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The Morning Report —4/ 13 /26

Good morning kids. Yet again it's the international scene that's grabbing all the attention this morning. we'll get to the latest developements off the Iranian coast in a moment, but first there are a couple of bit stories happening in Europe that might otherwise get lost in the sauce. The disappointing news first comes fromHungary.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, bringing an end to 16 years of governance in Budapest. . . Conceding defeat on Sunday evening, Orban said: “The election result is painful for us, but understandable. I congratulated the Tisza Party.
“No matter how it turned out, we in the opposition will serve our country and the Hungarian nation,” he declared, adding: "We never give up!"

I'm not necessarily in tune with the attitude of the Hungarian people but that they sent a true patriot and a staunch defender of western values, civilization and sanity packing is a head scratcher considering the madness of open borders especially with the invasion of Islamic hordes that have ravaged a significant portion of the rest of the continent. Orbán was a tough, passionate and vocal critic of the EU on this and other issues of national sovereignty, especially the insane push to go to war with Russia over Ukraine, as well as earning the enmity of the homosexual/transexual pervert lobby for his staunch criticism of them and the EU's drive to push their ideology on the Hungarian people. From what I have gathered, the new regime in Hungary will do a very abrupt about-face on all these issues and President Trump and America my lose, at least in the near term, a very key strategic ally.

On the complete opposite end of the spectrum of the Hungarians we have the Irish, who really got their Irish up!

So you say you want a revolution? Well, take a look at what’s happening in Ireland right now. Tens of thousands of farmers, truckers, and other fed-up “normies” are taking to the streets of Dublin to protest fuel taxes, mass immigration, and poverty-inducing “climate change” policies. For the most part, corporate news propagandists in both Europe and North America are intentionally ignoring the combustible situation. Just when I had begun to think that all the “fighting Irish” had moved to America, the Old Country has started to show signs of life. Perhaps there are still a few irascible pugilists willing to bash heads and take on the globalist empire after all. . . Although few people saw the present brouhaha coming, Ireland makes a natural “ground zero” in the war between Big Government globalists (aka, the “international rules-based order” club of World Economic Forum totalitarians) and ordinary citizens willing to defend their nation’s sovereignty and their own personal freedoms. For two decades, the globalists have been taking over Ireland and stripping it for parts.

Would or could something like this ever happpen here in the USA. I Mean among real Americans and not leftist Antifa rent-a-goons agitating for revolution and committing acts of terorism to overthrow our Republic once and for all?

And speaking of Democrat/Leftist terrorism, please pardon the redundancy . . .

Turning Point USA’s “Frontlines” reporter Savanah Hernandez posted multiple videos of mob members opposed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Minneapolis area seemingly attacking her Saturday. After Hernandez posted photos of one assailant — a man charged in connection with the storming of a St. Paul-area church — Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet K. Dhillon responded in to the post on X. (RELATED: Democrat Candidate Calls For Banning MAGA From Internet)

The only reason Antifa et al can get away with what they get away with, the corruption of the courts and Political cover by their overlords in the Democrat Party aside, is that they know that kyle Rittenhouse notwithstanding we will never preemptively hunt them down and take them out as is their strategy, let alone take up arms to defend ourselves. Because if we ever did, look out.

On that orgasmatronic pipe dream, here's a clunky segue to the latest from Iran.

Whoever’s calling the shots in Iran wasted yet another chance for peace over the weekend, and now President Donald Trump will again call Tehran’s bluff.
Iran’s negotiators refused to satisfy America’s demands Saturday in talks in Pakistan, as regime leaders bet that playing the Strait of Hormuz card would get Trump to blink.
Instead, he played it right back at them — announcing his own blockade, so that Iran’s oil exports (which had continued despite the war) will also be blocked.
The prez is thinking outside the box with this blockade and his plans to escort ships through the Strait; if necessary, he can later order US forces to take Kharg Island and eviscerate the regime’s power base.
This also guarantees that Tehran’s effort to charge a toll on all tankers crossing the Strait will fail — honoring an American commitment to freedom of the seas that goes back to President Thomas Jefferson, the Barbary Pirates and the US Marines’ triumphant excursion “to the shores of Tripoli.”
Of course Iran’s rulers (whoever they are at this point) responded with fresh bluster, vowing a “strong and forceful response” to Trump’s move and huffing that it would end the cease-fire.
Utter bull: Tehran has almost no offensive capabilities left except those that threaten Strait shipping, and those assets can now be eliminated as completely and readily as the rest of its Navy, missile launchers and drone capabilities already were.
It can’t seriously mine the Strait without choking off its own exports, nor can that blockade last once America and its allies’ minesweepers, backed by the US Navy, get down to work.
Trump’s blockade won’t much impact Europe or the Americas, while our Middle Eastern allies are switching to export routes that don’t rely on the Strait; it’s Iran and its allies (mainly China) that will now suffer most. Beijing and its dependents in Moscow will soon regret vetoing the UN Security Council measure to reopen the Strait.
Meanwhile, the Iranian hardliners behind this lunacy will face more internal pressure from other regime factions; everything they’ve tried to do has blown up in their faces.
They assumed America would be help captive by conventional wisdom; our president proved them wrong.
Trump once again tried to reach a peaceful settlement; the Iranians again refused: Now they’ll pay yet a higher price for thinking they could get him to chicken out.

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AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

The prez is thinking outside the box with this blockade and his plans to escort ships through the Strait; if necessary, he can later order US forces to take Kharg Island and eviscerate the regime’s power base. This also guarantees that Tehran’s effort to charge a toll on all tankers crossing the Strait will fail — honoring an American commitment to freedom of the seas that goes back to President Thomas Jefferson, the Barbary Pirates and the US Marines’ triumphant excursion “to the shores of Tripoli.”
Trump brilliantly calls Iran’s bluff — with his own Strait of Hormuz blockade
Faced with leftists, quislings, and cowards, Trump has announced a new phase to the Iranian conflict. It’s so crazy-courageous, it should definitely work.
With the peace talks ended, Trump has a powerful, brilliant new plan for Iran
President Donald Trump announced Sunday the U.S. Navy will begin blockading ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the news coming after he said Iran promised to open the strait but ultimately did not.
‘We Are Fully Locked and Loaded’ — President Trump: U.S. Navy Blockades Strait of Hormuz
Iran thought they had the world over an (oil) barrel. Turns out they signed their own economic death warrant. The blockade is an inspired tactic pushed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and former Green Beret-turned-UN Ambassador Mike Waltz as the logical next step after the Chinese and Russians last week vetoed the UN Security Council resolution led by the Gulf States for international cooperation to reopen the Hormuz Strait.
Miranda Devine: Playing the Trump card vs. Tehran
Criticism of strikes on Iranian infrastructure clashes with claims that the IRGC controls much of the economy, making such targets central to degrading its military power.
The IRGC’s Control of Iran’s Economy
Elections are a tool, not a solution. To fix Iran requires more.
Looking Ahead to Elections in Iran
It is time to ask what the United States and its partners should do with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Be Wary of Iran’s Propaganda Machine
This outcome means Tehran is left “begging for a ceasefire” and at its weakest point since the 1979 Islamic Revolution after reaching “a situation where Iran does not have a single active enrichment facility,” as U.S. negotiators walked away from talks in Pakistan, he continued.
‘Crushed’: Netanyahu Says U.S.–Israel Campaign Destroyed Iran’s Nuclear, Missile Programs — Regime ‘Fighting to Survive’
CIA Director Jon Ratcliffe alluded to the "exquisite" technology that, he said, "no other intelligence service possesses."
Did CIA Use Covert Tech To Find Lost Airman?
The details of the amazing search & rescue effort to recover a downed American pilot in Iran last weekend has been covered quite thoroughly in the media, especially the alternative press. This video gives us the compelling perspective of the men and women who made that rescue happen. Even if you oppose Trump’s present actions against Iran, Steeve’s reveals a fundamental aspect of the American way of war that illustrates again the best part of America. The key quote, “Will you be worth the trip?”
A military pilot’s perspective on downed pilot rescue in Iran Easter weekend

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Roger Kimball: Trump’s “outrageous” rhetoric unnerved critics, but it masked a blunt strategy: overwhelm Iran militarily, force leverage at the table, and leave opponents scrambling to keep up.
Trump, Iran, and the Theater of Moral Panic
Democrats accuse Trump of weakness or recklessness as it suits them—revealing less about him than their own shifting standard for American power.
Democrat Perfidy Knows No Bounds
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Democrats Are Killing the Country with Racism
Democrats Are Killing the Country with Racism
Kelly told an audience "The last thing I would want in a Space Shuttle crew would be seven white-guy U.S. Navy test pilots like me."
So did Mark Kelly tell his fellow white crew members on the Endeavour how disgusted he was to serve with them?
More often than not, she comes away with some pretty raw video that gets a good amount of “clicks and shares,” making her an influencer, but this does not happen without her taking personal risk.
Anti-ICE Protesters Violently Attack Conservative Journalist Savanah Hernandez
Draw a big red X on people teaching different perspectives.
The Left’s Desperate War on Turning Point USA and Free Thought
Turning Point USA’s “Frontlines” reporter Savanah Hernandez posted multiple videos of mob members opposed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Minneapolis area seemingly attacking her Saturday. After Hernandez posted photos of one assailant — a man charged in connection with the storming of a St. Paul-area church — Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet K. Dhillon responded in to the post on X. (RELATED: Democrat Candidate Calls For Banning MAGA From Internet)
DOJ Signals Probe Into Brutal Assault Of Conservative Journalist Filming Anti-ICE Riot

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Republicans should have learned this lesson over ten years ago. Yet they’re preparing to die on the amnesty hill yet again.
Backdoor Amnesty for Illegal Aliens Is (Still) Political Cyanide
Immigration’s true cost isn’t seen in stagnant wages, but in natives pushed out of opportunity—masking displacement, distorting data, and quietly eroding mobility and growth.
Moving Targets
Assimilation as a modern fairy tale.
The Pot That Refuses to Melt
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
We need more Nick Shirleys who expose this rampant fraud. And fewer corrupt politicians who think we will believe anything. (we need more rope and lamp posts - jjs)
Gavin Newsom says he has led the charge against fraud in California
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
It makes perfect sense that Democrats freaked out when DOGE started following the money. Look at what they’ve been up to all these years.
It’s Always the Money That Gets Them
John Stossel: Why give the government and politicians power over our lives?
You Don’t Own Me (Channeling Lesley Gore - jjs)
The Green Mountain State is a textbook case of how progressives employ social justice causes to drain the wallets and dreams of citizens.

How progressives rob working-class Vermonters
A federal appeals court on Friday tossed a 158-year-old ban on home distilling, finding it exceeded Congress’s constitutional authority to levy taxes.
US Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban
While Kagan tries to find ways to limit originalist outcomes, her fellow leftists are needlessly making reaching her objective more challenging.
Here’s How Sotomayor And Jackson’s Temper Tantrums Are Causing Headaches For Kagan
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Authorities still searching for motive.
Muslim Man Charged in $500M California Warehouse Fire

OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED, AND OTHER ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
David Harsanyi: Tapping into ugly conspiracy theories and fearmongering.
Everyone Knows What the Democrats’ AIPAC Obsession is Really About

FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
No media outlet has a right to federal funding.
Federal judge: taxpayers must fund NPR forever
When you’re a leftist and you’ve lost 60 Minutes…
Shocker: 60 Minutes does real journalism
Robert Spencer: What happens when someone dissents from the leftist establishment narrative in a way that is so compelling and convincing that the continued wide acceptance of that narrative is imperiled? What happens is that the leftist media establishment deploys its strongest rhetorical weapons against the offender, hoping to destroy or at least cripple the dissident before he or she is able to amass a significant following, or to dishearten and disperse that following if it already exists. This is why the April 2026 issue of Tablet magazine contains a massive article, over 6,000 words long, damning with faint praise the pioneering scholar of dhimmitude, Bat Ye’or.
Truth-Teller Encounters the Buzz-Saw of the Establishment Narrative
In his new article, Washington Post reporter Justin Jouvenal attempts to convince readers that SCOTUS has waged a war on ‘civil rights.’
WaPo Thinks SCOTUS Upholding The Constitution Is A Bad Thing
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Rising energy costs have heavily influenced inflation, affecting consumer prices and household budgets.
Inflation Surged in March, Driven by Soaring Gas and Energy Prices.
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
CBS News reported the attack occurred about 8:45 p.m. A man whose girlfriend works at the restaurant indicated “a group of men came into the restaurant and went directly behind the counter, where they fired multiple shots.”
Numerous Injured After ‘Masked Suspects’ Storm Chick-fil-A, Opens Fire
A man with active paranoid delusions was expected to schedule and attend his own psychiatric evaluation. He didn't go. Nobody followed up. Three weeks later, Iryna Zarutska was dead.
Iryna Zarutska was failed by a system that never tried—and now that system says her killer isn't competent to stand trial
Forty-eight-year-old Thomas Pham LeGro of Washington, DC, pleaded guilty Friday to a single count of possessing the material, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced.
DOJ: Award-Winning Former Washington Post Journalist Pleads Guilty in Child Pornography Case
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Dan A. Emmett's contributions reflect an emerging trend in which left-wing donors bankroll climate litigation and climate-related academic literature intended to influence judges
Meet the California Millionaire Funding Anti-Oil Lawsuits—And the Columbia Academics Working To Influence the Judges Handling The Cases
Forests and their surrounding communities need local knowledge and coordination, which a national system would almost certainly destroy.
A New National Wildfire Organization Would Be A Disaster
“Carbon credits are a very particular type of asset... “The scale of these crimes is owed first to brute geography... "This marriage of speculative capital and loose land markets bodes ill for Brazil.”
Carbon Credits Are Destroying the Amazon
Exempting classic cars from the smog test is a reasonable policy.
Why Jay Leno Needs A Law In His Name

SECOND AMENDMENT
It's a scam to disarm Americans.
Ammo serialization has nothing to do with solving crimes
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
The reality of life in Alaska—the money and the technical sophistication—does not align with Murkowski’s stated reason for opposing the Act.
The SAVE America Act, Lisa Murkowski, And The Truth About Alaska
Sen. Ron Johnson sees it as a kind of golden rule in dealing with nasty Dem politics: Do unto others before they do unto you.
GOP Senators: Nuke The Filibuster, Pass The SAVE America Act
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
In a post on X, Swalwell expressed that he was “deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment” that he had made, while adding that he would “fight the serious, false allegations.” (then why step aside if you're innocent?!-jjs)
Rep. Swalwell Suspends Gubernatorial Campaign After Being Accused of Sexual Assault
Poor Eric Swalwell has been stabbed in the back by politicians he once trusted.
Dems take down one of their own
Covering up sexual assault until it's politically useful.
Dems Had No Problem With Swalwell Until He Ran Against Their Candidate
“We urge survivors and anyone with knowledge of these allegations to contact our Special Victims Division at 212-335-9373,” the office said. “Our specially trained prosecutors, investigators and counselors are well-equipped to help you in a trauma-informed, survivor-centered manner.”
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Investigating Rep. Eric Swalwell Over Sexual Assault Accusations
Barely any of Rep. Eric Swalwell’s fellow elected California Democrats have called for him to resign his Congressional seat — though some said he should drop out of the state’s gubernatorial race — after multiple women accused him of sexual assault Friday.
Here’s Where Every California Democrat Stands On The Explosive Eric Swalwell Rape Allegations
POLITICS
Out-of-state money, anemic GOP candidate recruitment, apathy toward local elections, and emotion-laden propaganda led Virginia to this point.
How Republicans Surrendered Virginia To Left-Wing Colonizers
Worse than you think.
Kamala Harris Tries Out Comedy to Boost Presidential Prospects (VIDEO)
Newsom has kept his returns private as his wife rakes in hundreds of thousands of dollars from her charity, which is funded by corporations that do business with Newsom's California
Gavin Newsom Said He Had a 'Moral Duty' To Release His Tax Returns Every Year He Served in Office. He Hasn't Since 2022.
Once, a powerhouse convention in the conservative world, it’s now just a backwater.
CPAC Is Dead
Trump’s endorsement of Steve Hilton in California’s governor’s race risks muddying a GOP primary where Sheriff Bianco may offer a stronger path to victory in a fractured state.
Trump Needed to Stay Out of the California Primary
The likely GOP nominee, who served in the Senate from 2003 to 2009, emphasized his focus on local issues in a sitdown with the Free Beacon
GOP’s John Sununu ‘Very Confident’ He Can Win Under-the-Radar New Hampshire Senate Race As Polling Shows Tight Contest
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Following a hotly contested campaign against his rival, Member of European Parliament Péter Magyar, and his upstart Tisza Party, a record turnout of over three-quarters of voters decided to turn the page from Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party, which had ruled the country since 2010.
End of an Era: Viktor Orbán Concedes Defeat in Hungarian Elections to Upstart Rival Magyar
The spirit of revolution hangs in the air.
Irish Patriots are Fighting Back
Sinn Féin, the largest opposition party in Ireland, announced on Sunday that it will table a vote of no confidence in the Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael coalition government when the Dáil parliament returns to session.
Left-Wing Irish Government Faces No Confidence Vote Amid Farmer Protests Against Fuel Tax
One ally holds the line — for all of us.
The U.S.–Israel Alliance is a Strategic Bargain
What she doesn’t understand about the Jewish state.
Titty-Caca Ocasio-Cortez Opposes All Aid to Israel
The problem when violence becomes routine.
Pakistan Tops The Global Terrorism Index
“I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History.”
Trump blasts Pope Leo after pontiff’s veiled jabs over Iran war, immigration
Henhouse meet fox.
Iran Nominated to Head UN Terrorism Prevention Group
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
A half-century pause in spaceflight wasn’t technological—it was economic; without property rights and profit incentives, the path from the Moon to Mars will remain grounded.
The Lost Half-Century
Sure, we're imperfect, but look at what we can pull off with a little ingenuity and one hell of a lot of moxie!
We get to dream—why Artemis II matters
Though many will call this lunar fly-by “historic,” it will likely be little remembered by future generations. It did little to move the settlement of the solar system forward. No truly useful engineering was tested. The rocket and capsule are engineering dead-ends. Neither will be of much use for establishing colonies on the Moon or Mars, as SLS is still too expensive and too difficult to stack and launch and Orion is too small for any interplanetary missions, being nothing more than an overweight and very expensive ascent/descent capsule
Orion survives re-entry, crew splashes down saf
The first stage (B1063) completed its 32nd flight, landing on a drone ship in the Pacific. With this flight, 43 days after the stage’s previous flight, it moved into a tie for fourth place in the rankings of the most reused launch vehicle.
Three launches, two by SpaceX and one by China

FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The declining number of men in the workforce is a serious problem.
The Workforce Flip That Could Change Marriage, Family, And The Future Of Men
The change is part of Philz’s effort to create “a more consistent, inclusive experience across all our stores, including removing a variety of flags and other decor,” CEO Mahesh Sadarangani told the San Francisco Chronicle. Sadarangani has served as CEO since 2021. (RELATED: How Come Nobody Is Willing To Say The Obvious About The Modern LGBT Community?) Philz Coffee Getting Rid Of Rainbow Flags And Baristas Are Losing It
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Thad McCotter: Four old friends reunite and prove that decades of loyalty and shared history can outlast politics—and that some bonds are worth more than any argument.
‘Old Days and Old Age’: A Friendly Reminder of What Truly Matters
A pro-policing vibe is creeping back into popular culture.
Cops Are Cool Again
Usha Vance is revolutionizing maternity fashion, not just with her pastel spring fits, but with how these ensembles showcase her love for her family.
Usha Vance Is Making Maternity Fashion Hot Again
Christian Toto :
Rebel comic suggests president faked critical event from 2024 campaign
Here’s Only Excuse for Tim Dillon’s Insane Anti-Trump Rant
What Americans mourn isn’t old ballparks or bygone rosters, but the steady collapse of the communities that once gave them meaning, loyalty, and continuity.
Fenway Park, College Basketball, and the Loss of Community
HITHER & YON
In the second half of the 20th century, she already had prescient insights into America, circa 2026.
Maggie Thatcher’s Timeless Wisdom
“I believe in the resurrection, and I believe in a restoration of this world, and so I did not feel great fear about my death.”
‘To Die Is Gain’: Ben Sasse Faces Terminal Cancer With Unshakable Faith

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1 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 07:17 AM (AkEZC)

2 Happy Monday

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (/+uur)

3 Question marks seems to be having their own uprising.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (PFs9e)

4 Dickhead swawell took the cowards way out.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (0N4FZ)

5 Greetings and good morning one and all!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 07:19 AM (RjOoY)

6 I had read that piece by Ben Sasse before. He sounds like a good man and I appreciated his reflections. Thanks for including it, J.J.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:20 AM (PFs9e)

7
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2026 07:20 AM (2/MrR)

8 Also liked the piece on Margaret Thatcher.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:22 AM (PFs9e)

9 Democrats Are Killing the Country with Racism

Sowing division is their most effective card. They cannot accept the fact that things improved and that the good guys won the Civil Rights Movement.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 07:24 AM (RjOoY)

10 4 Dickhead swawell took the cowards way out.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM
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Is he still seated in Congress?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)

11 Hungary was a huge defeat for trump. The midterms will be another
Drudge had posted note links to Trumps TruthSocial page again showing Himself cosplaying Jesus.
There are no limits to his narcissism.

through Hormoz flows 30% of the most important fertilizer, urea
American fertilizer went up 30%
another hit on rural USA

Posted by: Paul at April 13, 2026 07:31 AM (DlZr+)

12 Hungary is not hard to figure out. A corrupt party in power for 16 years, a lazy electorate who want free shit from Santa Claus and Big Homo spreading money and ass cheeks around like a drunken sailor.

End result is years of misery and islam ahead for Zsa Zsa Gabor's misguided children with the new, corrupt leadership.

Posted by: Sam Drucker, Not A Homosexual at April 13, 2026 07:31 AM (CRbC4)

13 Question marks. So many question marks.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 07:34 AM (gtcuf)

14
Dickhead swawell took the cowards way out.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (0N4FZ)

He took the lucrative way out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 07:35 AM (tgvbd)

15 I admire the civilized part of Virginia (which excludes NoVa, Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Charlottesville).
I will no longer refer to the “grounds” of “Mr. Jefferson’s University “ as such. It might as well be named the “campus” of “Virginia State University-Charlottesville”
For that matter, the Swineberger administration might as well rename VMI as “ Virginia State University-Lexington”
IIRC, the new administration actually threatened to place VMI under the board of visitors of Virginia State University (Petersburg) , an existing HBCU.

Posted by: Fenderbender at April 13, 2026 07:35 AM (1FEc1)

16 I believe I understand better now the squeeze play Trump is putting on Iran.

https://tinyurl.com/58kx2uz8

Less immediately gratifying but preferable to bombing their infrastructure into oblivion.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 13, 2026 07:35 AM (INQN/)

17
Thanks to whoever fixed the formatting. I don't understand why it's been acting up the last few times I've posted.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 13, 2026 07:35 AM (x0n13)

18 Haha. Paul and the leftists have their panties in a wad because of Trump deliberately trolling the Pope or whomever . Last time I checked Jesus in the Bible did not have a big American flag near him. Trump yanked their chain again which is kind of amusing since many leftists don't believe in any God but the power of the state.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:36 AM (Nx5jP)

19 * * * * DO NOT CLICK THE CONTINUE READING BUTTON

Note to China ship captains: your U.S. Navy password for transiting the strait of Whore Muse is "get your fucking oil elsewhere"

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 13, 2026 07:38 AM (KiBMU)

20 These poor trolls will never understand Trump. It's because 1. they don't want to, and 2. probably can't anyway. That is, in the former case they too invested in their caricatures. If they conceded his human dimension their entire house of calumnious cards would collapse. And secondly, they don't have the capability. Any skills of critical inquiry have been stunted and stifled by indoctrination.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 13, 2026 07:40 AM (INQN/)

21 >>>>I believe I understand better now the squeeze play Trump is putting on Iran.
https://tinyurl.com/58kx2uz8
Less immediately gratifying but preferable to bombing their infrastructure into oblivion.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 13, 2026 07:35 AM (INQN/)
*****
Thanks for posting the link OA, I was confused about the blockade until reading that.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 13, 2026 07:40 AM (S+2Xo)

22

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 13, 2026 07:40 AM (DDJSl)

23 Question everything.

Posted by: fd at April 13, 2026 07:43 AM (vFG9F)

24 France and the UK are setting up a commission to develop a plan to assist in keeping the Strait open.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:44 AM (yAteE)

25 Iran's play in the Hormuz is textbook IRGC. They claimed there were mines in the normal shipping channels. Laid there by Iran. But they couldn't guarantee safe passage unless the shipping channels were moved.

Into Iranian territorial waters. Which they did.

Looking at live commercial shipping via MarineTraffic's website there are 3 flagged vessels in the Strait; 2 from China and an Iranian one. I'm sure there are others running without AIS on so they're not being tracked.

But, Iran's ploy to divert commercial traffic and make money despite the issues they've caused in the Hormuz proper is failing. People that claim Trump's plan is failing don't understand what's happening. Countries that depend on petroleum products from Iran are either dealing directly with the US or going without.

China, Russia and the EU are front and center in this thing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 07:45 AM (AkEZC)

26 I’m Ron Burgundy?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 13, 2026 07:45 AM (jYRYu)

27 many leftists don't believe in any God but the power of the state.

The State is Mother, The State is Father and ye shall have no other gods before it.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 07:46 AM (RjOoY)

28 US Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban

Our government poisoned alcohol in Prohibition.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 07:47 AM (/+uur)

29 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 07:47 AM (RIvkX)

30 24 France and the UK are setting up a commission to develop a plan to assist in keeping the Strait open.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:44 AM (yAteE)

This reads like the set up for a joke.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 13, 2026 07:48 AM (jYRYu)

31 "Our government poisoned alcohol in Prohibition.
Posted by: r hennigantx"

And we helped!

Posted by: Karen Nation at April 13, 2026 07:48 AM (vFG9F)

32 4 Dickhead swawell took the cowards way out.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 13, 2026 07:18 AM (0N4FZ)

I _wish_ he'd take the actual coward's way out and ACK himself.

Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 07:48 AM (iXqHn)

33 good morning! hope all are well

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 07:49 AM (j+aD2)

34 28 US Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban
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Let's celebrate with a drink of the recipe out by the cement pond!

Posted by: Granny Clampett at April 13, 2026 07:49 AM (2Ez/1)

35 Tousi had a display on the number of tankers that are heading to the US for oil. Venezuelan oil coming in and product going out.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:49 AM (yAteE)

36 I think the globalists pulled a spanberger in Hungary

oh well

sucks

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 07:50 AM (j+aD2)

37 Everyone Knows What the Democrats� AIPAC Obsession is Really About
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Yeah.

How do we get that sweet sweet Jew money while planning their demise?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

38 Jack Squat, France and the UK are the joke.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:50 AM (yAteE)

39 did you guys see that Sabrina Carpenter thing?

oh it's a meme

it's an INCREDIBLE meme!

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 07:51 AM (j+aD2)

40 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 07:51 AM (77rzZ)

41 So, I listed Trump's 3 possible strategies to ending the Iran conflict last week...seems last night, he moved from strategy 3 (just claim the ceasefire win and leave) to a partial strategy 1 (take the oil and Hormuz - which I called the Kharg strategy) - seems he "took" Hormuz and is not taking the oil, but not allowing the oil to be put to any use...so, almost strategy 1 - so, we'll see if he needs to go further to get iran (aka China and Russia proxies) to give up...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 07:51 AM (tOcjL)

42 I, for one, welcome our new question-mark overlords.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 07:52 AM (77rzZ)

43 39 did you guys see that Sabrina Carpenter thing?

Heard of it and finally looked up what the fuss was about. Her mistake was apologizing.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 07:52 AM (RjOoY)

44 "Savanah Hernandez posted multiple videos of mob members opposed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Minneapolis area seemingly attacking her Saturday."

"Seemingly," huh? I saw a few seconds of one clip, and there's no "seemingly" about it. Shame on you, Daily Caller, for using weasel words.

Posted by: pookysgirl has worked at two newspapers at April 13, 2026 07:52 AM (Wt5PA)

45 > US Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban
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It's still illegal to sell it. Which was the primary issue the Feds had with the whole thing. They were being left out of the revenue stream.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 07:52 AM (AkEZC)

46 thanks for the article about VT

that state is a mystery to me. have a kid up there for college. it's IMPOSSIBLE for people to keep up with the COL

high COL - like crazy high! - and low pay everywhere. I guess not in govt work?

that state is a hot mess (ok well a cold mess). Maine at least the guy can afford to live up there (while working). VT no way, even in a dump with three roommates!

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 07:53 AM (j+aD2)

47 I saw a post on the ONT that the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the prohibition of distilling spirits at home to be unconstitutional. WHOOO HOOOO! Now I am legal.
Honey is an excellent sugar source for liquor production.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at April 13, 2026 07:54 AM (JNTt1)

48
France and the UK are setting up a commission to develop a plan to assist in keeping the Strait open.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:44 AM (yAteE)

Memos incoming!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 07:54 AM (tgvbd)

49 {I]"Seemingly," huh? I saw a few seconds of one clip, and there's no "seemingly" about it. Shame on you, Daily Caller, for using weasel words.

everyone should watch video of this attack.

I think I needed to be reminded

these people really hate us and will happily send us to camps, if not kill us themselves

what a sick family that is, and the dad is a Uke? sick bastard

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 07:54 AM (j+aD2)

50 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 07:54 AM (Zz0t1)

51
All this Iran stuff is a deliberate diversion to distract us from the Guthrie disappearance.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 13, 2026 07:55 AM (tgvbd)

52 A man. A plan. A straight. Hormuz!

Posted by: Count de Monet doesn't fully grok palindromes at April 13, 2026 07:56 AM (wVcYX)

53 45 > US Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban
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It's still illegal to sell it. Which was the primary issue the Feds had with the whole thing. They were being left out of the revenue stream.
****

This will allow hobby brewing to continue and let the brewer gain experience. More than one microbrewer got the experience and confidence to start their own business. Then they pay taxes.

Posted by: clarence at April 13, 2026 07:57 AM (H1EjZ)

54 Gavin Newsom Said He Had a 'Moral Duty' To Release His Tax Returns Every Year He Served in Office. He Hasn't Since 2022.
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Don't worry.

He is still confident in his moral superiority.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

55 I'm sorry. I don't know who Sabrina Carpenter is or her meme.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:57 AM (rZCVI)

56 Belated BOING!

Drove up solo 3 hours ago to our vacation house in northern Israel to maintain numerous things. Plan to drive back to Jerusalem this evening.

Because of the war, the last time we were here was 6-7 weeks ago. Garden is wild but I won't ask our gardener to come when we're not at home, under the circumstances.

Lotsa booms and sirens further away just after I drove in. Noise was combo of intercepted Hizballah drones and bombing north of the border. The latter has been pretty much non-stop since I've been here and continues as I type. Same with jet noise in the background.

Think I'll get some shuteye - in the secure room. Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 13, 2026 07:58 AM (5UTWB)

57 From what I have gathered, the new regime in Hungary will do a very abrupt about-face on all these issues
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Virginia > Hungary

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 13, 2026 07:59 AM (5UTWB)

58 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Monday.
Swalwell dropping out of the governors race leaves him as an ahole Congress critter. Have fun Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 13, 2026 07:59 AM (genhU)

59 OT: So, did Trump really put out an AI pic of him as Jesus...sigh...he always goes one step too far on his personal attacks...all anyone will talk about is the pic, and not the content, b/c the pic, especially at Easter of all times, is offensive.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 07:59 AM (tOcjL)

60 Iran's negotiators refused to satisfy America's demands Saturday in talks in Pakistan ...

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Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:01 AM (TbhYO)

61 Usha Vance Is Making Maternity Fashion Hot Again

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She looks utterly lovely. I'd actually forgotten she was pregnant.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 13, 2026 08:01 AM (qBdHI)

62 23 Question everything.
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Why?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:01 AM (Dv3i1)

63 60 Iran's negotiators refused to satisfy America's demands Saturday in talks in Pakistan ...

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Unexpectedly.
Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:01 AM (TbhYO

America's demands ? Like no nukes ? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 08:02 AM (TrNJ0)

64 Looking Ahead to Elections in Iran
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Bad link.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 13, 2026 08:02 AM (AlhUl)

65 Irish protesters speak to Rebel News, Canada:

https://tinyurl.com/2hbtwbey

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:03 AM (rZCVI)

66 Listening to PDJT's interview yesterday it seems clear he thinks the Iranian negotiators, whomever they are, are stuck on only one point: retaining the right to enrich uranium. Trump believes all the other points, whatever they may be, are satisfactorily resolved, and he seems pretty sure the last issue will be quickly resolved, which is why his latest gambit (closing the Straits) is relatively mild.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:03 AM (31WUl)

67 Be Wary of Iran’s Propaganda Machine
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Another bad link.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 13, 2026 08:03 AM (AlhUl)

68 Friend of mine has a son looking at colleges. One of them is Northeastern. His wife is flying with the boy to check thing out. Friend mentioned Oakland.

Me: "Please tell me you don't mean CA."
Him: "Yes."
Me: "I will lend your wife a gun."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:04 AM (RjOoY)

69 From the "Hits just keep on coming" department:

My sister-in-law's mom passed away at their home last night. She had just got moved from a rehab facility on Friday into their place under hospice care.

Wife texted me and let me know, then I reached out to see if I needed to come up there. SiL said no, but about 10 minutes later, my brother called and said she was gone.

I can't even.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:04 AM (Zz0t1)

70 in context - professor papa has been reaming PDJT on social media - that post is funny.

I think it is. it's clearly meant in jest, and after the back and forth between them.

and to imply that Chicago asshat thinks HE is Christ incarnate.

the RCC is a total corrupt mess. still my Church. I want it to survive these criminals that run it. it's not like this hasn't happened before. but things are pretty bad. very corrupt.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:04 AM (j+aD2)

71 I'm foreseeing a lot of "cultural change" coming Hungary's way. Hope they're ready for it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 13, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)

72 Whoever's calling the shots in Iran wasted yet another chance for peace over the weekend, and now President Donald Trump will again call Tehran's bluff.

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Send in the robot dogs of war!

And hundreds of thousands of Amazon Drone Home Delivery of firearms and ammo to the "dissidents" ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:05 AM (TbhYO)

73 68 Friend of mine has a son looking at colleges. One of them is Northeastern. His wife is flying with the boy to check thing out. Friend mentioned Oakland.

nothing really wrong with northeastern but it's like just being in Boston. no campus really.

it also plays games with admissions to get higher rankings

and is crazy expensive

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:05 AM (j+aD2)

74 24 France and the UK are setting up a commission to develop a plan to assist in keeping the Strait open.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 07:44 AM (yAteE)

Actually I think they’re setting up a commission to decide who will supply the coffee and pastries for the meeting of their representatives who will start to talk about setting up a commission to discuss Hormuz.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 08:05 AM (tgZLi)

75
America's demands ? Like no nukes ? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 08:02 AM (TrNJ0)

1. You cannot possess or seek to obtain nuclear weapons.

2. You need to stop murdering innocent civilians because they're protesting your brutal, murderous regime.

3. You cannot control the Strait with an iron fist and extort the countries needing passage.

Seems pretty straight forward. "Stop being a DICK!!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:06 AM (Zz0t1)

76 3. You cannot control the Strait with an iron fist and extort the countries needing passage.

lol except the countries in question - well certain entities - love that part bc they can kickbacks

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (j+aD2)

77 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)

78 sorry they GET kickbacks

I injured a finger yesterday gardening so my posting will be even worse than usual

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (j+aD2)

79 I think Hungarians were looking for an alternative to Orban after 16 years. When a young politician comes by promising to get the EU off their backs, release billions in Euros they were withholding and somehow do this without bringing in the hordes of 3rd world immigrants, they believed him. They'll get the money, they'll get EU praise, but they were lied to, they'll also get filthy criminals, censorship, trannies and groomers. Like, say, New York City!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (Dv3i1)

80 They assumed America would be help captive by conventional wisdom; our president proved them wrong.

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"Miss us yet?"

-- Carter, Bush, Clinton, Shrub, DogEater, & The AutoPen Empire

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (TbhYO)

81 Turning Point USA�s �Frontlines� reporter Savanah Hernandez posted multiple videos of mob members opposed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Minneapolis area seemingly attacking her Saturday.
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Hernandez says she has learned the three prominent attackers, the bald man, the fat middle aged woman, and a younger woman who physically attacked Hernandez, are husband, wife, and daughter, claiming to be of Iranian ancestry.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (31WUl)

82 I feel like a speed bag being used to train for a prize fight.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (Zz0t1)

83 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:04 AM (Zz0t1)

Sorry, Sponge. How far would you have to go to get up there?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (rZCVI)

84 and is crazy expensive
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Yeah. It's about 90K a year. He and his wife are trying to gently discourage him from going there. This being me, I said "Can I talk to him about the GI Bill and how it can help him?" -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (RjOoY)

85 Hernandez says she has learned the three prominent attackers, the bald man, the fat middle aged woman, and a younger woman who physically attacked Hernandez, are husband, wife, and daughter, claiming to be of Iranian ancestry.

probably the mom with the weird name. the dad is a Ukrainian american

daughter plays soccer at some college up there. she needs to lose any scholarship she has. and all three need to go to jail.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:09 AM (j+aD2)

86 When the media turns on a Dem, you have to ask yourself: "how does this benefit the Dems?"

John Nolte broke it down: (Swallwell's) sacrifice will break the three-way tie between the three top Democrats — Swalwell, Katie Porter, and Tom Steyer — and once Swalwell’s 15 percent support moves to the other two, one or both is certain to go on to compete in the general election, which practically ensures Democrats hold onto California’s governor’s seat.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (gtcuf)

87 As for Global Carbon and Golden Green, the two companies who actually held the carbon credits, these were little more than convenient sockpuppets. The former started life in 2020 masquerading as the “Pereira and Silva Haberdashery Store,” before a few changes in name and address heralded the birth of Global Carbon.

Carbon Credits was a ripoff from day 1.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (/+uur)

88 My sister-in-law's mom passed away at their home last night"

There's been too much of that lately... prayer.

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (XuXeR)

89 LET'S GO BRANDON!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-HereComeTheDRUMS
https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-DawnOfTheIceKING
https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-ShadowOfTheIceKING
https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-PrezLibraryCameo

https://iran.liveuamap.com/

And no one will miss him after he's gone either.

HUNTER BIDEN Flees US -- One NepoLIB's fail.
https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-nepoLIBsAWAY
...It comes as Hunter challenged his arch-enemy to a CAGE FIGHT in an astonishing video.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (nRs28)

90 CBD went to college in Oakland, ask him.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (RIvkX)

91 one or both is certain to go on to compete in the general election, which practically ensures Democrats hold onto California’s governor’s seat.

even if it's Porter?!?!?

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (j+aD2)

92 > Hernandez says she has learned the three prominent attackers, the bald man, the fat middle aged woman, and a younger woman who physically attacked Hernandez, are husband, wife, and daughter, claiming to be of Iranian ancestry.
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A decade ago I would have laughed at the insanity of such a statement.

Now.... it's par for the course.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (AkEZC)

93 The Straight of Hormuz isn't.

Posted by: And it's singular, not plural at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)

94 I injured a finger yesterday gardening so my posting will be even worse than usual

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (j+aD2)

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Unpossible. ;-)

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (TbhYO)

95 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

96 UK and France confirm they won’t help with the blockade.

Basically because they are making side deals with Iran.

It’s time to cut the cord with those two Islamic caliphates.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (AydIQ)

97 Swallowswell...too morally sullied for the CA gubernatorial race, but by golly, he still qualifies for Congress! I recall Al Franken being kicked to Congress' curb for faaar less.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (qBdHI)

98 Today Is National Scrabble Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (NpAcC)

99 looking like the devils, rangers and the isles will miss the playoffs this year! heh

and the flyers might even squeak in

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (j+aD2)

100 The hypocrisy here is too much for me to handle.

Swallwell is too perverted to be governor but he is just OK for Congress? Dis.gust.ting.

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

101 The Straight of Hormuz isn't.

Posted by: And it's singular, not plural at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)

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"Why hasn't the homophobe Trump renamed it 'The Gay of Hormuz' yet? REEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (TbhYO)

102 Cardinals Robert McElroy, Jeffrey Tobin and Blase Cupich were interviewed on 60 minutes and made a good showing of what is wrong with the Catholic church in the US today. I can't wait for these guys to retire.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (Dv3i1)

103 Viktor Orban was widely seen in Hungary as a corrupt oligarch, seen partying on his yacht with his oligarch pals. Hungary had its own variation on the "train to nowhere" debacle, except in Hungary's case it was a functioning rail system that had been left to rot, with gobs of money funneled to various insiders that did nothing to upgrade/modernize/maintain the system.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (nJ/vH)

104 86 When the media turns on a Dem, you have to ask yourself: "how does this benefit the Dems?"

John Nolte broke it down: (Swallwell's) sacrifice will break the three-way tie between the three top Democrats — Swalwell, Katie Porter, and Tom Steyer — and once Swalwell’s 15 percent support moves to the other two, one or both is certain to go on to compete in the general election, which practically ensures Democrats hold onto California’s governor’s seat.
Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (gtcuf)

This, 100%. But since I think Steyer is funding this, I don't think he's done - he's gonna try to destroy Porter with her past next. He just had to start with the white guy 1st b/c that guy would take more of his votes than she would.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (tOcjL)

105 Trump called out Chicago Pope! Trump's right, of course, and besides, The Pope Smokes Dope!

Posted by: David Peel at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (oftw2)

106 Swallwell is too perverted to be governor but he is just OK for Congress? Dis.gust.ting.

Im sorry do we not have enough guys in there to expel him?!?!

maybe for once the Rs do something?

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (j+aD2)

107 Swalwell is but sacrificial chess piece in game of politics.

Posted by: Mongo at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM (wVcYX)

108 105 Trump called out Chicago Pope! Trump's right, of course, and besides, The Pope Smokes Dope!

I have to say, I love it.

screw that guy

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:14 AM (j+aD2)

109 I believe Iran is being forced to try to attack one or both of the US destroyers in the Straits now; although I don’t know if they have the capability left to even try.

If they don’t, then they will be exposed as now powerless fools who have nothing left; if they do then Trump will justified in seizing all of the islands in the straits and sending back the B-52’s. It will be interesting to see which path is taken.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 08:14 AM (tgZLi)

110 FWIW, I do chuckle at the morning's newz reports... oil was going thru? But we were told...

Anyway, everyone (seemingly) in shipping here has gone crazy. Think I'll have lunch tomorrow at the Monument Inn and watch the tankers go by...

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:14 AM (XuXeR)

111 Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:12 AM (j+aD2)

Meanwhile, The Sabres not only broke a record-setting 14-year playoff drought, they're very legit contenders. I'd like to see them win a Cup for Lindy Ruff before he retires. Oldest head coach in the league.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 08:14 AM (gtcuf)

112 The hypocrisy here is too much for me to handle.

Swallwell is too perverted to be governor but he is just OK for Congress? Dis.gust.ting.

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

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At least he's STILL not on The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) after having been knowingly honeypotted and sleeping with a ChiComm spy named Fang Fang (and likely with her sister Bang Bang).

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:15 AM (TbhYO)

113 Meanwhile, The Sabres not only broke a record-setting 14-year playoff drought, they're very legit contenders. I'd like to see them win a Cup for Lindy Ruff before he retires. Oldest head coach in the league.

I'll root for them! love Lindy

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:15 AM (j+aD2)

114 A bald man, the fat middle aged woman, and a younger woman walk into a bar...

Posted by: Stop me if you've heard it at April 13, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)

115 Birdbath Status:

So I cleaned the birdbath (those things get impossibly dirty in about 36 hours after washing out) I have in the back yard and filled it up with clean water last evening. It wasn't long when I saw Mr. Robin just standing in the middle of it. It wasn't long before he was dipping, splashing, flapping, and spraying water around for several minutes. It really looked like he was enjoying himself.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 08:15 AM (DgMqy)

116 Sorry, Sponge. How far would you have to go to get up there?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:08 AM (rZCVI)

It's a 45 minute drive, at most, from my house.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

117 UK and France confirm they won’t help with the blockade."

"Won't "

Ok, that's funny right there

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:16 AM (XuXeR)

118
I injured a finger yesterday gardening so my posting will be even worse than usual
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:07 AM (j+aD2)

There has to be a funny story behind this.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

119 Joanna and I could make a living running the Stratford Inn in Vermont in the 80s. Couldn't be done now. Larry, Darryl, and Darryl all got on meth since then. The whole state is a hellscape!

Posted by: Dick Loudon at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (oftw2)

120 Swallwell is too perverted to be governor but he is just OK for Congress? Dis.gust.ting.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

No hypocrisy they all are the same Swallwell was in the way But too stupid to know it.

Posted by: braenyard at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (AIm4E)

121 There has to be a funny story behind this.......

no I'm just dumb and didn't wear gloves! and it was cold enough yesterday that my hands were numb and I didn't even realize I cut my finger pretty badly

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (j+aD2)

122 ChiComm spy named Fang Fang (and likely with her sister Bang Bang).

If she won't do it then her sister will?

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR)

123 85 daughter plays soccer at some college up there. she needs to lose any scholarship she has. and all three need to go to jail.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:09 AM (j+aD2)

Shattuck St. Mary's is a high school.

Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 08:18 AM (iXqHn)

124 Joanna and I could make a living running the Stratford Inn in Vermont in the 80s. Couldn't be done now. Larry, Darryl, and Darryl all got on meth since then. The whole state is a hellscape!
Posted by: Dick Loudon at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (oftw2)

Maybe it's all just a bad dream.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 13, 2026 08:18 AM (wVcYX)

125 Shattuck St. Mary's is a high school.

she graduated and is in college now

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:18 AM (j+aD2)

126 Viktor Orban was widely seen in Hungary as a corrupt oligarch, seen partying on his yacht with his oligarch pals.

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That's a shame. I really knew nothing about him other than he wasn't on a cultural suicide mission to destroy Hungary like the rest of Europe, minus Poland.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 13, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

127 100 The hypocrisy here is too much for me to handle.

Swallwell is too perverted to be governor but he is just OK for Congress? Dis.gust.ting.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:13 AM
+++++

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at April 13, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)

128 There's been too much of that lately... prayer.
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:10 AM (XuXeR)

Yeah, the last few years have taken their toll.

Mom, Dad, FiL, now SiL's mom. The only family I really have contact with is an uncle. Sure, there's cousins, but all the older relatives I knew are gone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:19 AM (Zz0t1)

129 and/or that's where she was recruited to play

likely St Marys recruited her too bc I cannot see how the dad - raising geckos?!?! - could afford Shattuck St Marys tuition

but am pretty sure she graduated

kids from her HS say she was a monster - really nuts and a mean girl

my surprise was her boyfriend (a Marine?!?) bc usually soccer girls are not into guys lol. esp ones that look like her, she's a truck

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:20 AM (j+aD2)

130 The whole state is a hellscape!
Posted by: Dick Loudon"

That's it. No Japanese food before you go to bed

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:20 AM (XuXeR)

131 Trump blasts Pope Leo after pontiff's veiled jabs over Iran war, immigration

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How many pro-Islamicist Popes have we had now?

/rhetorical, as the answer should be -- but is not -- ZERO

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:20 AM (TbhYO)

132 no I'm just dumb and didn't wear gloves! and it was cold enough yesterday that my hands were numb and I didn't even realize I cut my finger pretty badly
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (j+aD2)

No, that's not how you do it.

"Yeah, sure. I'm bleeding, but you should see that red tip photinia!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

133 >124 Joanna and I could make a living running the Stratford Inn in Vermont in the 80s. Couldn't be done now. Larry, Darryl, and Darryl all got on meth since then. The whole state is a hellscape!
Posted by: Dick Loudon at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (oftw2)

Maybe it's all just a bad dream.
----
That's Ok, Bob.
I can make you forget all about it.

Posted by: Suzanne Pleshette at April 13, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)

134 yeah sponge Im starting to rethink the roses lol

but at least deer don't eat them

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:21 AM (j+aD2)

135 Orion capsule has been condemned by the Health Department. Will be scrapped and turned into Samsung refrigerators.

Posted by: Big Barrel Of Shit at April 13, 2026 08:22 AM (oftw2)

136 yeah sponge Im starting to rethink the roses lol

but at least deer don't eat them
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:21 AM (j+aD2)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

137 ChiComm spy named Fang Fang (and likely with her sister Bang Bang).

If she won't do it then her sister will?
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR)

Which one wears the funky pink and black socks?

Posted by: El Loco (1981) at April 13, 2026 08:22 AM (wVcYX)

138 Yeah, the last few years have taken their toll"

Same. Our extended family reunion could now fill... an SUV, and three of that number are in poor condition....

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:23 AM (XuXeR)

139 There is a way to reveal the obvious bias of the pope, and hypocrisy of his selective musings and invocation of the Gospels.

It isn’t posting pictures of yourself as the savior and bleating self ingratiating rants.

It’s easily done, if you take the thought and time to make your argument. But, alas.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 13, 2026 08:23 AM (Kkd7+)

140 Fen's Rebel News clip is interesting, but I'd hope they add captioning. I have a hard time understanding the accent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:23 AM (IYA3L)

141 Speaking of the Orion capsule.........

Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show?

I don't remember it taking almost 2 hours to get the astronauts out of the capsule in the 70's. And why did they air lift them to the ship instead of just boating them as done back then?

Just seems like a massive waste of money at that point.

The whole "front porch" thing was silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

142 my surprise was her boyfriend (a Marine?!?) bc usually soccer girls are not into guys lol. esp ones that look like her, she's a truck

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 13, 2026 08:20 AM (j+aD2)

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When I was at Stanford in the mid-80s, I had a crush on a pretty, smart, and engaging woman with a fantastic sense of humor who was a member of their Softball Team (unfortunately, she had a boyfriend) who lived in the same dorm that I did.

One of my friends (although I never could or did verify) claimed that she was the ONLY non-Lesbian on the softball team that year.

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (TbhYO)

143 > UK and France confirm they won’t help with the blockade.
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The citizenry there might have a different opinion. Maybe. Doubt they'll do anything about it. Probably too busy trying to avoid getting raped or killed by their Muslim neighbors.

Without much fuel, England and Europe in general will be an interesting place this summer.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (AkEZC)

144 Usha Vance Is Making Maternity Fashion Hot Again

>>> Good luck *getting* it though! Stores like Wal-Mart and Target have tiny maternity sections, and specialty maternity stores have gone out of business or shrunk dramatically. And no, I can't just wear sweatpants and loose tshirts to places like church!

Posted by: pookysgirl, grumbling at change at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (Wt5PA)

145
*sings*

Diamond are foreverrrrrr!

*cough cough cough*

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (iJfKG)

146 Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:23 AM (IYA3L)

Yes, it was a little hard to tell understand some of it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:25 AM (Nx5jP)

147 "When allegations emerge just in time to sideline a candidate, it doesn’t mean the party takes sexual harassment seriously. It means it covers up sexual harassment and even sexual assault until it’s politically useful."

I believe the Democrats and the MSM have known about this for a long time and planned to keep it under wraps forever.
It wasn't until they realized that 2 Republicans might be their choices for governor that they decided they needed to reduce the pack and decided to let the dirt come on Swalwell.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

148
One of my friends (although I never could or did verify) claimed that she was the ONLY non-Lesbian on the softball team that year.
Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (TbhYO)

There used to be a rule of thumb on the softball field. Have a bud who's daughter played D2 ball. She said that if they wore a ribbon in their hair on the field during a game, they were straight.

Not sure that's the case now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

149 Looks like the UK and France are gonna pay our tolls then.

"somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!"

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 08:27 AM (gtcuf)

150 Speaking of the Orion capsule.........

Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show?

I don't remember it taking almost 2 hours to get the astronauts out of the capsule in the 70's. And why did they air lift them to the ship instead of just boating them as done back then?

Just seems like a massive waste of money at that point.

The whole "front porch" thing was silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

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Nailed it.

I was just telling the wifey: last time I watched a SpaceX spashdown, they hoisted the entire capsule and dropped it on the retrieval ship -- from which they proceeded to remove each astronaut.

I'm watching this recent shitshow, and I'm like "Why the fuck are they removing the astronauts and flying them by helicopter one-by-one to the ship? Fucking idiocy ... but I expect no less from NASA (I honestly am thrilled and surprised that they didn't screw the DEI Pooch on this mission).

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:27 AM (TbhYO)

151 Barely any of Rep. Eric Swalwell's fellow elected California Democrats have called for him to resign his Congressional seat though some said he should drop out of the state's gubernatorial race after multiple women accused him of sexual assault Friday.

Swalwell should be in prison for espionage but I don't believe these allegations. It's the standard Democrat playbook. Someone is running for office so we'll get a bunch of women to claim he touched their no-no squares an unspecified period of time in the past when they couldn't be bothered to do anything about it.

If it takes supporting Swalwell in this moment to prevent the Democrats from having a Gubernatorial candidate on ballot this year, and - hopefully - helping end this tactic, I'm in support. Not financially, you understand, and I don't live in Cali but I'm totally in support.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

152
"somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!"
Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 08:27 AM (gtcuf)

Pencil neck geeks are a dime a dozen. I'm looking for the guy who's supplying the dimes.

Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassy at April 13, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

153 Just enjoying a mediterranean salad and wondering why it's more important to the Pope that the Orthodox Church accept the authority of the Bishop of Rome than it is for the muslims to accept Christ.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:28 AM (2ap+5)

154 I'm not necessarily in tune with the attitude of the Hungarian people but that they sent a true patriot and a staunch defender of western values, civilization and sanity packing is a head scratcher

16 years is a long time for one party to lead a government.

Generally though the sugar that gets leftwing parties elected is offering free shit. My guess would be they found just the pitch to make to get a victory here

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (sKqQm)

155 Trump is showing his business acumen. Take notes and buy oil/gas stock:

Trump liberates Venezuela and the American companies can go back to their legitimate business of developing oil and gas fields in Venezuela. Our petrochemical companies now have more oil to sell.

Trump invites the buys of Middle East oil to buy from the US.

Trump then closes the Straight of Hormuz.

Everyone will be coming to the US for oil now. Profit while you can. Buy some US oil/gas stocks because they are going to be flush with cash...

Posted by: The Sanhedrin at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (+9A0s)

156 Just enjoying a mediterranean salad and wondering why it's more important to the Pope that the Orthodox Church accept the authority of the Bishop of Rome than it is for the muslims to accept Christ.

If Orthodox Christians disagree with you they argue back.

If Muslims disagree with you they cut off your head

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (sKqQm)

157 Swalwell should be in prison for espionage but I don't believe these allegations. It's the standard Democrat playbook. Someone is running for office so we'll get a bunch of women to claim he touched their no-no squares an unspecified period of time in the past when they couldn't be bothered to do anything about it.

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Paging Gloria Allred, please pickup the white privilege courtesy phone ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (TbhYO)

158
God knows what you're doing...

https://tinyurl.com/yc7b7bj7

It's Science!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (iJfKG)

159 Listen, if he is good enough for Congress he is good enough for the sh*tpile that is Sacramento.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

160 Posted by: Marcus T at April 13, 2026 08:23 AM

Yes, sometimes Trump goes off half cocked like a high school kid. He should have reasoned things out in a post, but it ( the meme) didn't bother me all that much because I don't confuse Trump with Jesus whatever leftists think- nor does any other Christian here. Besides, it will all blow over with some new Trump thing by next week- leftists are all enraged about.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:30 AM (Nx5jP)

161 Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)
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Compared to the efficiency of a SpaceX recovery, where they hook up the capsule, haul it onto the recovery ship and quickly get astronauts out with a minimum of time wasted and effort, it did seem ridiculous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:30 AM (IYA3L)

162 Just enjoying a mediterranean salad and wondering why it's more important to the Pope that the Orthodox Church accept the authority of the Bishop of Rome than it is for the muslims to accept Christ.
Posted by: Oglebay

Noticed that, did ya?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 08:31 AM (cYBz/)

163 139 There is a way to reveal the obvious bias of the pope, and hypocrisy of his selective musings and invocation of the Gospels.

It isn’t posting pictures of yourself as the savior and bleating self ingratiating rants.

LET's GO BRANDON!
https://iran.liveuamap.com/

No one batted an eye when the Green Bat Prepared to take flight. Why so COFEFE?

https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-OneNation
https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-TheFrankenRabbit
https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-theOBAMANOMICON

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 13, 2026 08:31 AM (FS1Xl)

164 Viktor Orban was widely seen in Hungary as a corrupt oligarch, seen partying on his yacht with his oligarch pals.

Whereas the new guy will be a totally above board oligarch, partying with the globalists in Brussels and vowing to crush the Russian menace while importing millions of muslims.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

165 Many members of Trump’s cabinet have sought to infuse Christianity into their respective departments’ messaging. Few have gone as far as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has called for and led prayers inside the Pentagon and at wartime press conferences.

Am I missiing something?
The Pentagon Chapel offers regular Mass services. Here is a typical schedule:

Day Mass Time
Sunday 10:00 AM
Monday 12:00 PM
Tuesday 12:00 PM
Wednesday 12:00 PM
Thursday 12:00 PM
Friday 12:00 PM
Saturday 5:00 PM (Vigil)

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:32 AM (/+uur)

166 141 Speaking of the Orion capsule.........

Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show?

I don't remember it taking almost 2 hours to get the astronauts out of the capsule in the 70's. And why did they air lift them to the ship instead of just boating them as done back then?

Just seems like a massive waste of money at that point.

The whole "front porch" thing was silly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:24 AM
+++
The ship that picked them up is an LPD (Landing Platform Dock) that has a well deck designed to retrieve those Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs).
Seems it would have been faster and simpler than using the choppers. In fact, when they finally got them all into the "front porch" and cast off from the capsule they looked like shipwreck survivors in a lifeboat.

Posted by: Always Explain Your Acronyms at April 13, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

167 Everyone will be coming to the US for oil now. Profit while you can. Buy some US oil/gas stocks because they are going to be flush with cash...

Chevron is up 25% over the last 6 months AND they pay a significant dividend.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:32 AM (sKqQm)

168 Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show?

Posted by: Sponge

How many 10 mm sockets were lost in the ocean while trying to open the hatch?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 08:33 AM (cYBz/)

169 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at April 13, 2026 08:33 AM (53oGX)

170 Compared to the efficiency of a SpaceX recovery, where they hook up the capsule, haul it onto the recovery ship and quickly get astronauts out with a minimum of time wasted and effort, it did seem ridiculous.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:30 AM (IYA3L)

I asked why they just didn't do that. Go pluck that bitch once it cools off, put it on the deck and get em out one by one.

They took a relatively 'simple' thing and drug it out and spent as much $$$$ while telling me "this is AWESOME!!! HISTORIC!!!!" every 3 minutes.

I was embarrassed for America and her space program.

Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassy at April 13, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

171 Shit......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

172 I don't like it when Papa and POTUS bicker

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 08:33 AM (LmPA0)

173 If Orthodox Christians disagree with you they argue back.

If Muslims disagree with you they cut off your head
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (sKqQm)

Now do Trans vs. Free Speechers

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

174 The change is part of Philz's effort to create a more consistent, inclusive experience across all our stores, including removing a variety of flags and other decor, CEO Mahesh Sadarangani told the San Francisco Chronicle.

Hmmm... an American company with an Indian CEO. That's gotta be a first.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

175 The whole "front porch" thing was silly.
Posted by: Sponge

"On the Old Front Porch" was one of my hit songs. I sang both parts, the visiting suitor, and the young damsel.

Posted by: Tiny Tim at April 13, 2026 08:35 AM (oftw2)

176 Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show?"

It was. IMO, emblematic of NASA stupidity. Can't do the simple things.

FWIW, the Apollo 13 recovery is on YouTube....

Compare and contrast

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:35 AM (XuXeR)

177
If Muslims disagree with you they cut off your head
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:29 AM (sKqQm)

Now do Trans vs. Free Speechers
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

muslhams behead. Trannies shoot up schools.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

178 Iran Nominated to Head UN Terrorism Prevention Group
I hope they also head the Womens Rights Group

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)

179 I can always tell who is a lesbo in the locker room.

They wear underwear with dick holes in 'em.

Posted by: Caitlin Clark at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (CRbC4)

180 > Is it just me, or did that cluster of a recovery look like a damn clown show?
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Everyone involved was being paid by the hour?

In all honesty it probably was to mitigate a potential PR disaster had something gone horribly wrong. Each astronaut gets a briefing on what "the story" will be. Especially when questions about the space toilet come up.

But it was/is typical government operations when the cameras are rolling. Everyone get's a closeup.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (AkEZC)

181 I put Things The Pope says in the compartment with The Things That Trump Says, and The Things That Aaron Rodgers says.

They spout off stupid stuff so it doesn't make any sense to hang on their every word.

However, when the Pope's obvious political bent makes him say things that are theologically wrong, that's another level of problem, and he should be challenged/criticized.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (DgMqy)

182 >>> Good luck *getting* it though! Stores like Wal-Mart and Target have tiny maternity sections, and specialty maternity stores have gone out of business or shrunk dramatically. And no, I can't just wear sweatpants and loose tshirts to places like church!
Posted by: pookysgirl,

Yeah, Target recently stopped selling maternity clothes in store

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 08:37 AM (LmPA0)

183 Rendee to Ceasar...something something...

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:38 AM (XuXeR)

184 Viktor Orban was widely seen in Hungary as a corrupt oligarch, seen partying on his yacht with his oligarch pals.

Whereas the new guy will be a totally above board oligarch, partying with the globalists in Brussels and vowing to crush the Russian menace while importing millions of muslims.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

Unbelievably frustrating to see the disaster unfold and to know otherwise good decent Hungarian people were tricked into wanting'change'. Add 'hope' and you have America in 2008.
DIL is Hungarian. Brilliant woman and even she fell for the bullshit. Most people are not political junkies and are very susceptible to A colour revolution....

Hungary is about to get The Mandami Experience.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at April 13, 2026 08:38 AM (B9Wi8)

185 Besides, it will all blow over with some new Trump thing by next week

OK, that was a laugh that I needed. Thanks, Fen!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (RjOoY)

186 "OK, Erik, here's the plan. You give up the gov race but stay here. No more committees, and you have to move to one of the basement offices. Just keep quiet until next year and all this shit will blow over. Oh, yeah, you're still lined up for that senior fellow no show bullshit job in 2030. Good man, taking one for the team. But please, shave. You look like a bum."

A DNC handler/enforcer

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (gm9Sb)

187 OK, well, you wanted a better relationship with the EU.

Now you'll get it.

Sucks to be you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (BI5O2)

188 So, apparently some prominent youtubers who are vocal about Iranian Islamic regime atrocities, antisemitism, and so forth, are now being mass taken down for some flippant nonexistent reason. Youtube outsources its shitty services to Phakis and other sharia malcontents, and they are now running the show, dictating sharia to American company apparently. Neal Mohan's stupid ass needs to be dragged in front of Congress so he can explain why an American company is groomed for Sharia and Islamism.

Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (GD0B3)

189 It appears Hillary is attacking the Catholic Church also.
_____

Hillary Clinton mocks Trump, GOP traditional family policy as ‘brain-dead,’ rooted in ‘misogyny’

‘Their answer is too often nostalgia and misogyny: If we could turn back the clock to a time when women didn’t work (and knew their place), the economy would thrive, and families would flourish,’ the failed presidential candidate wrote.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (Dv3i1)

190 Is he still seated in Congress?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)

Yes. I don't know if Cali allows people to be on the ballot for both Governor and Congress so I don't know if he's out in January or not.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (ExV1e)

191 �

Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (cS13u)

192 I can always tell who is a lesbo in the locker room.

They wear underwear with dick holes in 'em.
Posted by: Caitlin Clark at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (CRbC4)

LOL.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

193 Iran Nominated to Head UN Terrorism Prevention Group
I hope they also head the Womens Rights Group

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)

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Please tell me there's a UN Free To Fly Homo Group.

Lie to me if you must ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (TbhYO)

194 Yeah, Target recently stopped selling maternity clothes in store"

Any "pride/trans" stuff?

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (XuXeR)

195 Phakistan is such a trash can, geez.

Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (GD0B3)

196 I am glad that Swalwell is getting a big taste of Karma.
He had so many plans to destroy Trump and MAGA.
When this is over he won't be able to get a job on MSNOW or working as a Walmart greeter.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

197 �

Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 08:39 AM (cS13u)

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Thread Winner!

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (TbhYO)

198 >> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 08:30 AM (Nx5jP)

There is no confusion nor juxtaposition with who Jesus is. But I would never represent myself or anyone else as being on that level. Not Trump. Not any man. Especially as some sort of snarky argument. It’s not even a close call. And BTW it’s hard to argue with the substance of the Pope’s central argument which is that Jesus was a pacifist- and you know better than most there is a meaty argument to be made for that.

That said, the Pope seems hopelessly biased. His statements are selective and seemingly targeted at people who are conservative. There is nothing from the papacy about the anti life platform of Democrats. No clear statement when he meets with people like Axelrod who supports abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality and most of the Catholic beliefs. It’s all about Trump, which reveals his true human bias- and frankly people are sick of it.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (Kkd7+)

199 Ok I did 60s of research on the Hungarian opposition guy.

He's a "moderate conservative" who came to power because he secretly taped his wife talking about some scandal that the ruling party had been involved with.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (sKqQm)

200 I am glad that Swalwell is getting a big taste of Karma.
He had so many plans to destroy Trump and MAGA.
When this is over he won't be able to get a job on MSNOW or working as a Walmart greeter.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

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He'll get a multi-million dollar job as The Fifth Hag on "The View."

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:41 AM (TbhYO)

201 I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy, businesses’ bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.
======================
Keir Starmer is a retard. If he truly wants to increase British influence on world events, he would do something, anything at all, to build up that influence, but he just whines in public and stamps his foot like a teenaged bitch.

Start posting dance protests on TikTok, Two-Tier. That'll get you further.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:41 AM (IYA3L)

202 "If we could turn back the clock to a time when women didn’t work (and knew their place)"

Ah yes. It's oppressive for a woman to have a husband telling her what to do but liberating for her to have a male boss telling her what to do. And it's soooo much more fulfilling.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:42 AM (RjOoY)

203 Any "pride/trans" stuff?
Posted by: man

Not locally, actually
Either there was none during pride month or they hid them in the back
Target seems to be desperate to only stock stuff that actually sells now
It's sad about maternity clothes because that tells me there's not enough babies in the middle class demographic

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 08:42 AM (LmPA0)

204 I wonder what Miklos thinks about the Hungarian election.

Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:42 AM (GD0B3)

205 Today's � is a traffic sign test for all illiterate foreign truck drivers to pass/fail. We all know what it means. They do not.

Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 08:43 AM (5rh/l)

206 Ok, so just what is the objective criteria that establishes someone to be classified as a "prominent YouTuber?'

A hundred thousand views?
A million views?
A Brazilion?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 08:43 AM (2Ez/1)

207 The current Pope is heavily political.

Rather then the Vicar of Christ and leader of the *CATHOLIC* Church he sees his job as little different then Macron or Starmer

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm)

208 204 I seem to recall that Miklos was not an Orban fan.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ)

209 206 Ok, so just what is the objective criteria that establishes someone to be classified as a "prominent YouTuber?'
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I have a prominent tuber.

Posted by: Brian "Potato" Stelter, sex machine at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (Dv3i1)

210 Ok, so just what is the objective criteria that establishes someone to be classified as a "prominent YouTuber?'

A hundred thousand views?
A million views?
A Brazilion?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 08:43 AM (2Ez/1)

That always cracks me up. Where I would imagine amassing a million views of some shit you posted on the internet is a big deal to you, there's 8 billion people on this planet.

I'm supposed to be impressed you got .00001% of society to watch your video?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

211 It's sad about maternity clothes because that tells me there's not enough babies in the middle class demographic"

Indeed. OTOH, our local wally world has drastically expanded the infant supply section, and two of the neighbor ladies and mom's nurse are very pregnant...

Hope it's not the water...

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

212 Iran's chief executioner's (Chief of "Judiciary") name is ...Golum. No joke. "Gholam" in Persian.

Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (GD0B3)

213 I don't know who Sabrina Carpenter is or her meme.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 07:57 AM (rZCVI)

A pop singer whose videos always include imagery of killing men. She offended a muslim and apologized over it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

214 I'm supposed to be impressed you got .00001% of society to watch your video?"

For free...

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (XuXeR)

215 I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy, businesses’ bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.

It is comical how the left flips from

A) Of course the cost of energy has to go up, we have to save the Earth! That's why we are committing to taxing and regulating the primary sources of energy most Americans use

B) Oh no energy prices are up temporarily due to some global incident. This is unacceptable!

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)

216 The current Pope is heavily political.

Rather then the Vicar of Christ and leader of the *CATHOLIC* Church he sees his job as little different then Macron or Starmer
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm)

This Pope sucks. Just like the last Pope. The only Pope that was worth a shit in recent times was Benedict and they ran his ass off because he wasn't 'for the queers.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

217 I think Trump was trolling the Pope

Posted by: braenyard at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (AIm4E)

218 I am glad that Swalwell is getting a big taste of Karma.
He had so many plans to destroy Trump and MAGA.
When this is over he won't be able to get a job on MSNOW or working as a Walmart greeter.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

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"That would be 'Up The Butt, Bob!'"

/obligatory Dating Game reference

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (TbhYO)

219 I understand the problems with Orban. That said, the alternative here was a guy who was selling a move toward Brussels.

He said "Orban is very corrupt, but he won't turn this into an Arab country like I will," and that message worked... somehow.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2)

220 I seem to recall that Miklos was not an Orban fan.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ)

My recollection also. Corruption I believe.

Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)

221 Joanna Loudon was famous for wearing nice sweaters on Newhart in the 80s. Her only real competition was Dave Ruprecht, the host of Supermarket Sweep.

Posted by: Bring Back The 80s! at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (oftw2)

222 Iran's chief executioner's (Chief of "Judiciary") name is ...Golum"

My precious?

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

223
A pop singer whose videos always include imagery of killing men. She offended a muslim and apologized over it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

May she feel the full brunt of the muslham fandom in the near future.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

224 Sabrina Carpenter is a poptart who can't sing but has become popular because she's very sexual.

Think a new younger Madonna but with autotune instead of Madonna's limited singing talent

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)

225 I wonder what Miklos thinks about the Hungarian election.
Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:42 AM (GD0B3)

He very much dislikes Orban.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 08:48 AM (BI5O2)

226 "That would be 'Up The Butt, Bob!'"

/obligatory Dating Game reference
Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (TbhYO)

"Where's the strangest place you've had sex?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

227 "That would be 'Up The Butt, Bob!'"

/obligatory Dating Game reference
Posted by: ShainS

That's a Newlywed Game reference.

Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2)

228 The U.S. fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded, according to fresh data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 3.6M babies were born in the U.S. in 2025, translating into 53 births for every 1,000 women of reproductive age. That's nearly 20% lower than it was two decades ago, with half of all American women now reaching the age of 30 without becoming mothers. (via Seeking Alpha)
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I know zero young women having kids in their 20's. All of them are waiting until their 30's.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (hMRgj)

229 221 Yeah, Mary Frann filled out sweaters very well.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (77rzZ)

230 13 Question marks. So many question marks.
Posted by: Delurker

Who would place so many questions marks? Why? To disrupt the free exchange of information? Who would benefit from that, and how do we blame the Jews? I'm just asking questions here.

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (JCZqz)

231 He said "Orban is very corrupt, but he won't turn this into an Arab country like I will," and that message worked... somehow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

But that wasn't his message. It was "Orban is corrupt, I will get the money it is holding back from us, but I won't allow mass immigration". Hungarians liked that message because it is what they wanted to hear. The trick is on them though because they will get mass immigration.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (Dv3i1)

232 Yeah, Mary Frann filled out sweaters very well.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (77rzZ)

This is why boobs are sometimes referred to as "sweater puppies."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

233 The U.S. fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded,

And the cat population has tripled....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (TrNJ0)

234 The Chicago Way Pope

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX)

235 “If a Government can’t protect citizens and their property against violence, vandalism, and theft, there is little point in having a government at all.”

Taxes, welfare, Obamacare, food stamps, EBT, Abortion, Medicaid, Medicare, SS, voter fraud, teachers unions, gas taxes, and illegal immigrations seem to be the Point of Current Big Govt.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (/+uur)

236
And the cat population has tripled....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (TrNJ0)

Pikers.

Posted by: Feral Hogs at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

237 A pop singer whose videos always include imagery of killing men"

So, another Disney product?

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR)

238 I know zero young women having kids in their 20's. All of them are waiting until their 30's.

Most young women believe they need to:

1) First get "established" in their career
2) Then find Mr Right
3) Then save money

That means you will be waiting until your 30s to have kids...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (sKqQm)

239 229 221 Yeah, Mary Frann filled out sweaters very well.
Posted by: Bulg

Ha! Knew I could get you to come out of the woodwork!

Posted by: Bulg Fan at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (oftw2)

240 The Straight of Hormuz isn't.
Posted by: And it's singular, not plural at April 13, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)

It's also not spelled that way.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

241 232 Didn’t Ace have a saying, “A sweater full of mischief?”

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ)

242 Didn’t Ace have a saying, “A sweater full of mischief?”
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (77rzZ)

He's not wrong.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

243 The U.S. fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded,"

Oh no! We must admit millions of immigrants because something!

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)

244 I honestly don't think Swalwell has to worry about where his next paycheck will come from. In certain leftist circles he's a hero for being what he is.

It's rare for the political apparatus to disown one of their soldiers... regardless which affiliation they have or pin they wear on a lapel.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (AkEZC)

245 My interest in Eastern Europe declined quite a bit when Judit Varga resigned as Hungary's Minister of Justice and Kaja Kallas was revealed to be an EU stooge.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (2ap+5)

246
It's also not spelled that way.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

The Gay of Hormuz?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

247 Common Dreams: Iran’s Top Diplomat Says Trump Team Sabotaged Talks With Deal ‘Inches Away’
The Trump administration...set down numerous “red lines” during the Islamabad talks this past weekend, including demanding that Iran end all uranium enrichment—which Iran has a right to conduct under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons—and dismantle its major nuclear energy facilities.

After the single day of talks faltered, Trump announced a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, an illegal act of war that critics warned could plunge the two sides into a deeper conflict.

US Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said in an interview on Sunday that American lawmakers “need to do whatever we can to get [Trump] out” of office, calling the president’s war on Iran “illegal,” “a war crime,” “immoral,” and disastrous for the American public.

“Impeachment, invoke the 25th Amendment, push for him to resign, whatever it is,” Jayapal told MS NOW. “This is so grave of a situation.”

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (JCZqz)

248 This Pope sucks. Just like the last Pope. The only Pope that was worth a shit in recent times was Benedict and they ran his ass off because he wasn't 'for the queers.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

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Ah, the good ol' "Gay" or "Velvet" Mafia of Cardinals (high-ranking gay clergy within the Vatican) that ran off and caused Pope Benedict to "retire" early owing to their underground gay network involved in sex parties, blackmail, and financial misconduct tied to the Vatican Bank.

Old & Busted: The Deep State.
New Hotness: The Deep Mate.

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (TbhYO)

249 "Although few people saw the present brouhaha coming, Ireland makes a natural ground zero in the war between Big Government globalists (aka, the international rules-based order club of World Economic Forum totalitarians)"

I saw this coming. It's a war between Dublin and the rural hobbits and it's been brewing for a long time. It's not just about fuel prices.

It's similar to our own divide between our Leftist wannabee overlords and the rest of us.

Once you piss them off enough, the Irish hobbits don't back down

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (dtajH)

250 Then find Mr Right"

The Paolo, he dresses left...

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)

251 That means you will be waiting until your 30s to have kids...
Posted by: 18-1

And by then, the guys their age are marrying the younger women. Sadly a lot of ladies need to learn that fertility is not forever and waiting that long causes problems.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (RjOoY)

252 For some reason, probably genetic, it's very difficult for me to trust an Irishman.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (2ap+5)

253 yep, pro IRGC supporters to whom Youtube outsourced moderation are banning accounts mocking the regime too. Nice going. inbreds think they will get away with it.

Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (GD0B3)

254 So, we’re not gonna allow anyone to trans the Straight of Hormuz?

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (77rzZ)

255 Her only real competition was Dave Ruprecht, the host of Supermarket Sweep.
Posted by: Bring Back The 80s! at April 13, 2026 08:47 AM (oftw2)
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Ruprecht? A great character.

https://tinyurl.com/Ruprecht-1

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (p5Yig)

256 Once you piss them off enough, the Irish hobbits don't back down"

Ohhhh. Scared....said none.

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)

257 And by then, the guys their age are marrying the younger women. Sadly a lot of ladies need to learn that fertility is not forever and waiting that long causes problems.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (RjOoY)

This is already happening. Younger women are looking for older men because men their age suck and don't know how to treat and please a woman. Those woman know who can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

258 Taxes, welfare, Obamacare, food stamps, EBT, Abortion, Medicaid, Medicare, SS, voter fraud, teachers unions, gas taxes, and illegal immigrations seem to be the Point of Current Big Govt.

In the old days the right would raise the corruption inherent in government spending and the left would argue that the right just hated black or poor Americans. LIVs would usually tune out because hey, *I* could need government aid at some point!

I suspect now that a substantial percentage of government spending is going to illegals, refugees, and legal immigrants there is a possibility here for the right to hammer how these programs are no longer there for Americans. Trump's people some times make this argument but not usually the GOP...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (sKqQm)

259 Ruprecht? A great character.

https://tinyurl.com/Ruprecht-1
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (p5Yig)

Ruprecht loves to run.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

260 Taxes, welfare, Obamacare, food stamps, EBT, Abortion, Medicaid, Medicare, SS, voter fraud, teachers unions, gas taxes, and illegal immigrations seem to be the Point of Current Big Govt.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (/+uur)

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Collectivism by any other name would smell as foul ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (TbhYO)

261 For some reason, probably genetic, it's very difficult for me to trust an Irishman.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (2ap+5)
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I was having a Guinness last night at the Irish pub in my neighborhood and yes two old drunk Irish dudes got into it. One guy got taken down by his wife wrapping her arm around his neck. What fun!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX)

262 It's sad about maternity clothes because that tells me there's not enough babies in the middle class demographic

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 08:42 AM (LmPA0)

What was in the "maternity" section wasn't stuff you could wear past the second month, or was in very-much-not-white-people colors. At least, that was my experience two years ago. It's why I was so happy finding my 14-year-old maternity clothes recently in the attic. Our thrift stores are pretty picked over, because people keep having babies here.

Posted by: pookysgirl, maternal at April 13, 2026 08:57 AM (Wt5PA)

263 207 The current Pope is heavily political.

Rather then the Vicar of Christ and leader of the *CATHOLIC* Church he sees his job as little different then Macron or Starmer
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm)

While this is true, 2 wrongs don't make a right. And Trump was very, very wrong last night. Someone should have stopped him from posting that pic. It's the kind of error that defines presidencies. Now, the story will be Trump doesn't want to be A King, he wants to be THE King, a literal God. And that if anything, the opposition underestimated his pride and his ego...and pride goeth before the fall...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 08:57 AM (tOcjL)

264 219 I understand the problems with Orban. That said, the alternative here was a guy who was selling a move toward Brussels.

He said "Orban is very corrupt, but he won't turn this into an Arab country like I will," and that message worked... somehow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026

Reports he beat up his wife, the minister of something. Seems like Hungary jumped from the pan to the fire.

Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (OoFl2)

265 Younger women are looking for older men because men their age suck and don't know how to treat and please a woman.

I think a lot of younger men do know how to treat a woman but the moment the ladies realize that those men don't make as much money that ends their interest.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (RjOoY)

266 The entitlement budget is larger than the military budget.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (yAteE)

267 Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0

Two years ago, Alexander "Xander" Kazanowski opened a small antique shop in Chicago.

Trans activists doxxed him and protested his business over his "wrongthink" social media posts. The store eventually closed.

https://tinyurl.com/5n7f5edb
Just weeks ago, while expecting his second child and raising a young daughter, he was bludgeoned to death outside a bar. Police are still searching for four suspects.

Another young father gone in a Democrat-run city where crime festers and certain "opinions" get you targeted.

His kids will grow up without him.

Chicago deserves better. When does accountability start?

Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)

268
Reports he beat up his wife, the minister of something. Seems like Hungary jumped from the pan to the fire.
Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (OoFl2)

As a kid, I always heard that saying as "out of the frying pan, into the frier."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

269 Younger men: duh, what's a woman?

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (2ap+5)

270 @235. Medicare I pay for. SS I paid into since I was 16 yrs old.
Don't act like I'm getting anything for free. I'm not.

Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (pvf3X)

271 But that wasn't his message. It was "Orban is corrupt, I will get the money it is holding back from us, but I won't allow mass immigration".

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Of course he said that. But nobody could possibly believe that. The price of friendship with Brussels is submission to Islam, period. You'd have to be willfully ignoring everything about the EU to believe that bullshit.

Hungarians know that - they are just willing to sell their country to Arabs for a fistful of German nickels.

Oh well, that's a them problem. I'll just laugh as it happens to them. Unlike most EU countries, they didn't get rooked into what's happening - they asked for it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (BI5O2)

272 I remember an episode of the Whatever podcast where declining fertility starting in your late 20s was brought up by a male guest.

The mostly early 20 something female guests all said he was wrong. So the host asked what they were basing their view on and the answer was that some 40 year old female celebrity had just given surprise birth to a healthy baby

I know this is the stereotype about young woman...but this was a perfect example of dismissing facts that are generally true because you can come up with a counter-ancedote

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (sKqQm)

273 OTOH, our local wally world has drastically expanded the infant supply section, and two of the neighbor ladies and mom's nurse are very pregnant...

Hope it's not the water...
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

Oh, our Wal-Mart and Target have huge baby sections, just tiny maternity sections.

Do people not know where babies come from anymore?

Posted by: pookysgirl knows it isn't a stork at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (Wt5PA)

274
Chicago deserves better. When does accountability start?

Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)

BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

275 "That would be 'Up The Butt, Bob!'"

/obligatory Dating Game reference
Posted by: ShainS

That's a Newlywed Game reference.
Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2)

We'll allow it for the Modern Dating scene. Like, Groovy and all like that, man.

Posted by: The Panel of Judges at April 13, 2026 09:00 AM (wVcYX)

276 Federal authorities are now probing Rep. Eric Swalwell over allegations tied to his use of campaign funds and employment of a nanny without valid work authorization, opening a new front in a rapidly widening crisis that is no longer confined to misconduct claims.
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Swallwell's life personifies a can of worms. But he's no different than Katie Porter, whose life is similarly nutso.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 09:00 AM (p5Yig)

277 I hate to drag down a serious discussion with tomfoolery; but this weekend Candace accused Erica Kirk of conspiring with the JOOS to make a volcano explode in Japan. Candace knows it’s true because she had a dream about it.

You might think I’m making that up. I’m not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 09:00 AM (tgZLi)

278 Please pray for Pope Leo, that the Holy Spirit may guide him in leading his flock with wisdom and courage.
Please pray for President Trump, that the Lord may strengthen him and also grant him wisdom.
Please pray for the infidels, and the Left, that God will open their eyes and soften their hearts and lead them to repentance.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 09:01 AM (LmPA0)

279 You might think I’m making that up.

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I did think that, yes!

Posted by: runner at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)

280 276 Federal authorities are now probing Rep. Eric Swalwell

Jokes on them, he's into that s***.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (2ap+5)

281 When a Joo sneezes in Israel, a volcano explodes in Japan.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (gtcuf)

282 Swallwell's life personifies a can of worms. But he's no different than Katie Porter, whose life is similarly nutso.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 09:00 AM (p5Yig)

Katie Porker was behind this with the Dems.... They wanted less candidates running on the Dem side in to keep Republicans from getting on the final ballot for Governor..

Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (TrNJ0)

283 The weather machine has a "dreams" setting too.

Don't say who told you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

284 I hate to drag down a serious discussion with tomfoolery; but this weekend Candace accused Erica Kirk of conspiring with the JOOS to make a volcano explode in Japan. Candace knows it’s true because she had a dream about it.

You might think I’m making that up. I’m not.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 09:00 AM (tgZLi)

So, who's the leader in the clubhouse in "trolling for dollars?"

Canace, Qatucker, Me-again?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

285 Do people not know where babies come from anymore?"

Clearly, it's something in the water...

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

286 Please pray for the infidels, and the Left, that God will open their eyes and soften their hearts and lead them to repentance.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 09:01 AM (LmPA0)

How do you reach those that don't believe in souls?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

287 > Swallwell's life personifies a can of worms. But he's no different than Katie Porter, whose life is similarly nutso.
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Swalwell's retarded. Mostly.

Porter's clinically insane.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:03 AM (AkEZC)

288 Federal authorities are now probing Rep. Eric Swalwell

Jokes on them, he's into that s***.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (2ap+5)

PREACH!

Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 13, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

289 Conservatives were saying how we were so easy to throw Swalwell under the bus...like dude raped a woman yeah kick his ass out, that's what you are supposed to do.

"The left eats their own" he's a fucking rapist. That said, Al Franken is still owed an apology.

It’s the liberal Achilles heel: if something is bad, it can only be ultra mega unforgivably bad, so all bad things are equivalent and anyone caught being fallible is morally the same thing as Trump. See: Al Franken.

Good, there are plenty of other candidates and splitting the vote could have been bad. Hope we get a few drop outs for other reasons than sexual misconduct

What a novice. Everyone knows if you want to be a politician and a rapist, you need to run as a republican. Why can’t more dems pull a reverse-fetterman and just infiltrate the GOP as a right wing candidate. Once elected they take off the mask and just do dem things.

At least the Democrat circular firing squad sometimes does the right thing. And at least we are better at holding other Democrats accountable for their actions. Republicans can't make that claim.

Sounds like a tough load to swalwell.
Ok bye

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 13, 2026 09:04 AM (JCZqz)

290 281 Martin Luther once said, “I fart in Wittenberg, and they smell it in Rome.”

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:04 AM (77rzZ)

291 I'm pretty sure Swalwell was developed in a petri dish.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

292 Do people not know where babies come from anymore?"

Me, the Maytag Repairman, and the Milkman are looking for a fourth for our daily poker game.

Posted by: The Stork at April 13, 2026 09:05 AM (wVcYX)

293 Swalwell's retarded. Mostly.

Porter's clinically insane.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:03 AM (AkEZC)
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I wouldn't vote for them for Student Council

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 09:05 AM (RIvkX)

294
"The left eats their own" he's a fucking rapist. That said, Al Franken is still owed an apology.

Quite the take, that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

295 Porter's clinically insane, but with this recent field-clearing, she'll probably be the next Governor of CA.

Forget it, Jake. It's California.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:05 AM (gtcuf)

296 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 09:01 AM (LmPA0)

Thanks for that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (ix8EF)

297 Is Katie Porter the “throuple” chick?

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)

298 290 281 Martin Luther once said, “I fart in Wittenberg, and they smell it in Rome.”
Posted by: Bulg

Another Luther quote, "I pray that I may be thy death, O Pope!"

Posted by: Sounds Fair at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (oftw2)

299 Is Katie Porter the “throuple” chick?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)

No.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

300 297 Is Katie Porter the “throuple” chick?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ

No... She's the obese woman who threw hot mashed potatoes on her Husband's head...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (TrNJ0)

301 When you see Katie Porter, you will think "that's a man, baby." Unfortunately, that is not the case.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (2ap+5)

302 Say what you will about the USSR - but at least Hungary survived their domination.

No country survives the EU. It's just national suicide. The die was cast once they became a member state... Orban staved it off for awhile, but this probably inevitable in the end.

I'm sure they'll regret all this very soon, but as the Brits know, that's just too bad. You can't vote your way out it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (BI5O2)

303 BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)
*******
I guess the people of Chicago have been fully indoctrinated by the MSM.
The state and their voters are pathetic.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

304 Conservatives were saying how we were so easy to throw Swalwell under the bus...like dude raped a woman yeah kick his ass out, that's what you are supposed to do.

Then explain why he's still in Congress, retards.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (gtcuf)

305 Katie Porker was behind this with the Dems.... They wanted less candidates running on the Dem side in to keep Republicans from getting on the final ballot for Governor..
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:02 AM (TrNJ0)
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Dems could always vote for the San Jose Mayor, unless he's as looney as all the other Dems.

I am really hoping the jungle primary throws up the two GOP candidates, though Pelosi will no doubt engineer it so that doesn't happen.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (p5Yig)

306 But that wasn't his message. It was "Orban is corrupt, I will get the money it is holding back from us, but I won't allow mass immigration". Hungarians liked that message because it is what they wanted to hear. The trick is on them though because they will get mass immigration.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 08:50 AM (Dv3i1)

Further, based on the fact that the new guy is a politician, I'm betting that that the new guy will be corrupt also, just with a different group.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e)

307 Conservatives were saying how we were so easy to throw Swalwell under the bus...like dude raped a woman yeah kick his ass out, that's what you are supposed to do.

The right wing reaction I've seen is mostly along the lines of, "Dunno if the guy is guilty yet, but I could see it. If guilty that hypocrite deserves everything he is about to get"

Meanwhile on the left I'm seeing, "He should drop out of the governer's race because he could make us lose the next election. Resign from his house seat?!? Why would we want him to do that?!?"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm)

308 Katie Hill was the throuple whore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

309 245 My interest in Eastern Europe declined quite a bit when Judit Varga resigned as Hungary's Minister of Justice and Kaja Kallas was revealed to be an EU stooge.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (2ap+5)

can I interest you in some Slovenian polka?

https://tinyurl.com/4m88jef3

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 09:08 AM (w/O5Q)

310 Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.

Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 09:08 AM (ZdaMQ)

311 Candace knows it’s true because she had a dream about it.

I have a business idea: Gummy Thorazine. Anti psychotics with a berry flavor.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 09:08 AM (RjOoY)

312 I'm so happy Katie Porter has this in the bag now - I've been looking forward to her ascent more than any other thing in current politics. California will finally get the leader it *truly* deserves.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (BI5O2)

313 Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.
Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 09:08 AM (ZdaMQ)

There are multiple videos of her being an outright c*ntbag, yelling at everyone around her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

314 310 Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.
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From her picture I would have thought she ate from a trough.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (FmapG)

315 The U.S. fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded

The wimmins don't need no man.

The forces of darkness sure did a number on this country.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

316 Ugly left authoritarian women are apparently approaching the singularity.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (2ap+5)

317 From her picture I would have thought she ate from a trough.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (FmapG)

I bet she can find the f*ck out of some truffles.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)

318 Klobuchar from MN is the comb salad eater.

Posted by: Kale makes You Nuts! at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (oftw2)

319 Is Katie Porter the “throuple” chick?

Porter is the one that dressed as Fat Batman at a congressional hearing to diss Trump (no it didn't make sense at the time either)

Katie Hill was the one who was trying to get one of her female campaign staffers to have sex with her.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (sKqQm)

320 Politician who ate salad with a comb was Amy Klobuchar.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (PFs9e)

321 308 Thanks, Sponge. Too many Katies running around. And none of them look like Tina Cole, sadly.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

322 One of my favorite iterations of that trope, courtesy of P.J. O'Rourke:

When we snort coke in Houston, people lose their hats in Cap d'Antibes.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:10 AM (gtcuf)

323 314 310 Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.

She yells a lot and walked out of a softball interview because they asked her a follow up question....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (TrNJ0)

324 Candace knows it’s true because she had a dream about it.

I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

325 Like a fish needs a bicycle.

Posted by: Your neighborhood cat lady at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

326 Like a fish needs a bicycle.
Posted by: Your neighborhood cat lady at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

This is about me, isn't it......

Posted by: Jharles Chonson at April 13, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

327 314 310 Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.
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From her picture I would have thought she ate from a trough.
Posted by: pudinhead

I recommend using my name when posting any future pictures of her.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 13, 2026 09:12 AM (JCZqz)

328 Is Katie Porter the “throuple” chick?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ

No... She's the obese woman who threw hot mashed potatoes on her Husband's head...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:07 AM (TrNJ0)
********
Being abusive should also disqualify you for running for office.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 13, 2026 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

329 So, another Disney product?
Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR)

Dunno. AFAIK, I've never heard any of her songs. I saw a video once about how she's being aggressively marketed to young girls and all her videos have men dying gruesomely. Just another product to plant a seed of division between men and women.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

330 I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

First Lady wakes up and announces she's had some f*cked up dreams.

"What'd I do now?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

331 How do we know that the Hungarian election actually reflected the will of the Hungarian people?

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (FMtrg)

332 Chonson's starfish is fine with the bicycle, it's the seat that didn't matter

Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (gKWVE)

333 I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

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Same. This must be fairly common.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (2ap+5)

334 I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her
Posted by: 18-1

How would she know, unless you told her, in which case....what were you thinking lol

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (JCZqz)

335 Katie Porter is about to throw hot soup in the face of every stinking Californian.

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (BI5O2)

336 *Being abusive should also disqualify you for running for office.*

++++
Mary Jo Kopechne unavailable for comment.

Posted by: It's a classic at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)

337 333 I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

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Same. This must be fairly common.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (2ap+5)

Probably a ploy to get you to admit it...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (TrNJ0)

338 I had a dream recently where a new female manager at my workplace wanted me to review the movies "Pride and Prejudice" and one other that I can't remember off the top of my head.

I told her, "I'm not going to review those, they are chick flicks."

Caused some tension. lol

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (DgMqy)

339 The Gay of Hormuz?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

On the off chance that you're asking a serious question in an amusing way... it's strait, not straight.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e)

340 Katie Porter is about to throw hot soup in the face of every stinking Californian.

Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (BI5O2)

"Let 'em eat hot broth!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (Zz0t1)

341 317 From her picture I would have thought she ate from a trough.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 09:09 AM (FmapG)

I bet she can find the f*ck out of some truffles.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April

I laughed. I shouldn’t have, but I did.

Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (Wmg4n)

342 This is about me, isn't it......
Posted by: Jharles Chonson"

Biking with or without a seat?

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (XuXeR)

343 227 "That would be 'Up The Butt, Bob!'"

/obligatory Dating Game reference
Posted by: ShainS

That's a Newlywed Game reference.

Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles at April 13, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2)

I watched a Newleywed's Game way back when and the question to the groom was, "Do you vacillate?" I can't recall his exact words but it was basically that he never needed to use Vaseline with his wife.

Posted by: Gref at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (5rh/l)

344
On the off chance that you're asking a serious question in an amusing way... it's strait, not straight.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e)

I'm aware how to spell it and believe I did so correctly up thread.

😄

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (Zz0t1)

345 312 I'm so happy Katie Porter has this in the bag now - I've been looking forward to her ascent more than any other thing in current politics. California will finally get the leader it *truly* deserves.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I'm sure she'll quickly get energy and home prices down, spur job growth, end homelessness and complete the high-speed rail line. Right?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 13, 2026 09:16 AM (JCZqz)

346 333 There was an episode of Newhart about that. One of the classic Newhart lines: “I’m in other people’s dreams, and I’m fine.”

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:16 AM (77rzZ)

347 *Being abusive should also disqualify you for running for office.*

I bet the same guy was repeating old Snake Head's line that you can get a woman to say anything if you drag a $100 bill through a trailer park

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:16 AM (sKqQm)

348
I laughed. I shouldn’t have, but I did.
Posted by: Piper at April 13, 2026 09:15 AM (Wmg4n)

I was hoping at least one person got it, so thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

349 As I said once before - Katie Porter looks like she would beat her maid with a femur bone after forgetting to shower for weeks and blaming her for why everything in the house seems to stink.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:17 AM (BI5O2)

350 And by then, the guys their age are marrying the younger women. Sadly a lot of ladies need to learn that fertility is not forever and waiting that long causes problems.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 08:55 AM (RjOoY)

Shhh... go back to sleep... take your Soma. -- Malthusians

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:17 AM (ExV1e)

351 Swalwell, Porter, etc.

Our "political class" has zero self introspection into weirdness.

I think all of them have some dysfunction or other.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:17 AM (AkEZC)

352 As I said once before - Katie Porter looks like she would beat her maid with a femur bone after forgetting to shower for weeks and blaming her for why everything in the house seems to stink.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:17 AM (BI5O2)

I'm quite sure she knows EXACTLY what "happy as a pig in shit" feels like.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)

353 Happy Monday!!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:18 AM (Suwql)

354 The Strait of Hormuz is in dire straits.

Posted by: Let's set the record straight at April 13, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

355 Porter is nasty but at least her husband found the door. Why is Britanny Watts still Mrs Swalwell? Eric somehow repented and has lived as a family man for ten years? I don't think anyone believes that.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:18 AM (gKWVE)

356 >>As I said once before - Katie Porter looks like she would beat her maid with a femur bone after forgetting to shower for weeks and blaming her for why everything in the house seems to stink.

LOL!
Yeah, she looks MEAN.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (Suwql)

357 The Strait of Hormuz is in dire straits.
Posted by: Let's set the record straight at April 13, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

Chicks for FREE!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

358 She looks like the live action version of Mrs. Mashed Potato Head.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (JCZqz)

359 Hormuz used to make good chili back in the day.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

360 354 The Strait of Hormuz is in dire straits.

Our brothers in arms will prevail.

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (gtcuf)

361 337 333 I had an ex mad at me for days because she had a dream where I was cheating on her
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

======

Same. This must be fairly common.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (2ap+5)

Probably a ploy to get you to admit it...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 13, 2026 09:14 AM (TrNJ0)

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"I dreamt you were cheating on me with Joanne!!!"

Honey, I would never...Joanne??? Do you really think that could happen? Huh. Interesting...

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:20 AM (2ap+5)

362 The Strait of Hormuz is in dire straits.

Our brothers in arms will prevail.
Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (gtcuf)

They'll be twistin' by the pool.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

363 Has anyone asked the Native Hormuzians if they enjoy all this attention?

Posted by: Are There No Reporters? at April 13, 2026 09:20 AM (oftw2)

364 >> Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.

That was Klobuchar.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:21 AM (Suwql)

365 Didn’t Katie Porter also eat with her comb and yell at her staff on camera? She seems nice.

That was Klobuchar.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:21 AM (Suwql)

Lice is added protein.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

366 San Jose mayor Matt Mahan is popular in the tech-bro side of X. He got there by governing his city like a Republican.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (gKWVE)

367 Katie Porter will be California's historic first Neanderthal governor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (BI5O2)

368 In fact, the nits are like tiny quail eggs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

369 The Sabrina Carpenter thing is funny.
She had a natural, spontaneous response. We've stopped allowing people to do that with all the woke and multi-cult stuff.

Yeah, it's OK to not know wtf the lady was doing and to find it unpleasant. Wish she hadn't apologized.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (Suwql)

370 Saw a funny skit where a boyfriend/girlfriend were talking and she wanted to agree they could have a "hall pass" someone they were allowed to cheat with.

Guy doesn't really like the idea but he agrees to talk about it.

Girl says her hall pass is Ryan Gosling. The guy thinks for a minute then says, "Ok fine my hall pass is your single friend Sydney"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

371 Always thought Klobuchar sounds like a demon from one of the early Monster Manuals.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (gKWVE)

372 Katie Porter may very well end up eating California.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 09:23 AM (AkEZC)

373 Guy doesn't really like the idea but he agrees to talk about it.

Girl says her hall pass is Ryan Gosling. The guy thinks for a minute then says, "Ok fine my hall pass is your single friend Sydney"
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

Flawless Victory.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)

374 Theory:
Katie Porter, will be so nasty and offensive as the Dem candidate that it'll drag down the whole slate.
That is, kill turnout.

Turnout that Dems absolutely must have to win the new Congressional districts.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 13, 2026 09:24 AM (HXT0k)

375 The Strait of Hormuz is in dire straits.

Our brothers in arms will prevail.
Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:19 AM (gtcuf)

They'll be twistin' by the pool.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)
----
The true Sultans of Swing...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 13, 2026 09:24 AM (gnNyN)

376 This case of #MeToo against Democrat Eric Swalwell was only possible because of the weird primary rules in California and the overcrowded cast of Democrats breaking out the votes.
The Epstein Files also didn't help them.

Posted by: SMOD at April 13, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

377 Don't take Klobuchar if you're allergic to Klobuchar.

Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 13, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)

378 Conservatives were saying how we were so easy to throw Swalwell under the bus...like dude raped a woman yeah kick his ass out, that's what you are supposed to do.

Why wasn't it reported when it happened? That's what you are supposed to do.

Why wasn't it investigated when it happened? That's what you are supposed to do.

Why wasn't he punished when it happened? That's what you are supposed to do.

When you treat sexual assault as a convenient accusation to ruin someone's political career at need, you tell me that you either don't think sexual assault is a big deal or you don't think sexual assault actually happened.

Redditors be stupid.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:25 AM (ExV1e)

379 Apparently "Throuple" Katie Hill, former CA congressional rep is now working with the homeless. I hope that she isn't grifting off of her role. I really don't see why if she was made to resign her seat for hitting on a staff person Swallwell isn't.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2026 09:27 AM (rZCVI)

380 "Why wasn't it reported when it happened? That's what you are supposed to do."

Because after it happened, three beefy dudes dressed in black suits and sunglasses rolled up to her house in a large SUV, and presented legal papers and a big check. The legal papers had the signatures of a dozen famous lawyers on them. Then they said "if not, you are on your own".

Posted by: ¿plata o plomo? at April 13, 2026 09:28 AM (gKWVE)

381 Hungary has a “far right” party which is like Libertarian party here. Its sole purpose is to take votes from Orban’s party. A lot of seats were close with the “far right” party getting more than the margin of victory for the leftists.

Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 09:29 AM (UuB1r)

382 How do we know that the Hungarian election actually reflected the will of the Hungarian people?
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at April 13, 2026 09:13 AM (FMtrg)

Because the leftist won.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 09:29 AM (ExV1e)

383 >>Theory:
Katie Porter, will be so nasty and offensive as the Dem candidate that it'll drag down the whole slate.
That is, kill turnout.

Remember when people said men wouldn't vote for Hillary because she reminded them of their first wife?

Yeah, Katie Porter is that x1000. She is immediately unpleasant. That video of her berating her staffer was the least surprising thing ever.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:29 AM (Suwql)

384 379 Fen, sorry to disappoint you, but of course she’s grifting. It’s what pols of both parties (but especially the Dems) do.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

385 @IntEngineering
For the first time, researchers in Japan used CRISPR-based gene editing to create baby mice from two male biological parents.

Posted by: manmade horrors beyond comprehension at April 13, 2026 09:30 AM (gKWVE)

386 Na Na
Na Na Na Na
NOOD NOOD NOOD
Goodbye

Posted by: Delurker at April 13, 2026 09:31 AM (gtcuf)

387 Hungary is truly good and fucked. I predict Budapest will have a Muslim Mayor within 15 years. It’s really sad, it was Europe’s last chance for salvation and they fucked it up.

Posted by: Heroq at April 13, 2026 09:31 AM (UuB1r)

388 >>Apparently "Throuple" Katie Hill, former CA congressional rep is now working with the homeless. I hope that she isn't grifting off of her role.

Fen, she did that before she was elected - she was the head of a homelessness NGO that she created w/her husband. It was after she successfully got a ballot issue approved for a record amount of homelessness funding, over $1 billion, passed in CA that she ran for Congress.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (Suwql)

389 385 @IntEngineering
For the first time, researchers in Japan used CRISPR-based gene editing to create baby mice from two male biological parents.
Posted by: manmade horrors beyond comprehension at April 13, 2026 09:30 AM (gKWVE)

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This is the worst "you think it's one way, but it's the other way" outcome of all time.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 09:32 AM (2ap+5)

390 The winner of the Hungarian election was a rightist who opposes asylum-seeking. He's just anti-Putin.
As to why it might not reflect the will of the electorate, that is a good point. You know who's to blame for that? Orban. Orban gerrymandered the districts in his country thinking they'd make his majority ironclad. What it did instead was expose his constituency in the event Orban started to suck, and suck he did, with notable corruption scandals.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 13, 2026 09:33 AM (gKWVE)

391 105 Trump called out Chicago Pope! Trump's right, of course, and besides, The Pope Smokes Dope!
John Peel
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Well, The Smoking Popes ("Need You Around") are from Chicago. From Peel to a Chicago pop punk band to the Pope himself. Art becomes life.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 13, 2026 09:38 AM (0bjKf)

392 The winner of the Hungarian election was a rightist who opposes asylum-seeking. He's just anti-Putin.

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OK. Putin sucks ass. But he won't force you to become a Muslim country. The EU will.

They sold their birthright for a bowl of porridge.

One of the world's oldest cultures just shot itself in the head. Good work, idiots.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 09:40 AM (BI5O2)

393 How do you reach those that don't believe in souls?
Posted by: Sponge -

Prayers of the faithful have always been heard.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 13, 2026 09:59 AM (ZpHph)

394 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

From above: Turning Point USAs Frontlines reporter Savanah Hernandez posted multiple videos of mob members opposed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Minneapolis area seemingly attacking her Saturday.
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Unfortunately, the guy's a 'star' in the Minneapolis area.

>Facebook BLCK Press
February 5
Combat veteran William Kelly, better known online as @dawokefarmer3 has been in the Twin Cities protesting the federal occupation and using his platform to broadcast the violence agents are inflicting on the community during Operation Metro Surge.

Cont'd

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (NFX2v)

395 From above: "Tens of thousands of farmers, truckers, and other fed-up normies are taking to the streets of Dublin to protest fuel taxes, mass immigration, and poverty-inducing climate change policies."

>BBC, Irish PM announces €505m in fuel-cost measures after days of protests, 18 hours ago

In part, "Sinn Féin is to table a motion of no confidence in the Irish government in the Dáil (lower house of Irish parliament), where it is the largest opposition party.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the actions of the government parties had been "disastrous."

"They have lost the confidence of the public," she said.

Independent Ireland, Aontú, People before Profit and the Social Democrats have said they will support the motion."
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>Facebook social_democrats
sinead_gibney_
Original audio
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Ireland showed its best when people opened their homes to those fleeing war.

Ending this support won’t fix housing. It will push more people into homelessness and strain an already broken system.

We should build on what worked, not tear it down. (More)
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Interesting, Sinn Féin v. Socialist Democrats with government favoring whom? Western civilization with its
socialists AWFLs.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (NFX2v)

396 Hungary down.

Ahh. Slick Willy and O & Joe pushing for decades; no stopping the EU and NATO now. Ukraine will be in and dominating the minute the Trump administration is gone.
imo, of course.

>OSW Commentary
2025-10-14

Game of drones: the production and use of Ukrainian battlefield unmanned aerial vehicles

In part, "Unmanned aerial vehicles have been used in military operations in Ukraine since 2014. Initially, they were employed for reconnaissance, observation, and artillery fire correction. By 2015, they had begun to be used for carrying and releasing explosives."
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Can't overlook the region:

>Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly Council to vote on sweeping legislation restricting ICE in the city
City Council members will convene Monday to hear testimony on the package, which codifies Philadelphia’s status as a sanctuary city into law.

Also, Mary Gay Scanlon, (US 5th Cong. District, parts of Philly and 3 collar counties):

Facebook Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
16h
In part, "US servicemembers remain in harm’s way, and the global economy is in peril.
This is not a win for the American people or their wallets."

That's ^ mild from her, and she says Yay Hungary! too!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:01 AM (NFX2v)

397 his is already happening. Younger women are looking for older men because men their age suck and don't know how to treat and please a woman. Those woman know who can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

So you're telling me there's a chance...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 13, 2026 10:03 AM (FmapG)

398 I only have a few thousand fonts installed, but somehow Sefton's new apostrophes confound all of them. Must have switched word processors or text editors.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at April 13, 2026 10:47 AM (BHqfF)

399 EU News, April 13, 2026, Magyar victory will bring more 'European unity,' former European Council chief Michel says

Former European Council President Charles Michel told Euronews' Europe Today morning show this is a "historic moment" for Hungary and says Orbán's relationship with Ukraine and the US was "disturbing."

90 Billion loan to Ukraine.

US Stategy to Support Orbon failed.

yada yada

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 10:56 AM (NFX2v)

400 From above, 'Authorities still searching for motive.
Muslim Man Charged in $500M California Warehouse Fire'
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A disgruntled immigrant worker accused of setting a massive warehouse fire is now facing life in prison—after previously suing his former employer over lost pay.

Authorities say 29-year-old Chamel Abdulkarim allegedly set fire to a huge Kimberly-Clark warehouse in Ontario, California, destroying the nearly 1.2-million-square-foot facility. The blaze was so intense that more than 140 firefighters were needed to bring it under control.

In a video reportedly posted online, he is seen lighting paper goods while repeatedly saying:

“All you had to do was pay us enough to live.”

As pallets catch fire in the distance, Abdulkarim says: “There goes your inventory.”

The fire spread rapidly due to highly flammable paper products inside the warehouse. Around 20 employees were inside when it started, but no injuries were reported.

Investigators also revealed that Abdulkarim had filed a 2024 lawsuit against PrimeFlight, claiming unpaid wages and missed break times. The case was dismissed in 2025, reportedly ending in a settlement.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 11:02 AM (NFX2v)

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