The Morning Rant: What Is Winning In Iran?

The thoroughly discredited and, frankly impossible goal of America's recent wars have been to create some form of benign Jeffersonian democracy to replace evil, despotic, murderous regimes. It didn't work, and the template from World War II, Japan and Germany, ignores the obvious...that those cultures were industrious, nationalistic, valued education, and had been absolutely destroyed. The slate had been wiped clean, so reconstruction of the governments was relatively simple.

But Iraq and Afghanistan were savage, backward, tribalistic countries whose self-governance, as it were, was based on Islamic doctrine or even more ancient: family and clan over all others. Their cultures were, to put it gently, not particularly well suited to function in the modern world of individual liberty and autonomy. So the efforts...the unimaginably bloody and expensive efforts failed miserably. And because we were fixated on being a gentle invader, the people of those countries never learned to fear us, and were never really beaten the way Japan and Germany were!

Luckily we have an administration that is less enamored of the idea of America as an engine of social change, and one that is more interested in defending our and our allies' interests. And those interests are clear: prevent the Mullahs from continuing to dominate the Persian Gulf, and prevent them and their Armageddon fantasy from coming to fruition via nuclear weapons.

The goals, as repeatedly stated by the Secretary of War, are simple:

Destroy or severely degrade Iran's missile forces, military infrastructure, and command systems that threaten American forces and regional allies, while also preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Deter further attacks against the United States and partners such as Israel and the Gulf states, and to reduce Iran's ability to project military power in the region.
These objectives are meant to remain limited and that the United States is not officially pursuing regime change in Iran.

That is a massive shift from just a few years ago, and it is a welcome one. The blood of American servicemen is too valuable to waste on arrogant notions of creating a new world order based on Western principles that are alien to the majority of the world. The focus of this war is the defense of our long-term safety and security, and it is glaringly obvious that Iran as currently constructed is a huge impediment to that, and in fact threatens the entire world!

So...to answer the question: Winning in Iran means degrading their war-making capacity down to nothing, so they cannot threaten their neighbors and world commerce. It means destroying their nuclear program so that rebuilding it would take many, many years.

And we are approaching that success. Will it take another week or another month? Who knows? And on the way to those achievable goals we are degrading the internal security apparatus of the Mullahs in such a way that the people of Iran have a better chance of overthrowing them and rebuilding their government...but in their own image! No externally imposed government that is doomed to failure.

And most of all, no boots on the ground to enforce our image of what Iran should be. That is up to the people of Iran, and I wish them the best of luck!

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Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 11:00 AM (eGgU9)

2 Hiya!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 12, 2026 11:01 AM (Suwql)

3 SPONGE!

Or is it BLADE!?

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

4 Huh

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:01 AM (4NO2D)

5 Boobs on the ground

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 12, 2026 11:01 AM (Kt19C)

6 The biggest problem I see is that what we are doing relies on the initiative of the people on the ground to not turn into a complete shit show.

Hope they do it, but 47 years appears to have taken a bit of the fight out of them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:01 AM (bss/y)

7 Winning in Iran?

Something something lamentations of their women.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 12, 2026 11:01 AM (2UnvF)

8 To me, victory means not having to think about Iran at all. They can have any system, religion, or government they want, as long as they remain inconsequential.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:02 AM (4NO2D)

9 Always Sponge.

Forever Sponge.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:02 AM (bss/y)

10 >>And most of all, no boots on the ground to enforce our image of what Iran should be. That is up to the people of Iran, and I wish them the best of luck!

THIS

Posted by: Lizzy at March 12, 2026 11:02 AM (Suwql)

11 And most of all, no boots on the ground to enforce our image of what Iran should be.

That is up to the people of Iran, and I wish them the best of luck!

This most of all.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 11:02 AM (eGgU9)

12 It seems too many of those who want to object, cannot fathom any of the distinctions you have noted.

Sorry folks, life is complicated.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 12, 2026 11:03 AM (GZYu7)

13 Boobs on the ground
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Nancy Pelosi has entered the chat.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

14 Is there anyone in Iran who looks like they are capable of taking over Iran other than the Mullahs?

Posted by: Jaimo at March 12, 2026 11:03 AM (BCuCF)

15 Sorry folks, life is complicated.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 12, 2026 11:03 AM (GZYu7)

New comment distinction: Understatement of the Week.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:03 AM (bss/y)

16 Other examples:

Women are complicated.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:05 AM (bss/y)

17 frankly impossible goal of America's recent wars have been to create some form of benign Jeffersonian democracy "

Nah. State has been all in for "parliamentary" systems... they don't like "republics" since they don't get power that way...

Posted by: man at March 12, 2026 11:05 AM (XuXeR)

18 Funny how differently things are run when your goal is winning the war rather than engaging in a multi decade boondoggle to line the pockets of your friends inside the Beltway.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 12, 2026 11:06 AM (2UnvF)

19 Four military drones were stolen from Fort Campbell in Kentucky. In a post on the U.S. Army Fort Campbell Facebook Page, a spokesperson wrote that four Skydio X10D Drone Systems were stolen from the 326th Division Engineer Battalion building.

Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2026 11:06 AM (RHGPo)

20 I think Iran's nuclear program will have to be taken from them. They'll likely restart it if the mullahs in any manner, shape or form exist after hostilities end.

So, we'll remove the kit needed to enrich Uranium.

Yes, it means "boots on the ground." But perhaps in a very limited and specialized fashion.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 11:06 AM (jtM2q)

21 Women are complicated.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

You just need to learn about the cup sizes.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 11:06 AM (77rzZ)

22 Is there anyone in Iran who looks like they are capable of taking over Iran other than the Mullahs?"

International Paper?

Posted by: man at March 12, 2026 11:06 AM (XuXeR)

23 Hope they can stop the attacks on the tankers.

Posted by: Max Power at March 12, 2026 11:07 AM (kuY9I)

24 I suspect some boots on the ground will happen in Iran, if for no other reason than to secure the uranium and make doubly certain all their nuclear facilities are destroyed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 12, 2026 11:07 AM (kWCwY)

25 Iran's militarism is their iron fist. More than nuclear weapons have to go.

Posted by: Skip at March 12, 2026 11:08 AM (EtnSa)

26 Does it seem like a large commitment of military resources to accomplish what seem to be important, but modest, objectives?

Posted by: Oglebay at March 12, 2026 11:08 AM (2ap+5)

27 Luckily we have an administration that is less enamored of the idea of America as an engine of social change, and one that is more interested in defending our and our allies' interests. And those interests are clear: prevent the Mullahs from continuing to dominate the Persian Gulf, and prevent them and their Armageddon fantasy from coming to fruition via nuclear weapons.

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It doesn't matter what Trump and Hegseth say.

The Military Industrial Complex will overrule them just like they have overruled them in every theater in the world. Just look at Venezuela.

The forever war there is so nefarious, there aren't even signs in the media because the media is hiding it from viewers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:08 AM (RcOs3)

28 No boots on the ground!
Would you be happier with sneakers or Crocs?

Posted by: Buster Brown Lives In a Shoe at March 12, 2026 11:08 AM (oftw2)

29 It seems too many of those who want to object, cannot fathom any of the distinctions you have noted.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 12, 2026 11:03 AM (GZYu7)

Well, not everyone is a Moron!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2026 11:09 AM (n9ltV)

30 26 Does it seem like a large commitment of military resources to accomplish what seem to be important, but modest, objectives?
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You can never have too many guns or too much ammo. You just can't.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 12, 2026 11:09 AM (pZ64F)

31 28 No boots on the ground!
Would you be happier with sneakers or Crocs?

Posted by: Buster Brown Lives In a Shoe at March 12, 2026 11:08 AM (oftw2)

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High heels?

Asking for some recently discharged military personnel.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:09 AM (RcOs3)

32 Does it seem like a large commitment of military resources to accomplish what seem to be important, but modest, objectives?"

Not really, no. And the objectives are perfect. They wish to be camel humping tribals? Great. Knock yourselves out.
F with us? You're dead.

Next?

Posted by: man at March 12, 2026 11:09 AM (XuXeR)

33 Those drones disappeared last November and they're just telling us now? WTF

Posted by: Jaimo at March 12, 2026 11:09 AM (BCuCF)

34 The forever war there is so nefarious, there aren't even signs in the media because the media is hiding it from viewers."

Ok, that's funny right there...

Posted by: man at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (XuXeR)

35 Is there anyone in Iran who looks like they are capable of taking over Iran other than the Mullahs?
Posted by: Jaimo at March 12, 2026 11:03 AM (BCuCF)

The person, other than the mullahs, most likely to be most successful in running Iran, at least in the short term, is Reza Pahlavi. He has a lot of support both inside and outside the country so he can be a unifying figure to give the people a chance to breathe and decide how they want to move forward.

We should not insist on him and we should not expend much in the way of resources to support him but he's probably the best shot there is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)

36 [WILLOWED:]

I would think we could implement a convoy system with ten tankers transiting together while A10 and/or rotatory wing assets hug the them on the Iranian side."

There's already a stream of traffic outbound... and "newz" is either hours old or from those w/an agenda.

Posted by: man at March 12, 2026 10:57 AM (XuXeR)

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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) warned civilians in Iran to stay away from ports along the Strait of Hormuz, stating that Iranian forces were using commercial facilities for military operations, which could make those areas legitimate targets under international law.

I'm guessing we're going to destroy any and all land-based threats along the Strait.

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The only ships moving through the strait are boats of the shadow fleet -- i.e. sanctioned vessels (China)

Posted by: one hour sober at March 12, 2026 11:04 AM (Y1sOo)

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (xIFh6)

37 The left is so interested in HATING PDJT that they are letting their hate hit our hard working service members and their leaders.
CNN is claiming SoW Pete literally ate $9 M worth of lobster.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (gbOdA)

38 Completely agree. No boots on the ground... finish in the next month or so. Be done with it having achieved those "simple" objectives (simple in the sense that they're easy to state and understand... not so simple because it requires the magnificent US military technology to achieve along with the IDF and other non-American boots on the ground like the Kurds and the Iranian people (and others?)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (xT8gx)

39 26 Does it seem like a large commitment of military resources to accomplish what seem to be important, but modest, objectives?
Posted by: Oglebay at March 12, 2026 11:08 AM (2ap+5)

That's how you ensure victory.

War 101, really.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (dmDsy)

40 Those drones disappeared last November and they're just telling us now? WTF"

IIRC, those are little camera drones. Probably in that locker over there...

Posted by: man at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (XuXeR)

41 Is there anyone in Iran who looks like they are capable of taking over Iran other than the Mullahs?

So far, Reza Pahlavi has been pretty pitch perfect. He says he will be a transitional figure until elections can be held. After that, who knows? The Communist Party will be a strong contender, but hopefully the experience of the last 47 years has taught the populace not to put their faith in absolutists.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

42 So, we'll remove the kit needed to enrich Uranium.

Yes, it means "boots on the ground." But perhaps in a very limited and specialized fashion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 11:06 AM (jtM2q)

Better idea: put it all in one place and nuke it. A really dirty bomb. Puts the area off limits for centuries.
Ideal spot would be at their main research and enrichment facility.

Posted by: RI Red - who is now only somebody that you used to know at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (z1SIt)

43 Four military drones were stolen from Fort Campbell in Kentucky. In a post on the U.S. Army Fort Campbell Facebook Page, a spokesperson wrote that four Skydio X10D Drone Systems were stolen from the 326th Division Engineer Battalion building.
Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2026 11:06 AM

I was worried that this had the possibility of technical espionage but apparently these drones are commercially available, albeit very expensive.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (4NO2D)

44 I suspect some boots on the ground will happen in Iran, if for no other reason than to secure the uranium and make doubly certain all their nuclear facilities are destroyed.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I'll bet if we do, it'll be quietly and without fanfare.
In & out toot sweet.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 11:11 AM (eGgU9)

45 36 The only ships moving through the strait are boats of the shadow fleet -- i.e. sanctioned vessels (China)

Posted by: one hour sober at March 12, 2026 11:04 AM (Y1sOo)

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (xIFh6)

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Greek ships have gotten through.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:11 AM (RcOs3)

46 > Four military drones were stolen from Fort Campbell in Kentucky. In a post on the U.S. Army Fort Campbell Facebook Page, a spokesperson wrote that four Skydio X10D Drone Systems were stolen from the 326th Division Engineer Battalion building.
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The drones were commercial drones like you can buy off Amazon. I don't think they carry weapons, but they're pricey.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 11:11 AM (jtM2q)

47 Iran's militarism is their iron fist. More than nuclear weapons have to go.

Posted by: Skip at March 12, 2026 11:08 AM (EtnSa)

I think that is driven by a small minority, and that minority will be hanging from light posts if the majority get their way.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2026 11:11 AM (n9ltV)

48 Transgender 15-Year-Old Florida Teen and Friend Plotted to Murder Classmate as Part of ‘Blood Ritual’ to ‘Resurrect’ Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza

Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2026 11:11 AM (RHGPo)

49 The goal of the previous wars in question was to keep the money train rolling no matter the cost. That is not the goal of this one. I don't think.

Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 11:11 AM (eDMZF)

50 My understanding is the military drones were stolen last November. They are offering a $5000 reward for information leading to the recovery or arrest, blah blah

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:11 AM (2AlIJ)

51 Trump Wants Letitia James to Hand Over Communications With Michael Cohen

Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2026 11:11 AM (RHGPo)

52 I think that is driven by a small minority, and that minority will be hanging from light posts if the majority get their way.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2026 11:11 AM (n9ltV)

Well, get to it. Those smelly bastards aren't going to hang themselves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

53 The only ships moving through the strait are boats of the shadow fleet -- i.e. sanctioned vessels (China)"

Interesting assertion there. Proof?

Posted by: man at March 12, 2026 11:12 AM (XuXeR)

54 CNN is claiming SoW Pete literally ate $9 M worth of lobster.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (gbOdA)

I was pleased to see that fancy food budget! I think our servicemen should be given great meals every now and then, and I am not offended in the least by the cost.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2026 11:12 AM (n9ltV)

55 Transgender 15-Year-Old Florida Teen and Friend Plotted to Murder Classmate as Part of ‘Blood Ritual’ to ‘Resurrect’ Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza
Posted by: SMOD

1. Bring back insane asylums

2. Transformers have killed more people than ICE

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 11:12 AM (eGgU9)

56 Greek ships have gotten through.

Did they sneak in through the back door?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

57 If you want change, I'd like to see the Kurds roll in and carve out a new Kurdistan. Fuck Iraq and Turkey too. Get a foothold in Iran, ant take it all back.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 12, 2026 11:12 AM (M9gjJ)

58 Willow weep for me
Willow weep for me
Bend your branches green along the stream that runs to sea
Listen to my plea
Hear me willow and weep for me

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 11:13 AM (3ChHB)

59 Greek ships have gotten through.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:11 AM (RcOs3)

prolly used back door

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:13 AM (gbOdA)

60 Thx CBD
Winning is killing the mullahs and their followers, driving their goats before them and hearing the lamentations of their goats

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 12, 2026 11:13 AM (YsPj+)

61 A former Chicago White Sox prospect says his career was destroyed after being pressured to take the Pfizer vaccine. His lawsuit is more than a personal tragedy; it’s a stark reminder of how reckless pandemic mandates upended lives and careers, with little accountability from those who insisted they were “following the science.”

A former Chicago White Sox minor league pitcher, Isaiah Carranza, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the team coerced him into receiving the Pfizer covid vaccine in 2021 and that he later developed a permanent autonomic nervous system disorder that ended his career.

... the saga of the "clot shot" continues

Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2026 11:13 AM (RHGPo)

62 The person, other than the mullahs, most likely to be most successful in running Iran, at least in the short term, is Reza Pahlavi. He has a lot of support both inside and outside the country so he can be a unifying figure to give the people a chance to breathe and decide how they want to move forward.

We should not insist on him and we should not expend much in the way of resources to support him but he's probably the best shot there is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)

Agreed... as long as he really does he says, but of course, that's always the concern...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 11:13 AM (dmDsy)

63 sorry arch

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:13 AM (gbOdA)

64 I certainly don't want any military on Iran soil

Posted by: Skip at March 12, 2026 11:13 AM (EtnSa)

65 48 Transgender 15-Year-Old Florida Teen and Friend Plotted to Murder Classmate as Part of ‘Blood Ritual’ to ‘Resurrect’ Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza
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He/she sounds nice.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 12, 2026 11:13 AM (pZ64F)

66 Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany were both highly technical industrial states.

FDR in 1940 admonished belligerents not to target civilians in bombing campaigns. That caution didn’t age well.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:13 AM (2AlIJ)

67 I visited a friend's ship in SF Bay for a barbecue on the flight deck. I think they had just gotten back from WestPac...

The captain was grilling steaks for the crew.

That's how it is done.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (n9ltV)

68 54 CNN is claiming SoW Pete literally ate $9 M worth of lobster.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (gbOdA)

I was pleased to see that fancy food budget! I think our servicemen should be given great meals every now and then, and I am not offended in the least by the cost.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2026 11:12 AM (n9ltV)

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Insty had a Xeet the showed that the Pentagon's food vendors have shifted recently. In the last year.

The assertion is that the anger is deriving from the vendors who lost business, and are probably tied to Dem donors.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (RcOs3)

69 >>CNN is claiming SoW Pete literally ate $9 M worth of lobster.

This is intentionally lying to establish a historical 'fact'/talking point that will be used against Hegseth going forward. Just watch, this will be the new shorthand that every dumb Lefty uses to smear Hegseth.

Remember W's 'fake turkey' and Trump's 'use bleach to cure covid' lies. Or the biggest one: the "fine people" hoax?

It's what they do. Sadly, they're very good at it.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (Suwql)

70
I was pleased to see that fancy food budget! I think our servicemen should be given great meals every now and then, and I am not offended in the least by the cost.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2026 11:12 AM (n9ltV)

Supposedly this is common when we are in or going into an "exercise" like this.. Or so I've read...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (5XwF9)

71 Greek ships have gotten through."

A number of bulk carriers are currently (heh) moving as well. Traffic ain't what it can be, but it's not at all "shut down" today.

Posted by: man at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (XuXeR)

72 Well, get to it. Those smelly bastards aren't going to hang themselves.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

Trump, Netanyahu, and Pahlavi have all told the Iranians to stay inside while the bombing campaign is ongoing.

Folks need to chill a bit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (ExV1e)

73 I guess we don't know yet whether those oil tankers Iran attacked were insured by the US taxpayer.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (2ap+5)

74 Agreed... as long as he really does he says, but of course, that's always the concern...

I am inclined to believe him, if for no other reason than if he tried to take permanent power, his life expectancy would be measured in...some very short unit of time.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

75 Destroy the fuck out of their military and reduce their ability to threaten us to ash. Then bug the fuck out. Anything more is pure delusional fantasy.

Can you name one Muslim country that's even remotely "free" or even semi-functioning as any kind of republic or democracy?

These people do not want freedom. They never did. Not ever. Sure, they may say they do, and a few might shake their boobs around on TT, but at the end of the day they will submit to whatever brand of idiotic Muslim stupidity is offered.

I'm not sure how many times we have to see this play out in the world before we learn that this is their nature.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

76 Greek ships have gotten through.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:11 AM (RcOs3)

prolly used back door
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:13 AM (gbOdA)

Well, it's after 11 am, so I'll allow that filthy comment.

Posted by: Denny Crane - Who Am I Kidding? Anytime Is Fine! at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (dmDsy)

77 56 Greek ships have gotten through.

Did they sneak in through the back door?
Posted by: Archimedes
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Venice called TPTB up on the telephone and said it could be like old times if they pushed it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (3ChHB)

78 71 Greek ships have gotten through."

A number of bulk carriers are currently (heh) moving as well. Traffic ain't what it can be, but it's not at all "shut down" today.

Posted by: man at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (XuXeR)

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And new oil is probably going to find other ways out of the area. Those UAE and Oman pipelines are probably going to get busy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (RcOs3)

79 Hegseth has 50 bajillion drones, I doubt they are just sitting in a warehouse somewhere

If they disable Iran's capacity to fight any drones at all this is going to be interesting

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:16 AM (REq0p)

80 Isaiah Carranza has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the team coerced him into taking the Covid vaccine in 2021
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He wasn’t “coerced”, he was perfectly free to quit and find a job somewhere else. /s

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:16 AM (2AlIJ)

81 Folks need to chill a bit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (ExV1e)

It's my money- and I want it now!!!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:16 AM (bss/y)

82 Just saw an interesting idea -- someone can rename the House SAVE Act bill the SAVE Israel act and keep the contents unchanged. The Senate will "deem" it passed.

Or the SAVE Ukraine act.

Anything but what's good for the American public.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 12, 2026 11:16 AM (qwx/I)

83 I was pleased to see that fancy food budget! I think our servicemen should be given great meals every now and then, and I am not offended in the least by the cost.

When the people bitching about it now have to sleep in a hovel with 100 other smelly guys for months on end, and get shot at by lunatics, I'll maybe take them seriously. Maybe.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

84 Can we dig up Jimmy Carter and send him to Iran to negotiate?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 12, 2026 11:16 AM (pZ64F)

85 Are Q-ships a idea? Take an old tanker or bulk freighter and mount multiple phalanx and missile mounts on it and look like you are trying to slip through unassisted, drawing the pirates and drones out to play.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (4NO2D)

86 I guess we don't know yet whether those oil tankers Iran attacked were insured by the US taxpayer."

FWIW, the pics of those "oil tankers" show ships w/onboard cranes... and they're floating high outbound?

Hmmm.

Posted by: man at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (XuXeR)

87 I am inclined to believe him, if for no other reason than if he tried to take permanent power, his life expectancy would be measured in...some very short unit of time.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

Me, too.

Man, I am so agreeable this morning!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (dmDsy)

88 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

Did you read what I wrote?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (n9ltV)

89 Agreed... as long as he really does he says, but of course, that's always the concern...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 11:13 AM (dmDsy)

He's friendly to the US, having spent most of his life living here. He's not antagonistic towards Jews, as his middle daughter married one.
He cannot hold the country as monarch without either support from within or foreigners.

If the Iranian people decide that they want a monarchy, and they want him as monarch, I have exactly zero problems with that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (ExV1e)

90 Those drones disappeared last November and they're just telling us now? WTF

Posted by: Jaimo at March 12, 2026 11:09 AM (BCuCF)

There was almost definitely an investigation launched immediately after the theft was discovered. We wouldn't comment while an investigation was ongoing.

Also, it's not wise to broadcast weaknesses or gaps. In many, many cases, even the existence of those gaps - particularly in technology or capability - are themselves classified at at least the TS level.

The bad guys watch the news, too.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (G1ktt)

91 >> Transgender 15-Year-Old Florida Teen and Friend Plotted to Murder Classmate as Part of ‘Blood Ritual’ to ‘Resurrect’ Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza

On the news this morning: an 11 year old killed his(?) 5 year old sibling. No names or details of the act, but they immediately went into a discussion about possibility of being charged as an adult for murder.

Had one of those 'oh sh#t, are we reaching End Times' moments. I'm guessing the details were withheld because they were bad.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (Suwql)

92 The person, other than the mullahs, most likely to be most successful in running Iran, at least in the short term, is Reza Pahlavi. He has a lot of support both inside and outside the country so he can be a unifying figure to give the people a chance to breathe and decide how they want to move forward.

We should not insist on him and we should not expend much in the way of resources to support him but he's probably the best shot there is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)

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More importantly, the son of The (former) Shah has said he has NO interest in being a Monarch or continuing the Monarchy -- and is only interested in helping unify and transition the country to a "democracy" or republic, and he comes off as very sincere.

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (xIFh6)

93 What a pity the Iron Sheik passed on before this moment in time. He could have whipped that joint into shape. Any opposition would be finished off with the "Camel Clutch".

Posted by: What Might Have Been at March 12, 2026 11:18 AM (oftw2)

94 53 The only ships moving through the strait are boats of the shadow fleet -- i.e. sanctioned vessels (China)"
Interesting assertion there. Proof?

A: China reducing flights around Taiwan.
Why? Because OIL which underpins their cheap EVERYTHING makes them vulnerable. TRUMP -- Real Stable Genius, Thanos was Right, etc...

To the Tankers: Show Some Guts, we need to draw the enemy out into the open to kill them all. forWARd !!!

Up, Down, Left, Right, ALL are their playthings those who pit Man against other MEN until we exist no more.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBGavinsRealityBomb
And the dust will become atoms, and the atoms will become NOTHING...

DARVO? or DAVROS? You decide. forWARd!!!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 12, 2026 11:18 AM (uYp5e)

95 A statement read on his behalf, Moj vows revenge. He still hasn't been seen.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 11:18 AM (+nEug)

96
95 A statement read on his behalf, Moj vows revenge. He still hasn't been seen.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 11:18 AM (+nEug)

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Because he dead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:18 AM (RcOs3)

97 I'm not sure how many times we have to see this play out in the world before we learn that this is their nature.

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I'm not convinced the Iranians fall into this category, only 30% are Muslim, and they're not Arabs either

Of course, it COULD once again turn into another Iraq clown show for governance, but it would be nice to see them transform back to what they were before Carter boinked things up with his malaise

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:19 AM (REq0p)

98 The captain was grilling steaks for the crew.

That's how it is done.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2026 11:14 AM (n9ltV)

At least once during every patrol, our Captain, XO, Weps, etc... would cook dinner for us enlisted fellas. Really did do wonders for morale, especially when it took place on Halfway Night...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 11:19 AM (dmDsy)

99 95 A statement read on his behalf, Moj vows revenge. He still hasn't been seen.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 11:18 AM (+nEug)

Moj? Oh, the Khameni Cardboard Kid?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:19 AM (bss/y)

100 How does Pahlavi get from where he is into Iran to the position of being the one without being killed by whatever is left after we are done there?

Posted by: Jaimo at March 12, 2026 11:19 AM (BCuCF)

101 On a typical day the Hormuz sees about 150 ship transits.

Yesterday there were like 15.

Shipping will pick up as the crews quit being little bitches and whining about being "put in danger."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 11:19 AM (jtM2q)

102 I remain History's Greatest Monster.

Posted by: James Earl Carter at March 12, 2026 11:20 AM (4NO2D)

103 It didn't work, and the template from World War II, Japan and Germany, ignores the obvious...that those cultures were industrious, nationalistic, valued education, and had been absolutely destroyed. The slate had been wiped clean, so reconstruction of the governments was relatively simple.
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That is itself very questionable. Why is it so hard to say that "It worked that time, but we don't know why it did?" We're in the position of the Indians who were using chinchona bark, or the sea captains who understood that fresh fruits and vegetables warded off scurvy, long before the medical experts admitted it was possible.

Really, it's worse than that. They at least had many cases of it working; we don't. Maybe it was German and Japanese fear of Communism. Who knows?

Posted by: Eeyore at March 12, 2026 11:20 AM (AlhUl)

104 Can you name one Muslim country that's even remotely "free" or even semi-functioning as any kind of republic or democracy?

These people do not want freedom. They never did. Not ever. Sure, they may say they do, and a few might shake their boobs around on TT, but at the end of the day they will submit to whatever brand of idiotic Muslim stupidity is offered.

I'm not sure how many times we have to see this play out in the world before we learn that this is their nature.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

Reportedly, a pretty sizable majority of Iranians are NOT muslim. Just the ones who currently have the guns.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:20 AM (ExV1e)

105 95 A statement read on his behalf, Moj vows revenge. He still hasn't been seen.

OMEGA CODE/1999: Tomb Reoccupied.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 12, 2026 11:20 AM (uYp5e)

106 Can we dig up Jimmy Carter and send him to Iran to negotiate?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 12, 2026 11:16 AM (pZ64F)

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He'd at least be in favor of The SAVE America Act, amirite?

/

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:20 AM (xIFh6)

107 Hate to break the black pillers high but there will be "boots on the ground" Hell there probably already are there.

It won't be a massive ground invasion like Kuwait or Iraq but Special Operations forces most like are inside Iran identifying local support and resources.

The Iranian people will needs small arms and munitions. Those troops will be there to make sure they go to the correct people.

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 12, 2026 11:21 AM (FylAi)

108 These people do not want freedom. They never did. Not ever.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)
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I mean it took a violent muslim revolution to seize power from the previously-"free" Persian people in 1979.

I think it's hardly fair to say the average Iranian never wanted freedom. It might be fair to say they're not willing enough to fight the barbarian muzzies over it, though.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:21 AM (5aZAZ)

109 Remember W's 'fake turkey' and Trump's 'use bleach to cure covid' lies. Or the biggest one: the "fine people" hoax?

It's what they do. Sadly, they're very good at it.
Posted by: Lizzy

However, prosecutions are coming, so sayeth Patel

Trump targeted by four FBI code-named counterintel probes that ensnared hundreds of Americans
Abuse of Power? Director Kash Patel is building a criminal case in one operation, and planning the declassification of two others so Congress can be informed of abuses by previous administrations targeting Trump and hundreds of supporters with lawfare.

By John Solomon and Jerry Dunleavy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 11:21 AM (3ChHB)

110 If the Iranian people decide that they want a monarchy, and they want him as monarch, I have exactly zero problems with that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (ExV1e)

You speakth truly!

OK, I gotta go make a doctors appointment.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 11:21 AM (dmDsy)

111 More importantly, the son of The (former) Shah has said he has NO interest in being a Monarch or continuing the Monarchy -- and is only interested in helping unify and transition the country to a "democracy" or republic, and he comes off as very sincere
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Can I get his Peacock Throne?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 12, 2026 11:22 AM (pZ64F)

112 Dead Ayatollahs aren't much fun.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:22 AM (gbOdA)

113 8th Army aircrews were served carefully hoarded fresh eggs for breakfast before going out on the deadly bomber missions. They looked at it as a last meal of the condemned, and they weren’t far off. Powdered eggs were the norm for the military worldwide, and eggs were rationed in Great Britain. One (1) a week.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:22 AM (2AlIJ)

114 I remain History's Greatest Monster.

What am I, chopped liver?
- Godzilla

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 12, 2026 11:22 AM (Kt19C)

115 101 On a typical day the Hormuz sees about 150 ship transits.

Yesterday there were like 15.

Shipping will pick up as the crews quit being little bitches and whining about being "put in danger."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 11:19 AM (jtM2q)

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To be fair, they are putting their lives on the line.

Iran doesn't care who they hurt now.

But, everyone but Iran now has the incentive to get Iran to stop fucking around. The US is hammering everything with a pier on the Iranian side of the strait.

And, success breeds more success.

Also...shale is really profitable at oil prices right now. That'll keep oil prices from spiking. Us importing less than 10% of our oil imports from the Middle East as a whole (the rest comes from places like Canada) will limit its affects on us. China is suddenly going to be trying to edge into oil contracts that they don't have a foothold in instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:22 AM (RcOs3)

116 I mean it took a violent muslim revolution to seize power from the previously-"free" Persian people in 1979.

I think it's hardly fair to say the average Iranian never wanted freedom. It might be fair to say they're not willing enough to fight the barbarian muzzies over it, though.
Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:21 AM

In fairness, the Communists started the revolution. They were just outplayed by the minority Islamists.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:22 AM (4NO2D)

117 What happened to the deal that we were arming 4,000 Kurds who were going to take on the Basji?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 11:23 AM (3ChHB)

118 How does Pahlavi get from where he is into Iran to the position of being the one without being killed by whatever is left after we are done there?

Posted by: Jaimo at March 12, 2026 11:19 AM (BCuCF)

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Just give him Secret Cervix protection.

Oh, wait, nevermind ...

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:23 AM (xIFh6)

119 " Is there anyone in Iran who looks like they are capable of taking over Iran other than the Mullahs?"

idk, but as long as there are a bunch of IRGC roaming around, even if they are officially "disbanded", they will come crawling out of the woodwork to act like terrorists against any new representative government.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 12, 2026 11:23 AM (vbXSk)

120 I think (I don't know)... I think that Iranian society is fairly well educated and sophisticated but they've been oppressed by the mullahs for 47 years so not sure how much of that was destroyed in that time. But theoretically, they're at least similar to the general population of Germany after WWII.... so should be capable of self governing if the mullahs can be decimated

I admit I might be wrong

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 11:23 AM (xT8gx)

121 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

Did you read what I wrote?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (n9ltV)
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Yea. I agree with it. But too many people even on our side have what I think are pure delusions about Iranians and what they are capable of becoming.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (iFTx/)

122 119 " Is there anyone in Iran who looks like they are capable of taking over Iran other than the Mullahs?"

idk, but as long as there are a bunch of IRGC roaming around, even if they are officially "disbanded", they will come crawling out of the woodwork to act like terrorists against any new representative government.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 12, 2026 11:23 AM (vbXSk)

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Israel has been microtargeting IRGC road blocks.

Word is that the lower ends of the IRGC are melting away.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (RcOs3)

123 92 ...
More importantly, the son of The (former) Shah has said he has NO interest in being a Monarch or continuing the Monarchy -- and is only interested in helping unify and transition the country to a "democracy" or republic, and he comes off as very sincere.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (xIFh6)
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Who cares? If monarchy would work there, fine. If not, also fine. We Americans have a strong bias against kings. So did the Romans; it didn't make much difference in the long run. There will probably come a time when "President" has the same connotations as "Dictator" does now.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (AlhUl)

124 When I was stationed in Sinop, the officers manned the chow hall on Thanksgiving and Christmas, serving and waiting on the enlisted folk. Don't know if they actually cooked the chow, though.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (77rzZ)

125 The $300 B new refinery will handle shale, Venny oil, and oil sand oil.
Will produce first gallon of gas in June of 29.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (gbOdA)

126 More importantly, the son of The (former) Shah has said he has NO interest in being a Monarch or continuing the Monarchy -- and is only interested in helping unify and transition the country to a "democracy" or republic, and he comes off as very sincere.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:17 AM (xIFh6)

I think a lot of Iranians, however, do want a monarchy. And I think the reason is to have someone outside the pressures of the various ethnic groups who make up Iran.

If the people voted for a monarchy, I wonder if he'd refuse.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)

127 Unelected President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen Calls Abandoning Nuclear Power “A Strategic Mistake” – 15 Years After Supporting the Nuclear Phase-Out

Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (RHGPo)

128 In fairness, the Communists started the revolution. They were just outplayed by the minority Islamists.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:22 AM (4NO2D)
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Because commies are dumb.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (5aZAZ)

129 Greek ships have gotten through.

Did they sneak in through the back door?
Posted by: Archimedes

They were hugged up so tight to military ships that they had to be separated by a crowbar.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (eGgU9)

130 Remember W's 'fake turkey' and Trump's 'use bleach to cure covid' lies. Or the biggest one: the "fine people" hoax? It's what they do. Sadly, they're very good at it.
Posted by: Lizzy

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Nevermind that, we have an unbelievable scandal of government waste, Hegseth has been caught sending lobster tails to his troops

LOBSTER TAILS PEOPLE

AND EVEN ICE CREAM

THIS IS THE WORST SCANDAL IN HISTORY, EVEN MORE THAN FINDING OUT LIBERACE WAS GAY

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (REq0p)

131 What Is Winning In Iran?

"Ending The Endless". Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba, Iran, so far, with the CCP on the ropes. London is reeling.

Posted by: t-bird at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (60OBK)

132 116 I mean it took a violent muslim revolution to seize power from the previously-"free" Persian people in 1979.

I think it's hardly fair to say the average Iranian never wanted freedom.
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Look in the mirror. See what' been going on since Clinton was elected. Every one of them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (3ChHB)

133 127 Unelected President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen Calls Abandoning Nuclear Power “A Strategic Mistake” – 15 Years After Supporting the Nuclear Phase-Out

Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (RHGPo)

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But her current policies are all fine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:25 AM (RcOs3)

134 Greek ships have gotten through.

Old greek homos.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 12, 2026 11:25 AM (Kt19C)

135 THIS IS THE WORST SCANDAL IN HISTORY, EVEN MORE THAN FINDING OUT LIBERACE WAS GAY
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM

He's just flamboyant.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:25 AM (4NO2D)

136 I'm on vacation on a beach somewhere, so I don't really have time to read much news... I have asked Grok every day "How many missiles have been launched from Iran today?"

Today the answer was zero.

Posted by: XYZ at March 12, 2026 11:25 AM (ZRICT)

137 The moola's went full Aloha Snack bar. One should never go full Aloha Snack bar.

Posted by: Eric (The Former) OC Tanker at March 12, 2026 11:26 AM (WTF+H)

138 And new oil is probably going to find other ways out of the area. Those UAE and Oman pipelines are probably going to get busy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (RcOs3)

HEH HEH HEH! You said, "get busy"!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Told You, It's After 11 at March 12, 2026 11:26 AM (dmDsy)

139 127 Unelected President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen Calls Abandoning Nuclear Power “A Strategic Mistake” – 15 Years After Supporting the Nuclear Phase-Out

Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (RHGPo)

Fuck you Jackson Browne and the no nukes idiots.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:26 AM (gbOdA)

140 108 These people do not want freedom. They never did. Not ever.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)
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I mean it took a violent muslim revolution to seize power from the previously-"free" Persian people in 1979.

I think it's hardly fair to say the average Iranian never wanted freedom. It might be fair to say they're not willing enough to fight the barbarian muzzies over it, though.
Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:21 AM (5aZAZ)
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What most Americans mean when they speak of "freedom" is classical liberalism. That's not true of the rest of the world, for whom a "free country" is one ruled by its own laws, even if they are not chosen in a manner Jonah Goldberg would endorse.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 12, 2026 11:26 AM (AlhUl)

141 He's just flamboyant.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:25 AM (4NO2D)

C'mon he is just trying to get his ewetub channel started.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)

142 That'll keep oil prices from spiking. Us importing less than 10% of our oil imports from the Middle East as a whole (the rest comes from places like Canada) will limit its affects on us.

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Oil prices are driven by speculation instead of reality and it's infuriating

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (REq0p)

143 In fairness, the Communists started the revolution. They were just outplayed by the minority Islamists.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:22 AM (4NO2D)

... you get the feeling that the Democrats think they are smarter

Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (RHGPo)

144 139 127 Unelected President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen Calls Abandoning Nuclear Power “A Strategic Mistake” – 15 Years After Supporting the Nuclear Phase-Out

Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (RHGPo)

Fuck you Jackson Browne and the no nukes idiots.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:26 AM (gbOdA)

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Europe would rather burn ancient forests to prevent global warming than build nuclear power plants or allow natural gas extraction.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (RcOs3)

145 8th Army aircrews were served carefully hoarded fresh eggs for breakfast before going out on the deadly bomber missions. They looked at it as a last meal of the condemned, and they weren’t far off. Powdered eggs were the norm for the military worldwide, and eggs were rationed in Great Britain. One (1) a week.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:22 AM (2AlIJ)

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"Charlie DON't Surf & Turf, so why should our soldiers! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"

/The Progda Enemedia MDM-MSM Sycophantic Whores

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (xIFh6)

146 100 How does Pahlavi get from where he is into Iran to the position of being the one without being killed by whatever is left after we are done there?

A: The platform Pavlavi vetted in Berlin the day before the bombardment began. Iran Prosperity Project (IPP). his subsequent "Emergency Phase" blueprint. Pahlavi positioned himself not as a permanent ruler, but as a "bridge" or a transitional leader whose primary goal is to oversee the shift from the current theocracy....

And peace in with Russia unless noodle headed Macron (MACarONi) really wants to prove France can survive Russia without sacrificing the middle of Europe -- look how well they fared against a lesser enemy/Germany.

3SI -- Three Seas Initiative, quite promising. too long to elaborate here.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsHalftimeAmerica250

This whole situation is exactly like the over-the-top villainy and mass-manipulation we see in Doctor Who, only now it’s real; this is insane, monstrous, and also grimly fascinating. MORE! forWARd...

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (uYp5e)

147 Anyone pretending to be mad about the steak dinner for the troops is doing just that. Pretending.

Stupid performative nonsense from the left so they can pretend to have something they're real super big mad about and yell at Pete Hegseth over it.

Fake and Gay.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (5aZAZ)

148 I see French Davidian pushing Temu Buttigieg as best choice for Christians.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (gbOdA)

149 Those that are questioning what Pahlavi will do should take the time to read The Prosperity Project he has written.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (+nEug)

150 48 SMOD wouldn't go byy the name of Voltimore by chance?

Posted by: Skip at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (EtnSa)

151 Crude Oil Apr 26 (CL=F)

96.19 +8.94 (+10.25%)
As of 11:17:28 AM EDT. Market Open.

Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (4NO2D)

152 Nevermind that, we have an unbelievable scandal of government waste, Hegseth has been caught sending lobster tails to his troops

LOBSTER TAILS PEOPLE

AND EVEN ICE CREAM

THIS IS THE WORST SCANDAL IN HISTORY, EVEN MORE THAN FINDING OUT LIBERACE WAS GAY
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger

I deployed to Iraq in 2008. Camp Cropper and Taji. Every Friday was steak and lobster in the DFACs. It was pushed as a big morale thing by the General Officers.

Posted by: Military Moron at March 12, 2026 11:28 AM (YVqyP)

153 142 That'll keep oil prices from spiking. Us importing less than 10% of our oil imports from the Middle East as a whole (the rest comes from places like Canada) will limit its affects on us.

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Oil prices are driven by speculation instead of reality and it's infuriating

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (REq0p)

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In part.

Future delivery contracts, though, are less derived from that.

And the market is $50 billion big. Emotional panics don't last long.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:28 AM (RcOs3)

154 I still say arm the iranian people to the teeth and let them sort it out. They know who the assholes are, they know where they are, they are the eyes and ears on the ground. Let them put on their fuck you boots and have at it. They earned the right to slaughter the scumbags. This isn't going anywhere without boots on the ground. They are the boots on the ground, and the only boots on the ground thats needed. If they can't do that, well tough shit on them. America wouldn't exist if in 1776 we sat inside and waited for the french to do the fighting.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 12, 2026 11:28 AM (snZF9)

155
If the people voted for a monarchy, I wonder if he'd refuse.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Or are they soft words while he eases into the throne? When they get their country back they can do what they want.
Just
The only good mullah is a dead mullah.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 11:28 AM (3ChHB)

156 Unelected President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen Calls Abandoning Nuclear Power “A Strategic Mistake” – 15 Years After Supporting the Nuclear Phase-Out

Posted by: SMOD at March 12, 2026 11:24 AM (RHGPo)

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Is there nothing that our future AI Overlords cannot do?

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:28 AM (xIFh6)

157 Europe would rather burn ancient forests to prevent global warming than build nuclear power plants or allow natural gas extraction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (RcOs3)
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What did communists use to heat their houses before fire?

Electricity.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:29 AM (5aZAZ)

158 What happened to the deal that we were arming 4,000 Kurds who were going to take on the Basji?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026

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Dogs that don't bark are that dangerous?

Oh. Wait.

Basenjis. Okay, got it now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 12, 2026 11:29 AM (wzUl9)

159 I'm guessing we're going to destroy any and all land-based threats along the Strait.”

We desperately need to, otherwise there will be more exploding boat attacks such as the two seen yesterday. Iran still has a great deal of harassment capability left on the straits, and the only way to eliminate that will be to eliminatev ALL docks and port facilities in the area, no matter how small.

Also, although we say “no boots on the ground” as a mantra, there are four small islands in the Straits that the US needs to occupy, in order to truly control the shipping lanes. As long as Iran controls them they will be attack platforms against us.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 11:29 AM (7yOPh)

160 Europe would rather burn ancient forests to prevent global warming than build nuclear power plants or allow natural gas extraction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (RcOs3)

EU burn Billions of pounds of New World wood pellets because they are considered

RENEWALBLE

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:29 AM (gbOdA)

161 “A Strategic Mistake”

Bullshit. More like “Malice aforethought”. Sick and tired of these saboteurs claiming incompetence when everyone knows they are fucking shit up deliberately.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:29 AM (2AlIJ)

162 143 In fairness, the Communists started the revolution. They were just outplayed by the minority Islamists.

... you get the feeling that the Democrats think they are smarter

What better Reality Bomb is there? rilly!

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBdOutLogic
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-OBAMA-theBirdie
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-TrueFaceOfLIBTerrorism

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBGavinsRealityBomb

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 12, 2026 11:30 AM (uYp5e)

163 "Charlie DON't Surf & Turf, so why should our soldiers! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"

/The Progda Enemedia MDM-MSM Sycophantic Whores
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:27 AM (xIFh6)

That's a good one!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 11:30 AM (dmDsy)

164 160
EU burn Billions of pounds of New World wood pellets because they are considered

RENEWALBLE

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:29 AM (gbOdA)

=====

Well, they are!

Just grow more trees.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:30 AM (RcOs3)

165 These people do not want freedom. They never did. Not ever.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)
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I mean it took a violent muslim revolution to seize power from the previously-"free" Persian people in 1979.

I think it's hardly fair to say the average Iranian never wanted freedom. It might be fair to say they're not willing enough to fight the barbarian muzzies over it, though.
Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:21 AM (5aZAZ)
__________

Well, even you put "free" in scare quotes. I've been hearing how "free" the Iranians were before 1979 since I was little kid. "Oh, here are some pics of Persian ladies on a beach in 1975 without burkas!" Whatever.

The pre-revolution government was a repressive monarchy. Was it better than what took over? Sure. But Iranians were never free as we understand that term, did barely anything in 50 years to take their country back, and as soon as we topple the mullahs some other asshole will roll in to oppress them. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 11:30 AM (iFTx/)

166 Boots may or may not hit the ground. Reality will dictate whether that needs to occur. The bigger point is that DJT is prosecuting a war that aims to punish the leaders directly. Just as he did in Venezuela. Having world leaders personally at risk is a sea change.

We also get to see the masks drop in the region. Iran attacking its neighbors allows us to see who is who.

And the disruption in oil flows demonstrates the economic leverage that the US has as well. Another healthy reality check for all of those world leaders. China is rationing fuel, India is running low on gas, Cuba is winding down....

People are seeing what happens when the 800lb gorilla is tired of being poked at thru the cage and walks out the door.

Posted by: JSpicy at March 12, 2026 11:30 AM (E16MG)

167 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 12, 2026 11:28 AM (snZF9)
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100% agree with all of this.

If we don't have a couple of ODAs on the ground either in or close to Iran arming and training some local fighters to go do the dirty work I'd be very surprised. That's the main mission of Army SF.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:30 AM (5aZAZ)

168 The only good mullah is a dead mullah.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 11:28 AM (3ChHB)

What flatter?
The new Ayatollah or his cardboard cutout?

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:31 AM (gbOdA)

169 IIRC, one of the reasons we plucked Maduro out of his abode was because his country nationalized some of our oil assets. Assets used to work the biggest oil field outside of the Middle East.

We should be leveraging that oil field with our reclaimed assets if it's not already being done.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 11:31 AM (jtM2q)

170 The problem with relying on the Kurds is that there are too many factions, and they’d just as soon fight each other as fight anyone else.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 11:31 AM (7yOPh)

171 What happened to the deal that we were arming 4,000 Kurds who were going to take on the Basji?

Wasn't that story debunked almost immediately by everyone involved?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:32 AM (ExV1e)

172 And the disruption in oil flows demonstrates the economic leverage that the US has as well. Another healthy reality check for all of those world leaders. China is rationing fuel, India is running low on gas, Cuba is winding down....

People are seeing what happens when the 800lb gorilla is tired of being poked at thru the cage and walks out the door.
Posted by: JSpicy at March 12, 2026 11:30 AM (E16MG)

Chinas 5 years plan based on bootleg 40 to 45 dollar oil just took it in the squeekhole.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:32 AM (gbOdA)

173 In fairness, the Communists started the revolution. They were just outplayed by the minority Islamists.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:22 AM (4NO2D)

And history repeats itself

Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 11:32 AM (eDMZF)

174 Also, although we say “no boots on the ground” as a mantra, there are four small islands in the Straits that the US needs to occupy, in order to truly control the shipping lanes. As long as Iran controls them they will be attack platforms against us.
Posted by: Tom Servo

We can just put big weights ashore at the end of each island so they tip over.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 11:32 AM (77rzZ)

175 169 IIRC, one of the reasons we plucked Maduro out of his abode was because his country nationalized some of our oil assets. Assets used to work the biggest oil field outside of the Middle East.

We should be leveraging that oil field with our reclaimed assets if it's not already being done.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 11:31 AM (jtM2q)

======

We restarted diplomatic relations with Venezuela (just cover for the forever war going on there, I'm sure), and the current president is desperate to make us happy.

And the central idea was that whole, "Venezuela stole American shit" thing.

Yes, we're going to exploit the hell out of Venezuelan oil.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:32 AM (RcOs3)

176 I still say arm the iranian people to the teeth and let them sort it out. They know who the assholes are, they know where they are, they are the eyes and ears on the ground. Let them put on their fuck you boots and have at it. They earned the right to slaughter the scumbags. This isn't going anywhere without boots on the ground. They are the boots on the ground, and the only boots on the ground thats needed. If they can't do that, well tough shit on them. America wouldn't exist if in 1776 we sat inside and waited for the french to do the fighting.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 12, 2026 11:28 AM (snZF9)

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

OUT: The Berlin Airdrop.
IN: The Barrett Airdrop.

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:32 AM (xIFh6)

177 Only Iranian males who know their way around firearms……are the bad guys.

Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2026 11:33 AM (LHPAg)

178 The old Citgo plant in Port Author was built to handle the Venezuela oil.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:33 AM (gbOdA)

179 This may be subversive, but what is a free government except freedom from that government. I.e. it having as little impact upon you as possible?

If that is accomplished by a monarchy that does not really interfere in the daily lives of it's people but just seeks to provide them opportunity... is that wrong.

Most historical cases of tyranny by anyone is when that government- no matter what form it took- could not leave it's people alone and sought to either make them into something else, looted them for it's own enrichment or used them as fodder for the acquisition of new wealth.

The problem with Monarchy is that it runs into the power concentration problem of all government. You might have the right guy right now (say Trump or the Shah) but someone WILL come in who is most emphatically NOT the right guy and use that power for his own selfish ends.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:34 AM (bss/y)

180 Every barracks used to have its own self contained mess hall, cooks, the while nine yards.

When they downsized everything in the 1990s and “consolidated” to save money, it didn’t save any money.

Our units didn’t even deploy the cooks they had. They outsourced everything to civilian contractors for huge money. At least I got more than two (2) strips of Bacon. The Albanian server in the chow hall line dropped a whole pound on the plate, apparently not too concerned about portion control.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:34 AM (2AlIJ)

181 At the BEE

Iran Cancels Plan To Attack California After Seeing Gavin Newsom Already Destroyed It

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:34 AM (gbOdA)

182 We should be leveraging that oil field with our reclaimed assets if it's not already being done.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 11:31 AM (jtM2q)

Trump was annoyed when Exxon told him they weren’t interested, since Maduro’s government had damaged the oil fields so badly through incompetence that it was going to take 10 years and $100 billion of investment to bring them back to what they could be.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 11:35 AM (7yOPh)

183 Not to mention the impact on our chippy European 'allies' who are highly dependent on gas. At some point the penny will drop. Let's hope their elections still work by then.

Posted by: JSpicy at March 12, 2026 11:35 AM (E16MG)

184 there are four small islands in the Straits that the US needs to occupy, in order to truly control the shipping lanes

**********************

Media will bloody scream BOOOOOOTS ON THE GROUND if even just one soldier was assigned to to seize and control those islands

Sending one soldier though is just silly to control 4 entire islands

We probably just need 20

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:35 AM (REq0p)

185 👍 CBD. Thank you.

Fools if people can't see the importance of stopping Iran's war machine.

The progressives in this country go down their prepared, unified lists and pick off personnel of the Trump Administration. It happened before successfully and they always circle back with the same POA.

>The New York Times
How Hegseth Came to See Moral Purpose in War as Weakness, 6 hrs. ago

>Daily Mail, 'Not the Right Size"
Morning Joe's Mika makes VERY crude remark about War Secretary Pete Hegseth as she blasts US bombing of Iran,
Published and updated minutes ago, 03/12/26

In part, "Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski took a dig at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's manhood while discussing the war in Iran on Thursday.

Brzezinski had been criticizing Hegseth's removal of photographers from the last two press briefings when she made the suggestive snipe. ..."

Brothers Mark and Ian, plus the ghost of her dear dead father, are whispering proper US policy into her ear?

B who'd support the a-hole Vindman clan and the grifting warmonger, Zelenskyy, for Ukraine 'til her dying days, all the while dragging her pet accessory hubby along by the purse.

ALL imo.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 12, 2026 11:35 AM (NFX2v)

186 OUT: The Berlin Airdrop.
IN: The Barrett Airdrop.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:32 AM (xIFh6)

I wonder how cheap an M3 Grease gun could be made now?

In .45 (God's own caliber.) Simple. Just a tube and a weight. Stamped out in the millions 80 years ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:35 AM (bss/y)

187 170 The problem with relying on the Kurds is that there are too many factions, and they’d just as soon fight each other as fight anyone else.

Wouldn't have happened if Clinton didn't sell them out when the Northern Alliance offered to topple the Taliban/kill OBL... the one Kurd leader capable of carrying out the mission killed by the Taliban just days before 911..

"I did nothing wrong"... Clinton'2026

Had he done back in Mogadishu in '92 what Somalia accomplished a decade later in a week, there factually would have been no OBL, no 911, no ENDLESS WARS...

forWARd!
" I Wish There Could Be A National System To Alert Us "We Have Solved" The Problem That Is Trump" ctHILLARY, 2025 -

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-SaveDaWorldTakeTheGun

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 12, 2026 11:36 AM (uYp5e)

188 I'm not surprised that the FNM and leftist scum who view themselves as elite are bitching about a few surf and turf meals for the military. Those cowardly scum think of the military as mostly icky flyover country hicks who ought to be content with MREs and at most chicken based meals if they are on ships with an actual cook.

In their narrow minds GOOD food is supposed to be for elites like themselves. I fart in their general direction.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 12, 2026 11:36 AM (AOl+5)

189 The problem with Monarchy is that it runs into the power concentration problem of all government. You might have the right guy right now (say Trump or the Shah) but someone WILL come in who is most emphatically NOT the right guy and use that power for his own selfish ends.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:34 AM (bss/y)

The problem with modern democracies is that the Wrong Guy comes around a whole lot more often.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 11:37 AM (7yOPh)

190 69
‘ Or the biggest one: the "fine people" hoax?

It's what they do. Sadly, they're very good at it.’

I don’t think that they’re especially good at it.

Leftists are just that eager to believe lies. No matter how ridiculous they are.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 12, 2026 11:37 AM (jbnUc)

191 Apropos of nothing, there is a great scene in Whirlwind, Clavell's novel set in revolutionary Iran, where two armed groups, communists and Islamists, are arguing about which one will control an intersection checkpoint in Tehran. The European protagonists are trying to slip through as the confrontation gets more and more heated until suddenly someone yells Aloha Snackbar and everyone pulls their weapons and starts shooting like the kitchen scene in Enemy of the State.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:37 AM (4NO2D)

192 We can just put big weights ashore at the end of each island so they tip over.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 11:32 AM (77rzZ)

Genius!

Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 11:38 AM (eDMZF)

193 The problem with relying on the Kurds is that there are too many factions, and they’d just as soon fight each other as fight anyone else.

******************

There are some Kurds that are awesome. And then there are others you could easily mistake for ISIS

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:38 AM (REq0p)

194 The problem with modern democracies is that the Wrong Guy comes around a whole lot more often.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 11:37 AM (7yOPh)

It turns into consortiums of 'wrong guys' who then set about looting the populace.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:38 AM (bss/y)

195 For logistical reasons, it would be better to stamp out a weapon that uses whatever is the most commonly available caliber of ammunition available in Iran.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:38 AM (2AlIJ)

196 Venezuelan oil.is now being refined in the US. Many of those ships going through the strait were carrying Iranian oil. That isn't happening any more.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 11:38 AM (+nEug)

197 177 Only Iranian males who know their way around firearms……are the bad guys.
Posted by: Eromero

I watched Full Metal Jacket, and I know my way around a gun. I love when they go off in my mouth, too.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at March 12, 2026 11:38 AM (YVqyP)

198 Communism might actually work in a muslim state. They're already slaves and subject to a vicious rule.

If they can just learn not to attack their neighbors, eh, let them have it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 12, 2026 11:38 AM (M9gjJ)

199 We desperately need to, otherwise there will be more exploding boat attacks such as the two seen yesterday. Iran still has a great deal of harassment capability left on the straits, and the only way to eliminate that will be to eliminatev ALL docks and port facilities in the area, no matter how small.

Also, although we say “no boots on the ground” as a mantra, there are four small islands in the Straits that the US needs to occupy, in order to truly control the shipping lanes. As long as Iran controls them they will be attack platforms against us.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 11:29 AM (7yOPh)

We've yet to see their swarm tactic, but I think it's coming unless, as you stated, we destroy the facilities from which they launch.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 12, 2026 11:39 AM (Y1sOo)

200 There are 17 Trillion dollars worth of oil in Venezuela. I can't see Trump being nah brah we don't need it

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:39 AM (REq0p)

201 The problem with modern democracies is that the Wrong Guy comes around a whole lot more often.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 11:37 AM (7yOPh)

And brings in more bad guys, and more bad guys, and more bad guys, so that even when you get a good guy in place... the bad guys still cause problems.

Frankly, I'd rather have a king who left me the fuck alone than the 'freedom' we have today. I just don't believe that anyone we got into that position WOULD leave me the fuck alone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (ExV1e)

202 Canada Announces New ‘Same Day Suicides’ as Euthanasia Numbers Reach Over 75K

About 45 days to get a Catscan

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (gbOdA)

203 185 👍 CBD. Thank you.
Fools if people can't see the importance of stopping Iran's war machine.
...
B who'd support the a-hole Vindman clan and the grifting warmonger, Zelenskyy, for Ukraine 'til her dying days, all the while dragging her pet accessory hubby along by the purse.

Which is why exposing Brennan's Epstein apparatus is essential, when the he'll rat them all out. the ctHARRIS/19 (now 25) will open fire on each other and Brennan in a PPV spectacular worthy of the price.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhoRtheTargets
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ctHARRIS19takedown
Not One Battle after Another; One LIB after Another.

"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." -- ctHILLARY'04, preparing a special 13th day of Jeffmas for us all !!!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (uYp5e)

204 Churchill was wrong about Democracy.

The whole point of the Constitution and bill of rights was to preclude Democracy. The word isn’t even mentioned, not even once, in either document.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (2AlIJ)

205 Chinas 5 years plan based on bootleg 40 to 45 dollar oil just took it in the squeekhole.

China's bootleg $40-45 oil comes courtesy of the US State Department telling every other nation that they can't get their oil from Russia and Iran under the fig leaf of "Sanctions".

It was US "sanctions" that allowed China to have no competition for the purchase of cheap oil.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (nAS9C)

206 (Stands up)

(Initiates the slow clap that builds a roaring applause)

Posted by: Cray Cray at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (WjNcq)

207 There will probably come a time when "President" has the same connotations as "Dictator" does now.
Posted by: Eeyore

Studebaker had a high-end model called the Dictator in the 30s. It was discontinued, though their President model continued for a long time.

Posted by: Auto Autist at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (oftw2)

208 "After that, who knows? The Communist Party will be a strong contender, but hopefully the experience of the last 47 years has taught the populace not to put their faith in absolutists."

Are there even any Communists in Iran? The one and only good thing the mullahs did was kill off their socialist allies after they took power.

Posted by: Ripley at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (GUOwU)

209 Frankly, I'd rather have a king who left me the fuck alone than the 'freedom' we have today. I just don't believe that anyone we got into that position WOULD leave me the fuck alone.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (ExV1e)

Which was the point of Plato's The Republic, if I understand it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (bss/y)

210 Frankly, I'd rather have a king who left me the fuck alone than the 'freedom' we have today. I just don't believe that anyone we got into that position WOULD leave me the fuck alone.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (ExV1e)

CSL

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:41 AM (gbOdA)

211 We restarted diplomatic relations with Venezuela (just cover for the forever war going on there, I'm sure), and the current president is desperate to make us happy.

And the central idea was that whole, "Venezuela stole American shit" thing.

Yes, we're going to exploit the hell out of Venezuelan oil.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:32 AM (RcOs3)

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

[Headline from four days ago:]

"US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum Confirms $100 Million Gold Shipment from Venezuela"

https://tinyurl.com/234hdxn5

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:41 AM (xIFh6)

212 Canada Announces New ‘Same Day Suicides’ as Euthanasia Numbers Reach Over 75K

Ron White had a joke about Texas putting in an express lane for prisoner executions. I guess Canada didn't know it was a joke.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

213 In their narrow minds GOOD food is supposed to be for elites like themselves. I fart in their general direction.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 12, 2026 11:36 AM (AOl+5)

Would it shock you to find out that its the Left and nominal right who believe our military are "suckers and losers"....

Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 11:41 AM (eDMZF)

214 Tousi has addressed the question of arming the populace. Go listen to what he has to say.

The time will come but it is not now.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 11:42 AM (+nEug)

215 “because we were fixated on being a gentle invader, the people of those countries never learned to fear us, and were never really beaten the way Japan and Germany were!”

Perfectly stated CBD! As two time participant in the Iraq debacle, I concur 100 percent with your idea concerning the “gentle invader”. We shackled ourselves to the idea of fighting a politically correct Iraq war; even to the expense of putting our own fighting men and women at risk for the sake of not offending “Our Host Country”. And we left with not a damned thing to show for it besides many dead, wounded, and horribly disfigured young men and women who served faithfully and with honor and distinction (the real kind, not like that MFer Bergdahl did in A-Stan),

Posted by: SuperCountyJudgeCandidateSuperRonNirenberg-Soon To Be The Buff King Of Bexar County at March 12, 2026 11:42 AM (jH/M1)

216 Holy crap how long until we have a MAID Day and then a MAID Month. Fuck. I bet they have already chosen the dates....

Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 11:42 AM (eDMZF)

217 Studebaker had a high-end model called the Dictator in the 30s. It was discontinued, though their President model continued for a long time.
Posted by: Auto Autist at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (oftw2)

I would buy a RAM potentate, authoritarian, oppressor, or ruler with cash money today if they had 1.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:42 AM (gbOdA)

218 > 26 Does it seem like a large commitment of military resources to accomplish what seem to be important, but modest, objectives?
Posted by: Oglebay at March 12, 2026 11:08 AM (2ap+5)

I don't see preventing a nuke from going off in New York City as a modest objective.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 12, 2026 11:43 AM (IG3/x)

219 Shorter: get rid of the State department.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 12, 2026 11:43 AM (f9h0J)

220 Tousi has addressed the question of arming the populace. Go listen to what he has to say.

The time will come but it is not now.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 11:42 AM (+nEug)
_______

I think an armed populace is more likely to start shooting each other than the regime assholes.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 11:43 AM (iFTx/)

221 Are there even any Communists in Iran?

As I understand it, the group that the GOPe (like Pence) favor to take over Iran rather than Pahlavi are communist Islamists. Just different Islamists.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:43 AM (ExV1e)

222 93
‘ What a pity the Iron Sheik passed on before this moment in time.’

Is Nikolai Volkoff still alive? Maybe we can install him as dictator of Russia.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 12, 2026 11:43 AM (jbnUc)

223 A day after the state Legislature called for higher taxes on the wealthy, Gov. Kathy Hochul said she’s worried that the move could drive the highest earners out of the state.

people don't live in New York city because of the fucking tax rate. They live in New York city because they want to be around the culture. If they want to move a soulless wasteland like Tampa or Dallas they can go right ahead.

We need a wealth tax (at least on the very wealthy) on a national level so people can’t just move to another state to avoid it. To get out of federal taxes, you have to renounce your U.S. citizenship.

The wealthy act like they don’t have other ways to make the money back. Stop hoarding money. Improve the lives of others and I guarantee you’ll make even more money. Maybe even a faster return.

Massachusetts voters approved a four percent surtax on annual incomes above $1 million in 2022, heard the same scare tactics of wealth flight, and it didn't happen.

Maybe millionaires and billionaires are the reason why everything costs way too much in NY. And taxes could be 0% in Kansas. I don’t give a fuck. I’m not living in Kansas even if they pay me

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 11:44 AM (YVqyP)

224 > 212 Canada Announces New ‘Same Day Suicides’ as Euthanasia Numbers Reach Over 75K

What's next, a punch card?

"Murder 10 of your elderly relatives and your murder is FREE!"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 12, 2026 11:44 AM (IG3/x)

225 Exxon is prissy. Remember tough Rex (backstabber) Tillerson? There will be companies, they are salivating right now. Iran will pay us back for their freedom with oil. No doubts.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 11:44 AM (3ChHB)

226 'soulless wasteland' lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:44 AM (bss/y)

227 Frankly, I'd rather have a king who left me the fuck alone than the 'freedom' we have today. I just don't believe that anyone we got into that position WOULD leave me the fuck alone.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (ExV1e)

Which was the point of Plato's The Republic, if I understand it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (bss/y)

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The first political message I ever learned from my mother as a wee lad was that the best form of government was a "Benevolent Dictator."

I gotta admit that, in my lifetime, Donald Trump has come closest to that description -- ever moreso than Ronald Reagan.

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:44 AM (xIFh6)

228 Canada Announces New ‘Same Day Suicides’ as Euthanasia Numbers Reach Over 75K

About 45 days to get a Catscan
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:40 AM (gbOdA)

That is stomach turning. I suppose the MAID drones have a checklist for who they approve quickly which I am sure comes down to 'producing money for the government?' discourage and delay the request. 'Costing the government money?' Approve them quickly and facilitate the death so they don't have time to change their minds.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 12, 2026 11:45 AM (AOl+5)

229 Anyone else tired of the stuck up commie asshats of NY?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:45 AM (bss/y)

230 Maybe millionaires and billionaires are the reason why everything costs way too much in NY. And taxes could be 0% in Kansas. I don’t give a fuck. I’m not living in Kansas even if they pay me
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 11:44 AM

Kansans breathe a sigh of relief.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:45 AM (4NO2D)

231 They live in New York city because they want to be around the culture. If they want to move a soulless wasteland like Tampa or Dallas they can go right ahead.

I guess they think that the 'culture' won't follow the money.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:45 AM (ExV1e)

232 Maybe millionaires and billionaires are the reason why everything costs way too much in NY. And taxes could be 0% in Kansas. I don’t give a fuck. I’m not living in Kansas even if they pay me
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 11:44 AM (YVqyP

Thank goodness.... For Kansas...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 11:45 AM (5XwF9)

233 Are there even any Communists in Iran? The one and only good thing the mullahs did was kill off their socialist allies after they took power.

I don't really know. It has been a long time since the Islamic Revolution, but I knew several of them at that time. According to Grok:
In short, Iranian communist parties/groups are ideologically active and persistent despite decades of repression, but they are politically and organizationally marginal in today's Iran — far from any position of real strength or ability to shape events at scale.

I don't think we'll know for sure until the time comes.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

234 Excuse me Ben Had (149). My question was how do we get from what he wants to do to actually getting into Iran and doing it. Isn't a hard question.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 12, 2026 11:46 AM (BCuCF)

235 They live in New York city because they want to be around the culture.

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Hmmmm, culture and a 70% tax rate, or cultureless Tampa with a state that doesnt charge income tax?

this is such a hard decision i just don't know man...

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:46 AM (REq0p)

236 Yes. I can see Canada making December MAID Month....

Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 11:46 AM (eDMZF)

237 229 Anyone else tired of the stuck up commie asshats of NY?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:45 AM (bss/y)
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Those, the ones in LA and SF, the faggots in Austin, and the shitbird commies moving to the good places and bringing their shitty attitudes with them.

Yeah, been tired of them for a minute now.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:46 AM (5aZAZ)

238 Pence probably supports the MEK if I am remembering correctly..

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 11:46 AM (+nEug)

239 Stop hoarding money.

This is a big problem on the left. These people think that rich folks just have a room filled with money. Fucking retards.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:47 AM (ExV1e)

240 103
‘ Maybe it was German and Japanese fear of Communism.’

In my opinion, this was very important to their choice.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 12, 2026 11:47 AM (jbnUc)

241 "The wealthy act like they don’t have other ways to make the money back. Stop hoarding money. Improve the lives of others and I guarantee you’ll make even more money. Maybe even a faster return. "

Always amusing to see basement dwellers giving expert financial advice to billionaires.

Posted by: Ripley at March 12, 2026 11:47 AM (GUOwU)

242 Hmmmm, culture and a 70% tax rate, or cultureless Tampa with a state that doesnt charge income tax?

this is such a hard decision i just don't know man...
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:46 AM (REq0p)

Take your time.

Weather.

Busty Bikini Gals.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:47 AM (bss/y)

243 Also, although we say “no boots on the ground” as a mantra, there are four small islands in the Straits that the US needs to occupy, in order to truly control the shipping lanes. As long as Iran controls them they will be attack platforms against us.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 11:29 AM (7yOPh)

We've yet to see their swarm tactic, but I think it's coming unless, as you stated, we destroy the facilities from which they launch.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 12, 2026 11:39 AM (Y1sOo)

So, these islands solely house military Iranian forces? So, why put boots on the ground vs just leveling them and then keeping a ship next to them in case someone decides to crawl out and make trouble?

Posted by: Nova Local at March 12, 2026 11:47 AM (tOcjL)

244 Canada's going to open a chain of big box stores for all your MAID needs. It's DIY-AID. Watch for their big Boxing Day sales.

Come on, ya hosers. Tell me ya never wanted to go out getting pummeled to mush by a twenty foot animatronic Death Santa.

Oh, sorry, sorry. How offensive and insensitive of me...

Six meters, I should have said.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 11:47 AM (Ot/FD)

245 people don't live in New York city because of the fucking tax rate. They live in New York city because they want to be around the culture. If they want to move a soulless wasteland like Tampa or Dallas they can go right ahead.

Lived in Tampa for near four years. Was the most fun city I've lived in. Had all the big ticket stuff you could want, with a relaxed enough atmosphere that you could enjoy it. Was also affordable. If it wasn't for the non-stop humidity, I might still be there today.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 12, 2026 11:47 AM (KbCG3)

246 Towards the end of World War II in europe, we airdropped Liberty pistols to the resistance. We really really need to get the Iranian civilians some guns.

Posted by: Beverly at March 12, 2026 11:48 AM (reMys)

247 223 We need a wealth tax (at least on the very wealthy) on a national level so people can’t just move to another state to avoid it. To get out of federal taxes, you have to renounce your U.S. citizenship.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 11:44 AM (YVqyP)

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"Rich people flee states that ramp up state taxes on them even before the ramping happens. But it won't happen at the national level. I'm retarded."
-Reddit

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:48 AM (RcOs3)

248 MAID may end up being the #3 cause of death in Canadia for 2026.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:48 AM (gbOdA)

249 235 They live in New York city because they want to be around the culture.
********
Hmmmm, culture and a 70% tax rate, or cultureless Tampa with a state that doesnt charge income tax?

this is such a hard decision i just don't know man...
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger

I'm seeing what Trump and Hegseth are doing to NYC's culture in Iran, and if I lived in NYC, I might want to leave.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 11:48 AM (YVqyP)

250 Canada Announces New ‘Same Day Suicides’ as Euthanasia Numbers Reach Over 75K

What's next, a punch card?

"Murder 10 of your elderly relatives and your murder is FREE!"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 12, 2026 11:44 AM (IG3/x)

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"This weekend we're running A TWO-FOR-ONE SPECIAL! Murder TWO of your elderly "Loved Ones" simultaneously and save your country unnecessary additional health care costs!"

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:48 AM (xIFh6)

251 This is a big problem on the left. These people think that rich folks just have a room filled with money. Fucking retards.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:47 AM (ExV1e)

They believe there is an infinite amount of money that OTHER people have and they can loot it and make a paradise (for themselves.)

THIS is the fundamental thesis of communism and that type of attitude.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (bss/y)

252 Hmmmm, culture and a 70% tax rate, or cultureless Tampa with a state that doesnt charge income tax?

Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)

253 Winning in Iran means no more death cult fanatics with a stated purpose of acquiring nukes to blow up the US running the country. No more funding of terrorist networks like Hamas and Hezbollah that kill and poison Americans. No more selling our enemies oil. No more sending sleeper cells to the US and poisoning minds with their radical death cult.

For the first time in my adult life I want Iran to be as consequential as Zimbabwe. I don't want to even see Iran mentioned in the news unless its for something they actually contributed to humanity for a change.

Since 1979 those death cult fanatics have had a much larger share of our attention than they merit. Make Iran Irrelevant Again.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)

254 Richard Grenell retweeted
Bari Weiss@bariweiss

Science Has a Major Fraud Problem.

For decades, scientists were above reproach. Not any more. @TheFP our Joe Nocera investigates the murky world of fraudulent research, and the sleuths exposing dishonest science.

https://tinyurl.com/3bmkt3nv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (3ChHB)

255 I think it be pretty cool for Musk to market a Tesla Tyrant. Maybe one of his cyber trucks with an automated .50 cal turret on top for anyone who gets in your way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (7yOPh)

256 I would say, absent regime change in Iran, these goals are unattainable for the long term. The Shia Twelvers are fanatics, and they are in it for the long haul.

Put the new Shah on the throne, and give him carte blanche to do whatever he has to do to ensure islam is utterly destroyed in iran.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (8zz6B)

257 Venezuelan oil.is now being refined in the US. Many of those ships going through the strait were carrying Iranian oil. That isn't happening any more.

Truth. For a century US bound Venezuelan oil was exclusively refined for America in the Lyondale refinery in Houston. That refinery is currently being dismantled and now there are several smaller and much more efficient refineries along the coast from Corpus to Orange. That new India financed refinery being initiated in Brownsville will end up with most of it within three years.

Posted by: DanMan at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (8uzBS)

258 248 MAID may end up being the #3 cause of death in Canadia for 2026.
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:48 AM (gbOdA)

So fucking dystopian.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (bss/y)

259 239 Stop hoarding money.

This is a big problem on the left. These people think that rich folks just have a room filled with money. Fucking retards.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:47 AM (ExV1e)

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"My money works for me."

"What? You mean it's alive and does pivot tables? You're so dumb!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (RcOs3)

260 Pence probably supports the MEK if I am remembering correctly..
Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 11:46 AM (+nEug)

That's the one.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)

261 "Rich people flee states that ramp up state taxes on them even before the ramping happens. But it won't happen at the national level. I'm retarded."
-Reddit
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:48 AM (RcOs3)

Millionaire F1 and Soccer players love living in Monaco, Liechtenstein, and San Marino.

wonder why

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (gbOdA)

262 Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)

In my amateur survey on the subject in college: New Orleans and Houston.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)

263 "Only NYC has museums and live theater."
-apparently

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:50 AM (RcOs3)

264 We're busy raining death from the skies and taking out targets whose location has been determined by months if not years of surveillance and intel. So it really wouldn't suit our purposes to have a bunch of pissed off disorganized civilians running around painting the streets red and screwing up our operations. Open civilian rebellion means no more aerial ops, at least not at the scale we're at now.

Let the boys rip from the air a bit longer, and then the civilians can have free reign to run and paint at their leisure.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 11:50 AM (Ot/FD)

265 We need a wealth tax (at least on the very wealthy) on a national level so people can’t just move to another state to avoid it. To get out of federal taxes, you have to renounce your U.S. citizenship.

Tell me you've never read the Federalist Papers or Democracy in America without telling me you've never read the Federalist Papers or Democracy in America.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

266 261 Millionaire F1 and Soccer players love living in Monaco, Liechtenstein, and San Marino.

wonder why

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (gbOdA)

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Because Liechtenstein rules the world!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:51 AM (RcOs3)

267 We really really need to get the Iranian civilians some guns.
Posted by: Beverly at March 12, 2026 11:48 AM

Just hang out near Basji checkpoints. There will be some laying on the ground.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 11:51 AM (4NO2D)

268 These people think that rich folks just have a room filled with money. Fucking retards.

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I'd like to know who exactly employs the middle class, the maiden earth fairy godmother with they/them pronouns?

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:51 AM (REq0p)

269 265 We need a wealth tax (at least on the very wealthy) on a national level so people can’t just move to another state to avoid it. To get out of federal taxes, you have to renounce your U.S. citizenship.

Tell me you've never read the Federalist Papers or Democracy in America without telling me you've never read the Federalist Papers or Democracy in America.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

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"The rich would never move from one country to another. They're too tied to America culturally!"
-apparently

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:51 AM (RcOs3)

270 Bari Weiss@bariweiss

Science Has a Major Fraud Problem.
___

CBS no longer Believes in SCIENCE(TM).

Tear up the "In this house..." lawn sign in front of CBS headquarters.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 12, 2026 11:51 AM (Dv3i1)

271 > Since 1979 those death cult fanatics have had a much larger share of our attention than they merit. Make Iran Irrelevant Again.
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I think our involvement in Venezuela had a side purpose in reclaiming the assets needed to exploit the oil there. If it can be leveraged, and the product refined and sold here as gas, diesel, etc. we really wouldn't give a shit about the Persian Gulf.

It certainly wouldn't be as economically and strategically important to us. Especially if we can "turn" Iran into a client state and not a perpetual thorn in our side.

I can see that vision. I bet Trump does too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 11:52 AM (jtM2q)

272 Tell me you've never read the Federalist Papers or Democracy in America without telling me you've never read the Federalist Papers or Democracy in America.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

Wasn't there an insane federal tax rate pre-WWII? Something like 80-90%?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:52 AM (bss/y)

273 Jaimo, Pahlavi will return when the regime is removed and the regular army starts arresting and killing regime supporters. Hard, yes it is going to be extremely hard.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 11:52 AM (+nEug)

274 Will the Iranians rise up to kill their oppressors?
That is the question for the ages, because if they dont at some point the Mullahs will re-form like that T-2 cop and they'll be under the boot again.
This is the opportunity of a lifetime for them, but killing is dirty business and not for everyone. Not to mention that those most drawn to it are already employed by the Mullahs.
It would be a shame if all this destruction to their country didn't at least have a silver lining for them.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 12, 2026 11:52 AM (Hx0tZ)

275 For decades, scientists were above reproach.

Science was above reproach because other scientists tried to replicate results. People didn't knowingly publish fake shit cuz it'd get called out immediately.

When that stopped, science stopped.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:53 AM (ExV1e)

276 270 Bari Weiss@bariweiss

Science Has a Major Fraud Problem.
___

CBS no longer Believes in SCIENCE(TM).

Tear up the "In this house..." lawn sign in front of CBS headquarters.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 12, 2026 11:51 AM (Dv3i1)

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I wonder if CBS being no longer stupid leftist on all fronts will actually impact the culture more than Musk buying X.

Just think of the normies suddenly being hit with uncomfortable thoughts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:53 AM (RcOs3)

277 "We will sell them the rope they use to h--- holy cow, you people are really creative at tying knots, aren't you? More ropes? Seriously? Wow. OK, sure, we'll send them right out."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 11:53 AM (Ot/FD)

278 254 Richard Grenell retweeted
Bari Weiss@bariweiss

Science Has a Major Fraud Problem.

For decades, scientists were above reproach. Not any more. @TheFP our Joe Nocera investigates the murky world of fraudulent research, and the sleuths exposing dishonest science.

https://tinyurl.com/3bmkt3nv
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (3ChHB)

So there was a real study of real sea level monitors. They found maybe 1 inch of sea level rise in the last 50 or so years.
The real problem they found was 100s of stations with FAKE data.
AI is going to prove the FAKE data problem is enormous.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 11:53 AM (gbOdA)

279 Wasn't there an insane federal tax rate pre-WWII? Something like 80-90%?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:52 AM (bss/y)

I think the highest tax rates ever were under Ike, but nobody paid them.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (Hx0tZ)

280 272 Wasn't there an insane federal tax rate pre-WWII? Something like 80-90%?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:52 AM (bss/y)

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Post WWII, the highest marginal tax rate was 90%.

This was also the time that the Hollywood studio system collapsed.

The tax rate was about 50% of that fall (the other 40% was the Paramount decrees and then TV, but TV would have ended it in time anyway on its own, probably).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (RcOs3)

281 So Van Der Leyen regrets getting rid of nuclear power. She will resign and live in a monastery. Right?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (YsPj+)

282 262 Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)

In my amateur survey on the subject in college: New Orleans and Houston.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)

Is it a true filthynasty experience if it isn't Atlanta filthynasty?

Posted by: XTC at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (6Uni8)

283 Science was above reproach because other scientists tried to replicate results. People didn't knowingly publish fake shit cuz it'd get called out immediately.

When that stopped, science stopped.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:53 AM (ExV1e)

THIS. Trust was not 'lost'- it was thrown away eagerly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (bss/y)

284 Towards the end of World War II in europe, we airdropped Liberty pistols to the resistance. We really really need to get the Iranian civilians some guns.

Posted by: Beverly at March 12, 2026 11:48 AM (reMys)

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Thanks for that historical knowledge of which I was unaware, Beverly (or may have learned at one point and since forgotten).

[Per Brave "AI" Search, 1 of 2:]

The FP-45 Liberator, often referred to as the "Liberty Pistol," was a single-shot .45 ACP pistol developed by the U.S. military during World War II for potential airdrop to resistance fighters in occupied territories. Despite being mass-produced—one million units in just 11 weeks—large-scale airdrops did not occur as originally planned.

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (xIFh6)

285 [Per Brave "AI" Search, 2 of 2:]

European Theater: General Dwight D. Eisenhower rejected the idea of mass airdrops over Europe, deeming it impractical use of limited air resources. Only fewer than 25,000 Liberator pistols were authorized for distribution to the French Resistance, and there is no definitive evidence of large-scale airdrops. Some sources suggest limited drops in Greece in 1944, but numbers remain unconfirmed.

Pacific Theater: General Douglas MacArthur was more receptive. Approximately 50,000 Liberator pistols were sent to the Pacific, with reports of distribution to guerrilla forces in the Philippines, China, and the Solomon Islands. Some use by resistance groups in these areas is plausible, though documented operational use remains scarce.

Post-War Fate: Most of the remaining Liberators—over 450,000—were destroyed after the war. Records indicate they were melted down or dumped into the Irish Sea, with only a few surviving today as rare collector’s items.

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (xIFh6)

286 Poles gave Nazis hell with one .22 in the ghetto.
.22 LR rifles and mag .22 derringers and in a short while they would be accumulating many local weapons. Raid an armory.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 11:55 AM (3ChHB)

287 We had "Live Main Lobster Night" ,weekly, at the Officers Club at FT Hood back in the early 70's. Paid for it though

Posted by: Javems at March 12, 2026 11:55 AM (zFsEm)

288 281 So Van Der Leyen regrets getting rid of nuclear power. She will resign and live in a monastery. Right?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (YsPj+)

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Will she advocate for the building of new nuclear power plants?

I mean, they outright destroyed the German ones. So they have to start from scratch.

Including on regulations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:55 AM (RcOs3)

289 " ... frankly impossible goal of America's recent wars have been to create some form of benign Jeffersonian democracy to replace evil, despotic, murderous regimes. "

only because the effort was made under idiot ROE by people who didn't want to win. (i. e. the uniparty / deepstate gummint)

a troika of me and two other Morons, given a modest budget, a free hand, and 5 years would have any country on earth Jeffersonian as all hell !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 12, 2026 11:55 AM (MIIRH)

290 Tampa has great food, hot girls in bikinis, great beaches, hot girls in bikinis, a great cigar scene, hot girls in bikinis, and a pretty lively brewery scene.

I'll agree that Dallas kinda sucks though.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:55 AM (5aZAZ)

291 Is it a true filthynasty experience if it isn't Atlanta filthynasty?
Posted by: XTC at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (6Uni

Never have really gone to Atlanta (in those days.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:55 AM (bss/y)

292 I remember being in middle school and making some comment about a billionaire being able to buy anything he wanted.

My buddy looked at me and said, "He's worth a billion. He doesn't just have it in the bank, you dummy."

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 12, 2026 11:55 AM (KbCG3)

293 We really really need to get the Iranian civilians some guns.
Posted by: Beverly at March 12, 2026 11:48 AM

Just hang out near Basji checkpoints. There will be some laying on the ground.

Posted by: toby928(c)

Good comment, but it would have been much improved if the nic was Sergeant Major Plumley.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:55 AM (Riz8t)

294 THIS. Trust was not 'lost'- it was thrown away eagerly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (bss/y)

There's a creepy Clowardy-Piveney angle to this crap, too.

They didn't just wreck our trust in them. They're eroding public trust in all science, ever, just as a concept.

"What else can't I trust?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 11:56 AM (Ot/FD)

295 290 Tampa has great food, hot girls in bikinis, great beaches, hot girls in bikinis, a great cigar scene, hot girls in bikinis, and a pretty lively brewery scene.

I'll agree that Dallas kinda sucks though.
Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:55 AM (5aZAZ)

I moved to Tampa from Connecticut. I was 26 at the time. This was in the time of Facebook. My CT Facebook lady friends had far different profiles than my FL Facebook lady friends. FL girls do not mind being oogled.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 12, 2026 11:56 AM (KbCG3)

296 So, these islands solely house military Iranian forces? So, why put boots on the ground vs just leveling them and then keeping a ship next to them in case someone decides to crawl out and make trouble?
Posted by: Nova Local at March 12, 2026 11:47 AM (tOcjL)

The reason they’re valuable for all sides is that they function as stable, defensible observation and weapons platforms. Any attack ship coming from the Iranian mainland, no matter how small, has to pass them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 11:57 AM (7yOPh)

297 In my amateur survey on the subject in college: New Orleans and Houston.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)
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Los Angeles, Las Vegas or Miami if you want a "classy" strip club experience.

Atlanta if you want the wildest shit possible to happen.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:57 AM (5aZAZ)

298 These people think that rich folks just have a room filled with money. Fucking retards.

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Uh. And a slide. You forgot the slide.

Posted by: Scrooge McDuck and his ass-kissing nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louis at March 12, 2026 11:58 AM (Hx0tZ)

299 Somebody tell the gas station owners around here, gas went up $1.50 in the past 3 weeks.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 12, 2026 11:58 AM (vqA1l)

300 FL girls do not mind being oogled.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 12, 2026 11:56 AM (KbCG3)

As muldoon would say, "a waist is a wonderful thing to mind"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 11:58 AM (Ot/FD)

301 The reason they’re valuable for all sides is that they function as stable, defensible observation and weapons platforms. Any attack ship coming from the Iranian mainland, no matter how small, has to pass them.

I have it on good authority (James Bond) that a single ship can obliterate a very large island.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

302 FL girls do not mind being oogled.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 12, 2026 11:56 AM (KbCG3)
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Especially if they're being oogled by a dude with a boat.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:58 AM (5aZAZ)

303 These people think that rich folks just have a room filled with money. Fucking retards.

Scrooge McDuck is based on reality!!! He won't even open his money vault up for community swimming! What a monster!!!

Posted by: Retarded, rabid Leftists at March 12, 2026 11:59 AM (YVqyP)

304 Will she advocate for the building of new nuclear power plants?

I mean, they outright destroyed the German ones. So they have to start from scratch.

Including on regulations.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 11:55 AM (RcOs3)

EU regulations on nuclear power:

- Only 'migrants' are permitted to work in the nuclear industry.
- All nuclear plant names must be culturally sensitive for 'migrants'.
- Local native girls must spend a minimum of two hours, daily, acting as recreation for 'migrants' working on Euro-Power.
- American companies must pay for all aspects of this project.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

305 299 Somebody tell the gas station owners around here, gas went up $1.50 in the past 3 weeks.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 12, 2026 11:58 AM (vqA1l)

Ours over the weekend went to 3.19. All stations that I have seen in Lexington. No variation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:59 AM (bss/y)

306 In my amateur survey on the subject in college: New Orleans and Houston.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

My (innocent) work travel buddy once asked me on a Sunday morning - "How do you get body glitter off of your glasses?"

Epic.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 12, 2026 11:59 AM (cYBz/)

307 Wasn't there an insane federal tax rate pre-WWII? Something like 80-90%?
——

Up until the Kennedy era. Reagan killed off what remained.

There were all sorts of deductions. Those are gone, too. Nobody actually paid those rates.

One of my favorite tales was a college professor who was nicknamed “Rocket Man”. He bought a surplus military rocket at auction. In those days, one could deduct the original purchase price of the item, which was considerable.

The initial tax rates were about 2%, starting on incomes over $500,000 in today’s confetti-bucks. “Stick it to the Rich!” sounded good, that’s why the 16th was ratified by the states.

But it only ever falls on the working people. Leftists are profoundly stupid, or wicked. Take your pick. Both may apply I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:59 AM (2AlIJ)

308 Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)

In my amateur survey on the subject in college: New Orleans and Houston.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)

Is it a true filthynasty experience if it isn't Atlanta filthynasty?
Posted by: XTC at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (6Uni

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I have little experience with strip clubs, but isn't it mostly the same girls that move around between clubs? They'll be at Club Boobs in Atlanta for a few months, then go to Club Booty in Tampa for a few months, then Club Boobs & Booty in Dallas, etc.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

309 294, spot-on, W-o!

I take comfort from my collection of older reference books

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 12, 2026 12:00 PM (MIIRH)

310 I only "sampled" one strip club during a Bachelor Party in the mid 80's in Las Vegas.

One of the dancers -- who was attractive and seemingly not skanky -- came onto me.

I'd been hit on by prostitutes on The Strip before (oh hell no), but bought into the "poor pretty girl working her way through college dancing" instead of just another gateway to prostitution until that event.

Oh, to be so young & innocent again ...

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:00 PM (xIFh6)

311 Scrooge McDuck is based on reality!!! He won't even open his money vault up for community swimming! What a monster!!!

The entire notion of "swimming" in money is absurd. The money in question is always shown as coinage, which is very dense, so attempting to swim in it would be an exercise in futility.

Posted by: That guy who takes everything literally at March 12, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

312 Trust was not 'lost'- it was thrown away eagerly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (bss/y)

And coincidentally by the very people who despised actual science. Because science doesn't always tell you want you want to hear and the Left cannot abide being told anything but what they want to hear. So erode trust in it now no one believes it, problem solved (in their puny narrow minds).

Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:00 PM (eDMZF)

313 Tampa has great food, hot girls in bikinis, great beaches, hot girls in bikinis, a great cigar scene, hot girls in bikinis, and a pretty lively brewery scene.

I'll agree that Dallas kinda sucks though.
Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 11:55 AM (5aZAZ)

Dallas, OTOH, is both safer from hurricanes AND closer to Corsicana.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 12, 2026 12:00 PM (ExV1e)

314 These people do not want freedom. They never did. Not ever. Sure, they may say they do, and a few might shake their boobs around on TT, but at the end of the day they will submit to whatever brand of idiotic Muslim stupidity is offered.

I'm not sure how many times we have to see this play out in the world before we learn that this is their nature.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

There are plenty of non-muslims in iran. Possibly even a majority. So give the muzzies what they need: make them all slaves or wards of the State. No vote, ever. No political power. Very limited human rights. Only shit jobs and shit housing. If they don't like it, they can emigrate to one of the adjacent muslim shitholes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2026 12:00 PM (8zz6B)

315 The Albanian server in the chow hall line dropped a whole pound on the plate, apparently not too concerned about portion control.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:34 AM
Camp Arifjan was a good galley.

Posted by: Eromero at March 12, 2026 12:01 PM (LHPAg)

316 >>I think our involvement in Venezuela had a side purpose in reclaiming the assets needed to exploit the oil there. If it can be leveraged, and the product refined and sold here as gas, diesel, etc. we really wouldn't give a shit about the Persian Gulf.

I think both Venezuela and Iran are pieces of that same puzzle. If you remember after the war in Iraq, Trump was adamant that we should have taken the oil. In Trump hyperbolic speak I think that equates to making a deal much like we are seeing in Venezuela.

Energy fuels the world. It's the only reason the mullahs held the power position they did. It was the reason the mullahs took control of Iran in the first place. China wasn't pushing their tentacles into Venezuela because of the hot women although I wouldn't blame them for that. It was because they needed the oil.

We don't need Iran's oil. We have enough for our own needs. What we need is for whomever takes over Iran to not use oil as a means to evil ends.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 12, 2026 12:01 PM (viF8m)

317 299 Somebody tell the gas station owners around here, gas went up $1.50 in the past 3 weeks.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 12, 2026 11:58 AM (vqA1l)

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The increase in oil prices (from about $75 a couple of weeks ago to $95 today) doesn't justify the increase in gas prices.

Because gas prices have other inputs, and lot of that is psychological and also deal with local competition.

It's why prices jump quickly and decrease slowly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:01 PM (RcOs3)

318 Boots may or may not hit the ground. Reality will dictate whether that needs to occur. The bigger point is that DJT is prosecuting a war that aims to punish the leaders directly. Just as he did in Venezuela. Having world leaders personally at risk is a sea change.

Considering they are illegitimate, unelected leaders, good.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:01 PM (eGgU9)

319 I have little experience with strip clubs, but isn't it mostly the same girls that move around between clubs? They'll be at Club Boobs in Atlanta for a few months, then go to Club Booty in Tampa for a few months, then Club Boobs & Booty in Dallas, etc.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:00 PM (iFTx/)
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Not really. There's a lot of interchange between LA and LV with LA girls flying into LV to work Friday/Saturday night.

Miami is its own thing and Atlanta is something else entirely just due to the, er, ethnic makeup of the Atlanta clientele.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 12:02 PM (5aZAZ)

320 But it only ever falls on the working people. Leftists are profoundly stupid, or wicked. Take your pick. Both may apply I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:59 AM (2AlIJ)

I still remember the first time I learned that my crap hourly $ nevertheless put me in the category of "the wealthy".
and it has happened again, and again

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 12, 2026 12:02 PM (MIIRH)

321 If you gave half the retards who bitch about other peoples' wealth a physical gold coin worth more than they've ever made in their life to date, they'd bite the edge of it (because that's what you do, I watch movies, idiot), have no idea what to even do with the fucking thing, complain that it tastes nothing like mint, and then lose it somewhere.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:03 PM (Ot/FD)

322 321 If you gave half the retards who bitch about other peoples' wealth a physical gold coin worth more than they've ever made in their life to date, they'd bite the edge of it (because that's what you do, I watch movies, idiot), have no idea what to even do with the fucking thing, complain that it tastes nothing like mint, and then lose it somewhere.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:03 PM (Ot/FD)

You know why a lot of rich libs are in support of reparations? They know they'll get the money right back.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 12, 2026 12:04 PM (KbCG3)

323 252
‘ Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.’

How do you measure ‘best’ in that context?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 12, 2026 12:04 PM (jbnUc)

324 294 THIS. Trust was not 'lost'- it was thrown away eagerly.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 11:54 AM (bss/y)

There's a creepy Clowardy-Piveney angle to this crap, too.

They didn't just wreck our trust in them. They're eroding public trust in all science, ever, just as a concept.

"What else can't I trust?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 11:56 AM (Ot/FD)

I think this is part and parcel of the long march through the institutions to destroy Enlightenment-era rationalism and empiricism, and the philosophical underpinnings of Western civilization such as the existence and discoverability of objective truth. Lysenko wasn't an accident. The climate change and transgenderism cults aren't an accident. These can't exist without the degeneration and ultimate destruction of scientific inquiry and scientific method, and objective fact. There are no facts, not ascertainable truth, just narrative.

Posted by: All by design at March 12, 2026 12:05 PM (TbWk/)

325 You know why a lot of rich libs are in support of reparations? They know they'll get the money right back.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

All cleaned & perfectly legal like.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:05 PM (eGgU9)

326 Oh, to be so young & innocent again ...
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:00 PM (xIFh6)
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Heh.

Just this past Monday I was sitting at a regular non-seedy bar for happy hour having a beer while waiting on a friend to finish work and show up, and two "Dancers" came in and sat down next to me, and it took about three minutes before I was asked if I was interested in having a good time that night.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 12:05 PM (5aZAZ)

327 MAJOR STRIKE IN IRAN

Reports say the armored corps base in Ahvaz, Iran has been destroyed.

This base is where Iran’s tanks and armored units are stationed and coordinated in the southwest of the country.

If confirmed, it would be a serious blow to Iran’s ground forces and military infrastructure.

Well it certainly LOOKS like a major strike.

https://twitter.com/i/status/2032103169937875185

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

328 Iran is not Islamist. 5 % of 90 million people are regime sup porters

Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 12:05 PM (+nEug)

329 ‘ Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.’

How do you measure ‘best’ in that context?
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Least amount of social diseases.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:05 PM (eGgU9)

330 ‘Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.’

How do you measure ‘best’ in that context?
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Strippers' boob size.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)

331 323 252
‘ Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.’

How do you measure ‘best’ in that context?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 12, 2026 12:04 PM (jbnUc)

Resistance to antibiotics?

Posted by: Polka will never die at March 12, 2026 12:06 PM (nShQe)

332 323 252
‘ Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.’

How do you measure ‘best’ in that context?
Posted by: Dr. Claw

It's not by grabbing their tits to compare cup size and to see if they're natural, let me tell you!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at March 12, 2026 12:06 PM (YVqyP)

333 321 If you gave half the retards who bitch about other peoples' wealth a physical gold coin worth more than they've ever made in their life to date, they'd bite the edge of it (because that's what you do, I watch movies, idiot), have no idea what to even do with the fucking thing, complain that it tastes nothing like mint, and then lose it somewhere.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:03 PM (Ot/FD)

And the other half would put it in a gumball machine.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 12:06 PM (gbOdA)

334 What Is Winning In Iran?

nonsense. vox day tells me the us is about to surrender to iran. he wouldn't lie, would he?

Posted by: anachronda at March 12, 2026 12:06 PM (edU/H)

335 I think this is part and parcel of the long march through the institutions to destroy Enlightenment-era rationalism and empiricism, and the philosophical underpinnings of Western civilization such as the existence and discoverability of objective truth. Lysenko wasn't an accident. The climate change and transgenderism cults aren't an accident. These can't exist without the degeneration and ultimate destruction of scientific inquiry and scientific method, and objective fact. There are no facts, not ascertainable truth, just narrative.

Well put.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)

336 The reason they’re valuable for all sides is that they function as stable, defensible observation and weapons platforms. Any attack ship coming from the Iranian mainland, no matter how small, has to pass them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 11:57 AM (7yOPh)

During the Tanker War, they launched their speedboats from those islands to harass commercial ships.

They tried somewhat of a swarm tactic with those stupid, under-equipped speed boats, but with little effect.

Flying in support of our escorts, we were easily able to pick out their boats with ISAR radar along with FLIR and notify the escort ships of those boats who were on a threat vector inbound.

Swarming could be a problem today with their better-equipped boats, however, depending upon how many are sent out to form the swarm and what defensive assets we have on-station at the time to counter them.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 12, 2026 12:07 PM (Y1sOo)

337 "Ours over the weekend went to 3.19."

same here, Aetius. weird.

2.69 the week before

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 12, 2026 12:07 PM (MIIRH)

338 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at March 12, 2026 12:07 PM (EtnSa)

339 Just this past Monday I was sitting at a regular non-seedy bar for happy hour having a beer while waiting on a friend to finish work and show up, and two "Dancers" came in and sat down next to me, and

it took about three minutes before I was asked if I was interested in having a good time that night.
Posted by: ballistic

Ask them, "I am. But I can have a good time for free. Can you?"

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:07 PM (eGgU9)

340 Oops, misread that as best culture. Carry on.

Posted by: Polka will never die at March 12, 2026 12:07 PM (nShQe)

341 ‘Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.’

How do you measure ‘best’ in that context?
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Strippers' boob size.
Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)
__________

It's $19

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:08 PM (iFTx/)

342 nonsense. vox day tells me the us is about to surrender to iran. he wouldn't lie, would he?
Posted by: anachronda

He is one seriously weird dude.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 12:08 PM (77rzZ)

343 Ask them, "I am. But I can have a good time for free. Can you?"
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:07 PM (eGgU9)

TNSTAAFBJ

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 12:08 PM (gbOdA)

344 nonsense. vox day tells me the us is about to surrender to iran. he wouldn't lie, would he?
Posted by: anachronda

When did he go around the bend? Jeez. Trump got a lot of people to drop their masks.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:08 PM (eGgU9)

345 Oh, ffs. It's snowing.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)

346 It depends on what the meaning of the word “best” is….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 12:09 PM (aSzdc)

347 ‘ Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.’

How do you measure ‘best’ in that context?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 12, 2026 12:04 PM

High and perky.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:09 PM (4NO2D)

348 Victory is the establishment of Greater Israel and the reconstruction of the Temple Mount.

Posted by: Sid at March 12, 2026 12:09 PM (MlMMr)

349 337 "Ours over the weekend went to 3.19."

same here, Aetius. weird.

2.69 the week before
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 12, 2026 12:07 PM (MIIRH)

Over 5.00 here in NorCal

Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 12:09 PM (5XwF9)

350 TNSTAAFBJ
Posted by: r hennigantx

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:09 PM (eGgU9)

351 LOL rickb!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 12, 2026 12:09 PM (MIIRH)

352 345 Oh, ffs. It's snowing.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)

Chilly 58 down here by the bay

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 12:09 PM (gbOdA)

353 337 "Ours over the weekend went to 3.19."

same here, Aetius. weird.

2.69 the week before
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 12, 2026 12:07 PM (MIIRH)

Considering it seems so across the board, my guess is it is some sort of legislation. Some mechanism that puts a limit on how much the price can fluctuate within a given amount of time, maybe?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:09 PM (bss/y)

354 High and perky.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:09 PM (4NO2D)

way up firm and high

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 12:10 PM (gbOdA)

355 349 337 "Ours over the weekend went to 3.19."

same here, Aetius. weird.

2.69 the week before
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 12, 2026 12:07 PM (MIIRH)

Over 5.00 here in NorCal

5.59 in my neck of the lack of woods

Posted by: anachronda at March 12, 2026 12:10 PM (edU/H)

356 Oh, ffs. It's snowing.
Posted by: Archimedes

Yep. Was hailing earlier.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 12:11 PM (77rzZ)

357 5.59 in my neck of the lack of woods
Posted by: anachronda at March 12, 2026 12:10 PM (edU/H)

California ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 12:11 PM (5XwF9)

358 High and perky.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:09 PM (4NO2D)

way up firm and high
Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 12:10 PM (gbOdA)

Night moves

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 12:11 PM (aSzdc)

359 Iran will also pay us back our expenses for their freedom. As much oil as Iran has it won't be a penalty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 12:11 PM (3ChHB)

360 This might be a dumb question but.... Is gas cheap in Alaska?

Do they refine all their oil right up there? Or do they got to ship it south, refine it, then ship it all the way back up again?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:11 PM (Ot/FD)

361 Ours over the weekend went to 3.19. All stations that I have seen in Lexington. No variation.

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I'm in South Jersey just outside of Philly. Gas prices range from $3.40 to $3.60. Over in the city, close to $4.00.

The rise has been closer to $1.00 than $1.50, my original assertion.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 12, 2026 12:11 PM (vqA1l)

362 I like to imagine victory in Iran as wearing a tuxedo t-shirt.

Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:12 PM (c3bGo)

363 Why is it so quiet on Fulton Cty and Maricopa Cty?

I think that the cheating must be in the 25% to 35% range.
I think they have no fucking clue who is in the poll books.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 12:12 PM (gbOdA)

364 The rise has been closer to $1.00 than $1.50, my original assertion.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 12, 2026 12:11 PM (vqA1l)

Here, it was fluctuating down in the 2.40s for a while before the recent stuff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:13 PM (bss/y)

365 "We need a wealth tax (at least on the very wealthy) on a national level so people can’t just move to another state to avoid it. To get out of federal taxes, you have to renounce your U.S. citizenship."

Tell me you have no fucking clue how a Constitutional Republic works, without telling me.

I'd add - also tell me you're a fucking dunce, without telling me... but that's pretty much implied.

Posted by: Croaker at March 12, 2026 12:13 PM (AUB4U)

366 I last topped up at $2.59/gal. I haven't gone anywhere to speak of so I still full.

I also have 25 gallons of hurricane fuel for my generators left over from last years uneventful season.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:14 PM (4NO2D)

367 I like to imagine victory in Iran as wearing a tuxedo t-shirt.

Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:12 PM (c3bGo)

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I"m envisioning life-size cardboard cutouts of Dancing Trump on every street corner.

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:14 PM (xIFh6)

368 Gas prices here have yet to crack $3 per gallon, but getting close. Paid 2.79 yesterday.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 12, 2026 12:14 PM (gm9Sb)

369 "We need a wealth tax (at least on the very wealthy) on a national level so people can’t just move to another state to avoid it. To get out of federal taxes, you have to renounce your U.S. citizenship."

People would have to be physically constrained from moving, of course. I'm envisioning something like a wall...

Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

370 ‘Reportedly, Tampa has the best strip club in the country. If that's not culture, I don't know what is.’

Tampa is home to the well-known Mons Venus, which is a full nude strip club. How it compares to other full-nudity strip clubs in the US I haven't a clue as I've been to none of them.

Posted by: Never even been a titty bar at all at March 12, 2026 12:14 PM (TbWk/)

371 I'd add - also tell me you're a fucking dunce, without telling me... but that's pretty much implied.
Posted by: Croaker at March 12, 2026 12:13 PM (AUB4U)
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Redditards are a special breed of stupid.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 12:14 PM (5aZAZ)

372 I"m envisioning life-size cardboard cutouts of Dancing Trump on every street corner.

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And instead of the "Muslim Call To Prayer" blasting on loudspeakers, "YMCA" on a permanent loop.

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:14 PM (xIFh6)

373 This might be a dumb question but.... Is gas cheap in Alaska?

Do they refine all their oil right up there? Or do they got to ship it south, refine it, then ship it all the way back up again?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

From what I remember seeing by following a few people on YouTube, it appears they ship it south, refine it, and ship it back north.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:14 PM (eGgU9)

374 Considering it seems so across the board, my guess is it is some sort of legislation. Some mechanism that puts a limit on how much the price can fluctuate within a given amount of time, maybe?

Posted by: Aetius451AD

Anti-price-gouging laws, maybe? Not familiar with the locational specifics...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 12, 2026 12:15 PM (OUMaO)

375 If you gave half the retards who bitch about other peoples' wealth a physical gold coin worth more than they've ever made in their life to date, they'd bite the edge of it (because that's what you do, I watch movies, idiot), have no idea what to even do with the fucking thing, complain that it tastes nothing like mint, and then lose it somewhere.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:03 PM (Ot/FD)

I like the cut of your sarcastic, acerbic jib!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Know What Most Of The Words I Wrote Mean. at March 12, 2026 12:15 PM (dmDsy)

376 No no no on a wealth tax. Just no…. The last thing we need is another tax

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 12:15 PM (X5Baq)

377 Tampa is home to the well-known Mons Venus, which is a full nude strip club. How it compares to other full-nudity strip clubs in the US I haven't a clue as I've been to none of them.
Posted by: Never even been a titty bar at all at March 12, 2026 12:14 PM

Dolphin smooth.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:15 PM (4NO2D)

378 There are some Kurds that are awesome. And then there are others you could easily mistake for ISIS
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 12, 2026 11:38 AM (REq0p)

How many Kurds are non-muslims?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2026 12:16 PM (8zz6B)

379 Tampa is home to the well-known Mons Venus, which is a full nude strip club. How it compares to other full-nudity strip clubs in the US I haven't a clue as I've been to none of them.
Posted by: Never even been a titty bar at all

If you've been to an Arby's, you've seen it all.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:16 PM (eGgU9)

380 I also have 25 gallons of hurricane fuel for my generators left over from last years uneventful season.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:14 PM (4NO2D)

After Sally, we had a Generac whole home installed. Runs on natural gas. Haven't needed it a single time since, of course.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 12, 2026 12:16 PM (Y1sOo)

381 The cardb9ard aytollha stuff is hilarious, but fake. They used a framed picture to cheer and bow to. Slightly less weird, but only slightly.

Posted by: Sigh at March 12, 2026 12:16 PM (duB6J)

382
$4.39 gallon here in Portland Oregon

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 12, 2026 12:16 PM (IifOV)

383 I saw Sarcastic Acerbs open for the Dead Kennedys at the Whiskey in '99.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 12, 2026 12:16 PM (KAqW5)

384

soulless wasteland, it's only soulless wasteland
soulless wasteland, oh, yeah
soulless wasteland
They're all wasted

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 12, 2026 12:17 PM (Cqx++)

385 I’ve never been to a strip club and never will go…. I think strip club I think seedy in the extreme

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 12:17 PM (X5Baq)

386 We have 4 different gas stations nearby; a Valero, Sunoco, 5-Star and an independent.

All are at or very near $3.15/gal. It's all run by a big syndicate.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 12:17 PM (jtM2q)

387 385 I’ve never been to a strip club and never will go…. I think strip club I think seedy in the extreme
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 12:17 PM (X5Baq)
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Eh some are nicer than others but they're all seedy based on the nature of what the place is lol

I haven't been to one since I met my wife *mumble* years ago.

Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 12:18 PM (5aZAZ)

388 $3.49 per gallon here in DFW when I filled up two days ago

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 12:18 PM (X5Baq)

389 For logistical reasons, it would be better to stamp out a weapon that uses whatever is the most commonly available caliber of ammunition available in Iran.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 12, 2026 11:38 AM (2AlIJ)

Some kind of double-action shrouded-hammer revolver that accepts 9 mm cartridges. Simplest manual of arms: if you can load it, you can shoot it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2026 12:18 PM (8zz6B)

390 385 I’ve never been to a strip club and never will go…. I think strip club I think seedy in the extreme
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 12:17 PM (X5Baq)

You've never been so how do you know?

Posted by: Field research is called for at March 12, 2026 12:18 PM (TbWk/)

391 The cardboard head honcho in Iraq. Takes me back to the hilarity that was MLB in Covid days with the cardboard fans and recorded cheering.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 12, 2026 12:18 PM (gm9Sb)

392 303 Scrooge McDuck is based on reality!!! He won't even open his money vault up for community swimming! What a monster!!!

maybe he's afraid corn dog will pee in it

Posted by: anachronda at March 12, 2026 12:18 PM (edU/H)

393 Why is it so quiet on Fulton Cty and Maricopa Cty?

I think that the cheating must be in the 25% to 35% range.
I think they have no fucking clue who is in the poll books.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 12, 2026 12:12 PM (gbOdA)

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Maricopa County has been stealing elections -- with the help of the McCain Crony Cabal RINOs -- since before I moved to Northern AZ 13 years ago.

In broad daylight no-less ... I want those assholes in prison (preferably after being put through wood-chippers).

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:19 PM (xIFh6)

394 All taxes are wealth taxes. Every tax is taking money you otherwise wouldn't have paid for a good or service, which reduces your wealth.

They're not "wealth taxes". They're "existence taxes". If a flat per-capita tax is illegal, then so are progressive per-capita taxes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:19 PM (Ot/FD)

395 ace is up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:19 PM (bss/y)

396 After Sally, we had a Generac whole home installed. Runs on natural gas.

Haven't needed it a single time since, of course.
Posted by: one hour sober

Of course.
I bought an EcoFlow battery backup up 6 months ago to keep the internet up should power go out.
It finally did. Monday night around 11:30 pm as storms moved thru.

After I already went to bed.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:19 PM (eGgU9)

397 I’ve never been to a strip club and never will go…. I think strip club I think seedy in the extreme
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Especially when you can view naked ladies in the comfort of your own hope thanks to Al Gore's amazing internet.

Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

398 379 Tampa is home to the well-known Mons Venus, which is a full nude strip club. How it compares to other full-nudity strip clubs in the US I haven't a clue as I've been to none of them.
Posted by: Never even been a titty bar at all

If you've been to an Arby's, you've seen it all.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:16 PM (eGgU9)

I once did an open mic standup set (in Tampa, mind you) that involved a joke about Katie Holmes wanting oral from Tom Cruise, and Tom coming up with any excuse not to, which landed on him saying he had roast beef for lunch.

There was an audible groan.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (KbCG3)

399 I haven't been to one since I met my wife *mumble* years ago.
Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 12:18 PM (5aZAZ)

You met your wife at a strip club?

Neat!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (Ot/FD)

400 Former interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan is being maligned in the media with false allegations by Soros-Backed operatives.

Last week the New York Times reported that Halligan was under investigation by the Florida Bar Association and her license was in jeopardy only to report the following day that a representative from the Florida Bar said that there was no ongoing investigation into Halligan.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (3ChHB)

401 I'm in South Jersey just outside of Philly. Gas prices range from $3.40 to $3.60. Over in the city, close to $4.00.

That's almost as high as it was under Obama and Biden when we weren't bombing anybody.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 12, 2026 12:21 PM (a+4eV)

402 The cardboard head honcho in Iraq. Takes me back to the hilarity that was MLB in Covid days with the cardboard fans and recorded cheering.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 12, 2026 12:18 PM (gm9Sb)

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Seems like a bad nightmare in retrospect.

All I could think of (and it later applied to F. Joe Biden) was that Star Trek (Original) episode "Patterns of Force" where they propped up the leader and broadcast the fake crowds cheering.

Who is John Gill?

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:22 PM (xIFh6)

403 I used to work at an ad agency way back in the 90's. Different world, obviously, but one of my vendors would take me to lunch at a local strip, er, "gentlemen's" club once a month. Couldn't write off the tips, however. So I would get an order of messy buffalo wings. The girls would take one look at my hands and offer to come back later. Saved me a lot of cash, lol.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 12, 2026 12:22 PM (vqA1l)

404 NOOD Drone Wars

Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:22 PM (xIFh6)

405 That's almost as high as it was under Obama and Biden when we weren't bombing anybody.

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Correct, but I was just getting used to filling up for under $30. Oh well, hopefully soon.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 12, 2026 12:23 PM (vqA1l)

406 388 $3.49 per gallon here in DFW when I filled up two days ago
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 12:18 PM (X5Baq)

Gas jumped about $0.60 per gallon here with diesel and ethanol free going must higher. I figure it will settle once the Iran situation is resolved. Gas goes bonkers anytime someone farts near the Hormel Straits or whatever anyway, let alone the recent ass-kicking given to Iran. I'd also like to blame futures traders and commodity speculators because I think they're basically parasitic degenerate gamblers in suits with Wall Street and hedge fund connections but have no data to back that up.

Posted by: Fuck 'em anyway at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (TbWk/)

407 390 385 I’ve never been to a strip club and never will go…. I think strip club I think seedy in the extreme
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 12:17 PM (X5Baq)

You've never been so how do you know?
Posted by: Field research is called for
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Wouldn't say they are filthy but after the time I went the suit and shirt went to the cleaners and I took a thorough shower.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 12:25 PM (3ChHB)

408 Going to a strip club is like going to a salad bar with the sneeze guard all the way to the ground. No point in looking at a menu I can't order from.

I also object to supporting her abusive boyfriend's drug habit while he learns to play the drums in a Motley Crue cover band.

Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:25 PM (EIYQ6)

409 Gasoline $3.00 to $3.10 here in W. NC.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (XeU6L)

410 Modern wars are not won by air power alone.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 12, 2026 12:27 PM (g8Ew8)

411 Gasoline is $3.55 for mid-grade unleaded in Boise. Up $0.50 in two weeks.

Well worth it to snuff some jihadi cavemen.

Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:27 PM (EIYQ6)

412 410.

We need to use the trebuchets and the rifles with the thing that goes up.

Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:28 PM (EIYQ6)

413 Punitive war is a refreshing change. Read about Sherman, and Grant for that matter.

Posted by: tubal at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (pDt9x)

414 Winning a war may not be the point here, breaking shit and leaving is more the point.

Posted by: tubal at March 12, 2026 12:30 PM (pDt9x)

415 357 5.59 in my neck of the lack of woods
Posted by: anachronda at March 12, 2026 12:10 PM (edU/H)

California ?

yes. excessively sunny socal, where the thing we have a plethora of is dearth.

Posted by: anachronda at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (edU/H)

416 MAID may end up being the #3 cause of death in Canadia for 2026.
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Well, to be fair, it is Canada.

Posted by: Im not Jack Benny at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (duB6J)

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