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The Morning Report — 4/8/26

Good morning kids. And so Peace is at hand in Iran. . . Or is it really? After threatening to obliterate Iran from the face of the earth the President Trump announced that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was reached that hinges on a two week ceasefire.

President Trump expressed optimism Wednesday that the Iran war cease-fire agreement will usher in a “Golden Age” in the Middle East.
“A big day for World Peace!” Trump wrote on Truth Social following the two-week cease-fire announcement. “Iran wants it to happen, they’ve had enough! Likewise, so has everyone else!”
The commander in chief said the US “will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz” and “loading up with supplies of all kinds, just ‘hangin’ around’ in order to make sure that everything goes well.”
Trump indicated he felt “confident” the reopening of the key waterway, through which 20% of the world’s oil passes daily, would go well.
“There will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process,” he said. “Just like we are experiencing in the US, this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!!”
Trump branded Operation Epic Fury a “total and complete victory” — more than a month after the first US strikes in a joint operation alongside Israeli forces on Feb. 28.
“100 percent,” he told Agence France Presse. “No question about it.”
Trump didn’t rule out strikes on power plants if the ceasefire collapsed.
“You’re going to have to see,” he said when probed.The exact terms of the cease-fire framework have not been released, but Trump described the proposal as “workable” and the temporary pause has been welcomed by Washington’s allies.
Iran’s embassy in India has since claimed the US is “fundamentally committed” to lifting all sanctions against the Islamic Republic, accepting enrichment and agreeing to Tehran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz.
“You started the war, but Iran will set the conditions for its end,” the embassy warned. ..
This came after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed the US, Iran and their allies agreed to a cease-fire everywhere, including Lebanon.. .
“In accordance with directives from the political echelon, the IDF has ceased fire in the operation against Iran, and is highly
prepared to respond defensively against any violation,”
IDFofficials said Wednesday. “Overnight, the IDF conducted a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting missile launch sites and
launchers across Iran, in order to significantly degrade its
launching capabilities. “Simultaneously, in Lebanon, the IDF is continuing to conduct targeted
ground operations against Hezbollah... Hezbollah chiefs are set to release a statement outlining their position on the ceasefire...

And so here we are weeks after the first bombs were dropped comment on the heels of the first wave of attacks that were designed to take out Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities.and collaterally hopefully take out the Mullahs and their evil regime and replace it with some minimally benign government that would no longer export global terrorism and persecute its own citizenry.

while Iran's nuclear and missile capacities have surely been degraded, considering that the same Armageddon-seeking Islamic ideologues are still in power and that they are whom we via their Islamic brothers in arms in Pakistan are who have been negotiating with and that Pakistan is a close ally of Red China, Can President Trump truly declare not only"Mission Accomplished" but that a new golden age is about to be ushered into the Middle East?!

Mr. President with all due respect that's not going to happen until Islam itself disappears either via a mass cultural shift among its over one billion adherents or some black swan event that brings about its utter defeat and dismantling and defanging.

At least the ceasefire brings a bit of positive news:

U.S. stock futures jumped higher and oil prices plunged after President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire and a potential longer peace deal with Iran on Tuesday night.
Futures indicated a two percent rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. S&P futures were up 2.3 percent and Nasdaq futures were up nearly three percent.
Oil prices fell sharply. Brent crude futures fell by around 13.5 percent to $94.50 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate futures dropped 14.7 percent to $96.40 a barrel. U.S. natural gas prices dropped by 3.6 percent. U.S. home heating oil futures dropped by more than 18 percent.

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AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

Strait of Hormuz to reopen after Trump announces two-week ‘double-sided ceasefire’ hours before Iran deadline
Trump declares Iran cease-fire deal could lead to ‘Golden Age of the Middle East,’ boasts ‘big money will be made’
Trump, writing on Truth Social less than two hours before his 8 p.m. deadline, said he would halt the planned strikes following direct talks with Pakistani leadership. “Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan… and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks,” Trump wrote, adding, “This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!.”
Deadline Delayed — Trump Approves 2‑Week Iran Ceasefire After ‘Civilization’ Threat, Conditional on Hormuz Reopening
'A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,' Trump warned ahead of his 8 p.m. Tuesday ceasefire deadline
US Strikes Kharg Island Weapons Depots and Air Defense Facilities in 'Message' to Tehran Ahead of Trump's Deadline
“These attacks have led to diminished PLC functionality, manipulation of display data and, in some cases, operational disruption and financial loss.”
FBI Warns of Iran-Affiliated Hackers Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure
The veto by Russia and China blocks international military action to secure the Strait of Hormuz.
Russia, China Block UN Authorization of Military Force to Open Strait of Hormuz.
The UK Times reported on Monday that Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is “incapacitated and receiving medical treatment in the holy city of Qom.”
Report: Iran’s Missing Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ‘Unconscious’
The operation has strained U.S. military resources, damaged key assets, and raised concerns about broader strategic vulnerabilities.
DATA: Iran War Costs $500 Million Daily.

* * * * *
The “war crime” outcry is simply another collaboration between America’s enemies, the media, and the Democrat Party.
Donald Trump, War Criminal?
Responding to Trump’s deadline — and his warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight” — Democrats quickly lined up to claim that the president was either not in full possession of his mental faculties or about to issue illegal orders to the United States military, if not both.
Trump’s Iran Clock Is Ticking As Democrats Try To Make Moves Behind His Back
Democrats and their media allies have worked overtime to paint President Donald Trump as reckless, unstable, and dangerously unfit to lead. The latest excuse for their hysteria came after Trump put pressure on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed since February, cutting off roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply. They’ve been daring the United States to respond ever since, and Trump did respond. And that’s when the left completely lost it.
Democrats Called Trump Crazy — Then He Got a Ceasefire with Iran
In response to a question on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his role in negotiations, Van Hollen said, “Secretary Rubio was part of the classified briefings that were provided early on to members of Congress. We’ve been calling for public hearings, because we want the public to be able to see how bad the answers we’re getting from administration officials are. Bad, meaning, they keep switching their statements regarding the goals of the war, they have no endgame. But, as to Secretary Rubio’s current role, I don’t know exactly what it is.”
Van Hollen: ‘Hard for the Iranians to Be Able to Trust’ U.S. Negotiators Because We Bombed Them During Talks
At least it’s colorful: The Gray Lady just gave us the green light to wave the white flag.
Bad News, Guys: The New York Times Says We Lost the War — and Iran Is Now a ‘Major World Power’
The right and wrong way to rescue Americans and deal with an Islamic terrorist state.
A Tale of Two Rescues
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
A series of prosecutions and a landmark trial signal a shift toward treating Antifa as a terrorist threat, testing whether the rule of law can restrain political violence.
Antifa Are the Real KKK: Proscribing Antifa and Their Supporters
They're willing to sacrifice American civilization in the name of ideology, profit, or both.
Meet The Billionaires Who Are Secretly Sabotaging The Country
It is about wresting power from secretive left-wing institutions and returning it to the people.
Fighting the corporate deep state
sqThe far-left group Demand Justice is developing plans to derail future Republican Supreme Court nominees for when a vacancy arises. (Stocking up on guns duct tape rope and transexuals? - jjs)
Unraveling The Far-Left Group Seeking To Derail Future Republican SCOTUS Nominees
Fonda’s rally reflects Hollywood’s long habit of treating history as destiny and dissent as heresy—an outlook that exalts power while masking itself as progress.
Jane Fonda, ‘Hail Caesar,’ and the False God of History
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
The KTVU headline was “Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers shot someone in Patterson, Calif., leading to the partial closure of the I-5 freeway in Stanislaus County, the sheriff announced on Tuesday.” Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin quickly clarified that someone with a bullet in him did everything he could to deserve that bullet.
Illegal Alien Terrorist Weaponizes Vehicle on ICE, Gets Shot
Rolbert Joachim, 40, is charged with second-degree murder and criminal damage to property, according to Lee County Sheriff’s Office jail records.Surveillance footage appeared to show Joachim smashing the woman’s car windshield, approaching her, and repeatedly hitting her in the head with a hammer — killing her in broad daylight, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Haitian illegal immigrant bludgeons mother-of-two to death with hammer outside Florida gas station in broad daylight
Freshly confirmed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has wasted no time making his presence felt. Just days into the job, he sat down with Fox News host Bret Baier Monday night and floated an idea so simple and so devastating that it's a wonder nobody tried it sooner: Pull Customs and Border Protection officers out of international airports in sanctuary cities.
Mullin Drops a Bombshell on Sanctuary Cities, and Dems Are Going to Lose Their Minds
A federal judge has denied a motion by former Milwaukee Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan’s legal team to overturn a guilty verdict against her, in which a jury found that she did, in fact, help an illegal alien evade arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Federal Judge Denies Motion to Overturn Guilty Verdict Against Judge Who Helped Illegal Alien Evade ICE
He was ordered last month to spend two years in prison for his crimes.
Illegal Alien Pastor Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl. Now His Lawyer Says He’s Served Enough Time.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Creating social problems to spend money to steal money.
Why California Budgets Rise Even as Populations Drop

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Some cultural practices, such as female genital mutilation, are so incompatible with American values that they cannot be allowed to propagate here.
The U.S. Must Start Culturally Vetting Prospective Immigrants
Professor Jonathan A. C. Brown, chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown, posted the dismissive remark twice on X in response to users discussing a link between Islam and an escalating crisis of rape gangs in the United Kingdom, archived versions of the now-deleted posts show. (RELATED: ‘Catholic’ University’s Heretical Queer Profs Are Teaching Porn Classes And More)
Professor Of Islamic Civilization Says ‘Get Over It’ To Concerns About Rape Gang Crisis
The proposal could reignite debate on cultural values, public health concerns, and immigration policies in Florida.
Florida Weighs Ban on ‘Stealth Jihad’ Cousin Marriages.
Blames ghosts.
India: Muslim Tries Twice to Open the Emergency Door Mid-Flight
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
“So if you reach the end of your conventional power, where does that leave you? Oh, with nonconventional weapons.
Tucker Launches Full Frontal Attack on Trump – “Who Do You Think You Are?”
Tucker Carlson hated Trump long before this. And was never MAGA.
The Tucker Carlson We Thought We Knew Never Existed
Why, exactly, are tax-paying Republicans funding this programming?
PBS Smears All Republicans as ‘White With Fear’
Apple’s bias raises concerns as it comes preinstalled on millions of devices, influencing a vast audience by default.
Apple News is Number One for Left-Wing Bias Among Top Four News Apps.
The evidence uncovered during litigation should shake Americans awake to the threat to their liberties.
Government-Funded Censor Told State Dept. Its Testing Wouldn’t Focus On U.S. Audiences — It Then Targeted The Blaze
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Futures indicated a two percent rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. S&P futures were up 2.3 percent and Nasdaq futures were up nearly three percent. Oil prices fell sharply. Brent crude futures fell by around 13.5 percent to $94.50 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate futures dropped 14.7 percent to $96.40 a barrel. U.S. natural gas prices dropped by 3.6 percent. U.S. home heating oil futures dropped by more than 18 percent.
Peace Dividend: U.S. Futures Surge, Asia Stocks Jump, Oil Plunges After Trump Announces Cease Fire With Iran
Since 2019, base hourly wages at the Greeley plant have increased by approximately 46%, outpacing Northern Colorado/Front Range inflation of roughly 25% over the same period. This represents a real wage growth of about 16% for team members.
Trump’s Migration Rules Force Wage Gains in Meatpacking
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
“My 8-year-old son and I were not physically harmed, but we were awakened by the sound of gunfire. Like any parent, I immediately ran to him and reassured him that he was safe,” Ron Gibson, who is serving his third term in the Indianapolis City Council, said, reporting that someone fired 13 shots at his front door after midnight and left a note inside a zip-locked bag on the doorstep that read, “NO DATA CENTERS.”
b>Indianapolis Official Says His Home Was Shot 13 Times with ‘No Data Centers’ Note Left Behind<
When speaking of the state of his own car, neighbor Jason Hale said, “Yeah, it’s bad. The hood is messed up, terrible. A thousand worth of damage, dents everywhere, footprints everywhere.”
WATCH — Chicago: Teen Mob Damages Cars, Terrorizes Neighbors as Parents ‘Let Them Run Rampant’
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
The Wisconsin GOP filed a complaint Monday against Green Bay elections officials for sending out scores of duplicate absentee ballots.
‘Zuckbucks’ Cities’ Ballot Blunders Hit Badger State Election Day
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Far-left Democrat George Conway is eager to impeach and remove both President Trump and Vice President Vance, even if it means rigging the U.S. Senate’s 250-year-old impeachment process.
George Conway Says Dems Will Use Senate Majority to Rig Impeachment Process, Remove Trump and Vance
The Russia collusion hoaxer congressman and Dem candidate for California governor is accused of inappropriate sexual conduct with interns.
Russia Hoaxer And CCP Patsy Eric Swalwell Accused Of Sexual Harassment, Misusing Funds
He's 'all the toxic things.'
Dems Are Scrambling To Campaign With Terrorist Groupie Who Says America ‘Deserved’ 9/11
POLITICS
It'a not the Iran War, Americans are more worried about the economy.
Trump’s Popularity Took A Hit In April — Is Iran War Reason Why, Or Something Else? I&I/TIPP Poll
Already, Spanberger is nearly upside-down on approval, something that did not happen to a single one of her eight predecessors after only 80 days in office.
Abigail Spanberger Has Worst Virginia Governor Favorability of 21st Century
Echoing the state motto, Dean founded the "Freedom and Unity Party" along with his running mate, fellow Stowe High School student Charles D. Bass. Dean claims it's the fastest-growing party in Vermont.
He's Got My Vote: 14-Year-Old Running for Governor of Vermont
Unfortunately, it may not mean that a Republican takes over the California governor’s mansion.
What Does Trump’s Endorsement Mean In California’s Gubernatorial Race?
California’s one-party system is fracturing, and in a wide-open race, an independent outsider is testing whether voters will finally demand something different.
California’s Future: Elaine Culotti’s Independent Vision
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Turkey’s interior minister stated that one suspect had “ties to an organization that exploits religion.” The attack comes amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, which has seen several retaliatory terrorist attacks primarily against Jewish targets primarily in Europe and the United States.
Police Kill Three Gunmen Outside Israeli Consulate.
The driver of the truck was detained, and an aggravated manslaughter investigation was opened, but it is too early to determine the exact cause of the crash, Prosecutor Etienne Thieffry told reporters.
Conductor Killed, Over Dozen Injured as French High Speed Train Collides with Truck Carrying Military Equipment
The lawmakers’ visit follows a flashy tour of Havana by a contingent of celebrities and international Marxist agitators known as the “Nuestra America” convoy which brought personalities such as British Labor parliament member Jeremy Corbyn, leftist video game streamer Hasan Piker, and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)’s daughter Isra Hirsi to Cuba. The convoy members produced online propaganda defending the Castro regime, blaming the longstanding poverty and suffering on the island on President Donald Trump. In reality, Cuba has endured torturous communist repression for 67 years as a result of the Castro family hoarding the nation’s wealth, leaving millions in the country to struggle.
Congressional Democrats Follow Hasan Piker to Cuba, Lending Support to the Communist Regime
The Cuban regime is continuing down its path of proving how desperate it has become in the wake of Donald Trump putting a stop to the flow of free and cheap oil into the country. In its latest move, the handpicked face of the regime, "president" Miguel Díaz-Canel, sat down for an exclusive interview with Newsweek on Friday, which the outlet published on Tuesday.
Cuba Threatens ‘Guerrilla-Style’ Fight — Rubio Can’t Keep a Straight Face
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a key European ally of the Trump administration, faces a tough set of parliamentary elections this weekend but he now has one supporter firmly on his side after U.S. Vice-President JD Vance landed in Budapest on Tuesday to offer his support.
JD Vance Lands in Hungary to Back Orbán’s re-Election Push
"Why are bureaucrats in Brussels telling social media companies what information they’re giving to Hungarian voters?"
JD Vance backs Orban campaign in Hungary as election nears—Trump calls in: 'I love that Viktor'
Europe’s weak leaders made Europe weak.
Who’s Afraid of Emmanuel Macron?
Aliaga battles in a contested race, a Peruvian version of Milei and Kast.
Peru and Polling: Will Another Latin American Country Move Toward the U.S.?
Kingpin kill chain in motion.
War on the Cartel Front Continues
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
America’s warfighting prowess is undisputed, but we have dangerously depleted our materiel stores, which is why President Donald Trump has wisely asked Congress to significantly boost defense spending to $1.5 trillion.
Congress must pass Trump’s $1.5T defense-spending ask — or risk inviting future wars
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Oregon was the first state to pass an assisted suicide law in the United States, but is now one of a dozen states, plus Washington, DC, that allow physicians to assist in the suicides of terminally ill patients. In Oregon, patients must be at least 18, be able to make their own medical decision, and have a prognosis of six months or less to live.
Report: Assisted Suicide Prescriptions in Oregon Increased in 2025
Sleeping doesn’t count as cardio, but it is good for your heart. And the time you conk out each night could be the difference between a high and a low risk of heart attack or stroke.
Two bedtime mistakes are increasing your risk of heart attack
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The photos showed a "taste" of what astronauts saw on Monday.
SEE IT: NASA Releases Stunning Photos From Lunar Flyby
NASA might claim the astronauts are doing science, but most of it is minor and not very significant. When you get down to it, this is simply a very expensive tourist trip for four government employees, paid for at an ungodly cost by the American taxpayer.
Orion completes short 15-second burn to refine its return-to-Earth
The material that makes up the layers appears very sandy and delicate, so it breaks away it very small pieces, just like sand on a beach. The result is this feathery look.
Feathery eroding layers on Mars
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Six recent rulings uphold the rights of parents and governments to preserve a traditional understanding of gender.
The Transgender Tide Has Turned at the Supreme Court
A niche identity is returning to its niche, and the California legislature is tacitly acknowledging that even the niche dies without regular infusions of free government money.
California Is Trying To Save The Pediatric Trans Industry Because It’s Dying
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“When the unhappy can’t be fixed, they must be purged.”
Noelia Castillo Ramos and the Dictatorship of Happiness
Christian Toto:Short on Hollywood tackles the craziest neighbor scuffle in ages
Alan Ritchson CLEARED?! Colbert’s Gollum and More!
HITHER & YON
The skull was found in the area of DeForest Park and Wetlands during an event set up for children on Easter Sunday, CBS News reported, citing police. Reports suggested the skull could have been from an infant, according to KTLA5. The skull was reportedly found laying “right out in the open,” Fox11 Los Angeles reported.
Family Stumbles Upon Human Skull During Local Easter Egg Hunt, Police Say
“I was briefed last week on an issue — or excuse me, two weeks ago — and it would’ve set the earth on — this country would’ve come unglued, I think, if they would’ve heard all that I’d heard.”
Rep. Burchett Makes Stunning Statements About Existence of Aliens on Earth

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Steven Raichlen at April 08, 2026 07:22 AM (NcvvS)

2 /off BBQ sock.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 08, 2026 07:22 AM (NcvvS)

3
Would have gotten here earlier, but there was this ad for gutter filters in the way.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 08, 2026 07:24 AM (tgvbd)

4 Its Hump Day

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 08, 2026 07:24 AM (/+uur)

5 >>Or is it really?

Uhm.. No.

What we have is an interregnum between kinetic operations.

The regime is still in place and as long as the regime is still in place, there can be no peace.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 08, 2026 07:25 AM (XV/Pl)

6
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 08, 2026 07:26 AM (2/MrR)

7 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2026 07:26 AM (FtKm6)

8 If this "deal" doesn't permit us to patrol the entire fucking country by air, then it ain't worth nothing, and Trump's a putz.

It's supposed to be a period in which we negotiate acceptable terms for a total stoppage, and not a time-out during which you can restage your fucking launchers and warheads and publicly hang a few thousand women and teenagers for calling out for freedom.

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 08, 2026 07:28 AM (KiBMU)

9 I think this 2 week pause is all smoke and no fire. They'll be back to their usual crap. Iran needed a break to regroup. They know those 10 points they want won't go over with Trump and we'll be back to square one.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 08, 2026 07:28 AM (BCuCF)

10 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 07:29 AM (RIvkX)

11 Good morning Horde thx JJ.
A nice 26° out at moment. Good temp at which to start therapy. Yay

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 08, 2026 07:30 AM (19SAM)

12 Nobody believes, including Trump, that Iran is going to honor whatever deal has been made.

Posted by: MLCross at April 08, 2026 07:32 AM (Q2MxE)

13 There is still looming the devastion of the Iranian economy. Thousands of regime supporters are now without jobs or any income
This is how regime change will happen

Posted by: Ben Had at April 08, 2026 07:33 AM (yAteE)

14 It pisses me off that Trump keeps saying we have regime change just because the latest patsy is dealing with Trump now. That isn't regime change. Where is Reza Pavlahi. That is regime change.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 08, 2026 07:33 AM (BCuCF)

15 some minimally benign government that would no longer export global terrorism and persecute its own citizenry.

------

Look, it's the exportation of terror we need to concern ourselves about. As long as Iran has a large number of Muslims, they will produce large amounts of terror for domestic consumption. Nothing we can do about that short of permanent occupation.

But as long as they're just beating their wife inside the house and not setting fire to the neighbors' lawns, that's good enough.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 08, 2026 07:33 AM (BI5O2)

16 @Insty, apparently the Mullah's getaway planes got obliterated.

Posted by: davidt at April 08, 2026 07:33 AM (Q+gd/)

17 collaboration between America’s enemies; the media and the Democrat Party

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 08, 2026 07:35 AM (/+uur)

18 What we will accomplish is slowing their roll for a while. Never expected much else from all this, so not too shook or disappointed by this intermission.

Posted by: tubal at April 08, 2026 07:35 AM (pDt9x)

19 These demands for going all the way, getting regime change, and turning Iran back into an Achaemenid garden spot or whatever are bonkers.

We can't do it, nor is it our responsibility to do so.

It's just begging for the perfect to become the indefatigable enemy of the good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 08, 2026 07:37 AM (BI5O2)

20 This ceasefire will collapse as surely as night follows day. I don't think that's pessimism so much as a correct reading of Islamic history and intention. Then what? More targeted bombings? Another Pakistani overture? Two week pauses? Iran's capability to cause terror and harm and threaten the world is surely impaired (to what degree I don't know), and I'm glad we did what we did.

Now, if we could turn our attention and "epic fury" to the Islamic presence and threat in our own country...

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 08, 2026 07:37 AM (b4LBp)

21 Trump can always go back next year or next week. For now, it would be good to proclaim victory on a high note, namely that pilot's rescue, and stand down.

Posted by: PG at April 08, 2026 07:39 AM (+fIRq)

22 I'm sure that hostilities will resume soon enough (See "hudna") but it's nice to have some good news.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 08, 2026 07:39 AM (BpO1e)

23 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 08, 2026 07:41 AM (AkEZC)

24 the latest patsy is dealing with Trump now. That isn't regime change."

'Tis. Wipe out the Executive Branch, most of Congress, and vaporize several agencies here - who would argue that such would NOT be regime change?

Beuller?

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 07:41 AM (XuXeR)

25 What happens next is up to the Iranian people that want regime change.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 08, 2026 07:41 AM (yAteE)

26 And of course Leftist media will spin anything short of regime change and nation building as a defeat because they NEED this to become a quagmire, and they NEED to inflate the ruined reputation of their devastated and humiliated regime allies. Ignore that shit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 08, 2026 07:42 AM (BI5O2)

27 22 Pete, I know right? Love the man, but he says some crazy shit a little too often for my taste lately.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 08, 2026 07:42 AM (BCuCF)

28 Trump is giving the mullahs another opportunity to break another deal.

They will. Bombing will resume.

Posted by: davidt at April 08, 2026 07:43 AM (Q+gd/)

29 Iranians on X say they thing they fear most is that the US packs up and goes home with remnants of the 'Islamic republic' still in power

they know it means death

Posted by: Don Black at April 08, 2026 07:43 AM (ZxPkt)

30 BTW... how's that BRICS thingy doing? I recall a time when, even on this here smaht military blog, that many were concerned about it taking over from the US as the world's reserve....

This morning, anyone want to support that assertion?

Anyone?

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 07:43 AM (XuXeR)

31 I got banned for pointing out

====

No one cares.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

32 24 Trump can always go back next year or next week. For now, it would be good to proclaim victory on a high note, namely that pilot's rescue, and stand down.
Posted by: PG at April 08, 2026 07:39 AM (+fIRq)

Well, he can, but he can't. Whenever he declares this done, if he were to publicly go back without direct, immediate provocation (like a terror attack on US soil), he'd lose a bunch of support that he now has b/c folks would (rightly) say that he obviously did not defang them like he said he did if they could attack us again that fast.

He has one chance now to do what's needed to kick the can decades, not days/weeks/months...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 08, 2026 07:44 AM (tOcjL)

33 33 Iranians on X say they thing they fear most is that the US packs up and goes home with remnants of the 'Islamic republic' still in power

they know it means death
Posted by: Don Black at April 08, 2026 07:43 AM (ZxPkt)

Well, if they have nothing to lose, maybe that finally spurs action...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 08, 2026 07:46 AM (tOcjL)

34 And who here wants to be the one telling Winnie the Xi that the 'murricans hold the key to (depending on who's reports you believe) a third to one half of his oil supply?

I'm guessing that person would get a N Korean style artillery inspection...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 07:46 AM (XuXeR)

35 3 Would have gotten here earlier, but there was this ad for gutter filters in the way.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Love that one. Gotta go all the way out 'cause it won't click off.

Someone should notify the internet police, but then they'd know we're visiting.

Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2026 07:48 AM (Y8DZL)

36 #19 I got banned by Ace also
VPNs give freedom to post

====

Your comments disclose your stupidity

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

37 I also note the various gloomers are unable to comprehend any of this...

That's funny right there.

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 07:48 AM (XuXeR)

38 An Indianapolis, Indiana city councilor on Monday said his home was shot in what may be a politically motivated attack over a proposed data center in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood.

I get the reaction even if I don't approve of it. We're dealing with a massive push to run power lines in our area for a data center in VA.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 08, 2026 07:48 AM (BpO1e)

39 Indianapolis, Indiana city councilor on Monday said his home was shot in what may be a politically motivated attack "

Hmm. 48 hour rule on that one...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 07:50 AM (XuXeR)

40 Gen. Jack Keane was struggling to like this deal with Iran last night, trusting (as he does) in PDJT to make the right decision, but entirely skeptical of Iran's truthfulness and actual willingness to live up to the terms of ANY deal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 08, 2026 07:50 AM (uhRRq)

41
I noticed one of the last strikes was Kharg Island and the docks, waiting to hear if Iran is able to load oil to anywhere now.

It's typical for Iranians to say they won over uranium enrichment; it's retarded to report it as fact here.

Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2026 07:54 AM (Y8DZL)

42 >Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's VPN at April 08, 2026 07:54 AM (pQ/3Y)
----

you must be insufferable in person

Posted by: Don Black at April 08, 2026 07:55 AM (ZxPkt)

43 This ceasefire will collapse as surely as night follows day.

It has to. Trump has laid the trap. We may finally get to see the people behind the irrational actors we think of as "Iran".

Posted by: t-bird at April 08, 2026 07:55 AM (04KGT)

44 President Trump is playing the mad mullahs like a fish. Pulls the line tight, a few reels, then let's a little slack out, mad mullahs think "oh boy!" and start jiggling and wiggling, then President Trump yanks line tight again.

Watch for the line to real tight soon.

Posted by: Mullah Fishing at April 08, 2026 07:56 AM (3h6KV)

45 49 33 Iranians on X say they thing they fear most is that the US packs up and goes home with remnants of the 'Islamic republic' still in power

they know it means death
Posted by: Don Black
______

It wouldn't **really** be an American war if we didn't abandon a friendly rebel force to be slaughtered after we got tired of fighting and bugged out, would it?
Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's VPN at April 08, 2026 07:54 AM (pQ/3Y)

At least this time, that friendly rebel force has done very little for us.

It would be one thing if they were rising up, taking up weapons, and shooting folks for us. But, at best, standing around and getting in the way and calling in locations isn't that much help, and certainly nothing public that gets them in any more danger than they probably already are.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 08, 2026 07:56 AM (tOcjL)

46 I personally think that had Trump not used "civilization ending" in his threats we'd still be bombing the shit out of Iran. Certain people here, and abroad, took that literally.

Poor phrasing on Trump's part. But if it rattled the right people who took it literally he may have found an "out" for himself and the military. Only because those people knew it was possible.

Yet... Muslims. They'll be back to killing each other and whomever else is around in short order. It's their nature.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 08, 2026 07:56 AM (AkEZC)

47 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

48 Si vis pacem, parabellum; If you want peace prepare for war. Indeed.

Posted by: kingsman at April 08, 2026 07:57 AM (ehY6c)

49 Iranians on X say they thing they fear most is that the US packs up and goes home with remnants of the 'Islamic republic' still in power

--

Granted, the Iranian people are in a very, very bad situation. They don't want to live under the Islamic dictatorship that has brutalized, tortured and murdered them for 45 years. Yet they are defenseless to take on these maniacs by themselves. They don't have the weapons. The Islamic regime does. So in comes Trump to give them a glimmer of hope that their decades long nightmare might really be ending, only to seem like it's not the case. I feel for them. If Trump doesn't choose to, or can't, remove this evil gov't from that country, nobody can or will. They must know that.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 08, 2026 07:58 AM (qBdHI)

50 >Your mom doesn't think so.

Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's
----

she died in 2018
what else do you have

Posted by: Don Black at April 08, 2026 07:58 AM (ZxPkt)

51 There's no actual regime change but Trump will pretend there is and congratulate himself for it.

Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's VPN at April 08, 2026 07:42 AM (pQ/3Y)

There is obviously regime change.

Remove the entire Executive, most of the Legislative, and a chunk of the Judicial branch along with the intelligence apparatus - that's regime change.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 07:58 AM (FmapG)

52 you must be insufferable in person
Posted by: Don Black

Truly - he was the kid whose nose was always running and got pantsed routinely. The sportos, motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, and d*ckheads ALL made fun of him.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2026 07:59 AM (cYBz/)

53 OMG, dude.

Returning to a blog where you were banned using a VPN is pathological. Move on with your sad life. Pathetic.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 08, 2026 07:59 AM (BI5O2)

54 33 Iranians on X say they thing they fear most is that the US packs up and goes home with remnants of the 'Islamic republic' still in power
Posted by: Don Black

It appears that's what's happening. But I'm not sure what more to do about it short of turning this into a ground war.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 08, 2026 08:00 AM (b4LBp)

55 >They don't have the weapons. The Islamic regime does. So in comes Trump to give them a glimmer of hope that their decades long nightmare might really be ending, only to seem like it's not the case.
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it's not over yet, but these people do need guns to have a shot at defeating the regime

Posted by: Don Black at April 08, 2026 08:00 AM (ZxPkt)

56 It would be one thing if they were rising up, taking up weapons, and shooting folks for us. But, at best, standing around and getting in the way and calling in locations isn't that much help, and certainly nothing public that gets them in any more danger than they probably already are.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 08, 2026 07:56 AM (tOcjL)

The ones with the courage to fight have already been slaughtered in their tens of thousands.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:00 AM (FmapG)

57 Perhaps the biggest problem is that there’s still no organized opposition inside Iran. A lot of general unorganized opposition, but that doesn’t get you anywhere.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2026 08:01 AM (UA2di)

58 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at April 08, 2026 08:01 AM (hCUcO)

59 Meet The Billionaires Who Are Secretly Sabotaging The Country

Wouldn't that be almost all of them?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

60 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:01 AM (Zz0t1)

61 It's typical for Iranians to say they won over uranium enrichment; it's retarded to report it as fact here."

Especially when the CNN report was shown to source from... Nigeria.

Hue Too Lo time again...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:01 AM (XuXeR)

62 And shortly after the ceasefire was announced, Farcebook lit up with "Iran attacked Saudi Arabia" fake news.

People suck......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:02 AM (Zz0t1)

63 65 It would be one thing if they were rising up, taking up weapons, and shooting folks for us. But, at best, standing around and getting in the way and calling in locations isn't that much help, and certainly nothing public that gets them in any more danger than they probably already are.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 08, 2026 07:56 AM (tOcjL)

The ones with the courage to fight have already been slaughtered in their tens of thousands.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:00 AM (FmapG)

But, that was before we got there...that's not on us, either.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 08, 2026 08:02 AM (tOcjL)

64 But, that was before we got there...that's not on us, either.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 08, 2026 08:02 AM (tOcjL)

No, of course it's not.

I'm pointing out that there is an extremely good reason why we're not seeing a large-scale uprising.

The brave ones have all been killed already.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:03 AM (FmapG)

65 Perhaps the biggest problem is that there’s still no organized opposition inside Iran"

The bigger issue that that there's no "Iran" in the "western state" sense. An organized anything is very, very unlikely in a hardcore tribal environment, especially w/o even a unifying religion/background.

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:04 AM (XuXeR)

66 We should probably just give up on Iran. Nobody cares, not even the Iranians.

Posted by: fd at April 08, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)

67 This is BULLSHIT!

Seeing it as anything else is delusional. Like thinking a medieval cult can mange dealing with the issues of the modem world without cutting people up into pieces.

Posted by: pawn at April 08, 2026 08:04 AM (jstR0)

68 And shortly after the ceasefire was announced, Farcebook lit up with "Iran attacked Saudi Arabia" fake news."

Yeah, that was pretty strange...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:05 AM (XuXeR)

69 Pentagon briefing up.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 08, 2026 08:05 AM (NpAcC)

70 We should probably just give up on Iran. Nobody cares, not even the Iranians."

The issue is China...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:06 AM (XuXeR)

71 I don't think there could be true regime change in Iran without killing (or imprisoning?) several hundred thousand or even a million fundamentalists. Both Germany and Japan lost several million people in WWII and that is what it took, plus years of occupation, done in a smart manner. Nowadays US forces just couldn't kill that many people or even imprison them; it would have to be done as part of a revolution within Iran, by the revolutionaries.
I hope Trump knows what he is doing and so far he has always surpassed my expectations.

Posted by: PG at April 08, 2026 08:06 AM (+fIRq)

72 Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:06 AM (Zz0t1)

73 Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?
(Trump)
Right on!

They say this cat Trump is a bad mother...
(Shut your mouth!)
I'm talkin' 'bout Trump!
(Then we can dig it)

Posted by: Isaac Hayes at April 08, 2026 08:06 AM (wVcYX)

74 Hey, I'm not dead yet. Woot!

Posted by: 1980s "your mom" internet message board burns at April 08, 2026 08:06 AM (Y1sOo)

75 Despite an expected loss to replace MTG, Democrat Sean Harris pulls off the largest Democratic overperformance in a House special election since President Trump took office, outperforming the Democratic 2024 presidential results by 25 points.

I see people being sceptical because the republican still won. This will scare the everliving crap out of every republican who is not in a R+25 or more district, because they become valid targets.

MTG said Trump should be removed from office, but said she voted for Fuller. In case you weren't sure if she were a performative attention whore.

Republicans choosing the couch effect more than huge voter enthusiasm. Voter turnout wasn’t high here. Democrats are going to be fine with this year, but I’m not certain with 2028 because they’re in the same position Republicans were with 2010 and 2014.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 08, 2026 08:06 AM (ycI94)

76 Still not ordered the Do 335A kit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:07 AM (2GVsD)

77 Today is National Empanada Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 08, 2026 08:07 AM (NpAcC)

78 could be true regime change"

What does that mean? Their leadership is mist. And cardboard.

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:07 AM (XuXeR)

79
MTG said Trump should be removed from office, but said she voted for Fuller. In case you weren't sure if she were a performative attention whore.

A broken clock is right once or twice a day, depending.

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

80 the temporary pause has been welcomed by Washington’s allies
Well, those who call themselves our "allies."

Posted by: GWB at April 08, 2026 08:08 AM (JNiJo)

81 A broken clock is right once or twice a day, depending."

You can lead a squirrel to water, but you can't make a horse find a nut while blind.

Or something.

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:09 AM (XuXeR)

82 88 Still not ordered the Do 335A kit.
Posted by: Anna Puma

STOP! DON'T DO IT!

Maybe a family intervention is needed here.

Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2026 08:09 AM (Y8DZL)

83 Whoever got the administration to give weapons to the Kurds, to then deliver to the Iranians needs to be identified, then dragged through the Iranian desert for a couple days.

That is some grade A stupid deep state shit right there.

Kurds. LMFAO

Someone get Ratcliffe on the phone, thank him for the help in extracting the WSO, then ask who's running the Kurdish Ops. And fire that person.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 08, 2026 08:09 AM (AkEZC)

84 Do you think it's regime change when we change presidents?

Iran isn't even doing as much as going from Democrat to Republican.

Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's VPN at April 08, 2026 08:05 AM (pQ/3Y)

Iran's doing a bit more than 'changing presidents.'

Everyone wearing O-5 or higher has been removed. From everywhere.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:09 AM (FmapG)

85 So, our-one handed typist is back.
In other news, the pictures from the backside of the Moon are stunning, confirming that green cheese is the major component of the geology, though we first confirmed this in 1962.

Posted by: Three Stooges In Orbit at April 08, 2026 08:09 AM (oftw2)

86 I think we have more trolls here this morning than regular posters.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

87 Meanwhile in an LA even John Carpenter could never imagine

Mayor Karen Bass has a solution to the thieves stealing all the copper wire in streetlights.

Solar powered streetlights.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:10 AM (2GVsD)

88 88 Still not ordered the Do 335A kit.
Posted by: Anna Puma

STOP! DON'T DO IT!

Maybe a family intervention is needed here.

Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2026 08:09 AM (Y8DZL)

DO IT!

Nobody regrets having kits in their stash. Lots of people regret missing an opportunity to snag one on sale.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:10 AM (FmapG)

89 What does that mean? Their leadership is mist. And cardboard.
Posted by: man

Someone is calling the shots. It's not the Pahlavi monarchists.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 08, 2026 08:12 AM (b4LBp)

90 Everyone wearing O-5 or higher has been removed. From everywhere."

I note that (again reports must be taken with large salts) one branch seems to have been spared. My $.02 is that's our "contact" there...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:12 AM (XuXeR)

91 I got banned for...

A smarter person would have taken the hint.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

92 I think we have more trolls here this morning than regular posters.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

I see the whacker is back flinging poo.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

93
So it's a "Yo momma so fat" thread now?

Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2026 08:13 AM (Y8DZL)

94 Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2026 08:09 AM (Y8DZL)

DO IT!

Nobody regrets having kits in their stash. Lots of people regret missing an opportunity to snag one on sale.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:10 AM (FmapG)
=====
Unclear on the concept of "intervention"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX)

95 Washington Nearsider

LOL

I am still gobsmacked two guys from Belgium built the 1/32 HK Do 335B-1 in ten days.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:13 AM (2GVsD)

96 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Damn I’m disappointed. Trump’s always gotta be a deal-maker, doesn’t he? Damn it, Mister President, enough with the deal-making.

Posted by: Bulg at April 08, 2026 08:13 AM (77rzZ)

97 the Do 335A kit."

That the double engine one? Waaay cool. DO IT NOW!

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:14 AM (XuXeR)

98 DO 335A Pfeilis a very important plane, one of the fastest prop planes ever built. An essential kit to any model autist!

Posted by: Buy! Buy! Buy! at April 08, 2026 08:14 AM (oftw2)

99 "could be true regime change

What does that mean? Their leadership is mist. And cardboard."

I mean a pro-Western government.

Posted by: PG at April 08, 2026 08:14 AM (+fIRq)

100 I mean a pro-Western government."

Good luck with that. Probably never going to happen.

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:15 AM (XuXeR)

101 Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's VPN at April 08, 2026 08:12 AM (pQ/3Y)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 08, 2026 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

102 Unclear on the concept of "intervention"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX)

I've currently got more than a dozen kits (all in 1/32) sitting in my stash. They're for me to build for me.

If I get a commission to build something for someone, it obviously goes to the front of the line but my Build For Me pile keeps growing in the meantime...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:15 AM (FmapG)

103 115 108 Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2026 08:09 AM (Y8DZL)

DO IT!

Nobody regrets having kits in their stash. Lots of people regret missing an opportunity to snag one on sale.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:10 AM (FmapG)
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Unclear on the concept of "intervention"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX)

She can get clean tomorrow.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 08, 2026 08:15 AM (5NDL0)

104 I think it's more 'I banged your mom last night' than 'your momma so fat.'

That started between Duke and North Carolina basketball fans on Usenet in 1980.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 08, 2026 08:16 AM (Y1sOo)

105 27 'Tis. Wipe out the Executive Branch, most of Congress, and vaporize several agencies here - who would argue that such would NOT be regime change?

Beuller?
Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 07:41 AM (XuXeR)

As long as it's still the "Islamic Republic", it's not regime change.

Posted by: XTC at April 08, 2026 08:16 AM (iXqHn)

106 108 Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2026 08:09 AM (Y8DZL)

DO IT!

Nobody regrets having kits in their stash. Lots of people regret missing an opportunity to snag one on sale.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:10 AM (FmapG)
=====
Unclear on the concept of "intervention"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX)

She can get clean tomorrow.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 08, 2026 08:15 AM (pjs7m)

She can stop anytime she wants to. In the meantime, no regerts!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2026 08:16 AM (wVcYX)

107 What does that mean? Their leadership is mist. And cardboard."

I mean a pro-Western government.

Posted by: PG at April 08, 2026 08:14 AM (+fIRq)

Not whilst the Muslims are there.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:16 AM (FmapG)

108 Morning Horde. Yes, it was good to see GOP hold MTG's seat easily. Now she can slither away

Posted by: Jonah at April 08, 2026 08:16 AM (YCxFk)

109 There was a guy on FoxNews last night - persian - who pointed out that President Trump dealt with a lot of persians in his development career and knows how they think and negotiate better than any world leader.

So he brought along the pimp fist to pound Iran into the ground, kill as many as possible to get their attention and threatened to finish the job to negotiate.

Why? Probably oil prices. Hit the speculators as ace pointed out, Stock market. Get more munitions to the area. Give 'allies' a chance to show up in the strait. Arm the citizens. Who knows.

We all know this won't last. FoxNews showed Iran's list of demands. I'm not sure where they're getting all the dope from, but that must be some strong crap if they are in any way serious.

Horror movies today. Snowflake is already here to visit. I'm not in the mood to hear the CNN, CBC, MS Now crap for awhile. Two weeks. I'll pace myself....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 08, 2026 08:17 AM (Sco7b)

110 Again, If anyone is interested, the wife has that Pampered Chef thing going on again.

Email (in link) me and I'll send you the info.

Thanks! 😄

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

111
83 I don't think there could be true regime change in Iran without killing (or imprisoning?) several hundred thousand or even a million fundamentalists.”

I have believed that since the start, and wondered how we would proceed once it became clear. I’ve felt from the start this was much like facing the Third Reich in Spring of ‘45. And I support what Trump has done, I simply worry that as a society, not even those of us on the right have the nerve to do the amount of killing that has to be done.

We tell ourselves that all will change if we just take out a few at the top, but in reality at least a million need elimination, if not twice that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2026 08:17 AM (UA2di)

112
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

NOW: SecWar Pete Hegseth confirms Iran was groveling for mercy, which is why President Trump called off the strikes

They were PRESSURED into a deal, it was their only option

"He chose mercy. He spared those targets because Iran accepted the ceasefire under overwhelming pressure."

"The new Iranian regime understood that a deal was far better than the fate that awaited them."

https://tinyurl.com/2dhdn39z

Posted by: redridinghood at April 08, 2026 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

113 Why? Probably oil prices. Hit the speculators as ace pointed out, Stock market."

And China. That's the elephant in the corner...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:18 AM (XuXeR)

114 I'll probably be deaccessing some of my model kit stash soon. I know I'll never be able to build them all, or have the space to display the finished models.

Posted by: Josephistan at April 08, 2026 08:18 AM (y9ksN)

115 My 1/32 stash is growing also.
Hase A-4E and TA-4J
Revell Me 262A-1 and Me 262B-1a/U1
Trumpeter Me 262A-1
Trumpeter F-14D
Zoukei-Mura He 219A-0
Tamiya Mosquito
Academy F-16I Sufa.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:18 AM (2GVsD)

116 94 88 Still not ordered the Do 335A kit.
Posted by: Anna Puma

STOP! DON'T DO IT!

Maybe a family intervention is needed here.

Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2026 08:09 AM (Y8DZL)

Seconded. It will be huge but visually uninteresting, in my opinion. Do you need a big green/gray splinter camo lump on a display shelf? Authentic markings will be what? National insignia and four letter fuselage code?

Posted by: Gref at April 08, 2026 08:19 AM (5rh/l)

117 Morning Horde. Yes, it was good to see GOP hold MTG's seat easily. Now she can slither away

--

I did read somewhere this morning that the vacancy that was on the WI Supreme Court went to a far left loon last night.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 08, 2026 08:19 AM (qBdHI)

118 An oldie but a goodie......

https://youtu.be/BLF_iLuHtV8?t=9

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

119 🇰🇵 Call Kim Jong Un a “fat, ugly pig” to prove that you are not from North Korea

During a job interview at a U.S. IT company, a candidate was asked to call Kim Jong Un a “fat, ugly pig” to prove he wasn’t from North Korea. The candidate decided life was more important and walked out.

North Korean workers sometimes join U.S. companies remotely, then steal sensitive data or leave security vulnerabilities in the code.

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:20 AM (loAPd)

120 Mission accomplished?

What?

I don't think the occupied people of Iran see it that way.

Don't do this Trump..

Posted by: melodicmetal at April 08, 2026 08:20 AM (61TgR)

121 People still keep thinking Trump is playing checkers. Read his book.

Posted by: Roy at April 08, 2026 08:20 AM (1Cncb)

122 Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:18 AM (2GVsD)

I've built the Tomcat, the 262, and the Sufa.

The Sufa was far and away my favorite. That one was commissioned, but I want to build one for me.

The Mosquito is on my 'covet' list.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:20 AM (FmapG)

123 Hmmm, I wonder if the germans had the problems we did with the push pull design?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:20 AM (bss/y)

124 but in reality at least a million need elimination, if not twice that."

Two points - we're talking about an area the size of the Western US, and the people there are (by western standards) insanely tribal. I've worked in parts of the ME... western standards just don't work.
It's Africa with more oil.

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:20 AM (XuXeR)

125 Iran's economy was a Bag O' Shit before the war.

Gonna be lit afterwards. (as the kid's say)

Posted by: Bad Days Coming For The Mullahs at April 08, 2026 08:20 AM (3h6KV)

126 The HK Do 335A kit comes with US markings also.

Or to make it really interesting, a Reno Air Racer what-if

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:21 AM (2GVsD)

127 People still keep thinking Trump is playing checkers. Read his book.
Posted by: Roy at April 08, 2026 08:20 AM (1Cncb)

He's just a stupid doodyhead that learns nothing, knows nothing and has no clue what he's doing. He's Biden 2.0.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

128 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at April 08, 2026 08:22 AM (53oGX)

129 Need to arm and equip resistance fighters on the ground in meaningful numbers. Only way the Iranian regime is truly buried. Hell, use it to balkanize the country and fracture it completely fornall time. Isolate the IRGC to a postage stamp somewhere. Maybe use this time to see where the rats scatter to.

But this? Who are we even talking to about this ceasefire? Are the other gulf states on board? Tolls for the straight? Ugh.

Good news is defacto control is through the US Navy when it comes to Europe and China etc. They know this. And the military capabilities of the IRGC are totally degraded on all levels. The Houthis have been silent as well. I get a bad feeling that Trump let off the gas to early. With external milities heading to Iran (to shore up depleted IRGC forces) and getting blown up in the process this may have been stopped a touch too early.

We shall see. But I am in the more hopeful side.

Of course Vallaha Special Forces guy on the YouTube tells me that Trump Chickened out and surrendered. Last night he said Trump is crazy for bombing and the whole thing is a bad move and war crimes etc etc. looks like he got the memo to pivot. Know the op when you see it.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 08, 2026 08:22 AM (d5syB)

130 What a terrible night for Marjorie. She gets to watch Clay Fuller win the special election to fill the seat she abandoned, and the nuclear war she was predicting doesn’t materialize.

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:22 AM (loAPd)

131 And China. That's the elephant in the corner...

----

China sees that the American people can't take a short war with very few casualties if it means that gas prices go up.

Posted by: Josephistan at April 08, 2026 08:22 AM (y9ksN)

132 Hmmm, I wonder if the germans had the problems we did with the push pull design?"

How does that actually work? It's like the twin engine Honda CRX back in the day...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:22 AM (XuXeR)

133 He's just a stupid doodyhead that learns nothing, knows nothing and has no clue what he's doing. He's Biden 2.0.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

He could be a commenter here.

*mic drop*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:22 AM (bss/y)

134 Oh well if Hegseth "confirms" something that makes himself look good you can certainly trust that, no chance he'd ever be anything other than completely honest. If the negotiations had gone poorly he definitely would admit that.
Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's VPN at April 08, 2026 08:21 AM (pQ/3Y)

Ok, Glum. We get it. You hate Trump and think he's an idiot.

Take your whiney-ass bullshit over to the Daily KOS where it belongs. You'll feel much more at home over there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

135 Again, If anyone is interested, the wife has that Pampered Chef thing going on again.

They have some good stuff. I use the Hell out of the ice cream scoop and meatloaf pan.

Posted by: Yep at April 08, 2026 08:23 AM (SD7rz)

136 He's just a stupid doodyhead that learns nothing, knows nothing and has no clue what he's doing. He's Biden 2.0.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

25th! 25th! 25th! -- leftists who've never read the 25th Amendment

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

137 And China. That's the elephant in the corner...
Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:18 AM (XuXeR)

An elephant? In China?

Posted by: Daily Monty Python Reference at April 08, 2026 08:23 AM (wVcYX)

138 North Korean workers sometimes join U.S. companies remotely, then steal sensitive data or leave security vulnerabilities in the code.
Posted by: SMOD

Good thing he walked out. They stink up the break room with fishy lunches in the microwave, too.

Posted by: And Other Fermented Nastiness. at April 08, 2026 08:23 AM (oftw2)

139 He could be a commenter here.

*mic drop*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:22 AM (bss/y)

We DO have to put up with the whacker's VPN.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

140 ‘I have thousands of emails backed up by actual proof from news agencies in India that these people are literally just faking everything.’

Sara Gonzales’ H-1B fraud investigation uncovers the city behind most of the scamming

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:23 AM (loAPd)

141 Need to arm and equip resistance fighters on the ground in meaningful numbers"

They'll just start killing more of each other. It's medieval.

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:24 AM (XuXeR)

142 My model-building days ended with a fleet of Klingon warships closing in on the Enterprise from one corner of my bedroom ceiling to the other.

Chicks did not dig it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

143 From a technical aspect of bailing out of a Pfeil:

The lower tail gets blown away along with the aft propellor just so the pilot does not become airborne chum.

Or are you talking about the rotation of the propellors?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:24 AM (2GVsD)

144 Why do trolls who have been banned insist upon coming back when almost nobody is reading their stuff and is not convinced if they are reading it?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2026 08:24 AM (n3VHW)

145 An elephant? In China?"

As long as it's not in your pajamas...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:24 AM (XuXeR)

146 That's what I keep telling people, and they just refuse to get it.

Giving weapons to the Kurds to pass on to Iran's opposition, and then the Kurds kept them? Art of the Deal, baby! A brilliant queen sacrifice.
Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's VPN at April 08, 2026 08:24 AM (pQ/3Y)

The thousands murdered by the regime over the last 47 years are just better off.

Trump is such a stupid doodyhead. What a maroon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

147 Chicks did not dig it."

No. NO.
I shan't believe that.

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)

148 We DO have to put up with the whacker's VPN.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

Eh, all we have to do is just scroll by. The dude does not drop any moby shit, so it is not that big of an inconvenience.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:25 AM (bss/y)

149 Iran is not regrouping. They have no group left.
It's not like they will suddenly begin to rearm, produce viable commanders and start force projecting.

They are a spent force that has no navy, no air force.

We never intended to go in to take the country, never. Letting them "dig in" isn't a thing since we aren't going in.

Posted by: Inogame at April 08, 2026 08:25 AM (53oGX)

150 Why do trolls who have been banned insist upon coming back when almost nobody is reading their stuff and is not convinced if they are reading it?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2026 08:24 AM (n3VHW)

Assholes still exist because they were allowed to be.

A mistake by society. Damn leftist pricks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

151 “Now pivot all at once from criticizing his decision to bomb Iran to calling him a chicken for not bombing Iran. Perfect.”

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:26 AM (loAPd)

152 Why do trolls who have been banned insist upon coming back when almost nobody is reading their stuff and is not convinced if they are reading it?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2026 08:24 AM (n3VHW)

It's in the bible. Proverbs 26:11.

Like a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:26 AM (FmapG)

153 167 gets it.

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:26 AM (XuXeR)

154 They'll just start killing more of each other. It's medieval.
Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:24 AM (XuXeR)

And?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

155
If you think the mood here is "TOTAL TRUMP VICTORY, HE COMPLETELY FLEECED IRAN" then you need to read the room.
Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's VPN at April 08, 2026 08:26 AM (pQ/3Y)

No, I just think you're an obnoxious asshole that's long worn out is welcome and should read the room and bug the f*ck out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

156 Assholes still exist because they were allowed to be."

I'm kinda convinced that an occasional face punch ought to be a good idea...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)

157 then you need to read the room.
Posted by: You're just gonna have to deal with Pete's VPN at April 08, 2026 08:26 AM (pQ/3Y)

Physician, heal thyself.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 08, 2026 08:27 AM (b4LBp)

158 Far be it from me to question PDJT… but I’m gonna do just that. This ceasefire is stupid and a mistake…. But I’m just some random commenter on a smart military blog…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:27 AM (cq1gA)

159 171. Because this here is one of the last true Free speech platforms in all of the digital frontier. Even many conservative site chats censor

Posted by: Jonah at April 08, 2026 08:28 AM (YCxFk)

160 Washington Nearsider

Then there is the Das Werk 1/32 Me 262A-1 that is coming out this year.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:28 AM (2GVsD)

161 Pampered Chef muffin trays are killer for Yorkshire puddings. Perfect every time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 08, 2026 08:28 AM (BI5O2)

162 Eh, all we have to do is just scroll by. The dude does not drop any moby shit, so it is not that big of an inconvenience.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:25 AM (bss/y)

I do wish that the "posted by" came before the comment rather than after. It would make it faster to ignore trolls.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

163 159 My model-building days ended with a fleet of Klingon warships closing in on the Enterprise from one corner of my bedroom ceiling to the other.

Chicks did not dig it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

I did this like 3-4 feet long USS Cygnus (from Black Hole.) Had to wait until I had three or four sets of construx (loved those building sets) saved up from multiple birthdays and Christmases. It was beautiful. But it got in the way. Suspending it from the ceiling would have been a good idea- but then I could not play with it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:28 AM (bss/y)

164 Remember, many trolls here are pro Massie/Paul hacks

Posted by: Jonah at April 08, 2026 08:29 AM (YCxFk)

165
I'm kinda convinced that an occasional face punch ought to be a good idea...
Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)

Liberal whining has ruined what used to be a pretty civil society.

FAFO worked. We should return to that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

166 And I got a laugh from the NY Post headline for today- "Apocalypse not now." However, I don't really want to spend more time here's readinfc people second guess Trump on a two week cease fire . I am not on the phone calls with him and not in his inner circle, so I can't say what his thoughts are, However, the various mighty mind readers can run with it, although it might be more productive for them to cogitate on the upcoming winning lottery numbers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2026 08:29 AM (OYsYV)

167 10% of boy who want their cock & balls cut off are suicidal, but afterwards 60% are.

21% of girls who want a piece of their colon made into a smelly cock are suicidal, but after the operation 55% are.

Gosh who knew?

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:29 AM (loAPd)

168 No armchair internet commentor knows what the deal was or is with the weapons to the Kurds. It's just a few lines of chum thrown out on the intertubes and people run with it like they've got a prime chair at the military table. It cracks me up, actually. We don't know bumpkis and neither does any drooling troll.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 08, 2026 08:29 AM (qBdHI)

169 I use to be a Republican, but......... Rush use to call them seminar posters

Posted by: Jonah at April 08, 2026 08:30 AM (YCxFk)

170 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:27 AM (cq1gA)

I'd be interested in hearing more.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 08, 2026 08:30 AM (b4LBp)

171 And?"

And that's it. My $.02 is that there won't be some movie-like sudden sweep across the cities...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

172 Pampered Chef muffin trays are killer for Yorkshire puddings. Perfect every time.

They are a classic "buy once, cry once" kinda' deal. Their stuff just works.

Posted by: Yep at April 08, 2026 08:31 AM (SD7rz)

173 I like the HQ because of exactly what is going on this AM. We are talking about geopolitics, an election in Georgia and - model airplane building. And nobody objects, especially the bosses. Contrarians being contrary is no big deal to me.

Posted by: tubal at April 08, 2026 08:32 AM (pDt9x)

174 Trump is a stupid poopyhead.

The news media is reporting the facts and telling me exactly what's happening. They're trustworthy and I should believe that Trump is a stupid poopyhead who doesn't know what he's doing and we just got outsmarted by 7th century goat f*ckers still f*cking goats.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:32 AM (Zz0t1)

175 There has been much talk about the Shah; but if he wants to rule then HE and his supporters need to organize the opposition groups that will cause an overthrow. If he thinks he can just sit back and be installed, then he’s not the right man.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2026 08:32 AM (UA2di)

176 BabylonBee: Trump Tells Iran This Is Last Warning Before He Sends Bruce Springsteen To Perform There

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:32 AM (loAPd)

177 I will wait patiently while the Iran and Cuba stories unfold organically. Trump has made more progress on both fronts in a few short weeks then Newsom has made on the California "Speed" train in years.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 08, 2026 08:32 AM (Dv3i1)

178 No armchair internet commentor knows what the deal was or is with the weapons to the Kurds."

NOOOO! We must stomp our feets!

/heh

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

179 I do wish that the "posted by" came before the comment rather than after. It would make it faster to ignore trolls.

--

I've always wished for that as well. But I can usually quickly scan over a few words in a post...and see telltale cues that make it easy to pass over them. The "lol" affectation is a good one. There are other easy indicators my eye catches and I move on.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 08, 2026 08:33 AM (qBdHI)

180 Yeah it's tough. You have to read something, nod your head in agreement, then get to the bottom and realize that you need to disagree.

Your post @114 is the only thing I can think of that you've ever posted that I've agreed with.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

181 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 08, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

182 Then there is the Das Werk 1/32 Me 262A-1 that is coming out this year.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:28 AM (2GVsD)

And I'll buy that one, too!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:33 AM (FmapG)

183 Remember, many trolls here are pro Massie/Paul hacks
Posted by: Jonah at April 08, 2026 08:29 AM (YCxFk)
=====

Don't forget my legacy now!

Posted by: Lyndon LaRouche at April 08, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

184 Are people still talking about the fake 10 point agreement CNN posted last night and Trump immediately called out as fake news?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 08, 2026 08:33 AM (GukFK)

185 I'm kinda convinced that an occasional face punch ought to be a good idea...
Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)

Got linked another one of those 'Woman tries to sucker punch dude' videos on facebook. The body language is hilarious. Lady has just gone completely around the bend. No control, screaming at the driver. Passenger gets out. He has the body language of someone approaching a rabid dog- but a small one. Talks quietly (at least he does, no aggressive body language, but she keeps amping up) walks away and she tries the patented right hook from the cheap seats (why do women do this?) Turns back around. Punch. Body slam. Gets back in car.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:33 AM (bss/y)

186 They are a classic "buy once, cry once" kinda' deal. Their stuff just works."

Yeah. Kinda sad that is one of the best sources for good cooky stuff.

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:33 AM (XuXeR)

187 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:27 AM (cq1gA)

I'd be interested in hearing more.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 08, 2026 08:30 AM (b4LBp)

Well… I got in the comments late today so that was me posting off the top of my head. I had an initial strong negative reaction to the ceasefire mainly because of the Iranian response (which was belligerent… they didn’t have the tone of a defeated foe). Also, I have no idea if Iran still gets to charge tolls on ships moving through the strait… if they do, that’s not good. This war shouldn’t end with Iran controlling the strait IMHO

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:34 AM (cq1gA)

188 BabylonBee: Trump Tells Iran This Is Last Warning Before He Sends Bruce Springsteen To Perform There
Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:32 AM (loAPd)

LOL. A Crime Against Humanity!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2026 08:34 AM (wVcYX)

189 North Korean workers sometimes join U.S. companies remotely, then steal sensitive data or leave security vulnerabilities in the code.
Posted by: SMOD

After immigrating many years prior (i.e., escaping) many N. Koreans cried when his grandfather died.

Even after knowing who and what N K. was. Brain washed.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 08, 2026 08:34 AM (Fn30I)

190 Pete gets stipends from Big K-Y and Big Sweatsock. We need to go after the funding.

Posted by: Rudy Guiliani at April 08, 2026 08:34 AM (oftw2)

191 Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson

The past 4 weeks were an IQ test for your favorite podcasters and pundits.

- Did they throw a temper tantrum?
- Did they say: ‘MAGA is Dead’
- Did they tell you to vote Democrat?
- Did they actively root against the US?
- Did they call for Trump’s impeachment
- Did they act like *they* were elected President?!

So many humiliating crash outs.
Our movement needs strength and clarity — not unhinged emotional hysteria.

You can disagree with the President at times, and still handle it like an adult.

Careful who your heroes are.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 08, 2026 08:34 AM (NpAcC)

192 I think Tom is right.

This also gives the US and Israel a bit of time to get more drones in the area and fight this more economically. Also we can arm the non-treaty cou tries so they can defend infrastructure and maybe even attack.

Also, other oil producing countries can start ramping up oil production to minimize the impact of rounds 2 through 56. Ughh.

Look at me all optimistic before coffee.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 08, 2026 08:34 AM (Sco7b)

193 At insidehook.com: "Turns Out There’s a Way to Get Drunk Without Booze"

tl;dr: Hand-sanitizer and Sterno.

Posted by: gp at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (N8ZBc)

194 Italy has expelled an imam of Pakistani origin who sparked massive outrage after he was filmed in an undercover investigation citing the Qur’an as an endorsement for marrying girls at the age of nine.

… The Cult of the Pedophile Prophet

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (loAPd)

195 James Taylor AND Bruce Springsteen

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (2GVsD)

196 215 James Taylor AND Bruce Springsteen
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (2GVsD)

And Joni Mitchell

Posted by: tubal at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (pDt9x)

197 183 Remember, many trolls here are pro Massie/Paul hacks
Posted by: Jonah at April 08, 2026 08:29 AM (YCxFk)

Yeah, but I don't think this guy is. He wants to learn us something. I am minded of the CS Lewis quote.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (bss/y)

198 If Iran has no viable leadership then who did we just negotiate a cease fire with?

Posted by: pawn at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (jstR0)

199 Also, I have no idea if Iran still gets to charge tolls on ships moving through the strait… if they do, that’s not good. This war shouldn’t end with Iran controlling the strait IMHO
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:34 AM (cq1gA)

Apparently, certain liberal sites are saying both Iran AND Oman can charge fees...which is an even odder thing...I don't think anyone knows what was agreed to...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (tOcjL)

200 >>This also gives the US and Israel a bit of time to get more drones in the area and fight this more economically. Also we can arm the non-treaty cou tries so they can defend infrastructure and maybe even attack.

>>Also, other oil producing countries can start ramping up oil production to minimize the impact of rounds 2 through 56. Ughh.

Or people could just read Trump's social media posts and get the information from the source.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (GukFK)

201 Troll, your shitposts are tired, boring, and predictable and I easily and painlessly skip right over them without a single word entering my consciousness.

Posted by: Lyndon LaRouche at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

202 This war shouldn’t end with Iran controlling the strait"

Doesn't sound like they are.

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (XuXeR)

203 I said within minutes of the initial bombing that this would come down to the force of Trump's personality - because virtually everyone he comes in contact with in politics and media would be pushing HARD for a ground war and regime change, which is the very worst approach we could take.

We're by no meansvout of those woods yet. But this shows at least the inclination to do the smart thing and chalk up the win. I'm feeling better about things than I did yesterday morning, that's for sure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (BI5O2)

204 And Imma crazy bastard too!

Posted by: Lyndon LaRouche at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

205 218 If Iran has no viable leadership then who did we just negotiate a cease fire with?
Posted by: pawn at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (jstR0)

The world energy markets.

Posted by: Roy at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (1Cncb)

206 UAE is getting bombed. IRGC is at each others' throats. This chapter two is going to be fun !

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (GD0B3)

207 There is supposed to be free and unhindered traffic through the Straits for the next two weeks. No tolls, no paying the Iranians.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2026 08:37 AM (UA2di)

208 Minneapolis city leaders are considering legalizing adult bathhouses and sex venues where “sexual activity between consenting adults” would be allowed.

If your Big Govt is voting on bathhouses
They have failed

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 08, 2026 08:37 AM (/+uur)

209 “An elephant? In China?”

Well it probably escaped from the zoo.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 08, 2026 08:37 AM (hzEuy)

210 I haven't the dexterity in my hands and fingers to build models these days. Did a lot growing up back in the 70's. Did a few dioramas that turned out nice.

I am intrigued with "commissioning." Without sounding rude, roughly speaking, how much does that service run on average? Sounds like it would be very rewarding.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 08, 2026 08:37 AM (AkEZC)

211 It appears that so many "elites" are making statements and publishing their financial moves (Bershire Hathaway admitting they're sittingon 400 billion in cash) in an effort to get retail customers (general public) to sell share or move their 401k accounts to cash (sell out) in order to get the market to crash. They have probably already shorted most everything and are hoping to make big bucks on the selloff. I

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:37 AM (loAPd)

212 At insidehook.com: "Turns Out There’s a Way to Get Drunk Without Booze"

tl;dr: Hand-sanitizer and Sterno.
Posted by: gp at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (N8ZBc)

Because the liver is an evil organ and must be punished.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

213 228 Minneapolis city leaders are considering legalizing adult bathhouses and sex venues where “sexual activity between consenting adults” would be allowed.

How old does a goat need to be to be an adult?

Posted by: Roy at April 08, 2026 08:38 AM (1Cncb)

214 We have 3 days till markets close. And Trump said that anyone , any country, supplying weapons to I-ran will get a 50% tariff effective immediately. I wonder who he meant....

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2026 08:38 AM (GD0B3)

215 215 James Taylor AND Bruce Springsteen
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (2GVsD)

And Joni Mitchell
Posted by: tubal at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (pDt9x)

With Special Guest warbling appearances by braless Babs Streisand and Neil Young.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2026 08:38 AM (wVcYX)

216 Fox11 Los Angeles reported.
Family Stumbles Upon Human Skull During Local Easter Egg Hunt

-

Imagine the parent that found that in their child's basket.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 08, 2026 08:39 AM (0U5gm)

217 Minneapolis city leaders are considering legalizing adult bathhouses and sex venues where “sexual activity between consenting adults” would be allowed.

Look, you guys. islham is so fun and cutting edge!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

218 Justice Department Conducts Court-Authorized Disruption of DNS Hijacking Network Controlled by a Russian Military Intelligence Unit

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:39 AM (loAPd)

219 Also, I have no idea if Iran still gets to charge tolls on ships moving through the strait… if they do, that’s not good. This war shouldn’t end with Iran controlling the strait IMHO
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:34 AM (cq1gA)

OTOH, that could be impetus for other Gulf countries to build/expand their oil pipeline systems so that the Strait can be completely ignored. Which would permanently remove a weapon from Iran's arsenal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:39 AM (ExV1e)

220 I am intrigued with "commissioning." Without sounding rude, roughly speaking, how much does that service run on average? Sounds like it would be very rewarding.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 08, 2026 08:37 AM (AkEZC)

It's pleasing to me on several levels. I get to do something I enjoy - and that I'm going to do anyway - and people pay me for it.

You can email me at the link in my nic if you want to talk details.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:39 AM (FmapG)

221 226 UAE is getting bombed. IRGC is at each others' throats. This chapter two is going to be fun !
Posted by: runner at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (GD0B3)

Morning runner. How goes it? Not seeing the probem with all of what’s going on myself. We kicked Iran’s ass, we can kick it again if we choose to, and no one really thought that “ regime change” was going to happen anyway without us literally sending our military into the country, did they?

Posted by: tubal at April 08, 2026 08:40 AM (pDt9x)

222 >>Yeah those are reliable.

Way more than you Pete. Sorry Ron shit the bed in Iowa. Time to put on your big boy pants and move on.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 08, 2026 08:40 AM (GukFK)

223 235 We have 3 days till markets close. And Trump said that anyone , any country, supplying weapons to I-ran will get a 50% tariff effective immediately. I wonder who he meant....
Posted by: runner at April 08, 2026 08:38 AM (GD0B3)

So, the oil for weapons possibility is possible to pull off in 2 weeks - or we think it is enough to say this...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 08, 2026 08:40 AM (tOcjL)

224 Family Stumbles Upon Human Skull During Local Easter Egg Hunt

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Imagine the parent that found that in their child's basket.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 08, 2026 08:39 AM (0U5gm)

Imagine being the small child who picked it up.

They're saying it was the skull of an infant.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:40 AM (FmapG)

225 Seems like the intell proposition was wrong. It does not matter who the Supreme Leader is, it only matters if the IRGC can continue to operate. Hopefully, there is a plan to get the regular army behind a revolution, but that seems unlikely.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at April 08, 2026 08:40 AM (RAxGY)

226 226 UAE is getting bombed. IRGC is at each others' throats. This chapter two is going to be fun !
Posted by: runner at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (GD0B3)

Car 54 where are you?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2026 08:41 AM (wVcYX)

227 214 Italy has expelled an imam of Pakistani origin who sparked massive outrage after he was filmed in an undercover investigation citing the Qur’an as an endorsement for marrying girls at the age of nine.

… The Cult of the Pedophile Prophet
Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (loAPd)

You marry them at age 6.
Prophet Mo was a gentleman and waited to bang her at age 9.

The koran is unclear about lap-dances and puppet play...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 08, 2026 08:41 AM (Sco7b)

228 BTW… not that anyone will care in particular, but I’m moving to Florida (from Texas). Got a very nice job offer so here we go… I’m in Florida today house hunting. It’ll be nice to be back near the ocean… but moving is overwhelming with a thousand things to do. It’s kinda luxurious to start the MR at around 7:30am instead of 6:30 central…. Sleeping’ in!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:41 AM (cq1gA)

229 At insidehook.com: "Turns Out There’s a Way to Get Drunk Without Booze"

tl;dr: Hand-sanitizer and Sterno.
Posted by: gp at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (N8ZBc)

So... alcohol, and alcohol. How, exactly, did they define 'booze'?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

230 The Ministry of Defence announced that on April 8, 2026, the UAE Air Defence Forces intercepted 17 ballistic missiles and 35 drones originating from Iran. Since the start of the brazen Iranian attacks, the UAE Air Defense Forces have intercepted 537 ballistic missiles, 26 cruise missiles, and 2,256 drones. These attacks resulted in 3 minor injuries, bringing the total number of injuries to 224 cases.

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:41 AM (loAPd)

231 213 At insidehook.com: "Turns Out There’s a Way to Get Drunk Without Booze"

tl;dr: Hand-sanitizer and Sterno.
Posted by: gp

Saw a bodycam video with a young lady wobbly driver with 23 empty bottles of vanilla extract in the car.

Posted by: Ragical at April 08, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)

232 Matt Walsh's comments on Iran irritated me the most. You try Trump's job, bitch.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 08, 2026 08:42 AM (b4LBp)

233 How long before the TACO signs re-appear?

Posted by: FIIGMO at April 08, 2026 08:42 AM (R/nr4)

234 255 How long before the TACO signs re-appear?
Posted by: FIIGMO at April 08, 2026 08:42 AM (R/nr4)

On it, Boss!

Posted by: SOROS Signs-R-Us at April 08, 2026 08:43 AM (1Cncb)

235 How is that news?

It's LA. If you go digging in the bushes you're going to find a baby skull. Or a hooker skull. Or a junkie skull.

Because California leads the nation.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 08, 2026 08:43 AM (BI5O2)

236 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:41 AM (cq1gA)

Congrats! Texas' loss.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2026 08:43 AM (wVcYX)

237 insidehook.com: "Turns Out There’s a Way to Get Drunk Without Booze"

Two words: Trayvon Martin

*cough syrup and skittles*

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

238 Matt Walsh's comments on Iran irritated me the most. You try Trump's job, bitch.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 08, 2026 08:42 AM (b4LBp)

But his documentary about the true story of the American Indian was quite good.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

239 I don't think anyone knows what was agreed to...

And, yet, it's either a betrayal of everything ever, or the greatest failure of the world's worst person, depending on whether you hate Trump or hate Trump.

His fans just think it's a bad deal despite not knowing what the deal is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

240 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:41 AM (cq1gA)

Congrats! Texas' loss.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2026 08:43 AM (wVcYX)

Agreed, but money talks. Florida isn't a bad tradeoff at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

241 Advocacy groups in California are pushing for a $30 minimum wage in Oakland despite research suggesting the policy showed "negative outcomes" across the Golden State.

… Cloward–Piven strategy

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (loAPd)

242 not that anyone will care in particular, but I’m moving to Florida (from Texas)"

Well, you'll still be in Buc-ee's land. Where in FL?

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)

243 Or people could just read Trump's social media posts and get the information from the source.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 08, 2026 08:36 AM (GukFK

I'm reliably informed by my intellectual betters in the news media that President Trump is phsychologically unhinged, volatile and crazy.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (Sco7b)

244 H.R. 4393 DIGNIDAD Act

Rep. Monica De La Cruz (TX-15)

Mass Amnesty

NEVER!

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)

245 230 BTW… not that anyone will care in particular, but I’m moving to Florida (from Texas). Got a very nice job offer so here we go… I’m in Florida today house hunting. It’ll be nice to be back near the ocean… but moving is overwhelming with a thousand things to do. It’s kinda luxurious to start the MR at around 7:30am instead of 6:30 central…. Sleeping’ in!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:41 AM (cq1gA)

Congrats man. So... you wanted more humidity?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (bss/y)

246
His fans just think it's a bad deal despite not knowing what the deal is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

But, Iran says they didn't agree to anything and they have their navy to patrol the Strait! TRUST IRAN!!!! They wouldn't lie!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

247 I'm reliably informed by my intellectual betters in the news media that President Trump is phsychologically unhinged, volatile and crazy.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (Sco7b)

This information is out of date.

Trump is now a coward and a chicken.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 08, 2026 08:45 AM (FmapG)

248 Morning runner. How goes it? Not seeing the probem with all of what’s going on myself. We kicked Iran’s ass, we can kick it again if we choose to, and no one really thought that “ regime change” was going to happen anyway without us literally sending our military into the country, did they?
Posted by: tubal at April 08, 2026 08:40 AM (pDt9x)

Top of the Morning. When most of us are confused (not you and I, of course, because we are smart, can read, know Trump's negotiating tactics, and followed this stuff for a decade) can you imagine how confused the remaining mullas are? they probably think that Trump believes their "ceasefire" and is all in! 🤣

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2026 08:45 AM (GD0B3)

249 Congrats! Texas' loss.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2026 08:43 AM (wVcYX)

Thank you! Much appreciated

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:45 AM (cq1gA)

250 Why a $30 minimum wage
Why not a $400 minimum wage

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:45 AM (loAPd)

251 Decision Desk HQ projects Clayton Fuller wins the Georgia US House 14 Special Election Runoff

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 08, 2026 08:45 AM (/+uur)

252 Congrats man. So... you wanted more humidity?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (bss/y)

And those crazy Florida womans!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2026 08:45 AM (wVcYX)

253 At insidehook.com: "Turns Out There’s a Way to Get Drunk Without Booze"

tl;dr: Hand-sanitizer and Sterno.
Posted by: gp at April 08, 2026 08:35 AM (N8ZBc)

***

Nothing like Lysol...

Posted by: Kitty Dukakis at April 08, 2026 08:45 AM (affD0)

254 Congrats man. So... you wanted more humidity?"

And hurricanes...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

255 Minneapolis city leaders are considering legalizing adult bathhouses and sex venues where “sexual activity between consenting adults” would be allowed.

12 months from now: Minneapolis city leaders shocked at alarming rise in STDs and trafficking of minors for sexual purposes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

256 233 How long before the TACO signs re-appear?
Posted by: FIIGMO at April 08, 2026 08:42 AM (R/nr4)

They pivoted to that about 2pm yesterday. From all the videos saying 'Trump vows to eradicate all the people in Iran!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:46 AM (bss/y)

257 I use to be a Republican, but......... Rush use to call them seminar posters

Brian Krassenstein got caught posting one of these to the wrong site.

And it is almost comical, I do know a few REAL "I used to be a Republican" types but they left the party because it is too leftwing not because Trump said p*ssy or Maryland Man got deported.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 08, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)

258 250 Why a $30 minimum wage
Why not a $400 minimum wage
Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:45 AM (loAPd)

Right? Like who can afford $10 Happy Meals on only $30/hr?

Posted by: Roy at April 08, 2026 08:46 AM (1Cncb)

259 "or some black swan event"???

Vaporizing the Kaaba and the meteorite it contains with a low yield nuke would prevent the trip to Mecca, remove one of the 5 pillars, thus proving that Islam is a false religion.

Posted by: Speller at April 08, 2026 08:47 AM (pSotA)

260 Pete is a faggot sucking timwalz dick.

Posted by: deal with this at April 08, 2026 08:47 AM (9vFyc)

261 good morning JJ, Horde

So Iranian and American civilizations survived the night. But has anyone checked on Fiji?

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 08, 2026 08:47 AM (DMuRG)

262 254 Congrats man. So... you wanted more humidity?"

And hurricanes...
Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

Different insects.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:47 AM (bss/y)

263 LVP mazel tov on the new job

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

264 But, Iran says they didn't agree to anything and they have their navy to patrol the Strait! TRUST IRAN!!!! They wouldn't lie!!!"

Chuckled during the just concluded presser - "we" seem to realize that there are any number of loosly allied bits scattered all over the place there. Each one claiming *something* on line...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

265 It appears that so many "elites" are making statements and publishing their financial moves (Bershire Hathaway admitting they're sittingon 400 billion in cash) in an effort to get retail customers (general public) to sell share or move their 401k accounts to cash (sell out) in order to get the market to crash. They have probably already shorted most everything and are hoping to make big bucks on the selloff. I
Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:37 AM (loAPd)

Professional investors always try to get retail investors to panic and do the wrong thing. It's how they harvest the money crop.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

266 I believe it was a report the other day from Financial Times that stated Gulf States were in discussions with Israel to construct an oil pipeline from the PG to Haifa, providing one more bypass of the strait.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 08, 2026 08:47 AM (Y1sOo)

267 244 H.R. 4393 DIGNIDAD Act
__

Republicans are finally getting to work! Unfortunate that they are working to demoralize their voters ahead of the midterms. To be fair though, it is one of their core skills!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 08, 2026 08:48 AM (Dv3i1)

268 Well, you'll still be in Buc-ee's land. Where in FL?
Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)

Congrats man. So... you wanted more humidity?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (bss/y)

Thank you. Space coast…. Yes, humidity and alligators. Last few mornings I was trying out some local running trails and was a paranoid keeping my eyes peeled for gators…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:48 AM (cq1gA)

269 Advocacy groups in California are pushing for a $30 minimum wage in Oakland despite research suggesting the policy showed "negative outcomes" across the Golden State.

Why not just make the minimum wage $1M/year so everyone can be a millionaire?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 08, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)

270 We have 3 days till markets close. And Trump said that anyone , any country, supplying weapons to I-ran will get a 50% tariff effective immediately. I wonder who he meant....
Posted by: runner at April 08, 2026 08:38 AM (GD0B3)

Thanks SCOTUS.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

271 12 months from now: Minneapolis city leaders shocked at alarming rise in STDs and trafficking of minors for sexual purposes.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

You have to love the commies: Come to our town! We are a sanctuary city for illegal aliens, so crime is high as fuck. Also, we are a gay sex mecca! (which is just like the real Mecca.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:48 AM (bss/y)

272 Thanks for the morning wake up. The 1040 mines are calling. To extend or file? That is the question.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2026 08:48 AM (wVcYX)

273 Already done. Top of hatefeed this morning was a TACO headline from CNN.

Cry moar, bitches. Your Iranian palz just got their shit pushed in big time, and no amount of spin can change that.

I guarantee your palz in China aren't so sanguine about this in Peking, whatever they tell you monkeys to publish.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 08, 2026 08:49 AM (BI5O2)

274 12 months from now: Minneapolis city leaders shocked at alarming rise in STDs and trafficking of minors for sexual purposes."

"Surprise Rise in M-Pox Cases Puzzles Local Health Officials"

Headline from the future...

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:49 AM (XuXeR)

275 262 Higher insurance.

Posted by: gp at April 08, 2026 08:49 AM (N8ZBc)

276 Cry moar, bitches. Your Iranian palz just got their shit pushed in big time,

Pretty sure that's halal

Posted by: The Men of Al Zut at April 08, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)

277 IRGC was built on a "distributed model". Just for emergencies like this, when the leaders are taken out, and comms are gone. so now they have half IRGC paid off by Pakistan and spreading the rumors that Mujtaba the cardboard, who is unconscious in some sanitary on Qom, gave them direct orders. And the other half who was not paid off, and who knows Mujtaba is cardboard, being really unhappy.

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2026 08:49 AM (GD0B3)

278 That was my argument with the Living Wage people 15 years ago, why stop at $15? Why not demand something really great like $50.

Never got an answer other than scoffing "that's silly."

No, bro, $15 is just as silly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX)

279 266 I believe it was a report the other day from Financial Times that stated Gulf States were in discussions with Israel to construct an oil pipeline from the PG to Haifa, providing one more bypass of the strait.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 08, 2026 08:47 AM (Y1sOo)

Someone said yesterday that US companies were going to have to ship oil to Hungary by pipeline from some port and I had this mental image of a guy on a ladder pouring oil from a paint can into the top of a huge pipe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:50 AM (bss/y)

280 Tough time for oil speculators.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2026 08:50 AM (zeRhI)

281 Professional investors always try to get retail investors to panic and do the wrong thing. "

Oil traders 101.

The little/day trader like types just got skinned alive. Quite a few were betting on $150/BBL

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)

282 A niche identity is returning to its niche, and the California legislature is tacitly acknowledging that even the niche dies without regular infusions of free government money.

********

Goes to show that sometimes the best thing to do with a niche is to scratch it.

Posted by: muldoon at April 08, 2026 08:51 AM (qgHp7)

283 Goes to show that sometimes the best thing to do with a niche is to scratch it."

*groans*

Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR)

284 275 262 Higher insurance.
Posted by: gp at April 08, 2026 08:49 AM (N8ZBc)

Women... I was about to say wearing fewer clothes, but that is mostly west texas where exposed skin gets blistered. How about opportunities for women to be more often wearing bikinis?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 08:52 AM (bss/y)

285 Goes to show that sometimes the best thing to do with a niche is to scratch it.
---------------
Is this about chiggers?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 08, 2026 08:52 AM (n17eQ)

286 … Cloward–Piven strategy
Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:44 AM (loAPd)

Notice it works in a precinct where the city has money
or
A town where the state has bailout money
but
in a State you are just like Charlie Brown, fucked and far from home

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 08, 2026 08:52 AM (/+uur)

287 Cheggroes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2026 08:52 AM (zeRhI)

288 280 Tough time for oil speculators.
-------------------
Not if you were short.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 08, 2026 08:53 AM (n17eQ)

289 Last I heard, Kharg is cleared up and ready too. So...

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2026 08:54 AM (GD0B3)

290 North Korean workers sometimes join U.S. companies remotely, then steal sensitive data or leave security vulnerabilities in the code.
--
Funny test I've seen is, you get them on a Zoom call, and demand they insult Little Rocket Man.

They can't do it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 08, 2026 08:54 AM (HXT0k)

291 I notice, btw, that Trump’s “20 point plan for Gaza” has collapsed, and nobody really cares. At least it got the hostages back, which probably was always its only real purpose.

There will be no rebuilding in Gaza, and the Palestinians can live in tents on the beach for the next 100 years if they want.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2026 08:55 AM (UA2di)

292 Remind me what TACO stands for. I live in a galaxy of Acronyms.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 08, 2026 08:55 AM (n17eQ)

293 153 167 gets it.
Posted by: man

Lol, looks like a bunch of posts were removed, creating a post prediction! Let's see how it turned out:

167 10% of boy who want their cock & balls cut off are suicidal, but afterwards 60% are.

21% of girls who want a piece of their colon made into a smelly cock are suicidal, but after the operation 55% are.

Gosh who knew?
Posted by: SMOD

Uh...no lies detected, I guess.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 08, 2026 08:55 AM (JCZqz)

294 Time to replenish stockpile that was wasted on Ukraine. After a brief intermission, the second half will begin.

Posted by: Rotk�ppchen at April 08, 2026 08:55 AM (j3Fsw)

295 I think it might have been "better" to continue pounding IRGC installations and hideouts. That bunch is really the group in control of Iran right now. A tell is going to be how many missiles and drones are fired off in the next two weeks. Or two hours. Whatever.

I doubt the IRGC has the discipline to hold off. And they're the likely group that'll have to abide opening the Hormuz without pitching a fit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 08, 2026 08:56 AM (AkEZC)

296 280 Tough time for oil speculators.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 08, 2026 08:50 AM (zeRhI)

281 Professional investors always try to get retail investors to panic and do the wrong thing. "

Oil traders 101.

The little/day trader like types just got skinned alive. Quite a few were betting on $150/BBL
Posted by: man at April 08, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR

The silver speculators have been hammered too by Comex after silver rocketed to $110 an ounce or so. Margin requirements were raised several times - likely to help banks. Comex deliverable silver is at near historic lows. China has controls on exporting silver. The world has been in deficit for 6 years.

Fun. Higher prices will help me as I build life after caregiving.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 08, 2026 08:56 AM (Sco7b)

297 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 08, 2026 08:56 AM (Suwql)

298 Hegseth said that we are not going anywhere, we'll be "hanging around". Just in case.

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2026 08:57 AM (GD0B3)

299 Eastern time is hard to get used to… I’m a morning person like to get up around 5am…. But that means bedtime around 10pm…. But on east coast time sometimes major sporting events (eg Monday night football) don’t start until 8pm or later… I’m not staying up that late to watch sportsball!!

I can always find something to complain about!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026 08:58 AM (yz/88)

300 297 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 08, 2026 08:56 AM (Suwql)

Looks outside - yes, yes it really is.

Posted by: tubal at April 08, 2026 08:58 AM (pDt9x)

301 I would never willingly live in either Texas or Florida. I need some coolth during the year. Even Virginia has its cold spells.

Posted by: Bulg at April 08, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

302 Why a $30 minimum wage
Why not a $400 minimum wage
Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 08:45 AM (loAPd)

Right? Like who can afford $10 Happy Meals on only $30/hr?
Posted by: Roy at April 08, 2026 08:46 AM (1Cncb)

Some time back, someone - I don't recall who - posted a graph showing that the price line of something at McDonalds - Big Mac, I think - perfectly followed the minimum wage.

But politicians will continue raising the minimum wage because:

- people who make the minimum wage want more and don't understand how money works.
- certain unions get paid a multiple of the minimum wage so raising the one raises their pay without having to admit that it's happening.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e)

303 ot that anyone will care in particular, but I’m moving to Florida (from Texas). Got a very nice job offer so here we go… I’m in Florida today house hunting. It’ll be nice to be back near the ocean… but moving is overwhelming with a thousand things to do. It’s kinda luxurious to start the MR at around 7:30am instead of 6:30 central…. Sleeping’ in!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026

***
Congratulations to you, LVP! My oldest friend moved to Clearwater some years ago, and he seems pleased with it. Of course he grew up in Da Swamp, as I did, and has never really lived anywhere without high humidity, so he's used to it. But he says the west coast of FL, in the years he's been there, has never yet had a close brush or strike by a hurricane.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2026 08:58 AM (wzUl9)

304 There will be no rebuilding in Gaza, and the Palestinians can live in tents on the beach for the next 100 years if they want.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2026 08:55 AM (UA2di)
=====

I am not ok with Hamas humiliating the American president.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2026 08:59 AM (RIvkX)

305 Why not demand something really great like $50.
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Cuz no one is gonna buy a $25 Big Mac.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 08, 2026 09:00 AM (n17eQ)

306 >not that anyone will care in particular, but I’m moving to Florida (from Texas)"
----

they have cockroaches the size of poodles in Florida

Posted by: Don Black at April 08, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)

307 292 Remind me what TACO stands for. I live in a galaxy of Acronyms.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 08, 2026 08:55 AM (n17eQ)

Trump
Always
Chickens
Out

But he's also the worst war criminal ever. And yet he never does anything. But he is also murdering people. But he's a coward. But he is also going against international law. But all he cares is people's opinion of him. But he's also .... and on and on and on.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 08, 2026 09:00 AM (bss/y)

308 Republicans are finally getting to work! Unfortunate that they are working to demoralize their voters ahead of the midterms. To be fair though, it is one of their core skills!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 08, 2026 08:48 AM (Dv3i1)

Texas has had their primaries so Texas RINOs need to get their backstabbing bills written quickly.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e)

309 Remind me what TACO stands for. I live in a galaxy of Acronyms.
Posted by: pudinhead

Trump Always Chickens Out

Posted by: rickb223 at April 08, 2026 09:00 AM (hCUcO)

310 Why not demand something really great like $50.
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Cuz no one is gonna buy a $25 Big Mac.
Posted by: pudinhead

Not on $7.35 an hour.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 08, 2026 09:01 AM (hCUcO)

311 Inland Florida is not what most people have in mind when they envision “ Florida!!!!!”

Posted by: tubal at April 08, 2026 09:02 AM (pDt9x)

312 A 10s are hunting stray IRG boats.
We spend 1 to 3 Mil on target practice boat.
Getting them for FREE now.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 08, 2026 09:03 AM (/+uur)

313 278 That was my argument with the Living Wage people 15 years ago, why stop at $15? Why not demand something really great like $50.

Never got an answer other than scoffing "that's silly."

No, bro, $15 is just as silly.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

The real minimum wage is always $0.

When I tell young proto-libs this fact, it is cute when you see the understanding creep up on their faces.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 08, 2026 09:03 AM (Dv3i1)

314 >>H.R. 4393 DIGNIDAD Act

Rep. Monica De La Cruz (TX-15)

Mass Amnesty

NEVER!
- - - -
Not just amnesty, but would stop deportation of anyone who's been here since before 2020.

This would stop the majority pf ICE deportations - the one thing that most of America is thrilled that Trump is doing.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 08, 2026 09:03 AM (Suwql)

315 But he's also the worst war criminal ever. And yet he never does anything. But he is also murdering people. But he's a coward. But he is also going against international law. But all he cares is people's opinion of him. But he's also .... and on and on and on.
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Yep. Our wise Journalists never the see the pattern, do they? Trump upstages the world again. He's like Steve McQueen screwing with Yul Brenner.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 08, 2026 09:03 AM (n17eQ)

316
Artemis II Crew releases clearest images of the Far Side yet recorded.

Talk about Stolen Valor! I was always able to see and read Gary Larson's "The Far Side" just fine, thank you very much!

I even have the bound, two volume edition in which all his offerings were reproduced.

Be better, NASA, be better!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 08, 2026 09:03 AM (xG4kz)

317 303 ot that anyone will care in particular, but I’m moving to Florida (from Texas). Got a very nice job offer so here we go… I’m in Florida today house hunting. It’ll be nice to be back near the ocean… but moving is overwhelming with a thousand things to do. It’s kinda luxurious to start the MR at around 7:30am instead of 6:30 central…. Sleeping’ in!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 08, 2026
******
Congratulations!
Texas needs your vote more than Florida... just sayin.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 08, 2026 09:04 AM (NpAcC)

318 Inland Florida is not what most people have in mind when they envision “ Florida!!!!!”
Posted by: tubal at April 08, 2026

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The coastal areas are supposed to feature breezes from the ocean or Gulf. In contrast, the only breezes we get here in Da Swamp in hot weather comes from a store's open door as we walk by. I can only guess that inland FL would be the same.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2026 09:04 AM (wzUl9)

319 I would never willingly live in either Texas or Florida. I need some coolth during the year. Even Virginia has its cold spells.
Posted by: Bulg at April 08, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

Central Texas had a week this year where we barely got above freezing. That's plenty for anyone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

320 311 Inland Florida is not what most people have in mind when they envision “ Florida!!!!!”
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Its kind of nice. Green with hills. Who knew?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 08, 2026 09:05 AM (n17eQ)

321 Hopefully, there is a plan to get the regular army behind a revolution, but that seems unlikely.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at April 08, 2026 08:40 AM (RAxGY)

The Iranian regular army (called the Artesh) is perhaps the greatest disappointment. Through all of this, they have done nothing, leading one to conclude they support the regime completely.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2026 09:05 AM (UA2di)

322 309 Remind me what TACO stands for. I live in a galaxy of Acronyms.
Posted by: pudinhead

Trump Always Chickens Out
Posted by: rickb223 at April 08, 2026 09:00 AM (hCUcO

I thought it was you that mentioned gyros a day or so ago.

Arby's in a town over culturally appropriated them and sells them again. Had one. It was great. Greeks would probably scoff but I'm not fussy.

9am...

All stations reporting on ceasefire. No talk of TACO.

CNN and a bitch on MS Now were pretty worried about 5:30 pm yesterday. BECAUSE TRUMP IS CRAZY!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 08, 2026 09:05 AM (Sco7b)

323 The west coast of Florida is great. Worked in Tampa for a few years. But it does get hurricanes including Milton 2 years ago.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 08, 2026 09:06 AM (GukFK)

324 I would never willingly live in either Texas or Florida. I need some coolth during the year. Even Virginia has its cold spells.
Posted by: Bulg at April 08, 2026

***
That is a big part of why I want to flee to someplace with four seasons again.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

325 Inland Florida is not what most people have in mind when they envision “ Florida!!!!!”
Posted by: tubal
+++
It's pretty much the same for the entire pan handle. Looks like south Georgia.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 08, 2026 09:06 AM (Lo97M)

326 "Got a very nice job offer"

Congrats! Count your blessings.

Posted by: gp at April 08, 2026 09:06 AM (N8ZBc)

327
Also, TDS stands for "Trump Derangement Syndrome".

Those are the people that make me a MAGA.

Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2026 09:07 AM (Y8DZL)

328 Not just amnesty, but would stop deportation of anyone who's been here since before 2020.

and it would be retroactive, forcing the not-many actual deportations to be RETURNED to the USA!

it's such a slap in the face

sickening

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 08, 2026 09:07 AM (j+aD2)

329 congrats Linus!

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 08, 2026 09:07 AM (j+aD2)

330 Javier Milei Says What No Politician Will Admit

At one point I thought being on the left was a mental problem. The empirical evidence is so overwhelming it never worked anywhere and they refused to accept it. Therefore I thought it was a mental problem. I mean some kind of block that doesn't even let them see the numbers. They are enemies of numbers. They hate numbers. I don't know if lefties hate water or numbers more. I mean I don't know if they hate bathing more than numbers. But what I discovered is that being on the left is a disease of the soul. The left is built on envy, hatred, resentment, unequal treatment before the law. They are very violent and since they have no way or arguments to answer, they go for physical violence. Lefties always, let's say,
resort to physical violence and all kinds of violent manifestations because they are unable to refute the arguments. First off, that's absolutely hilarious.

Posted by: SMOD at April 08, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

331 A Democratic senator has called on the Department of Homeland Security to re-introduce the controversial “shoes off” rule for travelers at airports – branding the decision to ditch it as “reckless and dangerous.”

Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) blasted former Secretary Kristi Noem, who announced last July the policy had been abandoned almost 20 years after it was first rolled out at US airports.

SHe does not have a leg to stand on.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 08, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

332 The Iranian regular army (called the Artesh) is perhaps the greatest disappointment. Through all of this, they have done nothing, leading one to conclude they support the regime completely.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2026 09:05 AM (UA2di)

It could be that they are kept short of weapons unless they're in a shooting land war with someone so that they cannot challenge the IRGC.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 09:08 AM (ExV1e)

333 Texas has had their primaries so Texas RINOs need to get their backstabbing bills written quickly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e)

Just fyi, legislature won’t be back in session until next year sometime, after the next set of elections.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2026 09:08 AM (UA2di)

334 The Kobeissi Letter
@KobeissiLetter
BREAKING: The S&P 500 is now set to open above 6,800, trading just 2.9% away from a new record high.

The index has added +$1.6 TRILLION today.

Catturd ™
@catturd2
Breaking ...

Panicans are all frantically texting each other right now to see what their next coordinated, rage-baiting, whinefest will be about. Need those panic clicks. The sky is falling.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 08, 2026 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

335 Why would anyone watch MS-13NOW?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 08, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

336 324 Yes, I need four seasons.

Posted by: Bulg at April 08, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)

337 and it would be retroactive, forcing the not-many actual deportations to be RETURNED to the USA!

it's such a slap in the face

sickening
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 08, 2026 09:07 AM (j+aD2)

Fortunately, Trump would be unlikely to sign it so all it can accomplish is to drop some masks.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 08, 2026 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

338 LVP where in FLA

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 08, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)

339 The Iranian regular army (called the Artesh) is perhaps the greatest disappointment

not really since we do have experience with middle eastern regular armies that are not Israel

not surprising AT ALL

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 08, 2026 09:10 AM (j+aD2)

340
BTW, YSWIDT, IMSFF!

Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2026 09:10 AM (Y8DZL)

341 A Democratic senator has called on the Department of Homeland Security to re-introduce the controversial “shoes off” rule for travelers at airports – branding the decision to ditch it as “reckless and dangerous.”

Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) blasted former Secretary Kristi Noem, who announced last July the policy had been abandoned almost 20 years after it was first rolled out at US airports.

SHe does not have a leg to stand on.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 08, 2026

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The only good thing about that policy would be at the LA airport, where you might see Katy Perry or Liv Tyler barefoot. Otherwise, skip it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2026 09:10 AM (wzUl9)

342 Fortunately, Trump would be unlikely to sign it so all it can accomplish is to drop some masks.

yeah like the masks of every R house rep in PA

helpful

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 08, 2026 09:10 AM (j+aD2)

343 Yes, the guy who just delivered a totally one-sided beat down on a major regional power, killed all its leaders, erased its navy and air force, and humiliated its superpower sponsor is a big chicken. Bock bock bock.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 08, 2026 09:10 AM (BI5O2)

344 I used to have a different nic

I thought President Trump will sign no legislation until the SAVE act crosses his desk. I like that policy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 08, 2026 09:10 AM (u82oZ)

345 336 324 Yes, I need four seasons.
Posted by: Bulg at April 08, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)

We have 2 days of 30
160 days 75 to 90
And then it gets hots

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 08, 2026 09:10 AM (/+uur)

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