: Years ago some sports writer got to loop (caddie) for Tommy Armour during a practice round for the Masters. At one point Armour hit an approach shot and the writer thought he’d give verbal encouragement to the ball and said something like “get up”… this irritated Armour (who was known to be a grump on the golf course) and he snarled at the writer: “Get your mouth off my ball!”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 09, 2025 08:04 AM (lepZb)

69 My wife and I left CA 4 years ago because it was bad. We're starting to believe we got out just before the state truly descended into madness. And we thought it was bad when we left.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 08:04 AM (tT6L1)

70 Pacific Palisades Arsonist Jonathan Rinderknecht Donated to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:04 AM (hil2i)

71 God morning Horde, thx as always JJ.
If you think the left is insane now wait to you see the craziness if the SC rules in the Louisiana case to overturn majority -minority districts. The Dems could end up losing at least 20 seats before the 2026 midterms are decided.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 09, 2025 08:05 AM (pwtJC)

72 “ He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.”

Deutoronomy 10:21

Posted by: Marcus T at October 09, 2025 08:06 AM (nxfBy)

73 I've run into similar, yet, when you ask for specifics, they hand wave that away as if it's an unimportant detail.

--

My raging lefty sister, age 59, divorced, negative and sour much of the time, had a longtime friend respond to one of her FB posts on Trump being a "convicted felon and rapist!" and he calmly listed the reasons she was wrong from a legal standpoint, from a political hit job standpoint, all plain. Her response? "Keep telling yourself that."

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 09, 2025 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

74 California has become the third U.S. state to designate Diwali — the Hindu “Festival of Lights” — as an official statewide holiday. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Tuesday to go into effect on Jan. 1.

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:06 AM (hil2i)

75 Jack Daniel’s cuts off free cattle feed to Tennessee farmers after 45 years

Here's a Moneywise article on it:
https://tinyurl.com/ybzwx2vf

'Sustainability'. Instead of turning 500,000 gallons a day into meat, they're going to turn it into biogas and fertilizer.

...which is what all those cows were doing, anyways!

Posted by: t-bird at October 09, 2025 08:07 AM (AhCY4)

76 I have lost count of the times my MiL or lib idiot friends have made some wildly false assertion with total confidence. Because they saw it on...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 09, 2025 08:01 AM (9ipOP)
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I've run into similar, yet, when you ask for specifics, they hand wave that away as if it's an unimportant detail.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 08:03 AM (tT6L1)

Can I get their cellphone numbers and emails? I've got some investment opportunities I'd like to run by them.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at October 09, 2025 08:07 AM (wVcYX)

77 71 God morning Horde, thx as always JJ.
If you think the left is insane now wait to you see the craziness if the SC rules in the Louisiana case to overturn majority -minority districts. The Dems could end up losing at least 20 seats before the 2026 midterms are decided.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 09, 2025 08:05 AM (pwtJC)

Tinfoil hyper-extrapolation time:

The left will pretend to fight this but secretly love it because they know the trajectory is now for them to eventually lose their racial voting dominance, and this gives them a way to let go of racial gerrymandering *and* cry foul that their precious racial gerrymandering is being taken from them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:08 AM (06Hmj)

78 64 so JD's ended the original win/win to pad their bottom line...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 07:58 AM (tOcjL)

"pad their bottom line" is a bit of a loaded phrase.

That action is the beating heart of free-market liberalism. They have a duty to make a profit where they can. If someone is willing to pay them for a byproduct, and they say "no we'd rather keep giving it away for free", then you're not simply doing a favor to the farmers, you're also doing a disservice to your employees, your customers, and the people who made you the offer.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:03 AM (06Hmj)

Some farmers already did pay. They could have approached all of them to see if they were willing to pay a little more...

It was a symbiotic relationship that they just ended - it's cold and mean, even if "it's just business". Some business folks realize your brand isn't always about making the absolute "top dollar" that you can. I know that seems wrong in 2025, but business school used to teach about balancing needs of customers/employees/stockholders (as a triangle) and long term outlooks vs short term gains.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 08:08 AM (tOcjL)

79 As the federal government shutdown drags on into a second week, a critical animal recovery program based in Colorado has ground to a halt, delaying a reintroduction plan that could be crucial to the survival of an endangered species. Fewer than 1,000 black-footed ferrets remain on the planet, including around 280 captive-bred ones currently being housed at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Carr, Colorado. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had planned to reintroduce them at 15 sites across federal, tribal and private lands this fall, according to the conservation organization Defenders of Wildlife.

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:08 AM (hil2i)

80 California has become the third U.S. state to designate Diwali — the Hindu “Festival of Lights” — as an official statewide holiday. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Tuesday to go into effect on Jan. 1.
Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:06 AM (hil2i)
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CA imports both electricity and gasoline. And the legislature is laser focused on everything but issues which are consequential to every citizen in CA.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 08:10 AM (tT6L1)

81 The Schumer Shakedown

No matter how the race is run it always ends the same
Another room without a view awaits downtown
You can shake me for a while
Live it up in style
No matter what you do I'm gonna take you down

Shakedown
Breakdown
Takedown
Everybody wants into the crowded line

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 08:11 AM (gbOdA)

82 If you think the left is insane now wait to you see the craziness if the SC rules in the Louisiana case to overturn majority -minority districts. The Dems could end up losing at least 20 seats before the 2026 midterms are decided.

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Oh, how I would love to see the SC overturn this bastardization of representation called gerrymandered districts. I'm nervous on how they'll rule, tbh.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 09, 2025 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

83 My parents used to vacation 2 weeks every year in San Francisco. Big deal. I Left My Heart In SF played throughout the house for a month prior. Father passed away back in 2005. Im glad he didnt see what its become.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 09, 2025 08:11 AM (u4bMz)

84 So I'm down given that my Yankees got knocked out. At least I have the football Giants to watch. Oh ....

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

85 Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked an effort aimed at preventing continued U.S. strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats off the coast of Venezuela. Democrats forced a vote on the issue under the War Powers Act. In a 48-51 vote, the effort failed to garner enough support to move forward. The resolution, led by Sens. Adam Schiff of California and Tim Kaine of Virginia.

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:11 AM (hil2i)

86 I am enjoying the federal shut down. Hopefully it will drag on for a few years or more.

Stack em high and stack em deep.

Posted by: Uncle Sugar, Broke Ass at October 09, 2025 08:11 AM (wK0cr)

87 California has become the third U.S. state to designate Diwali — the Hindu “Festival of Lights” — as an official statewide holiday. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Tuesday to go into effect on Jan. 1.
Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:06 AM (hil2i)

Texas Governor Abbott should counter with designating the Kanamara Matsuri as an official Texas holiday.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 09, 2025 08:13 AM (wVcYX)

88 79 — … Fewer than 1,000 black-footed ferrets remain on the planet

That’s a shame… I don’t know how I’m gonna sleep at night. Anyway…. I still think the Chiefs win the AFC West…after bad start only one game back and they have the best QB

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 09, 2025 08:13 AM (FNvF+)

89 Anyone else catch the Hakeem Jeffries confrontation yesterday? Looks like he planned it and it completely backfired.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 08:13 AM (tT6L1)

90 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at October 09, 2025 08:14 AM (p8d66)

91 Jack Daniel’s cuts off free cattle feed to Tennessee farmers after 45 years — and it could ‘absolutely destroy’ small local town.

They gonna try and charge for it?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

92 Anyone else catch the Hakeem Jeffries confrontation yesterday? Looks like he planned it and it completely backfired.

Yeah, saw that. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 09, 2025 08:15 AM (/HDaX)

93 2.2 Million Decline in Foreign Population Thanks to Record Low Illegal Immigration and Migrants Returning Home

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:15 AM (hil2i)

94 92 Anyone else catch the Hakeem Jeffries confrontation yesterday? Looks like he planned it and it completely backfired.

Yeah, saw that. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 09, 2025 08:15 AM (/HDaX)

Linked in the Chutzpocrisy section of Politics right below

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 09, 2025 08:16 AM (x0n13)

95 Democrats, call off your political animals.

"They won't because violence is politically useful to them."

They can't because it's who they are, because desperation always reveals true character.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 09, 2025 08:16 AM (h/ffs)

96 They gonna try and charge for it?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

See @75 for that.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 09, 2025 08:16 AM (/HDaX)

97 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.

There's a YT channel which finds these and then finds the video from them a few years later about how they're broke and men either don't want to date them or only pump and dump.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

98 91 Jack Daniel’s cuts off free cattle feed to Tennessee farmers after 45 years — and it could ‘absolutely destroy’ small local town.

They gonna try and charge for it?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

No, they are sending it out of state to an ethanol/fertilizer maker in Michigan...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 08:16 AM (tOcjL)

99 Today Is International Beer and Pizza Day. 🍺🍕

Posted by: redridinghood at October 09, 2025 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

100 Oregon and Illinois have seceded from the Union seems to me

So we can cut off federal funds and expel their members of Congress?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:17 AM (ExV1e)

101 Now that the "genocide" in Gaza appears to be coming to an end it will be interesting to see what the retards on college campuses do.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 08:18 AM (viF8m)

102 Democrat Mayor of Chicago refuses to answer a simple question about an illegal who bashed a woman’s head into the sidewalk & raped her.

“If that had been your wife, would you want ICE to deport that rapist illegal?”

… Michael Dukakis was unavailable for comment

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:18 AM (hil2i)

103 Today Is International Beer and Pizza Day. 🍺🍕
Posted by: redridinghood at October 09, 2025 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

A delicious seven-course meal!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 09, 2025 08:18 AM (wVcYX)

104 Unfortunately it's real, but on the plus side seemingly half of single women on the Internet want her ex now.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 09, 2025 07:57 AM (UmGiD)

The ones two years removed from making them same decision in their marriages?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:18 AM (ExV1e)

105 Few things have been more politically gratifying than to see Andy Ngo testify yesterday at Trump's Antifa summit, to tell his story and do so with the legacy media there as witness (not that they can experience shame).

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 09, 2025 08:19 AM (h/ffs)

106 Catholic Sat
@CatholicSat

Asked about President Trump’s decision to send 400 National Guard troops to Chicago, Pope Leo XIV says: “I prefer not to comment about political choices [made] within the United States. Thank you very much.”

https://tinyurl.com/2w98axn7

Posted by: redridinghood at October 09, 2025 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

107 “I prefer not to comment about political choices [made] within the United States. Thank you very much.”

===

He is learning!

Posted by: runner at October 09, 2025 08:20 AM (g47mK)

108 AI Is Now A Debt Bubble Too, Quietly Surpassing All Banks To Become The Largest Sector In The Market

… there are going to be some really big losers when the bubble breaks

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:20 AM (hil2i)

109 106 Catholic Sat
@CatholicSat

Asked about President Trump’s decision to send 400 National Guard troops to Chicago, Pope Leo XIV says: “I prefer not to comment about political choices [made] within the United States. Thank you very much.”

https://tinyurl.com/2w98axn7

Posted by: redridinghood at October 09, 2025 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

His brother chatted with him about how last week was received. It is good to see a Pope that has a very conservative family member that he actually listens to, even if he doesn't seemingly agree with.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 08:21 AM (tOcjL)

110 I like Diwali! Beautiful holiday.

Posted by: runner at October 09, 2025 08:21 AM (g47mK)

111 If JD isn't selling the byproduct, but just giving it away to some other place, then yeah, that's a dick move and terrible for business. I thought there was money involved, but I probably just read what wasn't there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:21 AM (06Hmj)

112 If you think the left is insane now wait to you see the craziness if the SC rules in the Louisiana case to overturn majority -minority districts. The Dems could end up losing at least 20 seats before the 2026 midterms are decided.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 09, 2025 08:05 AM (pwtJC)

And racial minorities who vote Democrat - officially - at over 80% in every election will complain that Republicans don't care about them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

113 Democrats, call off your political animals.

"They won't because violence is politically useful to them."

They can't because it's who they are, because desperation always reveals true character.

==

What they really want is for all of their violent, political animals and brainwashed useful idiots to continue terrorizing America...but for the PR optics to reverse. That's the only thing they care about. Continue the carnage, but don't blame us. One look at the burying of the story about vile Jay Jones by the MFM shows just how hard they're trying to change public opinion on their violence and violent natures.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 09, 2025 08:23 AM (qBdHI)

114 Hot on the heels of the spectacular implosion of subprime auto lender Tricolor …

Creditors Of Bankrupt First Brands Say Billions "Simply Vanished" Amid Debt Rehypothecation NightmareAnd

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:23 AM (hil2i)

115 >>Few things have been more politically gratifying than to see Andy Ngo testify yesterday at Trump's Antifa summit, to tell his story and do so with the legacy media there as witness (not that they can experience shame).

The female reporter from Seattle was interesting. She admitted that she had suffered from years of TDS when she started reporting on antifa but after being attacked herself she started to wake up and see what was really going on and who are the good guys and the baddies.

She went on to say she now really likes Trump and thinks he's funny and she's happier and might be a bit more attractive. She also told the msm reporters they had no idea what they were talking about because most of them never even showed up.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 08:24 AM (viF8m)

116 "SC Law Enforcement Division: No Evidence Fire at Judge’s Home Was Intentionally Set"

Evidence, smevidence.

Posted by: The Media at October 09, 2025 08:24 AM (vFG9F)

117 2.2 million less votes for Marxists?

Posted by: Skip at October 09, 2025 08:24 AM (xatjc)

118 Any holiday that explicitly celebrates kicking the asses of muslims has got to be good.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:25 AM (06Hmj)

119 111 If JD isn't selling the byproduct, but just giving it away to some other place, then yeah, that's a dick move and terrible for business. I thought there was money involved, but I probably just read what wasn't there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:21 AM (06Hmj)

Here's why they said they did it... "The company argues the shift is essential to meet global environmental goals and maintain its ability to sell whiskey internationally."

So, it was a screw America move...they knew it would, but don't care...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 08:25 AM (tOcjL)

120 Hipster Hitler! I loved that comic strip (done by a guy from Williamsburg).

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at October 09, 2025 08:26 AM (kpS4V)

121 2.2 million less votes for Marxists?
Posted by: Skip at October 09, 2025 08:24 AM (xatjc)
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You forgot the multiplier effect. Those 2.2 million votes, due to illegals usually having more than one identity, are probably worth 5 million votes.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 08:26 AM (tT6L1)

122 IIRC once the FedGov shutdown reaches the 30 day mark unabated, the paychecks stop. (FedGov payroll is +2 weeks out.) So after 4 weeks, technically they are not getting paid. They are then considered "furloughed." Still, technically, employed... but not paid.

So, I think there will be some movement on that issue before the 30 day mark is reached.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 09, 2025 08:27 AM (Q4IgG)

123 "News broke on Oct. 3 that Jones had sent text messages in 2022 ..."

A serious campaign would've confirmed that solid gold opposition research and used it effectively a long time ago.

Republicans never fail to disappoint.

Posted by: callsign claymore at October 09, 2025 08:27 AM (p8d66)

124 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 08:27 AM (e15Ap)

125 It appears Pope Bob is starting to get it.

For now...

Posted by: one hour sober at October 09, 2025 08:27 AM (Y1sOo)

126 Latest poll shows Va. AG who wishes death on opponents' children is up by 3pts.

Virginia is for Lovers!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 08:27 AM (Dv3i1)

127 Oh no, the Marxists said President Trump set that fire

Posted by: Skip at October 09, 2025 08:28 AM (xatjc)

128 AI Is Now A Debt Bubble Too, Quietly Surpassing All Banks To Become The Largest Sector In The Market

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I don't understand this. An AI debt bubble because of investments into it that are in a bubble? (Go ahead and say it, yes, I'm stupid.)

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 09, 2025 08:28 AM (qBdHI)

129 His brother chatted with him about how last week was received. It is good to see a Pope that has a very conservative family member that he actually listens to, even if he doesn't seemingly agree with.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 08:21 AM (tOcjL)
******
Yes, I agree.
Also Catholics let him know how they felt on the pope's X account.
The ratio was pretty huge.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 09, 2025 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

130 The chill winds of Mars are an important story, but the gaseous emanations on Uranus get no press at all.

Posted by: A Mighty Wind at October 09, 2025 08:28 AM (oftw2)

131 Hot on the heels of the spectacular implosion of subprime auto lender Tricolor …

Creditors Of Bankrupt First Brands Say Billions "Simply Vanished" Amid Debt Rehypothecation NightmareAnd
Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:23 AM (hil2i)

Golly!

Posted by: Jon Corzine at October 09, 2025 08:28 AM (wVcYX)

132 Davis shared with me an email exchanged with the Wisconsin DOT dated December 15, 2023, in which the DOT admitted that between January 1, 2019, and December 15, 2023, the Wisconsin DOT had issued 41,090 ID cards and 258,356 driver’s licenses to non-U.S. citizens.

I bet 100% have received Voter Reg Cards.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 08:28 AM (gbOdA)

133 123 "News broke on Oct. 3 that Jones had sent text messages in 2022 ..."

A serious campaign would've confirmed that solid gold opposition research and used it effectively a long time ago.

Republicans never fail to disappoint.

Posted by: callsign claymore at October 09, 2025 08:27 AM (p8d66)

Not in VA, where this should be Dem shoo-in year...they NEEDED to make sure Jones couldn't be replaced. And one week of early voting was the perfect time to spring this - still early enough to matter a lot, too late to change the candidate...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 08:29 AM (tOcjL)

134 "It was interesting listening to Trump's team talk about going after antifa yesterday. Their focus is going after the head of the snake, the funders. Take away the head and the snake dies."

the organization may die, but it will leave behind a pack of footsoldiers still dedicated to killing us all.
need to go after both.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 09, 2025 08:30 AM (kHop/)

135 >Pope Leo XIV says: “I prefer not to comment about political choices [made] within the United States. Thank you very much.”
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What a novel approach. Nice going, Pope.

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 08:30 AM (AOsQT)

136 126 Latest poll shows Va. AG who wishes death on opponents' children is up by 3pts.

Virginia is for Lovers!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 08:27 AM (Dv3i1)

Considering the Gov race was +13 last week, and you tend to see the same down ticket, that was a big move down...it's now in the possible range, which would be a miracle in the "send Trump a message" year here...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 08:30 AM (tOcjL)

137 Absolutely perfect response. If this doesn't make you laugh you have no soul.

https://tinyurl.com/25drb9fa

Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 08:30 AM (viF8m)

138 Here's why they said they did it... "The company argues the shift is essential to meet global environmental goals and maintain its ability to sell whiskey internationally."

So, it was a screw America move...they knew it would, but don't care...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 08:25 AM (tOcjL)

Ahhhhh. It was a kow-tow to the EU, then.

Yeah, screw 'em.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:31 AM (06Hmj)

139 "California deserves Katie Porter" would be a beautiful and ironic campaign slogan.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 09, 2025 08:31 AM (R5Koj)

140 121 2.2 million less votes for Marxists?
Posted by: Skip at October 09, 2025 08:24 AM (xatjc)
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You forgot the multiplier effect. Those 2.2 million votes, due to illegals usually having more than one identity, are probably worth 5 million votes.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 08:26 AM (tT6L1)

Even though we are told they never vote when it is uncovered like here in TX you find that people have voted 4 or 5 times by either multiple identities or harvesting votes from other illegals.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 08:31 AM (gbOdA)

141 the organization may die, but it will leave behind a pack of footsoldiers still dedicated to killing us all.
need to go after both.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 09, 2025 08:30 AM (kHop/)
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Cutting off the money supply which paid the foot soldiers to burn, loot and murder and also kept them out of jail will also have a chilling effect.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 08:31 AM (tT6L1)

142 CA imports both electricity and gasoline. And the legislature is laser focused on everything but issues which are consequential to every citizen in CA.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 08:10 AM (tT6L1)

Based on their voting patterns - official - it would appear that the majority of citizens in Cali disagree with you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:32 AM (ExV1e)

143 128 AI Is Now A Debt Bubble Too, Quietly Surpassing All Banks To Become The Largest Sector In The Market

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I don't understand this. An AI debt bubble because of investments into it that are in a bubble? (Go ahead and say it, yes, I'm stupid.)

You are not stupid. You just have not had someone explain to you about the ways people play with money. Also, the madness of crowds.

Posted by: clarence at October 09, 2025 08:32 AM (pM4Nm)

144 111 If JD isn't selling the byproduct, but just giving it away to some other place, then yeah, that's a dick move and terrible for business. I thought there was money involved, but I probably just read what wasn't there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:21 AM (06Hmj)

Here's why they said they did it... "The company argues the shift is essential to meet global environmental goals and maintain its ability to sell whiskey internationally."

So, it was a screw America move...they knew it would, but don't care...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 09, 2025 08:25 AM (tOcjL)

Because them over there is more important than you right here.

Posted by: With an MBA in International Business, probably at October 09, 2025 08:32 AM (wVcYX)

145 NYPOST:

Gazans join Israelis in chanting Trump’s name over cease-fire: ‘Nobel Prize to Trump!’

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:32 AM (hil2i)

146 Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Posted by: Bulg at October 09, 2025 08:33 AM (77rzZ)

147 Because them over there is more important than you right here.
Posted by: With an MBA in International Business, probably at October 09, 2025 08:32 AM (wVcYX)

You could make the argument that the distillery was being held hostage, and had to do this to keep EU markets open to them or else lose huge amounts of business.

But at that point, especially at this point in time, you call up Marco and say "Hey, these jerks are shaking us down for their eco-racket. You guys still hot to trot for tariffs over there, or what?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:34 AM (06Hmj)

148 Here's why they said they did it... "The company argues the shift is essential to meet global environmental goals and maintain its ability to sell whiskey internationally."
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????

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 08:34 AM (Dv3i1)

149 Based on their voting patterns - official - it would appear that the majority of citizens in Cali disagree with you.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:32 AM (ExV1e)
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We're entering the "if only comrade Stalin knew" phase coupled with the "how were we supposed to know this would happen?"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 09, 2025 08:34 AM (tT6L1)

150 Absolutely perfect response. If this doesn't make you laugh you have no soul.

https://tinyurl.com/25drb9fa
Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 08:30 AM (viF8m)
******
It's AI, but hilarious.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 09, 2025 08:35 AM (NpAcC)

151 Now that the "genocide" in Gaza appears to be coming to an end it will be interesting to see what the retards on college campuses do.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 08:18 AM (viF8m)

Protest the lack of a genocide in Israel.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

152 >>the organization may die, but it will leave behind a pack of footsoldiers still dedicated to killing us all.
need to go after both.

They are. But just like with every cancer you have to get all of it not just what you can see.

Go listen to the interview Trump did on Hannity last night. For a change, Hannity didn't say much and let Trump talk.

What he said was the key to the negotiations was tariffs and trade. He was quite clear on this. Which countries do you think he was talking about because we don't do a lot of trade with Hamas? Trump's strategy appears to be uniting the region with carrots and sticks to support peace and stop funding terror not just dumb negotiations with Hamas terrorists that never work.

Turns out Trump is pretty good at making deals.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 08:36 AM (viF8m)

153 "Dem Senate Candidate Accuses Israel Of Invading Gaza In Oct 7 Fundraising Email"
_________________

Even before clicking the link I knew it was Michigan

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at October 09, 2025 08:36 AM (R5Koj)

154 Based on their voting patterns - official - it would appear that the majority of citizens in Cali disagree with you.
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"Destroy the Middle-Class and we'll finally have utopia!"
-California's rich class and subsidized poor class

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 08:36 AM (Dv3i1)

155 Democrats, call off your political animals.

"They won't because violence is politically useful to them."

They can't because it's who they are, because desperation always reveals true character.

==

What they really want is for all of their violent, political animals and brainwashed useful idiots to continue terrorizing America...but for the PR optics to reverse. That's the only thing they care about. Continue the carnage, but don't blame us. One look at the burying of the story about vile Jay Jones by the MFM shows just how hard they're trying to change public opinion on their violence and violent natures.
Posted by: Lady in Black

What they are going to wind up with is a pile of dead bodies.

Theirs.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 08:37 AM (e15Ap)

156 Democrats, call off your political animals.

"They won't because violence is politically useful to them."

They can't because it's who they are, because desperation always reveals true character.

==

What they really want is for all of their violent, political animals and brainwashed useful idiots to continue terrorizing America...but for the PR optics to reverse. That's the only thing they care about. Continue the carnage, but don't blame us. One look at the burying of the story about vile Jay Jones by the MFM shows just how hard they're trying to change public opinion on their violence and violent natures.
Posted by: Lady in Black

What they are going to wind up with is a pile of dead bodies.

Theirs.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 08:37 AM (e15Ap)

And burnt-out, unlivable cities. Also theirs.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 09, 2025 08:38 AM (wVcYX)

157 ????
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 08:34 AM (Dv3i1)

European governments are bigly into agroecology scams right now. It's like the farming version of pretending to put EVs and solar panels everywhere, but actually not doing that and instead just pocketing the money through a big dumb floppy macrame of corruption and money laundering.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:38 AM (06Hmj)

158 2.2 million less votes for Marxists?
Posted by: Skip at October 09, 2025 08:24 AM (xatjc)

Like we need actual bodies. -- Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia, et al.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

159 Turns out Trump is pretty good at making deals.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 08:36 AM (viF8m)

The guy should write a how-to book or something.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 09, 2025 08:39 AM (wVcYX)

160 157 ????
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 08:34 AM (Dv3i1)

European governments are bigly into agroecology scams right now. It's like the farming version of pretending to put EVs and solar panels everywhere, but actually not doing that and instead just pocketing the money through a big dumb floppy macrame of corruption and money laundering.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Good explanation, thank you. But I was also looking for which whiskey brand is succumbing to this idiocy. Hoping it isn't one of my favorites.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 08:40 AM (Dv3i1)

161 It isn’t ordinarily possible to have a rational discussion with leftist ideologues. So much of a normal part of upbringing is being “reasonable”, being amenable to facts, logic, and …. reason.

Somebody once said “it’s impossible to get a man to understand something when his paycheck depends on him not understanding it.”, you can only have a discussion with someone who is willing to concede to agree on things that aren’t debatable, if that makes sense.

Or put another way, you’re wasting your time. I think it’s a form of hypnosis or something. I could patiently explain something very carefully at length over several hours, you’d seem to have complete understanding and agreement. See that person 3 months later? Like It Never Happened.

I suspect it has something to do with admitting error. Most people change their worldview as they age. I don’t believe the same things I did when I was 25 or 35. And some beliefs our damaging to our psyche or whatever. They don’t want to do that.

People will get super pissed off at you, for pointing out what some other assclowns are doing, or have done. This makes no sense, but it is very common trait in low frequency individuals.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 09, 2025 08:40 AM (JRe3J)

162 Jack Daniel's is owned by the Brown-Forman Corp. They own a lot of distilleries. I'd bet they made the decision for JD.
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Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Brown-Forman manufactures several very well known brands throughout the world, including Jack Daniel's, Old Forester, Woodford Reserve, GlenDronach, BenRiach, Glenglassaugh, Herradura, Korbel, and Chambord.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 09, 2025 08:40 AM (Q4IgG)

163 Yes, I agree.
Also Catholics let him know how they felt on the pope's X account.
The ratio was pretty huge.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 09, 2025 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

Imagine a Pope who kept his mouth shut about things outside the church.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

164 "Negotiating with Islamic terrorists doesn’t work. It leads to more terrorism."

Exactly why the flights from these third world Islamic Middle Eastern countries need to be slowed down and the people VETTED before they are allowed off the plane.

Posted by: sidney at October 09, 2025 08:42 AM (Uy/WF)

165 Turns out Trump is pretty good at making deals.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 08:36 AM (viF8m)

Yes, he is good at that. I just hope he realizes Hamas cannot be trusted in a peace deal.

Posted by: dantesed at October 09, 2025 08:42 AM (Oy/m2)

166 "The female reporter from Seattle was interesting. "

I agree. They all were great, really -- each told an important story in his/her own unique but uniformly authentic way. They served up such a contrast to the zombie NPC media (which we're all there watching and suffering, I hope, in their silence).

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 09, 2025 08:42 AM (h/ffs)

167 We'll find out who got the Pease Price tomorrow. Trump will get it this time I think.

Posted by: runner at October 09, 2025 08:42 AM (g47mK)

168 Yeah...

Christendom spanned from Scandinavia to north Africa and from Spain to Turkey in 632 A.D. Mohammed died and muslims raided and pillaged for the next four hundred years until the first Crusade in 1095 A.D. They brought war and still do. The worst part is who is funding Hamas; until that stops this crap will not. It could be our own government.

Posted by: Danimal28 at October 09, 2025 08:42 AM (mNOhh)

169 JJ mentioned Mickey Rooney in his commentary. I was watching one of the first Andy Hardy movies-Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever. In it Andy falls in love with a young, newly graduated teacher played by Helen Gilbert, who comes to town to teach a summer drama class. She was very pretty and had a great voice and screen presence, so I wondered why I hadn't heard of her. She was signed to play Glinda the good witch in Wizard of Oz, but even though she was married, ran off to Mexico with Howard Hughes. Dropped from her movie contract, she never made another flick. She went on to have 7 marriages herself. When she was onscreen with Rooney, it was sobering to realize they had 15 marriages between them.

Posted by: Hollywood Train Wrecks at October 09, 2025 08:43 AM (oftw2)

170 The worst part is who is funding Hamas; until that stops this crap will not. It could be our own government.
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i.e. the U.S. taxpayer.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 08:43 AM (Dv3i1)

171 "Turns out Trump is pretty good at making deals.
Posted by: JackStraw "

And Islamists are pretty good at breaking them.

Posted by: fd at October 09, 2025 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

172 SEC. 2141. REPEAL OF HEALTH SUBTITLE CHANGES.
Subtitle B of title VII of the Act titled ‘‘An Act to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con.
Res. 14’’ (Public Law 119–21) is repealed and any law
or regulation referred to in such subtitle shall be applied
as if such subtitle and the amendments made by such sub14 title had not been enacted.

Restores the illegal Loophole Created by Biden in the 2021 Jobs act. Around $200 B/yr for illegals insurance.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 08:44 AM (gbOdA)

173 167 We'll find out who got the Pease Price tomorrow. Trump will get it this time I think.
Posted by: runner at October 09, 2025 08:42 AM (g47mK)

It will 100% be Thunberg. It can't not be.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:44 AM (06Hmj)

174 Do No Harm group published an update this week on the current status of Child Gender programs in high profile children's' hospitals around the country in the interim since President Trump's EO in Feb.

https://is.gd/02K7LL

Notably, Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO) and Children's Hospital Philadelphia (CHOP-heh!) are still actively promoting their gender clinics on their websites while L.A. Childrens has shuttered its gender program and parted ways with their top gender dc. As I predicted, other centers are continuing their programs in stealth mode.

SHAME ON THEM!
STOP TRANSING CHILDREN!

Posted by: muldoon at October 09, 2025 08:44 AM (/iMjX)

175 I liked Andy Rooney in the Twilight Zone as the Angry Horse Jockey.

Posted by: I Wanna Be Big! at October 09, 2025 08:45 AM (wK0cr)

176 I found it very telling that Newsom and Bass did not attend the Palisades arson press conference led by the Trump appointed attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Essayli.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 09, 2025 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

177 Her response? "Keep telling yourself that."

I've found that they are editing their perception of reality and their "arguments" are really just their attempts to assert their new reality. They aren't interested in facts, they resent anything that makes it harder for them to invoke...yes that's the word, invoke their reality.

Kinda like they're casting a D&D Spectral Force and you're yelling "I disbelieve I disbelieve I disbelieve!". They just want to drift away to [voice over] a world drowning in facism where one man stands alone against Trump-Hitler to save Democracy!

And your facts are harshing their vibe.
It's not about the nail

Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 09, 2025 08:45 AM (zkqmA)

178 Katie so big, her shot is in her shot.

Posted by: Mmm Hmm at October 09, 2025 08:46 AM (GSfNZ)

179 167 We'll find out who got the Pease Price tomorrow. Trump will get it this time I think.
Posted by: runner at October 09, 2025 08:42 AM (g47mK)

And the Peas Prize goes to Wilma Harrington for her Canned Peas with Pearl Onions.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 08:46 AM (gbOdA)

180 Somebody once said “it’s impossible to get a man to understand something when his paycheck depends on him not understanding it.”...
Posted by: Common Tater at October 09, 2025 08:40 AM (JRe3J)

Well, Upton Sinclair said it was difficult.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

181 Woodford Reserve is ok. I can easily do without it though. Never liked Jack Daniels.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 08:48 AM (Dv3i1)

182 I thought being banged by Howard Hughes was a resume enhancer in Hollywood.

Posted by: Bulg at October 09, 2025 08:48 AM (77rzZ)

183 Hakeem Jeffries on on Squawkbox right now and he looks like he got dressed in dark..

Posted by: Oglebay at October 09, 2025 08:48 AM (2ap+5)

184 We'll find out who got the Pease Price tomorrow. Trump will get it this time I think.
Posted by: runner at October 09, 2025 08:42 AM (g47mK)

And the Peas Prize goes to Wilma Harrington for her Canned Peas with Pearl Onions.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Visualize Whirled Peas.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 08:48 AM (e15Ap)

185 Brown Forman / Jack Daniels until relatively recently was all in on DEI initiatives and trans bullshit. For no discernible reason other than political capture, because its core customers certainly weren't looking for that. It's a company / companies that sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 09, 2025 08:48 AM (44PAK)

186 176 I found it very telling that Newsom and Bass did not attend the Palisades arson press conference led by the Trump appointed attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Essayli.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 09, 2025 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

Last time I researched there were only 500 applications (my understanding it the engineering cost around $50k) for building with less than 100 approved.
12k building were destroyed.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

187 Visualize Whirled Peas.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 08:48 AM (e15Ap)

OH
The huge manatee

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

188 Besides the Battle of Tours, there was an Arab siege of Constantinople around the same time. The fact that the East-Roman capital stood firm was another victory that saved Europe.

Posted by: Bulg at October 09, 2025 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

189 Somebody once said “it’s impossible to get a man to understand something when his paycheck depends on him not understanding it.”...
Posted by: Common Tater at October 09, 2025 08:40 AM (JRe3J)

Well, Upton Sinclair said it was difficult.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

[smugly] Y'know, Nietzsche says: "Out of chaos comes order."

Posted by: Howard Johnson at October 09, 2025 08:50 AM (wVcYX)

190 > It will 100% be Thunberg. It can't not be.
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Polymarket has her at 1%

Some Sudanese Emergency Response outfit is at 38%

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 09, 2025 08:50 AM (Q4IgG)

191 Restores the illegal Loophole Created by Biden in the 2021 Jobs act. Around $200 B/yr for illegals insurance.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 08:44 AM (gbOdA)

Where does this come from?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

192 Jack Daniel’s is hillbilly belly wash.

Posted by: White Lightning at October 09, 2025 08:50 AM (wK0cr)

193 Portland is quiet. Too quiet.

Posted by: Don't look now at October 09, 2025 08:50 AM (XQo4F)

194 Negotiating with terrorists who take hostages as their primary means to negotiate, is a terrible strategy. You ignore that fact at your peril.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 09, 2025 08:51 AM (dmH0a)

195 Except for commie Andrew, Joe and Becky are beating Jeffries up pretty good.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 09, 2025 08:51 AM (2ap+5)

196 > We'll find out who got the Pease Price tomorrow. Trump will get it this time I think.

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Who is he up against? Well...

The Nobel Committee does not confirm the names of nominees, neither to the media nor to the candidates themselves. There are cases where names of candidates appear in the media, either as a result of sheer speculation or because individuals themselves report to have nominated specific candidates.

The list of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize is released 50 years after the prize is awarded, in accordance with the statues of the Nobel Foundation.

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 08:51 AM (AOsQT)

197 ric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

UPDATE: Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is pushing to BAN Sharia Law nationwide, calls out the GENOCIDE of Christians by Muslims

"This extreme ideology is straight from the pit of HELL, and it has no place in American society!"

"You won't hear from Democrats about how radical Islamic terrorists are currently carrying out a mass genocide of Christians in Nigeria."

"Think about this. More than 62,000 Christians have been slaughtered since 2000 by radical Islamic terrorists in Nigeria. You heard that right, 62,000."

"And just this year alone, more than 7,000 Nigerian Christians have been murdered because of their faith alone. You can't turn on the TV without hearing about Israel's so-called mass genocide of Palestinians every day. And yet when it comes to 62,000 Christians being slaughtered by radical Muslims, it's radio silence."

https://tinyurl.com/bde3zjp9

Posted by: redridinghood at October 09, 2025 08:51 AM (NpAcC)

198 Once all the hostages get freed, is Bibi gonna finish the job ?

Posted by: Bulg at October 09, 2025 08:51 AM (77rzZ)

199 After that picture of her at the top, I hope to never see a picture of Katie Porter again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2025 08:52 AM (ZeH0U)

200 >>Yes, he is good at that. I just hope he realizes Hamas cannot be trusted in a peace deal.

I don't think there is a sentient being on the face of the earth that doesn't know Islamic terrorists can't be trusted. But the entire ideology of radical Islam only exists as a threat because of money and shelter provided to them by their regional masters.

The key to me is what do those countries do now. If the Qataris and the Iranians and other terror funders think it is more profitable for them to now start doing deals than it is to fund a thousand year old religious war that never gets them anywhere real change is possible. On Trump's last trip to the ME he made key stops in Qatar and SA and did big deals with both. Iran is still licking their wounds and realizing they will never get nukes. Hell, even the new regime in Syria just spoke at the UN.

Not perfect. Don't trust any of them. But you don't make peace with your friends.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 08:52 AM (viF8m)

201 Katie Porter wants to see the manager. Now!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 09, 2025 08:52 AM (axE4J)

202 181 Woodford Reserve is ok. I can easily do without it though. Never liked Jack Daniels.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Admit it, it all tastes like iodine!

Posted by: Archie bunker at October 09, 2025 08:53 AM (oftw2)

203 "You won't hear from Democrats about how radical Islamic terrorists are currently carrying out a mass genocide of Christians in Nigeria."
_____

Quick, someone inform Pope Leo about this!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 08:53 AM (Dv3i1)

204 "It's not about the nail"

We really need to put about 1/3 rd on them in mental institutions. Was there a time in this country where people didn't indulge their Crazy because there was a legitimate possibility they could be committed?

Because it seems like people are experimenting with Teh Crazy these days as if there's no consequence

Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 09, 2025 08:53 AM (zkqmA)

205 the Nobel committee doesn't even proofread its press releases

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 08:53 AM (AOsQT)

206 The dems hate life and love death.

Posted by: Kingsman at October 09, 2025 08:53 AM (ehY6c)

207 Katie should wear a mask.

Posted by: All the time at October 09, 2025 08:53 AM (XQo4F)

208
Well, obviously the deal wasn't made with Hamas, but Iran. You don't invite the janitors up to the C-suite for important negotiations.

I guess we'll soon find out what DC, Tel Aviv and Tehran agreed to about the future disposition of Hamas. I'm hoping Trump and Netanyahu haven't agreed to something stupid, here.

Also: Trump ain't getting a Peace Prize, lol. That was never gonna happen. It's gonna be the notable water dog Greta Thunberg.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 09, 2025 08:53 AM (BI5O2)

209 It will not be Trump who will win the Nobel Peace Prize, I expect. It's a very leftist organization. I think it may be Greta Thunberg or some other ridiculous choice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2025 08:54 AM (ZeH0U)

210 206 The dems hate life and love death.
Posted by: Kingsman

That explains their alliance with islam.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 08:55 AM (Dv3i1)

211 Politico is now reporting that Republicans will gain up to 19 House seats if SCOTUS ends the illegal minority-majority rule, which they bemoan is looking likely.

Then we have the recent oral arguments that seem pretty certain to end the BS standing rules that only cut against Republicans.

WI ordered to confirm the eligibility of every voter before the next election.

We have no idea how many billions in laundered funds have been cut by Trump.
The Dem Party is plumbing new popularity lows. And have no leader, platform or policies.

But yeah, the media is going to keep parroting the "conventional wisdom" that the out-party gains in the midterms.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 09, 2025 08:55 AM (3rxsC)

212 It's gonna be the notable water dog Greta Thunberg.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Our attorneys will be in touch.
-- Water Dogs United Local 72

Posted by: Bulg at October 09, 2025 08:55 AM (77rzZ)

213 199 After that picture of her at the top, I hope to never see a picture of Katie Porter again.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2025 08:52 AM (ZeH0U)

=====

And its not like that is a particularly bad picture of here! While she does make me cringe, I want here to become the face of the Democrat party where she fits in well with Schumer, Jeffries and Jayapal.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 09, 2025 08:55 AM (2ap+5)

214 It will not be Trump who will win the Nobel Peace Prize, I expect. It's a very leftist organization. I think it may be Greta Thunberg or some other ridiculous choice.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2025 08:54 AM (ZeH0U)

The leader of Hamas for being willing to negotiate with Joos.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

215 207 Katie should wear a mask.
Posted by: All the time at October 09, 2025 08:53 AM (XQo4F)

I can help!

Posted by: Alex Terrible at October 09, 2025 08:55 AM (06Hmj)

216 Has anybody seen the composite mugshots of Antifa? Not a single black face. They all look like caricatures of the worst imaginings of advanced meth-addicted rednecks. The Bolsheviks attempted to rally the hard-working peasant class and the have-nots. The modern left is trying to rally the most depraved detritus of humanity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 09, 2025 08:56 AM (h/ffs)

217 Schiff: We Can’t Rule Out Trump Launching Military Strikes on Domestic Groups

Democrats then: You know maybe we should nuke you bitter clingers. And what are your ar-15s going to do against a fighter jet anyway?

Democrats now: Oh my Gaia, Trump is using the NG against criminals!

Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 08:56 AM (sKqQm)

218 182 I thought being banged by Howard Hughes was a resume enhancer in Hollywood.
Posted by: Bulg

Didn't work for Helen.

Posted by: Film Hysterian at October 09, 2025 08:57 AM (oftw2)

219
WI ordered to confirm the eligibility of every voter before the next election.

So I suspect this might reduce the number of 120+ year olds voting in WI from over 10,000 to...0

Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 08:57 AM (sKqQm)

220 As Ace noted yesterday, that Katie Porter is really unpleasant to look at.
No, she's not ugly.

It's just, like the uncanny valley, you look at her and your skin crawls.

Like the giant alien cockroach wearing the Edgar-suit--she looks human.
But something is really, really off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 09, 2025 08:57 AM (3rxsC)

221 216 Has anybody seen the composite mugshots of Antifa? Not a single black face. They all look like caricatures of the worst imaginings of advanced meth-addicted rednecks. The Bolsheviks attempted to rally the hard-working peasant class and the have-nots. The modern left is trying to rally the most depraved detritus of humanity.

this is simply what the children of leftists end up looking like

the question is, why?

in my personal case (family member) it was bc his parents left him in the care of a male, gay neighbor after school while they were at work.

it went about as you would expect

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 09, 2025 08:58 AM (emBoF)

222 A Florida man booked for alleged drug possession was also carrying much larger contraband — a thermos that he apparently shoved up his rectum before he was captured, authorities said. Walter Frymire, 51, was arrested for the 26th time Saturday evening after someone called in reports of a naked man in a restroom at a public park. An X-ray of Frymire clearly depicted a foreign object lodged in his body and poking from his hip up to his rib. The foreign object was a thermos that Frymire said he “didn’t swallow.”

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:58 AM (RHGPo)

223 Katie "Pass the mashed potatoes, dammit" Porter says pedophilia is an 'identity'

https://tinyurl.com/4cynpnmn

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 08:59 AM (AOsQT)

224 WI ordered to confirm the eligibility of every voter before the next election.

I assume that:

- this order has been appealed.
- this order will be overturned.

Because reasons.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

225 UPDATE: Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is pushing to BAN Sharia Law nationwide, calls out the GENOCIDE of Christians by Muslims

*********

Good foor Sen. Tuberville!

Posted by: muldoon at October 09, 2025 08:59 AM (/iMjX)

226 The Bolsheviks attempted to rally the hard-working peasant class and the have-nots. The modern left is trying to rally the most depraved detritus of humanity.
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 09, 2025 08:56 AM (h/ffs)
===================
I don't think this point gets enough publicity. The modern left seems completely composed of neer do well wealthy and middle class young people, led by the older versions of same.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 09, 2025 08:59 AM (+D2aa)

227 Time to pull the plug on ObamaCare

Fuck You McCain

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 08:59 AM (gbOdA)

228 An X-ray of Frymire clearly depicted a foreign object lodged in his body and poking from his hip up to his rib. The foreign object was a thermos that Frymire said he “didn’t swallow.”
Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:58 AM (RHGPo)

And there are so many easier ways to keep your coffee warm nowadays....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 08:59 AM (06Hmj)

229 “We found $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti. I kid you not. I’m not making this up." --- Sen Kennedy

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

230 I don't think this point gets enough publicity. The modern left seems completely composed of neer do well wealthy and middle class young people, led by the older versions of same.

yep. leftist parents and their messed-up children

and some of the kids didn't have leftist parents but maybe a broken home or some other factor made them susceptible to the elder leftist mentors/groomers

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 09, 2025 09:00 AM (emBoF)

231 The foreign object was a thermos that Frymire said he “didn’t swallow.”
Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 08:58 AM (RHGPo)

Leave it there and drop his off in alligator alley.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 09:00 AM (gbOdA)

232 225 UPDATE: Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is pushing to BAN Sharia Law nationwide, calls out the GENOCIDE of Christians by Muslims

This should be the most effortless ban in American history. But it won't be, to our shame.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 09, 2025 09:01 AM (h/ffs)

233 I needs my coffee.

Posted by: Walter Frymire, Florida Man at October 09, 2025 09:01 AM (wVcYX)

234 Give a man a fish, and he'll say "hey cool man, thanks".

Give a man a fish every day for forty-five years, and he'll say "Where's my fish, asshole?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 07:56 AM (06Hmj)

"Give a man a fish, and he eats for today. Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life."

Or as I say...
Light a fire for a man and he will be warm for the night. Light a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 09, 2025 09:01 AM (2J/Lj)

235 229 “We found $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti. I kid you not. I’m not making this up." --- Sen Kennedy
Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

Literally dancing around like Kansas City Faggots

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 09:01 AM (gbOdA)

236 “We found $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti. I kid you not. I’m not making this up." --- Sen Kennedy
Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

Well, Senator Kennedy, why didn't you find this BEFORE? I suspect those spending items weren't just added.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

237 227 Time to pull the plug on ObamaCare

it's untenable without massive subsidy

that is what the "shakedown" is about

that's why hospitals here in PA keep closing

and I weep not at all. their business model was getting fed money to treat illegals (oh and hiring illegals too). so their business model was based on criminality. that's actually a lot of hospitals, at least around here. and you see them struggling now.

good.

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 09, 2025 09:02 AM (emBoF)

238 229 “We found $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti. I kid you not. I’m not making this up." --- Sen Kennedy
_____

The only money out of this pile that actually made it to the stated recipients was for actual services rendered to the NGO managers.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 09, 2025 09:02 AM (Dv3i1)

239 “We found $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti. I kid you not. I’m not making this up." --- Sen Kennedy

I suspect if you really were to follow the money very little of it went to pastry cooks or Haitian dancers.

However, I bet there is a particular company/NGO behind both of these items whose leadership is very friendly with the congresscritter's office that added these spending items...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:02 AM (sKqQm)

240 From out here in the cheap seats it looks like it’s OK for groomers to “therapy” children right into troonville. Conveniently it is illegal for anyone to fix that. So much evil

Posted by: Common Tater at October 09, 2025 09:02 AM (BEC0D)

241 Posted by: Oglebay at October 09, 2025 08:55 AM (2ap+5)

No, it's not a bad picture. I'm just tired of her and yes, it would be helpful for her to become the face of the Democrat Party. We can all get impatient our kids, but I worry about their upbringing of her kids. If she dumped scalding potatoes on her ex husband's head, I wonder what she did to them when they let her down. The woman is in need of lot of good psychological counseling

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2025 09:02 AM (ZeH0U)

242 "Give a man a fish, and he eats for today. Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life."

Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he eats beef.

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

243 Syria recently removed a state holiday commemorating the war with Israel, and added Easter, Christmas and ...Mother's Day.

Posted by: runner at October 09, 2025 09:03 AM (g47mK)

244 The leader of Hamas for being willing to negotiate with Joos.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 08:55 AM (ExV1e)
----
Yasser Arafat, 1994.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 09, 2025 09:03 AM (IBQGV)

245 Katie "Pass the mashed potatoes, dammit" Porter says pedophilia is an 'identity'

https://tinyurl.com/4cynpnmn
Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 08:59 AM (AOsQT)
====================
Unbelievable

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 09, 2025 09:03 AM (+D2aa)

246 However, I bet there is a particular company/NGO behind both of these items whose leadership is very friendly with the congresscritter's office that added these spending items...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:02 AM (sKqQm)

Bingo ain't just a farmer's dog in Africa.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 09:04 AM (06Hmj)

247 >> …terror funders think it is more profitable for them to now start doing deals than it is to fund a thousand year old religious war

I think you fail to understand this is ultimately about ideology and in the end good versus evil. After having fought against this enemy for years you might hope more people would understand that fact. The money follows the ideology, because that is the goal- an imposition of religious beliefs and objectives through whatever means necessary, at whatever costs, even their owns lives. We met fighters in Afghanistan who literally hated their lives on this earth. They were happy to die for their God because they wanted to live in paradise. They were fearless because they didn’t care about dying, they welcomed it. You’re up against fanatics who cannot be trusted because doing so would make them apostates to their religion. So to think you can buy peace with these people is a fools errand. It will be a temporary pause where they reconstitute and try to find better ways to accomplish the same goals. I laud CiNC for taking this path. But people should temper their expectations and ponder whether the better path, albeit more costly, was to finish the war.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 09, 2025 09:04 AM (TlT1q)

248 I frequently bring up leftists I know on Facebook. A woman who's 68-69 thanked Obamacare for treatment her grandson had gotten in Cali for botulism. She's a upper middle class attorney, her son is an actor in Hollywood and her daughter in laws family is wealthy. She lives with her boyfriend who is a heart surgeon.
The left lives in its own delusional reality

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 09, 2025 09:04 AM (pwtJC)

249 I talked about it yesterday, but late in the thread. Hegseth has an opportunity to give this country an excellent asset in the coming struggle it's about to endure.

In his shoes, my plan would be:

1.) Purge the officers corps, and elevate a cadre of young NCOs and officers, with political commitment to MAGA as the primary criterion. Aggressively train those who are not quite ready for command. A green officer is better than a red one.

2.) Allocate as much as budget as possible to recruiting. Do not recruit or accept any volunteers from blue ZIP codes - only red blooded young men from small town and rural MAGA country. No more Spencer Rapones.

3.) Alter the training regime for those recruits. A drastically reduced emphasis on training for exotic foreign locales. Shift the focus to urban counterinsurgency and peacekeeping tactics, with an assumption of highly permissive ROE.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 09, 2025 09:05 AM (BI5O2)

250 The left lives in its own delusional reality
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 09, 2025 09:04 AM (pwtJC)

She's an activist. That's what they do.

Posted by: ... at October 09, 2025 09:05 AM (o1u+L)

251 Yasser Arafat, 1994.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 09, 2025 09:03 AM (IBQGV)

"Sign the Papers, You Dog!"

--Hosni Mubarak, 1994

Posted by: runner at October 09, 2025 09:06 AM (g47mK)

252 >>@PressSec
·
>>1m
Trump: ‘Tariffs Have Brought Peace to the World’

Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 09:06 AM (viF8m)

253 Anyone else catch the Hakeem Jeffries confrontation yesterday? Looks like he planned it and it completely backfired.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker
+++
Was he wearing the sombrero? If not, it was probably fake.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 09, 2025 09:06 AM (Lo97M)

254 Is this about us?

Posted by: Male prostitutes in Haiti who aren't very good dancers at October 09, 2025 09:07 AM (XQo4F)

255 My raging lefty sister, age 59, divorced, negative and sour much of the time, had a longtime friend respond to one of her FB posts on Trump being a "convicted felon and rapist!" and he calmly listed the reasons she was wrong from a legal standpoint, from a political hit job standpoint, all plain. Her response? "Keep telling yourself that."
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 09, 2025 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

My standard response to her would be, "fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life". I love stirring the pot and watching these people approach stroke level. Makes for great entertainment.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 09, 2025 09:07 AM (5xuJ/)

256 A Million to One Shot, Doc - a limerick

The PO-licemen endeavored to detect 'im
And the X-ray tech proceeded to inspect 'im
The results were eye-popping
And equally jaw-dropping
He had a friggin' Thermos in his rectum!

Posted by: muldoon at October 09, 2025 09:08 AM (/iMjX)

257 “At length, after much debate of things, the Governor (with the advice of the chiefest amongst them) gave way that they should set corn every man for his own particular, and in that regard trust to themselves; in all other things to go in the general way as before. And so assigned to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 09:08 AM (gbOdA)

258 1.) Purge the officers corps, and elevate a cadre of young NCOs and officers, with political commitment to MAGA as the primary criterion. Aggressively train those who are not quite ready for command. A green officer is better than a red one.

Biden and co already did the reverse of this, so it will be amusing when we hear the FNM squealing.

But the US has lost its recent conflicts, all of the senior leadership should have already resigned in disgrace, and I would like to see Hegseth remove these officers specifically noting their failures.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:08 AM (sKqQm)

259 "The foreign object was a thermos that Frymire said he “didn’t swallow.”
Posted by: SMOD"

This guy obviously got the wrong instructions on how to do a coffee enema. I blame AI.

Posted by: The Media at October 09, 2025 09:09 AM (vFG9F)

260 227 Time to pull the plug on ObamaCare

it's untenable without massive subsidy

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 09, 2025 09:02 AM (emBoF)
=====================
I had an argument with a friend, and elderly Democrat, and he said the shutdown was "necessary, because health insurance premiums would rise 4x without them".

I said "no, the policies are ridiculously expensive and they were always this high in price, it's just that the taxpayers (and debt markets) covered a huge portion of the cost".

He just couldn't grasp this concept. He kept repeating himself, like a tape.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 09, 2025 09:09 AM (YgZzp)

261 oops off clown sock

Posted by: fd at October 09, 2025 09:09 AM (vFG9F)

262 You don't have to be gay to have a Stanley lodged in your backside.

....

But it helps.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 09:09 AM (06Hmj)

263 What is the code for a thermos in the rectum?

Posted by: Bulg at October 09, 2025 09:09 AM (77rzZ)

264 I was wondering where my Thermos had gone!

Posted by: Soupy-less Sales at October 09, 2025 09:09 AM (oftw2)

265 How long before pedophilia becomes one of the recognized sexes the left has, if it isn't already.

Posted by: Megthered at October 09, 2025 09:09 AM (NHKs8)

266 Bravo Muldoon!

Posted by: Big limerick fan at October 09, 2025 09:10 AM (XQo4F)

267 Something something some asshole stole my Thermos.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 09:10 AM (06Hmj)

268 I said "no, the policies are ridiculously expensive and they were always this high in price, it's just that the taxpayers (and debt markets) covered a huge portion of the cost".

and the mandate for purchasing insurance is gone. not that it would have covered all of the shortfall, but that was in fact the point of it.

total mess. thanks Roberts you WHORE

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 09, 2025 09:10 AM (emBoF)

269
Another good Democrat Sombrero song:

https://x.com/nancy_hamm1/status/19756245417

50878326

They leave out the mustaches though which is what would make this a Premo experience.

Cuz you just know AOC's gotta shave that upper lip.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 09, 2025 09:11 AM (iJfKG)

270 Katie "Pass the mashed potatoes, dammit" Porter says pedophilia is an 'identity'

https://tinyurl.com/4cynpnmn
Posted by: Don Black

And I identify pedophiles as corpses.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 09:11 AM (e15Ap)

271 In my day, I carried my Thermos in a Rat Patrol lunch box.

Posted by: fd at October 09, 2025 09:12 AM (vFG9F)

272
3.) Alter the training regime for those recruits. A drastically reduced emphasis on training for exotic foreign locales. Shift the focus to urban counterinsurgency and peacekeeping tactics, with an assumption of highly permissive ROE.

Another part on this, Petraus certainly had some success with an updated COIN strategy but...I don't want us in these sorts of wars to begin with.

If backward shithole country X is sponsoring terror attacks on us just destroy their infrastructure until they can't - starving people have no time for terrorism.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

273 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.
---
Watched a long clip that I should have saved. I summarize:
Some women don't "problem solve," they "emotion solve."
So the peace, stability, and all that that men seek is in direct opposition to their need for emotion solve.
They need the conflict, chaos, and agitation--not because it's based on anything actual or real but, because it confirms their partner is emotionally invested (still) in the relationship.*
His anger, frustration, or emotional response solves her issue "does he still love me?"
Agreeing with her, turning the other cheek, a soft reply, or none only makes her angrier.
Because the lack of high-emotion response means he isn't "invested" enough in the relationship.

*LOL, Latinas are experts at this; massive fight almost instantly followed by love-making.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 09, 2025 09:12 AM (3rxsC)

274 Trump: ‘Tariffs Have Brought Peace to the World’
Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 09:06 AM (viF8m)

I've got this queasy feeling the Supreme Court is going to nix his tariff powers. Like the Coney-Barrett/Roberts contingent needs to prove something.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 09, 2025 09:13 AM (h/ffs)

275 And I identify pedophiles as corpses.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 09:11 AM (e15Ap)

I prefer they not be able to be identified

Posted by: ... at October 09, 2025 09:13 AM (o1u+L)

276 Because it seems like people are experimenting with Teh Crazy these days as if there's no consequence

Its the meds and a complete lack of moral training.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 09, 2025 09:13 AM (+4Cf6)

277 I carried a Thermos daily when I worked. In my car when commuting by car, in a small gym bag when I commuted into NYC on bus or train. Never considered this guys alternative.

Posted by: Stanley Steamer at October 09, 2025 09:13 AM (oftw2)

278 Don't take me as being alarmist,
But I can't share my coffee with you, Miss,
For though I don't fail
still to have my lunch pail,
Some asshole ran off with my Thermos.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 09, 2025 09:13 AM (06Hmj)

279 He just couldn't grasp this concept. He kept repeating himself, like a tape.

A point to raise to him, Obamacare already increased premiums by 4X for people not getting a handout.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:13 AM (sKqQm)

280 And I identify pedophiles as corpses.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 09:11 AM (e15Ap)

I prefer they not be able to be identified

Posted by: ... at October 09, 2025 09:13 AM (o1u+L)

That would require a tree chipper or drums of acid!

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 09, 2025 09:14 AM (U4c/V)

281 I had an argument with a friend, and elderly Democrat, and he said the shutdown was "necessary, because health insurance premiums would rise 4x without them".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 09, 2025 09:09 AM (YgZzp)

Point out the items required to be covered in obamacare politices....

(1) ambulatory patient services; (2) emergency services; (3) hospitalization; (4) maternity and newborn care; (5) mental health and substance use disorder services including behavioral health treatment; (6) prescription drugs; (7) rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices; (

laboratory services; (9) preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management; and (10) pediatric services, including oral and vision care.

Ask how many they could do without.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 09, 2025 09:14 AM (ExV1e)

282 He had a friggin' Thermos in his rectum!
Posted by: muldoon

********

So THAT'S where the rest oof my Ambiguously Gay Superhero lunchbox set went!

/Mayor Pete

Posted by: muldoon at October 09, 2025 09:14 AM (/iMjX)

283 Another part on this, Petraus certainly had some success with an updated COIN strategy but...I don't want us in these sorts of wars to begin with.

If backward shithole country X is sponsoring terror attacks on us just destroy their infrastructure until they can't - starving people have no time for terrorism.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

Correct. But as I noted - I'm not talking about foreign country X, here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 09, 2025 09:14 AM (BI5O2)

284
*LOL, Latinas are experts at this; massive fight almost instantly followed by love-making.

I dated a south American woman at one point and this is 100% true...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:14 AM (sKqQm)

285 271 In my day, I carried my Thermos in a Rat Patrol lunch box.
Posted by: fd at October 09, 2025 09:12 AM (vFG9F)

I had that one too

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 09:14 AM (gbOdA)

286
This spectacularly true for the high 20s to late 40s crowd (Heeeellllllloooooo, TJM!0.

They have been brainwashed into accepting a much lower standard of living:

https://x.com/PierrePoilievre/status/197608268327

3818559

Sad.

Very sad.

Via Insty.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 09, 2025 09:15 AM (iJfKG)

287 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
HOLY SH*T!

Mother is outraged after her middle school son got in trouble for misgendering another student who identifies as a “cat.”

Comments under the post read:

“didn't think the stories were actually true but my man works with a guy who went to Martinsville schools in Indiana. They have litter boxes. I thought he was JOKING.”

“My cousins daughter has litter boxes in her classroom”

“my mom’s best friend’s grandson got a letter from school because the janitor got fired for refusing to clean litter boxes. they’re letting elementary children identify as cats and use litter boxes and this is in my state! i wouldn’t even believe it myself if my own mother hadn’t told me!”

What the fvck is going on with our public schools?

https://tinyurl.com/5bhdzfr4

Posted by: redridinghood at October 09, 2025 09:15 AM (NpAcC)

288 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.

Sadly, it's believable. A lot of women think that if every day of their married or dating life is not fun, passionate, exciting or dangerous, then it needs to be discarded.

I do not advise dating these women and choking them at random times to give them their excitement. Suddenly, you will be the bad guy.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 09, 2025 09:15 AM (99eI0)

289 "I had that one too
Posted by: r hennigantx"

Twas a very sad day when I broke the Thermos. I'm still traumatized.

Posted by: fd at October 09, 2025 09:16 AM (vFG9F)

290 In my day, I carried my Thermos in a Rat Patrol lunch box.
Posted by: fd

And when you dropped your lunchbox, picked it up and heard that telltale tinkle tinkle, you knew you were buying milk for lunch.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 09:16 AM (e15Ap)

291 >>I think you fail to understand this is ultimately about ideology and in the end good versus evil. After having fought against this enemy for years you might hope more people would understand that fact.

Radical Islam was brought into the mainstream by Arab governments as a weapon, primarily to keep their own people in line. Go look at the history of radical Islam in the House of Saud, in Egypt and other countries in the region. The Muslim Brotherhood is the cancer that was allowed to spread because it was useful for a while. Not so much anymore.

Most of them realized that they had made an enormous mistake have been trying for years to tame the monster they created. Iran failed, obviously. But in some countries like the UAE radical Islam is punished severely and the place is a hell of a lot safer than Portland.

No I don't believe this is some apocalyptic struggle between satan and God. I think this is a struggle between civil society and religious fanatics. Offering those in the region a chance to bring their countries into civil society and away from terror and endless war is the strategy being offered. If not it's back to bombing the shit out of them. Carrot and stick.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 09, 2025 09:16 AM (viF8m)

292 "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that Marwan Barghouti will not be released in the deal. The government's English spokesperson announced that the final draft of the agreement was formulated this morning in Egypt and signed there. She also stated that within 24 hours from the government meeting to approve the deal, the agreement will come into effect and the 72-hour period for the release of hostages will begin, after which Israel will control 53% of the Gaza Strip territory."

Posted by: runner at October 09, 2025 09:16 AM (g47mK)

293 wow these new Katie porter vids are not any better:

x.com/MoogRogue/status/1975933041756274776

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 09, 2025 09:17 AM (emBoF)

294 I never had a lunchbox. Brown paper bag

uphill both ways

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 09:17 AM (AOsQT)

295 "And when you dropped your lunchbox, picked it up and heard that telltale tinkle tinkle, you knew you were buying milk for lunch.
Posted by: rickb223"

I think it was tomato soup, but yeah.

Posted by: fd at October 09, 2025 09:17 AM (vFG9F)

296 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.

Yet homeless and living on the streets is exciting!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 09:17 AM (e15Ap)

297 What the fvck is going on with our public schools?

The teachers and the administrators are not in fear of the parents.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 09, 2025 09:17 AM (99eI0)

298 Politico: DNC briefs top Democrats on audit of 2024 White House loss. Late spending, exacerbated by a mid-battle candidate switch, and lack of attention to voters’ top concerns are among the reasons Democrats lost...

Medicare for all. I can sell that policy to people, i can explain how it helps everyone, how it's cheaper, how it's a simple elegant solution that makes life easier.

I cant sell tax credits because tax credits are utter nonsense, any policy that is just a tax credit is a bad policy.

You mean small, incremental changes via a complex system of credits and means testing over ten years isn’t a political winner?

They should audit the votes next. 8% of people in my district voted blue down the ballot and then voted for Trump!? Looks more like vote switching to me. Can't even verify my vote wasn't one of the ones flipped to Trump.

Is this the audit where they ignored the faults of the DNC entirely and instead blamed the voters for their losses?

TL; DR: Democrats need a leader of sufficient standing to just get the various factions the eff in line. Pritzker looks like the best bet at this point, if he runs.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 09, 2025 09:17 AM (JCZqz)

299 Some asshole ran off with my Thermos.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

*******

Salute!

Posted by: muldoon at October 09, 2025 09:17 AM (/iMjX)

300 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.

Before she gets him she wants the career driven guy with a "good job" .

After she gets up she's unhappy he's spending 50H+ working a week and mentally tired when he gets home.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:18 AM (sKqQm)

301 288 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.
**

Podcasters Pearl and Emily King regularly chronicle such stories.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 09, 2025 09:18 AM (h/ffs)

302 *LOL, Latinas are experts at this; massive fight almost instantly followed by love-making.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Lupe Velez-The Mexican Spitfire

Posted by: 75 Seconal Pills at October 09, 2025 09:18 AM (oftw2)

303 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.

I hope this woman gets bupkis in the divorce settlement, and minimal contact with her kids.

Posted by: Bulg at October 09, 2025 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

304 There is a writer, I think from VICE who wrote the following series of articles:

Why cheating on my husband makes me a better mother

Being a single mother will be one of the most exciting thing I'd ever done

I'm depressed and poor and all my former friends look down on me

Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:19 AM (sKqQm)

305 foreign body in rectum/anus is the ICD -10-CM code T18.5XXA

Posted by: Kingsman at October 09, 2025 09:20 AM (ehY6c)

306 293 wow these new Katie porter vids are not any better:

x.com/MoogRogue/status/1975933041756274776
Posted by: Black Orchid

Damn, girl is FINE! A little crazy and feisty, but I can change her. I can bend rule #1 a bit...I hear she's a freak in the bedroom!!!

Posted by: Shamu at October 09, 2025 09:20 AM (JCZqz)

307 A point to raise to him, Obamacare already increased premiums by 4X for people not getting a handout.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:13 AM (sKqQm)
============
A good point. In fact, today I am going to research what our average healthcare premium increase at my business has been since DoomCare was first instituted.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 09, 2025 09:20 AM (Tb5Zp)

308 Greenfield is of course correct. There’s a reason we once had a strict rule they we don’t negotiate with terrorists. Remember that old quaint rule?

But tell that to the families and friends of the hostages. From the very beginning, Israel (perhaps foolishly) made getting the hostages back their stated prime directive. That only increased Hamas’ leverage.

The cycle will now repeat. And again. And again. There is only one solution to the Hamas problem. And that is complete annihilation of Gaza and the killing of every ‘Palestinian’ there. Israel doesn’t have the stomach for that.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 09, 2025 09:21 AM (MHP2v)

309 exacerbated by a mid-battle candidate switch

oh yeah right

keeping Biden would have solved everything!

also those porter vids were AI, duh

but still funny

Posted by: Black Orchid at October 09, 2025 09:21 AM (emBoF)

310 Pritzker looks like the best bet at this point, if he runs.

Only thing he runs for is the buffet line. He put several people in the hospital last time.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 09, 2025 09:22 AM (99eI0)

311 > a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.
-----

she just finished 50 Shades Of Gray and now wants to explore life's other opportunities

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 09:22 AM (AOsQT)

312 As a Jew, a staunch supporter of the State of Israel, a proud Trump-supporting American-American and a human being, I am overjoyed that the hostages at long last are seemingly taking their first steps toward freedom from the clutches of the manifestation of evil on earth. And yet knowing exactly who they were in the clutches of tempers my joy with a dread for the future.

----------

As a non-Jew, a staunch supporter of the State of Israel, a proud Trump-supporting American-American, and a human being:

Had I been taken hostage by a Satanic Death Cult, I would have prayed and implored my Nation and its leader to immediately attempt to rescue me -- or set my soul free -- from torture and captivity.

On Day Zero ... and including turning Gaza into Green Glass if necessary.

NEVER APPEASE EVIL! Appeasing Evil only emboldens it, as Evil perceives such concessions as weakness.

* spit *

Posted by: ShainS -- The Sombrero Memes Will Continue Until Morality Improves! at October 09, 2025 09:23 AM (X1YF6)

313 Pathetic and humiliating that we're signing paperwork with terrorists to release "hostages" --i.e., kidnapped and brutalized innocents. If Hamas renegs in any way I hope we give full license and powers to Israel to annihilate Hamas once and for all.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 09, 2025 09:23 AM (h/ffs)

314 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.

I hope this woman gets bupkis in the divorce settlement, and minimal contact with her kids.
Posted by:

I hope she gets a Frigidaire refrigerator box to live in.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 09:24 AM (e15Ap)

315 The Pope Leo XIV says:

a) “The Church cannot stay silent before injustice."

b) “I prefer not to comment about political choices [made] within the United States. Thank you very much.”

c) both

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

316 [snip]

The cycle will now repeat. And again. And again. There is only one solution to the Hamas problem. And that is complete annihilation of Gaza and the killing of every ‘Palestinian’ there. Israel doesn’t have the stomach for that.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 09, 2025 09:21 AM (MHP2v)

---------------

Nailed it.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Sombrero Memes Will Continue Until Morality Improves! at October 09, 2025 09:25 AM (X1YF6)

317 I have never read "50 Shades of Grey "
nor have any of my close friends. I have no intention of doing so.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 09, 2025 09:25 AM (lQ+/f)

318 >Pritzker looks like the best bet at this point, if he runs.
----

more waddle than run

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 09:25 AM (AOsQT)

319 Did you all see the story how Guy Ferire lost like $2 million in tequila?

It's kinda crazy.

Fake GPS tracking by a sub-broker of the original shipping broker.

What's scary is, this is not a one-off, this is regularly happening.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 09, 2025 09:25 AM (3rxsC)

320 Dem story is not that Obamacare failed
But
Repub will not extend subsidies that helped cause Obamacare cost increases.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 09:26 AM (gbOdA)

321 319 Did you all see the story how Guy Ferire lost like $2 million in tequila?

It's kinda crazy.

Fake GPS tracking by a sub-broker of the original shipping broker.

What's scary is, this is not a one-off, this is regularly happening.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 09, 2025 09:25 AM (3rxsC)

About $20 Million/day

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 09:26 AM (gbOdA)

322 303 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.

I hope this woman gets bupkis in the divorce settlement, and minimal contact with her kids.
Posted by: Bulg at October 09, 2025 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

For men these days marriage is the Kobayashi Maru, or Global Thermonuclear War. The only way to win is not to play.

Posted by: She'll still get all the cash and prizes at October 09, 2025 09:26 AM (TbWk/)

323 314 I saw a compilation of responses to a woman who posted on TikTok that her husband was perfect and great with the kids and made great money but she was filing for divorce because perfection is boring.

I hope this woman gets bupkis in the divorce settlement, and minimal contact with her kids.
Posted by:

I hope she gets a Frigidaire refrigerator box to live in.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 09, 2025 09:24 AM (e15Ap)
——-

And a rectal thermos

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 09, 2025 09:27 AM (MHP2v)

324 What's a Guy Ferire?

Posted by: Sounds kinda gay at October 09, 2025 09:28 AM (XQo4F)

325 'She got the goldmine, I got the shaft.'

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 09:28 AM (AOsQT)

326 318 >Pritzker looks like the best bet at this point, if he runs.
----
more waddle than run
Posted by: Don Black

I'm shocked at the level of support he's getting for a 2028 run. It's going to be such a clown show that the 2020 Dem primaries will look rational and above-board.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 09, 2025 09:28 AM (JCZqz)

327 It was a mean trick that John McCain got buried at the Naval Academy so patriots couldn't easily urinate on his grave.

Posted by: Thumbs Down! at October 09, 2025 09:28 AM (oftw2)

328 Indianapolis residents SHUT DOWN proposed $1 billion Google Data Center that would have used 1 million gallons of water PER DAY.

Google was set to build 500 acre site, but citizens organized and stopped it.

Progressive celebrate destruction vs. building.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 09:29 AM (gbOdA)

329 I have never read "50 Shades of Grey "
nor have any of my close friends. I have no intention of doing so.

So the basic idea is a rich, good looking guy sweeps an average Jane off her feet and introduces her to, uh, different sorts of sexual experiences.

The real problem with people taking it too seriously though, IMO, is the notion that there are a bunch of rich good looking guys looking to sweep average Janes off their feet.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:29 AM (sKqQm)

330 324 What's a Guy Ferire?
Posted by: Sounds kinda gay

About $20, same as in town.

Posted by: That's the joke at October 09, 2025 09:29 AM (JCZqz)

331 Judge split it right down the middle, then gave her the bigger half

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 09:29 AM (AOsQT)

332 ...The cycle will now repeat. And again. And again. There is only one solution to the Hamas problem. And that is complete annihilation of Gaza and the killing of every ‘Palestinian’ there. Israel doesn’t have the stomach for that.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 09, 2025 09:21 AM (MHP2v)

You've seen pictures of Gaza. There is nothing left. The war had 3 objectives, getting hostages back, all of them (check), ensuring that gaza is no longer a threat to Israel (we will see, but so far so good - Israel is back in the strip with a buffer zone). Defeating hamas (3rd objective) - a much more interesting proposition, but Israel eliminated the entire top echelon, and echelon bellow top echelon, I think Israel is in good position on that. After all , after WWII they only 10 were executed at Nuremberg. Considering Germany had 40-50 Million nazis that did not seem like a lot.

Posted by: runner at October 09, 2025 09:29 AM (g47mK)

333
A
R
T

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 09, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

334 >I'm shocked at the level of support he's getting for a 2028 run. It's going to be such a clown show
---

America has had morbidly obese Presidents before

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2025 09:30 AM (AOsQT)

335 Indianapolis residents SHUT DOWN proposed $1 billion Google Data Center that would have used 1 million gallons of water PER DAY.

This is going to stress the tech bro/leftist alliance.

The stuff the tech bros are doing with AI and data centers goes against pretty much everything the left claims to be for.

Which I guess in the end will just mean they have to pay a bigger bribe to the left...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2025 09:31 AM (sKqQm)

336 322 For men these days marriage is the Kobayashi Maru, or Global Thermonuclear War. The only way to win is not to play.

We need to get rid of no-fault divorce and stop automatically assuming the man is guilty.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 09, 2025 09:31 AM (99eI0)

337 Noodus gratia artis.

Posted by: Bulg at October 09, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

338 317 I have never read "50 Shades of Grey "
nor have any of my close friends. I have no intention of doing so.
---------------
Pron for Karen.

Posted by: pudinhead at October 09, 2025 09:31 AM (AdHga)

339 >> No I don't believe this is some apocalyptic struggle between satan and God. I think this is a struggle between civil society and religious fanatics.

That’s more a pedestrian contemporary take than an actual historical perspective of Islam. Nor does it take into account the actual views of the people doing the fighting. Has some of it been weaponized by people and governments for their own purposes? Of course it has. You might even get some mileage out of trading commerce for a temporary peace. But they’re not going to quit, says over a thousand years of history. This group in particular sees it as their religious duty to wipe out Israel. It’s not for land. It’s not for money. It’s not for fame. Until the point most of these people are dead, or realize they won’t exist should they continue, it’s not going to stop. Pause? Yes. Stop? No.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 09, 2025 09:34 AM (TlT1q)

340 That fat chic whoever it is sure has a high opinion of itself.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at October 09, 2025 09:45 AM (2mcmm)

341 Woman is killed in broad daylight outside PetSmart after getting into spat about shopper's manners

both were black

Posted by: SMOD at October 09, 2025 09:48 AM (RHGPo)

342 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

But h8 never ends...!!!

From above, 'Victor Davis Hanson: Van Jones blames “the Jews” for media silence on Nigerian massacres—but the real reason isn’t anti-Semitic conspiracy; it’s the left’s selective outrage and ideological blind spots.'
About The “Jews”

But doesn't the MSM routinely cover the U.S. House and Senate?

A key issue between the U.S. House of Representatives and Nigeria is the designation of Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) due to alleged religious freedom violations. The Nigerian House of Representatives has strongly rejected the U.S. claim, calling it a "misleading narrative."

The Nigerian House of Representatives unanimously rejected the U.S. claim of Christian genocide in October 2025, following a motion sponsored by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu. Lawmakers asserted that security issues affect citizens of all faiths and are caused by a mix of factors, including insurgency, banditry, and communal conflicts. Kulu also warned "external actions based on misinformed assumptions" could threaten Nigeria's sovereignty.

Reportedly, a formal diplomatic protest against the U.S. bill will be filed. (Continued)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 09, 2025 10:10 AM (NFX2v)

343 And is there also a bit of complication because Adeoye "Oye" Owolewa, a Nigerian-American politician and member of the Democratic Party, is the shadow representative of the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia? (First so elected, November 2020)

And as a shadow congressperson, Owolewa is tasked with lobbying for D.C. statehood; the unpaid position was authorized by D.C. voters in 1982, that was never approved by Congress.

Btw, Mr. Owolewa is 35 years old, born, raised & educated extremely well in & around Boston, MA, and the grandson of Phoebe C. Ajayi-Obe, a senior advocate of Nigeria. (Wikipedia & others)

VanJones should be ashamed of his position with the Democratic party. When there's nothing else, they call upon him - but he could be a better person. Sad.

Did you know there are 'shadow' Congresspeople not seated in either chamber? Fascinating! One has been serving as the senior United States shadow senator from the District of Columbia since 1997, succeeding Jesse Jackson! That's Senator Paul Strauss, United States Senator, DC Shadow Congressional Delegation to us.
---------

Prayers for Israel in the peace process.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 09, 2025 10:10 AM (NFX2v)

344 343 And is there also a bit of complication because Adeoye "Oye" Owolewa, a Nigerian-American politician and member of the Democratic Party, is the shadow representative of the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia? (First so elected, November 2020

Does he know to NOT hit that red button on the dash?

Posted by: Eromero at October 09, 2025 10:48 AM (jgmnb)

345 79 As the federal government shutdown drags on into a second week, a critical animal recovery program based in Colorado has ground to a halt, delaying a reintroduction plan that could be crucial to the survival of an endangered species. Fewer than 1,000 black-footed ferrets remain on the planet, including around 280 captive-bred ones currently being housed at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Carr, Colorado. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had planned to reintroduce them at 15 sites across federal, tribal and private lands this fall, according to the conservation organization Defenders of Wildlife.
Posted by: SMOD

Stop! Stop! It's so cruel! 😢 Coloradans need to fight for black footed ferrets! Halt the shutdown!

But wait. What are the other 14 states in which they'll be reintroduced? All West, right?

Posted by: Up for prairie dog colonies! at October 09, 2025 10:54 AM (NFX2v)

346 "Trump reveals when he expects hostages to be released after Israel-Hamas peace deal as families celebrate on phone call with prez
Negotiating with Islamic terrorists doesn't work. It leads to more terrorism.
Every Deal With Terrorists is a Surrender"

Do you want the hostages released, or not?!

Posted by: Exiled2Texas at October 09, 2025 11:48 AM (YINx+)

347 reins.

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