Mid-Morning Art Thread

Mrs. James Smith and Grandson
Charles Willson Peale

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 creepy

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 Creepy indeed and... not first

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (VkY89)

3 Definitely a family resemblance.

Posted by: Tuna at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

4 Mrs.?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (XvL8K)

5 CHARLES WILLSON PEALE (1741–1827)
Mrs. James Smith and Grandson, 1776
oil on canvas, 36 3∕ 8 × 29 1∕4 in.
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Levering Smith Jr.
and museum purchase

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

6 Granny, I'm 6. Why do I have to dress like George Washington?

Posted by: Mrs. James Smith's Grandson at February 05, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

7 Would not hang.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

8 Kid wipes booger on book.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

9 Those are some long heads.

And granny's a man, baby.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

10 Man hands...man face...and most likely moobs.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (NgqoH)

11 Grandma is transitioning.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

12 Dad?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (DgMqy)

13 And what's with the lacy shirt cuffs? Is it dress like a pirate day?

Posted by: Mrs. James Smith's Grandson at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

14 Shark's eyes...

Posted by: Mr Wolf at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (MvAa+)

15 I'm guessing the book is the Bible.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

16 She was a sturdy gal I tell ya. You should see her plow the back 40.

Posted by: Mr. Smith at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (NgqoH)

17 Mrs. James Smith?

Posted by: dantesed at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

18 To be or not to be
that is the question

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

19 11 Grandma is transitioning.

To Benjamin Franklin. That would not have been my choice, but you do you.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Riz8t)

20 Top 20

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (i62cq)

21 16 She was a sturdy gal I tell ya. You should see her plow the back 40.
Posted by: Mr. Smith at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (NgqoH)

20 bux same as

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

22 I bet she’s a hoot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 09:35 AM (IhIKR)

23 grotesque

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 09:35 AM (hrcIH)

24 Benjamin Franklin time-travels back to pose with his childhood self?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (NSooc)

25 Painted in 1776, so that would make Mrs. James Smith our first Surgeon General.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (/Q0BY)

26 In 1776 the American colonies were fighting to establish
their independence from Great Britain. Campbell leans toward his grandmother, eager to show her what he has learned. He holds The Art of Speaking, a manual of rhetoric and oratorical study.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

27 What they used to call "a handsome woman."

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (0Eh0f)

28 I bet she’s a hoot.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Bet she's a great card player, drinks copious amounts of alcohol, and smokes like a chimney.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

29
Back at the hospital with Smash this morning. Pain management is doing well, she's walking laps around the ward to keep her temperature under control, and seems to be in good spirits. Her doctor should be by sometime this morning and we'll get her released back home.

Thank you all for the prayers.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (i62cq)

30 And tells great bawdy jokes.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

31 I like it. It's very sweet.

Posted by: huerfano at February 05, 2026 09:37 AM (98kQX)

32 Definitely a family resemblance.
Posted by: Tuna at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)
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That was my first thought as well...Clones?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 09:37 AM (ESVrU)

33
Thank you all for the prayers.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (i62cq)

Good that she's doing so well

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 09:37 AM (I1bT3)

34 I'm not a biologist. But that doesn't look like a woman to me.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (Lo97M)

35 Peale does his usual good job with the skin tones, the detail in the clothing, and the poses. I like the detail in the boy's vest and the way the clothing drapes. But the eyes are dead, lifeless. It's disturbing. One little glint of light in their eyes would transform the painting.

Posted by: JTB at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (yTvNw)

36 The kid's rockin' a sweet mullet. Probably went on to be a famous NASCARRIAGE driver.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (/Q0BY)

37 The kid is pointing to something that probably has significance. I can’t make out what it says, tho.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (NSooc)

38 So sorry about yo faces.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (jtM2q)

39 Suitable portraits.

What line in the book is he pointing to, one wonders. . . ?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (0yjaw)

40 I bet that she got misgendered all the time.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (0nHVk)

41 I’d hang this in my haunted house.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (cwGMH)

42 Who knew mullets had such a long history in the US?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (JCZqz)

43 Always liked Peale's work. The eyes are a bit soulless. I'd expect them to be hollow and then follow me as I crossed the room.
Would hang though, thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (BWnHZ)

44 >37 The kid is pointing to something that probably has significance. I can’t make out what it says, tho.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (NSooc)

Remember to drink your Ovaltine.

Posted by: Ralphie at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (NgqoH)

45 What line in the book is he pointing to, one wonders. . . ?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (0yjaw)

"THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (/Q0BY)

46 OMG, the tyke has a mullet!!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (0yjaw)

47 >40 I bet that she got misgendered all the time.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (0nHVk)

It's Ma'am!!!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 09:40 AM (NgqoH)

48 That kid's mullet was way ahead of his time. Rock on, little dude.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 05, 2026 09:40 AM (i1DgZ)

49 The kid’s a red head so potential trouble.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:40 AM (cwGMH)

50 The kid is pointing to something that probably has significance. I can’t make out what it says, tho.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

"Don't...forget...to...drink...your..."

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

51
*sings*

I'm my own Grandma!*
...
...

*In addition to being a time traveler, John Mitchell was a creepy freak.

Posted by: "All You Zombies" at February 05, 2026 09:40 AM (iJfKG)

52 Business in the front. Party in the back.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:41 AM (cwGMH)

53 Damn, got beaten to the Ovaltine joke.

Ya gotta be fast around here.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

54 NO BEARDS

Posted by: Charles Watson Peale at February 05, 2026 09:41 AM (JkO4W)

55 Stylin' waistcoat the little guy has.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 09:42 AM (kgE5c)

56 37 The kid is pointing to something that probably has significance. I can’t make out what it says, tho.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

39 Suitable portraits.
What line in the book is he pointing to, one wonders. . . ?
Posted by: Lizzy

T-O-R-T-U-R-E

Posted by: Cdr Jeremiah Denton at February 05, 2026 09:42 AM (JCZqz)

57 Nice haircut, kid.

Posted by: No Name Today at February 05, 2026 09:42 AM (8mulE)

58 Old Lady Smith was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at February 05, 2026 09:42 AM (LRxLn)

59 Clearly, tanning salons were not a thing back then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:43 AM (JkO4W)

60 Who knew mullets had such a long history in the US?
Posted by: Moron Analyst

Angus McGyver from Aberdeen and his inventions were the reason we won the Revolution.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

61 Her doctor should be by sometime this morning and we'll get her released back home."

Excellent.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 09:43 AM (XuXeR)

62
Suitable portraits.
What line in the book is he pointing to, one wonders. . . ?
Posted by: Lizzy

That made me think of the meme photo of the grizzly bear sitting with his owner, reading a book. The photo caption...
"Read it again where she burned her whore mouth on the hot porridge"

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 09:44 AM (i62cq)

63 What's missing from this painting are epaulettes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:44 AM (JkO4W)

64 Alternate Title: John Adams With Young John Quincy

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:44 AM (0Eh0f)

65 MRS?

Yeah. Sure.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 09:44 AM (zjgNU)

66
"I find Paul appealing but Peale appalling." - Adlai Stevenson

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 09:45 AM (tgvbd)

67
Robert A. Heinlein sez "Howdy!".

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

68 I like how granny is saucily showing a little knuckle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:46 AM (JkO4W)

69 "Admiral" Richard Levine?

Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 05, 2026 09:46 AM (PSEDc)

70 "Tis bussinesse upfronte, yet bespeakes joviality at the hynde end."

–Jimmy Smith, Jr.

Posted by: red speck at February 05, 2026 09:46 AM (Ve/HL)

71 She’s the grandma who taught you how to skip rocks and gut a fish.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 09:47 AM (IhIKR)

72
I like how granny is saucily showing a little knuckle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:46 AM (JkO4W)

___________

Slut

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 09:47 AM (tgvbd)

73 42 >>Who knew mullets had such a long history in the US?

I know, right? I never knew Supercuts was around at our founding.

Posted by: red speck at February 05, 2026 09:48 AM (Ve/HL)

74
I like how granny is saucily showing a little knuckle.

Posted by: Cicero

Tuck some coinage in that hand and she'll show you her wrist bone.

$0.20, same as downtown.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (vJBOt)

75 She was a sturdy gal I tell ya. You should see her plow the back 40.
Posted by: Mr. Smith

My Dutch farm-wife grandmother used to recommend girls to my Dad by telling him, "She's a good worker."

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

76 >> She’s the grandma who taught you how to skip rocks and gut a fish.

Heh, it was the grannies at church who taught me how to play poker at the annual church retreat.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (0yjaw)

77 She’s the grandma who taught you how to skip rocks and gut a fish.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 09:47 AM

And probably enjoys the odd pint of things usually served in shot glasses.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (kgE5c)

78 Charles Willson Peale had 16 kids. That’s NBA-level progeny. Except Peale only had kids with two women, both of them wives. ‘Meh,’ says the NBA players with 12 kids from 14 mothers.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (NSooc)

79 The kid's been to GreatClips I see.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (Dv3i1)

80 My Dutch farm-wife grandmother used to recommend girls to my Dad by telling him, "She's a good worker."
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

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Back then having a wife who could pull a plow was a serious asset.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (+HNx/)

81 Mrs. James Smith and Grandson
Charles Willson Peale

***********

"Let's Eat Grandma" - a limerick

There once was a young lad named Sam
Who was known as a bit of a ham
Took a cup of dried out Gran
Added water from a pan
Then posted the results on Insta-Gram™

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

82 Charles Willson Peale had 16 kids. That’s NBA-level progeny. Except Peale only had kids with two women, both of them wives. ‘Meh,’ says the NBA players with 12 kids from 14 mothers.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Patrick Henry had 17, also by two wives.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

83 Clearly, tanning salons were not a thing back then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:43 AM (JkO4W)

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Living my entire life in the Southwest (NV, CA, AZ), it's always easy to spot many tourists during the warmer months who stand out with untanned skin as white as Casper the Friendly Ghost (a reference likely foreign to you 29-year-olds).

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:51 AM (0Eh0f)

84 Charles Willson Peale had 16 kids.

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Dude. Just stop already.

Posted by: Mrs. Peale at February 05, 2026 09:51 AM (+HNx/)

85 >Then posted the results on Insta-Gram™

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

Try New and Improved Insta-Gram! Now with one whole Gram in every box!

Posted by: Insta-Gram Marketing Dept at February 05, 2026 09:52 AM (NgqoH)

86 "Mr. Peale, I'm a bit shy about my skin condition. Might you find some way of camouflaging it?"

"Fear not, my good lady. I have just the thing."
[Muttering to assistant: "We're gonna need a shit-ton of tulle."]

Posted by: red speck at February 05, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

87 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

88 If I commissioned a portrait and it turned out of looking like that I'd want my money back.

Posted by: Toad-0 at February 05, 2026 09:53 AM (CT9VS)

89 Attack of the Clones: The Early Years

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

90 But the eyes are dead, lifeless. It's disturbing. One little glint of light in their eyes would transform the painting.

Blow the picture up, and you'll see a glint in each of the boy's eyes. They're small glints, but glints nonetheless. Stop glint-shaming!

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 09:53 AM (Riz8t)

91 Manface is so unfortunate when you're not a man.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

92 The boy has black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at you he won't seem to be livin'... until he bites you, and those black eyes roll over white.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (0sNs1)

93 Living my entire life in the Southwest (NV, CA, AZ), it's always easy to spot many tourists during the warmer months who stand out with untanned skin as white as Casper the Friendly Ghost (a reference likely foreign to you 29-year-olds).
Posted by: ShainS

I would get the ultimate farmer's tan in the summer. My arms would be practically Moorish, but beware the blinding glare when I took off my shirt.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

94 Bernie Madoff in drag?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (+HNx/)

95 Then posted the results on Insta-Gram™

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

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Nice!

I wouldn't be surprised if you've got a punny TikTok limerick in your repertoire ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (0Eh0f)

96 Mrs. George Washington

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

97
Charles Willson Peale had 16 kids

__________

A musician with the Cleveland Orchestra used to go see George Szell every year saying he needed a raise because he just had a kid. After a few times of this, Szell said, "Haven't you heard of f-ing for fun?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 09:55 AM (tgvbd)

98 That man is definitely a Democrat.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 05, 2026 09:55 AM (36PRH)

99 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

100 Are they related to the Hapsburg's by chance?

Posted by: Archer at February 05, 2026 09:56 AM (YGRGv)

101 Mrs. George Washington
Posted by: San Franpsycho

First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen -- but he married a widow.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

102 88 If I commissioned a portrait and it turned out of looking like that I'd want my money back.

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"Face it, this is what you look like. Now $25 please."

Posted by: Charles Watson Peale at February 05, 2026 09:56 AM (+HNx/)

103 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

I had an actor in mind, but do not know his name because I just don't pay attention to that kind of thing most times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

104 A musician with the Cleveland Orchestra used to go see George Szell every year saying he needed a raise because he just had a kid. After a few times of this, Szell said, "Haven't you heard of f-ing for fun?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026

***
Szell should just have handed him a packet of condoms.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)

105 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Who I bet had a guest role up in a certain show...

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

106 I would get the ultimate farmer's tan in the summer. My arms would be practically Moorish, but beware the blinding glare when I took off my shirt.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

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Heh. When I was in high school growing up in Las Vegas during the late 70s, the knee-high tube socks were all the rage for athletes.

One of my buddies had an older sister whom I had a BIG crush on. A group of us went down to Lake Mead to do some cliff diving -- and after I took off my socks, this gorgeous lass jokingly says to me for everyone to hear "Hey, why don't you take off your socks?" as I was tanned everywhere but pure white from the knees down.

I was crush(ed) ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:58 AM (0Eh0f)

107 Willowed:

I'm in Dallas if my eyes and ears could be of help.
Despite my reaction to being falsely accused of faking my service as a Marine...unbelievable...I'm actually pretty level headed. Stood alone against SCA leadership to take down a pedo, and without harming a hair on his head. So don't be shy.
Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 09:30 AM (ciYHQ)

I appreciate the offer. I'll keep this in mind, but don't think it will go very far. The guy is a bully and has a long history of bullshit going uncontested. I'll see what the lawyer says and go from there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

108 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (J+Psw)

109 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026
*
I had an actor in mind, but do not know his name because I just don't pay attention to that kind of thing most times.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026

***
Andrews was around for a long time. He usually played rather comic, Babbitt and businessman-blowhard types. But in an early Cheyenne, a rewrite of Treasure of the Sierra Madre, he did a great dramatic job as the equivalent of Bogart's Fred C. Dobbs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

110 The second part of the clip is Norm Eisen admitting on November 9, 2020, that the impeachment was to pre-bunk Joe Biden’s corruption before the 2020 election.

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 09:30 AM (RHGPo)

Yet how did they know Biden would be the nominee way back in the Summer of 2019.....

🤔

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (AveBv)

111 Damn, got beaten to the Ovaltine joke.

Ya gotta be fast around here.
Posted by: Bulg

**********

Or you could come up with an original joke...

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (qgHp7)

112 Kamala teases a major announcement today.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

So that's what she and Willie are calling it now...

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

113 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

As opposed to Kamala's trembles, which is just Delirium Tremens.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:00 AM (Riz8t)

114 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today."

"Do wha diddy diddy dum diddy do"?

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:00 AM (XuXeR)

115 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Who I bet had a guest role up in a certain show...
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026

***
No, never on U.N.C.L.E. that I can recall. Or Trek either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

116 108 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

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A fresh new take on Venn diagrams perhaps? Some school bus lore?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (+HNx/)

117 Yet how did they know Biden would be the nominee way back in the Summer of 2019....."

Shhh. That's rayciss. Or something.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)

118 Cali guv?

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (Jay38)

119 Or you could come up with an original joke...

Posted by: muldoon

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE LOTS OF JOKES HERE HAVE BEEN BEATEN TO DEATH.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

120 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

She believes the polls and is gonna run for President..

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (VE6XX)

121 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE LOTS OF JOKES HERE HAVE BEEN BEATEN TO DEATH."

Prometheus.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)

122 Iowahawk on the firings at WaPo:

I just gotta say it's truly amazing how journalists can grovel for their jobs while effortlessly maintaining their condescension

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:02 AM (Riz8t)

123 Wow.

That painting is...

Um.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:03 AM (bss/y)

124 Unlikely headline of the day.

Speaker Mike Johnson just ran laps around the pope with this Bible lesson about borders 🔥😌

https://is.gd/lvKBEP

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:03 AM (J+Psw)

125 Or you could come up with an original joke...

Posted by: muldoon

Did you miss all those dead horses as you passed by the moose out front?

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 05, 2026 10:04 AM (4+9R1)

126 No, never on U.N.C.L.E. that I can recall. Or Trek either.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Perry Mason?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

127 I was laid off once. It sucked. But I never for a second thought hey man this is like bullshit cuz the owner of the company is really rich and he can totally afford to keep paying me even if I’m not needed.

It’s mind numbing how these assholes think. The entitlement is off the charts.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:04 AM (Jay38)

128 "The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today."

She's going to release her Bathtub Greens files.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 05, 2026 10:04 AM (DgMqy)

129 Isn't that sweet!. I like to see a boy reading, and I appreciate his red hair and embroidered waistcoat. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (Wmobu)

130 Or you could come up with an original joke...

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (qgHp7)

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By the time I would be able to craft an original joke on my own, I'd be willowed.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (0Eh0f)

131 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

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"I am sad to announce that I've been diagnosed with terminal Williepox... there is no cure, but perhaps with the significance of the passage of time, one day young careerist guttersluts can take a knee for the mayor, unburdened by where he went before. I am a hero. I am also the President. Get out of my office."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (BI5O2)

132
For all the people ragging on this painting, Charles Willson Peale was a highly respected early American artist and was an historic figure. Despite this painting.

He overcame it. That's true greatness.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (CzfKa)

133 127 I was laid off once. It sucked. But I never for a second thought hey man this is like bullshit cuz the owner of the company is really rich and he can totally afford to keep paying me even if I’m not needed.

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That's because you weren't a 27 year-old who believes he is enlightening a benighted world.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (+HNx/)

134 "Pay me now or this painting goes in my front window."

Posted by: Charles Watson Peale at February 05, 2026 10:06 AM (+HNx/)

135 I was laid off once. It sucked. But I never for a second thought hey man this is like bullshit cuz the owner of the company is really rich and he can totally afford to keep paying me even if I’m not needed.

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That's because you weren't a 27 year-old who believes he is enlightening a benighted world.

And that the world ought to be damn grateful you're willing to school them out of their ignorance and superstition.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)

136 For all the people ragging on this painting, Charles Willson Peale was a highly respected early American artist and was an historic figure. Despite this painting.

He overcame it. That's true greatness.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (CzfKa)

Right.. It's not his fault his subjects were on the unattractive side...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:06 AM (VE6XX)

137 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other. It will be epic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (RIvkX)

138 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (J+Psw)

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On the passage of time.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (0Eh0f)

139 No, never on U.N.C.L.E. that I can recall. Or Trek either.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Perry Mason?
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026

***
IMDb doesn't list that. But Andrews was in Sixteen Candles and Gremlins.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (wzUl9)

140 That's because you weren't a 27 year-old who believes he is enlightening a benighted world.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (+HNx/

Funny enough I was 27. 😀

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (Jay38)

141 99 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

I am thinking M Emmett Walsh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:08 AM (bss/y)

142 Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (CzfKa)

I think it's a fine painting, and I know that Peale did a number of portraits of George Washington.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 10:08 AM (GDodg)

143
On the passage of time.
Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (0Eh0f)

For Kumswala:

https://youtu.be/be7iNHw8QoQ

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

144 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (J+Psw)

The ladies over at DU must have tremendous boners in anticipation.

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:08 AM (B4Se1)

145 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other. It will be epic.

Kamala will drop out before primary season. There is ZERO enthusiasm on the part of donors for giving her another shot.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

146 137 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other. It will be epic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (RIvkX)

K: You sucked more dick than I did!

N: And better!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (bss/y)

147 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Um, phrasing?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

148 >Right.. It's not his fault his subjects were on the unattractive side...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:06 AM (VE6XX)

They put the money down, I paint what I see. You think it's ugly, fuck you pay me. You think the dress is unflattering, fuck you pay me.

Posted by: Chuck Peale at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (NgqoH)

149 As we go forward into the past and look back at the present I am announcing my run for President of the United Confederate States of America.
- Kamala announcement

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (Jay38)

150 Alternate title:

"Granny Hepzeba Teaches Her Favorite Grandson, Alphonse, the Spell For Turning Grumpy, Old Farmer Brown Into a Turkey, So They Can Eat Him For Thanksgiving Dinner"

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)

151 Of course she'll announce her candidacy for something. Probably for Newsom's spot when he moves on. It will be met with shrugs and laughter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (BI5O2)

152 I got permanently laid off once. I signed up with a half dozen temp agencies and worked every temp job I could, collecting unemployment only for the rare days I didn't work.

One of those temp jobs led to a permanent job. 26 years later, I'm still there.

Greg Gutfeld always says getting fired (permanently laid off is pretty much the same) isn't a tragedy, it's an opportunity.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (gtcuf)

153 I saw Terminal Williepox open for Muddy Waters at Belly Up Tavern in '84.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (0Eh0f)

154 >The ladies over at DU must have tremendous boners in anticipation.

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:08 AM (B4Se1)

Excuse me, I believe the AOS style guide is 'lovely lady boners.'

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM (NgqoH)

155 Kamala will drop out before primary season. There is ZERO enthusiasm on the part of donors for giving her another shot.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

The thing is, I wonder if we are slipping into the Zendaya thing.

I have seen a theory that the reason a ton of these actors who have no talent get cast in everything even though they suck, is because they have large Instagram/Social media followings. Remember politics is hollywood for ugly people.

So, if she has more buzz about her- good or bad?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM (bss/y)

156 145 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other. It will be epic.

Kamala will drop out before primary season. There is ZERO enthusiasm on the part of donors for giving her another shot.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

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Put cash on it, and make some beer money!

My $350 investment on her winning the primary is going to win me over $7,000 by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM (GBKbO)

157 BREAKING:

https://is.gd/5gq9Fo

Colorado officials take three family members originally from Canada into custody. They were identified as members of a known gang. One adult male died of undetermined cause during transport. Resuscitation efforts failed. Official statement says that the officers followed all correct procedures and post-mortem results have not yet been released. An adult female and a juvenile were temporarily detained, fitted with GPS devices and released on their own recognizance.

Surprisingly, no leftist protestors showed up to hamper this particular operation. /s

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM (qgHp7)

158 The little fellow grew up to be a hockey player.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM (8CIFn)

159 It would be hilarious if she ran for governor and lost to Katie Porter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (BI5O2)

160 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

161
I was let go twice and it really hurt, but I knew it was business and not personal. Sometimes you're just a micro part of a macro decision. I picked myself up and used my talents (such as they are) in a new direction.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (tgvbd)

162 Mrs. James Smith and Grandson, 1776
Charles Willson Peale
Oil on canvas

The American Experience in the Classroom (PDF file)

In 1776 the American colonies were fighting to establish their independence from Great Britain. Campbell leans toward his grandmother, eager to show her what he has learned. He holds The Art of Speaking, a manual of rhetoric and oratorical study. Oratory, the art of formal public speaking, was a highly prized skill in colonial America, particularly for men hoping to enter politics or law. Campbell rests his finger on the famous soliloquy “To be, or not to be” from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Peale’s choice to have the book open to this passage can be interpreted in multiple ways. Perhaps the artist wished to allude to family aspirations for Campbell’s future — whether or not his education would prepare him for a career in law or politics.

When we consider that the artwork was painted in Philadelphia in 1776, an added layer of meaning is revealed. “To be, or not to be” could refer to revolutionary ideals for a new nation. Peale, who was a lieutenant in the Philadelphia city militia, was well aware of the instability of the republic. .."

👍 A good lesson.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v)

163 So, if she has more buzz about her- good or bad?

The buzz is a minor factor. If you can't get the rainmakers to sign on the line that is dotted, you're a dead candidate walking.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (Riz8t)

164 One of those temp jobs led to a permanent job. 26 years later, I'm still there.

Greg Gutfeld always says getting fired (permanently laid off is pretty much the same) isn't a tragedy, it's an opportunity.
Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (gtcuf)

I'd agree with this as well. Working a lab job got me a call about a Quality supervisor job, and after firing most of the state of Kentucky, I picked on of the companies who hired us.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (bss/y)

165 109 ... "Andrews was around for a long time. He usually played rather comic, Babbitt and businessman-blowhard types. But in an early Cheyenne, a rewrite of Treasure of the Sierra Madre, he did a great dramatic job as the equivalent of Bogart's Fred C. Dobbs."

Wolfus,
I've noticed that. Those 1950s westerns, especially Have Gun, Will Travel, had actors who became well known. The roles were deep, even for a half hour show, and the actors were excellent at showing that depth. The difference between those roles and what became standard later is notable. I put a few episodes of Man From UNCLE and early Star Trek in that picture.

PS: I think HG,WT was one of the best shows ever on television.

Posted by: JTB at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (yTvNw)

166 The whole Peale family was pretty amazing. Founded one of the earliest museums in the US, in Philly. It started as an art museum, and then added a natural-history wing. They did natural-history illustrations as well as portraits.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

167 Of course she'll announce her candidacy for something. Probably for Newsom's spot when he moves on. It will be met with shrugs and laughter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (BI5O2)

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TJM predicts she'll be the Democrat-Communist Presidential Nominee in '28.

I say it'll be Newscum after he gets her to withdraw by promising to make her Chief Justice of the SCOTUS.

/Her and Affirmative Action Jackson together is nightmare fuel ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (0Eh0f)

168 I don't think it's creepy, I think it's sweet. I like the expressions on their faces. Maybe she's teaching him to read. It looks like there is a good connection between them.
Maybe I just read that into the painting, Idk. My grandma had a profound impact on my life.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (nz1sK)

169 160 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

Thanks for the reminder.

Dick.

Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)

170
157 BREAKING:

https://is.gd/5gq9Fo

Colorado officials take three family members originally from Canada into custody. They were identified as members of a known gang. One adult male died of undetermined cause during transport. Resuscitation efforts failed. Official statement says that the officers followed all correct procedures and post-mortem results have not yet been released. An adult female and a juvenile were temporarily detained, fitted with GPS devices and released on their own recognizance.

Surprisingly, no leftist protestors showed up to hamper this particular operation. /s
Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM

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Maybe the dead guy swallowed his stash of drugs to conceal them.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (biznJ)

171 163 So, if she has more buzz about her- good or bad?

The buzz is a minor factor. If you can't get the rainmakers to sign on the line that is dotted, you're a dead candidate walking.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (Riz8t)

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She does have major backers who still love her by the way.

And no one is going to undo the fact that Kamala keeps getting huge majorities of black support.

When your primary electorate is majority black, it doesn't matter how much Manhattan pays to make Gavin Newsom a thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (GBKbO)

172 She looks like Governor Walz.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (Hpgos)

173 When I was laid off my company was in free fall. It was only a matter of time before my number was called. There had been several rounds of layoffs already. When I got the word it was actually kind of a relief.

I was fortunate in finding another job almost right away. My previous director who had been laid off himself in an earlier round hired me at his new company.

Looking back on it getting the ax was the best thing that could have happened to me. Took me on an entirely new trajectory which worked out pretty damn nicely long term.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (Jay38)

174 A Democrat is lying again.

https://is.gd/c9jZT4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (J+Psw)

175 Maybe the dead guy swallowed his stash of drugs to conceal them.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (biznJ)

George Floyd, Colorado style.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (bss/y)

176 169 160 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

And in my opinion the voters didn't choose him.. The vote counters did...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (VE6XX)

177 98 That man is definitely a Democrat.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

It's MA'AM!!!!

Posted by: MRS. James Smith at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (JCZqz)

178 Alternate title:

"Granny Hepzeba Teaches Her Favorite Grandson, Alphonse, the Spell For Turning Grumpy, Old Farmer Brown Into a Turkey, So They Can Eat Him For Thanksgiving Dinner"

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM

I got better.

Posted by: Old Farmer Brown at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (kgE5c)

179 "Granny Hepzeba Teaches Her Favorite Grandson, Alphonse, the Spell For Turning Grumpy, Old Farmer Brown Into a Turkey, So They Can Eat Him For Thanksgiving Dinner"

Posted by: naturalfake

**********

The Dark Arts are often camouflaged behind the unlikeliest of facades.

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (qgHp7)

180 167 Of course she'll announce her candidacy for something. Probably for Newsom's spot when he moves on. It will be met with shrugs and laughter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (BI5O2)

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She announced this:

@headquarters_67
·
1h
Welcome to Headquarters, the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub.

It's essentially a first step to endorsing candidates for 2026. Just to keep her name around.

People act like her book tour was some kind of failure. It was actually a very big success.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

181 A Democrat is lying again.

https://is.gd/c9jZT4

Well, it is Thursday.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (Riz8t)

182 It will probably not be Kamala or Newscum. They won't want to telegraph who it is too far in advance while Trump can still ruin them.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (AveBv)

183 Getting fired if you are not prepared for it can be devastating, especially for older individuals.

I like Gutfeld but his perspective is slightly askew.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (6YfIs)

184 Piper is unlikely to feature Mrs. Smith on her weekly Fashion segment.

Posted by: Don Loper. at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (oftw2)

185 169 160 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

Thanks for the reminder.

Dick.

Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)

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The black electorate backed him early and often. That's how he outlasted every woke wannabe until he was the only non-Bernie pre-Super Tuesday.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (GBKbO)

186 Yup, Dem voters are still where GOP voters were until 10 years ago - they get no say in who will be nominated for high offices.

Luckily for them, in this case it doesn't matter - neither they or the people who matter want Kamala. Nobody does.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (BI5O2)

187 People act like her book tour was some kind of failure. It was actually a very big success.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

Started in September and it's still going.. It's not a book tour it's a campaign

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (VE6XX)

188 173 Looking back on it getting the ax was the best thing that could have happened to me. Took me on an entirely new trajectory which worked out pretty damn nicely long term.

Same here. I lost a job, but gained a career.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (gtcuf)

189 And in my opinion the voters didn't choose him.. The vote counters did...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (VE6XX)

110

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (AveBv)

190 A Democrat is lying again.

Sounds like he's a perfect running mate for Kamala.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:17 AM (Riz8t)

191 184 Piper is unlikely to feature Mrs. Smith on her weekly Fashion segment.
Posted by: Don Loper. at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (oftw2)

Makeover !

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:17 AM (VE6XX)

192 176 169 160 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

And in my opinion the voters didn't choose him.. The vote counters did...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (VE6XX)

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Biden won every poll but one in SC before the primary for a year.

The black electorate chose him.

The vote counters can't do the thing when SC, which has decently honest elections, is the only early state that matters (IA is a joke and NH actually doesn't even count anymore because of DNC restrictions on the state). ==

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:17 AM (GBKbO)

193 I can’t imagine a scenario where Kamala is ever the nominee or gets elected.

Newsom won the other hand is just greasy and oily enough to slither in.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (6YfIs)

194 182 It will probably not be Kamala or Newscum. They won't want to telegraph who it is too far in advance while Trump can still ruin them.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (AveBv)

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It's Kamala.

It's been telegraphed for about a year because black voters coalesced around her early and haven't dropped off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (GBKbO)

195 Looking back on it getting the ax was the best thing that could have happened to me. Took me on an entirely new trajectory which worked out pretty damn nicely long term.
------------------
Same for me. Left a PM Shop that had no real primary product that was siloed and seldom came to work (tele work) and ended up in the Pentagon with constant human contact and ended up with one of the Hot Programs. Yuge Turn Around.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (Hpgos)

196 I had over 50 jobs professionally, and only got fired once -- because I was embarrassing (and a threat to) a DEI hire by doing her job because she was failing to competently support myself and coworkers (in properly configuring our software & networking systems, rendering us useless before I would continually get everyone up and working).

Still, I was absolutely stunned.

I drove home and sat in my car in our garage for over an hour (still literally stunned as I've always been a high achiever who received rave reviews at work) before my wife incidentally came into the garage and asked what I was doing there.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (0Eh0f)

197 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I bet Mrs smith makes great cookies.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (2WIwB)

198 >> I was laid off once. It sucked. But I never for a second thought hey man this is like bullshit cuz the owner of the company is really rich and he can totally afford to keep paying me even if I’m not needed.

You no doubt understood that your job was to contribute to your employer's profitability, as normal people do. These journalists have cast themselves as heroic truthtellers and changemakers -- mere profitability is forgotten, or maybe even vulgar to them. Worse, they believe their political/cultural crusades should be funded by the rich owner at $100 million loss per year.

Also, their going on social media to announce their every thought and feeling about this is hilarious. Did any of us who have been laid off think the work absolutely needed to know the details of the even, with status reports and group affirmation online? They are self-absorbed children.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (0yjaw)

199 193 I can’t imagine a scenario where Kamala is ever the nominee or gets elected.

Newsom won the other hand is just greasy and oily enough to slither in.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (6YfIs)

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The black electorate largely loves her. AWFLs love her.

White progressives are black voters' bitches. They yearn for Newsom or a TEMU Obama like Moore, but they're just going to get Black Girl Magic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

200 Maybe the dead guy swallowed his stash of drugs to conceal them.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
++++++++++++
George Floyd, Colorado style.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

*********

Ask me how I know nobody read the linked story.

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (qgHp7)

201 >Looking back on it getting the ax was the best thing that could have happened to me. Took me on an entirely new trajectory which worked out pretty damn nicely long term.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (Jay3

Happened to me about 10 years ago. I was very fortunate to have a very generous severance package which required me signing a multi-year non-compete and non-solicitation. Eh - fuck 'em. I got to spend time with my son before he left for college. It was worth it just for that.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (NgqoH)

202
especially for older individuals.

_________

Let go at 51, let go again at 62.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (tgvbd)

203 Trump beat Hillary and Biden and Kamala and he apparently just got Walz to exit electoral politics stage left, with a single word.

They won't want to telegraph the nominee.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (AveBv)

204 and ended up with one of the Hot Programs.
Posted by: pudinhead

"Hot Programs" = "Nubile Female Interns"?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

205 You know this is a right wing blog, because we're all JOKING about Mrs. James Smith.

The libs would believe she really was trans.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (BHrzb)

206 Bernie was the front runner in 2019. But he was never going to win. Old man socialist screaming at clouds plays in NYC and Seattle not in real America.

It was always going to be Biden.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (Jay38)

207 Hm.

The phrase "uncanny valley" comes immediately to mind.

But, no beauty-enhancing filters.

Maybe I just need another cup of coffee?

G'morn, art threadists.

Posted by: mindful webworker - artfully mundane at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (/4mOE)

208 We shouldn't write Kamala off.. She will have the AWFL vote, black women's and the vote of those who say "It's her turn" .

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (VE6XX)

209 It's Kamala.

It's been telegraphed for about a year because black voters coalesced around her early and haven't dropped off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (GBKbO)

Blacks will do what the Party tells them to.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:21 AM (AveBv)

210 Ask me how I know nobody read the linked story.
Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (qgHp7)

We don't even read the comment, muldoon.

We just riff off each other's comments.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)

211 Him: I really am tired of that painting of Grandpa and his Grandmother. It's creepy!

Her: It's important! It's our family.

Him: I want to get rid of it.

Her: How? We can't just sell it.

Him: I know! Let's donate it to the Smithsonian!

Problem solved.

Posted by: scottst at February 05, 2026 10:21 AM (IYYJM)

212
We don't even read the comment, muldoon.

We just riff off each other's comments.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)

Is that wrong ?

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (VE6XX)

213 203 Trump beat Hillary and Biden and Kamala and he apparently just got Walz to exit electoral politics stage left, with a single word.

They won't want to telegraph the nominee.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (AveBv)

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I'm sorry that the primary calendar makes it nearly impossible to rig the primary for Democrat power brokers, but it does.

They barely managed it in 2016 when the super delegates had actual power. They outright failed in 2020 and had to settle with Biden.

They have to either cancel the primary or go to a one day all at once thing to rig it.

Because once Kamala wins SC by 50 points, 90% of the rest of the field drops away.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (GBKbO)

214 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The new Lefty hotness is Trump is less popular than Biden:

A January survey from Harvard University and The Harris Poll found that a slight majority of respondents believe that former President Biden was more effective than President Trump.

We’re a little behind schedule on the descent into absolute fascism thanks in part to the resilience of places like Minneapolis.

49% thinks what is taking place now is better than the previous administration. 49% Think about that before you hear, or state yourself, that it is a small and shrinking MAGA base. It's absolutely terrifying, and a cult.

The real question is whether those 49% even get a picture of what's happening. Your news/entertainment industry is proper fucked, nearly russian state TV levels of brainwash.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

215 208 We shouldn't write Kamala off.. She will have the AWFL vote, black women's and the vote of those who say "It's her turn" .
Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (VE6XX)

To be fair, she had her turn and got stomped.

Now, will they try to 3am water pipe explosions?

I dunno.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (bss/y)

216 American doesn't want a harpy haranguing them to death. Unless it's truly fixed (ie they plan on another Butler or worse for the R frontrunner) Democrats are not very likely to put up a woman in 2028.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:23 AM (AveBv)

217
209 It's Kamala.

It's been telegraphed for about a year because black voters coalesced around her early and haven't dropped off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (GBKbO)

Blacks will do what the Party tells them to.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:21 AM (AveBv)

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That's not how it works.

That's why Jasmine is going to win the Democrat Primary. Because blacks rule in the Democrat primary process.

They're partisans who will fall in line in the general, but they have real power to make their choices final in the primary.

Especially since the Democrat party has shorn so many white working class voters over the last decade.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:23 AM (GBKbO)

218 The real question is whether those 49% even get a picture of what's happening. Your news/entertainment industry is proper fucked, nearly russian state TV levels of brainwash.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

I agree.. But not in the way they mean..

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:24 AM (VE6XX)

219 That's not how it works.

That's why Jasmine is going to win the Democrat Primary. Because blacks rule in the Democrat primary process.

They're partisans who will fall in line in the general, but they have real power to make their choices final in the primary.

Especially since the Democrat party has shorn so many white working class voters over the last decade.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching

She's got Allred with her attacking tallerico now because he called Allred mediocre black man. That primary is all sewn up now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:24 AM (MGB5H)

220 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (GBKbO)

I am thankful that unlike most arguments, we may actually see this one play to an absolute conclusion.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (AveBv)

221 214 49% thinks what is taking place now is better than the previous administration. 49% Think about that before you hear, or state yourself, that it is a small and shrinking MAGA base. It's absolutely terrifying, and a cult.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

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The left is going to talk itself into demanding open borders forever, no matter what.

It's what the Italian Democrat Party is doing. If AfD gains power in Germany, it's what the Social Democrats will do. If Reform takes power in England, it's what the CP and Labour will do.

Open borders is an addiction to parties that embrace it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

222 I, for one, would welcome a limerick summarizing said linked story.

Posted by: scottst at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (IYYJM)

223 I'm half surprised there are not protests over the death of the wolf in Colorado due to DOW activities. Maybe even the tree huggers think there enough wolves already.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (Sokdp)

224 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

225 Any system can be gamed with sufficient application of bribes and jiggery-pokery. The system we have now - Iowa and New Hampshire caucuses and such - was a Democrat remedy to the “smoke filled back rooms” process used before 1968 or thereabouts iirc.

Carter and his team did their homework on how to work everything. A guy named Pat Caudell was on that, he enjoyed unfettered access to the Oval Office despite not having any particular appointment. He worked for Mr. Trump in 2016, subsequently passed away.

I recall Mrs. Clinton was a lock for 2008 until Iowa. All my progressive cow-orkers working that were gobsmacked she got beat by the Obama machine. They had it all gamed out, bussing in “supporters” from out of state. Never knew what hit them.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (zbmv/)

226 Enguerrand VII de Coucy
@ingelramdecoucy
Hi, I’m Sally Struthers, here today asking for your support in saving a Washington Post Journalist from starvation. For as little as 65¢ a day YOU can keep a struggling former WaPo journo from having to dip into their trust funds
Please, call the number below

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (J+Psw)

227 @202

>>Let go at 51, let go again at 62.

Some people can deal with the tribulation.

As I noted previously, my wife’s friend was downsized at her company a couple of months ago at 65, she has been looking for a job but has not had much success.

She thinks it’s going to be quite some time before she lands something, she’s going in on retraining, but again, it’s a hard slog and she will be competing with other, younger job seekers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (J4eqE)

228 215 To be fair, she had her turn and got stomped.

Now, will they try to 3am water pipe explosions?

I dunno.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (bss/y)

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She didn't get her turn.

Biden robbed her of a full campaign. She had to pick up those pieces with just over 100 days, and she nearly won!

She can do it against couch fucker Vance with a full campaign!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

229 Getting fired if you are not prepared for it can be devastating, especially for older individuals.

—

Because I was laid off pretty early in my working life, I developed an attitude where every day could be my last day.

Too many people get too invested in their companies. Don’t fall for the “we’re a family” nonsense . You’re a line item on an accountant’s spreadsheet no more no less. Expendable at any time for any reason.

Not being prepared for a job loss is inexcusable.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:26 AM (Jay38)

230 213 203 Trump beat Hillary and Biden and Kamala and he apparently just got Walz to exit electoral politics stage left, with a single word.

They won't want to telegraph the nominee.

Posted by:

And he destroyed the Bush family.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 10:26 AM (JCZqz)

231 219 She's got Allred with her attacking tallerico now because he called Allred mediocre black man. That primary is all sewn up now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:24 AM (MGB5H)

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Talarico said that Mary could have aborted Jesus.

He absolutely has to lose so that that strain of Christian heresy dies on the vine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:26 AM (GBKbO)

232 She thinks it’s going to be quite some time before she lands something, she’s going in on retraining, but again, it’s a hard slog and she will be competing with other, younger job seekers.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

There's a lot of ageism out there.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

233
2024 is the model for the worst conceivable electoral strategy. Had Biden said early on that he was a one-term president, the Democratic machers could have picked someone credible and fashioned a campaign platform. Quite likely they would have won.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (tgvbd)

234 He's pointing to the word "fugly"

Posted by: Weasel at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (8fzl3)

235 I had a boss who was fired by management. Everyday, M-F, he'd leave his house in the morning and return in the late afternoon because he didn't want to tell his wife he'd been fired. This lasted about four months until his wife ran into a co-worker at the grocery store who in a short conversation asked her if he'd found another job.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (Y1sOo)

236 Some arguments don't get resolved. Like they launch a covid and all bets are off. It happened with my bet with Jay Guevera that the 2020 DNC would be perfectly peaceful. If you look at 2024, of course, the DNC was fine.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (AveBv)

237 New JD Vance media stomp meme just dropped.

Reporter: "Are you going to apologize to Alex Pretti's family?"
Vance: "For what?"

LOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (sabhw)

238 224 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

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With Kamala in, she has no chance. Kamala gets the black vote and a surprising amount of the Hispanic vote. Newsom gets the white progressive vote. AOC is left with scraps.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

239 That lady looks like a dude

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (xcxpd)

240 Talarico said that Mary could have aborted Jesus.

He absolutely has to lose so that that strain of Christian heresy dies on the vine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for

Well that too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (MGB5H)

241 224 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?
Posted by: Bulg

Is she willing to do what it takes? Drop 30lbs, dress sexily, and bounce while talking?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (JCZqz)

242 I had a boss who was fired by management. Everyday, M-F, he'd leave his house in the morning and return in the late afternoon because he didn't want to tell his wife he'd been fired. This lasted about four months until his wife ran into a co-worker at the grocery store who in a short conversation asked her if he'd found another job.
Posted by: one hour sober

She didn't notice that his salary wasn't hitting their bank account?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

243 225 I recall Mrs. Clinton was a lock for 2008 until Iowa. All my progressive cow-orkers working that were gobsmacked she got beat by the Obama machine. They had it all gamed out, bussing in “supporters” from out of state. Never knew what hit them.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (zbmv/)

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Black voters, man. They switched from Hillary to Obama, and all that was left was the crying.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

244 Kamala Harris Rebrands Headquarters as a ‘Gen-Z Progressive Content Hub’

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (RHGPo)

245 We don't even read the comment, muldoon.

We just riff off each other's comments.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

*********

Oh, I know that well.

But now you're wondering if the link is genuine, a rickroll or a clever retelling of the actual story. At least a little bit. Trying to calculate if it's worth it to scroll back up...

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (qgHp7)

246 America doesn't want a harpy haranguing them to death
——-

That was the democrat focus group take away from Mrs Clinton - “why is this old bitch yelling at me?” LOL

They tried to keep it under wraps, but it didn’t work. Can’t imagine why.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (zbmv/)

247 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (tgvbd)

It was always supposed to be Kamala. The plan was to get rid of Trump and have her "waltz" (get it?) into the WH. Probably against ringer fail Nikki.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (AveBv)

248
She's got Allred with her attacking tallerico now because he called Allred mediocre black man. That primary is all sewn up now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:24 AM (MGB5H)

___________

Talarico looks like Satan in a suit, which doesn't help.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (tgvbd)

249 The future of journalism is secure.

Jim Acosta tells Mehdi Hassan and Joy Reid:

"If @ScottJenningsKY worked for me, I'd fire his ass."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (J+Psw)

250
Ask me how I know nobody read the linked story.
Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM

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I forgot my /s tag.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (VWtfl)

251 ‘ Mrs. James Smith and Grandson’

The original Granny Smith of apple fame.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (jbnUc)

252 >224 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

I don't think she runs in '26. My guess is she primaries Chuck U in '28 and wins, then tries for the presidency in '30 as Barry 2.0 commie boogaloo.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (NgqoH)

253 See, Granny. Hamlet’s sil, silky,?slick., talking to himself.

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (Lytz7)

254 240 Talarico said that Mary could have aborted Jesus.

He absolutely has to lose so that that strain of Christian heresy dies on the vine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for

Well that too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (MGB5H)

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"See this good Christian preacher who says that Mary could have aborted God? You people have the wrong Christianity!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (GBKbO)

255 238 224 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

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With Kamala in, she has no chance. Kamala gets the black vote and a surprising amount of the Hispanic vote. Newsom gets the white progressive vote. AOC is left with scraps.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

I don't see Kamala getting another shot. AOC is the 'new hotness'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (xcxpd)

256 Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (zbmv/)

Thank you for quietly fixing my typo. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (AveBv)

257 She can do it against couch fucker Vance with a full campaign!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

Ok, TJM.

*starts backing away making soothing hand motions*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)

258 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

See my comment re: Bernie in 2019.
AOC is this cycle’s version of him. The far left especially in NYC or Seattle or SF loves her. And she gets all sorts of hyper from the media centers there.

Normal American voters who theoretically decide this, not so much.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (Jay38)

259 Were the Chinese 'practicing' on Americans at that illegal biological lab discovered in Las Vegas?

The story on that illegal Chinese biological lab found in Las Vegas keeps getting creepier.

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (RHGPo)

260 The only way the Dems could have won in 2024 was to have a candidate say "The Open Borders experiment was a huge failure. Crime is way up, inflation is out of control, and we've stretched government resources to the breaking point. We'll start enforcing borders and deporting criminals."
What Dem would have said that?

Posted by: Wally at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (65cLN)

261 I don't see Kamala getting another shot. AOC is the 'new hotness'."

That's hot?

Bleech.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (XuXeR)

262 AOC has the best chance of any D woman, that's for sure. She has the right attitude and handlers.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (AveBv)

263 255 I don't see Kamala getting another shot. AOC is the 'new hotness'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (xcxpd)

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Kamala is going to win SC by 50.

The IA caucuses are a joke (no one cared AT THE TIME that Buttigieg won them in 2020) and NH is simply off the calendar (punishment from the DNC).

Kamala goes into Super Tuesday with a consolidated black vote and the only win that matters. Plus, her name recognition.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

264 >>Let go at 51, let go again at 62.

Some people can deal with the tribulation.

Lost everything in 2010.. Thanks Obama.. Our home, my husbands contracting business...Had to move into a small rental we were able to keep... Silver lining if there is one, during the 2017 Tubbs fire the home we lost burned to the ground and people died in the district ... Not saying it would have happened to me but my husband was in Idaho at the time hunting.. pretty sure I wouldn't have made it out alone.

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (VE6XX)

265 257 She can do it against couch fucker Vance with a full campaign!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

Ok, TJM.

*starts backing away making soothing hand motions*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)

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It's the narrative that's been percolating for a year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

266 Good to see you Muldoon.
Hope you are feeling strong.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (xcxpd)

267 I was inclined to like this painting except for the damn eyes. Grandparents can have a wonderfully positive influence on a child. Certainly, mine did. Nana had little formal education beyond literacy and household math but she passed along history and a perspective, some derived from her own grandmother, that provided a wider picture of our town and the people in it. My grandfather loved to guide us in reading and math and practical skills. He would challenge but explain so even small children understood. What they taught and how they taught remains a positive part of my life even now.

Posted by: JTB at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (yTvNw)

268 "See this good Christian preacher who says that Mary could have aborted God? You people have the wrong Christianity!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (GBKbO)

TJM, you are just being retarded now. Virginians voted for a dude who said he wanted his opponent to have her children murdered in front of her. They were just jake with that.

The ship, she has sailed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)

269 Mrs. Smith smells of talcum powder and lilac water.

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:32 AM (qgHp7)

270 It's the narrative that's been percolating for a year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

Is the narrative in the room with us?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)

271 Kamala got exactly what she was promised but they missed by half an inch.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:33 AM (AveBv)

272 268
TJM, you are just being retarded now. Virginians voted for a dude who said he wanted his opponent to have her children murdered in front of her. They were just jake with that.

The ship, she has sailed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)

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There's a difference between secular blood lust and Democrats getting a Senate candidate who is advancing heresy in the guise of Christianity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

273
Kamala's probably a worthwhile bet.

Mostly because the Democrat Party can't afford to piss off Black women and AWFLs.

Buuuuuut, inconvenient people in the Democrat Party do tend to have fatal accidents, so that's always a possibility, if Their Betters are Convinced she'll auger in the whole party with her run.

I guess we'll see.

where do you place bets on Madame Coconut?

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG)

274 >>She didn't notice that his salary wasn't hitting their bank account?

I imagine he handled all the household finances.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 10:33 AM (Y1sOo)

275 Mrs. Smith smells of talcum powder and lilac water.
------

I was guessing "Old Spice".

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (TN0g+)

276
@headquarters_67
·
1h
Welcome to Headquarters, the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub.

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

What even is this? Where is it? She announced something called "Headquarters" (formerly "Kamala HQ") on an X account called "HQ" (account name headquarters_67 because 66 other accounts had gotten "headquarters" already) but where is "Headquarters"?

And why isn't she even wearing a proper mic? You can't hear anything.

And her body language says she knows no one is going to come to her crummy hub.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (JrWaT)

277 Virginians voted for"

"voted"?

That's funny right there. Our old VA district had 120% of the estimated adult population in registered voters...

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (XuXeR)

278 Like icon painting, almost

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (O3dBq)

279 Kamala goes into Super Tuesday with a consolidated black vote and the only win that matters. Plus, her name recognition.

--------------

They are not sending their best.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (sX1BW)

280 I wonder how much Kumala can spend in a full campaign. .1.3B in 108 days.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (MGB5H)

281 Unless something really weird happens in the next 18-24 months it’ll be Vance vs Newsom.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (Jay38)

282 Reporter: "Are you going to apologize to Alex Pretti's family?"
Vance: "For what?"

-
I had a classmate in law school who, get this, was kind of an asshole. When the bill came at a restaurant he'd demand, "For what?!!!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (J+Psw)

283 Gen-Z HQ? Holy shit, is chatgpt advising this idiot?

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:35 AM (AveBv)

284 I was guessing "Old Spice"."

The real "Old Spice" or the newish "old spice"?

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:35 AM (XuXeR)

285 I had a boss who was fired by management. Everyday, M-F, he'd leave his house in the morning and return in the late afternoon
———

At one point DOD required everyone in the various state National Guard units to get direct deposit. No more paper checks.

I was told this caused some consternation amongst a non-trivial number of part time troops, they had (somehow) hornswoggled their wives into believing it was a volunteer job.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:35 AM (zbmv/)

286 There's a difference between secular blood lust and Democrats getting a Senate candidate who is advancing heresy in the guise of Christianity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

That's another place you are wrong: both ARE their religion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:36 AM (bss/y)

287 Mostly because the Democrat Party can't afford to piss off Black women and AWFLs.
—-

They are already pissed off, though. They’ll be fine.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:37 AM (zbmv/)

288 classmate in law school who, get this, was kind of an asshole"

WHAT? An "asshole" in law skrull? I shan't believe it... I just shan't...

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:37 AM (XuXeR)

289 Thats James Smith alright, with his grandson.

Posted by: Snark delivery at February 05, 2026 10:37 AM (6x9z7)

290 I was told this caused some consternation amongst a non-trivial number of part time troops, they had (somehow) hornswoggled their wives into believing it was a volunteer job.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:35 AM (zbmv/)

Just open a new account. Why the consternation? Presumably the account already existed for them to deposit the paper checks.

What would be a bit tougher to hide is tax time. Didn’t the wife ask where is this extra income from? Or did the wives not bother with pesky things like tax returns? Lol.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:38 AM (Jay38)

291 Chatgpt: You need to get young people interested in you. It's 2023 so Gen-Z is pretty hot right now.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:38 AM (AveBv)

292 285 I had a boss who was fired by management. Everyday, M-F, he'd leave his house in the morning and return in the late afternoon
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At one point DOD required everyone in the various state National Guard units to get direct deposit. No more paper checks.

I was told this caused some consternation amongst a non-trivial number of part time troops, they had (somehow) hornswoggled their wives into believing it was a volunteer job.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:35 AM (zbmv/)
Well, at one point it was damn near a volunteer job.

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 10:38 AM (Lytz7)

293 For a while, my employer had direct deposit, but you could limit the amount deposited and receive a check for the remainder. When they killed that off, my wife thought I got a huge raise but couldn't figure out why I was now out of cash all the time.

Posted by: Wally at February 05, 2026 10:38 AM (65cLN)

294 I imagine he handled all the household finances.
Posted by: one hour sober

My wife handles ours. A penny doesn't come in or go out that she's not aware of.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

295 Bwahahahaha. Our betters in action.

A federal judge who authored a piece in the Atlantic claiming that he was resigning from the federal bench because of the Trump White House's "assault on the rule of law" was under investigation for misconduct at the time of his resignation.

"The order did not provide details about the alleged misconduct but stated it could include "treating litigants, attorneys, judicial employees or others in a demonstrably egregious and hostile manner" or creating a hostile workplace for court employees. Judge Barron ultimately concluded that further action was unnecessary because of "intervening events."

https://is.gd/bTie6p

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)

296 Illegal alien kills four Amish men in Indiana semi crash 😔

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Probably deserved it. I wonder what they were wearing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:40 AM (J+Psw)

297 Speaking of direct deposit

Both Chase and WF are offering $400 to open a new checking account and set up direct deposit for 90 days.

Chase is offering an extra $500 for opening a savings account and funding $10k into it for 90 days.

Other than burning a couple of credit checks easy free money.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:40 AM (Jay38)

298 “The Open Borders experiment was a huge failure”

Who would be dumb enough to believe that? It has been a roaring success.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:41 AM (zbmv/)

299 Illegal alien kills four Amish men

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They are white and supported Trump. They racistly obstructed the path of a New Neighbor.

Dismissed!

Posted by: Duh Judge at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (BI5O2)

300 'Tis possible that the black community in SC does not turn out for the woman whose black DNA is mostly coating her upper palate.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (gKWVE)

301 I had multiple "career adjustments" after retiring from the Army. Each one landed me in a better spot.
I had three things going for me:
---a willingness to relocate, even if temporarily
---I had developed a very good network trapline
---I still had a security clearance and updated background investigation

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (2WIwB)

302 >>>My wife handles ours. A penny doesn't come in or go out that she's not aware of.

Until my wife passed recently, I didn't have a clue how much money was coming and going out of the household on a monthly basis. She was a CPA and handled everything finance and investment wise. She had my well-earned trust. I never even looked at our tax returns. Just signed them and handed them back to her.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (Y1sOo)

303 300 'Tis possible that the black community in SC does not turn out for the woman whose black DNA is mostly coating her upper palate.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (gKWVE)

*rueful golfclap*

Well played.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:44 AM (bss/y)

304 no caffeine
no chocolate
food was bland

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 10:44 AM (ciYHQ)

305 300 'Tis possible that the black community in SC does not turn out for the woman whose black DNA is mostly coating her upper palate.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (gKWVE)

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And Biden wasn't black either, but they chose him because of the combination of his name recognition and the fact that he was Obama's VP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

306 The giant conglomerate I used to bean count for got mucho feedback from the field hands when it proposed direct deposit for everybody in the late '90s. It seems them good ol' boys liked keeping their pay far and apart from wifey eyes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 10:45 AM (wVcYX)

307 "The driver of the semi, 30-year-old Bekzhan Beishekeev from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was not injured in the crash."

Philadelpia man.

Yeah, sure.

Posted by: Lady Who at February 05, 2026 10:45 AM (JCLJi)

308 Good to see you Muldoon.
Hope you are feeling strong.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

********

Do you know something I don't?

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:46 AM (qgHp7)

309 The “community” might not turn out, but the ballots will. Nome sayin’?

These are all top down operations, going on decades now, not grass roots phenom. They aren’t “smoke filled” back rooms any longer.

Paul Volcker smoked a big ass stogie testifying before Congress. I wonder if smoking was still allowed at that point. He clearly didn’t care in any event, and nobody was going to stop him.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:46 AM (zbmv/)

310 I'll see what the lawyer says and go from there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

rgr that

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 10:47 AM (ciYHQ)

311 Bekzhan Beishekeev"

Of the Main Line Beishekeevs, I'm sure...

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:47 AM (XuXeR)

312 308 Good to see you Muldoon.
Hope you are feeling strong.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

********

Do you know something I don't?
Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:46 AM (qgHp7)

Strong like bull?

Or

Start running?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:47 AM (bss/y)

313 "The driver of the semi, 30-year-old Bekzhan Beishekeev from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was not injured in the crash."

Philadelpia man.

Yeah, sure.

Posted by: Lady Who

Probably a Main Line Quaker. Descended from the Penn family itself. And related to Grace Kelly by marriage.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

314 The driver of the semi, 30-year-old Bekzhan Beishekeev from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was not injured in the crash."

Philadelpia man.

Yeah, sure.

Posted by: Lady Who at

Obviously born and raised in DelCo.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:48 AM (MGB5H)

315 186 Luckily for them, in this case it doesn't matter - neither they or the people who matter want Kamala. Nobody does.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (BI5O2)

You're begging TJM to give you the "South Carolina does" speech.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:48 AM (6Uni8)

316 Probably a Main Line Quaker. Descended from the Penn family itself. And related to Grace Kelly by marriage."

Used to run into them at Strawbridge & Clothiers, I'm sure

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:49 AM (XuXeR)

317 Until my wife passed recently, I didn't have a clue how much money was coming and going out of the household on a monthly basis. She was a CPA and handled everything finance and investment wise. She had my well-earned trust. I never even looked at our tax returns. Just signed them and handed them back to her.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (Y1sOo)

So sorry about your loss.

Posted by: Lady Who at February 05, 2026 10:49 AM (JCLJi)

318 315 186 Luckily for them, in this case it doesn't matter - neither they or the people who matter want Kamala. Nobody does.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (BI5O2)

You're begging TJM to give you the "South Carolina does" speech.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:48 AM (6Uni

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I just don't understand how anyone can look back at 2016 and 2020 and say, "The Democrat establishment is really good at forcing their primary preferences on the primary electorate."

They almost failed in 2016 when they cleared the field for Hillary. They turned a backwoods Senator into a superstar instead and had to cheat to beat him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

319 You're begging TJM to give you the "South Carolina does" speech.
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:48 AM (6Uni

Which he has already given multiple times this thread.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:50 AM (bss/y)

320 319 You're begging TJM to give you the "South Carolina does" speech.
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:48 AM (6Uni

Which he has already given multiple times this thread.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:50 AM (bss/y)

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All I get in response is "*hand wave* and Kamala doesn't win anything".

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

321 I just can't see Harris as the nominee. She did poorly in every other primary she's done, got beat (badly) by Trump...why would she suddenly be MORE popular and effective?

Sure, you can say black voters (and especially women) are critical in Dem voting...but there are bound to be other "candidates of color" in the 2028 dem primaries, and if the party wants, they can mobilize black voters to support a white candidate (see Joe Biden, 2020). Kamala is not popular with the Dem Establishment OR the base. She's a loser, which is why a bitter Biden left her as candidate as a poison pill.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 05, 2026 10:51 AM (JCZqz)

322 Target’s New CEO Admits Retailer Has Lost Trust With Its Shoppers and Staff

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Going full woke pervert didn't pay off?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:51 AM (J+Psw)

323 321 Sure, you can say black voters (and especially women) are critical in Dem voting...but there are bound to be other "candidates of color" in the 2028 dem primaries, and if the party wants, they can mobilize black voters to support a white candidate (see Joe Biden, 2020). Kamala is not popular with the Dem Establishment OR the base. She's a loser, which is why a bitter Biden left her as candidate as a poison pill.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 05, 2026 10:51 AM (JCZqz)

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Wes Moore dropped out before getting in because his primary polling was such an embarrassment.

Deval Patrick's campaign in 2020 lasted for 3 months.

Everyone else is either white or AOC (who is white, just Hispanic).

Name recognition does a lot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

324 Of the Main Line Beishekeevs, I'm sure...
Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:47 AM

The cadet branch of the family we don't talk about. In trade, you know.

Posted by: Henry Cabot-Beishekeev at February 05, 2026 10:52 AM (kgE5c)

325 That's a man, baby.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 05, 2026 10:52 AM (dGCAG)

326 Speaking of Edward Andrews, he was excellent as the organized crime boss in The Phenix City Story.

The movie made a big impact on a young Martin Scorsese. I can see why - it was shockingly violent for its time - but the movie itself isn't great. The irony is that it served as propaganda for a Democrat who was more committed to segregation than George Wallace!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 05, 2026 10:52 AM (BHrzb)

327 All I get in response is "*hand wave* and Kamala doesn't win anything".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

I am saying she is horrifically annoying. I would almost prefer Newsom.

Just look at it this way man, after giving this specific screed 1000 times over the next 2 years, you can then give us the 'I told you so' one while we are digging our own graves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (bss/y)

328 driver of the semi, 30-year-old Bekzhan Beishekeev from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was not injured in the crash."

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Does there exist a more Philly name than Bekzhan? If so I have yet to hear it.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (Jay38)

329 So sorry about your loss.
Posted by: Lady Who

Thank you.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (Y1sOo)

330 327 I am saying she is horrifically annoying. I would almost prefer Newsom.

Just look at it this way man, after giving this specific screed 1000 times over the next 2 years, you can then give us the 'I told you so' one while we are digging our own graves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (bss/y)

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I just see all the critiques of Kamala as parallel critiques that Biden got.

Biden was an embarrassment for decades, and then he was the nominee.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

331 I’m going to go out on a yuuuuuge limb and predict there will be no protests or riots or moments of silence for the 4 white men killed by a non white illegal.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:54 AM (Jay38)

332 Does there exist a more Philly name than Bekzhan? If so I have yet to hear it.
Posted by: Really??

Bekzhan Wilson. Signed the Declaration of Independence.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

333 They almost failed in 2016 when they cleared the field for Hillary. They turned a backwoods Senator into a superstar instead and had to cheat to beat him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

But they did beat him.

Posted by: Captain Jack Sparrow at February 05, 2026 10:54 AM (JCZqz)

334 327 I am saying she is horrifically annoying. I would almost prefer Newsom.

Just look at it this way man, after giving this specific screed 1000 times over the next 2 years, you can then give us the 'I told you so' one while we are digging our own graves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (bss/y)

My specific beef is the whole idea of No Other State is Allowed to Defy the Will of Shaquonda and Luhfawnduh in South Carolina. Once they cast their votes, everybody must do the same.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (6Uni8)

335 I just see all the critiques of Kamala as parallel critiques that Biden got.

Biden was an embarrassment for decades, and then he was the nominee.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

Look, I am not arguing with your logic, per se- just your passion and ... rote. You could well be right- we HAVE all seen far stupider shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)

336 So who's going to start the AoS political betting pool?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (ULPxl)

337 333 They almost failed in 2016 when they cleared the field for Hillary. They turned a backwoods Senator into a superstar instead and had to cheat to beat him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

But they did beat him.

Posted by: Captain Jack Sparrow at February 05, 2026 10:54 AM (JCZqz)

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Yeah. 10 years ago, and then the next election cycle, they had to cycle between chosen establishment preferences (Kamala to Bet to Warren to Buttigieg) before they had to settle with Biden (whom Obama told not to run).

10 years ago, when they were more powerful to the point that they could clear the field for a preferred candidate, they barely did it. 6 years ago, they couldn't clear the field, and they failed to choose their preferred candidate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (GBKbO)

338 Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Grilled on Why the Company Pushes So Much Transgender Content Aimed at Children

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It's because they're anti-American child molesting perverts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:56 AM (J+Psw)

339 335 Look, I am not arguing with your logic, per se- just your passion and ... rote. You could well be right- we HAVE all seen far stupider shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)

=======

I don't jump into the argument EVERY time it comes up. And when I do I say the same things over and over again.

It's true.

I should be trying to convince you people to put money on Newsom in the betting markets to drive Kamala's chances back down so I can put more money on her at a cheaper price.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

340 Everyone else is either white or AOC (who is white, just Hispanic).

Name recognition does a lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Maybe Ruben Gallego? I'd also remind you, Obama came out from nowhere.

Posted by: Captain Jack Sparrow at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (JCZqz)

341 So who's going to start the AoS political betting pool?"

Nope. Wouldn't be prudent.

(and predicting politics is just...)

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (XuXeR)

342 I would almost prefer Newsom.

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Because he'd make the trains run on time?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (J+Psw)

343 My specific beef is the whole idea of No Other State is Allowed to Defy the Will of Shaquonda and Luhfawnduh in South Carolina. Once they cast their votes, everybody must do the same.
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (6Uni

Doesn't mean it's wrong. Just annoying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (bss/y)

344 340 Maybe Ruben Gallego? I'd also remind you, Obama came out from nowhere.

Posted by: Captain Jack Sparrow at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (JCZqz)

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Obama didn't come out of nowhere.

He was 3-4 in polls 2 years out from the primary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

345 338 Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Grilled on Why the Company Pushes So Much Transgender Content Aimed at Children

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It's because they're anti-American child molesting perverts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:56 AM (J+Psw)

Sarandos is a Greek Homo.

Of course he's gonna push gay shit.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (6Uni8)

346 They almost failed in 2016 when they cleared the field for Hillary. They turned a backwoods Senator into a superstar instead and had to cheat to beat him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

Almost only counts in horseshoes.

Even with hand grenades, if you only clip the guy's ear, it doesn't help your cause.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (dGCAG)

347 Yanking *biden off the ballot last year and unceremoniously shoving Harris down the Democrat's throat probably didn't really polish her political cred. Her performance up to, and including the election demonstrated she's totally unprepared for office.

She may very well run, but the political (D) establishment wants nothing to do with her.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (jtM2q)

348 Sarandos is a Greek Homo.

Of course he's gonna push gay shit.
Posted by: XTC at February

Seems redundant.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (MGB5H)

349 343 My specific beef is the whole idea of No Other State is Allowed to Defy the Will of Shaquonda and Luhfawnduh in South Carolina. Once they cast their votes, everybody must do the same.
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (6Uni

Doesn't mean it's wrong. Just annoying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (bss/y)

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The DNC hates it too. The primary calendar is actually a bit up in the air, but SC is not going to give up its newly minted first in the nation status now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

350 They almost failed in 2016 when they cleared the field for Hillary. They turned a backwoods Senator into a superstar instead and had to cheat to beat him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

No they turned him into a superstar so they could energize their base (who hated their chosen nominee) and then leverage all the info collected and energy for future candidates including Hillary herself who he happily shared all the data with before returning to one of his three houses. Why do you believe surface stuff from Democrats? It's all lies, obfuscation and fakery. Anything real or true or apparent is purely accidental or convenient.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (AveBv)

351 Because he'd make the trains run on time?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Just the one from Bakersfield to Fresno.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

352 I should be trying to convince you people to put money on Newsom in the betting markets to drive Kamala's chances back down so I can put more money on her at a cheaper price.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

Is this your plan rather than trying to go out and find an actual job?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (bss/y)

353 Of course he's gonna push gay shit."

Uh, phrasing?

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (XuXeR)

354 353 Of course he's gonna push gay shit."

Uh, phrasing?
Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (XuXeR)

Seems right on target.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (bss/y)

355 347 Yanking *biden off the ballot last year and unceremoniously shoving Harris down the Democrat's throat probably didn't really polish her political cred. Her performance up to, and including the election demonstrated she's totally unprepared for office.

She may very well run, but the political (D) establishment wants nothing to do with her.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (jtM2q)

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Oh, I suspect she'll be an embarrassment. Her video today is...weird.

But, she's got name recognition and passion. That's enough for the primary.

And then the general will come around and she's going to be all, "I'm Black Girl Magic and we're going to give citizenship to the world."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (GBKbO)

356 Is this your plan rather than trying to go out and find an actual job?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (bss/y)

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This place.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (jZzOU)

357 So who's going to start the AoS political betting pool?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (ULPxl)

Shohei Ohtani called and said "his interpreter" has several million dollars he'd like to put on this.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (dGCAG)

358 352 I should be trying to convince you people to put money on Newsom in the betting markets to drive Kamala's chances back down so I can put more money on her at a cheaper price.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

Is this your plan rather than trying to go out and find an actual job?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (bss/y)

=======

Sort of...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (GBKbO)

359 This may already have been posted, so sorry to repeat if so, but the "No Kings" protest funding has been released. Almost $300 million, a full third of which is from George Soros and his Tides foundations. Unreal money spent on undermining America.

https://tinyurl.com/4cum6pxe

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (+NW8W)

360 Sort of...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (GBKbO)

Hah! *golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 11:01 AM (bss/y)

361 who's going to start the AoS political betting pool?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February

I'll gladly do it. But the vig is 80%.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:01 AM (MGB5H)

362 MONKEY TIME

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 11:01 AM (ezKS4)

363 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

364 Because he'd make the trains run on time?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

He'd make the trans run on time.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:02 AM (AveBv)

365 350 No they turned him into a superstar so they could energize their base (who hated their chosen nominee) and then leverage all the info collected and energy for future candidates including Hillary herself who he happily shared all the data with before returning to one of his three houses. Why do you believe surface stuff from Democrats? It's all lies, obfuscation and fakery. Anything real or true or apparent is purely accidental or convenient.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (AveBv)

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And you are far too conspiratorial.

No, they didn't expect Sanders to become a superstar. They had to actually make the DNC weaker in response to his near win. Super delegates went from being able to choose whom they wanted on the first ballot at the convention to only being able to vote their conscience on the second ballot because the Sanders fans were so pissed at what happened, especially in the face of the general election loss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:02 AM (GBKbO)

366 137 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other. It will be epic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (RIvkX)

Isn't there an AI p0rn generator for that?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (8zz6B)

367 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:02 AM (GBKbO)

I will put aside your unwarranted criticism and remind you it's only conspirstorial when you can't predict it in advance. I said all year last year it would be Kamala and that Biden would be shoved aside for her or forced through. No one else. That's when everyone was talking about Michelle and all the other "conspirstorial" stuff. Watch and learn.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (AveBv)

368 Also I haven't picked you apart personally once, regardless of what I think of your opinion(s). Bear it in mind.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (AveBv)

369 Not defending Netflix filth.

But why is the govt grilling the CEO over this? Do we really want the govt deciding what Netflix is allowed to stream?

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (Jay38)

370 jackie coogan!

Posted by: cmeat at February 05, 2026 11:09 AM (R11M+)

371 Pretty sure you were saying it would be Buttigieg.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:08 AM (GBKbO)

In 2024? Absolutely 100% not. I was saying for years he is next in line AFTER Kamala.

Now you're accusing me of lying. Not appreciating it. I like to keep things cordial so I am going to put it up to you and a bad morning.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:10 AM (AveBv)

372 America will never elect an open poofter as President, I also don’t believe it will elect a woman.

It’s either going be Newsom, Moore or some wild-card entrant we don’t know about yet.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (m+8Fo)

373 371
In 2024? Absolutely 100% not. I was saying for years he is next in line AFTER Kamala.

Now you're accusing me of lying. Not appreciating it. I like to keep things cordial so I am going to put it up to you and a bad morning.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:10 AM (AveBv)

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I deleted the comment because I realized what you meant.

But you did say "last year". Last year was 2025.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:13 AM (GBKbO)

374 But you did say "last year". Last year was 2025.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:13 AM (GBKbO)

LOL indeed I did. Cut me some slack it's still only January. 👀

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:14 AM (AveBv)

375 374 But you did say "last year". Last year was 2025.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:13 AM (GBKbO)

LOL indeed I did. Cut me some slack it's still only January. 👀

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:14 AM (AveBv)

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It's all good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:15 AM (GBKbO)

376 Just the one from Bakersfield to Fresno.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

Gavino Newsolini. He made the train run on time!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:27 AM (8zz6B)

377 Well, she didn't waste a lot of the family money on makeup, like some chippie.

Posted by: m at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (8NTVk)

378 376 Just the one from Bakersfield to Fresno.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

Gavino Newsolini. He made the train run on time!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:27 AM (8zz6B)

LOL Newsolini!

Posted by: m at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (8NTVk)

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