Marines Seize Iranian Ship Attempting to Breach Blockade; Trump Threatens to Blow Up Power Plants and Bridges Unless They Agree to a Deal

That last part is becoming, sad to say, an empty threat.

🚨 IRAN REALIZED IT SCREWED UP

FOUR Iranian or Iran-linked ships have abysmally FAILED to breach Trump's blockade!

The IRGC for the past several days PROMISED the world they have full, 100% control over the Strait of Hormuz ahead of JD Vance negotiations

Then they tried… pic.twitter.com/bSfiE6UOFK
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 20, 2026

🚨 UPDATE: Iran is reportedly REFUSING to commit to peace talks publicly despite JD Vance and others heading to Pakistan

I hope Iran realizes the SEVERE miscalculation that would be standing up Trump's team!

TRUMP: "If the deal isn't done, the deal that we made, then I'm going… pic.twitter.com/6QKdfxb1mc
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 20, 2026

NEW: Feds arrest an Iranian woman last night at LAX right before she was about to get on a flight to Turkey. Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering Iranian bombs, weapons, drones and ammunition to Sedan.

Mafi, who lives in LA, allegedly brokered "millions of rounds of… pic.twitter.com/MQtbwCmRl1
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) April 19, 2026

Hello. I am sick as a dog and on low sleep. I'm going to just post enough to provide fodder for commenters. I hope you understand.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

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1 I wonder what the IRI thought was essential to run a blockade over?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:10 PM (rbvCR)

2 Apparently, there's infighting in the regime. I suspect that's one of the goals of the on again / off again ceasefires.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 20, 2026 12:10 PM (ExV1e)

3 ace, if you are still interested in crows . . .

https://tinyurl.com/ymku6vuc

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:11 PM (rbvCR)

4 I think the IRGC is about to enter the FO phase after they've spent the last 3 weeks F'ing around.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 20, 2026 12:11 PM (AkEZC)

5 I love bridges. Not a big fan of blowing them up.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:12 PM (77rzZ)

6 I like Trump, he fights.

And 'credibility' is the media's only stock in trade.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:12 PM (2GVsD)

7 That last part is becoming, sad to say, an empty threat.

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He threatened it until the ceasefire was signed.

We're still in the ceasefire.

We'll see how opening salvos of a renewed conflict (with heavy rearmament and reinforcement from the US side, including new intel on regime leaders, especially those who came out of their hidey holes to go to Islamabad) turn out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:12 PM (O35xg)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)

9 Apparently, there's infighting in the regime. I suspect that's one of the goals of the on again / off again ceasefires.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 20, 2026 12:10 PM (ExV1e)

Alexander is dead, and the Diadochi are fighting for control of his Empire.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:13 PM (rbvCR)

10 What kind of agreement can we even trust? Either they’re deliberately misleading us/stalling, or those signing an agreement have no control over the country. IRGC seems to run things.

Posted by: Meric at April 20, 2026 12:13 PM (d00gx)

11 Hello. I am sick as a dog and on low sleep. I'm going to just post enough to provide fodder for commenters. I hope you understand.

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:13 PM (O35xg)

12 Take care o'yourself, Ace. We'll be fine. We can talk about boobs and firearms all day.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:13 PM (77rzZ)

13 Deadline is Tuesday. We will see if this is more social media bluster or not. IRGC is clearly in control and the three stooges from Iran are now mouthing their propaganda.

There won’t be peace until the IRGC is wiped out.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:13 PM (moGJJ)

14 Alexander is dead, and the Diadochi are fighting for control of his Empire.

And I am rooting for casualties.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:13 PM (2GVsD)

15 Apparently, there's infighting in the regime. I suspect that's one of the goals of the on again / off again ceasefires.

From what I've read, there are two or three factions claiming to be in control (IRGC and two different people from the previous government structure) and every time Trump announces one of them have agreed to something the other two get mad and try to blow them up.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (2ocoG)

16 Mafi is accused of brokering Iranian bombs, weapons, drones and ammunition to Sedan.

Um, didn't the French already lose that battle?

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (77rzZ)

17 Hello. I am sick as a dog and on low sleep.
.......

Hope you feel better.
Myself, day 6 after hernia surgery, feel OK but last week was a write off.

Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (UjdFS)

18 Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering Iranian bombs, weapons, drones and ammunition to Sedan

It's that fat ottoman on the sedan, isn't it?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (ynpvh)

19 I haz popcorn!

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (Q/FnY)

20 There won’t be peace until the IRGC is wiped out.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:13 PM (moGJJ)

This is true... And that's a tall order...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (FuSB1)

21 I assume that's supposed to be "Sudan", not "Sedan". My car doesn't have missiles, as entertaining as that would be.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:15 PM (2ocoG)

22 17 Hello. I am sick as a dog and on low sleep.
.......

Hope you feel better.
Myself, day 6 after hernia surgery, feel OK but last week was a write off.

Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (UjdFS)

I guess it depends where the hernia was. Mine was in the crotch, and I was up and around within a day or two, or at least that's what I remember...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:15 PM (ynpvh)

23 I love bridges. Not a big fan of blowing them up.
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:12 PM (77rzZ)

Whistles Colonel Bogey March.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 12:15 PM (utfVc)

24 15 Apparently, there's infighting in the regime. I suspect that's one of the goals of the on again / off again ceasefires.

From what I've read, there are two or three factions claiming to be in control (IRGC and two different people from the previous government structure) and every time Trump announces one of them have agreed to something the other two get mad and try to blow them up.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (2ocoG)

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Head of the IRGC called the Foreign Minister an idiot a few days ago.

Things are tense, it seems, especially since every indication is that the Grand Ayatollah was the lynchpin that kept the ruling coalition together, and in the wake of his death the IRGC just asserted control.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:15 PM (O35xg)

25 Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:13 PM (moGJJ)

You forgot to blame the Jooos. Everyone saying what you said blames the Jooos.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:15 PM (2ocoG)

26 Shamin Mafi, is that what Stephan Moffat is calling himself now? No wonder he bombs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:15 PM (2GVsD)

27 Take care o'yourself, Ace. We'll be fine. We can talk about boobs and firearms all day.
Posted by: Bulg
.......

Yeah but who's in charge?

Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 12:15 PM (UjdFS)

28 IRGC and others have been posting videos of how they rebuilt all the bridges bombed on the first run.

Also how the three stooges we are negotiating with are part of the problem while they’re still breathing.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:16 PM (moGJJ)

29 Yes, TACO indeed. It's just absurd that we even allow Iran to negotiate terms of a ceasefire. We set the terms. If you don't accept them, the bombings continue. The execution of this war has been excellent, but Trump is really allowing himself to get played in these "negotiations" with people whose only interest is to buy time for something to happen that saves them. Just finish the job, for crying out loud.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 20, 2026 12:16 PM (udRx+)

30 From what I've read, there are two or three factions claiming to be in control (IRGC and two different people from the previous government structure) and every time Trump announces one of them have agreed to something the other two get mad and try to blow them up.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (2ocoG)

Heh. What an awesome plan.

Posted by: Reforger at April 20, 2026 12:16 PM (WYOCN)

31 >>>That last part is becoming, sad to say, an empty threat.

Empty threat, or patient and calculating.

I would like to see some more strategic pressure through military force, but I don't want a yuge refugee influx and humanitarian crisis. Oh, and I want a pony.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 20, 2026 12:16 PM (dK+Kv)

32 From what I've read, there are two or three factions claiming to be in control (IRGC and two different people from the previous government structure) and every time Trump announces one of them have agreed to something the other two get mad and try to blow them up.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (2ocoG)

This tendency on the parties in the negotiations has been one of the reasons the French and Brits have been excluded from the peace negotiations from our side.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:16 PM (rbvCR)

33 I wonder what the IRI thought was essential to run a blockade over?

Arms and rocket fuel.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

34 21 I assume that's supposed to be "Sudan", not "Sedan". My car doesn't have missiles, as entertaining as that would be.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:15 PM (2ocoG)

I do as well, but it's a pretty funny goof.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:16 PM (ynpvh)

35 Yeah but who's in charge?
Posted by: wth

Marco Rubio?

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:17 PM (77rzZ)

36 Yeah but who's in charge?

The IRCBD, of course.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:17 PM (2ocoG)

37 Hello. I am sick as a dog and on low sleep.

Get out in the sun.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 20, 2026 12:17 PM (4NO2D)

38 2 Apparently, there's infighting in the regime. I suspect that's one of the goals of the on again / off again ceasefires.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Killing a lot of the ruling class has basically turned Iran into a military dictatorship. The IRGC is now trying to run the show rather than being the veto power under the older Khameini mullah system.

And the mosaic defense is making things worse as seen by the Iranian gunboat attack on the Indian tanker. The risk for the IRGC is that they came out of their boltholes and this next tier of leaders can and probably has been tracked to wherever they are.

Posted by: whig at April 20, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)

39 Anybody in the top IRGC should be a stain on the ground where people say- “gee what is that? Smells bad. “

Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:17 PM (moGJJ)

40 A sedan with missiles?

Car Wars. Steve Jackson Games.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:18 PM (2GVsD)

41 37 Hello. I am sick as a dog and on low sleep.

Get out in the sun.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 20, 2026 12:17 PM (4NO2D)

...that doesn't help with sleep for me...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:18 PM (ynpvh)

42 Yeah but who's in charge?
Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 12:15 PM (UjdFS)

Zombie Al Haig.

Posted by: LASue at April 20, 2026 12:18 PM (/4+vQ)

43 40 A sedan with missiles?

Car Wars. Steve Jackson Games.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:18 PM (2GVsD)

It's the bomb.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:18 PM (ynpvh)

44 >>NEW: Feds arrest an Iranian woman last night at LAX right before she was about to get on a flight to Turkey. Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering Iranian bombs, weapons, drones and ammunition to Sedan.

At least she was brokering weapons from Hatchback.

Posted by: garrett at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (ytyaf)

45 I guess it depends where the hernia was. Mine was in the crotch, and I was up and around within a day or two, or at least that's what I remember...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
.......

I had two, bilateral linguinal hernias just below the beltline.
Mesh installed both sides, I've been up and around but very sore.

Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (UjdFS)

46 Hello. I am sick as a dog and on low sleep. I'm going to just post enough to provide fodder for commenters. I hope you understand.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

Damn, man. Seems to happen to you a lot.

Get well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (Zz0t1)

47 Yeah but who's in charge?
Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 12:15 PM (UjdFS)

*perks up*

Posted by: Zombie Alexander Haig at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (LVvlK)

48 This just proves Iran is winning!

/s/ The left

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (tUP1A)

49 Anybody in the top IRGC should be a stain on the ground where people say- “gee what is that? Smells bad. “

The Iranian people have been killing IRGC and the other group from the bottom up, so maybe we can meet in the middle?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (2ocoG)

50 There won’t be peace until the IRGC is wiped out.
Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:13 PM (moGJJ)

This is true... And that's a tall order...

It won't be for us to wipe them out. That's a job for the Iranians. I anticipate a pre-WWII China situation where different warlords battle for supremacy.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

51 sad to say, an empty threat.

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And the Iranians know it. Which is why they’re giving the finger to Trump.

Posted by: Heroq at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (13bda)

52 I want this over by the 4th of July.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (4NO2D)

53 Trump is hesitant to target infrastructure that is used by the government because it will also have an effect on the population that wants to overthrow the same government.

I would prefer targeting just the RG but apparently we don't have the necessary intelligence to do it at this time. We need to bait them somehow to come out and play.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (0cOSz)

54 5 I love bridges. Not a big fan of blowing them up.
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:12 PM (77rzZ)

It's the choruses that are supposed to explode. Trump is a terrible songwriter. The worst.

Trump: The Musical! is going to be like listening to old Lutheran hymns.

Posted by: bear with asymmetric balls at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (ypYV4)

55 38 And the mosaic defense is making things worse as seen by the Iranian gunboat attack on the Indian tanker. The risk for the IRGC is that they came out of their boltholes and this next tier of leaders can and probably has been tracked to wherever they are.

Posted by: whig at April 20, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)

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I believe the "gunboat" was little more than a rowboat with a guy firing an AK-47 into the air.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (O35xg)

56 I don’t think it’s a bluff. The IRGC is overplaying their hand. They are survivors and as long as they are breathing, things won’t change. The entire mullah structure needs to be eliminated.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (moGJJ)

57 ...that doesn't help with sleep for me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:18 PM (ynpvh)

But the boost in natural Vitamin D will boost the immune system leading to quicker healing time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)

58 I want this over by the 4th of July.

You just want hugely fireworks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (2GVsD)

59 45 I guess it depends where the hernia was. Mine was in the crotch, and I was up and around within a day or two, or at least that's what I remember...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
.......

I had two, bilateral linguinal hernias just below the beltline.
Mesh installed both sides, I've been up and around but very sore.

Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (UjdFS)

Yes, that's what I had...left side. Doc said they put a mesh the size of a turkey egg in there...
Then a few years ago I started getting letters about a class-action suit regarding hernia meshes...but mine is fine, so I ignored them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (ynpvh)

60 I think the "peace negotiations" are a brilliant ploy. Gives the front-line troops a bit of a respite, and when the ceasefire fails, the blame can be placed squarely upon the goatfuckers.

"We gave them a chance to be good. They fucked up."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (utfVc)

61 I'm not sure why Trump keeps talking up "Regime Change" when it's obvious by now that ain't happening. It may be a new bunch of tyrants that replace the old bunch that we killed.

But it'll still be a bunch of tyrants. The more Trump crows about regime change, the harder it will be to claim victory when this is all over.

Crush Iran's military and ability to fund and promote terror. Degrade its nuclear capacity. Kick them hard in the bozack and make them your bitch. Then call it a day. Any regime change is up to the Iranian people. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

62 15 Apparently, there's infighting in the regime. I suspect that's one of the goals of the on again / off again ceasefires.

From what I've read, there are two or three factions claiming to be in control (IRGC and two different people from the previous government structure) and every time Trump announces one of them have agreed to something the other two get mad and try to blow them up.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (2ocoG)

And that theory makes sense and explains what we have seen so far.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y)

63 57 ...that doesn't help with sleep for me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:18 PM (ynpvh)

But the boost in natural Vitamin D will boost the immune system leading to quicker healing time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)

Sun is cancer light for me...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (ynpvh)

64 living with a hernia
youtu.be/X8Ow1nlafOg
ow!

Posted by: gKWVE at April 20, 2026 12:21 PM (KAw7u)

65 Vessels have tracks now?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:21 PM (kbShR)

66 >>I am sick as a dog and on low sleep.

Probably caught that Corvid Flu

Posted by: garrett at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (ytyaf)

67
I love bridges. Not a big fan of blowing them up.
Posted by: Bulg

Lloyd was good.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (Cqx++)

68 My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (2J/Lj)

69 Sorry you are sick Ace. You been to the Doc?

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (pDt9x)

70 Things are tense, it seems, especially since every indication is that the Grand Ayatollah was the lynchpin that kept the ruling coalition together, and in the wake of his death the IRGC just asserted control.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:15 PM (O35xg)

On the whole, the IRGC has been in charge all along, or at least the ones calling the shots for the last 47 years.
This is the master move that Trump managed in Venezuela, in getting the Bolivarian militia out of the way so the civil government, no matter how bloody handed Delcy Rodriguez is, can make rational decisions not based on solely the income from embargoed oil and Cocaine going into the Bolivarian generals' pockets.
it is going to be harder to accomplish in Iran since the system is much more entrenched.

We say "the uniparty is running the country pretending to be the popular government". This is true in spades in Venezuela and in Iran

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (rbvCR)

71 The Iranian leadership, such as it is, is a bunch of crabs in a pot of water. And Trump keeps turning the heat up.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (2GVsD)

72 Happy Monday!

Hope you feel betterer real soon Ace!

Beautiful sunny spring day here in California. I do believe I'll go outside rather than sit glued to the computater all day today.

Getting ready to take the camper out this weekend.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (QGaXH)

73 Have you seen the bridge?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (kbShR)

74 68 My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (2J/Lj)

Probably an Earwig.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (pDt9x)

75 64 living with a hernia
youtu.be/X8Ow1nlafOg
ow!

Posted by: gKWVE at April 20, 2026 12:21 PM (KAw7u)

Brother had one the size of a softball next to his navel...got it from preventing Dad from falling down in the shower. Didn't get it fixed until a year after Dad passed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (ynpvh)

76 Feel better ace!

I guess we'll finally see what President Trump has been dealing with. I'm sure there will be plenty of offers to give up uranium on a monthly basis.

I'm still going to predict there will be no uluating in Iran by the end of the week.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (Sco7b)

77 The Iranian leadership, such as it is, is a bunch of crabs in a pot of water. And Trump keeps turning the heat up.

A perfect analogy!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

78 Um, didn't the French already lose that battle?
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (77rzZ)

That is an error, it was clearly meant as a coupe

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (rbvCR)

79 74 68 My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (2J/Lj)

Probably an Earwig.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (pDt9x)

Spiders.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (ynpvh)

80 Probably an Earwig.
Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM

It has to eat its way to the other side.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 20, 2026 12:24 PM (4NO2D)

81 61 Crush Iran's military and ability to fund and promote terror. Degrade its nuclear capacity. Kick them hard in the bozack and make them your bitch. Then call it a day. Any regime change is up to the Iranian people. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

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Regime change doesn't need to mean the return of the shah.

We've technically had it. The Grand Ayatollah is dead. The son is technically in charge, and the top level of the IRGC was wiped out, along with most of the civilian leadership as well.

We can have the same level of regime change in Iran as we got in Venezuela: the same infrastructure but a leader who's afraid of us. We just have to go further down the line in Iran than we did in Venezeula.

Regime change really is just a talking point, not a serious policy goal. We can have the 12th in line in the IRGC in charge as long as he does what we say.

And, in case everyone forgot, we have hit their military capabilities so hard Iran imported their Iraqi militias to try and make up for it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:24 PM (O35xg)

82 lol. IRGC is being starved of funds. Their proxies are being wiped out and not getting material support. The IRGC leadership has unzipped their flies by going on comms. You’re gonna see a whole new level wiped out come Wednesday. They’ve never been under a full court press like this. That’s before we get to the Iranian people’s IW operations.

By Friday we will see what happens.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:24 PM (moGJJ)

83 I believe the "gunboat" was little more than a rowboat with a guy firing an AK-47 into the air.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Somali pirates did quite well with such for a time. The entire edifice of international law has been to raise the criminal individuals and countries up and degrade the commons (like the sea) to allow that to happen. Idiotic bullshit oppressed oppressor ideology which does the same thing to our cities here.

Posted by: whig at April 20, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)

84 Hello. I am sick as a dog and on low sleep. I'm going to just post enough to provide fodder for commenters. I hope you understand.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

There must be something going around.
I was where you were last week.
I’m just now starting to feel normal but still not there yet. Getting coughing fits occasionally, and some congestion.

Just found out today my boss was sick all week, too. I hadn’t read my work emails since last Tuesday, the same day he got sick.

I hope this is seasonal allergies, flu, or something and not China’s long-awaited Sequel to COVID-19.

Nothing would surprise me these days.

Hope you’re better soon, Ace.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 20, 2026 12:24 PM (6ydKt)

85 I thought the Ayatollah's son was a cardboard cut-out?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:25 PM (2GVsD)

86 78 Um, didn't the French already lose that battle?
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:14 PM (77rzZ)

That is an error, it was clearly meant as a coupe

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (rbvCR)

::: golf clap :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

87 My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Every morning, when I'm not ready to get up yet, and I just want to doze peacefully, an itch will pop up out of nowhere. Sometimes multiple ones. I try to ignore them but then they often just because more intense and I have to rouse myself to scratch them vigorously. Drives me nuts.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)

88 We should encourage the French to support the IRGC. That way they will lose for sure.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:25 PM (moGJJ)

89
Sun is cancer light for me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (ynpvh

Terrible.

Summer is coming. I love the sun. Can't wait to get out in it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:25 PM (Zz0t1)

90 My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (2J/Lj)

Probably an Earwig.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (pDt9x)

Spiders.

Do you have any knitting needles?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

91 82 lol. IRGC is being starved of funds. Their proxies are being wiped out and not getting material support. The IRGC leadership has unzipped their flies by going on comms. You’re gonna see a whole new level wiped out come Wednesday. They’ve never been under a full court press like this. That’s before we get to the Iranian people’s IW operations.

By Friday we will see what happens.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:24 PM (moGJJ)

======

Not just funds.

Dollars.

They're left with only the rial, which is worthless, while their import of dollars and wan through oil sales stops.

They have to pay their troops with rials now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:25 PM (O35xg)

92 It won't be for us to wipe them out. That's a job for the Iranians. I anticipate a pre-WWII China situation where different warlords battle for supremacy.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

My money is on this guy.

https://youtu.be/f6PnwAnrMT4

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 20, 2026 12:26 PM (ExV1e)

93 Hello. I am sick as a dog and on low sleep. I'm going to just post enough to provide fodder for commenters. I hope you understand.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down, too.

Might try my hand at trolling just for kicks, man, if no one's gonna stop me.

Posted by: Auspex at April 20, 2026 12:26 PM (Y8DZL)

94 89
Sun is cancer light for me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (ynpvh

Terrible.

Summer is coming. I love the sun. Can't wait to get out in it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:25 PM (Zz0t1)

It's my anti-rejection meds...prevent my body from effectively fighting cancers. I'm supposed to wear sun screen when out in daylight, but I don't; I just hardly go outside. Get my Vit D via capsules and fortified milk.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:26 PM (ynpvh)

95

Was the threat to bomb the nuke sites an empty threat too?

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 20, 2026 12:26 PM (cS1cw)

96
My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

Probably an Earwig.
Posted by: tubal

In the eary canal.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Cqx++)

97 Crush Iran's military and ability to fund and promote terror. Degrade its nuclear capacity. Kick them hard in the bozack and make them your bitch. Then call it a day. Any regime change is up to the Iranian people. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

======

Regime change doesn't need to mean the return of the shah.

We've technically had it. The Grand Ayatollah is dead. The son is technically in charge, and the top level of the IRGC was wiped out, along with most of the civilian leadership as well.

We can have the same level of regime change in Iran as we got in Venezuela: the same infrastructure but a leader who's afraid of us. We just have to go further down the line in Iran than we did in Venezeula.

Regime change really is just a talking point, not a serious policy goal. We can have the 12th in line in the IRGC in charge as long as he does what we say.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:24 PM (O35xg)
_____

Yea, but that is not what Trump is saying. He's using "regime change" as a shorthand for some kind of new freer government that's better for the Iranians.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 20, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)

98 Need some troll bait?

"After Whoopi, all mops are cute."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:27 PM (2GVsD)

99 We say "the uniparty is running the country pretending to be the popular government". This is true in spades in Venezuela and in Iran

Also in Lebanon, where the popular government is now talking to Bibi about borrowing the IDF to get Hezbollah (the uniparty) their 72 raisins.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)

100 I have no idea what’s happening in the strait of Hormuz…. Some things I know like we did seize that ship. But does anyone have “complete control” I have no idea….. when Iran can fire missiles at ships from the back of a pickup and insurance companies refuse to insure ships unless it’s “completely safe” (whatever that means)…. Then the criteria for declaring success is somewhat elusive. I wish they’d end the ceasefire and pummel the IRGC some more…. They only language they understand is power

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM (ScSe/)

101 This one's low and slow over the plate for all you guys to riff on:

At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM (N8ZBc)

102 Yea, but that is not what Trump is saying. He's using "regime change" as a shorthand for some kind of new freer government that's better for the Iranians.

I'm not sure he is, given the result in Venezuela.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM (2ocoG)

103 97
Yea, but that is not what Trump is saying. He's using "regime change" as a shorthand for some kind of new freer government that's better for the Iranians.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 20, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)

=======

12th guy down leadership in the IRGC who agrees to stop oppression would be good enough.

You get to the guy who's going to agree to give up nukes, you got the same guy willing to bend on anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM (O35xg)

104 We have completely rearmed and have a brand new target package that increases by the day.

The Israelis have been itching to get back to work.

It’s gonna get interesting real soon.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM (moGJJ)

105 "I hope you understand."

Get well soon, Ace!

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:29 PM (N8ZBc)

106 But it'll still be a bunch of tyrants. The more Trump crows about regime change, the harder it will be to claim victory when this is all over.
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Maybe because actually being victorious is more important than being able to make PR claims of victory?

Posted by: V Davion at April 20, 2026 12:29 PM (vSvIl)

107 98 Need some troll bait?

"After Whoopi, all mops are cute."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:27 PM (2GVsD)

A mop is better...more absorbent.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:29 PM (ynpvh)

108 Probably an Earwig.

Shit.

Posted by: Pavel Chekov at April 20, 2026 12:29 PM (vTZFs)

109 101 This one's low and slow over the plate for all you guys to riff on:

At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM (N8ZBc)

Is it named after one of Andy's toys, Buzz or Woody?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:29 PM (ynpvh)

110 We're getting the shitty weather late this week. I hope the bug isn't riding on the storm. Stock up on chicken soup and mint tea I guess.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 20, 2026 12:29 PM (KAw7u)

111 It's my anti-rejection meds...prevent my body from effectively fighting cancers. I'm supposed to wear sun screen when out in daylight, but I don't; I just hardly go outside. Get my Vit D via capsules and fortified milk.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:26 PM (ynpvh)

Well, completely understandable then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:30 PM (Zz0t1)

112 /sock and /link

Posted by: Oddbob at April 20, 2026 12:30 PM (vTZFs)

113 12th guy down leadership in the IRGC who agrees to stop oppression would be good enough.

You get to the guy who's going to agree to give up nukes, you got the same guy willing to bend on anything.

Agreeing to it is one thing, actually turning over their fissile material, ALL of it, is another. Again, I anticipate a big fight not unlike that which preceded Hirohito's surrender speech.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

114 Jane Seymour had Jewish family in the Warsaw Ghetto. The only ones to really escape had fled to France in the early 1930s and then had to flee France as the Nazis took over Vichy France and become illegal immigrants in Switzerland.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:30 PM (2GVsD)

115 🥒

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:30 PM (kbShR)

116 100 I have no idea what’s happening in the strait of Hormuz…. Some things I know like we did seize that ship. But does anyone have “complete control” I have no idea….. when Iran can fire missiles at ships from the back of a pickup and insurance companies refuse to insure ships unless it’s “completely safe” (whatever that means)…. Then the criteria for declaring success is somewhat elusive. I wish they’d end the ceasefire and pummel the IRGC some more…. They only language they understand is power

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM (ScSe/)

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Lloyd's of London has been covering wartime risk to go through the strait since about day 3, actually.

It's not an insurance thing.

Iran is making mostly empty threats, firing AK-47s as super tankers that get close enough to their coast (the deeper route goes closer to Iran than Oman), and talking about mines that don't exist.

All while the gulf states are redirecting oil through pipelines away from the strait, smaller tankers easily make it near Oman, and the non-Indian super tankers just barrel through.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:30 PM (O35xg)

117 12th guy down leadership in the IRGC who agrees to stop oppression would be good enough.

You get to the guy who's going to agree to give up nukes, you got the same guy willing to bend on anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM

At some point, we will get down to the Mossad informant.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 20, 2026 12:30 PM (4NO2D)

118 "Maybe because actually being victorious is more important than being able to make PR claims of victory?"

Forget it he's rolling.

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 20, 2026 12:30 PM (cS1cw)

119 I guess just keep the blockade up. When our idiot left-wing propagandist America-hating media asks Trump 10 times a day when the war will end, he can tell them it's up to Iran. When they surrender, it's over. Until then, we are content to keep up the blockade.

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 20, 2026 12:30 PM (udRx+)

120 >> At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"

Geritol?

Posted by: Vengeance at April 20, 2026 12:31 PM (moGJJ)

121 Ace - Hit the rack, bud. We'll be fine.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2026 12:31 PM (XeU6L)

122 At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"
Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM (N8ZBc)

Ketamine drip.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:31 PM (Zz0t1)

123 23 I love bridges. Not a big fan of blowing them up.
Posted by: Bulg

Well, according to Pete Buttigieg, bridges are raysis so blowing them up should be just fine.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 20, 2026 12:31 PM (lXoJ5)

124 I don't know why anyone would buy wigs for their ears when full coverage is very affordable.

Posted by: Lace Wigs! at April 20, 2026 12:31 PM (ypYV4)

125 114 IDNKT!

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:31 PM (N8ZBc)

126
Hello. I am sick as a dog...

What kind of dog?

A Barfing Beagle or an Ebola English Setter?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (iJfKG)

127 113 Agreeing to it is one thing, actually turning over their fissile material, ALL of it, is another. Again, I anticipate a big fight not unlike that which preceded Hirohito's surrender speech.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)

=======

Anyone who even implies that Trump and the Gulf States would accept some kind of handshake agreement on nukes and call it a day is silly.

The agreement is going to include unimpeded ability of outside inspectors to go wherever they want in the country.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (O35xg)

128 Boss a prayer for complete and speedy healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (RIvkX)

129 .I suspect that's one of the goals of the on again / off again ceasefires.

I read that as "one of the goats of the on again / off again...."

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (2teXH)

130 126
Hello. I am sick as a dog...

What kind of dog?

A Barfing Beagle or an Ebola English Setter?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (iJfKG)

Or a colicky Chihuahua?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (ynpvh)

131 🥒
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:30 PM (kbShR)

This is about us, isn't it......

Posted by: The WNBA at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (Zz0t1)

132 Vape it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (kbShR)

133 Ghadaffi was turning over all of Libya's WMD materials to the US when Gaylord decided to act tough and topple him. Where the stuff went after that, who knows.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (2GVsD)

134 Crush Iran's military and ability to fund and promote terror. Degrade its nuclear capacity. Kick them hard in the bozack and make them your bitch. Then call it a day. Any regime change is up to the Iranian people. Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

There is a theory Trump is hammering on this because there is too much risk to allow the Iranians keeping the middle east in a low boil because they threaten the control the Suez, and the Red Sea, and energy as well as gulf state banking.
Smash the Iranians into the dirt but leave a vacuum, then the stage is set like the aftermath of WWI. And we know what a success THAT was.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:33 PM (rbvCR)

135 132 Vape it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (kbShR)

I saw Vaping Pickles front for Melissa Etheridge at the Lilith Faire in '99...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:33 PM (ynpvh)

136 Vessels have tracks now?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:21 PM (kbShR)

Only if they are shooting up

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:33 PM (rbvCR)

137 I'm guessing that this is how this whole thing is going to play out.

Early Wednesday morning there will be a 3AM Truth social about how Iran is "saying the right things" or some other pablum. It'll cause Trump to say "I don't need to blow everything up yet."

And we're going to get another week of this cycle happening all over again.

The Iranians are masters of "stringing it along" when it comes to negotiations. Fact is that if JD goes to Pakistan for another meeting with Iranian officials - he needs to tell them, "we don't leave this room without your full and unconditional surrender and public acceptance of our terms, or electricity in Iran will cease to exist. The B-52's are already in the air."

Fact of the matter is that we won't do that. And we probably won't destroy their power plants either because we just don't have the balls anymore to finish a fight... Trump or no Trump.

Sorry to be an eeyore - I'm just sick of this stupid game.

Posted by: Defenestratus at April 20, 2026 12:33 PM (WYStd)

138 Vessels have tracks now?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:21 PM (kbShR)

Furrows, it is from ploughing the seas, you see.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:33 PM (rbvCR)

139 Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering Iranian bombs, weapons, drones and ammunition to Sedan.

-

A minivan would hold more.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 20, 2026 12:33 PM (0U5gm)

140 What kind of dog?

A Barfing Beagle or an Ebola English Setter?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (iJfKG)

Vomiting Vizsla.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2026 12:33 PM (bss/y)

141 Code Blue - ACE is down. Repeat, ACE is down.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 20, 2026 12:34 PM (FmapG)

142 gp

Look up on YouTube 'Who Do You Think You Are: Jane Seymour'

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:34 PM (2GVsD)

143 133 Ghadaffi was turning over all of Libya's WMD materials to the US when Gaylord decided to act tough and topple him. Where the stuff went after that, who knows.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (2GVsD)

To this day, I've never heard anyone make a case for whacking him. He seemed to have gotten Jesus after 9/11, so to speak. Oh well.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 20, 2026 12:34 PM (ypYV4)

144 Ace, stop being a pussy. Put on a weighted vest and go for a 2 mile run. Puke if you must. Super hydrate- Drink at least 3 liters of water. Eat some fresh fruit. Hit the rack an hour earlier than usual.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:35 PM (Lp05i)

145 Yea, but that is not what Trump is saying. He's using "regime change" as a shorthand for some kind of new freer government that's better for the Iranians.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 20, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)

But he is not imposing regime change from without. Because we have seen how that works out. Degrade the mullahcracy enough that the Iranian people can rise up and extinct the rest, and set up their own secular government.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 12:35 PM (utfVc)

146 I'm liking the story the left is trying to fan that Trump was excluded from the war room during the operation to rescue the pilot.
Cause they feared his temper.

So F'ing retarded.

Just how rotted through with derangement and stupidity do you have to be to swallow the drool that the Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces could be excluded?

Flat Earthers have a better grip on reality.

Madison Cornbread's fantastic tale of Trump breaching the limo partition and seizing control of the Beast is more believable.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 20, 2026 12:35 PM (tUP1A)

147 I'd imagine the Iranian public has a pretty good idea who, and where the various IRGC shitheads are on any given day. Might want to leverage that somehow.

Radio, cellular, Starlink?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 20, 2026 12:35 PM (AkEZC)

148 My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (2J/Lj)

Probably an Earwig.
Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (pDt9x)

Don't
worry. After they lay their eggs, they usually crawl on out.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 20, 2026 12:35 PM (iJfKG)

149 Daughter in law is running in the Boston marathon. She’s over halfway and doing 7 minute miles. I’m winded just thinking about it.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 20, 2026 12:35 PM (u73oe)

150 I had two, bilateral linguinal hernias just below the beltline.
Mesh installed both sides, I've been up and around but very sore.
Posted by: wth

Ok, I'm giving up linguine. No way is shrimp scampi worth that.

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 12:36 PM (bzOmc)

151 142 Got it queued up, thanks!

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:36 PM (N8ZBc)

152 Brother had one the size of a softball next to his navel...got it from preventing Dad from falling down in the shower. Didn't get it fixed until a year after Dad passed.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (ynpvh)

You can't lift anything for about a year after the surgery to keep it from tearing out. If your brother was tending your father, and helping him transfer, I can see why he avoided getting the patch until after your father passed.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:36 PM (rbvCR)

153 120 >> At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"

Geritol?
------------
Quaaludes?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 20, 2026 12:36 PM (FmapG)

154 Takes time to merge the US and Israeli lists of to be killed vs already been killed. esp when the name is some combination of Mohamed, Dirka, and Jihad.

Posted by: DaveA at April 20, 2026 12:37 PM (FhXTo)

155 PDT isn't getting played by anyone. The IRGC stashed money is getting found and frozen everyday thanks to Bessent. Their economy is in the shitter and food and supplies are running out.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 12:37 PM (DIbRX)

156 Bear

Libya fell just to make the point that Gaylord and Hillary were 'serious' players. As an attempt to bolster street creds it failed. And the Libyan people have paid the price.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:38 PM (2GVsD)

157 My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (2J/Lj)

As a yute, I developed a rash in one ear that spread to my cheek and caused significant swelling. Going to the Dr. revealed I had spores growing in my ear canal (kids were tops on hygiene, of course). Mom thought they were sucking my brain out through my ear when they went in and got them out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:38 PM (Zz0t1)

158 "way down in the canal"

When I visit the doc or vet, I always filch a couple of their long wooden stick Q tips, and mine wax when I get home. Those things work splendidly.

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:38 PM (N8ZBc)

159 155 PDT isn't getting played by anyone. The IRGC stashed money is getting found and frozen everyday thanks to Bessent. Their economy is in the shitter and food and supplies are running out.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 12:37 PM (DIbRX)

=======

It's just obvious that after 5 weeks of bombing, Trump doesn't have the guts to bomb Iran.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:38 PM (O35xg)

160 I love bridges. Not a big fan of blowing them up.
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:12 PM (77rzZ)

Whistles Colonel Bogey March.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
__________

It's a mother beautiful bridge, and it's gonna be there.

Posted by: Oddball at April 20, 2026 12:38 PM (XvL8K)

161 Locals efficiency at killing IRGC individuals should increase as they become more organized and experienced.

Worrying about being the hunted and not the hunter every time they walk out the door should make them more vulnerable.

If only the hunters could take their wives along to piss on the bastard as he's dying to assure in his mind that he's totally fucked.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 12:38 PM (UPlzn)

162 148 My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (2J/Lj)

Probably an Earwig.
Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:23 PM (pDt9x)

Don't
worry. After they lay their eggs, they usually crawl on out.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 20, 2026 12:35 PM (iJfKG)

Medical advice at the HQ -
Because we care!!!

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:38 PM (pDt9x)

163 The PRC just had a robot do a half marathon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:38 PM (2GVsD)

164 Mom thought they were sucking my brain out through my ear when they went in and got them out.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:38 PM (Zz0t1)

That explains a lot.....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 20, 2026 12:39 PM (FuSB1)

165 Trump's threat and the Strait is becoming reminscent of Groundhog Day. We really need to break that cycle soon, one way or the other.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 20, 2026 12:39 PM (tOcjL)

166 156 Bear

Libya fell just to make the point that Gaylord and Hillary were 'serious' players. As an attempt to bolster street creds it failed. And the Libyan people have paid the price.
----------------
As I recall it was all about delivering sweet light Libyan crude to Italy and France. Imma sure Hillary and Barry got a slice of that pie.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 20, 2026 12:39 PM (FmapG)

167 160 I love bridges. Not a big fan of blowing them up.
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:12 PM (77rzZ)
---

Think of it as creating work projects for the new country.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 12:39 PM (UPlzn)

168 My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 20, 2026 12:22 PM (2J/Lj)

Spider eggs, ready to hatch. Heh.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 20, 2026 12:39 PM (5xuJ/)

169 Somali pirates did quite well with such for a time. The entire edifice of international law has been to raise the criminal individuals and countries up and degrade the commons (like the sea) to allow that to happen. Idiotic bullshit oppressed oppressor ideology which does the same thing to our cities here.
Posted by: whig at April 20, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)

and then . . . And then the Turks and the Greeks realized that they were allowed under EU rules to print Euros in response to enlarged anti-piracy naval patrols, and the French realized they could get in on the fun with their navy too.
And the French seem to be patrolling the western Atlantic and the Greeks and Turks are getting along famously around the horn of Africa.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:39 PM (rbvCR)

170 143 133 Ghadaffi was turning over all of Libya's WMD materials to the US when Gaylord decided to act tough and topple him. Where the stuff went after that, who knows.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:32 PM (2GVsD)

To this day, I've never heard anyone make a case for whacking him. He seemed to have gotten Jesus after 9/11, so to speak. Oh well.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 20, 2026 12:34 PM (ypYV4)

They needed a punching bag.

I dunno, the deeper conspiracy is that they wanted there to be instability in the region. Kick off a migrant crisis?

Or Obama's handlers did not want strong men who would actually be cowed by the west (US.) A lot of the Iranian plan was to try to create a regional hegemon that could defy the US. Col Q was a strong man who learned his lesson way back in the 80s. Not weak, but not willing to poke the bear.

Obama wanted to be poked by bears.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2026 12:40 PM (bss/y)

171 I believe the ceasefire was really for the benefit of us. I think the administration made a reasonable calculation that Iran would fall after killing their top 50 govt guys, but the bastards are crazy and want to die. 40 days of straight bombing is pretty taxing on pilots and equipment. So now we have 2 new carrier groups in the gulf and everybody is rested and resupplied.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 20, 2026 12:40 PM (n5tGW)

172 War is like that. One day you’re talking smack, and the media and your allies are blowing sunshine up your ass.

The next day you’ve got a dribble cup taped to your chin and you believe you’re an iguana. Either that or you’re asking Jesus what happened.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:40 PM (Lp05i)

173 153 Imma guess she keeps the floor close to her bed, which somewhat relieves the anxiety of falling. I sleep on the floor, so I've got that problem well covered.

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:40 PM (N8ZBc)

174
That explains a lot.....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 20, 2026 12:39 PM (FuSB1)

I accept that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:40 PM (Zz0t1)

175 I am sick as a dog and on low sleep. I'm going to just post enough to provide fodder for commenters.

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Come for the mudder, stay for the fodder.

/Sorry to hear that, Ace -- get better soon!

Posted by: ShainS at April 20, 2026 12:41 PM (wwpDf)

176 Isn't there an oil that's like a home OG remedy for ear stuff? Olive? Mineral? Castor? Something.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

177 109 101 This one's low and slow over the plate for all you guys to riff on:

At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM (N8ZBc)

Is it named after one of Andy's toys, Buzz or Woody?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:29 PM (ynpvh)

Donkey Kong.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 20, 2026 12:41 PM (i0Hi3)

178 It's just obvious that after 5 weeks of bombing, Trump doesn't have the guts to bomb Iran.
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He is curating Iran's new leadership.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 20, 2026 12:41 PM (FmapG)

179 Honestly the question is why are there any working power plants in the parts of Iran that provide power to military installations and/or elite neighborhoods?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 20, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)

180 Aw, sorry to hear that, Ace! We'll carry on.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 20, 2026 12:42 PM (VyBeY)

181 I'm reading that Tehran has opened its airports and Russia has lifted restrictions of flying through Iranian airspace.

What do they know?

Posted by: WisRich at April 20, 2026 12:42 PM (G0vdT)

182 Blowing up their bridges could help their economy when they rebuild them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:42 PM (kbShR)

183 As I recall it was all about delivering sweet light Libyan crude to Italy and France. Imma sure Hillary and Barry got a slice of that pie.
Posted by: pudinhead
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Wasn't Hunter trying to cash in on that?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 20, 2026 12:42 PM (XvL8K)

184 171 I believe the ceasefire was really for the benefit of us. I think the administration made a reasonable calculation that Iran would fall after killing their top 50 govt guys, but the bastards are crazy and want to die. 40 days of straight bombing is pretty taxing on pilots and equipment. So now we have 2 new carrier groups in the gulf and everybody is rested and resupplied.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 20, 2026 12:40 PM (n5tGW)

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I seriously doubt the admin thought that Iran's government was going to collapse. The mosaic strategy, 50 years of entrenching, and an eschatological ideology governing the place were all known.

If there was a surprise, it was probably around how little damage Iran could do in return.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:42 PM (O35xg)

185 BTW they better hope Trump doesn’t pull the ripcord.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:42 PM (Lp05i)

186 Afternoon Ace. Hope all is well.
As someone said the Iranians consider negotiations another form of warfare. These dunces don't realize they have nothing to negotiate with. Surrender power or die. That's it .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 20, 2026 12:42 PM (gu0hJ)

187 _______

Wasn't Hunter trying to cash in on that?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 20, 2026 12:42 PM (XvL8K)

He IS an energy mogul.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)

188 I'm reading that Tehran has opened its airports and Russia has lifted restrictions of flying through Iranian airspace.

What do they know?

The Iranians are going to shoot another airliner down.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:43 PM (2GVsD)

189 Also in Lebanon, where the popular government is now talking to Bibi about borrowing the IDF to get Hezbollah (the uniparty) their 72 raisins.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)

Yep. I think the Lebanese have announced that the world has changed, and they are interested in coordinating with the Israelis.

Once again, the Lebanese were being run by Hezbollah's threats and now they are out from under.
It seems to be a theme.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:43 PM (rbvCR)

190 I'm confident the President is a shrewder negotiator than the worry warts on this page.

Unless you are all billionaire deal makers like him.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 20, 2026 12:43 PM (wBaIH)

191 190 I'm confident the President is a shrewder negotiator than the worry warts on this page.

Unless you are all billionaire deal makers like him.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 20, 2026 12:43 PM (wBaIH)

Just jwest and moomoo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y)

192 I mean, I get the strategy. If there is a belief the Iranian people are on our side, you don't REALLY want to do things that will make them suffer and possibly leave our side.

BUT, at some point, you need to put up or shut up. We're getting close to that point for all parties.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 20, 2026 12:44 PM (tOcjL)

193 6 I like Trump, he fights.

And 'credibility' is the media's only stock in trade.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:12 PM (2GVsD)

Reminds me of what Lincoln is supposed to have said regarding U. S. Grant when confronted about Grant's alleged drinking and other vices: 'I need this man, he fights'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026 12:44 PM (QGaXH)

194 176 Isn't there an oil that's like a home OG remedy for ear stuff? Olive? Mineral? Castor? Something.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

Pennzoil.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:44 PM (pDt9x)

195 I'm confident the President is a shrewder negotiator than the worry warts on this page.

Unless you are all billionaire deal makers like him.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 20, 2026 12:43 PM (wBaIH)

He's a stupid poopyhead that never learns anything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:44 PM (Zz0t1)

196 146 Madison Cornbread's fantastic tale of Trump breaching the limo partition and seizing control of the Beast is more believable.

i heard that the c-130 problem was caused by trump grabbing the yoke.

Posted by: madison cornbread at April 20, 2026 12:44 PM (oY6Yp)

197 177 109 101 This one's low and slow over the plate for all you guys to riff on:

At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM (N8ZBc)

Is it named after one of Andy's toys, Buzz or Woody?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 20, 2026 12:29 PM (ynpvh)

Donkey Kong.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 20, 2026 12:41 PM (i0Hi3)
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Grenade launcher? "Say hello to my little friend[\i]!"

Posted by: WisRich at April 20, 2026 12:45 PM (G0vdT)

198 Go look at flight radar and tell me all about the planes flying over or anywhere near Iran.

I’ll wait.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:45 PM (SWd7w)

199 I wouldn't take out their capacity to generate power just yet. Take out their infrastructure, their substations.

Take out their bridges if you want damage commerce.

Save the generators for level two. I can believe all Iranian, Persian people are lunatics. But they need to grow some balls.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 20, 2026 12:45 PM (Fbc0I)

200 Ace, is it a sinus infection? Lots of folks (including me) around here are getting them right now. Blecch. Nasty green stuff coming out or clogging up constantly, and everything else that entails.

Makes you feel like an Iranian mullah, hoping to get promoted so Israel can blow you to bits and end your suffering.

Posted by: GWB at April 20, 2026 12:45 PM (mdaV5)

201 He's a stupid poopyhead that never learns anything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:44 PM (Zz0t1)

Sponge has distilled the wisdom of the EU into a single sentence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

202 Any word from Cuber?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (FmapG)

203 195 He's a stupid poopyhead that never learns anything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:44 PM (Zz0t1)

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He's just lucky that kidnapping Maduro led to the US taking effective control over the largest oil reserves on the planet months before he attacked the terror state that would try to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz that sees roughly 20% of oil traffic daily.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (O35xg)

204 162 148 My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)
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If your eardrum is intact; apple cider vinegar, diluted white vinegar to 5%, hydrogen peroxide, alcohol. Choose one and pour it in your ear, use thumb and fore finger to squeeze outer area to move the liquid around. Also pull earlobe and upper part of ear back and forth.
Naturally your head will be tilted as close to earth parallel as possible.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (UPlzn)

205 Wouldn't hitting the engine room make moving the ship and looting the cargo more difficult?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (kbShR)

206 > I'm reading that Tehran has opened its airports and Russia has lifted restrictions of flying through Iranian airspace.

What do they know?
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Reports suggest we destroyed all the aircraft used by the mullahs and their cronies. Maybe Putin's sending a couple to fetch 'em. And more importantly, their money.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (AkEZC)

207 I am interested in what people believe Iran’s negotiating position is.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (SWd7w)

208 Lie down on your side with itchy ear up. Fill offending ear with full strength Chlordane. Wait for itching to stop. Flush with isopropyl alcohol or kerosene.

Posted by: Dr. Whatsamatta at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (oftw2)

209
He's just lucky that kidnapping Maduro led to the US taking effective control over the largest oil reserves on the planet months before he attacked the terror state that would try to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz that sees roughly 20% of oil traffic daily.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (O35xg)

Yet I'm still paying $5 + a gallon for diesel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)

210 Ace - hope you feel better and lots of sleep, hydration, plus zinc, Vit C, Vit D should help.

The thing that's great about the horde, you just post one sentence and it's off to the races with this group.

Posted by: Cheri at April 20, 2026 12:47 PM (oiNtH)

211 Trump's threat and the Strait is becoming reminscent of Groundhog Day. We really need to break that cycle soon, one way or the other.

Trump could take out, say, 5% of Iran's power capacity as an ante, and then say "Do I have your attention?".

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

212 207 I am interested in what people believe Iran’s negotiating position is.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (SWd7w)

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Magical undersea mines, I think.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:47 PM (O35xg)

213 My ear has been itching, way down in the canal, for several days. Its driving me bonkers.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Probably an Earwig.
Posted by: tubal
........

Donating a car might help.

Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 12:47 PM (UjdFS)

214 199 I wouldn't take out their capacity to generate power just yet. Take out their infrastructure, their substations.

Take out their bridges if you want damage commerce.

Save the generators for level two. I can believe all Iranian, Persian people are lunatics. But they need to grow some balls.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 20, 2026 12:45 PM (Fbc0I)

We are seeing escalations like the killing of the Benji guys. That could be factionalism within the military though.

We might need to kill some more assholes until the assholes we like get their shit together.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 20, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)

215 Wait for itching to stop. Flush with isopropyl alcohol or kerosene.
Posted by: Dr. Whatsamatta at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (oftw2)

Light fuse and get away.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:47 PM (Zz0t1)

216 The Democrats are on the side of Iran and the IRGC knows this.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 20, 2026 12:47 PM (NpAcC)

217
At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"

Posted by: pudinhead at April 20, 2026 12:36 PM (FmapG)

Actress

the word they were looking for is "actress"

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 20, 2026 12:47 PM (2/MrR)

218 There is a lot of IW going on that you don’t hear about. There are also a lot of eyes on the ground and in the air. That doesn’t presage anything good for the IRGC.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:47 PM (SWd7w)

219 207 I am interested in what people believe Iran’s negotiating position is.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (SWd7w)
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To say anything to make the US believe they have a deal.

Delay, Delay, Delay.

Posted by: WisRich at April 20, 2026 12:48 PM (G0vdT)

220 Reminds me of what Lincoln is supposed to have said regarding U. S. Grant when confronted about Grant's alleged drinking and other vices: 'I need this man, he fights'
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Translation - Lincoln needed a meat grinder.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 20, 2026 12:48 PM (FmapG)

221 Just have to disagree on that one. Most countries would fall with that type of targeting.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 20, 2026 12:48 PM (n5tGW)

222 209 Yet I'm still paying $5 + a gallon for diesel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)

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Well, Trump shouldn't have tried to deal with a generational problem because of pain at the pump that would last no more than a few months.

He should have governed like Democrats who were afraid of opening the borders because it might have lost them the midterms.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:48 PM (O35xg)

223 209
He's just lucky that kidnapping Maduro led to the US taking effective control over the largest oil reserves on the planet months before he attacked the terror state that would try to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz that sees roughly 20% of oil traffic daily.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (O35xg)

Yet I'm still paying $5 + a gallon for diesel.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)

And this is the current problem whose effects have only started filtering to the broader economy and prices...temporary spikes can get ignored...but longer term increases will increase the price of everything over the long haul.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 20, 2026 12:48 PM (tOcjL)

224 Get away from your own ear? How does that work?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:48 PM (kbShR)

225 It's a mother beautiful bridge, and it's gonna be there.
Posted by: Oddball at April 20, 2026 12:38 PM (XvL8K)

Crap. -- Moriarty

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 20, 2026 12:48 PM (ExV1e)

226 Ace, I hope you feel better soon.

*asks God for a quick recovery*

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at April 20, 2026 12:49 PM (FMtrg)

227 220 Reminds me of what Lincoln is supposed to have said regarding U. S. Grant when confronted about Grant's alleged drinking and other vices: 'I need this man, he fights'
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Translation - Lincoln needed a meat grinder.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 20, 2026 12:48 PM (FmapG)

Eh, they were just Irish, after all.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:49 PM (pDt9x)

228 Wouldn't hitting the engine room make moving the ship and looting the cargo more difficult?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (kbShR)

That's what ocean-going tugs are for.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 12:49 PM (utfVc)

229 Five Fingers of Funk: You Jane Me Funky

youtu.be/2M7OtSXrfIM

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:49 PM (rbvCR)

230 198 Go look at flight radar and tell me all about the planes flying over or anywhere near Iran.

I’ll wait.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Looks like a trail of ants going from Western Europe to Middle East.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 12:49 PM (UPlzn)

231 194 - my mom used olive oil, warmed above body temp, but not hot. stay lying on opposite side as long as possible to let it work. plug of cotton so it doesn't leak out when you get up.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 20, 2026 12:49 PM (VyBeY)

232 Iran War: I gather that the imminent casus belli was the ~408kg of enriched U. No source I know of denies that Iran possesses it, and I've listened to all of them.

If we don't seize that, and also put in place strict verification protocols to prevent Iran from getting more, IMHO we've failed.

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:50 PM (N8ZBc)

233 Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did. I watch and read the FAKE NEWS Pundits and Polls in total disbelief.

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Not to mention: Imagine what a Death Cult Regime that nonchalantly slaughters 50,000 of its own people in the streets would do to the "evil" Jooos and Infidels once it acquired nukes?

That may have also made an impression on The POTUS ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 20, 2026 12:50 PM (wwpDf)

234 Yet I'm still paying $5 + a gallon for diesel.
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Buy heating fuel.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 20, 2026 12:50 PM (FmapG)

235 >> Magical undersea mines, I think.

The medias magical thinking is that Iran will draw this out to hurt Trump in the midterms, because it’s already tanking his popularity.

Iran is just about down to throwing rocks. One more round of this and they will have to sharpen sticks.

But you know, it’s all about left wing politics to the commie media.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:50 PM (SWd7w)

236 That last part is becoming, sad to say, an empty threat.

I believe that's because Iranian bridges and power plants are no deterrent to the people the IRGC serves.

Posted by: t-bird at April 20, 2026 12:50 PM (XFXIk)

237 231 194 - my mom used olive oil, warmed above body temp, but not hot. stay lying on opposite side as long as possible to let it work. plug of cotton so it doesn't leak out when you get up.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 20, 2026 12:49 PM (VyBeY)

And if that doesn't work slap a hot iron on it...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 20, 2026 12:50 PM (FuSB1)

238 I'm not sure why Trump keeps talking up "Regime Change" when it's obvious by now that ain't happening. It may be a new bunch of tyrants that replace the old bunch that we killed.

But it'll still be a bunch of tyrants. The more Trump crows about regime change, the harder it will be to claim victory when this is all over.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 20, 2026 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

It took less than a month for Ceaușescu to go from an all-powerful dictator to a smudge on a wall.

It is impossible to predict the trajectory of the internal struggle in Iran. But the facts are clear...the current regime has been drastically weakened.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 12:51 PM (n9ltV)

239 Personally, I would like to hear less bullshit about deals. Deals? This is a terror regime. It should be about choices, do you want to be sent back to the Jurassic, Triassic, or Cretaceous? You're getting one of them and which one depends on how bad you us off. Fuck deals. Keep going until some dude in charred clothes climbs from a pit and begs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 12:51 PM (snZF9)

240 Get away from your own ear? How does that work?

It's surprisingly easy.

Posted by: Vincent Van Gogh at April 20, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

241 238
It is impossible to predict the trajectory of the internal struggle in Iran. But the facts are clear...the current regime has been drastically weakened.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 12:51 PM (n9ltV)

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False.

All Trump has done is return the strait to business as usual before his war!

Nothing else has been accomplished!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 12:52 PM (O35xg)

242 >>Looks like a trail of ants going from Western Europe to Middle East.

And a bunch of flights from Vietnam over the Caspian Sea which is interesting.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:52 PM (SWd7w)

243 "193 6 I like Trump, he fights.

And 'credibility' is the media's only stock in trade.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:12 PM (2GVsD)

Reminds me of what Lincoln is supposed to have said regarding U. S. Grant when confronted about Grant's alleged drinking and other vices: 'I need this man, he fights'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 20, 2026 12:44 PM (QGaXH) "

this.
Trump's threats are empty, until they're not. (like most threats ... )

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 20, 2026 12:52 PM (VyBeY)

244 Donkey Kong.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless

Honkey Kong.

https://tinyurl.com/yusf7dhy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 20, 2026 12:52 PM (ndZc7)

245 Somehow I don’t think Trump takes his advice from us. He’d handle Earwigs his own way.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:52 PM (pDt9x)

246 One ping only, Vasily.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 20, 2026 12:52 PM (W2Pud)

247
Lockerbie. La Belle Discotheque. Terrorist funding around the world.

Qaddafi had it coming, and I for one am happy the ending was as gruesome as possible.

Posted by: Auspex at April 20, 2026 12:53 PM (Y8DZL)

248 231 194 - my mom used olive oil, warmed above body temp, but not hot. stay lying on opposite side as long as possible to let it work. plug of cotton so it doesn't leak out when you get up.

Did she reuse it for cooking after it drained out?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)

249 Idiots.

Complete fucking idiots.

Trump going to war with them made Iran a hero country, as far as Democrats are concerned.

All they had to was make this deal. Give Trump his "win." Wait a couple/few years for a Democrat President who will roll back that deal, ship them palettes of cash, and likely just start shipping them stuff straight from the Y-12 and Pantex stockpiles and production lines. They'd get the green light for anything for anything they want.

But they're doing... this. Whatever this is.

*shrugs*

Retards.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 20, 2026 12:53 PM (BI5O2)

250 Can't stand TV, even those clips. No wonder kids have a 5 second attention span it's a barrage of sounds, flashing things and someone loudly hyperbolic. What crap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 12:53 PM (UPlzn)

251 Maritime law is very clear on seizing vessels of belligerent nations and all of this is completely legal and above board as far as the law goes. That won't stop the democrats from having panic attacks over Trump ordering the seizure of peaceful unarmed commercial ships just going about their business.

And IIRC each and every Marine that boards that vessel as a prize crew is entitled to a share of the sale of the ship if the courts decide that the ship was in violation of approved sanctions.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 20, 2026 12:53 PM (0N4FZ)

252 >>>And the French seem to be patrolling the western Atlantic and the Greeks and Turks are getting along famously around the horn of Africa.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:39 PM (rbvCR)

Ok, make that "off the west coast of Africa" for the French.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:54 PM (rbvCR)

253 Speaking of Hammer Films....

I saw "Brides of Dracula" when I was a wee tad of 9 or 10 at a Saturday Kid's matinee.

I've never forgotten it. One of the better Hammer's.

I was especially impressed by the Brides and the use of the windmill to form a cross to kill Dracula.

Great stuff still.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 20, 2026 12:54 PM (iJfKG)

254 250 Concur.

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:54 PM (N8ZBc)

255 Yes, and the lefties have a meme going online that shows the three Iranians we are negotiating with are still alive, and even though the ayatollah’s son is missing a leg and had his face destroyed he is still on the fight.

They forgot about all the dead guys.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:54 PM (SWd7w)

256 It took less than a month for Ceaușescu to go from an all-powerful dictator to a smudge on a wall.

12 days, IIRC.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 20, 2026 12:54 PM (BI5O2)

257 Donating a car might help.
Posted by: wth

I know someone who could use a good used car.

1-877-Kars-for-Sponge,
1-877-Kars-for-Sponge...

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:54 PM (77rzZ)

258 The Democrats are on the side of Iran and the IRGC knows this.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 20, 2026 12:47 PM (NpAcC)

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Yep, along with the MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia and Deep State (but we repeat ourselves thrice).

Posted by: ShainS at April 20, 2026 12:55 PM (wwpDf)

259 Just how rotted through with derangement and stupidity do you have to be to swallow the drool that the Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces could be excluded?

Or that Pete Hegseth would in any way allow that.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 12:55 PM (2ocoG)

260 But they're doing... this. Whatever this is.

*shrugs*

Retards.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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They are zealots for allah and death is their goal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 12:55 PM (UPlzn)

261 248, no.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 20, 2026 12:56 PM (VyBeY)

262 I know someone who could use a good used car.

1-877-Kars-for-Sponge,
1-877-Kars-for-Sponge...
Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 12:54 PM (77rzZ)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:56 PM (Zz0t1)

263 I'm sorry you aren't feeling well Ace, please get better soon!

This place gets crazy when you aren't around and the barrel will be to well fed.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 20, 2026 12:56 PM (Q/FnY)

264 They are zealots for allah and death is their goal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 12:55 PM (UPlzn)

And it would be churlish to deny them that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 12:57 PM (utfVc)

265
The guys with the guns are in charge. Trump is negotiating with the politicians.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 20, 2026 12:57 PM (IifOV)

266 250, concur.

and I will add, this is not an "unintended consequence"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 20, 2026 12:57 PM (VyBeY)

267 Donkey Kong.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless

Honkey Kong.

https://tinyurl.com/yusf7dhy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 20, 2026 12:52 PM (ndZc7)

Phooey

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 20, 2026 12:57 PM (578V/)

268 Be better Ace. Be better.

Posted by: BChasm Phone at April 20, 2026 12:57 PM (X3jib)

269 The population in Romania in 1989 was a whopping 23 million.

There are 90 million people in Iran and a land area twice the size of Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 12:57 PM (DIbRX)

270 It is impossible to predict the trajectory of the internal struggle in Iran. But the facts are clear...the current regime has been drastically weakened.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 12:51 PM (n9ltV)
*******
And I guarantee if Democrats ever get back into power, they will give money to Iran to rebuild what Trump has done to their country.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 20, 2026 12:57 PM (NpAcC)

271 Have not had a cold or any type of virus for two years running now. Something’s up.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 12:58 PM (pDt9x)

272 163 The PRC just had a robot do a half marathon.

a.i. is gonna put runners out of work!!!

Posted by: anachronda at April 20, 2026 12:58 PM (oY6Yp)

273 Sorry to hear you're not feeling well, Ace. Two words - chicken soup. Oh, and rest, get that also.

Posted by: Retired, thank God at April 20, 2026 12:58 PM (va0Yo)

274 Yet I'm still paying $5 + a gallon for diesel.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)

Lucky man. It is $6.20 here. THANK YOU GOVERNOR KOTEX

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:58 PM (rbvCR)

275 If we take out there bridges and generating facilities, they're going back to the stone age. I don't want to see that happen, but they bring it upon themselves.

Quit fucking with western civilization.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 20, 2026 12:58 PM (Fbc0I)

276 I forgot what churlish means.
Churlish (pronounced /ˈtʃɜːrlɪʃ/) is an adjective meaning rude, boorish, surly, or mean-spirited.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 12:58 PM (kbShR)

277 I was impressed by Polanski's The Fearless Vampire Killers. Vampires as Fagz was an obvious connection. Then there was Chinatown.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 20, 2026 12:59 PM (FmapG)

278 The IRGC knows that they may face a Ceaușescu purge if they aren't in power, so that's part of it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 20, 2026 12:59 PM (n5tGW)

279
I anticipate a big fight not unlike that which preceded Hirohito's surrender speech.
Posted by: Archimedes

===============

I don't see how we get apocalyptic Shi-ite literalists to choose a path other than the one they're on.

Going down the list until we get to the reasonable guy is a fool's errand. It's turtles all the way down.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 20, 2026 12:59 PM (n7rxJ)

280 They are zealots for allah and death is their goal.

-----

Like I said... retards.

If that's the goal, then the best strategy would be to assuage them and wait for a Democrat. The Dems are even more fanatical than them, and just to spite the orangeman, they would more-or-less gift them with nukes and permission to strike Israel. Might even jump in on their side.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 20, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O2)

281

There are 90 million people in Iran and a land area twice the size of Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 12:57 PM (DIbRX)

And yet...there not one cowboy.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 20, 2026 12:59 PM (iJfKG)

282 אייס, רפואה שלמה

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 20, 2026 01:00 PM (1o8D5)

283 *assuage Trump

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 20, 2026 01:00 PM (BI5O2)

284 Does t Israel know where the uranium is?

Send in Mossad

Posted by: Gonzotx at April 20, 2026 01:00 PM (nGraA)

285 There are 90 million people in Iran and a land area twice the size of Texas.
Posted by: Ben Had

And lots and lots of mountains.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)

286 I feel like we are getting rope-a-doped by these terrorist persian muslims, and am sick of all the "next week," or "begins tomorrow" talks shit, with Trump going on every day saying they're agreeing to a "deal."

Did Yamomoto agree to a fucking "deal?"

Did the Nazis?

And the empty threats of bridge, power plants, and other shit getting blown up, they are sounding so repetitive, so hollow.

When does this ever end?

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 20, 2026 01:01 PM (KiBMU)

287 163 The PRC just had a robot do a half marathon.

They're bragging that it set a record. Um, it's a machine that ran on an isolated track by itself.

Where it's a 'robot' and managed to maintain upright positioning, it doesn't tire and the only thing against it would've been battery packs or a hydraulic failure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:01 PM (Zz0t1)

288 I saw Walz was at some big international meeting of the Deep State/WEF in Spain trashing Trump. It's kind of funny that the DNC wants him dead and buried but the international "our democracy" fetishists can't get enough of him.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 01:01 PM (2ocoG)

289 The lack of water in Iran would hamper the need for cowboys.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:01 PM (kbShR)

290 Berserker, I think the Deal being negotiated in the "cost" and who is going to pay it.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 01:01 PM (rbvCR)

291 אייס, רפואה שלמה
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Oh yeah? You're not the boss of me.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:01 PM (77rzZ)

292 I can't read Orc.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:02 PM (kbShR)

293 >> At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"
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Smart phone? 1911?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2026 01:02 PM (XeU6L)

294 Get well?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:02 PM (kbShR)

295
Lucky man. It is $6.20 here. THANK YOU GOVERNOR KOTEX
Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:58 PM (rbvCR)

On the way out of town with the daughter's car on a trailer, we managed to find a place selling at $4.89 a gal just off the freeway a bit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:02 PM (Zz0t1)

296 At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"
--------
Smart phone? 1911?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

The Paolo's number.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:03 PM (77rzZ)

297 And a bunch of flights from Vietnam over the Caspian Sea which is interesting.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 12:52 PM (SWd7w)

Everything has to go through the gap between Iran and Ukraine

Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 01:03 PM (rbvCR)

298 A box of Franzia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:03 PM (kbShR)

299 Fucking Teams meeting. Shit.
Should I share my screen?

Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 01:03 PM (UjdFS)

300 Oh yeah? You're not the boss of me.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:01 PM (77rzZ)
-

/sets space laser to bulg

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 20, 2026 01:03 PM (1o8D5)

301 Olive oil for medicine? That's some guinea magic right there

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 20, 2026 01:04 PM (wBaIH)

302 295
Lucky man. It is $6.20 here. THANK YOU GOVERNOR KOTEX
Posted by: Kindltot at April 20, 2026 12:58 PM (rbvCR)

On the way out of town with the daughter's car on a trailer, we managed to find a place selling at $4.89 a gal just off the freeway a bit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:02 PM (Zz0t1)

Did you make her ride along with you?

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:04 PM (pDt9x)

303 Fucking Teams meeting. Shit.
Should I share my screen?

==

make sure you don't share AOS screen...

Posted by: runner at April 20, 2026 01:05 PM (GD0B3)

304 299 Fucking Teams meeting. Shit.
Should I share my screen?
Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 01:03 PM (UjdFS)

Is it remote? Don’t pull a Toobin, dude.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:05 PM (pDt9x)

305 Fucking Teams meeting. Shit.
Should I share my screen?
Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 01:03 PM (UjdFS)

Would still be better than pullin' a Toobin.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:05 PM (Zz0t1)

306 *******
And I guarantee if Democrats ever get back into power, they will give money to Iran to rebuild what Trump has done to their country.
Posted by: redridinghood
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Rebuilding will begin as soon as the allahs are dead. American engineering and crews paid for by Iranian oil will build/guide/assist reconstruction.

NO. This will not be nation building this will be a construction contract similar to all other legitimate construction contracts between the buyer -Iran and the seller - American businesses. The currency; Iranian oil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 01:05 PM (UPlzn)

307 The US was in WW1 for 1.6 years and WW2 for 3.75 years. This one is less than 60 days, not terribly long.

Afghan and Viet wars were much much longer.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 20, 2026 01:05 PM (n5tGW)

308 Share Candy Crush screen.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:05 PM (kbShR)

309
Did you make her ride along with you?
Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:04 PM (pDt9x)

She was going to, but had a project for school due Monday, so she stayed behind.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:06 PM (Zz0t1)

310 אייס, רפואה שלמה
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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[heads out for Hebrew-to-English translator]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2026 01:06 PM (XeU6L)

311 If there's one thing I hate more than meetings, it's fucking teams. Let me be a soloist, puhleeeze!

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 01:06 PM (N8ZBc)

312 309
Did you make her ride along with you?
Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:04 PM (pDt9x)

She was going to, but had a project for school due Monday, so she stayed behind.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:06 PM (Zz0t1)

Park the wreck in your driveway.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:07 PM (pDt9x)

313 It means get well I think. Google AI.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:07 PM (kbShR)

314 Get well?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:02 PM (kbShR)
-

Yes. More literally it means a complete recovery.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 20, 2026 01:07 PM (1o8D5)

315 305 Fucking Teams meeting. Shit.
Should I share my screen?
Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 01:03 PM (UjdFS)
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If I had to do that I would get a green screen and one of those programs to morf me into T-Rex or a Frog.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 01:07 PM (UPlzn)

316 If there's one thing I hate more than meetings, it's fucking teams.

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 01:06 PM (N8ZBc)

Seems you should stop, then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)

317 [heads out for Hebrew-to-English translator]

Google translate nailed it on the first try.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 20, 2026 01:07 PM (vTZFs)

318 Sorry to hear you're not feeling well, Ace. Two words - chicken soup. Oh, and rest, get that also.
Posted by: Retired, thank God at April 20, 2026 12:58 PM (va0Yo)
Yes and a fourth of a cup of Castor oil!!!

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 20, 2026 01:08 PM (yo/1Y)

319 There's no I in teams.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kbShR)

320 237 231 194 - my mom used olive oil, warmed above body temp, but not hot. stay lying on opposite side as long as possible to let it work. plug of cotton so it doesn't leak out when you get up.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 20, 2026 12:49 PM (VyBeY)

And if that doesn't work slap a hot iron on it...

soldering iron. fits in the ear canal.

Posted by: anachronda at April 20, 2026 01:08 PM (oY6Yp)

321 I think they're wondering why I'm laughing.

Posted by: wth at April 20, 2026 01:08 PM (UjdFS)

322 Operation Candy Crush would be a fun name.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 20, 2026 01:09 PM (n5tGW)

323
Park the wreck in your driveway.
Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:07 PM (pDt9x)

It is.

I have to look at it every time I walk by the window. The appraiser will call tomorrow to come look at it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:09 PM (Zz0t1)

324 Well I don’t know what is wrong with Ace, so I cannot prescribe. Or, why not?

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:09 PM (pDt9x)

325 Giner ale is ambrosia when I'm not feeling well.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:09 PM (77rzZ)

326 Yes. More literally it means a complete recovery.

Oh, then I guess it didn't. Or it did in a literal sense but not in a common usage sense.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 20, 2026 01:09 PM (vTZFs)

327 Does Ace have the flu, food poisoning or a hangover?

Posted by: redridinghood at April 20, 2026 01:10 PM (NpAcC)

328 Does Ace have the flu, food poisoning or a hangover?
Posted by: redridinghood at April 20, 2026 01:10 PM (NpAcC)

Embrace the power of 'and.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:10 PM (Zz0t1)

329 ...It is impossible to predict the trajectory of the internal struggle in Iran. But the facts are clear...the current regime has been drastically weakened.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 20, 2026 12:51 PM (n9ltV)

You're not paying enough attention. Israel and the Trump would not be doing what they're doing if they weren't going to END this, once and for all. It seems obvious to me that they have been prepping an Iranian insurgency for months, if not years.

Trump knows only too well, if this is not DONE on his watch that he can not count on his successors to do it. One way or another, he will END this. We know where the trajectory leads - the only thing that's unclear is what path is taken to get there. Pop some popcorn, and expect some surprises along the way.

Posted by: MrExcitement at April 20, 2026 01:10 PM (ovdkm)

330 326 Yes. More literally it means a complete recovery.

Oh, then I guess it didn't. Or it did in a literal sense but not in a common usage sense.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 20, 2026 01:09 PM (vTZFs)

Orta like Mexican Spanish then.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:10 PM (pDt9x)

331 Well I don’t know what is wrong with Ace, so I cannot prescribe. Or, why not?
Posted by: tubal

Food poisoning from undercooked hobo would be my guess.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:10 PM (77rzZ)

332 Bad hobo jerky.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:11 PM (kbShR)

333 The IRGC will never agree to any terms acceptable to Trump.

Full regime change, not just shuffling the deck and picking a new member of the current government, is required.

Barring some truly significant effort to get arms to locals who will, theoretically, accept someone like Reza Pahlavi, that means boots will be required on the ground.

Or just accept whatever lies the IRGC allows someone to tell and then subverts the moment no resources are available or the administration changes.

Posted by: Sam at April 20, 2026 01:11 PM (7jMef)

334 Oh, then I guess it didn't. Or it did in a literal sense but not in a common usage sense.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 20, 2026 01:09 PM (vTZFs)
-

It's the exact same intent as "get well". Translation still correct.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 20, 2026 01:11 PM (1o8D5)

335 If there's one thing I hate more than meetings, it's fucking teams.

Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 01:06 PM (N8ZBc)

Mrs B works from home. I constantly hear meetings going on in her office. It sounds like the frigging UN half the time. Sometimes I fuck with her. I'll hear some dude droning on and on about shit and I'll poke my head in and say Bueller....Bueller...Bueller.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 01:11 PM (snZF9)

336 It's the exact same intent as "get well". Translation still correct.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Can you transliterate it for me into the Latin alphabet?

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:12 PM (77rzZ)

337 Is THIS the day of the 3000 comment thread? That would be lit!!

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:12 PM (pDt9x)

338 Walz was at some big international meeting of the Deep State/WEF in Spain trashing Trump. It's kind of funny that the DNC wants him dead and buried but the international "our democracy" fetishists can't get enough of him.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 20, 2026 01:01 PM (2ocoG)

It's probably the deal. If the Democrats want you dead, you die. Even if you have to shoot yourself and then climb a tree and hang yourself.

I think they probably just told him " you suck, you're a failure and a retard. You're an embarassment, and now you are over. But you were a loyal tard. Take your juicy rakeoff from our Somali friends and go on a Tardworld Global Tour - just keep it overseas, you stupid meat puppet. You lost your America privileges."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 20, 2026 01:12 PM (BI5O2)

339 Then a few years ago I started getting letters about a class-action suit regarding hernia meshes...but mine is fine, so I ignored them.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Try getting Lymphoma. The ads to join the Roundup class action and get your piece of the dollars $$$ pie are neverending.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 20, 2026 01:13 PM (sl73Y)

340 I'll hear some dude droning on and on about shit and I'll poke my head in and say Bueller....Bueller...Bueller.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 01:11 PM (snZF9)

"Are you 4 Imprint certain you're on mute?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Zz0t1)

341 At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"
--------
Smart phone? 1911?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

The Paolo's ~~number~~ father.
Posted by: Bulg

I have, how you say, fixed it for you.

Posted by: Paolo, Sr. at April 20, 2026 01:13 PM (bzOmc)

342 327 Does Ace have the flu, food poisoning or a hangover?
Posted by: redridinghood
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His body is convulsing from too much fasting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 01:13 PM (UPlzn)

343 Is THIS the day of the 3000 comment thread? That would be lit!!
Posted by: tubal

Damn, I'd better get started talking about boobs, then.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:14 PM (77rzZ)

344 The President of Iran is freaking out because the "negotiators" walked away from a deal, and he has no way to pay the IRGC or anyone else, yet some here think we're losing.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 01:14 PM (Riz8t)

345 344 The President of Iran is freaking out because the "negotiators" walked away from a deal, and he has no way to pay the IRGC or anyone else, yet some here think we're losing.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 01:14 PM (Riz8t)

=======

Trump's rhetoric in his Truth Social posts are not quite right.

Might as well just pack it all up and admit this is worse than Vietnam.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:15 PM (O35xg)

346 Let the Persians determine their own path. We can wait. Until they decide to become aggressive and then we fuck them up again.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 20, 2026 01:15 PM (Fbc0I)

347 Trick question, who is charge in the formerly known Islamic Republic of Iran ??

Posted by: runner at April 20, 2026 01:15 PM (GD0B3)

348
Petrol was $3.45 at HEB just now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 01:15 PM (tgvbd)

349 I'll hear some dude droning on and on about shit and I'll poke my head in and say Bueller....Bueller...Bueller.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 01:11 PM (snZF9)

"Are you 4 Imprint certain you're on mute?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:13 PM (Zz0t1)

Mrs B is a quickdraw with the mute button. She hears me walking down the hall and its already activated. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 01:15 PM (snZF9)

350 I'm reading that Tehran has opened its airports and Russia has lifted restrictions of flying through Iranian airspace.

What do they know?

The Iranians are going to shoot another airliner down.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:43 PM (2GVsD)
====

They are headed for a new life in Moscow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 20, 2026 01:16 PM (RIvkX)

351 14 Alexander is dead, and the Diadochi are fighting for control of his Empire.

And I am rooting for casualties.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:13 PM (2GVsD)

I am rooting for causalities.

Posted by: Prime unmoved mover at April 20, 2026 01:16 PM (TbWk/)

352
Let the Persians determine their own path.

Iranians: Bags in burkas

Persians: Hot, sultry babes

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 01:16 PM (tgvbd)

353 Rahm Emanuel: The Democrats talk like fags and their shit's all retarded.

https://tinyurl.com/3nxc45jw

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 20, 2026 01:16 PM (ndZc7)

354 Mrs B is a quickdraw with the mute button. She hears me walking down the hall and its already activated. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 01:15 PM (snZF9)

Smart.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:17 PM (Zz0t1)

355 Eat your chicken soup, Ace

Posted by: 496 at April 20, 2026 01:17 PM (FN3wE)

356 Northwest of Kirkut going towards the Iranian border there was this little lake. My brother theorizes that if we could get a couple hundred head of Angus or Herefords we would be millionaires. Which led to a whole conversation about how it wouldn’t work because a cow wouldn’t be as easy as a goat for the locals to have sex with- which I’m not gonna repeat.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 20, 2026 01:17 PM (SWd7w)

357 Rahm Emanuel: The Democrats talk like fags and their shit's all retarded.

https://tinyurl.com/3nxc45jw
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 20, 2026 01:16 PM (ndZc7)

Takes one to know one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:17 PM (Zz0t1)

358 350 I'm reading that Tehran has opened its airports and Russia has lifted restrictions of flying through Iranian airspace.

What do they know?

The Iranians are going to shoot another airliner down.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 20, 2026 12:43 PM (2GVsD)
====

They are headed for a new life in Moscow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 20, 2026 01:16 PM (RIvkX)

=======

"Iran is going to airmail all of its oil to Russia!"
-people who think a 747 can carry the same amount of load as a super tanker on water

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:18 PM (O35xg)

359 In Cartel Judge news, now a state judge in California is over-ruling the President of the United States.

A single state judge now has the power to void an Executive Order.

On a basis that just lost 8-0 at SCOTUS.

But Trump is the dictator ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 20, 2026 01:18 PM (tUP1A)

360 Rahm Emanuel: The Democrats talk like fags and their shit's all retarded.

He would know.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)

361 "That last part [about power plants and bridges] is becoming, sad to say, an empty threat." [D E Ace]

DON'T be "sad to say it"! I really don't think he'll do that, it's certainly a bluff. The plan is for the Iranian people to get their country back, and they'll be needing those things. They'll also be needing the oil industry intact. If anything, we might be PROTECTING such things FROM the IRGC.

But it's madness to take this at face value, and it's madness to be disappointed that this particular thing WON'T happen.

Despite that reality - SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. It is NOT the case that a deadline will come and go and NOTHING happens. SOMETHING will happen, and I guarantee you that the Supreme Leader and the IRGC will NOT LIKE IT ONE BIT, because it will be another step down the road to their extinction.

We can only speculate what that "SOMETHING" is, and that's a good thing too. It's GOOD to keep the enemy in the dark as to what's coming, and we can't tell what it is, then maybe they can't either.

Posted by: MrExcitement at April 20, 2026 01:18 PM (ovdkm)

362 Rahm Emanuel: The Democrats talk like fags and their shit's all retarded.

https://tinyurl.com/3nxc45jw
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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When you've lost Rahm Emanuel...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2026 01:18 PM (XeU6L)

363 Can you transliterate it for me into the Latin alphabet?

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:12 PM (77rzZ)
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Refu'ah Shleh'ma.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 20, 2026 01:18 PM (1o8D5)

364 I was on my weekly team meeting (Teams) one time while the wife was in the office on the other PC.

She took it upon herself to loudly release some intestinal pressures.

I was not muted.......

I've never seen her turn such a shade of red.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:19 PM (Zz0t1)

365 'm reading that Tehran has opened its airports and Russia has lifted restrictions of flying through Iranian airspace.

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Pulling remaining personnel out of Busher?

Posted by: runner at April 20, 2026 01:19 PM (GD0B3)

366 🌐EatingWell eatingwell.com › what-happens-when - you - dont -eat -11814208
8 Scary Things That Could Happen to Your Body When You Skip Meals
🌐en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Starvation - Starvation - Wikipedia
February 18, 2026 - The term inanition refers to the symptoms and effects of starvation.
🌐Verywell Health verywellhealth.com › how-long- live - withou t- food -1132033
How Long Can You Live Without Food?
December 13, 2025 - Dry fasting involves abstaining from food and fluids. While all three forms of fasting can cause harm to the body,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 01:19 PM (UPlzn)

367 Russia can't even get all their own oil out.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:19 PM (kbShR)

368 @Ace: I am sick as a dog and on low sleep.

Get well soon, champ.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 20, 2026 01:20 PM (O7YUW)

369 Mrs B is a quickdraw with the mute button. She hears me walking down the hall and its already activated. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 01:15 PM (snZF9)

Smart.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:17 PM (Zz0t1)

She's been with me long enough to know that I'm..unpredictable. If she is on video she practically police tapes the door. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 20, 2026 01:20 PM (snZF9)

370 R'fuah sh'leima

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 20, 2026 01:20 PM (RIvkX)

371
I am sick as a dog and on low sleep.

No excuse. Our dogs are happy and healthy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 01:21 PM (tgvbd)

372 "Iran is going to airmail all of its oil to Russia!"
-people who think a 747 can carry the same amount of load as a super tanker on water
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Oil floats, it must be lighter.
-Reddit, probably

Posted by: Methos at April 20, 2026 01:21 PM (vSvIl)

373 Refu'ah Shleh'ma.

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Qapla' !

Posted by: runner at April 20, 2026 01:21 PM (GD0B3)

374 The President of Iran is freaking out because the "negotiators" walked away from a deal, and he has no way to pay the IRGC or anyone else, yet some here think we're losing.
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I really like how every single news story frames it as the US is the one desperate for a deal; that no way we can walk away.

That's not how negotiations work.

Of course, none of the people writing these stories have ever negotiated anything.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 20, 2026 01:21 PM (tUP1A)

375 🌐en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Starvation - Starvation - Wikipedia
February 18, 2026 - The term inanition refers to the symptoms and effects of starvation.
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Is there a Donner party reference down in the footnotes?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 20, 2026 01:21 PM (XeU6L)

376
people who think a 747 can carry the same amount of load as a super tanker on water

It's not surprising that we have a lot of stupid people in this country. It's shocking that they have so much influence.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 01:22 PM (tgvbd)

377
No excuse. Our dogs are happy and healthy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 01:21 PM (tgvbd)

It's been my experience that dogs rarely get sick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:22 PM (Zz0t1)

378 374 I really like how every single news story frames it as the US is the one desperate for a deal; that no way we can walk away.

That's not how negotiations work.

Of course, none of the people writing these stories have ever negotiated anything.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 20, 2026 01:21 PM (tUP1A)

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"Trump is desperate to end war because gas is at levels not seen since Biden's presidency. He had no plan for the Strait of Hormuz."
-experts

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:23 PM (O35xg)

379 So many "I told you so's" here:

Open Source Intel @Osint613
11m

Hungary's PM Péter Magyar says his country would arrest Netanyahu if he enters Hungarian territory, citing the ICC warrant.

Viszlát, Magyarország!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 20, 2026 01:23 PM (1o8D5)

380 ====

They are headed for a new life in Moscow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 20, 2026 01:16 PM (RIvkX)
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Can't see Putin allowing those nuts into the country for long. If he allows them in he's got a plan and it's not all that pleasant for the mullahs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 01:24 PM (UPlzn)

381
It's been my experience that dogs rarely get sick.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:22 PM (Zz0t1)

They do. That's why I watch their food intake very carefully. It's among the best barometers of health. We've had three occasions where a dog refused a treat and was dead an hour later.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 01:24 PM (tgvbd)

382 It's been my experience that dogs rarely get sick.
Posted by: Sponge

Scavengers need hella good immune systems.

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 01:24 PM (bzOmc)

383 It's getting down to the wire. Iranian sleeper cells sending every Durocell and Energizer they can get back to the old country.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 20, 2026 01:24 PM (gm9Sb)

384 "Trump is desperate to end war because gas is at levels not seen since Biden's presidency. He had no plan for the Strait of Hormuz."
-experts

Philip Tetlock's results in the early 2000s were the most important in the history of political science: on average, subject-matter experts didn't beat random guessing—and did worse than simple heuristics.
If this isn't part of your worldview, you're ngmi

https://is.gd/uQp7A5

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 01:24 PM (Riz8t)

385 Qapla' !

Posted by: runner
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¿Que?

Posted by: Manuel at April 20, 2026 01:24 PM (XeU6L)

386 383 It's getting down to the wire. Iranian sleeper cells sending every Durocell and Energizer they can get back to the old country.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 20, 2026 01:24 PM (gm9Sb)

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The Islamic Republic started importing its Iraqi militias back into Iran weeks ago.

Because it's winning so much and able to project power outside its borders so easily after the ineffectual US bombardment.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:25 PM (O35xg)

387 Refu'ah Shleh'ma.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Thanks. I'm considering learning Biblical Hebrew.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:25 PM (77rzZ)

388 Can't see Putin allowing those nuts into the country for long. If he allows them in he's got a plan and it's not all that pleasant for the mullahs.

Moscow needs window washers.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 01:26 PM (Riz8t)

389
"Trump is desperate to end war because gas is at levels not seen since Biden's presidency. He had no plan for the Strait of Hormuz."
-experts
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:23 PM (O35xg)

I think I read this word for word over the weekend.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)

390 101 This one's low and slow over the plate for all you guys to riff on:

At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"
Posted by: gp

*stands at attention*

Posted by: A Green Dildo of WNBA Fame at April 20, 2026 01:27 PM (Dv3i1)

391 ...Trump's rhetoric in his Truth Social posts are not quite right.

Might as well just pack it all up and admit this is worse than Vietnam.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:15 PM (O35xg)

LOL. I was just explaining to somebody recently that Trump's posts don't always seem to make sense. That's because they're not to be taken literally - they are specifically to, naturally, SEND A MESSAGE. If the message doesn't make sense to you, it's because you are NOT who is being sent that message. Rest assured, whoever a given message is sent to UNDERSTANDS THE MESSAGE, and often they really, really DO NOT LIKE IT.

This is especially true in wartime, where the recipients are both the actual enemy and other third parties (some of who are supposedly our allies). Often, the message is REALLY being sent to the people of places like the UK and France, who are seeing their "leaders" being exposed as not working for them as a result.

Posted by: MrExcitement at April 20, 2026 01:27 PM (ovdkm)

392 Is that Iranian woman seeking to bomb a type of car or a French city or both?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 20, 2026 01:27 PM (E6xSb)

393 The streets of Tehran are being patrolled by Burqha Barbies in their pink jeeps with 50cal

Posted by: Ben Had at April 20, 2026 01:27 PM (DIbRX)

394 Bets on our bombing campaign starting up again this week?

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:27 PM (pDt9x)

395 They do. That's why I watch their food intake very carefully. It's among the best barometers of health. We've had three occasions where a dog refused a treat and was dead an hour later.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

.....and anything that gets past a scavenger's immune system isn't to be f**ked with.

Posted by: mikeski at April 20, 2026 01:28 PM (bzOmc)

396 389
"Trump is desperate to end war because gas is at levels not seen since Biden's presidency. He had no plan for the Strait of Hormuz."
-experts
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:23 PM (O35xg)

I think I read this word for word over the weekend.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)

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"Trump's goals in the war were to open the Strait of Hormuz, which was open before the war!"
-Glenn Greenwald, almost a direct quote

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:28 PM (O35xg)

397
Jane Seymour, 75

Don't care. Still a "1".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 01:28 PM (tgvbd)

398 I hope you understand.

Generally, speaking, very, very little.

Posted by: Candidus at April 20, 2026 01:28 PM (gC0AI)

399 Jane Seymour, 75

Don't care. Still a "1".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yep.

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:28 PM (77rzZ)

400 Don't care. Still a "1".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 20, 2026 01:28 PM (tgvbd)

I said that about Betty White till the day she died.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:28 PM (Zz0t1)

401 Sedan is where?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:29 PM (kbShR)

402 391 This is especially true in wartime, where the recipients are both the actual enemy and other third parties (some of who are supposedly our allies). Often, the message is REALLY being sent to the people of places like the UK and France, who are seeing their "leaders" being exposed as not working for them as a result.

Posted by: MrExcitement at April 20, 2026 01:27 PM (ovdkm)

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All I know is that Trump threatened to end a civilization with all caps, and then a ceasefire was announced.

He shouldn't have done that. Obviously, the ceasefire was just going to happen anyway, and he TACOd because he didn't nuke Tehran.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:29 PM (O35xg)

403 Sedan is where?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:29 PM (kbShR)

Wrecked. In the driveway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)

404 401 Sedan is where?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 20, 2026 01:29 PM (kbShR)

Driveway.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:29 PM (pDt9x)

405 Sedan is where?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Frankistan

Posted by: Bulg at April 20, 2026 01:29 PM (77rzZ)

406 Jane Seymour, TEMU Julie Andrews.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 20, 2026 01:30 PM (gm9Sb)

407 We are in sync today Sponge. Kinda eerie.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:30 PM (pDt9x)

408 We are in sync today Sponge. Kinda eerie.
Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:30 PM (pDt9x)

I was considering politely asking you to get out of my head.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

409 New one:

Eric Swalwell Charged 100 Big Booze Deliveries to His Campaign, as Well as Vegas Trips

Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)

410 408 We are in sync today Sponge. Kinda eerie.
Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:30 PM (pDt9x)

I was considering politely asking you to get out of my head.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 20, 2026 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

I am thinking of a number between 1 and 10.

Posted by: tubal at April 20, 2026 01:32 PM (pDt9x)

411 384 "Trump is desperate to end war because gas is at levels not seen since Biden's presidency. He had no plan for the Strait of Hormuz."
-experts
...
Posted by: Archimedes at April 20, 2026 01:24 PM (Riz8t)

Yep. Same experts who said the market would crash after he got elected the first time, and that Hillary was sure to win.

Realistically, they're not even trying to be accurate, they're just pushing enemy propaganda because that's what their Globalist puppet masters are apying them to do. It's stupid to even call them "stupid" - it's a complement, compared to what they are, which is just evil henchmen.

Posted by: MrExcitement at April 20, 2026 01:32 PM (ovdkm)

412 381
It's been my experience that dogs rarely get sick.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Street dogs, hunting dogs, and border collies.
Other dogs others have been bred up to suit some fancy while natural health and immunities disregarded.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 01:33 PM (UPlzn)

413 Hiroshima called: "Better take the Unconditional Surrender offer."

Posted by: Nag A. Saki at April 20, 2026 01:33 PM (TezPK)

414 409 New one:

Eric Swalwell Charged 100 Big Booze Deliveries to His Campaign, as Well as Vegas Trips
Posted by: Archimedes
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Shocking, booze and Vegas for a political campaign. I never...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 20, 2026 01:35 PM (UPlzn)

415 All I know is that Trump threatened to end a civilization with all caps, and then a ceasefire was announced.

He shouldn't have done that. Obviously, the ceasefire was just going to happen anyway, and he TACOd because he didn't nuke Tehran.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:29 PM (O35xg)

But you DIDN'T notice that the sudden need for a cease-fire was a BS reason? That it was supposedly because the Pakistani PM, or somebody talked him down from that? He was never going to do it, and he's threatening the same thing this time. Something will "magically" happen to interrupt it again.

He had a REASON for doing the cease-fire. It obviously wasn't what he said it was, we shouldn't EXPECT him to tell us the truth on exactly why he did it, and we CAN'T know the real reason, but we SHOULD know by now that he's an absolute genius at this stuff, that he's very much on our side, and it's all going to work out great, ultimately.

To say he shouldn't have done it is ridiculous - you don't even know what peices are on this chessboard, or where. I presume you're not even being literal, talking about nuking Iran.

Posted by: MrExcitement at April 20, 2026 01:42 PM (ovdkm)

416 415
To say he shouldn't have done it is ridiculous - you don't even know what peices are on this chessboard, or where. I presume you're not even being literal, talking about nuking Iran.

Posted by: MrExcitement at April 20, 2026 01:42 PM (ovdkm)

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I was being facetious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:42 PM (O35xg)

417 I was being facetious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:42 PM (O35xg)

I always wondered how to spell "facetious"... LOL

Posted by: MrExcitement at April 20, 2026 01:44 PM (ovdkm)

418 I was being facetious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 20, 2026 01:42 PM (O35xg)

I always wondered how to spell "facetious"... LOL

Posted by: MrExcitement at April 20, 2026 01:44 PM (ovdkm)

Pretty wild that a guy who can't read can spell facetious.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 20, 2026 01:47 PM (G1ktt)

419 Slow news day so I'll throw this out for your consideration. Three line horror stories.

My wife won't know where I've been.
Lights are off so I'll sneak in.
I hear the racking of a shotgun.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 20, 2026 01:52 PM (ndZc7)

420 I'm afraid Crown Prince Pahlavi missed his chance...should've went to Tehran 3 weeks ago. Risky, but that's the game Pahvi!!

Posted by: therealADWarren at April 20, 2026 01:55 PM (nwLK6)

421 101 This one's low and slow over the plate for all you guys to riff on:

At Business Insider: "Actor Jane Seymour, 75, says she avoids sleep anxiety by keeping one thing close to her bed"
Posted by: gp at April 20, 2026 12:28 PM (N8ZBc)
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Would that be her favorite character, Buzz the vibrator?

Posted by: Bonecrusher at April 20, 2026 02:10 PM (JNTt1)

422 That's what ocean-going tugs are for.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 20, 2026 12:49 PM (utfVc)

Sikorsky just towed a ship.

With a helicopter.

Posted by: Defenestratus at April 20, 2026 02:16 PM (WYStd)

423 And we probably won't destroy their power plants either because we just don't have the balls anymore to finish a fight... Trump or no Trump.

Sorry to be an eeyore - I'm just sick of this stupid game.
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It really makes more sense to destroy the main transmission lines out of the plants instead of the plants themselves. It causes tremendous pain to all involved, but repairs can be made relatively easy; it smacks the mullahs hard, yet lets the reasonable Persian recover without too much pain.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at April 20, 2026 02:19 PM (JNTt1)

424 Dumbest thing Trump has ever done is to try to out-crazy the crazy Iranians.

Posted by: mossomo at April 20, 2026 02:53 PM (pky95)

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