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Wednesday Morning Rant
On the one hand, The Economist is one of the West's worst publications. It is consistently as dishonest as it is ideologically pure. On the other, their treatment of the late Ali Khamenei is so outlandish that it defies belief if they mean it. If it is sincere, it puts the WaPo's coverage of ISIS' Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, where the paper's original headline referred to him as an "austere religious scholar," to shame. I cannot, however, figure out if it is sincere or an amazing piece of satire. It is The Economist and one does not expect biting satire about a progressive hero-figure, but their obituary is so over the top I don't know what to think about it. The headline and introduction is tame: Ali Khamenei hoped his legacy might last for ever Iran’s Supreme Leader was killed on February 28th, aged 86
The article is not. It comes out swinging in the first paragraph:When the Shah fell in 1979, and the hotheads in Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s new Islamic Republic took American diplomats hostage, it was plain that America would seek to undermine Iran by any means. In the Iran-Iraq war of 1980 America even supported Iraq, ruled by a tyrant, rather than Iran.It is not baffling that a country might support the enemy of an enemy. It is not unfathomable that a country wouldn't side with a country that has declared it to be the hated and existential enemy. It is almost like The Economist is putting one on.
This did not daunt him. Martyrdom would be sweet; in many ways, he had already courted it. Like Khomeini, his long-term mentor and friend, he had divine right on his side. America led a phalanx of countries that were morally corrupt; but Islam made Iran strong, pure and spiritually protected. It disgusted him to have to deal or negotiate with the West, even through officials. He came to disdain foreign investment, in case it increased "Westoxification" in Iran; during the pandemic he refused to import Western vaccines, because they might bring the virus in.Strength and purity. Khamenei in a nutshell, eh? This reads almost tongue-in-cheek.
Only "heroic flexibility" induced him to agree to the nuclear deal with America in 2015. Then, predictably, Donald Trump tore it up and tried, with Israel (the Little Satan) to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities into oblivion. Why trust such people? Why negotiate, when America's sole purpose was to ensure that Iran had no nuclear power at all? No free nation would behave that way. Besides, when Mr Trump's body was ashes, eaten by worms and ants, the robust tree of the Islamic Republic would still be standing.This is clearly written as if from the late Khamenei's perspective, as is much of the rest of the article. I cannot, however, gauge its sincerity. It seems inconceivable.
But when he was made an ayatollah almost at once, and the constitution amended to overlook his lack of learning, he settled into the role as if born to it. It was as a supreme jurist, wearing the black cap of a direct descendant of Muhammad, that he gazed benignly from billboards and posters across the country. And it was as a great teacher that he preached and wrote books on forgiveness, patience and "101 tips for a happy marriage", telling Iranians how to live. In short he was everywhere, ruling now by divine authority. His tongue could channel God.If this weren't in The Economist, I'd be sure that this was satire, laughing at his corrupt arrogance. Since it is in The Economist, however, I don't know.
Also, though many had underrated him, he knew how to build up worldly power. He proved adept at playing Iran's state institutions off against each other -- the presidency against parliament and the army against the regime's most powerful security force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose activities he encouraged. This made him the final arbiter. Besides, whereas Iran's often-more-moderate presidents had a limit of two consecutive terms, he was appointed for life.Is the cynical, ruthless realpolitik being described here by The Economist being described with admiration, or is it veiled contempt?
His business empire was also extraordinary. He might live frugally, receiving visitors in a bare room with one sofa and a few wooden chairs, but he controlled assets worth tens of billions of dollars. Soon after his succession he took over the Shia charities from the government and turned them into vast conglomerates that hoovered up state contracts. He also seized the properties the Shah's men had abandoned when they fled from the Islamic revolution. The humble cleric from Mashhad had inherited the Earth.Are they intending to sincerely point out his obvious inveterate corruption, or is this merely a case of "yes, we know that all our West-hating heroes have feet of clay, but they are heroes nonetheless?" It ends with a banger:
He hoped to leave a legacy. This was not necessarily a dynasty, though he had four sons, all of them clerics. He was thinking more of his "Second Step" of the Islamic revolution, more pious and more energetic. Evidently, his own time was limited. He would be bundled away for safety if or when Iran's enemies struck. How much more honourable, more deserving of the paradise to come, to drink the pure draught of a martyr's end.Are they sarcastically lampooning him by juxtaposing the avowed sweetness of martyrdom with his continuous effort to avoid it? Are they doing the same by describing the decrepit, corrupt gangster as energetic and pious? Or do they possibly mean it? I can't tell. The whole thing is so outlandish and absurd that it almost has to be satire - but it's also The Economist and so it might be a wholly-sincere lament. What do you think? Do they mean it?
Comments
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1st?
Posted by: Bulg at March 11, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
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Wow.
Posted by: Bulg at March 11, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
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Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at March 11, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)
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"Reporters" used to tell us what actually happened, and left it up to us how to feel about it.
"Journalists" now tell us what to feel and leave it up to us to figure out what actually happened.
"Journalists" now tell us what to feel and leave it up to us to figure out what actually happened.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 11, 2026 11:02 AM (MNCvZ)
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In the Iran-Iraq war of 1980 America even supported Iraq, ruled by a tyrant, rather than Iran.
This one cracks me up. Whenever Iran or Iraq are in the news the FNM comes back to this and blames Reagan for whatever the current problem is.
Before the first Gulf War the FNM slammed Reagan for supporting Iran.
During the first Gulf War they slammed Reagan for supporting Iraq and the FNM has gone back and forth like that since then.
Iraq, a Soviet Client State, and Iran, a jihadist Terrorist State were both our enemies and as stated we were trying to make both lose.
Now...if Carter hadn't given Iran to the Ayatollah things would have played out differently, which begs the question why isn't THAT the starting point of every discussion about the Middle East?
This one cracks me up. Whenever Iran or Iraq are in the news the FNM comes back to this and blames Reagan for whatever the current problem is.
Before the first Gulf War the FNM slammed Reagan for supporting Iran.
During the first Gulf War they slammed Reagan for supporting Iraq and the FNM has gone back and forth like that since then.
Iraq, a Soviet Client State, and Iran, a jihadist Terrorist State were both our enemies and as stated we were trying to make both lose.
Now...if Carter hadn't given Iran to the Ayatollah things would have played out differently, which begs the question why isn't THAT the starting point of every discussion about the Middle East?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm)
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4 "Reporters" used to tell us what actually happened, and left it up to us how to feel about it.
"Journalists" now tell us what to feel and leave it up to us to figure out what actually happened.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 11, 2026 11:02 AM (MNCvZ)
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Reporters were always manipulative scum.
There was never a platonic ideal of journalism/reporting in actual existence.
The entire profession is about manipulation and always has been.
The big names just had to create a fiction of objectivity to get broadcast licenses from the federal government. No one in power ever believed that fiction.
"Journalists" now tell us what to feel and leave it up to us to figure out what actually happened.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 11, 2026 11:02 AM (MNCvZ)
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Reporters were always manipulative scum.
There was never a platonic ideal of journalism/reporting in actual existence.
The entire profession is about manipulation and always has been.
The big names just had to create a fiction of objectivity to get broadcast licenses from the federal government. No one in power ever believed that fiction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:04 AM (GBKbO)
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IMO they mean every word they wrote. The media (especially organs like the economist) are thoroughly corrupt, enemies of the people, AND retarded to boot... the result is the drivel you quoted
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 11, 2026 11:04 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 11, 2026 11:05 AM (ix8EF)
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I suspect the obit is sincere. America-hatred always comes first for these people, no matter the cost to them.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:05 AM (CHHv1)
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9 I suspect the obit is sincere. America-hatred always comes first for these people, no matter the cost to them.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:05 AM (CHHv1)
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It doesn't need to be cohesive. You just need to be able to tie every individual sentence to, "US is bad."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:05 AM (CHHv1)
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It doesn't need to be cohesive. You just need to be able to tie every individual sentence to, "US is bad."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:05 AM (GBKbO)
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How much more honourable, more deserving of the paradise to come, to drink the pure draught of a martyr's end.
The guy engaged in endless terrorism and was responsible for the deaths of many many innocent people in Iran and the broader Middle East.
If Trump had the army kill 10k+ No Kings protestors would we get such a write up for Trump? What if he also had CIA agents assassinate Canadians?
The guy engaged in endless terrorism and was responsible for the deaths of many many innocent people in Iran and the broader Middle East.
If Trump had the army kill 10k+ No Kings protestors would we get such a write up for Trump? What if he also had CIA agents assassinate Canadians?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 11:05 AM (sKqQm)
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The Economist used to be a good magazine. Sad what it's become.
Posted by: Bulg at March 11, 2026 11:06 AM (77rzZ)
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He hoped to leave a legacy.
Rejoice, Economist, he did leave a legacy. The destruction of his regime. Let us dance and sing.
Rejoice, Economist, he did leave a legacy. The destruction of his regime. Let us dance and sing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 11, 2026 11:06 AM (ExV1e)
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Watching the entire world wrap their lips around Islam's diseased micropenis has to be humanity's most shameful display.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:06 AM (3wOGw)
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I found some old FNM articles during the Iranian revolution. They made Khomenei look like a Muslim George Washington.
Lies, lies, and damned lies.
Lies, lies, and damned lies.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
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The Economist is the Al Jazeera of Drudge Reports
The Economist is the Al Jazeera of Drudge Reports
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 11:07 AM (IifOV)
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15 I found some old FNM articles during the Iranian revolution. They made Khomenei look like a Muslim George Washington.
Lies, lies, and damned lies.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
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I suppose that was written in the heyday when reporters were just concerned with giving the public the facts.
Lies, lies, and damned lies.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)
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I suppose that was written in the heyday when reporters were just concerned with giving the public the facts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:07 AM (GBKbO)
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All that's missing is the glamor shot on the cover for the staff to pleasure themselves over.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 11, 2026 11:09 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:09 AM (4NO2D)
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19 Evidently, his own time was limited.
Wasn't the fucker 86 years old?
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:09 AM (4NO2D)
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"Only the good die young. Now, why Charlie was assassinated by Israel on the orders of Erika."
-Candace Owens
Wasn't the fucker 86 years old?
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:09 AM (4NO2D)
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"Only the good die young. Now, why Charlie was assassinated by Israel on the orders of Erika."
-Candace Owens
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:10 AM (GBKbO)
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If we remember that in our time Everything written or spoken by the Information Syndicate is an opinion piece, all of it falls into place. All pretense of neutrality has long since vanished. In fact, neutrality in information is as quaint a notion as, say, politicians who are public servants.
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 11:10 AM (pDt9x)
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You know who else thought he was looking out for his native culture?
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:11 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 11:11 AM (IifOV)
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The Economist has hated Israel for a long, long time.
Over time, The Economist has turned into a newsletter for the World Economic Forum.
If you want to know what the people who go to Davos think, read the Economist.
Otherwise, it has no utility.
Over time, The Economist has turned into a newsletter for the World Economic Forum.
If you want to know what the people who go to Davos think, read the Economist.
Otherwise, it has no utility.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 11:11 AM (n1OCj)
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I have a dim memory that when the original ayatollah (khomeini) died that his funeral descended into chaos so much so they almost dropped the casket LoL... it's too bad there's a war going on because it would be rather humorous if khameini's funeral also descended in the same way... but because of the war probably no public funeral
Speaking of humerus, I wonder if mojito is still alive...
Speaking of humerus, I wonder if mojito is still alive...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 11, 2026 11:11 AM (xT8gx)
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The only thing the article lacks is actual video footage of the author performing fellatio on the ayatollah.
Posted by: Don Black at March 11, 2026 11:12 AM (ZxPkt)
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Bang! Bang! Problem solved.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 11, 2026 11:12 AM (M9gjJ)
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Not watching the time
Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2026 11:12 AM (EtnSa)
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6 4 "Reporters" used to tell us what actually happened, and left it up to us how to feel about it.
"Journalists" now tell us what to feel and leave it up to us to figure out what actually happened.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
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Watch the 1930's era Front Page for the morality of reporters back in the heyday of newspaper wars.
Reporters and carnies have a lot in common and hey rube is simply code talk for media to describe their audience.
"Journalists" now tell us what to feel and leave it up to us to figure out what actually happened.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
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Watch the 1930's era Front Page for the morality of reporters back in the heyday of newspaper wars.
Reporters and carnies have a lot in common and hey rube is simply code talk for media to describe their audience.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)
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It is not baffling that a country might support the enemy of an enemy. It is not unfathomable that a country wouldn't side with a country that has declared it to be the hated and existential enemy. It is almost like The Economist is putting one on.
I believe the Brit speak for this is "taking the piss".
I believe the Brit speak for this is "taking the piss".
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)
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25 I have a dim memory that when the original ayatollah (khomeini) died that his funeral descended into chaos so much so they almost dropped the casket LoL... it's too bad there's a war going on because it would be rather humorous if khameini's funeral also descended in the same way... but because of the war probably no public funeral
Speaking of humerus, I wonder if mojito is still alive...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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They did drop the casket and the body fell out.
Speaking of humerus, I wonder if mojito is still alive...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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They did drop the casket and the body fell out.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)
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Interesting:
Joe Truzman
@JoeTruzman
This morning, hundreds of thousands of Iranians woke up to frozen bank accounts. Customers of Bank Sepah and Bank Melli got an SMS saying their accounts were locked, @NarimanGharib posted on X. The banks' websites and service channels are blocked, and it's not possible to log into accounts at all.
The regime is calling this a "Central Bank technical upgrade to communication switches for network stability," he wrote.
This is almost certainly the regime freezing enormous sums of money taken directly from its own citizens to ensure its survival. Iranians are being robbed blind by their own government as it clings to power.
Joe Truzman
@JoeTruzman
This morning, hundreds of thousands of Iranians woke up to frozen bank accounts. Customers of Bank Sepah and Bank Melli got an SMS saying their accounts were locked, @NarimanGharib posted on X. The banks' websites and service channels are blocked, and it's not possible to log into accounts at all.
The regime is calling this a "Central Bank technical upgrade to communication switches for network stability," he wrote.
This is almost certainly the regime freezing enormous sums of money taken directly from its own citizens to ensure its survival. Iranians are being robbed blind by their own government as it clings to power.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 11, 2026 11:14 AM (2ocoG)
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Reporters were always manipulative scum.
There was never a platonic ideal of journalism/reporting in actual existence.
The entire profession is about manipulation and always has been.
Right? I mean, look how they treated Peter Parker.
There was never a platonic ideal of journalism/reporting in actual existence.
The entire profession is about manipulation and always has been.
Right? I mean, look how they treated Peter Parker.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
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It reads like satire, yet I just know the author is trying to be serious.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at March 11, 2026 11:14 AM (v23vE)
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Perry White was a straight shooting newsman.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (4NO2D)
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Thx Joe.
The Economist along with the BBC are two of the main reasons the British elite are brain damaged. That's ok in a few more years they'll be writing in Arabic about Allah
The Economist along with the BBC are two of the main reasons the British elite are brain damaged. That's ok in a few more years they'll be writing in Arabic about Allah
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (qBBPl)
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https://legalinsurrection.com/israeli-americans brutally attacked at restaurant after speaking hebrew
San Jose Leftifornia
San Jose Leftifornia
Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (EtnSa)
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This is almost certainly the regime freezing enormous sums of money taken directly from its own citizens to ensure its survival. Iranians are being robbed blind by their own government as it clings to power.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 11, 2026 11:14 AM (2ocoG)
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It's really just a celebratory move because of Iran completely destroying Israel and America's ability to make war in the region.
There's no other explanation possible.
This is almost certainly the regime freezing enormous sums of money taken directly from its own citizens to ensure its survival. Iranians are being robbed blind by their own government as it clings to power.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 11, 2026 11:14 AM (2ocoG)
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It's really just a celebratory move because of Iran completely destroying Israel and America's ability to make war in the region.
There's no other explanation possible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
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Willowed
Geezer Golf TPS report, stat!
Posted by: Bulg at March 11, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)
Front nine a disaster and we shall never speak of it again. Back nine was much better and won $12.
🙂
Geezer Golf TPS report, stat!
Posted by: Bulg at March 11, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)
Front nine a disaster and we shall never speak of it again. Back nine was much better and won $12.
🙂
Posted by: Diogenes at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (2WIwB)
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The author of this "obituary" could well be a leader of IRGC.
The Economist is a rag written by sexually-frustrated retards who aren't sure what goes where during sex.
How do I know? Because for some reason FB keeps blasting my feed with Economist "articles" and 75% of them are social-culture piff whining about how certain men and women have it better in the dating and social world than others do.
"Chadence Highborne IV drives a Lambo and gets more girls than poor Billy Bob who doesn't have a license and lives in a trailer park. The horror! And Busty McBoobs the underwear model has guys lusting after her, while poor Mildred Fugliette can't get a date."
I wouldn't wipe a dog's ass with the Economist.
The Economist is a rag written by sexually-frustrated retards who aren't sure what goes where during sex.
How do I know? Because for some reason FB keeps blasting my feed with Economist "articles" and 75% of them are social-culture piff whining about how certain men and women have it better in the dating and social world than others do.
"Chadence Highborne IV drives a Lambo and gets more girls than poor Billy Bob who doesn't have a license and lives in a trailer park. The horror! And Busty McBoobs the underwear model has guys lusting after her, while poor Mildred Fugliette can't get a date."
I wouldn't wipe a dog's ass with the Economist.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)
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I have a dim memory that when the original ayatollah (khomeini) died that his funeral descended into chaos so much so they almost dropped the casket LoL... it's too bad there's a war going on because it would be rather humorous if khameini's funeral also descended in the same way... but because of the war probably no public funeral
Is there anything left to bury? I mean, aside from with a squeegee?
Is there anything left to bury? I mean, aside from with a squeegee?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
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It's the Trump reference that tells you they are sincere:
Only "heroic flexibility" induced him to agree to the nuclear deal with America in 2015. Then, predictably, Donald Trump tore it up and tried, with Israel (the Little Satan) to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities into oblivion.
If they had meant it any other way than a hagiography, they would not have written that as if the "deal" had actually stopped them from enriching uranium to make a bomb or a dozen. They make it look as if they were good guys, going along with the deal, and mean ol' Trump just decided to bomb them anyway.
Only "heroic flexibility" induced him to agree to the nuclear deal with America in 2015. Then, predictably, Donald Trump tore it up and tried, with Israel (the Little Satan) to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities into oblivion.
If they had meant it any other way than a hagiography, they would not have written that as if the "deal" had actually stopped them from enriching uranium to make a bomb or a dozen. They make it look as if they were good guys, going along with the deal, and mean ol' Trump just decided to bomb them anyway.
Posted by: GWB at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (i6QVa)
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33 Right? I mean, look how they treated Peter Parker.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
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Underpaying the one guy who can get a decent shot of Spider-Man?
Criminal.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
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Underpaying the one guy who can get a decent shot of Spider-Man?
Criminal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (GBKbO)
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They did drop the casket and the body fell out.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)
That is funny; my memory was slightly defective.
I remember thinking what an undignified and out of control culture that would act so disrespectfully at a funeral
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)
That is funny; my memory was slightly defective.
I remember thinking what an undignified and out of control culture that would act so disrespectfully at a funeral
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (xT8gx)
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Jimmy Carter 1979: Hey Shah, give the Mullahs a voice and be nice to them.
Shah of Iran 1979: They are cutthroat religious nutjobs. They will Kill us all and overrun us.
Jimmy Carter 1979: Trust me. I raise peanuts.
Jimmy Carter 1979: Hey Shah, give the Mullahs a voice and be nice to them.
Shah of Iran 1979: They are cutthroat religious nutjobs. They will Kill us all and overrun us.
Jimmy Carter 1979: Trust me. I raise peanuts.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (IifOV)
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The press gave Ho Chi Minh fellatiating press, not to mention Fidel Castro. Both prior to their revolutions. I’m sure there are many other examples.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (7GeYi)
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But but but ... what does this mean for 2026??????
A Republican won a deep-blue Northern Virginia county-level seat in a major upset Tuesday after revelations that her Democratic opponent made racist social media posts more than 10 years ago.
Republican Jeannie LaCroix, 64, won a special election for a Prince William County Board of Supervisors seat defeating Democratic nominee Muhammed Sufiyan Casim, 36, a Muslim Pakistani immigrant, who in the 2010s made a series of online posts containing racist, misogynist and antisemitic content, Potomac Local News reported.
https://tinyurl.com/y2ez32hu
A Republican won a deep-blue Northern Virginia county-level seat in a major upset Tuesday after revelations that her Democratic opponent made racist social media posts more than 10 years ago.
Republican Jeannie LaCroix, 64, won a special election for a Prince William County Board of Supervisors seat defeating Democratic nominee Muhammed Sufiyan Casim, 36, a Muslim Pakistani immigrant, who in the 2010s made a series of online posts containing racist, misogynist and antisemitic content, Potomac Local News reported.
https://tinyurl.com/y2ez32hu
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)
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46 The press gave Ho Chi Minh fellatiating press, not to mention Fidel Castro. Both prior to their revolutions. I’m sure there are many other examples.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (7GeYi)
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Was that the time when reporters were only concerned with passing on facts to the people?
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (7GeYi)
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Was that the time when reporters were only concerned with passing on facts to the people?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (GBKbO)
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"Represented by former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Rick Crawford (R-AR), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), former Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL), Tom Davis (R-VA), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), and former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) are suing taxpayers for retroactive pay hikes that could add tens of millions—and potentially far more—to federal liabilities," according to the organization..
... sue the taxpayers .. great plan
... sue the taxpayers .. great plan
Posted by: SMOD at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (RHGPo)
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It's really just a celebratory move because of Iran completely destroying Israel and America's ability to make war in the region.
It's true! That's why the government of Lebanon is asking Israel for cooperation on wiping out Hezbollah.
It's true! That's why the government of Lebanon is asking Israel for cooperation on wiping out Hezbollah.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (2ocoG)
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24 The Economist has hated Israel for a long, long time.
Over time, The Economist has turned into a newsletter for the World Economic Forum.
If you want to know what the people who go to Davos think, read the Economist.
Otherwise, it has no utility.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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It was literally the voice of the Rothschilds for a bit, they sold it after Evelyn died. Lynn Forester de Rothschild, his widow, sold her stake just recently.
Over time, The Economist has turned into a newsletter for the World Economic Forum.
If you want to know what the people who go to Davos think, read the Economist.
Otherwise, it has no utility.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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It was literally the voice of the Rothschilds for a bit, they sold it after Evelyn died. Lynn Forester de Rothschild, his widow, sold her stake just recently.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:17 AM (E4rtv)
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The Economist is a leftwing outlet and therefore incapable of satire. You need a sense of humor for that.
Posted by: Jerry Carroll at March 11, 2026 11:17 AM (RRQTN)
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The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed in July 2015 between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Russia, the U.K., the U.S., plus Germany) along with the European Union. It was to span 15 years to 2030, just 4 years from now.
The IAEA has confirmed that Iran has enough material to make 11 nuclear devices. Some people are just completely ignoring the possibility of waking up one day in the not too distant future with a "permanent orange afro".
When dealing with non-Muslims, Islam encourages Muslims to use an aggressive jihad/war-time mentality that is literally defined by deception. Indeed until any non-Muslim comes to realize the degree to which this mentality plays out when dealing with many Muslims, it will be only too easy to lose touch with a healthy sense of objectivity. When dealing with someone who is purposefully deceptive, trusting individuals – as so many in the West are these days, are like sheep being led to the slaughter.
The IAEA has confirmed that Iran has enough material to make 11 nuclear devices. Some people are just completely ignoring the possibility of waking up one day in the not too distant future with a "permanent orange afro".
When dealing with non-Muslims, Islam encourages Muslims to use an aggressive jihad/war-time mentality that is literally defined by deception. Indeed until any non-Muslim comes to realize the degree to which this mentality plays out when dealing with many Muslims, it will be only too easy to lose touch with a healthy sense of objectivity. When dealing with someone who is purposefully deceptive, trusting individuals – as so many in the West are these days, are like sheep being led to the slaughter.
Posted by: SMOD at March 11, 2026 11:17 AM (RHGPo)
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47 Republican Jeannie LaCroix, 64, won a special election for a Prince William County Board of Supervisors seat defeating Democratic nominee Muhammed Sufiyan Casim, 36, a Muslim Pakistani immigrant, who in the 2010s made a series of online posts containing racist, misogynist and antisemitic content, Potomac Local News reported.
https://tinyurl.com/y2ez32hu
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)
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1. Special elections are not predictive of general elections.
2. I want this to be.
3. I suspect the rise of anti-Semitism in the online right is telling Democrat Party leaders that anti-Semitism is actually bipartisan and not really an electoral negative for them in the near future.
https://tinyurl.com/y2ez32hu
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)
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1. Special elections are not predictive of general elections.
2. I want this to be.
3. I suspect the rise of anti-Semitism in the online right is telling Democrat Party leaders that anti-Semitism is actually bipartisan and not really an electoral negative for them in the near future.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:17 AM (GBKbO)
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What is that saying that journalists supposedly think is their mission. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable? News flash FNM whores, YOU are the comfortable and most Americans, while not afflicted like the people stuck under a corrupt authoritarian like Khamenei are not comfortable these days trying to cope with covidflation plus 4 years of bidenflation.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 11, 2026 11:18 AM (+89TD)
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Is there anything left to bury? I mean, aside from with a squeegee?
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He is talking about the original rat bastard that took power after the Iranians kicked out the Shah.
Posted by: Archimedes
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He is talking about the original rat bastard that took power after the Iranians kicked out the Shah.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:18 AM (E4rtv)
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The Economist along with the BBC are two of the main reasons the British elite are brain damaged. That's ok in a few more years they'll be writing in Arabic about Allah
I predict that within a few years, the BBC will be cut off from the government teat. It will not go well for them. The Economist seems to be doing alright, though.
The Economist has successfully maintained high-value subscribers and strong profits, with a significant portion of its readership outside the UK, particularly in the US.
I predict that within a few years, the BBC will be cut off from the government teat. It will not go well for them. The Economist seems to be doing alright, though.
The Economist has successfully maintained high-value subscribers and strong profits, with a significant portion of its readership outside the UK, particularly in the US.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)
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Sometimes the media likes to wax poetic with their renditions of events. Most of the time they just make shit up or lie.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 11, 2026 11:18 AM (jtM2q)
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Joe Truzman
@JoeTruzman
This morning, hundreds of thousands of Iranians woke up to frozen bank accounts. Customers of Bank Sepah and Bank Melli got an SMS saying their accounts were locked, @NarimanGharib posted on X. The banks' websites and service channels are blocked, and it's not possible to log into accounts at all.
The regime is calling this a "Central Bank technical upgrade to communication switches for network stability," he wrote.
"Hey, that's a good Idea!" - Governor Gavin Newsom
@JoeTruzman
This morning, hundreds of thousands of Iranians woke up to frozen bank accounts. Customers of Bank Sepah and Bank Melli got an SMS saying their accounts were locked, @NarimanGharib posted on X. The banks' websites and service channels are blocked, and it's not possible to log into accounts at all.
The regime is calling this a "Central Bank technical upgrade to communication switches for network stability," he wrote.
"Hey, that's a good Idea!" - Governor Gavin Newsom
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 11:19 AM (IifOV)
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Front nine a disaster and we shall never speak of it again. Back nine was much better and won $12.
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Posted by: Diogenes at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (2WIwB)
When I played in a regular foursome (I haven't in years), we all learned to be completely silent (say nothing!) when one of us hit a bad shot (duffed worm burner off the tee... water ball... leaving the ball in the bunker... all the usual disasters). To say anything at all, even trying a sympathetic word, is a complete breech of etiquette. My particular pet peeve was to hit an awful tee shot and someone in my foursome because the ball wasn't in the water or behind a tree would say something like "that's serviceable" or "that'll play".... ugh
🙂
Posted by: Diogenes at March 11, 2026 11:15 AM (2WIwB)
When I played in a regular foursome (I haven't in years), we all learned to be completely silent (say nothing!) when one of us hit a bad shot (duffed worm burner off the tee... water ball... leaving the ball in the bunker... all the usual disasters). To say anything at all, even trying a sympathetic word, is a complete breech of etiquette. My particular pet peeve was to hit an awful tee shot and someone in my foursome because the ball wasn't in the water or behind a tree would say something like "that's serviceable" or "that'll play".... ugh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 11, 2026 11:19 AM (xT8gx)
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Who's the author of the Economist piece? What's their track record. Have they written similar pieces before? That would tell you more.
Frankly, The Economist has never done humor, so I'd take it at face value: they meant it.
Frankly, The Economist has never done humor, so I'd take it at face value: they meant it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 11, 2026 11:19 AM (xcxpd)
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That's ok in a few more years they'll be writing in Arabic about Allah
The transitional language should be the fake Arabic from Team America. Durka durka mohammed jihad, mohammed ali.
The transitional language should be the fake Arabic from Team America. Durka durka mohammed jihad, mohammed ali.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 11, 2026 11:19 AM (2ocoG)
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57 The Economist along with the BBC are two of the main reasons the British elite are brain damaged. That's ok in a few more years they'll be writing in Arabic about Allah
I predict that within a few years, the BBC will be cut off from the government teat. It will not go well for them. The Economist seems to be doing alright, though.
The Economist has successfully maintained high-value subscribers and strong profits, with a significant portion of its readership outside the UK, particularly in the US.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)
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The one thing I would expect Reform to do if they gain power in three years is to end the licensing fee.
It's low hanging fruit that doesn't demand too much of the party.
I predict that within a few years, the BBC will be cut off from the government teat. It will not go well for them. The Economist seems to be doing alright, though.
The Economist has successfully maintained high-value subscribers and strong profits, with a significant portion of its readership outside the UK, particularly in the US.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)
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The one thing I would expect Reform to do if they gain power in three years is to end the licensing fee.
It's low hanging fruit that doesn't demand too much of the party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:19 AM (GBKbO)
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Or do they possibly mean it?
There are thousand of earnest little Marxist Propaganda majors who could have written this in journalism class, but I think it takes one of us planted inside to go, "oh, yes, this is EXACTLY the tone we want The Economist to strike!"
There are thousand of earnest little Marxist Propaganda majors who could have written this in journalism class, but I think it takes one of us planted inside to go, "oh, yes, this is EXACTLY the tone we want The Economist to strike!"
Posted by: t-bird at March 11, 2026 11:19 AM (yv1Au)
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The only value the Economist has, other than a target for marksmanship practice, is to see just how far the left has fallen into the rancid sewer of America hatred.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at March 11, 2026 11:19 AM (JNTt1)
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Are they sarcastically lampooning him by juxtaposing the avowed sweetness of martyrdom with his continuous effort to avoid it? Are they doing the same by describing the decrepit, corrupt gangster as energetic and pious? Or do they possibly mean it?
Depends on the person, I expect. Iran is weird. We have seen from the Obama years that some really did like these guys. For what they did -revolution against the establishment and standing against the US.
They could also be doing it because they know a hagiography of the Mullahs will tweek us. Never discount 'owning the chuds' as a motivation.
Depends on the person, I expect. Iran is weird. We have seen from the Obama years that some really did like these guys. For what they did -revolution against the establishment and standing against the US.
They could also be doing it because they know a hagiography of the Mullahs will tweek us. Never discount 'owning the chuds' as a motivation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:21 AM (bss/y)
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The Economist is published from the Muslim enclave of Londonistan, is it not?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 11:21 AM (Dv3i1)
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>>It is not baffling that a country might support the enemy of an enemy.
Until they start shooting at you.
My squadron was deployed to Diego Garcia in 1987. I happened to be the duty officer for CTG 72.8 on the night the USS Stark took two missiles allegedly fired by mistake by an Iraqi jet pilot. That was a wild night. Flash messages sent from a stricken US warship in war zone tends to cause chaos in the comms suites.
Not so sure it was a "mistake" by the Iraqi pilot and I wasn't the only one holding that opinion.
Until they start shooting at you.
My squadron was deployed to Diego Garcia in 1987. I happened to be the duty officer for CTG 72.8 on the night the USS Stark took two missiles allegedly fired by mistake by an Iraqi jet pilot. That was a wild night. Flash messages sent from a stricken US warship in war zone tends to cause chaos in the comms suites.
Not so sure it was a "mistake" by the Iraqi pilot and I wasn't the only one holding that opinion.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 11, 2026 11:21 AM (Y1sOo)
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46 The press gave Ho Chi Minh fellatiating press, not to mention Fidel Castro. Both prior to their revolutions. I’m sure there are many other examples.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (7GeYi)
I remember in college watching Mike Wallace on PBS saying that as a reporter he'd do nothing to stop an ambush on American troops if he were embedded with the enemy. It was a hypothetical where the enemy were "Cosinese" but it was an obvious reference to the Vietnam War.... he'd have let the Viet Cong ambush American troops. Despicable... and typical of the press
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (7GeYi)
I remember in college watching Mike Wallace on PBS saying that as a reporter he'd do nothing to stop an ambush on American troops if he were embedded with the enemy. It was a hypothetical where the enemy were "Cosinese" but it was an obvious reference to the Vietnam War.... he'd have let the Viet Cong ambush American troops. Despicable... and typical of the press
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 11, 2026 11:21 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:22 AM (Ot/FD)
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The economist means every word of it. They are and always have been garbage.
Posted by: Az Deplorable moron at March 11, 2026 11:22 AM (f9h0J)
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For 47 years, there have been no overtures for peace.
I have no love for these cocksuckers. So, bye.
I have no love for these cocksuckers. So, bye.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 11, 2026 11:22 AM (M9gjJ)
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https://legalinsurrection.com/israeli-americans brutally attacked at restaurant after speaking hebrew
San Jose Leftifornia
The attackers were three Assyrians originally from Iraq, one of whom is a high-powered M&A lawyer for a Sacramento law firm.
The California state bar will do nothing to discipline him, of course.
San Jose Leftifornia
The attackers were three Assyrians originally from Iraq, one of whom is a high-powered M&A lawyer for a Sacramento law firm.
The California state bar will do nothing to discipline him, of course.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 11:22 AM (n1OCj)
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The one thing I would expect Reform to do if they gain power in three years is to end the licensing fee.
It's low hanging fruit that doesn't demand too much of the party.
You'd think so, but look how long it took the GOP to kill Big Bird.
It's low hanging fruit that doesn't demand too much of the party.
You'd think so, but look how long it took the GOP to kill Big Bird.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
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71 The economist means every word of it. They are and always have been garbage.
Posted by: Az Deplorable moron at March 11, 2026 11:22 AM (f9h0J)
I seem to recall in the mists of time (90s? earlier) that it was spoken of as a conservative (for Britain) outlet.
I could be wrong. It was one of the british publications.
Posted by: Az Deplorable moron at March 11, 2026 11:22 AM (f9h0J)
I seem to recall in the mists of time (90s? earlier) that it was spoken of as a conservative (for Britain) outlet.
I could be wrong. It was one of the british publications.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:23 AM (bss/y)
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74 The one thing I would expect Reform to do if they gain power in three years is to end the licensing fee.
It's low hanging fruit that doesn't demand too much of the party.
You'd think so, but look how long it took the GOP to kill Big Bird.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
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1. Fair.
2. Conservatives in England have been promising to do it for a while, too.
It's low hanging fruit that doesn't demand too much of the party.
You'd think so, but look how long it took the GOP to kill Big Bird.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
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1. Fair.
2. Conservatives in England have been promising to do it for a while, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:23 AM (GBKbO)
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The one thing I would expect Reform to do if they gain power in three years is to end the licensing fee.
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Reform is useless, Restore is the only hope the native population has against the colonizers.
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Reform is useless, Restore is the only hope the native population has against the colonizers.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Dv3i1)
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I seem to recall in the mists of time (90s? earlier) that it was spoken of as a conservative (for Britain) outlet.
I used to subscribe to The Economist years ago, but I got tired of the Israel-hatred.
I used to subscribe to The Economist years ago, but I got tired of the Israel-hatred.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 11:24 AM (n1OCj)
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77 The one thing I would expect Reform to do if they gain power in three years is to end the licensing fee.
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Reform is useless, Restore is the only hope the native population has against the colonizers.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Dv3i1)
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Oh, notice I didn't say that the one thing I expect Reform to do in power was deport people. I said that the one thing I expect them to do is a long-held promise from the CP that the majority of the nation supports: ending the licensing fee to the BBC, which the CP had failed to do for years.
"Yeah! We did something guys!"
"But my neighborhood is still majority Syrian."
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Reform is useless, Restore is the only hope the native population has against the colonizers.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Dv3i1)
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Oh, notice I didn't say that the one thing I expect Reform to do in power was deport people. I said that the one thing I expect them to do is a long-held promise from the CP that the majority of the nation supports: ending the licensing fee to the BBC, which the CP had failed to do for years.
"Yeah! We did something guys!"
"But my neighborhood is still majority Syrian."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:24 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 11:25 AM (IifOV)
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78 I seem to recall in the mists of time (90s? earlier) that it was spoken of as a conservative (for Britain) outlet.
I used to subscribe to The Economist years ago, but I got tired of the Israel-hatred.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 11:24 AM (n1OCj)
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So, yes, British conservative.
I used to subscribe to The Economist years ago, but I got tired of the Israel-hatred.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 11:24 AM (n1OCj)
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So, yes, British conservative.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:25 AM (GBKbO)
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Cornyn now calling to repeal the filibuster and supports the SAVE act now.
This guy.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 11:25 AM (IifOV)
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He's signalling in ways that indicate he doesn't think he has it in the bag against Paxton.
Cornyn now calling to repeal the filibuster and supports the SAVE act now.
This guy.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 11:25 AM (IifOV)
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He's signalling in ways that indicate he doesn't think he has it in the bag against Paxton.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:25 AM (GBKbO)
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The headline and introduction is tame: Ali Khamenei hoped his legacy might last for ever Iran's Supreme Leader was killed on February 28th, aged 86
Above the headline they had a 'pre-heading': "God's dictator falls" What the heck is that?
Above the headline they had a 'pre-heading': "God's dictator falls" What the heck is that?
Posted by: t-bird at March 11, 2026 11:25 AM (yv1Au)
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They did drop the casket and the body fell out.
Kif pipe in its mouth, packet of feelthy pictures, mezuzzah around its neck, this was the noblest Arab of them all.
Kif pipe in its mouth, packet of feelthy pictures, mezuzzah around its neck, this was the noblest Arab of them all.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 11, 2026 11:26 AM (Kt19C)
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You'd think so, but look how long it took the GOP to kill Big Bird.
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And at the time, Sesame Street was no longer on PBS moving to HBO and now I think on Netflix.
Posted by: Archimedes
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And at the time, Sesame Street was no longer on PBS moving to HBO and now I think on Netflix.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:26 AM (E4rtv)
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So, yes, British conservative.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:25 AM (GBKbO)
Most of the thorns in Israel's ass are from old growth English roses. And the English will never forgive them for getting their dirty jew derrieres all over their precious roses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:25 AM (GBKbO)
Most of the thorns in Israel's ass are from old growth English roses. And the English will never forgive them for getting their dirty jew derrieres all over their precious roses.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:27 AM (Ot/FD)
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I don't think the left does humor well. I also don't think most leftists have a sense of humor.
I'd take the Economist at their word. It is exactly how they feel.
I'd take the Economist at their word. It is exactly how they feel.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 11, 2026 11:27 AM (jtM2q)
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I used to subscribe to The Economist years ago, but I got tired of the Israel-hatred.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 11:24 AM (n1OCj)
What was the cast of the Anti-Israel stuff back then? (I have never read it.) Was it about an overall loss of empire? I wonder about that from the giving away of empire post WWII that there had to be a lot of brits who decried the over all loss of the empire where the sun did not set and the intentional descent into just welfare queens.
In that context, anti-Israel could be about a general thing of loss of prestige and the overall direction of Britain.
Or it could be our old friend, just anti-semitism.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 11:24 AM (n1OCj)
What was the cast of the Anti-Israel stuff back then? (I have never read it.) Was it about an overall loss of empire? I wonder about that from the giving away of empire post WWII that there had to be a lot of brits who decried the over all loss of the empire where the sun did not set and the intentional descent into just welfare queens.
In that context, anti-Israel could be about a general thing of loss of prestige and the overall direction of Britain.
Or it could be our old friend, just anti-semitism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:27 AM (bss/y)
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I'd take the Economist at their word. It is exactly how they feel.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 11, 2026 11:27 AM (jtM2q)
I'm not fully convinced there's even feelings involved. It's become conditioned pavlovian call-and-response for these people.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 11, 2026 11:27 AM (jtM2q)
I'm not fully convinced there's even feelings involved. It's become conditioned pavlovian call-and-response for these people.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:29 AM (Ot/FD)
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Is there anything left to bury? I mean, aside from with a squeegee?
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He is talking about the original rat bastard that took power after the Iranians kicked out the Shah.
He started the comment talking about Khomeini, but ended up talking about Khamenei. My comment was directed at the latter.
I have a dim memory that when the original ayatollah (khomeini) died that his funeral descended into chaos so much so they almost dropped the casket LoL... it's too bad there's a war going on because it would be rather humorous if khameini's funeral also descended in the same way... but because of the war probably no public funeral
Posted by: Archimedes
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He is talking about the original rat bastard that took power after the Iranians kicked out the Shah.
He started the comment talking about Khomeini, but ended up talking about Khamenei. My comment was directed at the latter.
I have a dim memory that when the original ayatollah (khomeini) died that his funeral descended into chaos so much so they almost dropped the casket LoL... it's too bad there's a war going on because it would be rather humorous if khameini's funeral also descended in the same way... but because of the war probably no public funeral
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
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The Economist reflects the impact of the Neo-Marxist control of higher education, particularly in Journalism programs.
The graduates are told they must "take a position" on any issue, rather than the traditional "who, what, where, when, why" model that journalism was taught to be many decades ago.
There have always been propagandists masquerading as journalists, and many were reflecting either their own personal beliefs or those of their paymasters.
The media landscape today (85% of the media is either Left of Center or downright progressive, 15% somewhat Right of center) is bifurcated and the audience simply chooses to follow
the organ that re-affirms their biases.
That's why Bari Weiss's attempt to "center" CBS News is bound to fail. The current CBS audience is the Colbert/60 Minutes crowd and will abandon CBS once it stops reinforcing their biases, and no FOX or NewsNation viewers are gonna switch to CBS.
There is NO audience for "straight down the middle, unbiased, even-handed" reporting anymore.
The graduates are told they must "take a position" on any issue, rather than the traditional "who, what, where, when, why" model that journalism was taught to be many decades ago.
There have always been propagandists masquerading as journalists, and many were reflecting either their own personal beliefs or those of their paymasters.
The media landscape today (85% of the media is either Left of Center or downright progressive, 15% somewhat Right of center) is bifurcated and the audience simply chooses to follow
the organ that re-affirms their biases.
That's why Bari Weiss's attempt to "center" CBS News is bound to fail. The current CBS audience is the Colbert/60 Minutes crowd and will abandon CBS once it stops reinforcing their biases, and no FOX or NewsNation viewers are gonna switch to CBS.
There is NO audience for "straight down the middle, unbiased, even-handed" reporting anymore.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 11, 2026 11:29 AM (MNCvZ)
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‘Strength and purity. Khamenei in a nutshell, eh? This reads almost tongue-in-cheek.’
No. I think they are sincere. Do we know anything about the author?
No. I think they are sincere. Do we know anything about the author?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 11, 2026 11:29 AM (jbnUc)
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The Economist obit writing head has no sense of right versus wrong. She overthinks her task, and writes from the relativist position. In a Powerline essay, Scott Johnson quotes her explaining her approach this way,
Q-Do you have a different approach for someone like him?
A- You could just write a rant about how evil he was, but as I said, I don’t like to do it from the perspective of other people. I like to do it from his. I’ve done about three people who I think are pretty evil, and the thing is that they hang themselves with their own rope. They say or do something appalling, and you just put it in there. They condemn themselves, as far as I’m concerned. It’s true that there’s no such thing as being totally evil or totally good. We have to recognise that we all have the potential for good and for evil.
Q-Do you have a different approach for someone like him?
A- You could just write a rant about how evil he was, but as I said, I don’t like to do it from the perspective of other people. I like to do it from his. I’ve done about three people who I think are pretty evil, and the thing is that they hang themselves with their own rope. They say or do something appalling, and you just put it in there. They condemn themselves, as far as I’m concerned. It’s true that there’s no such thing as being totally evil or totally good. We have to recognise that we all have the potential for good and for evil.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 11, 2026 11:30 AM (lSeXf)
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...defeating Democratic nominee Muhammed Sufiyan Casim, 36, a Muslim Pakistani immigrant, who in the 2010s made a series of online posts containing racist, misogynist and antisemitic content, Potomac Local News reported.
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And he STILL lost? In Maryland?!
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And he STILL lost? In Maryland?!
Posted by: 15 Tiny Cities at March 11, 2026 11:30 AM (qUkBO)
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What do you think? Do they mean it?
Who's on the byline for the article? That's usually pretty telling.
Who's on the byline for the article? That's usually pretty telling.
Posted by: Halfhand at March 11, 2026 11:31 AM (TVV/Z)
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The Economist just sounds like the media front of the globalist Marxist/Islamic Caliphate which is the opposition to human individualist types sprinkled across the planet.
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 11:31 AM (pDt9x)
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What was the cast of the Anti-Israel stuff back then? (I have never read it.)
I don't recall - it was just constant Israel-bashing.
They still send me their news summaries electronically, which I never read.
I don't recall - it was just constant Israel-bashing.
They still send me their news summaries electronically, which I never read.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 11:31 AM (n1OCj)
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"Reporters used to tell us what actually happened, and left it up to us how to feel about it"
Not in my lifetime, at least since Watergate anyway.
Not in my lifetime, at least since Watergate anyway.
Posted by: Ripley at March 11, 2026 11:31 AM (GUOwU)
99
We have to recognise that we all have the potential for good and for evil.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 11, 2026 11:30 AM (lSeXf)
I could have been Supreme Leader?
Damn.
I ought to pay better attention to stuff.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 11, 2026 11:30 AM (lSeXf)
I could have been Supreme Leader?
Damn.
I ought to pay better attention to stuff.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:32 AM (Ot/FD)
100
Or it could be our old friend, just anti-semitism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Upper class Brits have resented Jews for centuries. And that animus has been transferred to Israel.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Upper class Brits have resented Jews for centuries. And that animus has been transferred to Israel.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)
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He's signalling in ways that indicate he doesn't think he has it in the bag against Paxton.
——-
“It isn’t enough to elect the right people. We have to force the wrong people to do the right thing”
Some big brained feller
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“It isn’t enough to elect the right people. We have to force the wrong people to do the right thing”
Some big brained feller
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:33 AM (0DQ9k)
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100 Or it could be our old friend, just anti-semitism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Upper class Brits have resented Jews for centuries. And that animus has been transferred to Israel.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)
Resentment of Jews is Evergreen.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Upper class Brits have resented Jews for centuries. And that animus has been transferred to Israel.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)
Resentment of Jews is Evergreen.
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 11:33 AM (pDt9x)
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11
‘If Trump had the army kill 10k+ No Kings protestors would we get such a write up for Trump? What if he also had CIA agents assassinate Canadians?’
I need Trump to actually do those things to be sure.
‘If Trump had the army kill 10k+ No Kings protestors would we get such a write up for Trump? What if he also had CIA agents assassinate Canadians?’
I need Trump to actually do those things to be sure.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 11, 2026 11:33 AM (jbnUc)
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98 "Reporters used to tell us what actually happened, and left it up to us how to feel about it"
Not in my lifetime, at least since Watergate anyway.
Posted by: Ripley at March 11, 2026 11:31 AM (GUOwU)
Reporters have always been muckracking liars. Trollope has a couple through-lines in his stories about how crap journalism was even in the 1800s.
Some time around the middle of last century, we went from all knowing that fact and not minding it much, to all minding severely and launching into full blown denial.
Not in my lifetime, at least since Watergate anyway.
Posted by: Ripley at March 11, 2026 11:31 AM (GUOwU)
Reporters have always been muckracking liars. Trollope has a couple through-lines in his stories about how crap journalism was even in the 1800s.
Some time around the middle of last century, we went from all knowing that fact and not minding it much, to all minding severely and launching into full blown denial.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:34 AM (Ot/FD)
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And another reminder that Britain's current leaders have no intention on preserving its history. Last of the 92 remaining heriditary peers are being removed.
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BBC News (UK)
@BBCNews
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BBC News (UK)
@BBCNews
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Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)
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The entire profession is about manipulation and always has been.
The big names just had to create a fiction of objectivity to get broadcast licenses from the federal government. No one in power ever believed that fiction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:04 AM (GBKbO)
Well, there you go. Reporting did not start out to be a "profession". It was a trade, and there were no trade schools. Reporters learned the business by apprenticeship. Jimmy Olsen ring a bell?
The big names just had to create a fiction of objectivity to get broadcast licenses from the federal government. No one in power ever believed that fiction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:04 AM (GBKbO)
Well, there you go. Reporting did not start out to be a "profession". It was a trade, and there were no trade schools. Reporters learned the business by apprenticeship. Jimmy Olsen ring a bell?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 11:35 AM (8zz6B)
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> “It isn’t enough to elect the right people. We have to force the wrong people to do the right thing”
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What's sad is that we very seldom even get a chance to "vote" and "elect" the right people.
They're already broken.
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What's sad is that we very seldom even get a chance to "vote" and "elect" the right people.
They're already broken.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 11, 2026 11:35 AM (jtM2q)
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HA. TIAA-CREF is giving a webinar "Geopolitics meets your portfolio". Yesterday on the radio Steifel? had an ad "oil went over $100/barrel which is a red line for investors. They didn't yank it or substitute an old ad after oil had already dipped and an ad talking about strategies to be safe from high oil prices was basically announcing they are a day late.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 11, 2026 11:35 AM (+89TD)
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“It isn’t enough to elect the right people. We have to force the wrong people to do the right thing”
Some big brained feller
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:33 AM (0DQ9k)
This. Incentivize people doing the right thing, if even for the wrong reasons. I seem to recall that being explicit on the founders vision for the US government system. At least it was explicit in an analysis I read on it.
Some big brained feller
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:33 AM (0DQ9k)
This. Incentivize people doing the right thing, if even for the wrong reasons. I seem to recall that being explicit on the founders vision for the US government system. At least it was explicit in an analysis I read on it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:35 AM (bss/y)
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48 Was that the time when reporters were only concerned with passing on facts to the people?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (GBKbO)
"ThE fAcTs ArE tHaT tHe ArC oF hIsToRy NaTuRaLlY bEnDs ToWaRdS cOmMuNiSm aNd IsLaM, bIgOt!"
--Reporters
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:16 AM (GBKbO)
"ThE fAcTs ArE tHaT tHe ArC oF hIsToRy NaTuRaLlY bEnDs ToWaRdS cOmMuNiSm aNd IsLaM, bIgOt!"
--Reporters
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (3wOGw)
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What if he also had CIA agents assassinate Canadians?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 11:05 AM (sKqQm)
Need a list?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 11, 2026 11:05 AM (sKqQm)
Need a list?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (8zz6B)
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I'm with you, Joe. It's almost impossible to think that article is written to be taken at face value, but I found absolutely zero evidence that it is indeed satire.
Kind of an impressive feat, actually. They wrote an article that everyone, and no one, could see their point.
Kind of an impressive feat, actually. They wrote an article that everyone, and no one, could see their point.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Actually, Sounds Like What I Say When Walking Past Reporters. at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (dmDsy)
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Who's the author of the Economist piece?
Ann Wroe is apparently The Economist's obituary editor/author since 2003. She's been at The Economist for fifty years.
Ann Wroe is apparently The Economist's obituary editor/author since 2003. She's been at The Economist for fifty years.
Posted by: t-bird at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (yv1Au)
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Joe, unquestionably a tongue-bath. For their readers.
Hard to believe the Economist is what it is today. We used to subscribe, more than three decades ago, for the cold, straightforward news. Something something wearing its skin.
The "news" lies. Memes speak truth. Funny, ain' it?
Good Morning, Hordekind.
Hard to believe the Economist is what it is today. We used to subscribe, more than three decades ago, for the cold, straightforward news. Something something wearing its skin.
The "news" lies. Memes speak truth. Funny, ain' it?
Good Morning, Hordekind.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I'm so old I remember print publications at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (PwYmb)
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101 He's signalling in ways that indicate he doesn't think he has it in the bag against Paxton.
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“It isn’t enough to elect the right people. We have to force the wrong people to do the right thing”
Some big brained feller
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:33 AM (0DQ9k)
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That fails to apply in the Senate, gonna be honest.
Vote against us. Constantly talk shit about what we want. Try to toss the party standardbearer at every opportunity.
Still get 42% in a primary, an actual plurality.
6 years is a very long time where the elected don't have to act well.
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“It isn’t enough to elect the right people. We have to force the wrong people to do the right thing”
Some big brained feller
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:33 AM (0DQ9k)
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That fails to apply in the Senate, gonna be honest.
Vote against us. Constantly talk shit about what we want. Try to toss the party standardbearer at every opportunity.
Still get 42% in a primary, an actual plurality.
6 years is a very long time where the elected don't have to act well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
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I don't read The Economist because economics is a sham and a lie.
Economics is about how much the people in power can steal from the taxpayers before they revolt and start killing economists.
Free Markets, supply and demand are reality.
Economics is about how much the people in power can steal from the taxpayers before they revolt and start killing economists.
Free Markets, supply and demand are reality.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (M9gjJ)
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Not satire. Not remotely. Satire is my native language. This isn't it.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:37 AM (KTbq2)
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The excerpts from the article left out the parts where the author described Khomeini robbing the nation into poverty, squandering the water supply, and gunning down 50,000 Iranians in the street. I'm sure a professional journalist would mention these things; I just wanted to see the explanation of why these are good things.
The excerpts from the article left out the parts where the author described Khomeini robbing the nation into poverty, squandering the water supply, and gunning down 50,000 Iranians in the street. I'm sure a professional journalist would mention these things; I just wanted to see the explanation of why these are good things.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 11, 2026 11:37 AM (PbePe)
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BBC News (UK)
@BBCNews
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Hereditary peers to be removed from Lords as bill passes
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)
The House of Commons and the Other House of Commons except they're special and you can't vote for them now sod off peasant.
Lovely stuff.
@BBCNews
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17h
Hereditary peers to be removed from Lords as bill passes
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)
The House of Commons and the Other House of Commons except they're special and you can't vote for them now sod off peasant.
Lovely stuff.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:37 AM (Ot/FD)
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117 Not satire. Not remotely. Satire is my native language. This isn't it.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:37 AM (KTbq2)
Bathos?
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:37 AM (KTbq2)
Bathos?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:38 AM (Ot/FD)
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The point of the article is obvious.
"Please don't behead me."
But he she it means it in earnest.
"Please don't behead me."
But he she it means it in earnest.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:38 AM (KTbq2)
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I don't think the left does humor well. I also don't think most leftists have a sense of humor.
That's why they can't meme.
That's why they can't meme.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2026 11:38 AM (MwdeY)
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117 Not satire. Not remotely. Satire is my native language. This isn't it.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:37 AM (KTbq2)
Sarcasm is the way. Set your feet upon the path.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:37 AM (KTbq2)
Sarcasm is the way. Set your feet upon the path.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)
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A- You could just write a rant about how evil he was, but as I said, I don’t like to do it from the perspective of other people. I like to do it from his. I’ve done about three people who I think are pretty evil, and the thing is that they hang themselves with their own rope. They say or do something appalling, and you just put it in there. They condemn themselves, as far as I’m concerned.
Blah, blah, blah. How many dead liberals have you condemned in your writings? I thought not. Isn't the point of an obit to summarize the life of the deceased, not leave it up to interpretation?
It’s true that there’s no such thing as being totally evil or totally good. We have to recognise that we all have the potential for good and for evil.
Yet somehow, if Trump were to kick off tomorrow, I'd bet you'd be willing to say some negative things about him. In fact, you'd say nothing but negative things. Please to find a rope and urinate up it.
Blah, blah, blah. How many dead liberals have you condemned in your writings? I thought not. Isn't the point of an obit to summarize the life of the deceased, not leave it up to interpretation?
It’s true that there’s no such thing as being totally evil or totally good. We have to recognise that we all have the potential for good and for evil.
Yet somehow, if Trump were to kick off tomorrow, I'd bet you'd be willing to say some negative things about him. In fact, you'd say nothing but negative things. Please to find a rope and urinate up it.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)
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Ann Wroe is apparently The Economist's obituary editor/author since 2003. She's been at The Economist for fifty years.
Posted by: t-bird at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (yv1Au)
"I wanted people to say, 'Wow, now THAT lady got CANNED!'"
Posted by: t-bird at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (yv1Au)
"I wanted people to say, 'Wow, now THAT lady got CANNED!'"
Posted by: Warai-otokostanza at March 11, 2026 11:39 AM (Ot/FD)
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The idea of people having a say in who gets to boss them around - think it has a future???
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 11:39 AM (pDt9x)
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118
The excerpts from the article left out the parts where the author described Khomeini robbing the nation into poverty, squandering the water supply, and gunning down 50,000 Iranians in the street. I'm sure a professional journalist would mention these things; I just wanted to see the explanation of why these are good things.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 11, 2026 11:37 AM (PbePe)
They were talking about Khamenei.
The excerpts from the article left out the parts where the author described Khomeini robbing the nation into poverty, squandering the water supply, and gunning down 50,000 Iranians in the street. I'm sure a professional journalist would mention these things; I just wanted to see the explanation of why these are good things.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 11, 2026 11:37 AM (PbePe)
They were talking about Khamenei.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (3wOGw)
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6 years is a very long time where the elected don't have to act well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
Good point, a lot can be forgotten in that length of time!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
Good point, a lot can be forgotten in that length of time!
Posted by: Denny Crane - FUCK THE 17TH AMENDMENT. at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (dmDsy)
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Wouldn't surprise me if a big source of funding for the Economist was from Muslim countries with an axe to grind against Israel and the West.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
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123 117 Not satire. Not remotely. Satire is my native language. This isn't it.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:37 AM (KTbq2)
Sarcasm is the way. Set your feet upon the path.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)
Yeah. That's exactly what you want to do.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:37 AM (KTbq2)
Sarcasm is the way. Set your feet upon the path.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)
Yeah. That's exactly what you want to do.
Posted by: Warai-otokostanza at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (Ot/FD)
131
So I see Spain has officially chosen sides.. They've removed the Israeli Ambassador...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (fdJ1A)
132
Bathos?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:38 AM (Ot/FD)
No, I think the tribute is meant to be taken at the facest of value. As opposed to the basest. And as everyone knows, any good article has a basest.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:38 AM (Ot/FD)
No, I think the tribute is meant to be taken at the facest of value. As opposed to the basest. And as everyone knows, any good article has a basest.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (KTbq2)
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Reporters used to tell us what actually happened, and left it up to us how to feel about it
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It’s always been biased. I think what has changed in the last 25 years, there was previously at least a tacit acknowledgment that people are free to disagree, or hold their own opinions contrary to others that didn’t automatically require expulsion from humanity.
The propaganda and gaslighting volume control was steadily increased all the way up to eleventy, and then they broke off the knob.
This makes sense from the standpoint that a lot of the “news” is a loss leader, money losing operations for years now, subsidized with phony baloney confetti bucks and spook laundering operations. It was always there, but the actual paying customers went away, the tide went out, so to speak. The club-footed Goebbels heir apparents are the only ones left. It’s painfully obvious.
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It’s always been biased. I think what has changed in the last 25 years, there was previously at least a tacit acknowledgment that people are free to disagree, or hold their own opinions contrary to others that didn’t automatically require expulsion from humanity.
The propaganda and gaslighting volume control was steadily increased all the way up to eleventy, and then they broke off the knob.
This makes sense from the standpoint that a lot of the “news” is a loss leader, money losing operations for years now, subsidized with phony baloney confetti bucks and spook laundering operations. It was always there, but the actual paying customers went away, the tide went out, so to speak. The club-footed Goebbels heir apparents are the only ones left. It’s painfully obvious.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (YmzeM)
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I just learned that there are over a billion barrels of oil held in reserve among the 32-member nations of the IEA. That's a lot of oil. Apparently, 440 million barrels are abut to be released from said reserve.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 11, 2026 11:41 AM (Y1sOo)
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I have a dim memory that when the original ayatollah (khomeini) died that his funeral descended into chaos so much so they almost dropped the casket LoL... it's too bad there's a war going on because it would be rather humorous if khameini's funeral also descended in the same way... but because of the war probably no public funeral
Speaking of humerus, I wonder if mojito is still alive...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 11, 2026 11:11 AM (xT8gx)
A street procession for the weirdbeard's funeral would make a dandy target for an A-10 strafing run. Almost zero chance of killing any innocent bystanders.
Speaking of humerus, I wonder if mojito is still alive...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 11, 2026 11:11 AM (xT8gx)
A street procession for the weirdbeard's funeral would make a dandy target for an A-10 strafing run. Almost zero chance of killing any innocent bystanders.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 11:41 AM (8zz6B)
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Are they intending to sincerely point out his obvious inveterate corruption, or is this merely a case of "yes, we know that all our West-hating heroes have feet of clay, but they are heroes nonetheless?"
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I read it as pointing out corruption. Pretty clear to me on that part. The rest of it flowery “austere legions scholar” fluff but in this I think you’re reading too much into it.
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I read it as pointing out corruption. Pretty clear to me on that part. The rest of it flowery “austere legions scholar” fluff but in this I think you’re reading too much into it.
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 11:41 AM (HF36u)
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131 So I see Spain has officially chosen sides.. They've removed the Israeli Ambassador...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (fdJ1A)
Al-Andalus has chosen to return to the Caliphate.
Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (fdJ1A)
Al-Andalus has chosen to return to the Caliphate.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:41 AM (3wOGw)
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Sarcasm is the way. Set your feet upon the path.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)
Satire is sarcasm with a point other than life is meaningless.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)
Satire is sarcasm with a point other than life is meaningless.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:42 AM (KTbq2)
139
Khomeini, Khamenei -- whatever it takes
Posted by: one hour sober at March 11, 2026 11:42 AM (Y1sOo)
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Sarcasm is the way. Set your feet upon the path.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)
Yeah. That's exactly what you want to do.
Posted by: Warai-otokostanza at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (Ot/FD)
*narrows eyes, nods, satisfied*
Sarcasm is the way. Set your feet upon the path.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)
Yeah. That's exactly what you want to do.
Posted by: Warai-otokostanza at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (Ot/FD)
*narrows eyes, nods, satisfied*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)
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Satire is sarcasm with a point other than life is meaningless.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:42 AM (KTbq2)
Sarcasm is NOT nihilism.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:42 AM (KTbq2)
Sarcasm is NOT nihilism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)
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131 So I see Spain has officially chosen sides.. They've removed the Israeli Ambassador...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (fdJ1A)
Al-Andalus has chosen to return to the Caliphate.
Beat me to the "there's precedent" joke. Grrrrrr.
Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (fdJ1A)
Al-Andalus has chosen to return to the Caliphate.
Beat me to the "there's precedent" joke. Grrrrrr.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)
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137 131 So I see Spain has officially chosen sides.. They've removed the Israeli Ambassador...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (fdJ1A)
Al-Andalus has chosen to return to the Caliphate.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:41 AM (3wOGw)
"Fuck."
-El Cid
Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (fdJ1A)
Al-Andalus has chosen to return to the Caliphate.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:41 AM (3wOGw)
"Fuck."
-El Cid
Posted by: It's Spanish for "The Cid". at March 11, 2026 11:43 AM (Ot/FD)
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82 80
Cornyn now calling to repeal the filibuster and supports the SAVE act now.
This guy.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 11:25 AM (IifOV)
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He's signalling in ways that indicate he doesn't think he has it in the bag against Paxton.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11,
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The absolute best thing that could happen is for Big John Cornholio to help get the SAVE Act passed and then for Trump to endorse Paxton. Surely Trump knows that Cornholio is a back-stabbing piece of shit. . . .
Cornyn now calling to repeal the filibuster and supports the SAVE act now.
This guy.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 11, 2026 11:25 AM (IifOV)
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He's signalling in ways that indicate he doesn't think he has it in the bag against Paxton.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11,
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The absolute best thing that could happen is for Big John Cornholio to help get the SAVE Act passed and then for Trump to endorse Paxton. Surely Trump knows that Cornholio is a back-stabbing piece of shit. . . .
Posted by: Bonecrusher at March 11, 2026 11:44 AM (JNTt1)
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Apparently, 440 million barrels are abut to be released from said reserve.
Love it. We can increase our taxes to keep prices level. Look at us defeating inflation, people!
Love it. We can increase our taxes to keep prices level. Look at us defeating inflation, people!
Posted by: Sacramento at March 11, 2026 11:44 AM (yv1Au)
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 11:44 AM (pDt9x)
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Sarcasm is NOT nihilism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)
It is when contrasted with satire.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)
It is when contrasted with satire.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:44 AM (KTbq2)
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Molly (ding) Yong Fast--of, IIRC, the conserving conservativism most conservatively Bulwark--suddenly cares about government spending.
When it's steak and lobster for our troops on deployment.
If someone said, "we should line up all liberal journalist and shoot them" I'd have a hard time making a counter-argument.
When it's steak and lobster for our troops on deployment.
If someone said, "we should line up all liberal journalist and shoot them" I'd have a hard time making a counter-argument.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 11, 2026 11:44 AM (HXT0k)
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during the pandemic he refused to import Western vaccines, because they might bring the virus in.
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"The Supreme Leader was an anti-vaxxer! Oh noes, what is a commie to do?"
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"The Supreme Leader was an anti-vaxxer! Oh noes, what is a commie to do?"
Posted by: ShainS -- Gaslighting is the Secret Handshake of the Mass Delusional Leftist Death Cult at March 11, 2026 11:45 AM (PtqHl)
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OT:
It is amazing how much just a 10-15 degree change on an incline press makes a difference in the muscles hit.
In a good way.
It is amazing how much just a 10-15 degree change on an incline press makes a difference in the muscles hit.
In a good way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:45 AM (bss/y)
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Reporters used to tell us what actually happened, and left it up to us how to feel about it
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When was that? Certainly not in my lifetime. As long as I’ve been old enough to consume news media it’s been slanted to the left.
And while it was before my time Walter Cronkite was a PR machine for the communists in Vietnam.
Duranty was a Stalin apologist as a NYT reporter.
The “just facts” reporters are a myth for the most part that never existed.
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When was that? Certainly not in my lifetime. As long as I’ve been old enough to consume news media it’s been slanted to the left.
And while it was before my time Walter Cronkite was a PR machine for the communists in Vietnam.
Duranty was a Stalin apologist as a NYT reporter.
The “just facts” reporters are a myth for the most part that never existed.
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 11:45 AM (HF36u)
152
"Fuck."
-El Cid
Posted by: It's Spanish for "The Cid". at March 11, 2026 11:43 AM (Ot/FD)
*golfclap for nic*
-El Cid
Posted by: It's Spanish for "The Cid". at March 11, 2026 11:43 AM (Ot/FD)
*golfclap for nic*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:46 AM (bss/y)
153
When it's steak and lobster for our troops on deployment.
If someone said, "we should line up all liberal journalist and shoot them" I'd have a hard time making a counter-argument.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 11, 2026 11:44 AM (HXT0k)
I'm already fine with dropping 40 gazillion yottadollars on a sidewinder if it means some goatfucker can't take a potshot at one Marine. Why would these frivolous bitches think I'd be upset about a couple covers of surf and turf?
If someone said, "we should line up all liberal journalist and shoot them" I'd have a hard time making a counter-argument.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 11, 2026 11:44 AM (HXT0k)
I'm already fine with dropping 40 gazillion yottadollars on a sidewinder if it means some goatfucker can't take a potshot at one Marine. Why would these frivolous bitches think I'd be upset about a couple covers of surf and turf?
Posted by: It's Spanish for at March 11, 2026 11:46 AM (Ot/FD)
154
fack, sockfail.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:46 AM (Ot/FD)
155
El Cid >>>>> El Sid
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 11:47 AM (pDt9x)
156
The “just facts” reporters are a myth for the most part that never existed.
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 11:45 AM (HF36u)
I'd say this was right.
Think about way back in the day before TV. You'd have three or four (or more in big cities) newspapers in every town. You could choose the one you liked (hint: the one that reported and saw the world the way you did.)
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 11:45 AM (HF36u)
I'd say this was right.
Think about way back in the day before TV. You'd have three or four (or more in big cities) newspapers in every town. You could choose the one you liked (hint: the one that reported and saw the world the way you did.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:47 AM (bss/y)
157
127
They were talking about Khamenei.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM
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My bad. Spellings of multiple names of Iranian big shots are similar, possibly as a security measure.
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They were talking about Khamenei.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM
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My bad. Spellings of multiple names of Iranian big shots are similar, possibly as a security measure.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 11, 2026 11:47 AM (PbePe)
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The Left pretended it was IMPOSSIBLE for the news to ever be "biased" because "facts are facts"... until FNC joined the scene and got very popular. Then the idea of "biased news" became part of the accepted fabric of our reality. It happened practically overnight and they just pretended they never said the other thing.
Posted by: ... at March 11, 2026 11:47 AM (KTbq2)
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Still get 42% in a primary, an actual plurality.
6 years is a very long time where the elected don't have to act well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That is what $100 million Cornyn bucks disparity to $4 million Paxton, will get you in a big mass media state.
One sidelight to my old election research was that yes, you CAN buy an election when you spend massive multiples of your opponent. Michael Huffington did way back spending over 35 million or so for a CA congressional seat. Jon Corzine bought his election as senator and later as governor in NJ by literally spending crazy multiples of what the GOP candidates spent in opposition.
Cornyn did his shock and awe against Paxton and Paxton is still standing. We shall see how much more Cornyn will be able to waste for a runoff (which in part depends on his Senate caucus brethren) and donors that may fear him losing in the runoff.
6 years is a very long time where the elected don't have to act well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That is what $100 million Cornyn bucks disparity to $4 million Paxton, will get you in a big mass media state.
One sidelight to my old election research was that yes, you CAN buy an election when you spend massive multiples of your opponent. Michael Huffington did way back spending over 35 million or so for a CA congressional seat. Jon Corzine bought his election as senator and later as governor in NJ by literally spending crazy multiples of what the GOP candidates spent in opposition.
Cornyn did his shock and awe against Paxton and Paxton is still standing. We shall see how much more Cornyn will be able to waste for a runoff (which in part depends on his Senate caucus brethren) and donors that may fear him losing in the runoff.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)
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"Cornyn now calling to repeal the filibuster and supports the SAVE act now."
Cornhole is a little slow in reading the tea leaves.
Cornhole is a little slow in reading the tea leaves.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at March 11, 2026 11:48 AM (EhiZ2)
161
So I see Spain has officially chosen sides.. They've removed the Israeli Ambassador...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (fdJ1A)
Al-Andalus has chosen to return to the Caliphate.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:41 AM (3wOGw)
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Kinda fake news. Spain already recalled its ambassador to Israel last year over Gaza bullshit. This came after Israel recalled its ambassador to Spain the year before, also over Gaza bullshit. Who cares? Western Europe is dying, if not already dead.
Posted by: It's me donna at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (fdJ1A)
Al-Andalus has chosen to return to the Caliphate.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:41 AM (3wOGw)
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Kinda fake news. Spain already recalled its ambassador to Israel last year over Gaza bullshit. This came after Israel recalled its ambassador to Spain the year before, also over Gaza bullshit. Who cares? Western Europe is dying, if not already dead.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 11, 2026 11:48 AM (iFTx/)
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Sarcasm is NOT nihilism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)
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It's a tool. A very, very terrifying tool.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)
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It's a tool. A very, very terrifying tool.
Posted by: Doug Piranha at March 11, 2026 11:48 AM (KAqW5)
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128 6 years is a very long time where the elected don't have to act well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
Good point, a lot can be forgotten in that length of time!
Posted by: Denny Crane - FUCK THE 17TH AMENDMENT. at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (dmDsy)
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Repealing the 17th would make things a lot worse.
The state governments are far too addicted to the government teat.
"Vote for more fed dollars to cover our costs, or we recall you."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
Good point, a lot can be forgotten in that length of time!
Posted by: Denny Crane - FUCK THE 17TH AMENDMENT. at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (dmDsy)
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Repealing the 17th would make things a lot worse.
The state governments are far too addicted to the government teat.
"Vote for more fed dollars to cover our costs, or we recall you."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
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The absolute best thing that could happen is for Big John Cornholio to help get the SAVE Act passed and then for Trump to endorse Paxton. Surely Trump knows that Cornholio is a back-stabbing piece of shit. . . .
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Paxton has to withdraw by the 18th or he has to appear on the run-off ballot.
BTW, in TX, you can't vote in the run-off unless you voted in the party primary that led to that run-off.
It's why the second place guy often wins as the 3rd and down place were the "not" vote for the 1st place guy; they go vote for the second place guy.
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Paxton has to withdraw by the 18th or he has to appear on the run-off ballot.
BTW, in TX, you can't vote in the run-off unless you voted in the party primary that led to that run-off.
It's why the second place guy often wins as the 3rd and down place were the "not" vote for the 1st place guy; they go vote for the second place guy.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 11, 2026 11:49 AM (HXT0k)
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155 El Cid >>>>> El Sid
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 11:47 AM (pDt9x)
This should make comments of the week ...
Posted by: tubal at March 11, 2026 11:47 AM (pDt9x)
This should make comments of the week ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at March 11, 2026 11:49 AM (3sXRv)
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Breaking Points is an online show started by Krystal Ball and Saagar. They started out as a “we report the facts” type of show. And for a while it was that.
But they quickly morphed into Trump is evil because there is no money in a “just the facts” show. People all claim that’s what they want but nobody ever watches it. In reality everyone gravitates to one side or the other.
But they quickly morphed into Trump is evil because there is no money in a “just the facts” show. People all claim that’s what they want but nobody ever watches it. In reality everyone gravitates to one side or the other.
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 11:50 AM (HF36u)
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144 The absolute best thing that could happen is for Big John Cornholio to help get the SAVE Act passed and then for Trump to endorse Paxton. Surely Trump knows that Cornholio is a back-stabbing piece of shit. . . .
Posted by: Bonecrusher at March 11, 2026 11:44 AM (JNTt1)
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Cornyn gets the SAVE Act passed.
Trump endorses Cornyn.
Paxton wins the primary anyway because conservatives still hate Cornyn.
Reddit calls Texas conservatives Trump bootlickers who do whatever he wants because they voted against his endorsement.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at March 11, 2026 11:44 AM (JNTt1)
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Cornyn gets the SAVE Act passed.
Trump endorses Cornyn.
Paxton wins the primary anyway because conservatives still hate Cornyn.
Reddit calls Texas conservatives Trump bootlickers who do whatever he wants because they voted against his endorsement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)
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Hard to believe the Economist is what it is today. We used to subscribe, more than three decades ago, for the cold, straightforward news. Something something wearing its skin.
I still remember an interesting article in The Economist's heyday noting that containerization had done for physical transport what the Internet had done for electronic communications - chopped things up into discrete packets that could take varying routes to its destination.
I think that they even mentioned that the longshoremen fought this tooth and nail - not only did it reduce the need for longshoremen, but it was also much harder to steal out of a locked container than it was to steal out of a bulk shipment.
I still remember an interesting article in The Economist's heyday noting that containerization had done for physical transport what the Internet had done for electronic communications - chopped things up into discrete packets that could take varying routes to its destination.
I think that they even mentioned that the longshoremen fought this tooth and nail - not only did it reduce the need for longshoremen, but it was also much harder to steal out of a locked container than it was to steal out of a bulk shipment.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 11:50 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: KT at March 11, 2026 11:51 AM (7vIsy)
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I just read the whole Ayatollah obit at the Economist, and "..." is 100% correct. That's not satire, it's not irony, it's just straight-up fucking praise for that, thankfully, dead piece of shit.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 11, 2026 11:51 AM (dmDsy)
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"101 tips for a happy marriage" ...
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1. Submit to child rape or I KEEL YOU!
2. See #1.
3. See #2.
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101. See #100.
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1. Submit to child rape or I KEEL YOU!
2. See #1.
3. See #2.
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101. See #100.
Posted by: ShainS -- Gaslighting is the Secret Handshake of the Mass Delusional Leftist Death Cult at March 11, 2026 11:51 AM (PtqHl)
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Cornyn gets the SAVE Act passed.
Trump endorses Cornyn.
Paxton wins the primary anyway because conservatives still hate Cornyn.
Reddit calls Texas conservatives Trump bootlickers who do whatever he wants because they voted against his endorsement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)
I'd call that a win-win-win.
Trump endorses Cornyn.
Paxton wins the primary anyway because conservatives still hate Cornyn.
Reddit calls Texas conservatives Trump bootlickers who do whatever he wants because they voted against his endorsement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)
I'd call that a win-win-win.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)
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Who's on the byline for the article? That's usually pretty telling.
Posted by: Halfhand
The Economist doesn't use bylines. At least, they didn't use to.
Posted by: Halfhand
The Economist doesn't use bylines. At least, they didn't use to.
Posted by: Bulg at March 11, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)
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"It is amazing how much just a 10-15 degree change on an incline press makes a difference in the muscles hit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD"
Also surprising is how huge the difference it makes in the max one can press, for me anyway.
Posted by: Aetius451AD"
Also surprising is how huge the difference it makes in the max one can press, for me anyway.
Posted by: Ripley at March 11, 2026 11:52 AM (GUOwU)
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The attackers were three Assyrians originally from Iraq, one of whom is a high-powered M&A lawyer for a Sacramento law firm.
The California state bar will do nothing to discipline him, of course.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 11:22 AM (n1OCj)
Attention Pam Bondi: Federal Terrorism charges, please.
The California state bar will do nothing to discipline him, of course.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 11:22 AM (n1OCj)
Attention Pam Bondi: Federal Terrorism charges, please.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 11:52 AM (8zz6B)
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164 Paxton has to withdraw by the 18th or he has to appear on the run-off ballot.
BTW, in TX, you can't vote in the run-off unless you voted in the party primary that led to that run-off.
It's why the second place guy often wins as the 3rd and down place were the "not" vote for the 1st place guy; they go vote for the second place guy.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 11, 2026 11:49 AM (HXT0k)
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I think there are competing things that will happen.
1. The runoff will be older and more establishmenty. They're the more regular voters in general.
2. The not-Cornyn vote should coalesce around Paxton, and with Cornyn 8 points out from a majority, there could be enough that get Paxton over the line, even with reduced turnout.
BTW, in TX, you can't vote in the run-off unless you voted in the party primary that led to that run-off.
It's why the second place guy often wins as the 3rd and down place were the "not" vote for the 1st place guy; they go vote for the second place guy.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 11, 2026 11:49 AM (HXT0k)
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I think there are competing things that will happen.
1. The runoff will be older and more establishmenty. They're the more regular voters in general.
2. The not-Cornyn vote should coalesce around Paxton, and with Cornyn 8 points out from a majority, there could be enough that get Paxton over the line, even with reduced turnout.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:52 AM (GBKbO)
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11 How much more honourable, more deserving of the paradise to come, to drink the pure draught of a martyr's end.
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Drink deep, Khamenei, you'll need it. Gonna' be hot as hell where you're going.
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Drink deep, Khamenei, you'll need it. Gonna' be hot as hell where you're going.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 11:52 AM (N15rr)
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I just read the whole Ayatollah obit at the Economist, and "..." is 100% correct. That's not satire, it's not irony, it's just straight-up fucking praise for that, thankfully, dead piece of shit.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 11, 2026 11:51 AM (dmDsy)
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I'm with you; would not be surprised if it was written by Muslim Commie Mondami 2028!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 11, 2026 11:51 AM (dmDsy)
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I'm with you; would not be surprised if it was written by Muslim Commie Mondami 2028!
Posted by: ShainS -- Gaslighting is the Secret Handshake of the Mass Delusional Leftist Death Cult at March 11, 2026 11:52 AM (rsEC7)
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OT:
I really want to buy a vacuum chamber and pump just to remove the foam from my protein shakes.
I really want to buy a vacuum chamber and pump just to remove the foam from my protein shakes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:53 AM (bss/y)
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BTW, in TX, you can't vote in the run-off unless you voted in the party primary that led to that run-off.
It's why the second place guy often wins as the 3rd and down place were the "not" vote for the 1st place guy; they go vote for the second place guy.
truth
It's why the second place guy often wins as the 3rd and down place were the "not" vote for the 1st place guy; they go vote for the second place guy.
truth
Posted by: DanMan at March 11, 2026 11:53 AM (8uzBS)
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The Left pretended it was IMPOSSIBLE for the news to ever be "biased" because "facts are facts"...
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Yabut, now factual assertions are now “racist”, they cannot argue facts any longer, because they don’t completely control The Narrative.
“We believe in truth over facts” was Biden speechwriter making sure everyone gets the message.
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Yabut, now factual assertions are now “racist”, they cannot argue facts any longer, because they don’t completely control The Narrative.
“We believe in truth over facts” was Biden speechwriter making sure everyone gets the message.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:54 AM (YmzeM)
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159 That is what $100 million Cornyn bucks disparity to $4 million Paxton, will get you in a big mass media state.
One sidelight to my old election research was that yes, you CAN buy an election when you spend massive multiples of your opponent. Michael Huffington did way back spending over 35 million or so for a CA congressional seat. Jon Corzine bought his election as senator and later as governor in NJ by literally spending crazy multiples of what the GOP candidates spent in opposition.
Cornyn did his shock and awe against Paxton and Paxton is still standing. We shall see how much more Cornyn will be able to waste for a runoff (which in part depends on his Senate caucus brethren) and donors that may fear him losing in the runoff.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)
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Who was that House GOP leader who spent so much on his opponent in the primary all he did was successfully raise his opponent's profile and lost?
Cantor?
I mean, there has to be a law of reversing returns when it comes to that kind of spending.
One sidelight to my old election research was that yes, you CAN buy an election when you spend massive multiples of your opponent. Michael Huffington did way back spending over 35 million or so for a CA congressional seat. Jon Corzine bought his election as senator and later as governor in NJ by literally spending crazy multiples of what the GOP candidates spent in opposition.
Cornyn did his shock and awe against Paxton and Paxton is still standing. We shall see how much more Cornyn will be able to waste for a runoff (which in part depends on his Senate caucus brethren) and donors that may fear him losing in the runoff.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)
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Who was that House GOP leader who spent so much on his opponent in the primary all he did was successfully raise his opponent's profile and lost?
Cantor?
I mean, there has to be a law of reversing returns when it comes to that kind of spending.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:54 AM (GBKbO)
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The Economist[-i] was founded by Fabian Socialists.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 11, 2026 11:54 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 11, 2026 11:54 AM (qFwJc)
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Did that work?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 11, 2026 11:54 AM (qFwJc)
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157 My bad. Spellings of multiple names of Iranian big shots are similar, possibly as a security measure.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 11, 2026 11:47 AM (PbePe)
I'm not defending him, G-ds no, I just want to try to be accurate with things so people who want to argue can't point to it and pull the "See? These people don't know what they're talking about! They can't get even names right!" card.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 11, 2026 11:47 AM (PbePe)
I'm not defending him, G-ds no, I just want to try to be accurate with things so people who want to argue can't point to it and pull the "See? These people don't know what they're talking about! They can't get even names right!" card.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:54 AM (3wOGw)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (Ot/FD)
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England was lost when they decided the votes of child-r@pists were more important than their crimes.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (CHHv1)
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185 Did that work?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 11, 2026 11:54 AM (qFwJc)
Yes.
Trifle not in the ways of the Italicans, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 11, 2026 11:54 AM (qFwJc)
Yes.
Trifle not in the ways of the Italicans, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)
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187 Wow. Cantor.
That guy crashed so hard he didn't even get a chance to burn, he just vaporized.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (Ot/FD)
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He wasn't going to take a primary laying down.
And by standing up, he lost.
It's a fun side case.
That guy crashed so hard he didn't even get a chance to burn, he just vaporized.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (Ot/FD)
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He wasn't going to take a primary laying down.
And by standing up, he lost.
It's a fun side case.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:56 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Don Black at March 11, 2026 11:56 AM (ZxPkt)
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I’d happily take save act passing in exchange for Cornyn staying in the senate.
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 11:56 AM (HF36u)
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188 England was lost when they decided the votes of child-r@pists were more important than their crimes.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (CHHv1)
They were fucked the minute they went all in on the welfare state and voted out Churchill. So, way back.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (CHHv1)
They were fucked the minute they went all in on the welfare state and voted out Churchill. So, way back.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)
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Funny how none of the people who admire these foreign tyrants ever seem to relocate to their virtuous paradises. Why not experience all this good government firsthand?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 11, 2026 11:56 AM (2+SeL)
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188 England was lost when they decided the votes of child-r@pists were more important than their crimes.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (CHHv1)
In the end, they were all Jimmy Saville.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (CHHv1)
In the end, they were all Jimmy Saville.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 11:57 AM (3wOGw)
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192 I’d happily take save act passing in exchange for Cornyn staying in the senate.
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 11:56 AM (HF36u)
I would too, but I'd take TJM's fantasy wishcasting.
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 11:56 AM (HF36u)
I would too, but I'd take TJM's fantasy wishcasting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:57 AM (bss/y)
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the Texas media is crowing about the primary vote had way more dem votes than the gop...they fail to note the gop numbers typically double in the actual vote
Posted by: DanMan at March 11, 2026 11:57 AM (8uzBS)
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193 188 England was lost when they decided the votes of child-r@pists were more important than their crimes.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (CHHv1)
They were fucked the minute they went all in on the welfare state and voted out Churchill. So, way back.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)
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If they had said, "This is a bullshit," to WWI and refused to get directly involved...
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (CHHv1)
They were fucked the minute they went all in on the welfare state and voted out Churchill. So, way back.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)
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If they had said, "This is a bullshit," to WWI and refused to get directly involved...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:57 AM (GBKbO)
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> The Left pretended it was IMPOSSIBLE for the news to ever be "biased" because "facts are facts"...
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depends on if your facts are true or not
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depends on if your facts are true or not
Posted by: Don Black at March 11, 2026 11:57 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 11, 2026 11:58 AM (jbnUc)
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196 I would too, but I'd take TJM's fantasy wishcasting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:57 AM (bss/y)
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Paxton said he'd withdraw if it passed. It has to pass in a week for him to not be on the ballot.
And there is an energy in Texas Republican circles to get rid of Cornyn.
So...I dunno.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 11:57 AM (bss/y)
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Paxton said he'd withdraw if it passed. It has to pass in a week for him to not be on the ballot.
And there is an energy in Texas Republican circles to get rid of Cornyn.
So...I dunno.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:58 AM (GBKbO)
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I think we're in the clear, boys.
Strait of Hormuz conflict makes US economy 'fragile': Paul Krugman
Strait of Hormuz conflict makes US economy 'fragile': Paul Krugman
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)
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Posted by: Denny Crane - FUCK THE 17TH AMENDMENT. at March 11, 2026 11:40 AM (dmDsy)
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Repealing the 17thwould could make things a lot worse.
The state governments are far too addicted to the government teat.
"Vote for more fed dollars to cover our costs, or we recall you."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
Had to fix your typo there, sorry!
Yeah, repeal would be a crapshoot, no doubt. But maybe, just maybe, it would re-ignite the People's perception of the importance of local voting. Perhaps start a groundswell of seeing the importance of having more engaged and informed citizens...
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Repealing the 17th
The state governments are far too addicted to the government teat.
"Vote for more fed dollars to cover our costs, or we recall you."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
Had to fix your typo there, sorry!
Yeah, repeal would be a crapshoot, no doubt. But maybe, just maybe, it would re-ignite the People's perception of the importance of local voting. Perhaps start a groundswell of seeing the importance of having more engaged and informed citizens...
Posted by: Denny Crane - No, My Middle Name Isn't Pollyanna, Why Do You Ask? at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (dmDsy)
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I think there are competing things that will happen.
1. The runoff will be older and more establishmenty. They're the more regular voters in general.
2. The not-Cornyn vote should coalesce around Paxton, and with Cornyn 8 points out from a majority, there could be enough that get Paxton over the line, even with reduced turnout.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:52 AM (GBKbO)
Paxton only wins if the original R male voters show up again...that's not a safe bet looking at many, many runoff elections.
If TX Rs want Paxton to win, you better get out and get early voters and every male you can think of back in to vote for him for the 2nd time...the postcard thing they did for D young women voters in VA should be swapped to R men's beer nights or something there to guilt all those dudes into it.
1. The runoff will be older and more establishmenty. They're the more regular voters in general.
2. The not-Cornyn vote should coalesce around Paxton, and with Cornyn 8 points out from a majority, there could be enough that get Paxton over the line, even with reduced turnout.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 11:52 AM (GBKbO)
Paxton only wins if the original R male voters show up again...that's not a safe bet looking at many, many runoff elections.
If TX Rs want Paxton to win, you better get out and get early voters and every male you can think of back in to vote for him for the 2nd time...the postcard thing they did for D young women voters in VA should be swapped to R men's beer nights or something there to guilt all those dudes into it.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)
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Besides, whereas Iran's often-more-moderate presidents had a limit of two consecutive terms, he was appointed for life.
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The ignoramus doesn't know the difference between the Theocratic "Supreme Leader" and the "Secular" Figurehead Useful Idiot "President?"
/Where's former Student Revolutionary and American Embassy Hostage-Taker Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when you need him?
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The ignoramus doesn't know the difference between the Theocratic "Supreme Leader" and the "Secular" Figurehead Useful Idiot "President?"
/Where's former Student Revolutionary and American Embassy Hostage-Taker Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when you need him?
Posted by: ShainS -- Gaslighting is the Secret Handshake of the Mass Delusional Leftist Death Cult at March 11, 2026 12:00 PM (rsEC7)
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203 Had to fix your typo there, sorry!
Yeah, repeal would be a crapshoot, no doubt. But maybe, just maybe, it would re-ignite the People's perception of the importance of local voting. Perhaps start a groundswell of seeing the importance of having more engaged and informed citizens...
Posted by: Denny Crane - No, My Middle Name Isn't Pollyanna, Why Do You Ask? at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (dmDsy)
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Press X for doubt on that one.
Our state governments have been far more corrupt than DC for a very long time, and nothing's woken up the people to it on any sort of mass scale.
The people don't wake up.
Yeah, repeal would be a crapshoot, no doubt. But maybe, just maybe, it would re-ignite the People's perception of the importance of local voting. Perhaps start a groundswell of seeing the importance of having more engaged and informed citizens...
Posted by: Denny Crane - No, My Middle Name Isn't Pollyanna, Why Do You Ask? at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (dmDsy)
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Press X for doubt on that one.
Our state governments have been far more corrupt than DC for a very long time, and nothing's woken up the people to it on any sort of mass scale.
The people don't wake up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:00 PM (GBKbO)
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“We believe in truth over facts” was Biden speechwriter making sure everyone gets the message.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:54 AM (YmzeM)
The grand irony is that the opposite is the case. They believe in falsehood over facts, and literally anything else over truth.
I happen to believe in truth over facts. I believe it is a fact that where I am the sun rose at some angle slightly greater than 90 degrees right ascension on this morning of March 11th, 2026, but it is still none the less true that the sun rose in the East and anyone who calls you a liar and says it didn't because "Facts" isn't worth talking to. Baffling non-sequiturs that may be technically true but lead you into falsehood and nonsense is the stock in trade of charlatans and propagandists.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2026 11:54 AM (YmzeM)
The grand irony is that the opposite is the case. They believe in falsehood over facts, and literally anything else over truth.
I happen to believe in truth over facts. I believe it is a fact that where I am the sun rose at some angle slightly greater than 90 degrees right ascension on this morning of March 11th, 2026, but it is still none the less true that the sun rose in the East and anyone who calls you a liar and says it didn't because "Facts" isn't worth talking to. Baffling non-sequiturs that may be technically true but lead you into falsehood and nonsense is the stock in trade of charlatans and propagandists.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 12:00 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2026 12:01 PM (Cqx++)
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188 England was lost when they decided the votes of child-r@pists were more important than their crimes.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (CHHv1)
Worse than that. There aren’t really that many votes from Pakistanis to be had. Muslims make up less than 10% of the UK.
They did it out of principle and devotion to the diversity cause. Doing shady shit to buy votes I can understand. But this is so much worse because they could have done the right thing and not paid much if any price electorally.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2026 11:55 AM (CHHv1)
Worse than that. There aren’t really that many votes from Pakistanis to be had. Muslims make up less than 10% of the UK.
They did it out of principle and devotion to the diversity cause. Doing shady shit to buy votes I can understand. But this is so much worse because they could have done the right thing and not paid much if any price electorally.
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:01 PM (HF36u)
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The bank lockout should be considered in conjunction with other events,
From Reza Pahlovi hours ago : "Dear compatriots,
We are now at the decisive stage of our final struggle.
I urge you to secure your essential provisions as soon as possible, and for your own safety, withdraw from the streets and remain in your homes. Continue to strike and do not show up for work. Continue your nightly chants to show your .."etc.
From Reza Pahlovi hours ago : "Dear compatriots,
We are now at the decisive stage of our final struggle.
I urge you to secure your essential provisions as soon as possible, and for your own safety, withdraw from the streets and remain in your homes. Continue to strike and do not show up for work. Continue your nightly chants to show your .."etc.
Posted by: runner at March 11, 2026 12:01 PM (GD0B3)
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I think there are competing things that will happen.
1. The runoff will be older and more establishmenty. They're the more regular voters in general.
2. The not-Cornyn vote should coalesce around Paxton, and with Cornyn 8 points out from a majority, there could be enough that get Paxton over the line, even with reduced turnout.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British
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And the bought and paid for stalking horse Hunt will not be on the ballot.
I think there are competing things that will happen.
1. The runoff will be older and more establishmenty. They're the more regular voters in general.
2. The not-Cornyn vote should coalesce around Paxton, and with Cornyn 8 points out from a majority, there could be enough that get Paxton over the line, even with reduced turnout.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British
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And the bought and paid for stalking horse Hunt will not be on the ballot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 12:01 PM (N15rr)
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Khomeini, Khamenei -- whatever it takes
Posted by: one hour sober at March 11, 2026 11:42 AM (Y1sOo)
Khameini, Khomeini, Kho-Mo, catch an Aya by the toe, la!
Posted by: one hour sober at March 11, 2026 11:42 AM (Y1sOo)
Khameini, Khomeini, Kho-Mo, catch an Aya by the toe, la!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2026 12:01 PM (8zz6B)
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207 Press X for doubt on that one.
Our state governments have been far more corrupt than DC for a very long time, and nothing's woken up the people to it on any sort of mass scale.
The people don't wake up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:00 PM (GBKbO)
State and Local governments are pretty much beholden to AFSCME.
Our state governments have been far more corrupt than DC for a very long time, and nothing's woken up the people to it on any sort of mass scale.
The people don't wake up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:00 PM (GBKbO)
State and Local governments are pretty much beholden to AFSCME.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (3wOGw)
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I think we're in the clear, boys.
Also:
War disruptions may send oil to $150 to $200 a barrel. Here’s my advice for stock investors
--Jim Cramer
Also:
War disruptions may send oil to $150 to $200 a barrel. Here’s my advice for stock investors
--Jim Cramer
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (n1OCj)
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No sooner had they closed the lid on the Queen's coffin, Britain's slide into pro-islamic socialism became a free fall
Posted by: Don Black at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (ZxPkt)
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Strait of Hormuz conflict makes US economy 'fragile': Paul Krugman
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)
The guy who predicted 9 of the last 2 recessions?
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)
The guy who predicted 9 of the last 2 recessions?
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (HF36u)
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/Where's former Student Revolutionary and American Embassy Hostage-Taker Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when you need him?
Pining for the fjords, actually.
Pining for the fjords, actually.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 11, 2026 12:03 PM (n1OCj)
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PS - Looking at the NoVa R special election win yesterday, there is an example that there is NO guarantee folks who didn't vote top 2 will show up to vote for anyone in that TX R primary. Ds candidate was toxic here, so Ds stayed home vs mustering up the only 1600 write in votes it would have taken to keep the seat, letting the R win with a minority of the vote with an abysmal turnout. Like abysmal. A +50D area went R.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 11, 2026 12:03 PM (tOcjL)
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Planespotting
https://tinyurl.com/4yz6n4un
There may still be a spot of testosterone in Ole Blighty yet.
https://tinyurl.com/4yz6n4un
There may still be a spot of testosterone in Ole Blighty yet.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 12:04 PM (Riz8t)
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I gave up reading The Economist somewhere in the early 1980s. It just keeps getting worser as the years roll by. But, heh, if you are surrounded by crazy killers in your own backyard you will quickly become a cuck.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 11, 2026 12:04 PM (pZ64F)
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217 Strait of Hormuz conflict makes US economy 'fragile': Paul Krugman
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)
The guy who predicted 9 of the last 2 recessions?
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (HF36u)
Hah!
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)
The guy who predicted 9 of the last 2 recessions?
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (HF36u)
Hah!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)
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The guy who predicted 9 of the last 2 recessions?
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (HF36u)
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Rhetorical question: why does anyone still pay attention to this guy?
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (HF36u)
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Rhetorical question: why does anyone still pay attention to this guy?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 11, 2026 12:04 PM (KAqW5)
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His business empire was also extraordinary. He might live frugally, receiving visitors in a bare room with one sofa and a few wooden chairs, but he controlled assets worth tens of billions of dollars.
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A real and admirable Everyman Hero ... like Osama Bin Laden and Barack Hussein Obama!
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A real and admirable Everyman Hero ... like Osama Bin Laden and Barack Hussein Obama!
Posted by: ShainS -- Gaslighting is the Secret Handshake of the Mass Delusional Leftist Death Cult at March 11, 2026 12:04 PM (rsEC7)
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Even if by some miracle save does pass it will be challenged in court. A liberal judge will block it and it’ll take a while to move up the appeals process so it’s probably not going to be applicable for 2026 either way..
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:04 PM (HF36u)
Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at March 11, 2026 12:04 PM (4NO2D)
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217 Strait of Hormuz conflict makes US economy 'fragile': Paul Krugman
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)
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I wonder how much oil we get from the Middle East as a percentage?
It's less than 10% of our total oil imports.
And we produce a lot.
Yeah...the only thing that will happen is that shale will sell a shit ton and keep the price from spiking for real (not weekend trading from speculators).
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)
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I wonder how much oil we get from the Middle East as a percentage?
It's less than 10% of our total oil imports.
And we produce a lot.
Yeah...the only thing that will happen is that shale will sell a shit ton and keep the price from spiking for real (not weekend trading from speculators).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:04 PM (GBKbO)
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Posted by: Denny Crane - No, My Middle Name Isn't Pollyanna, Why Do You Ask? at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (dmDsy)
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Press X for doubt on that one.
Our state governments have been far more corrupt than DC for a very long time, and nothing's woken up the people to it on any sort of mass scale.
The people don't wake up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:00 PM (GBKbO)
Fuck, maybe my middle name is Pollyanna.
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Press X for doubt on that one.
Our state governments have been far more corrupt than DC for a very long time, and nothing's woken up the people to it on any sort of mass scale.
The people don't wake up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:00 PM (GBKbO)
Fuck, maybe my middle name is Pollyanna.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Can't talk; I'm Busy Looking For My Birth Certificate. at March 11, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)
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Rhetorical question: why does anyone still pay attention to this guy?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 11, 2026 12:04 PM (KAqW5)
Right?
- Jim Cramer
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 11, 2026 12:04 PM (KAqW5)
Right?
- Jim Cramer
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:05 PM (HF36u)
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Had to fix your typo there, sorry!
Yeah, repeal would be a crapshoot, no doubt. But maybe, just maybe, it would re-ignite the People's perception of the importance of local voting. Perhaps start a groundswell of seeing the importance of having more engaged and informed citizens...
Posted by: Denny Crane - No, My Middle Name Isn't Pollyanna, Why Do You Ask? at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (dmDsy)
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Press X for doubt on that one.
Our state governments have been far more corrupt than DC for a very long time, and nothing's woken up the people to it on any sort of mass scale.
The people don't wake up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:00 PM (GBKbO)
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Oh, the people have woken up ... and joined in the graft and looting of taxpayers.
Yeah, repeal would be a crapshoot, no doubt. But maybe, just maybe, it would re-ignite the People's perception of the importance of local voting. Perhaps start a groundswell of seeing the importance of having more engaged and informed citizens...
Posted by: Denny Crane - No, My Middle Name Isn't Pollyanna, Why Do You Ask? at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (dmDsy)
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Press X for doubt on that one.
Our state governments have been far more corrupt than DC for a very long time, and nothing's woken up the people to it on any sort of mass scale.
The people don't wake up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:00 PM (GBKbO)
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Oh, the people have woken up ... and joined in the graft and looting of taxpayers.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 11, 2026 12:05 PM (iFTx/)
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NoVA election - LaCroix received 1,694 votes (43.73%), defeating Democratic nominee Muhammad Sufiyan "Sef" Casim, who received 1,436 votes (37.07%). Write-in candidates collected 744 votes (19.20%).
Posted by: Nova Local at March 11, 2026 12:05 PM (tOcjL)
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>>If TX Rs want Paxton to win, you better get out and get early voters and every male you can think of back in to vote for him for the 2nd time...the postcard thing they did for D young women voters in VA should be swapped to R men's beer nights or something there to guilt all those dudes into it.
Posted by: Nova Local
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DC is spending over a million $dollars a day for Cornyn.
Posted by: Nova Local
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DC is spending over a million $dollars a day for Cornyn.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (N15rr)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (gm9Sb)
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Remember that the Inverse Cramer index still outperforms the Pelosi index.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (Ot/FD)
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228 Fuck, maybe my middle name is Pollyanna.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Can't talk; I'm Busy Looking For My Birth Certificate. at March 11, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)
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I have no problem with optimism or even overly optimistic outlooks.
But, really, our state governments really suck. No one pays attention to them, and they're in charge of hundreds of billions. And the people who rise in them were part of cartels at the local levels controlled by things like developers.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Can't talk; I'm Busy Looking For My Birth Certificate. at March 11, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)
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I have no problem with optimism or even overly optimistic outlooks.
But, really, our state governments really suck. No one pays attention to them, and they're in charge of hundreds of billions. And the people who rise in them were part of cartels at the local levels controlled by things like developers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
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The guy who predicted 9 of the last 2 recessions?
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (HF36u)
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Rhetorical question: why does anyone still pay attention to this guy?
Because it's so much fun to mock a pompous fool.
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (HF36u)
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Rhetorical question: why does anyone still pay attention to this guy?
Because it's so much fun to mock a pompous fool.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)
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217 Strait of Hormuz conflict makes US economy 'fragile': Paul Krugman
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)
The guy who predicted 9 of the last 2 recessions?
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (HF36u)
Is Krugman really still alive?
That seems improbable.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)
The guy who predicted 9 of the last 2 recessions?
Posted by: Heroq at March 11, 2026 12:02 PM (HF36u)
Is Krugman really still alive?
That seems improbable.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (dmDsy)
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Rex Kramer >>>>> Jim Cramer
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (KAqW5)
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238 Rex Kramer >>>>> Jim Cramer
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (KAqW5)
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Surely you can't be serious.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (KAqW5)
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Surely you can't be serious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (GBKbO)
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And the people who rise in them were part of cartels at the local levels controlled by things like developers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
Are you familiar with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
Are you familiar with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (Ot/FD)
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Surely you can't be serious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (GBKbO)
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Yes. And stop calling me Shirley.
Surely you can't be serious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (GBKbO)
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Yes. And stop calling me Shirley.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 11, 2026 12:08 PM (KAqW5)
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240 And the people who rise in them were part of cartels at the local levels controlled by things like developers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
Are you familiar with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (Ot/FD)
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I am not!
Are they the one purely driven as snow part of the PA state government that runs things cleanly?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
Are you familiar with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (Ot/FD)
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I am not!
Are they the one purely driven as snow part of the PA state government that runs things cleanly?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:08 PM (GBKbO)
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Although come to think of it, no one from the LCB has really gone on to politics that I can think of.
It still is a cartel by definition, though.
It still is a cartel by definition, though.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 12:09 PM (Ot/FD)
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240 Are you familiar with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (Ot/FD)
I swear the next time I drive down to Maryland I'm going to have to buy all the liquor the PLCB refuses to stock.
You can't even get Advocaat here.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (Ot/FD)
I swear the next time I drive down to Maryland I'm going to have to buy all the liquor the PLCB refuses to stock.
You can't even get Advocaat here.
Posted by: XTC at March 11, 2026 12:09 PM (3wOGw)
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Good God, the French are protecting the British now.
The French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle has arrived to protect the British Sovereign territory and Armed Forces base RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
If that doesn’t make you feel embarrassed to be British then nothing will.
Unforgivable @Keir_Starmer
https://x.com/ToonDazza/status/2031054713337114653
The French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle has arrived to protect the British Sovereign territory and Armed Forces base RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
If that doesn’t make you feel embarrassed to be British then nothing will.
Unforgivable @Keir_Starmer
https://x.com/ToonDazza/status/2031054713337114653
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)
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I am not!
Are they the one purely driven as snow part of the PA state government that runs things cleanly?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:08 PM (GBKbO)
I still haven't figured out if the LCB keeps their throne by paying the politicians in cash, or in booze.
Are they the one purely driven as snow part of the PA state government that runs things cleanly?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:08 PM (GBKbO)
I still haven't figured out if the LCB keeps their throne by paying the politicians in cash, or in booze.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 11, 2026 12:10 PM (Ot/FD)
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Are they the one purely driven as snow part of the PA state government that runs things cleanly?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:08 PM
You're thinking of the Texas Railroad Commission.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:08 PM
You're thinking of the Texas Railroad Commission.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 11, 2026 12:10 PM (4NO2D)
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220 Planespotting
https://tinyurl.com/4yz6n4un
There may still be a spot of testosterone in Ole Blighty yet.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Trump told Starmer he may as well stay home, it's over. ha
Those B-52s are huge.
https://tinyurl.com/4yz6n4un
There may still be a spot of testosterone in Ole Blighty yet.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Trump told Starmer he may as well stay home, it's over. ha
Those B-52s are huge.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 12:10 PM (N15rr)
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New one:
Filthy Despicable RINO Coward John Cornyn: On Second Thought, Now that GOP Voters Are Set to Boot My Defeat-Mechanism Ass Out of My Cushy Job, Maybe We Don't Need the Filibuster After All
Filthy Despicable RINO Coward John Cornyn: On Second Thought, Now that GOP Voters Are Set to Boot My Defeat-Mechanism Ass Out of My Cushy Job, Maybe We Don't Need the Filibuster After All
Posted by: Archimedes at March 11, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)
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238 Rex Kramer >>>>> Jim Cramer
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (KAqW5)
I'd take Robert Stack beating the shit out of some airport hippies.
https://tinyurl.com/y8nttdwc
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 11, 2026 12:07 PM (KAqW5)
I'd take Robert Stack beating the shit out of some airport hippies.
https://tinyurl.com/y8nttdwc
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 12:10 PM (bss/y)
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232 >>If TX Rs want Paxton to win, you better get out and get early voters and every male you can think of back in to vote for him for the 2nd time...the postcard thing they did for D young women voters in VA should be swapped to R men's beer nights or something there to guilt all those dudes into it.
Posted by: Nova Local
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DC is spending over a million $dollars a day for Cornyn.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (N15rr)
I didn't say what DC is doing...I said what TX R men need to be doing if they want to win...the known possible total votes are out there...Paxton needs all of his to show...like ALL of them...
Posted by: Nova Local
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DC is spending over a million $dollars a day for Cornyn.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (N15rr)
I didn't say what DC is doing...I said what TX R men need to be doing if they want to win...the known possible total votes are out there...Paxton needs all of his to show...like ALL of them...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 11, 2026 12:12 PM (tOcjL)
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Oh, the people have woken up ... and joined in the graft and looting of taxpayers.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 11, 2026 12:05 PM (iFTx/)
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"This is exactly why we should admire, praise, reward, and important even MOAR Somalis, h8rs!"
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 11, 2026 12:05 PM (iFTx/)
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"This is exactly why we should admire, praise, reward, and important even MOAR Somalis, h8rs!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Gaslighting is the Secret Handshake of the Mass Delusional Leftist Death Cult at March 11, 2026 12:12 PM (rsEC7)
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ace is up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2026 12:12 PM (bss/y)
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Who was that House GOP leader who spent so much on his opponent in the primary all he did was successfully raise his opponent's profile and lost?
Cantor?
I mean, there has to be a law of reversing returns when it comes to that kind of spending.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I found it to be a cubic function, was not linear.
Cantor?
I mean, there has to be a law of reversing returns when it comes to that kind of spending.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I found it to be a cubic function, was not linear.
Posted by: whig at March 11, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)
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235 228 Fuck, maybe my middle name is Pollyanna.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Can't talk; I'm Busy Looking For My Birth Certificate. at March 11, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)
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I have no problem with optimism or even overly optimistic outlooks.
But, really, our state governments really suck. No one pays attention to them, and they're in charge of hundreds of billions. And the people who rise in them were part of cartels at the local levels controlled by things like developers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
Intellectually, I have to agree with you, because you are stating what I believe to be facts.
But.... just like no one predicted the popularity of Trump (at least as far as I know, Trump was probably the only one who thought he had a shot), there has to be, statistically, many other Trumps out there that could, theoretically, achieve comparable results as Trump has, but on a more local scale.
I think that could bring about the societal transformation my newly-discovered long-lost twin Pollyanna yearns for so badly.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Can't talk; I'm Busy Looking For My Birth Certificate. at March 11, 2026 12:05 PM (dmDsy)
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I have no problem with optimism or even overly optimistic outlooks.
But, really, our state governments really suck. No one pays attention to them, and they're in charge of hundreds of billions. And the people who rise in them were part of cartels at the local levels controlled by things like developers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 11, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
Intellectually, I have to agree with you, because you are stating what I believe to be facts.
But.... just like no one predicted the popularity of Trump (at least as far as I know, Trump was probably the only one who thought he had a shot), there has to be, statistically, many other Trumps out there that could, theoretically, achieve comparable results as Trump has, but on a more local scale.
I think that could bring about the societal transformation my newly-discovered long-lost twin Pollyanna yearns for so badly.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Genetic Testing Rules! at March 11, 2026 12:16 PM (dmDsy)
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Since the UK is making it's currency Sharia compliant, pretty sure this is a move to save the writer's life.
Posted by: Austere non child rapiist at March 11, 2026 12:18 PM (VZ8Zc)
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I'd take Robert Stack beating the shit out of some airport hippies.
https://tinyurl.com/y8nttdwc
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Without even following the link I know what you are talking about.
https://tinyurl.com/y8nttdwc
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Without even following the link I know what you are talking about.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2026 12:18 PM (MwdeY)
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The Nehemiah solution:
It's not worth the effort to decide if they're just wrong, or if instead they are actively lying. At this point they all go into the same "rotten apple" barrel.
There is not enough time in the day for their bs.
It's not worth the effort to decide if they're just wrong, or if instead they are actively lying. At this point they all go into the same "rotten apple" barrel.
There is not enough time in the day for their bs.
Posted by: Tar Bae at March 11, 2026 12:20 PM (fHso4)
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Nic Update
Posted by: ShainS at March 11, 2026 12:21 PM (mnEYM)
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I remember an exchange I had back in the day with a guy whose argument was that if Global Warming was a hoax, some intrepid reporter would have blown the lid off it and told the truth about it.
HAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAAHAHAHA!
HAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAAHAHAHA!
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 11, 2026 12:28 PM (DgMqy)
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I think The Economist means it, like "blown cover as cover," or "haha only serious." They are mortal enemies of the West, dancing on the razor's edge, seeing how much they can get away with in exposing their true sympathies, and your reaction was their precise intent.
Posted by: SciVo at March 11, 2026 12:51 PM (Sy6m/)
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Good rant, Joe Mannix! I have no idea what the answer is: straight or satire?
The author could have added a lot more instances of "From his perspective" and such.
Without this being inside a direct quote, I have no idea what to make of it:
Besides, when Mr Trump's body was ashes, eaten by worms and ants, the robust tree of the Islamic Republic would still be standing.
The author could have added a lot more instances of "From his perspective" and such.
Without this being inside a direct quote, I have no idea what to make of it:
Besides, when Mr Trump's body was ashes, eaten by worms and ants, the robust tree of the Islamic Republic would still be standing.
Posted by: m at March 11, 2026 01:09 PM (+YA9H)
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Loathe as I am to defend The Economist, the tone of the article is clearly ironic.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at March 11, 2026 01:13 PM (hnuna)
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Not satire. Islam, Islamism, radical Islamism - all these have many millions of supporters around the world.
DEI may have been banned in the US Government, but the "equity" concept it embodies is very much alive and continues to fester in society. Thus, giving an "equitable" send-off to Khamenei is just a part of the Economist style sheet.
DEI may have been banned in the US Government, but the "equity" concept it embodies is very much alive and continues to fester in society. Thus, giving an "equitable" send-off to Khamenei is just a part of the Economist style sheet.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at March 11, 2026 01:22 PM (bufu1)
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😬 Honestly, don't know, but I don't think it is.
This is interesting, too.
Counterfire, 'Remembering the Shah’s Iran – Iran War Briefing #9' Chris Bambery, March 8, 2026
(Note: He's (?) an author, political activist and commentator, and a supporter of Rise, the radical left wing coalition in Scotland. His books include A People's History of Scotland and The Second World War: A Marxist Analysis.)
This is interesting, too.
Counterfire, 'Remembering the Shah’s Iran – Iran War Briefing #9' Chris Bambery, March 8, 2026
(Note: He's (?) an author, political activist and commentator, and a supporter of Rise, the radical left wing coalition in Scotland. His books include A People's History of Scotland and The Second World War: A Marxist Analysis.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 11, 2026 01:34 PM (NFX2v)
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