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The Morning Rant
The Trump administration is considering invoking the Defense Production Act to ramp up the manufacturing of munitions, driven by worries about U.S. inventory levels during the ongoing “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran. This law permits the government to direct production priorities toward critical national security requirements; the idea of invoking it has surfaced in closed-door briefings on Capitol Hill, per people with knowledge of the discussions. President Donald J. Trump has openly called on defense manufacturers to speed up output, stating, “We have unlimited middle and upper ammunition, which is really what we’re using in this war.” Trump further stated that defense firms are operating “under emergency orders” to fulfill military demands.
Is it an issue? Absolutely! We cannot allow our stocks to be depleted without a robust plan to replenish them...and fast! The particular problem of course is that these missiles are amazingly complex, and simply take a long while to build. Throwing industrial capacity at the problem is unlike that of World War II, where we were able to convert civilian manufacturing to produce war materiel in a very short time. In addition to the obvious (Boeing,Grumman, etc.) Ford, GM, Chrysler, American Locomotive Company, Singer, International Harvester, Frigidaire, IBM, and many more civilian companies shifted production to planes and tanks and aircraft engines and other needed materiel. The list is amazing, and includes companies like Steinway Pianos, Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation (jukeboxes!), Lionel, Hoover, and on and on. But...there is a small but rapidly growing niche, in which small and nimble high-tech firms can build advanced weaponry much more quickly than the traditional manufacturers.As an example, those $35,000 drones we are using in Iran are built by a small company that is barely 10 years old! Spektreworks has built hundreds of these drones that have been put to good use at a comparatively low cost, and more importantly, they delivered quickly! Is this the answer to our supply issues? No, but it is part of it. President Trump will need to pressure the large, traditional manufacturers to stop doing business as usual, and start producing without the procurement nonsense that anyone with a passing knowledge of the process will explain. They have grown fat and lazy, and Donald Trump is just the man to whip them into shape. As the nature of modern warfare changes rapidly, these companies must be far more nimble than they were. Drones were toys just a few years ago, and now they are a significant threat on the battlefield. A 10-year design and procurement pathway will not work! And countering the drone threat will be a huge market, with unknown technology that might shift the battlefield tomorrow or next year. Israel's laser-based anti-missile system is changing the paradigm already, and it is entirely possible that there is a small tech firm in America that is working on the next radical advancement. President Trump's dislike of regulation and the sclerotic pace of government and industry will be a huge driver of this sort of advancement. He has already set the tone, and I wouldn't bet against American ingenuity! [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 05, 2026 11:00 AM (VkY89)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 05, 2026 11:00 AM (VkY89)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 05, 2026 11:01 AM (zjgNU)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 05, 2026 11:02 AM (VkY89)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 05, 2026 11:02 AM (MNCvZ)
We are sadly, HILARIOUSLY unprepared for a serious war.
We have warmaking "industries" but almost no capability for scaling them up. We are astoundingly slow at producing ships, planes, tanks, and the like and have zero capacity for increasing that.
Trump needs to change that and this could be a first step towards that.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 05, 2026 11:04 AM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 11:04 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 11:05 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 05, 2026 11:05 AM (cS1cw)
There is the one penetrating bomb we have that we decided to use the barrel of a 155mm howitzer to make because the steel was perfect and it gave you the strength that you wanted. So every time you need one of these munitions, they break down a howitzer.
Does anyone besides me boggle at this? How about you get the factory that MADE the howitzer barrels to make NEW casings explicitly for these munitions?
The factory is shut down, isn't it? We CAN'T make them any more, can we? And we console ourselves because we have tons of 155mm howitzers, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:05 AM (bss/y)
That's part of it, but another big part is that the bigs are unwilling to spool up production lines when they know the Dems will cut them as soon as they can. There need to be some sort of guarantees that those lines will be built and then left with no orders. Trump sees that.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
What happens when there a real war with China?
Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 11:06 AM (0TtYd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:06 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 11:05 AM (iFTx/)
https://tinyurl.com/mu53zca8
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 11:06 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 11:06 AM (EtnSa)
Something the Call of Duty video game series predicted rather well.
Posted by: Sometimes game devs are prophetic at March 05, 2026 11:07 AM (TbWk/)
We have warmaking "industries" but almost no capability for scaling them up. We are astoundingly slow at producing ships, planes, tanks, and the like and have zero capacity for increasing that.
If that were true, NASA, which relies on outfits like Boeing, would be unable to put astronauts into space and return them in an expeditious manner.
Never mind.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 05, 2026 11:08 AM (OSZOS)
WE GAVE IT NO WARNING!
THE SUBMARINE THAT DID THE SINKING THEN DID NOT SURFACE TO HELP THE SURVIVORS!
THE LAST PEOPLE TO DO THIS WERE THE NAZIS!
WAR CRIME!!! WAR CRIME!!!
Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points! at March 05, 2026 11:08 AM (n1OCj)
These drones were just used in Iran. US ships fired Tomahawk missles to take out coastal missile batteries. They sent out the drones first and the Iranians blew their was on the drones and the missiles got by unhit. They also made the batteries light their positions up on RADAR, which were recorded by F35s and they were updated in the attack package.
Smart and cost effective.
Posted by: Coldwarvet at March 05, 2026 11:08 AM (W623R)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
There is the one penetrating bomb we have that we decided to use the barrel of a 155mm howitzer to make because the steel was perfect and it gave you the strength that you wanted. So every time you need one of these munitions, they break down a howitzer.
Does anyone besides me boggle at this? How about you get the factory that MADE the howitzer barrels to make NEW casings explicitly for these munitions?
The factory is shut down, isn't it? We CAN'T make them any more, can we? And we console ourselves because we have tons of 155mm howitzers, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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That was a gulf war special program and fwiw, IIRC they used old howitzer barrels as the bore wears over time and has to be replaced. Essentially the worn bores were only useful for scrap before being repurposed as bomb casings.
The new bunker busters are built from scratch I think.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:09 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tubal at March 05, 2026 11:09 AM (pDt9x)
Retarded then and now.
Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 11:09 AM (0TtYd)
The factory is shut down, isn't it? We CAN'T make them any more, can we? And we console ourselves because we have tons of 155mm howitzers, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:05 AM (bss/y)
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They were using barrels that had been fired enough that the rifling was worn out and ineffective, iirc.
We weren't tearing apart perfectly good weapons systems. They were retired barrels.
Posted by: ballistic at March 05, 2026 11:10 AM (3BwY8)
I haven't seen if it's been posted yet here, but I gasped out loud at Alex Stein's comments to Eyepatch McCain. Insensitive? Yes. Savage? Yes. Chutzpah? Yes. 100% Alex Stein hilarity? Yes.
It's too bad he got cut from the Blaze. Hope he's finding a new path ok.
@nicksortor
🚨 LMFAO! The legendary @alexstein99 attempted to ask RINO Dan Crenshaw about his embarrassing loss last night, but he RAN AWAY
“Hey Dan! Did you see that loss coming??!”
Crenshaw’s career in Congress was short and sweet. Just like his field of vision.
Posted by: LizLem at March 05, 2026 11:10 AM (gWBY1)
The airframe is similar, but the real heart of a drone is the electronics and software, which we've completely changed. The Iranians (and the Russkis, for that matter) can't match it; not even close.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
The thing is never the thing, just as this thing (Iran) is not the thing.
Either Ukraine or Iran merely highlight the symptom to an underlying problem.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:10 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 11:10 AM (LHPAg)
WE GAVE IT NO WARNING!
THE SUBMARINE THAT DID THE SINKING THEN DID NOT SURFACE TO HELP THE SURVIVORS!
THE LAST PEOPLE TO DO THIS WERE THE NAZIS!
WAR CRIME!!! WAR CRIME!!!
Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points! at March 05, 2026 11:08 AM (n1OCj)
And my only response is uncontrollable giggling.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 05, 2026 11:10 AM (zjgNU)
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It is a remarkable story. They reverse engineered the shahed drones drones originally designed and built by Iran. They then networked them, made them less prone to GPS jamming and more "nimble" in deployment. For the cost of one Tomahawk cruise missile you can have hundreds of these things that go all sploody.
Obviously for small, unfortified targets.
Like people.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 05, 2026 11:10 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Case at March 05, 2026 11:11 AM (gQFwH)
Posted by: Coldwarvet at March 05, 2026 11:08 AM (W623R)
Yup...and the Iranians had reverse engineered one of ours!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2026 11:11 AM (n9ltV)
THE SUBMARINE THAT DID THE SINKING THEN DID NOT SURFACE TO HELP THE SURVIVORS!
They have lifeboats... At least we didn't shoot at those.. Also... I don't give a damn...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:11 AM (NdvkI)
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:09 AM (E4rtv)
Ok, that makes me feel better, thanks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:11 AM (bss/y)
They have lifeboats... At least we didn't shoot at those.. Also... I don't give a damn...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:11 AM (NdvkI)
We could have surfaced and machine gunned the survivors and yet we didn't.
Nobel Peace prize: accepted.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:11 AM (bss/y)
These drones were just used in Iran. US ships fired Tomahawk missles to take out coastal missile batteries. They sent out the drones first and the Iranians blew their was on the drones and the missiles got by unhit. They also made the batteries light their positions up on RADAR, which were recorded by F35s and they were updated in the attack package.
Smart and cost effective.
Posted by: Coldwarvet
It was the Shaheed drone which in turn was developed from an Obama era US drone that ended up in Iran from some sort of cyber warfare. Iranians substituted good ole Iran as home base instead of where it was supposed to return to. So the sequence goes--US drone tech, captured and copied by Iran into Shaheed--Shaheeds from Ukraine attacks by Russia then end up being reverse reverse engineered into the current cheap US drone.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:12 AM (E4rtv)
There it is!
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Case at March 05, 2026 11:11 AM (gQFwH)
Let's make it easy... No democrats can have guns...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:12 AM (NdvkI)
We weren't tearing apart perfectly good weapons systems. They were retired barrels.
Posted by: ballistic at March 05, 2026 11:10 AM (3BwY
Very clever, actually, turning scrap steel into new weapons.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:12 AM (8zz6B)
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:
Prior leaders have been too weak and ineffective to address this threat.
Some, like Barack Hussein Obama, sent cash that ultimately financed this terrorist crusade against the United States and our people.
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[University of Alabama School of Law Professor] Joyce Alene
@JoyceWhiteVance
Karoline Leavitt, spitting out President Obama's middle name, Hussein, as though it's some evidence of his complicity with terrorists, is despicable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 11:13 AM (FXNzP)
Some people are really unclear on the concept of "warship".
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 11:13 AM (n1OCj)
Obviously not all but it would be stupid to insist giving tens of billions of our military hardware to Ukraine didn't have an effect.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 05, 2026 11:13 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
We did give a bunch of stuff to Ukraine.
But this issue CAN'T be Ukraine's fault because it simply decreased our stockpiles of weapons and ammunition.
That has ZERO relationship to the fact we can't produce such things.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 05, 2026 11:13 AM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 11:13 AM (0TtYd)
@JoyceWhiteVance
Karoline Leavitt, spitting out President Obama's middle name, Hussein, as though it's some evidence of his complicity with terrorists, is despicable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 11:13 AM (FXNzP)
Makes a point though doesn't it...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:13 AM (NdvkI)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2026 11:14 AM (PUFi/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I was at Eglin AFB during the First Gulf War when they were developing those bunker busters and they still have some impressive released videos from the trials online I think. It was an emergency program to help make Saddam's bunkers useless that the Germans built for him.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)
@JoyceWhiteVance
Karoline Leavitt, spitting out President Obama's middle name, Hussein, as though it's some evidence of his complicity with terrorists, is despicable.
Ummmm, okay, how would you describe giving the terrorists billions of dollars? It's interesting that you think KL's insufficiently worshipful attitude is the problem here.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
None of this would be tolerated today, never mind there aren’t enough smart people to administer such an all encompassing project.
Wars should not be entered into lightly. But when they are, they need to be fully and completely engaged. Too much politics involved.
War crimes are a joke, as is “international law”. To have the Soviet Union at Nuremberg on a panel of judges was absurd on the face of it. The whole notion they were an “ally” was pretty silly and caused nothing but trouble.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 05, 2026 11:14 AM (ayI3s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:12 AM (8zz6B)
Sort of a "beating your swords into pike-heads" thing
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 11:14 AM (rbvCR)
There it is!
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)
Chill. No one is saying fuck all about Ukraine. They're talking about the fecklessness of the US government, which used Ukraine as an excuse to run down our war stocks.
The fact that the US was driving force which created the Ukrainian war and Ukraine being a pit of corruption was not mentioned.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:14 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
The only warship that should be legal is that which takes place in a mosque.
-- AWFLs everywhere
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)
Karoline Leavitt, spitting out President Obama's middle name, Hussein, as though it's some evidence of his complicity with terrorists, is despicable.
Cry moar you stupid bint
Posted by: one hour sober at March 05, 2026 11:15 AM (Y1sOo)
Thee people are fucking children.
Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 11:15 AM (0TtYd)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 11:16 AM (Dv3i1)
Interestingly, the Geneva Conventions apparently specifically exempt submarines from having to render aid, because there is no place to put survivors on a sub.
No matter - "Jo From Jerz" has her talking points.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 11:16 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 11:16 AM (0TtYd)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at March 05, 2026 11:16 AM (/zCZM)
Karoline Leavitt, spitting out President Obama's middle name, Hussein, as though it's some evidence of his complicity with terrorists, is despicable.
Barack Obama is enough to make her point anyway.. Barack
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:17 AM (NdvkI)
‘ Crenshaw’s career in Congress was short and sweet. Just like his field of vision.’
That was some good cruelty right there.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 05, 2026 11:17 AM (jbnUc)
That's racist!
Posted by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson at March 05, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 11:15 AM (0TtYd)
I know, but someone destroyed all of Epstein's videos...
OH, wait, you didn't mean it that way.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 05, 2026 11:18 AM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 11:18 AM (Dv3i1)
Attacking Christmas parades, pizzeria and whatnot: Legitimate targets.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 11:18 AM (FXNzP)
Thee people are fucking children.
Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 11:15 AM (0TtYd)
They grievance stack to get there. I also saw someone say it is illegal because no formal hostilities have been declared and also they are supposed to render aid and also the ship had just left Indian waters and also that they did not surface and let them know they were about to be attacked and also they were just meanies and on and on and on.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:18 AM (bss/y)
Honestly though, this is an attempt to generate feelings of self degradation among Americans. I am expecting a lot of 'just like Gaza' or whatever.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 11:18 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
We did give a bunch of stuff to Ukraine.
But this issue CAN'T be Ukraine's fault because it simply decreased our stockpiles of weapons and ammunition.
That has ZERO relationship to the fact we can't produce such things.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
Ukraine might have affected drones supply slightly but it really affected US artillery and howitzer ammo stocks, MLRS rocket systems, along with anti tank weapons.
But, in a permissive air defense atmosphere over Iran, we (and Israelis) are using plain-jane bombs that we have in stock rather than the primo air defense penetration standoff munitions. Those air delivered munitions were not used by the Ukrainians as they simply have not tried, nor the Russians, to do much via air other than drone or missile attacks.
We have probably used a fair number of bunker busters too for missile magazine sites and nuclear weapons facility bunkers.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:18 AM (E4rtv)
You can call a Republican President Hitler all day long.
But you’re not allowed to use a Democrat president‘s middle name.
Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 11:18 AM (0TtYd)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 05, 2026 11:19 AM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 11:15 AM (0TtYd)
I know, but someone destroyed all of Epstein's videos...
OH, wait, you didn't mean it that way.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 05, 2026 11:18 AM (zjgNU)
Damn. That exchange is a thing of beauty.
*golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:19 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:18 AM (bss/y)
MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY RULES, CHAP! MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY!!!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 05, 2026 11:19 AM (zjgNU)
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The 8th Army Air Forces lost a lot of B-17s and airmen going after the submarine pens at St. Nazaire. Apparently it was a waste of time, in fact they were still in use until 1996 by the French. Bunker busters would have helped immensely.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 05, 2026 11:20 AM (ayI3s)
@JoyceWhiteVance
Karoline Leavitt, spitting out President Obama's middle name, Hussein, as though it's some evidence of his complicity with terrorists, is despicable.
I hear that in Sylvester the cat's voice.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2026 11:20 AM (PUFi/)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 11:20 AM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
These are people that are grasping at straws. They know nothing of the conventions of naval warfare including that submarines do not surface when attacking enemy armed ships. Brits got the same ridiculous criticism, IIRC, when they sank the Argentinian ship Gen. Belgrano.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:20 AM (E4rtv)
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Posted by: Big Green Dildo Inc. at March 05, 2026 11:20 AM (/IU3q)
Posted by: Edward at March 05, 2026 11:21 AM (9gg3L)
No matter - "Jo From Jerz" has her talking points.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 11:16 AM (n1OCj)
I don't believe the Iranians are signatories to the Geneva Conventions, anyway. I think there were a few instances in which U-boat captains surfaced and rendered aid to survivors of lone merchant vessels that they sank.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:21 AM (8zz6B)
🚨 LMFAO! The legendary @alexstein99 attempted to ask RINO Dan Crenshaw about his embarrassing loss last night, but he RAN AWAY
“Hey Dan! Did you see that loss coming??!”
Crenshaw’s career in Congress was short and sweet. Just like his field of vision.
Posted by: LizLem
You could say he was blindsided.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 05, 2026 11:21 AM (u7cz3)
Posted by: Common Tater
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We know a lot more about concrete engineering and how to destroy it nowadays. Still, the Romans held a few surprises from millennia ago that we just now got around to figuring out.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)
@infantrydort
Idk who needs to hear this but the U.S. is attacking legitimate military targets.
Iran is attacking whatever it can hit. Civilians or otherwise.
We are not the same.
Spare us your outrage. Direct it to the terrorists flying suicide drones into residential areas.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 11:21 AM (Dv3i1)
It’s war you dummies. It’s real. Warships will get blown up. This ain’t a video game.
Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 11:22 AM (0TtYd)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 05, 2026 11:19 AM (zjgNU)
No, it is not just that. I do not think people really realize how jacked up and fucked our ROER during Iraq or Afghanistan actually were. How literally ridiculous it is.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:22 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2026 11:23 AM (PUFi/)
There are Indian commenters on X who think that this was an attack on India - that the Iranian ship should have been protected until it returned to Iran, under yet another made-up new rule of international law.
Besides, the sailors on the Iranian ship looked so cute marching in a military parade in India.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 11:23 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
Given that trannies are ipso facto mentally ill, existing laws should cover it.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 05, 2026 11:23 AM (VWZqq)
They did early in the war, but eventually stopped because it made them easy pickings.
Yes, German U-boats did sometimes pick up or assist survivors after torpedoing ships during World War II, but this practice changed dramatically in late 1942.
Early in the war (and into 1942), it was fairly common for U-boat commanders to follow a more "chivalrous" or prize rules-inspired approach when conditions allowed. After sinking a merchant ship, they often surfaced near the lifeboats to:
Question survivors for intelligence (e.g., ship's name, cargo, route). Provide supplies like food, water, cigarettes, medical aid, or a compass bearing/directions to the nearest land.
In some cases, actively pick up survivors or tow lifeboats if space permitted.
This wasn't universal—U-boats were small, crowded vessels with limited space and constant risk from enemy aircraft or ships
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)
I’m warming to the idea already. Careful what ya wish for, or something like that. At the very least Jane Fonda could enjoy some quality time at Gitmo.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 05, 2026 11:24 AM (ayI3s)
Posted by: Stu Podaso
He could not see the path to victory.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)
He had stars in his eye.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:24 AM (bss/y)
We could offer to sink an Indian ship so that they could see the difference between an attack on India and an attack on a ship which was recently in India.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
Given that trannies are ipso facto mentally ill, existing laws should cover it.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
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Ah, the Rainbow flag weapon confiscation laws. /sarc
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:25 AM (E4rtv)
Look at the militaries of our "allies" in NATO. They have been on the same path. The UK Navy, once the ruler of the seas, is pitifully small now.
Trump is the first leader in the west in decades that doesn't just believe in peace through strength he is living it. We never lacked the ability to churn out whatever military hardware we needed. We lacked the will.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 05, 2026 11:25 AM (viF8m)
United Airlines says passengers must wear headphones if they're listening to audio
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 11:25 AM (FXNzP)
We could offer to sink an Indian ship so that they could see the difference between an attack on India and an attack on a ship which was recently in India.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)
India should be careful with whose "side" they are on...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:25 AM (NdvkI)
Posted by: Karen McAwfl at March 05, 2026 11:25 AM (Yusaa)
Posted by: Stu Podaso
He could not see the path to victory.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)
He had stars in his eye.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
His weather eye was blind.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:25 AM (E4rtv)
Besides, the sailors on the Iranian ship looked so cute marching in a military parade in India.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 11:23 AM (n1OCj)
It's important to remember that there are still a lot of musselmen in India. The partition didn't get rid of them all.
(Funny how there are almost no Hindus in Pakistan, though.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 05, 2026 11:25 AM (zjgNU)
Posted by: MJ at March 05, 2026 11:25 AM (XOmY9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2026 11:26 AM (PUFi/)
Dönitz was supposed to hang at Nuremberg for waging unrestricted submarine warfare, but Nimitz (a submariner) wrote a letter to the court noting that the United States adopted exactly the same tactics starting December 7, 1941.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 11:26 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Stu Podaso
He could not see the path to victory.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)
He had stars in his eye.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
His weather eye was blind.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:25 AM (E4rtv)
Bonus: he only pays half price for contacts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:27 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)
(Funny how there are almost no Hindus in Pakistan, though.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
You know what the third-largest religion in India is?
Christianity.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
United Airlines says passengers must wear headphones if they're listening to audio
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 11:25 AM (FXNzP)
It's a sign of societal decline when you have to start making rules that used to be understood civility.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 05, 2026 11:27 AM (zjgNU)
It's pretty much all speculation at this point other than he is going to make an endorsement in the race soon.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 05, 2026 11:28 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
Given that trannies are ipso facto mentally ill, existing laws should cover it.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
Red Fag Laws
Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 05, 2026 11:28 AM (u7cz3)
Posted by: The Pride of Wilmington at March 05, 2026 11:28 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)
I find all non-American (and several American) Anglophone accents extremely annoying, except African ones.
In descending order of irritating-ness:
1.) South African
2.) Indian
3.) Australian
4.) All English accents
5.) Scottish, most especially Glaswegian, which probably belongs at #2 on its own
6.) Canadian
7.) Boston
8.) Minnesota
9.) Chicago
10.) SoCal
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
YD, you left out New Jersey.
But I agree with you that S.-African accents are the worst.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The Front Page at March 05, 2026 11:29 AM (Yusaa)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
But his vision has no depth.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:29 AM (E4rtv)
Color me skeptical that Cornyn would drop out because Trump asked him nicely and promised him things.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 05, 2026 11:30 AM (r7+k8)
Wait a minute then how to I get a 10 year grift out of this?!? There are forms to fill out, conferences to go to, and overseas hookers to bang
Posted by: Some Bureaucrat at March 05, 2026 11:30 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: The Pride of Wilmington
Pfft. Piker.
-- French guy with a WWI artillery shell up his ass
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)
Best outcome: mutual annihilation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:30 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
But his vision has no depth.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:29 AM (E4rtv)
That third eye comes in handy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:30 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
And Paxton has said he will not drop out so I say we are at an impasse and Trump should stay out of this one...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:31 AM (NdvkI)
Imagine the reaction...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 11:31 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:31 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Should we care much if Afghanis doing their terrorist bombing tricks in Karachi end up getting Pakistani bombings in Kandahar and Kabul. I think not.
ISI helped make Afghanistan a shithole in order to have a supply of nutjobs to attack India in Kashmir region. Karma.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:31 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: The senator from Lockheed Martin at March 05, 2026 11:32 AM (Yusaa)
‘ Brits got the same ridiculous criticism, IIRC, when they sank the Argentinian ship Gen. Belgrano.’
By their own leftists. Just like us now.
We need a plan to take care of those fuckers.
Britain let theirs slide and look where they are now.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 05, 2026 11:32 AM (jbnUc)
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:
Prior leaders have been too weak and ineffective to address this threat.
Some, like Barack Hussein Obama, sent cash that ultimately financed this terrorist crusade against the United States and our people.
-
[University of Alabama School of Law Professor] Joyce Alene
@JoyceWhiteVance
Karoline Leavitt, spitting out President Obama's middle name, Hussein, as though it's some evidence of his complicity with terrorists, is despicable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Her resume:
Joyce Alene Vance (born July 22, 1960) is an American lawyer who served as the United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017. She was one of the first five U.S. attorneys, and the first female U.S. attorney, nominated by President Barack Obama.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 11:32 AM (XeU6L)
You mean aside from the sheer entertainment value?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Amtrak Joe at March 05, 2026 11:32 AM (oftw2)
246 War crime!
Senator John Fetterman’s response to @prem_thakker when asked about the illegal US strike on an Iranian Naval ship in international waters:
“I want to offer condolences to your boss [Mehdi]. I know he’s all broke up about the Ayatollah.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 10:51 AM (FXNzP)
I had to look that up. Apparently @prem_thakker stands for Prem Thakker, believe it or not, and "Mehdi" is Indian-Muslim-British-American Mehdi Hasan (real name), founder of the media company Zeteo (real name) that Prem Thakker (real name) works for.
They need to go back.
Posted by: SciVo at March 05, 2026 11:32 AM (Sy6m/)
@JoyceWhiteVance
Karoline Leavitt, spitting out President Obama's middle name, Hussein, as though it's some evidence of his complicity with terrorists, is despicable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 11:13 AM (FXNzP)
Makes a point though doesn't it...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:13 AM (NdvkI)
Barky smugly got inaugurated with the Hussein being prominent in his smugness. So yeah, fair game.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 05, 2026 11:33 AM (X1fGu)
Some people are really unclear on the concept of "warship".
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 11:13 AM (n1OCj)
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They probably say the same thing about Somali pirates without understanding that pirates are by definition persona non grata in the international community and can thus be destroyed by anyone with the will to do so.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 05, 2026 11:33 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)
That's the conclusion I've come to. It will also kill all power and, in all likelihood, cause flooding in the single biggest space on most ships.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:33 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The senator from Lockheed Martin at March 05, 2026 11:32 AM (Yusaa)
I have said before, but I will say again: Raytheon is a cool fucking name.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:33 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bulg
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But he felt that in a world of two eyed people, the one eyed man is king. He got the phrase wrong unfortunately.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: jmet at March 05, 2026 11:33 AM (fNngM)
Posted by: Bulg
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Not a man of vision.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 11:33 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 05, 2026 11:30 AM (r7+k
I wonder if she hires illegals as servants or housekeepers? Trump's DOJ should investigate.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:34 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 05, 2026 11:35 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: DaveA at March 05, 2026 11:35 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at March 05, 2026 11:35 AM (MTbfy)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 05, 2026 11:35 AM (RfVfI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:36 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 11:36 AM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 11:36 AM (+nEug)
China imports about 11 million barrels of crude per day, with roughly 40-45% of that flowing through the Strait of Hormuz (mainly from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran).
Their strategic petroleum reserves are estimated by analysts at around 90-100 days of total consumption at current burn rates of ~14-15 million barrels/day including refined products.
Cut off from Hormuz and they’re staring down the barrel of empty tanks in roughly three months.
That’s not a sustainable position. Their only realistic play would be immediate, heavy domestic rationing, factories slowed, trucking curtailed, civilian fuel limits, the works. That would slam their economy and ripple hard through global supply chains.
https://is.gd/K4q9WH
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)
Submarines have never needed to surface to rescue sailors in the water.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 05, 2026 11:37 AM (qFwJc)
Joyce Alene Vance (born July 22, 1960) is an American lawyer who served as the United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017. She was one of the first five U.S. attorneys, and the first female U.S. attorney, nominated by President Barack Obama.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
=======
You might say she has the stench of BO all over her.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)
4m
BREAKING 🔴🔴
Another Iranian warship was sunk by a U.S. submarine off the coast of Sri Lanka.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 05, 2026 11:37 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 05, 2026 11:35 AM (RfVfI)
Still 48s. More updated, I believe, but still 48s.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:37 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 05, 2026 11:37 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)
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I can't count the number of times I've watched a science fiction movie or television series where the commander of a ship orders his fleet to target the engines and critical components of the enemy. Almost as if that's a legit tactic in warfare.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 05, 2026 11:37 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (XeU6L)
I'm mondo confused.
Didn't they vote yes to preserve and release the records? If yes, why is everyone acting like they voted no?
Votes
Yea: 357
No: 65
Vote Question: On Motion to Refer
Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the Committee’s review of violations or alleged violations of clause 9 (as it pertains to acts of sexual harassment) and clause 18 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
https://tinyurl.com/mwtd6fxy
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (nn0kD)
Posted by: Bulg
----
Not a man of vision.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 11:33 AM (XeU6L)
He just couldn't see the forest for the trees...
Posted by: Denny Crane - Blinded by the light. at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (RfVfI)
Look at the militaries of our "allies" in NATO. They have been on the same path. The UK Navy, once the ruler of the seas, is pitifully small now.
Trump is the first leader in the west in decades that doesn't just believe in peace through strength he is living it. We never lacked the ability to churn out whatever military hardware we needed. We lacked the will.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 05, 2026 11:25 AM (viF8m)
Didn't they give it gay names like peace dividends, or some shit? In reality it was another bullshit leftist scam to give the money to the free shit army.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (snZF9)
Sorry. There is no single Jersey accent. We all don't sound like we came from the stupid program "Jersey Shore" or whatever is was called . People from North Jersey will sound different from people who have lived in. Central or Southern NJ, and I have never in my life said "Joisey" 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (ix8EF)
I watched Tousi TV yesterday.. Good information and up to date...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (NdvkI)
4m
BREAKING 🔴🔴
Another Iranian warship was sunk by a U.S. submarine off the coast of Sri Lanka.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 05, 2026 11:37 AM (1o8D5)
You'd think they'd sail to a friendly Chinese port and ride out the fracas. Unless China said nope.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (X1fGu)
Posted by: Biden's Dog
Wow. This is shaping up to be the coolest war since the Falklands.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:39 AM (77rzZ)
That's interesting. I am surprised with all their belt and road shit that they have not managed to take over someplace that had oil reserves.
OTOH, I guess that is what Iran and Venezuela were...
Oops.
That's fucking awesome Donny Two Scoops. You're my hero.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)
4m
BREAKING 🔴🔴
Another Iranian warship was sunk by a U.S. submarine off the coast of Sri Lanka.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 05, 2026 11:37 AM (1o8D5)
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Now I gotta ask...Why are there more than one Iranian Naval vessels in that region? Isn't that rather far from home? Shouldn't their fleet be protecting the homeland?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 05, 2026 11:39 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)
Heh.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:39 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 11:40 AM (XeU6L)
Amazon MGM Studios and Paramount+ Announce New Race-Swapped “Treasure Island” Adaptation
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 11:40 AM (FXNzP)
OTOH, I guess that is what Iran and Venezuela were...
Oops.
That's fucking awesome Donny Two Scoops. You're my hero.
It's almost as if this was all part of a plan. Almost.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:37 AM (ExV1e)
Huh. Cool, but I thought they would have had a total revamp after all these years...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 05, 2026 11:40 AM (RfVfI)
Posted by: Bulg
----
Not a man of vision.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 11:33 AM (XeU6L)
He just couldn't see the forest for the trees...
Posted by: Denny Crane - Blinded by the light. at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (RfVfI)
Its getting a little testy in here regarding Crenshaw. Can't we agree to shake hands and patch things up?
Posted by: Lance Armstrong at March 05, 2026 11:40 AM (X1fGu)
@JoyceWhiteVance
Karoline Leavitt, spitting out President Obama's middle name, Hussein, as though it's some evidence of his complicity with terrorists, is despicable.
Unprompted, our brilliant law professor invokes Hussein's name to allude to his complicity with terrorists. That's funny.
Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 11:41 AM (RV6uI)
Fuel storage and weapons cache are also good places to aim.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 11:41 AM (uKtE+)
Two down, one to go.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 05, 2026 11:41 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)
Nah, can't be. DeSantis is the only man with a brain in the race...
*cough*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:41 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Mistery of Ungentlemanly Warfare at March 05, 2026 11:41 AM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Lance Armstrong at March 05, 2026 11:40 AM (X1fGu)
*golfclap for nic*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:41 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Cuthbert
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AKA, run for their lives.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 11:41 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 11:41 AM (+nEug)
"Elbows Up" happens as you raise your hands to surrender.
Canada is collapsing faster than a Newsome Pritzger Hochul threesome.
Posted by: Auspex at March 05, 2026 11:42 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
War crime in a box.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 11:42 AM (FXNzP)
'We could swim for it...'
'Oh, wait.'
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 11:42 AM (uKtE+)
--------------
"Let's outsource it to Chy-na!"
/Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, and F. Joe Mugabe
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 11:42 AM (iu4Pw)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 05, 2026 11:40 AM (RfVfI)
They've probably changed out a lot of the control components but the motors and boom work. No reason to screw around with that. Plus, any change in the size would require changes to every submarine.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:42 AM (ExV1e)
It is possible though that the Ethics Cmte only has some of the information on lawmakers and of course this resolution does not apply to the US Senate.
"Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the Committee’s review of violations or alleged violations of clause 9 (as it pertains to acts of sexual harassment) and clause 18 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives."
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 05, 2026 11:39 AM (ESVrU)
-
From a few weeks ago:
https://tinyurl.com/mr2sbcx9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 05, 2026 11:42 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I guy I roomed with in college had a really thick, stereotypical Jersey accent. Great guy, but there were times that he was almost incomprehensible. His mother was from Ireland, so that probably didn't help things, either.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)
OTOH, I guess that is what Iran and Venezuela were...
Oops.
That's fucking awesome Donny Two Scoops. You're my hero.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)
Couldn't China buy oil from Indonesia?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:42 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 05, 2026 11:39 AM (ESVrU)
Three Iranian warships participated in the training exercises with India and are (were) returning home.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 05, 2026 11:43 AM (Y1sOo)
‘ Barky smugly got inaugurated with the Hussein being prominent in his smugness. So yeah, fair game.’
I’m glad the ‘Rats don’t like it. I didn’t like having Obola as president for 8 years.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 05, 2026 11:43 AM (jbnUc)
*cough*
*makes wee fist*
Why I oughta...!
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (ix8EF)
Yeah, nobody here speaks like that. The idiots from jersey shore weren't even from jersey.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 05, 2026 11:44 AM (snZF9)
Mahdi, I'm Coming Home - Ozzy Osbourne (2026)
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 11:44 AM (uKtE+)
But I found some in the cat's litter box!
Posted by: Joey Biden at March 05, 2026 11:44 AM (RV6uI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:42 AM (8zz6B)
Probably have to pay fair market value- which they didn't for Venezuela or Iran...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:45 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 05, 2026 11:43 AM (Y1sOo)
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One to go!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 05, 2026 11:45 AM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare at March 05, 2026 11:45 AM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2026 11:45 AM (n5tGW)
🚨 KARMA: Last year, Howard Stern said he “hated” anyone who voted for Donald Trump and even told Trump supporters to stop listening to his show.
Now news is spreading that his show has been canceled, and critics are calling it a perfect example of what happens when entertainers attack half the country.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 11:45 AM (nn0kD)
That assumes they have excess capacity that isn't already spoken for.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)
Sorry. There is no single Jersey accent. We all don't sound like we came from the stupid program "Jersey Shore" or whatever is was called . People from North Jersey will sound different from people who have lived in. Central or Southern NJ, and I have never in my life said "Joisey" 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (ix8EF)
Good point Fen! Same with NY, I was born in Queens, moved to Smithtown, then a 13 years old moved up to Western NY. There are like a dozen NY accents... same with language usages... Soda, Pop, Sub, Hero, Hoagie...etc.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 05, 2026 11:46 AM (RfVfI)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 05, 2026 11:46 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 11:36 AM
Pretty sure that is already in the works along with a bronze star for the CO and XO.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 05, 2026 11:46 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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What's next? Robinson Crusoe?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 11:46 AM (XeU6L)
Starmer retreats, condems PDT and says the IRGC has a safe haven in Britain
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 11:46 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 05, 2026 11:45 AM (1o8D5)
Yes, see me @173
Posted by: one hour sober at March 05, 2026 11:47 AM (Y1sOo)
If he were TRYING to lose the next election and obliterate his party, what would he do differently?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 11:47 AM (gm9Sb)
Starmer retreats, condems PDT and says the IRGC has a safe haven in Britain
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 11:46 AM (+nEug)
Wow. so, he is throwing in with the Iranians?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:48 AM (bss/y)
But I agree with you that S.-African accents are the worst.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:29 AM (77rzZ)
Y’all are insane. I like South African Accents. The list should just be nasally accents from the north. 😉
Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 11:48 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 05, 2026 11:45 AM (1o8D5)
Fuck! Gotta go back to India. Left my pants at the tailor shop.
Posted by: Captain of remaining Iranian vessel at March 05, 2026 11:48 AM (8zz6B)
🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸
@Real_RobN
·
1h
"As it turns out,
the SECRET slut fund that 357 members of Congress just voted to block the release of—appropriated for their sexual harassment and rape charges—paid out $17 million at taxpayers’ expense.
It’s MORE. It’s a lot MORE.
The taxpayer money that John Conyers used to settle his sexual harassment and rape charges was made through his OFFICE BUDGET."
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)
That assumes they have excess capacity that isn't already spoken for.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)
It would be darkly hilarious if Xi and Newsome got into a bidding war for Indonesian product.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (fSA1n)
Posted by: Ben Had
OK, it's time for us to cut all ties with that inbred, poofter country. They are clearly our enemy now.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 11:46 AM (+nEug)
So.... why are we in NATO?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)
If he were TRYING to lose the next election and obliterate his party, what would he do differently?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
If he was trying to become the next target of destruction on a list of nuclear muslim nations would he do anything different?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (snZF9)
I think most of the Jersey Shore cast members were from Staten Island anyway.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (ix8EF)
Amazon MGM Studios and Paramount+ Announce New Race-Swapped “Treasure Island” Adaptation
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 11:40 AM (FXNzP)
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"The court was uninhabited; my teammates I had left behind, and nothing lived in front of me but dumb yutes and fouls.”
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (iu4Pw)
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You know who doesn't have a safe haven in Britain? The indigenous people of Britain.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)
A good Old Testament name.
Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 11:46 AM (XeU6L)
Friday was the brains of the outfit.
Posted by: Captain of remaining Iranian vessel at March 05, 2026 11:50 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: rickb223
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Now Stern can stay triple masked in his home full time fearing the approach of Death. Good.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 11:50 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)
The head of NATO came out in favor...Starmer is going against NATO...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:50 AM (NdvkI)
Hungarian chicks. I love their accent.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 11:51 AM (uKtE+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 11:48 AM (bss/y)
I'd say he's more of a tosser really
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 11:51 AM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2026 11:51 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Eromero
The most famous "Gamaliel" is the one in the New Testament. Don't know if the name shows up in the OT or not.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:50 AM (NdvkI)
Okay. Why is the UK in NATO?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:51 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 11:51 AM (uKtE+)
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National Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And you can take it up the ass if you please
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 11:52 AM (iu4Pw)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: garrett
Their hotscakes really put me off, though.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:50 AM (NdvkI)
Okay. Why is the UK in NATO?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:51 AM (ExV1e)
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There's a good chance that in 10 years we'll be calling NATO by its new name: "The Caliphate."
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 11:53 AM (iu4Pw)
Okay. Why is the UK in NATO?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 11:51 AM (ExV1e)
Starmer is a Dead man walking.. Right now he's listening to the UN.. Time for the UN to get the hell out of the US
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 11:53 AM (NdvkI)
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)
Any Alphaliels or Betaliels?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:53 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: whig
Sadly, there's conflicting reports. No telling.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 11:53 AM (nn0kD)
It's pretty much all speculation at this point other than he is going to make an endorsement in the race soon.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 05, 2026 11:28 AM (0N4FZ)
He'll offer the candidate dropping out an ambassadorship to Iran.
(If there's regime change in Iran, an American ambassador would be swimming in pussy.)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 05, 2026 11:54 AM (g8Ew8)
What do I know, I'm Bostonian.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 05, 2026 11:54 AM (sl73Y)
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You know who doesn't have a safe haven in Britain? The indigenous people of Britain.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 11:49 AM (Dv3i1)
Our distant cousins across the pond will eventually need to be liberated. Copious weapons supply drops would work if they can find the nads of their ancestors.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 05, 2026 11:54 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2026 11:54 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 11:55 AM (rbvCR)
What do I know, I'm Bostonian.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 05, 2026 11:54 AM (sl73Y)
Thats about right.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 05, 2026 11:55 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 11:55 AM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (snZF9)
The Klintoons
Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 11:56 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 11:56 AM (PFs9e)
Yoyodyne.
Aperture.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 11:55 AM (rbvCR)
Second look at Black Mesa?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 05, 2026 11:56 AM (RfVfI)
(If there's regime change in Iran, an American ambassador would be swimming in pussy.)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 05, 2026 11:54 AM (g8Ew
A perk sadly lost on either Paxton or Cornyn.
Posted by: Octochicken at March 05, 2026 11:57 AM (oCS0o)
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 11:51 AM (uKtE+)
It can be two things
Posted by: Mayor Quimby at March 05, 2026 11:57 AM (Nhyh3)
For having such a tiny, unprotected Navy, Iran sure is adventurous to send anything 2000 miles from its shores.
Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 11:57 AM (RV6uI)
Posted by: Ken Paxton at March 05, 2026 11:58 AM (ehY6c)
What do I know, I'm Bostonian.
Posted by: From about That Time
My sister-in-law grew up in Fall River. She sometimes had a hard time making herself understood when she moved to rural Michigan.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:58 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 11:58 AM (+nEug)
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:39 AM (77rzZ)
Falklands was kind of the last gasp of the British militarily.
The only thing that really saved the day was the Argies were on their empty tanks too, and the morale was worse. Also the Falklands are brutally cold even in the summer, and most of the Argentinians were used to Mediterranean climate.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 11:58 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 11:59 AM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 11:59 AM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 11:57 AM (RV6uI)
Well, those ships were dispatched before the current hostilities began.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:59 AM (8zz6B)
United Airlines says passengers must wear headphones if they're listening to audio
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!
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On that note, I don't get why people walk around in the public square on speaker phone and facetime.. I often get side-eyed when I attempt to join the conversation. Oh I'm sorry, I thought they were talking to me.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 05, 2026 12:00 PM (VkY89)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 11:56 AM (PFs9e)
Is it though? I know I'm a broken record (broken record) but we're not very far away from Democrats fighting to implement Sharia here.
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:01 PM (Nhyh3)
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026
Grew up calling it Fall Reeve. Damned if I know why.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 05, 2026 12:01 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 12:01 PM (EtnSa)
That's a Steve Richie masterpiece from the Williams era.
Fun game. My buddy has the pair, Getaway and HS 2 in his collection. Love the Supercharger.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:01 PM (uKtE+)
Happy Birthday!! “ Here's a birthday blessing.
"The Lord bless you
and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 12:02 PM (PFs9e)
The Royal Navy currently has 34 admirals, while it operates 20 warships.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 12:03 PM (n1OCj)
James Talarico
@jamestalarico
“This summer, more than half our population became second-class citizens.
Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the State.
And nothing is more un-Christian.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 12:03 PM (FXNzP)
...15 of which are in Dry Dock.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:03 PM (uKtE+)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
Aren't people from Pittsburgh called "Yinzers," because "yinz" is their version of the 2d-person plural pronoun?
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 12:04 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 12:04 PM (PFs9e)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 12:04 PM (n1OCj)
Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the Committee’s review of violations or alleged violations of clause 9 (as it pertains to acts of sexual harassment) and clause 18 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
https://tinyurl.com/mwtd6fxy
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 11:38 AM (nn0kD)
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The hint is in how Nancy Mace voted (Nay), the sponsor. This vote referred her bill to committee consideration, from where presumably it will never emerge for a floor vote.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 05, 2026 12:04 PM (6YQhy)
Did you learn any Finnish?
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)
@jamestalarico
“This summer, more than half our population became second-class citizens.
Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the State.
And nothing is more un-Christian.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 12:03 PM (FXNzP)
I guess he means the ony free "women" are trannies, then. What a maroon!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 12:06 PM (8zz6B)
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I was kinda looking forward to Amazon's Young Sherlock Holmes which premiered yesterday. Pure f*cking garbage.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 12:06 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 05, 2026 12:06 PM (xvV+O)
@jamestalarico
“This summer, more than half our population became second-class citizens.
Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the State.
And nothing is more un-Christian.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 12:03 PM (FXNzP)
I guess he means the ony free "women" are trannies, then. What a maroon!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 12:06 PM (8zz6B)
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Plus, he lost black voters 96-4 this week.
Dude is beyond cooked. I can't wait to see how much money Democrat burn with him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:07 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 05, 2026 12:07 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable
I kept trying to tell that guy with the funny mustache that, but he just ignored me.
-- William II
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:08 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 12:08 PM (rZCVI)
1. Today's phones are great for a lot of things. As phones, however, they suck. Speaker or earphones are the only options. Which leads to...
2. ...Apple in their greed and monopolistic furor, took out the earphone jack. Now you must buy super expensive earphones that need very regular charging. Skip that and just put the phone on speaker. I'm not dealing with the nuclear codes or anything.
Posted by: Wally at March 05, 2026 12:09 PM (pduCL)
Posted by: SMOD at March 05, 2026 12:09 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
What kind of accent do you have?
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)
0HOUR1
@0hour1
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10h
Nick Fuentes is like David Koresh have people not figured him out yet.
One day he will be fucking the husbands while the wives watch.
Guys a little fucking weirdo.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:09 PM (E4rtv)
“This summer, more than half our population became second-class citizens.
Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the State.
WTAF is he referring to?
Posted by: Oddbob at March 05, 2026 12:09 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 12:09 PM (xBXAY)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
What kind of accent do you have?
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)
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I knew a guy with a very good ear for accents.
He said I was from Michigan.
I was raised in central Florida.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Eromero
The most famous "Gamaliel" is the one in the New Testament. Don't know if the name shows up in the OT or not.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)
Warren Gamaliel Harding's parents unavailable for comment, just like WGH.
Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 12:10 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 12:10 PM (gm9Sb)
“This summer, more than half our population became second-class citizens.
Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the State.
WTAF is he referring to?
Posted by: Oddbob at March 05, 2026 12:09 PM (Fs0KI)
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5 year old tweet.
About Dobbs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
The people who run the Democratic Party don't know any working-class white people, so they keep running candidates that they imagine will appeal to working-class whites.
Remember when all the left-wing reporters melted down when asked if they knew anyone who owned a pickup truck?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 12:10 PM (n1OCj)
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I was kinda looking forward to Amazon's Young Sherlock Holmes which premiered yesterday. Pure f*cking garbage.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Eh, Guy Ritchie (former husband of Madonna) directs the series and they are aiming at the Robert Downey Jr. crowd rather than the Sherlock! or the older Jeremy Brett series.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:11 PM (E4rtv)
The people who run the Democratic Party don't know any working-class white people, so they keep running candidates that they imagine will appeal to working-class whites.
Remember when all the left-wing reporters melted down when asked if they knew anyone who owned a pickup truck?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 12:10 PM (n1OCj)
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He was chosen by Austin AWFLs.
They fucking love him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:11 PM (GBKbO)
Had breakfast at a rural Kentucky restaurant 6 years ago and we had to point to items on the menu as the waitress was unintelligible.
Posted by: Auspex at March 05, 2026 12:12 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
Whaaaa?
RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Chronic loser Beto O’Rourke praises James Talarico as “one of the most talented politicians” he’s ever seen.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 12:12 PM (FXNzP)
Posted by: Oddbob at March 05, 2026 12:12 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 12:12 PM (/C62k)
IT IS A LONG-ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW THAT YOU CAN'T SINK SHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS!
Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points! at March 05, 2026 12:13 PM (n1OCj)
RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Chronic loser Beto O’Rourke praises James Talarico as “one of the most talented politicians” he’s ever seen.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 12:12 PM (FXNzP)
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Loser loves a loser.
Interesting factoid: Talarico almost left politics a few years ago. Then he started saying all the weird shit and got re-elected in Austin.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:13 PM (GBKbO)
“This summer, more than half our population became second-class citizens.
Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the State.
WTAF is he referring to?
Posted by: Oddbob"
In the olden days they were just called women.
Posted by: Ripley at March 05, 2026 12:13 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 05, 2026 12:13 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:14 PM (GBKbO)
The people who run the Democratic Party don't know any working-class white people, so they keep running candidates that they imagine will appeal to working-class whites.
Remember when all the left-wing reporters melted down when asked if they knew anyone who owned a pickup truck?
Posted by: The ARC of History!
I liked the Kamala? or Biden? ad with the white dude claimed he ate carburetors for breakfast. Perfect example of Theater Kids in Politics as consultants and their world view.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bonecrusher at March 05, 2026 12:14 PM (JNTt1)
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at March 05, 2026 12:14 PM (EcHpA)
He said I was from Michigan.
I was raised in central Florida.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
So, Zoltan Karpathy is still around?
I am from Michigan, though I haven't lived there in almost 40 years. My wife says that my Michigan accent still comes out when I'm talking to my brothers, who are still there, on the phone.
She says we have a distinctive way of pronouncing the name of Obama's city on Lake Michigan, though I can't really hear a difference from the way she (raised in Virginia) pronounces it.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:14 PM (77rzZ)
IT IS A LONG-ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW THAT YOU CAN'T SINK SHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS!
Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points!
Google University is still printing out the diplomas for International Law so wait for the talking point to become more widespread
Although my answer is "Current events lead me to believe that you are mistaken."
Posted by: NR Pax at March 05, 2026 12:14 PM (RjOoY)
a bottle of hot sauce in his purse.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 12:15 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Smell the Glove"
Talking in ghetto slang? Hot sauce? Claiming he marched for civil rights in the 60's?
Posted by: Ripley at March 05, 2026 12:15 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points!
Iran should give serious consideration to declaring war on the US 47 years ago.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 12:15 PM (ExV1e)
The Charleston, SC accent is very distinctive, and I think, charming. I expect that the locusts are diluting that.
It is amusing that I often mistake Miami accents as Brooklynese.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 12:16 PM (XeU6L)
a bottle of hot sauce in his purse.
Posted by: bill in arkansas
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Guy likes a spicy sausage I guess.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ripley at March 05, 2026 12:15 PM (GUOwU)
He'll pay off some blacks to say that he's blacker than Crockett.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 12:16 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove"
Talking in ghetto slang?
Jasmine Crockett will be looking for work, so she could tutor him.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)
Talking in ghetto slang? Hot sauce? Claiming he marched for civil rights in the 60's?
Posted by: Ripley
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No ways tarred?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 12:17 PM (XeU6L)
He said I was from Michigan.
I was raised in central Florida.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I used to be pretty good at picking out accents but the one that always tripped me up was those folks in the Midwest. Indiana, Ohio, etc. Never could get them on the first guess.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 05, 2026 12:17 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 12:09 PM (xBXAY)
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Huh...
I thought "anything goes" was the law of the sea in international waters.
Just think of the implications...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 05, 2026 12:18 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: James Talarico at March 05, 2026 12:18 PM (GUOwU)
"Oh my, that sounds so butch. What's a carburetor?"
-- James Talarico, probably
Posted by: Oddbob at March 05, 2026 12:18 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Everything about Charleston is charming.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:18 PM (77rzZ)
Talarico is unable to refer to "women"? Is he going to refer to men as "people with a penis"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 12:18 PM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 12:09 PM (xBXAY)
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Huh...
I thought "anything goes" was the law of the sea in international waters.
Just think of the implications...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 05, 2026 12:18 PM (ESVrU)
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I can't wait to court martial Nimitz for firing on Japanese vessels in international waters.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:18 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Diogenes
That's because Midwest accents are the closest to Network Standard.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:20 PM (77rzZ)
The Charleston, SC accent is very distinctive, and I think, charming. I expect that the locusts are diluting that.
It is amusing that I often mistake Miami accents as Brooklynese.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 12:16 PM (XeU6L)
You have heard me speak, as has Doof. Do I sound distinctly "Canadian" to you? Just curious, really.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 12:20 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 12:20 PM (8zz6B)
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Eh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:20 PM (GBKbO)
Bloomberg reporting that China has just halted all exports of diesel and gasoline.
That'll leave a mark.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at March 05, 2026 12:20 PM (luW68)
Bloomberg reporting that China has just halted all exports of diesel and gasoline.
That'll leave a mark.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at March 05, 2026 12:20 PM (luW6
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Probably already rationing.
But I saw someone on X say that a 20% reduction in their oil supply isn't a big deal.
So, it's probably fine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:21 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at March 05, 2026 12:20 PM (luW6
Cuba hardest hit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 12:21 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 05, 2026 12:22 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)
I imagine that she'll ramp up the fundraising after Talarico gets beaten like a drum and say that she'd have won.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 12:22 PM (ExV1e)
But no, he was just pissed that baby murder is no longer a Constitional mandate.
Posted by: Wally at March 05, 2026 12:22 PM (pduCL)
Posted by: Case at March 05, 2026 12:22 PM (gQFwH)
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at March 05, 2026 12:22 PM (EcHpA)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 12:22 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
You know the way that many Canadians pronounce the word "out?" That used to be the standard way to tell that someone was Canadian. But, it turns out, a lot of Virginians share that pronunciation of the word.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:23 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Dark L at March 05, 2026 12:23 PM (KAi1n)
But my sister rode hosses until her dying day. And when you get emotional about something they come back up.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 05, 2026 12:23 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Nary a bit. But then, we were drinking beer at the time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 12:23 PM (XeU6L)
I can't get to sleep
I think about the implications
Of diving in too deep
And possibly the complications
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 12:24 PM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Bulg
Cha-ka-ga.
Just like the natives.
Posted by: Auspex at March 05, 2026 12:24 PM (Y8DZL)
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And a damned shame it is. Local cultures, in general, are being subsumed.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 12:25 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Dark L
Of course you hadn't. Because it doesn't exist.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)
People say a lot of shit on X. I'm sure all that solar tech they've been selling will more than make up for their 20% loss.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at March 05, 2026 12:25 PM (luW68)
Just like the natives.
Posted by: Auspex
It's something to with how the vowel in the stressed second syllable is pronounced.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:26 PM (77rzZ)
20 years ago when he still sometimes wrote interesting things, Jonah Goldberg referred to white men as "Pale Penis People". I always thought that was pretty funny.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:27 PM (uKtE+)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 12:27 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 12:27 PM (EtnSa)
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 12:28 PM (XeU6L)
I guess Biden did kill oil shale now that I think about it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2026 12:28 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
Tell me they cast Somalians as the pirates. Lie to me if you must.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 05, 2026 12:28 PM (a+4eV)
But I saw someone on X say that a 20% reduction in their oil supply isn't a big deal.
So, it's probably fine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:21 PM (GBKbO)
I would say that the biggest thing is just that they are admitting any hardship at all.
Point being almost all Commies- but China in particular- are all about talking a huge game. Any adversity, no matter how great, is only a minor inconvenience on the way to their inevitable glorious victory.
The thing is, they are saying they are rationing. That does not make sense to me as something they would admit unless it was balanced with some sort of huge claim. We are low on gas, but we have 10 new nuclear reactors coming online! Something like that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:28 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:28 PM (Nhyh3)
Just like the natives.
WLS promos back in the early 80s when they still played music always did an exaggerated she-KAH-go.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:29 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:29 PM (uKtE+)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)
Too bad that was just to differentiate between the guys fucking his wife.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)
The Charleston, SC accent is very distinctive, and I think, charming. I expect that the locusts are diluting that.
It is amusing that I often mistake Miami accents as Brooklynese.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 12:16 PM (XeU6L)
Mike Hammer just described Eromero exactly.
Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 12:29 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:28 PM (Nhyh3)
...
You want to rephrase that?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:30 PM (bss/y)
What is going on at Paramount? They're doing this on streaming, and in theaters they're going to have the Wayans brothers making tranny jokes.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:30 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at March 05, 2026 12:30 PM (RoGXC)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:30 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (vqA1l)
“This summer, more than half our population became second-class citizens.
Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the State.
Shouldn't he be glad about that? Doesn't it mean that the Democrats' goal of enslaving everyone to the state is half-accomplished?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at March 05, 2026 12:25 PM (luW6
Lol, yes. That's exactly what they're saying.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 05, 2026 12:32 PM (lFFaq)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 12:32 PM (gm9Sb)
Politics interfering with the military efforts is nothing new. It certainly micromanaged the Vietnam war, shortened the 1991 Iraq war, so we had to go back in 2003. And politics made a mess of the wars of the 2000s. I fault the Pentagon too. Generals should have resigned rather than put up with bad commands.
How about a victory strategy rather than an exit strategy?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 05, 2026 12:33 PM (6Yd0H)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Eh, Guy Ritchie (former husband of Madonna) directs the series and they are aiming at the Robert Downey Jr. crowd rather than the Sherlock! or the older Jeremy Brett series.
oh. i was looking for young sherlock to team with young einstein to solve the mystery of the unsplittable beer atom.
Posted by: anachronda at March 05, 2026 12:35 PM (oY6Yp)
I think about the implications
Of diving in too deep
And possibly the complications
Great song.
At least there's pretty lights.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 05, 2026 12:35 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (HXiQ2)
But I agree with you that S.-African accents are the worst.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 11:29 AM (77rzZ)
You watch too many movies. In all my 78 years of living here, the only one's I have known to have an accent were the people from Jersey City and Hoboken area. When I served in the army back in the late 60's, guys would ask where I was from. When I told them NJ, they asked, "where's your accent?" Sorry, don't have one. I grew up near Perth Amboy.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (5xuJ/)
That would be great if American companies were hiring American engineers with American ingenuity.
Instead, over the past 5-10 years, all American companies have outsourced engineering jobs to third world countries (mostly India, where most of the "engineers" are fraudulent with fake degrees bought for $1,000).
So Ford, GM, Chrysler and all the rest of the "American" companies you listed in your post wouldn't be providing American ingenuity, but rather third world "ingenuity".
Good luck with that.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 05, 2026 01:16 PM (P5BPp)
And this and other 'projects' like it will help:
Bresnahan, House Authorize $68 Million for Tobyhanna Army Depot
January 6, 2026
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-0
announced the House authorized $68 million in funding for Tobyhanna Army Depot in S. 1071, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA).
It's almost as if there is a real plan.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 05, 2026 03:52 PM (NFX2v)
Homeland of the Lenape, settled by the Swedish. It's a mystery.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 05, 2026 03:58 PM (NFX2v)
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