The Morning Rant: NATO...An Idea Whose Time Is Past

The population of the countries comprising NATO is about 980 million people. If one subtracts the population of the United States, it is about 635 million people, or 1.8X the population of the United States. Yet the NATO countries spend far less per capita on their militaries (≈$975) than does the USA (≈$2,800), and far less in absolute terms; the USA spends about 1.6X what the rest of NATO spends. And it is actually worse, because a portion of America's defense budget is spent in Europe, maintaining our bases and paying our personnel, whereas Europe's infrastructure and personnel expenditure is primarily domestic.

Of course they use the money we spend and they don't on a cradle-to-grave welfare state that has crippled most of Europe and turned a once great region into a post-modern mess of accommodation, hatred of nationalism and patriotism, massive guilt for their previous success, and worst of all, a simmering hatred of all things American ... including our military!

In addition to the ridiculous imbalance in defense spending, not all of the member states of NATO are comfortable with its mutual defense requirements. In fact, Spain is unabashedly anti-American, and refused use of its American bases for the effort against the mad Mullahs of Iran. Turkey's loyalties are suspect because of its close relationships with countries and movements that are explicitly anti-American, anti-West, and support Islamic expansionism. Italy has also refused the use of Sigonella Air Base in Sicily, and France has restricted flights over its territory.

The reality is that NATO and Europe are happy to benefit from our underwriting of their defense, but are unwilling to perform the basic functions of allies, including even pro forma participation in an effort to destroy the nuclear aspirations of a country that is an avowed enemy of the West and has stated explicitly for the last 47 years that its goal is the destruction of the West and the ushering in of an Islamic state. And let us not forget its less lofty goals of supporting Islamic terrorism across the world that has killed thousands, including in Europe!

The benefit of NATO for America has clearly faded, and the costs are simply too much to bear. The original function has been subsumed in a mass of bureaucratic waste, competing national priorities, and most of all the shrinking of the world-wide Soviet threat into a regional player that can't project its military might more than 100 miles into its neighbor.

Should we leave NATO? Yes. Is it politically possible? Probably not, but the administration, through the Department of War can reorient our NATO effort to one more focused on real strategic threats and in countries that are less virulently and reflexively anti-American. In other words...punish our enemies and reward our friends. And if that means moving our bases from Spain and the UK and Italy to Israel and Poland, then so be it.

It is no longer the responsibility of the American taxpayer to buttress European defense. Their economies are successful enough to fund it without our assistance, although they are welcome to purchase our military technology if they are capable of keeping it out of the hands of the Chinese and the Russians.

Perhaps we can sell them our bases!

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Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 28, 2026 11:00 AM (ew/Be)

2 Nood monkey!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 28, 2026 11:00 AM (iNUL3)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 28, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

4 Top 5?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 28, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)

5 Minkey!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 28, 2026 11:01 AM (Kc7nv)

6 Get the US out of NATO & The UN.

And get the UN out of the US.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 28, 2026 11:01 AM (ew/Be)

7 NATO can suck my DIKO

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 28, 2026 11:02 AM (iFTx/)

8 The rain in Spain
Is all fake and gay

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 28, 2026 11:03 AM (Kc7nv)

9 Outto NATO!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 28, 2026 11:03 AM (1o8D5)

10
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 28, 2026 11:03 AM (X4KFY)

11 Europe is not our ally.

They don't share our values

And they don't have military resources worth mentioning.

End NATO

Posted by: 18-1 at April 28, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm)

12 Needs Americans To Operate

Posted by: ShainS at April 28, 2026 11:04 AM (VdTX+)

13 Not first!

Posted by: Pocahontas Warren at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM (cWLG3)

14 7 NATO can suck my DIKO
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 28, 2026 11:02 AM (iFTx/)

That's why the Netherlands exists.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM (gKWVE)

15 NATO is obsolete and should be allowed to die. It's not 1949 anymore.

Posted by: SEATO at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM (AP4bj)

16 When times are hard, pray. You have nothing to lose.

Posted by: Eromero at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM (LHPAg)

17 Speaking of European defense news.

The Royal Navy is ceding some of its build slots for Type 26 frigates to Norway. It is looking like Slot #3 which should have been HMS Belfast will instead go to Norway. The UK and its Royal Navy is no longer a serious military force.

Canada has ordered 15 Type 26s as the River class destroyer. Australia is also buying the Type 26.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM (2GVsD)

18 Urope is so much beter than US. They helped us elect Barick Obamba, they not racis. Urope is for talinted people, not dum ameracans. Im embarissed to be ameracan.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein's Smarter Sister, Hadley, MA at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM (qUkBO)

19 I'm sure everyone here is in favor of scaling back or eliminating the military assistance we give to NATO, at least in Old Europe. Another question is the extent to which a surprise mass attack is even possible any more.

It was clear that Russian intended to attack Ukraine long before it happened. There simply wasn't the political will to do anything about it. Likewise, if China went after Taiwan, we'd know about it long in advance - long enough to move assets to counter it.

In the age of satellites, drones, and loyal wingmen, political will is a lot more important than assets on the ground.

Nonetheless, I'd like to move our current NATO assets to the front line states - they at least are taking the Russian threat seriously.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

20 Italy has said they'll send some of their minesweepers to the Hormuz to help with things.

The rest of NATO is still navel gazing. And coddling Islamists.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:06 AM (jehhT)

21 We used to have quite the navy.
Back in the day.

Posted by: Britain at April 28, 2026 11:06 AM (2Ez/1)

22 It's not 1949 anymore.
Posted by: SEATO at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM (AP4bj)
Iknowright?

Posted by: Eromero at April 28, 2026 11:06 AM (LHPAg)

23 It's ironic that NATO in slang means "No Action, Talk Only." It's derogatory, of course.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 28, 2026 11:07 AM (iFTx/)

24 We can't give away ALL our European bases b/c we do need some forward footprints around the world.

We can get rid of them in the countries that don't support us. And should.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 28, 2026 11:07 AM (tOcjL)

25 11 Europe is not our ally.

They don't share our values

And they don't have military resources worth mentioning.

End NATO

The timing here could be interesting. I think some of the Euros are starting to understand that they can't rely on us anymore to do all the heavy lifting, and are starting to talk about beefing up their militaries. Germany claims it's going to be the strongest Euro military in...10 years. Poland says "hold my beer".

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

26 NATO seems yet another entrenched institution whose purpose is its’ own perpetuation, with all of its’ privleges and emoluments. If it magically disappeared tomorrow I seriously doubt that anything would be affected.

Posted by: tubal at April 28, 2026 11:08 AM (Gqar8)

27 Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein's Smarter Sister, Hadley, MA at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM

You teach at Mt. Holyoke, don't you?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 28, 2026 11:09 AM (kgE5c)

28 NATO should have been disbanded back in 1989/90.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 28, 2026 11:09 AM (g8Ew8)

29 Exactly what are we defending Europe from as a member of NATO?

Russia is bogged down in Ukraine (a non-NATO member) and clearly can't project much further than that, even if they wanted to.

Europe has thrown open wide the doors to mass migration of Islamic conquerors. They are not interested at all in defending themselves against the destruction of their own culture.

So why are we in NATO at all?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 28, 2026 11:10 AM (gnNyN)

30
We used to have quite the navy.
Back in the day.
Posted by: Britain at April 28, 2026 11:06 AM (2Ez/1)

If you spent more time and money on the important parts of naval power rather than on rum, sodomy and the lash, you might actually have a navy that could go up against a naval powerhouse like Switzerland.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 28, 2026 11:10 AM (X4KFY)

31 Honestly, we could just take the UK. Casus belli is UK nukes ending up in islamist hands. What would anyone do about it?

Posted by: Oglebay at April 28, 2026 11:10 AM (2ap+5)

32 The SecGen of NATO, Mark Rutte, has told the Euros in no uncertain terms that if they think they can defend themselves without the US right now, they're dreaming, and they're a long way from the buildup that would enable them to do so. He's telling them to get off their asses and start to work. He gets it.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

33 "...a navy that could go up against a naval powerhouse like Switzerland."
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Don't bring a warship to a red pocket knife fight.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 28, 2026 11:12 AM (2Ez/1)

34
The rest of NATO is still navel gazing. And coddling Islamists.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:06 AM (jehhT)

You mean gently cooking Islamists in near boiling water?

Well...Well, I guess....That's just fine.

There may still be some life in the You'reAPeein's yet!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 28, 2026 11:12 AM (iJfKG)

35 If Europe, at least the NATO members, continue to import Islamists I think we (the US) has to reevaluate whether Europe is worth the effort to defend.

I mean, are we really going to maintain a mutual defense treaty with Islamists that want us dead?

Seems.... questionable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:12 AM (jehhT)

36 We need high-speed rail, VAT, and six-week vacations. Level the playing field.

Posted by: And A Royal Fambly at April 28, 2026 11:13 AM (oftw2)

37 NATO was formed in '49, a year after 1948's Marshall Plan.

Since the Trump administration essentially (finally, in most ways) ended the latter last year -- dismantling foreign aid programs, incorporating USAID into the State Department (and eventually killing it), opposing international development goals, emphasizing bilateral reciprocity over multilateral cooperation, considering withdrawing from global institutions like the World Bank & IMF, et. al. -- it follows that we should essentially end the former this year.

Posted by: ShainS at April 28, 2026 11:13 AM (VdTX+)

38 The first task with our takeover of the UK would be getting rid of the Pakistanis but deporting the Birmingham/Aston Villa fan base makes it worthwhile.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 28, 2026 11:13 AM (2ap+5)

39 Get out of NATO, and the next time we need to go overseas to save their ass because of their lack of vision we keep the liberated territories and plant United States of Earth flags.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 11:14 AM (snZF9)

40 "Europe has thrown open wide the doors to mass migration of Islamic conquerors. They are not interested at all in defending themselves against the destruction of their own culture.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"

For the most part, weren't really all that interested in fighting off communism, not enough to pay their share and tell their hard left to shut up and sit down. I'm no sure it was worth the effort now that they are willingly succumbing to Islam

Posted by: Ripley at April 28, 2026 11:14 AM (GUOwU)

41 The Krauts in government have recently admitted two things:
1) Shutting down nuclear was a huge mistake.
2) Importing millions of unassimilable 7th C. barbarians was a huge mistake.

I think they are starting to wake up, but not quickly enough.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

42 More European defense news.

Norway sued NHI over the high operating costs and lack of capability stemming from the purchase with support contract of 14 NH90 helicopters. NHI has taken back the thirteen that were delivered and repaying some of the money. Norway has ordered Blackhawk variant to replace the NH90.

Belgium has retired four of its eight NH90s. After two crashes, one fatal, and other issues; Australia has retired and scrapped its entire NH90 fleet. Australia's MoD said they tried to sell them but no one wanted to buy them.

Germany has found the loading ramp of the NH90 to be weak and the floor in the troop compartment can be damaged by combat boots.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 28, 2026 11:14 AM (2GVsD)

43 Exactly what are we defending Europe from as a member of NATO?

Russia is bogged down in Ukraine (a non-NATO member) and clearly can't project much further than that, even if they wanted to.

Europe has thrown open wide the doors to mass migration of Islamic conquerors. They are not interested at all in defending themselves against the destruction of their own culture.

So why are we in NATO at all?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 28, 2026 11:10 AM (gnNyN)

Yeah, they shot themselves in the head with uncontrollable muslim invasion.

Buuuuut, they voted for it, so...okay.

Still, that means pretty much house to house fighting if we ever needed to invade to save them.

I just don't see it.

Change our bases to places that want us and will honor their agreements.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 28, 2026 11:16 AM (iJfKG)

44 "No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!"

-Ronald Reagan

That last glib comment is funny, but bureaucracies actually aren't immortal, because of that first statement of "voluntarily reduc(ing) itself".

As parasites, bureaucracies always weaken their host until the host is defeated by outside forces. It's why economists found that defeated countries (in this case, Germany and Japan) grow at ASTOUNDING rates, because the vested interest groups and entrenched bureaucracies had been ground into dust.

I'm not saying losing a war is good for a country, because there has never been a victor as magnanimous as the US, but destroying bureaucracies ought to be the aim of every patriot.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:17 AM (N1tpc)

45 The UK culinary world would revert to traditional British fare, which is why France would be our next target.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 28, 2026 11:17 AM (2ap+5)

46 Why do the Euros still want NATO? I would think they would be fine with us turning our backs on them.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at April 28, 2026 11:18 AM (wGerL)

47 "...a navy that could go up against a naval powerhouse like Switzerland."
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Don't bring a warship to a red pocket knife fight.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 28, 2026 11:12 AM (2Ez/1)

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But they can now equip those red pocket knives with mini-crossbows!

Those Swiss ... always fighting the last millennium's war.

Posted by: ShainS at April 28, 2026 11:18 AM (VdTX+)

48 >although they are welcome to purchase our military technology
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not the top shelf stuff
maybe some extra MREs, jeep tires, ballpoint pens, etc

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:18 AM (ZxPkt)

49 The Krauts in government have recently admitted two things:
1) Shutting down nuclear was a huge mistake.
2) Importing millions of unassimilable 7th C. barbarians was a huge mistake.

I think they are starting to wake up, but not quickly enough.

IMHO, the lefty Euro governments are all now trying to slowly walk back the lunacy, because they realize it's electoral poison. They can't just come out and say "Boy, that was REALLY stupid of us", because they'd never get elected again. I doubt it will make any difference. The consequences of their numerous follies are too obvious and harmful to the nations they led.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)

50 27 Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein's Smarter Sister, Hadley, MA at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM

You teach at Mt. Holyoke, don't you?

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Adjunck.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein's Smarter Sister, Hadley, MA at April 28, 2026 11:19 AM (qUkBO)

51 Get out of NATO, and the next time we need to go overseas to save their ass because of their lack of vision we keep the liberated territories and plant United States of Earth flags.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

I'm done with Europe. No more of our going over there to save them from themselves.

If the Germans had been victorious in WWI, that continent would be in a much better place, eventually, than it is now. Only our intervention guaranteed their defeat. Thanks, again. Woody Effing Wilson.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:20 AM (77rzZ)

52 I'm sure everyone here is in favor of scaling back or eliminating the military assistance we give to NATO, at least in Old Europe.
Another question is the extent to which a surprise mass attack is even possible any more.

In the age of satellites, drones, and loyal wingmen, political will is a lot more important than assets on the ground.

Posted by: Archimedes

With as much satellite data and SigInt that we have, barring an EMP or solar flare that knocks up back to 1900, I honestly don't think anyone can successfully pull off a surprise attack.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 28, 2026 11:20 AM (ew/Be)

53
As bad as the Western Eurotrash cockfags are, the worst of them is the Frogs. DeGaulle took one look at a map and realized that Frogpatch didn't need to join the military branch of NATO to enjoy the defense advantages. But since NATO was stupid enough to form the political branch in such a way that a nation could join that part of the organization separately, the Frogs took advantage of it. So they got to have a rather substantial role in setting the direction of NATO policy, without having to commit their military to NATO command.

Left them the resources to attempt a post-war reconstruction of the French colonial empire. But, being Frogs, they fucked it up and lost the two big jewels in the empire within 15 years: Indochina and Algeria. Not that either place is much of a jewel.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 28, 2026 11:20 AM (X4KFY)

54 Why do the Euros still want NATO?

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Still terrified of the limp dick ~~old Soviet Union~~ Russian Bear.

Posted by: ShainS at April 28, 2026 11:20 AM (VdTX+)

55 @46

>>Why do the Euros still want NATO? I would think they would be fine with us turning our backs on them.

Do you understand how much money the US taxpayers shuffle off to the various pig troughs around the globe that these f***weasels dip their dirty little pig snouts in?

You end NATO you end US taxpayer money.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 28, 2026 11:20 AM (XV/Pl)

56 32 The SecGen of NATO, Mark Rutte, has told the Euros in no uncertain terms that if they think they can defend themselves without the US right now, they're dreaming, and they're a long way from the buildup that would enable them to do so. He's telling them to get off their asses and start to work. He gets it.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
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I think Germany's Chancellor Merz attitude is: Screw the Americans.

Posted by: WisRich at April 28, 2026 11:21 AM (G0vdT)

57 ALL seriousness aside, the Warsaw Pact is long gone, thus NATO has no mission

IMO

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:21 AM (ZxPkt)

58 I think they are starting to wake up, but not quickly enough.

I think the problem is the scale of the lies they've been bathing in is so extensive.

I was in Europe a few years ago riding their subway. They had a TV screen playing "news". One of the news programs was about how China would so be using 100% renewables and the US and even Europe were way, way behind.

And it was all lies and bullshit. But in Europe this is the kind of crap sold to them regularly by both the left and the "right".

Hell the current Fuhrer in Germany is "right leaning"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 28, 2026 11:21 AM (sKqQm)

59 33 "...a navy that could go up against a naval powerhouse like Switzerland."
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Don't bring a warship to a red pocket knife fight.

the swiss army pocket knife i got from some actual swiss folks is white. it does have the plus-in-a-shield victorinox logo on it.

Posted by: anachronda at April 28, 2026 11:21 AM (oY6Yp)

60 Mark Elias, Victim of Trump

Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
Trump has called me an "election stealing lawyer," a "radical" and a "bad person." He has posted that I am "scared" and "should be." His FBI director said I am "the enemy of the Republican Party."
I won't stop speaking out against the threat Trump poses to democracy. Period.

-
Marc Elias, in his own words:

"Donald Trump is plotting to overthrow American democracy."
"Echoing Hitler's rise to power."
"It is possible that our constitutional system simply cannot handle a threat like Trump."
"Existential threat to democracy."
"He is not a normal candidate. There are no both sides. There can be no false equivalencies."
"Trump will do anything to win and the Republican Party will aid and abet him at every turn."
"We can expect he will insist his supporters be more aggressive, more ruthless and more violent."
"What we must do is nothing less than protect democracy from Donald Trump."
"Anyone who thinks that a re-elected President Trump would not insist on controlling ballot counting and certification has simply not been paying attention."
"I have watched the Republican Party morph into a crime family that boasts about rigging electio

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 28, 2026 11:21 AM (ndZc7)

61 not the top shelf stuff
Posted by: Don Black

Maybe they need to hire Ace.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:21 AM (77rzZ)

62 39 Get out of NATO, and the next time we need to go overseas to save their ass because of their lack of vision we keep the liberated territories and plant United States of Earth flags.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 11:14 AM (snZF9)

United Planets of America

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 28, 2026 11:21 AM (w/O5Q)

63 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 28, 2026 11:22 AM (p/Ri7)

64 NATO ought to have been disbanded 30 years ago with the end of the Soviet threat. Russia is not and cannot be a threat of the same magnitude as the USSR.

Instead, we've let these leeches continue using our military might as a security blanket.

It's time they* pony up for their own defense.

(*Meaning the leeches. Some of Europe actually is pulling it's own weight. I'd be willing to explore separate commitments to the former soviet block countries who ARE serious about their own defense, but Western Europe needs to be kicked to the curb.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:23 AM (N1tpc)

65 they are welcome to purchase our military technology if they are capable of keeping it out of the hands of the Chinese and the Russians.

It seems the Chinese export versions of their fighters and ADRs might not be quite up to snuff, by which I mean are next to useless against our top of the line. Perhaps we could sell the Euros downgraded versions and let them and China have a loser's war.

HQ-9B And J-35 Quality Is So Poor No One Buys Them, So China Fakes Orders To Self-Entertain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubHdetqOY9M

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

66 >"Boy, that was REALLY stupid of us", because they'd never get elected again.
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Elected. That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems at April 28, 2026 11:23 AM (2Ez/1)

67 The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it has indicted a top Fauci-era National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases employee for allegedly taking part in a scheme to conceal federal records regarding COVID-19 research grants.

The DOJ said that David Morens, 78, has been charged with conspiracy against the U.S., which includes destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations, concealment, removal or mutilation of records as well as aiding and abetting. From 2006 to 2022, Morens served as a senior advisor to former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Posted by: SMOD at April 28, 2026 11:23 AM (7W1xd)

68 he SecGen of NATO, Mark Rutte, has told the Euros in no uncertain terms that if they think they can defend themselves without the US right now

Yes and no. Outside of say Poland the Euro-military is a joke.

But the only real threat they face is Muslim/African invasion and they could easily stop that if they wanted to.

And since their population and GDP dwarf Russia, they could easily put together a military that can defeat Russia...again if they wanted to

Posted by: 18-1 at April 28, 2026 11:23 AM (sKqQm)

69 I will say it again, if Trump was a true tyrant Mark Elias would simply vanish.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 28, 2026 11:23 AM (2GVsD)

70 As many of us have been saying for a long time, NATO is an organization without a mission. The Soviet Union ended decades ago and so should NATO.

This, on the other hand, is timely.

>>@seanmdav
·
1h
>>BREAKING: A top adviser to Anthony Fauci has been indicted for his role in covering up the origins of the COVID-19 epidemic by hiding and destroying key records, the New York Post reports.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:24 AM (viF8m)

71 Presenter at Illinois Reparations Commission meeting says they need $16 trillion (he was dead serious)

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I'll check the couch cushions.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 28, 2026 11:24 AM (ndZc7)

72 Perhaps we can sell them our bases!
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The Europeans can turn them into housing for the all the military aged men they are importing from the 3rd world.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 28, 2026 11:24 AM (Dv3i1)

73 Russia is pretty much a clapped out shell now. Not even sure if it is a midlevel regional power now. The only thing about them I have any concern over is that of their nukes getting sold off someday to some nutters.

Posted by: tubal at April 28, 2026 11:25 AM (Gqar8)

74 I just watched a heartwarming video about a small American town in Michigan. Hamtramck. It's a quaint small town that has completed it's conversion to a fully islhamic city in America. Every city councilman, school board member, the police chief, the mayor....All muslham men. The city documents are in arabic, ads are run in arabic and stores area all catering to the muslhams. Police recruiting posters are in arabic and the female officers wear the hijab.

DIVERSITY!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 28, 2026 11:25 AM (p/Ri7)

75 Urope is so much beter than US. They helped us elect Barick Obamba, they not racis. Urope is for talinted people, not dum ameracans. Im embarissed to be ameracan.
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein's Smarter Sister, Hadley, MA at April 28, 2026 11:05 AM (qUkBO)

Again, the Northeastern liberal is an extremely highly educated individual who is an utter fool.

They know how to speak and write well. It's their beliefs that are stupid, not their ability to express themselves. This kind of spoof just falls flat.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:25 AM (N1tpc)

76 What would be the process if we were to leave NATO? Could the President do it on his own, or would Congressional approval need to be involved?

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)

77 EU sucking off 2 or 3 of our teats.
Mexico sucking off 2 or 3 more.
Pretty soon this bitch want even have milk for her own pups.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 28, 2026 11:26 AM (/+uur)

78 76 What would be the process if we were to leave NATO? Could the President do it on his own, or would Congressional approval need to be involved?

*twitches nervously*

Posted by: hawaiian judge at April 28, 2026 11:26 AM (oY6Yp)

79 I'm quite content with the idea of us leaving NATO. There is no point staying where we aren't wanted.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 28, 2026 11:26 AM (lXoJ5)

80 Archimedes

More tofu engineering.

Spirit installed defective titanium parts in some 737s, 787s, and Airbus 320s. Italian subcontractor noticed the titanium they were receiving from Turkey didn't look right. The titanium material was traced back to a dealer in the PRC.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 28, 2026 11:27 AM (2GVsD)

81 The Europeans can turn them into housing for the all the military aged men they are importing from the 3rd world.

I was reading a lefty forum where they had the idea that they could house all the immigrants in the historical palaces and mansions throughout Europe.

And I'll be honest, seeing Muslims living in Versailles or something similar would present the perfect image of what is happening now...

There was one person who asked, "Hey why can't we house our current working class (me) there instead of the crappy flats we have now?!?" but he got downvoted...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 28, 2026 11:27 AM (sKqQm)

82 Kind of reminds me of the discussion we had last night at my sewing/knitting circle. We all go to one of two churches in the same denomination, but we found out that the nitty-gritty of church committees is very different between the two churches. Our church has a one-time new membership "class" (a Sunday lunch at the pastor's house with a meeting including him and two council members beforehand), and the other church doesn't. Our "class" lays out the church's stance on certain issues, but more pertinent to our discussion, the expectations of new members. New members are given a grace period of about a year, and then the council will include them in the phone calls in June to ask people to be on committees. The elder at our meeting warned us that if we don't say "no" to the phone call or text, that is an automatic "yes." We were asked what our strengths and weaknesses were so they could figure out where to put us.

All this is to say that our church has stated very clearly that as long as you are able, we *will* be using your talents. Maybe NATO should consider that concept.

Posted by: pookysgirl, taking an "off" year from the Aesthetics Committee at April 28, 2026 11:27 AM (Wt5PA)

83 @seanmdav
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1h
>>BREAKING: A top adviser to Anthony Fauci has been indicted for his role in covering up the origins of the COVID-19 epidemic by hiding and destroying key records, the New York Post reports.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:24 AM (viF8m)

I will not be satisfied until Fauci and Birx are hanging from lampposts in the town square.

I want them to build the gallows pole assembly line reminiscent of the movie 'Hang 'em High.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 28, 2026 11:27 AM (p/Ri7)

84 ONE NOTE, before leaving NATO, we need to confiscate all their nuclear weapons before France and England become the 2nd and 3rd Islamic nations with them.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:27 AM (N1tpc)

85 76 What would be the process if we were to leave NATO? Could the President do it on his own, or would Congressional approval need to be involved?
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)
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Probably can leave NATO on his own, but he can hollow out the US contribution to it. Sort of like what Europe has been doing for the last 45 years.

Posted by: WisRich at April 28, 2026 11:28 AM (G0vdT)

86 We should take over the better parts of Mexico.
Add new paint and tile.
Flip it to white Europeans that will need a new home in 10 to 12 years.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 28, 2026 11:28 AM (/+uur)

87 Marc Elias oughta be buried alive.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:28 AM (jehhT)

88 It's a treaty organization so the Senate probably has to abrogate it.
Breaking alliances with friendly nations is always hard. It's why England and Portugal used to have such longstanding relations even when those two were wrestling over India and east Africa. Nobody on either side really wanted to say "fuck this" as long as Spain and France were out there

Posted by: gKWVE at April 28, 2026 11:28 AM (gKWVE)

89 Archimedes

More tofu engineering.

I wonder if the Chinese official who coined the term "tofu dregs" has been shot yet. He distilled the crappiness of most Chinese products in just two memorable words.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

90 The US controls the UK nuclear missile force since we built and maintain the Trident missiles for the Royal Navy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 28, 2026 11:28 AM (2GVsD)

91 the swiss army pocket knife i got from some actual swiss folks is white. it does have the plus-in-a-shield victorinox logo on it.
Posted by: anachronda
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Does it have a corkscrew? Asking for a WH correspondent friend.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 28, 2026 11:29 AM (XeU6L)

92 >>I will not be satisfied until Fauci and Birx are hanging from lampposts in the town square.

I wouldn't hold your breath. Fauci got a Biden pardon. But a lot of his conspirators did not.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:29 AM (viF8m)

93 the swiss army pocket knife i got from some actual swiss folks is white. it does have the plus-in-a-shield victorinox logo on it.

Posted by: anachronda at April 28, 2026 11:21 AM (oY6Yp)

Mrs B had a few business trips to Switzerland. She always brought me back different swiss army knives. They come in a bunch of different colors over there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 11:29 AM (snZF9)

94 77 EU sucking off 2 or 3 of our teats.
Mexico sucking off 2 or 3 more.
Pretty soon this bitch want even have milk for her own pups.

++++
We'll need at least one teat.

Posted by: Canadia at April 28, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)

95
not the top shelf stuff
maybe some extra MREs, jeep tires, ballpoint pens, etc
Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:18 AM (ZxPkt)

Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 28, 2026 11:30 AM (X4KFY)

96 What happened between us and Italy? Didn't they just recently elect a pro-Trump populist? Did Meloni lose her nerve or was she insincere?

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at April 28, 2026 11:30 AM (FMtrg)

97 We'll need at least one teat.
Posted by: Canadia

I'm fine with two. I don't need to go to Mars.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 28, 2026 11:30 AM (gKWVE)

98
I wouldn't hold your breath. Fauci got a Biden pardon. But a lot of his conspirators did not.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:29 AM (viF8m)

I would hope that were those pardons challenged, they wouldn't stand up. You can't pardon someone for 'crimes maybe committed' and it just magically absolve everything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 28, 2026 11:30 AM (p/Ri7)

99 None of the rest of NATO have enough transport planes.
They have to catch rides on American C-17s & C-130s.
They have no logistics beyond their own borders.

Any NATO armed forces outside of the U.S., are only good for local operations without our planes moving troops & materiel around.

So Europe is only good to defend Europe, and Canada is only good to defend Canada. And they can't even effectively do that right now outside of possibly France and Poland.

I don't see then gaining the will to improve that situation in the near future, either, due to so many of these nations deliberately gimping their own armed forces and their own industrial and energy sectors.

That isn't even mentioning the Great Barbarian Invasion western Europe has facilitated against itself.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 28, 2026 11:30 AM (6ydKt)

100 If the Germans had been victorious in WWI, that continent would be in a much better place, eventually, than it is now. Only our intervention guaranteed their defeat. Thanks, again. Woody Effing Wilson.
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:20 AM (77rzZ)

Yeah, I've told my children there were no "good guys" in WWI.

It was a lot of stupid governments sending millions to die for stupid reasons.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:31 AM (N1tpc)

101 More tofu engineering.
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[ponders Berserker's term 'Yang Poon', ?]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 28, 2026 11:31 AM (XeU6L)

102 96 What happened between us and Italy? Didn't they just recently elect a pro-Trump populist? Did Meloni lose her nerve or was she insincere?
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at April 28, 2026 11:30 AM (FMtrg)
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What happened: An energy crunch along with violent Muslim immigrants.

Posted by: WisRich at April 28, 2026 11:31 AM (G0vdT)

103 Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!

You are a cruel, cruel man.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

104 11 Europe is not our ally.

They don't share our values
Posted by: 18-1

Speak for yourself! I think they're dreamy...

Posted by: Empathetically Suicidal American AWFL dreaming of socialism at April 28, 2026 11:32 AM (JCZqz)

105 NATO, we'd hate to keep burdening you with our support. Nice write up, CBD.

Posted by: scampydog at April 28, 2026 11:33 AM (2bFN5)

106 I wanna see Birx hung by a rope made of her scarves. Because pretty.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 28, 2026 11:33 AM (mJreO)

107 Yeah, I've told my children there were no "good guys" in WWI.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Eh, maybe King Albert of Belgium, who was dragged into it by the German invasion of his country.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

108 We need to be everywhere. And our ships need to be able to make port calls.

Posted by: The U.S. Navy at April 28, 2026 11:34 AM (2Ez/1)

109 What happened: An energy crunch along with violent Muslim immigrants.
Posted by: WisRich

That could be an opportunity to double down, deport, and protect the public. Or to capitulate. Guess what she chose.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 28, 2026 11:34 AM (JCZqz)

110 I wanna see Birx hung by a rope made of her scarves. Because pretty.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 28, 2026 11:33 AM (mJreO)

I find your terms acceptable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 28, 2026 11:35 AM (p/Ri7)

111 One of the most surprising things about the recent Iranian stuff for me is the dearth of countries that actually can send a ship(s). England straight up failed. The Russians last Cuban trip looked like somebody set the Kon Tiki on fire and went for a spin around the Atlantic. The Chinese are perfecting boats that float. India? Japan? France? Who can project any meaningful power?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 28, 2026 11:35 AM (w/O5Q)

112 A German victory in WW1, especially an early one before they sent Lenin to Russia, likely ends with them dominating Europe but expending most of their efforts in their newly claimed colonies.

As we've seen that would basically be money pissed away. But that's better then what Europe and especially Germany spent their time doing in our actual history since WWI.

One could imagine then that the world ends up not with a competition between freedom and communism, but freedom and old style European aristocracy which I think is a better and clearer debate to have.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 28, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)

113 100 If the Germans had been victorious in WWI, that continent would be in a much better place, eventually, than it is now. Only our intervention guaranteed their defeat. Thanks, again. Woody Effing Wilson.
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:20 AM (77rzZ)

Yeah, I've told my children there were no "good guys" in WWI.

It was a lot of stupid governments sending millions to die for stupid reasons.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:31 AM (N1tpc)

Lots of people just don’t get this. The Democrats have always been an unmitigated disaster. Everything they touch, they ruin. If only we could outlaw that Party.

Posted by: tubal at April 28, 2026 11:35 AM (Gqar8)

114
Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!

You are a cruel, cruel man.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

Just trying to live by the VDH Doctrine. *snerk*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 28, 2026 11:35 AM (X4KFY)

115 Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!
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I have a mechanical pencil marked 'U.S. Government Property'. Uh, oh...I may be tipping off the Feds.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 28, 2026 11:36 AM (XeU6L)

116 The only issue I have with cutting off Western Europe entirely in favor of Poland etc. is the fact that you're going to want a clear travel and logistical channel to support those bases. Geography is what it is, and teleportation isn't on anyone's bingo card right now.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 28, 2026 11:36 AM (OUMaO)

117 The Chinese are perfecting boats that float. India? Japan? France? Who can project any meaningful power?

Japan certainly can, and they're spending a lot of money on enhancing their capabilities. India is also trying, but...India.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)

118 Get the popcorn.

Raids in Minnesota targeting 22 businesses for fraud.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 28, 2026 11:37 AM (2GVsD)

119 So the US funds 3/4 of nato costs while Europe is 2/3 of the population and all the money is spent in Europe to defend Europe from putin who cant take ukraine in like 5 years?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 28, 2026 11:37 AM (jgiQ8)

120 41 The Krauts in government have recently admitted two things:
1) Shutting down nuclear was a huge mistake.
2) Importing millions of unassimilable 7th C. barbarians was a huge mistake.

I think they are starting to wake up, but not quickly enough.

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It reminds me more of Bob Iger at Disney, for the past 5 years at investors calls, he kept saying that they will focus on quality and less on quantity. That never was the intent, it was a way to keep worried folks at bay for all those years while Disney poured out sludge. The sellouts in charge of Europe have no plan in stopping the elimination of their own people.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 28, 2026 11:37 AM (cZMme)

121 Thx CBD.
The first head of NATO, Lord Ismay ,said "the purpose of NATO is to keep the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down". The Russians are slaughtering themselves and the Ukrainians and outside of nukes aren't a danger to Europe. The Germans appear to be committing national suicide and most of Western Europe doesn't want us there. So what is the point of NATO?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 28, 2026 11:38 AM (gu0hJ)

122 What happened between us and Italy? Didn't they just recently elect a pro-Trump populist? Did Meloni lose her nerve or was she insincere?

Italy is full of garlic eating layabouts who no work, drink heavily, smell bad whose only goal in life is joining the mafia.

They are the Haiti of Europe.

Posted by: Greece at April 28, 2026 11:38 AM (AP4bj)

123 38 The first task with our takeover of the UK would be getting rid of the Pakistanis but deporting the Birmingham/Aston Villa fan base makes it worthwhile.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 28, 2026 11:13 AM (2ap+5)

This guy get's it ...

Posted by: Randy Lehner at April 28, 2026 11:38 AM (3sXRv)

124 The only issue I have with cutting off Western Europe entirely in favor of Poland etc. is the fact that you're going to want a clear travel and logistical channel to support those bases. Geography is what it is, and teleportation isn't on anyone's bingo card right now.

Poland and the Baltics all have access to the Baltic. The old Euros might not like it, but I'd like to see them try to do something about it.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

125 Get the popcorn.

Raids in Minnesota targeting 22 businesses for fraud.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Uh oh. World War 12?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 28, 2026 11:39 AM (ndZc7)

126 Awhile ago, Trump & Co released a report on US global strategic priorities:

1. Fortress Americas with a latter-day Monroe Doctrine
2. The Far East. We'll try to get China to play nice, but if not see #1
3. Europe. Has lost its way. If they don't find their way back, it's on them. See #1
4. Africa. Benign neglect. See #1

On #1, we have Venezuela, Greenland and soon Cuba
On #2, Trump has multiple goals with Iran including cutting off oil to China
On #3, see Europe's open hostility to American interests. Europe has similar interests, but they fear their imported Muslims. Trump is building the case for our exiting NATO

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 28, 2026 11:39 AM (dtajH)

127 Germans did not cover themselves in glory in the Great War when it came to the US.

Unrestricted submarine warfare killing neutral Americans. Then came the Z telegram, now that was such a stoke of brilliance that only someone like Gaylord or Hillary could think of.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 28, 2026 11:39 AM (2GVsD)

128 We should take over the better parts of Mexico.
Add new paint and tile.
Flip it to white Europeans that will need a new home in 10 to 12 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 28, 2026 11:28 AM (/+uur)

That would be a nice thing to do, but the Europeans complain about 80F being a heat wave.

They'd not survive in Mexico.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:39 AM (N1tpc)

129 our NATO membership came about by treaty, approved by Congress

it is likely Congress would have to legislate our departure from NATO

I imagine all manner of war profiteers and their pet Senators would be opposed

the trough must not run dry!

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:40 AM (ZxPkt)

130 The US already took the better part of Mexico.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 28, 2026 11:40 AM (2GVsD)

131 More tofu engineering.
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[ponders Berserker's term 'Yang Poon', ?]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 28, 2026 11:31 AM (XeU6L)

All chinese junk parts are yang poon. Thats chinese for "from package to garbage can".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 11:40 AM (snZF9)

132 Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!

Lol, just ordered a box of Skilcraft Liquid Impressions Ultra Fine Point pens. Could be the best writing pens I've used in a while.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 28, 2026 11:40 AM (w9Wax)

133 I was reading a lefty forum where they had the idea that they could house all the immigrants in the historical palaces and mansions throughout Europe.

I saw that thread. I'd been hoping it was a joke but this is reddit we're talking about.

There was one person who asked, "Hey why can't we house our current working class (me) there instead of the crappy flats we have now?!?" but he got downvoted...

Not surprising. The dude asking that was probably white, straight and male which is the unholy trinity of Badthink.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 28, 2026 11:40 AM (lXoJ5)

134 Unrestricted submarine warfare killing neutral Americans.
Posted by: Anna Puma

There were munitions aboard the Lusitania. Woody wanted to get us into that war.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:41 AM (77rzZ)

135 2. The Far East. We'll try to get China to play nice, but if not see #1
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Tom Clancey's novel, 'The Bear and the Dragon' is a fascinating read.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 28, 2026 11:41 AM (XeU6L)

136
Japan certainly can, and they're spending a lot of money on enhancing their capabilities.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)

They just did that naval troll of China by sending one of their ships through the Taiwan Strait, which has the Chinee screaming bloody murder. Ironic, considering that China has been sending their ships into Japanese waters for decades.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 28, 2026 11:41 AM (X4KFY)

137 The benefit of NATO for America has clearly faded,

What will we do with all the excess blue paint? And worthless bureaucrats. Whose going to pay for those European vacations?

Posted by: DaveA at April 28, 2026 11:41 AM (FhXTo)

138 So the US funds 3/4 of nato costs while Europe is 2/3 of the population and all the money is spent in Europe to defend Europe from putin who cant take ukraine in like 5 years?

When Russia first went in to Ukraine, I was assured by many here that it would be a walkover; a matter of days or weeks. Then, when it wasn't, I was told the Russians historically started slow, but eventually became unstoppable. When THAT didn't happen, it was going to become a war of attrition, and Russia would eventually win.

Pardon me if I question your ability to assess Russia's capabilities now.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

139 Hahahahaha

The Feds have raided the Quality Daycare Learing Center

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 28, 2026 11:42 AM (2GVsD)

140 Remember when NATO sent all those troops to "guard Greenland" from Trump's threats to annex it?

All those troops.

All five or six of them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

141 > Could the President do it on his own, or would Congressional approval need to be involved?
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1st clause- no
2nd clause- yes

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:43 AM (ZxPkt)

142 With as much satellite data and SigInt that we have, barring an EMP or solar flare that knocks up back to 1900, I honestly don't think anyone can successfully pull off a non-nuclear ICBM surprise attack.
Posted by: rickb223
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FIFY.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 28, 2026 11:43 AM (3tF5Z)

143 The Europeans won't even stop using A4 paper. They're beyond hope.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)

144 Remember when NATO sent all those troops to "guard Greenland" from Trump's threats to annex it?
All those troops.
All five or six of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

It really was all of them that we could muster!

Posted by: NATO Poofters at April 28, 2026 11:44 AM (w9Wax)

145 BREAKING:
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New: The Supreme Court of Virginia has denied a request for an emergency stay of last week’s Tazewell ruling that said the State Board of Elections can’t certify the results of Virginia’s redistricting referendum.

This is just a ruling on the request for a stay and not on the merits of the appeal."

Posted by: Nova Local at April 28, 2026 11:44 AM (tOcjL)

146 Weird, relevant take from r/BalticStates

Russia Could Attack a NATO Country Within Months, Polish Prime Minister Warns. “This is something really serious. I’m talking about short-term perspectives, rather months than years,” he said.

apparently the follwing has to be repeated over and over again: The west is not afraid of Russia winning a war against us. We are afraid of them *trying*!

This is like "IRAN IS ABOUT TO MAKE A NUCLEAR WEAPON" threat that Nethanyahu's been saying for the last 20 years at least once every 6 months

Ukraine been dominating them for weeks and just got huge money boost. Second: the russian army been in worse condition week by week recently, so wtf could they even do?

Randomly invite whole NATO into war to totally get anhiliated?

This means eu and nato can justify new laws and regulations. Did muricans visited Polska lately or something? Sounds like there's a massive spending waiting. So just in case if peeps ain't happy with how prices are going up and up and probably will get way worse soon - be afraid! ruzkis could come!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 28, 2026 11:45 AM (+7tIQ)

147 Skilcraft retractable US Government ballpoint pens FTW!!!!

Lol, just ordered a box of Skilcraft Liquid Impressions Ultra Fine Point pens. Could be the best writing pens I've used in a while.

In the government building where I worked, we had paper towel dispensers in the bathrooms. They were made by the blind. It was physically impossible to extract a towel intact. It was at that point that I began to suspect the government of incompetence.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

148 143 The Europeans won't even stop using A4 paper. They're beyond hope.
Posted by: Bulg

And 50 Hz power!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 28, 2026 11:45 AM (2Ez/1)

149 Poland and the Baltics all have access to the Baltic. The old Euros might not like it, but I'd like to see them try to do something about it.

Posted by: Archimedes

If we stay good with the Danes and the other Scandis, that's cool. But, ah, I see some other nations along the path to get to that point...

Not saying it isn't worth doing, just want to make sure our plans are properly thought out.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 28, 2026 11:45 AM (OUMaO)

150 134 Unrestricted submarine warfare killing neutral Americans.
Posted by: Anna Puma

There were munitions aboard the Lusitania. Woody wanted to get us into that war.
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:41 AM (77rzZ)

Bound and determined, he was. He did not one thing right in his Admin. A calamity.

Posted by: tubal at April 28, 2026 11:45 AM (Gqar8)

151 I just saw a meme with a quote attributed to Ike saying if we don't have our troops out of Europe in 10 years, NATO is a failure.
As with most attributions, I have no idea if it is real or not, but if true...

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 28, 2026 11:45 AM (zafwz)

152 125 Get the popcorn.

Raids in Minnesota targeting 22 businesses for fraud.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Uh oh. World War 12?

world war //e

Posted by: anachronda at April 28, 2026 11:46 AM (oY6Yp)

153 If the UAE can leave OPEC we can leave NATO.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:46 AM (viF8m)

154 This is like "IRAN IS ABOUT TO MAKE A NUCLEAR WEAPON" threat that Nethanyahu's been saying for the last 20 years at least once every 6 months

They do love their hyperbole. And if Tehran detonated a nuke in Jerusalem, they would say "It would be islamaphobic for us to react to that. After all, it's not our country that was hit!"

Posted by: NR Pax at April 28, 2026 11:46 AM (lXoJ5)

155 All those troops.

All five or six of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

I told my wife about that.

We laughed and laughed.

OOOOO, they sent 12 soldiers! We're in trouble now!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:46 AM (N1tpc)

156 They just did that naval troll of China by sending one of their ships through the Taiwan Strait, which has the Chinee screaming bloody murder. Ironic, considering that China has been sending their ships into Japanese waters for decades.

I almost feel sorry for the Chinese on that one. The Japs really were bestial in WWII.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

157 There were munitions aboard the Lusitania. Woody wanted to get us into that war.
Posted by: Bulg

November 1916: Wilson wins reelection with the slogan, "He Kept Us Out of the War."

April 1917: War!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 28, 2026 11:47 AM (ndZc7)

158 The only good thing Wilson did in his administration was to have a stroke

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 28, 2026 11:47 AM (gu0hJ)

159 They do love their hyperbole. And if Tehran detonated a nuke in Jerusalem, they would say "It would be islamaphobic for us to react to that. After all, it's not our country that was hit!"

Posted by: NR Pax

Assuming they could stop cheering long enough.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 28, 2026 11:47 AM (OUMaO)

160
Remember when NATO sent all those troops to "guard Greenland" from Trump's threats to annex it?

All those troops.

All five or six of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

That's all the seats on commercial air that they could purchase. They certainly couldn't fly them on their own military airlift, because it basically doesn't exist. Some of those nations have more VIP transports in their Air Force than they do cargo planes.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 28, 2026 11:47 AM (X4KFY)

161 Russia Could Attack a NATO Country Within Months, Polish Prime Minister Warns. “This is something really serious. I’m talking about short-term perspectives, rather months than years,” he said.

Ok let's break this down. The war in Ukraine is not over. Why would the Russians open another front NOW even if they did want to conquer other neighbors?

Oh, this is from Donald Tusk who stole his election in Poland just like Biden stole one here and is basically the same face of the technocrats.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 28, 2026 11:47 AM (sKqQm)

162 NATO’s expiration date was 30 years ago.

Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 11:48 AM (3wCO0)

163 Looks like there was a disbarment complaint filed April 22 against John Roberts, alleging that he did not disclose his wife's earnings from law firms that argued in front of the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 28, 2026 11:48 AM (rbvCR)

164 Edith Wilson, the harbinger of AWFLs.

Posted by: tubal at April 28, 2026 11:48 AM (Gqar8)

165 The only good thing Wilson did in his administration was to have a stroke
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Except that then his wife was running things.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ)

166 158 The only good thing Wilson did in his administration was to have a stroke
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 28, 2026 11:47 AM (gu0hJ)

Nah, b/c his wife wasn't a better president.

Wilson was just bad all the way around...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 28, 2026 11:48 AM (tOcjL)

167 143 The Europeans won't even stop using A4 paper. They're beyond hope.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)

They are also far too insistent on putting the day before the month in dates.

And I'm here to say this entire metric system is just never going to catch on.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM (6ydKt)

168 All those troops.

All five or six of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

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One British soldier is equal to 250 Zulus or 80 Eskimos.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM (+HNx/)

169 Like everything else follow the money. There are billions stolen every year by our nato “allies”. America is the world’s sucker nation and has been for 80 years.

Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM (3wCO0)

170
The Norfolk botanical garden has a tower shrine to NATO which would be made better by being torn down.

Posted by: Auspex at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM (DECkL)

171 Looks like there was a disbarment complaint filed April 22 against John Roberts, alleging that he did not disclose his wife's earnings from law firms that argued in front of the Supreme Court.

If that were too happen, he presumably would have to leave SCOTUS, and Trump would have to select a new justice. I can live with that.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

172 They do love their hyperbole. And if Tehran detonated a nuke in Jerusalem, they would say "It would be islamaphobic for us to react to that. After all, it's not our country that was hit!"
Posted by: NR Pax

Iran had to do it to stop the Palestinian genocide! Israel had nukes first and threatened Iran! It was an Israeli false flag operation to blame Muslims!!!!

Posted by: Lefty Antisemitic Apologist at April 28, 2026 11:50 AM (+7tIQ)

173 I almost feel sorry for the Chinese on that one. The Japs really were bestial in WWII.
Posted by: Archimedes

Well, at least they weren't white supremacists.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 28, 2026 11:50 AM (ndZc7)

174 those skilcraft mechanical pencils were great

naturally, they were discontinued

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:50 AM (ZxPkt)

175 They are also far too insistent on putting the day before the month in dates.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Actually, I usually do that. It's how the military does it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)

176 And I'm here to say this entire metric system is just never going to catch on.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM

+++++

Not so fast bud.

Posted by: Curbside pharmacists everywhere at April 28, 2026 11:51 AM (2Ez/1)

177 The Europeans won't even stop using A4 paper. They're beyond hope.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)

They are also far too insistent on putting the day before the month in dates.

They use commas instead of periods for decimal points. That's just retarded.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

178 those skilcraft mechanical pencils were great
naturally, they were discontinued
Posted by: Don Black

We beg to differ.

Posted by: Office Depot at April 28, 2026 11:52 AM (w9Wax)

179 Russians will fight for mother Russia and the near borderlands, but they aren't real big on going further. They did in WWll because of what the Nazis had done in Russia. Read what the Russian soldiers said in WWl , "why are we fighting on Carpathia?". They ain't going into Poland, unless Poland does something stupid

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 28, 2026 11:52 AM (gu0hJ)

180 Acting AG Blanche applied to become a member of some fancy schmancy DC club. He is being denied because some members of the club, presumably judges, are upset he’s investigating judges for corruption.

The DC swamp at its swampiest.

Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 11:52 AM (3wCO0)

181 Celsius delanda est!!!

Posted by: tubal at April 28, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)

182 I almost feel sorry for the Chinese on that one. The Japs really were bestial in WWII.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

The Japanese were every bit as nasty as the Germans, and perhaps more so, but since they didn't target one specific people for extinction, their crimes are less well-known in the West. China DOES remember it though.

You'd think that would mean China does everything not to poke the Japanese bear that has been very quiet and even pacifist for 80 years.

But, nope, they kept pushing and pushing until they forced Japan to get serious once again.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:52 AM (N1tpc)

183 apparently the follwing has to be repeated over and over again: The west is not afraid of Russia winning a war against us. We are afraid of them *trying*!

One of Reagan's arguments was that we were more likely to have peace if we had a strong enough military to make the Soviets fear the outcome of any military conflict.

The left at the time called him a warmonger and argued that if you pay for a military you will end up using it.

Glad to see they are 100% reversed here though I still don't get the argument. The US military is sufficient to defeat Russia in an invasion into NATO even without the rest of NATO. Add in Poland and whatever scraps the rest of Europe puts together and the picture is even better.

But...then the logical answer would be Europe should dramatically increase defense spending, *beyond* American levels, AND agree to the reasonable terms Trump has been asking for to keep the US in the alliance and committed to it - not just spending more but sending ships to the Gulf and so on.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 28, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)

184 One British soldier is equal to 250 Zulus or 80 Eskimos.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM (+HNx/)

It's because of their stiff upper lips.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 28, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew8)

185 The US already took the better part of Mexico.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 28, 2026 11:40 AM (2GVsD)

One could argue that the US MADE it the better part of Mexico.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 28, 2026 11:52 AM (zafwz)

186 171 Looks like there was a disbarment complaint filed April 22 against John Roberts, alleging that he did not disclose his wife's earnings from law firms that argued in front of the Supreme Court.

If that were too happen, he presumably would have to leave SCOTUS, and Trump would have to select a new justice. I can live with that.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

Nope, he could stay even if he was never a lawyer. No bar license needed.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 28, 2026 11:53 AM (tOcjL)

187 Two types of countries in the world

Those that use the metric system and those that have landed on the moon.

Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 11:53 AM (3wCO0)

188 If that were too happen, he presumably would have to leave SCOTUS, and Trump would have to select a new justice. I can live with that.
Posted by: Archimedes

Now he gets to see how much selling out to the Left helps him: not enough. Only RINOs will back him from the right, and DNCe-type Democrats. The Lefty radicals (most of the party base at this point) think he's a mini-Hitler Trump puppet, so if Dems protect him right before the midterms, it may hurt their turnout efforts.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 28, 2026 11:53 AM (+7tIQ)

189 One British soldier is equal to 250 Zulus or 80 Eskimos.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

1/2 Sikh.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 28, 2026 11:53 AM (ndZc7)

190 The Japanese were every bit as nasty as the Germans, and perhaps more so, but since they didn't target one specific people for extinction, their crimes are less well-known in the West. China DOES remember it though.

You'd think that would mean China does everything not to poke the Japanese bear that has been very quiet and even pacifist for 80 years.

But, nope, they kept pushing and pushing until they forced Japan to get serious once again.

I think they did it because they figured they were the strong horse now, and could kick Nippon's butt. Japan would give them a fight to be sure, but I think China would still win.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t)

191 They just did that naval troll of China by sending one of their ships through the Taiwan Strait, which has the Chinee screaming bloody murder. Ironic, considering that China has been sending their ships into Japanese waters for decades.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Mild naval intrusions are a tradition for testing warlike intentions. Damned nearly every major conflict has begun that way.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 28, 2026 11:53 AM (XeU6L)

192 Actually, I usually do that. It's how the military does it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)

And 24 hour time, too.
Admit it, the military secretly wants to be French.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 28, 2026 11:53 AM (6ydKt)

193 Two types of countries in the world
Those that use the metric system and those that have landed on the moon.
Posted by: Heroq

*Sobs*

Posted by: Hubble Space Telescope at April 28, 2026 11:54 AM (w9Wax)

194
FDR played practically the same keep us out of war game as Wilson, but, wink and a nod, everyone in the American military reserve knew it was coming as early as 1936.

Posted by: Auspex at April 28, 2026 11:54 AM (DECkL)

195 Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:52 AM (N1tpc)

Lord Mountbatten did not want any Japanese at his funeral. He hated them more than the Germans due to their horrible treatment of POWs.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

196 Looks like there was a disbarment complaint filed April 22 against John Roberts, alleging that he did not disclose his wife's earnings from law firms that argued in front of the Supreme Court.

If that were too happen, he presumably would have to leave SCOTUS, and Trump would have to select a new justice. I can live with that.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
______

I don't think you need to be a member of any bar to be a SC judge, or any judge. The bar membership allows you to practice law -- as in representing clients -- in a given jurisdiction. It's not a requirement for judges.

It's possible that the basis for the disbarment complaint, if serious enough, could be itself enough to get Roberts kicked off the bench.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 28, 2026 11:55 AM (iFTx/)

197 > Remember when NATO sent all those troops to "guard Greenland" from Trump's threats to annex it?

All those troops.

All five or six of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

That's all the seats on commercial air that they could purchase. They certainly couldn't fly them on their own military airlift, because it basically doesn't exist. Some of those nations have more VIP transports in their Air Force than they do cargo planes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 28, 2026 11:47 AM (X4KFY)
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Ironically, they arrived on a US built C-130.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 28, 2026 11:55 AM (jehhT)

198 Nope, he could stay even if he was never a lawyer. No bar license needed.

*in Johnny Carson voice*
I did not know that.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:55 AM (Riz8t)

199 Not only do you not need a law license to be on scotus you don’t need to have any legal training. Anyone can be on scotus theoretically. There is no constitutional set of requirements.

Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 11:56 AM (3wCO0)

200 I almost feel sorry for the Chinese on that one. The Japs really were bestial in WWII.
Posted by: Archimedes

I warned you! No yellow!!!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at April 28, 2026 11:56 AM (+7tIQ)

201 Skilcraft pens and stuff. My ex and sisters were well equipped with Skilcraft products while in school. Daddy (guy made it to GS14) used to do back to school shopping at good ol' Servmart. Your tax dollars at work.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 28, 2026 11:56 AM (gm9Sb)

202 FDR played practically the same keep us out of war game as Wilson, but, wink and a nod, everyone in the American military reserve knew it was coming as early as 1936.

Part of the 1940 presidential campaign was FDR pledging to keep America out of WWII while the Republican argued we would have to intervene.

Of course at the time FDR was giving the allies material assistance and engaged in an "illegal" war against German subs in the Atlantic so he didn't believe what he was campaigning on either...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 28, 2026 11:56 AM (sKqQm)

203 199 Not only do you not need a law license to be on scotus you don’t need to have any legal training. Anyone can be on scotus theoretically. There is no constitutional set of requirements.

Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 11:56 AM (3wCO0)

So, KBJ then.

Posted by: tubal at April 28, 2026 11:57 AM (Gqar8)

204 Not only do you not need a law license to be on scotus you don’t need to have any legal training. Anyone can be on scotus theoretically. There is no constitutional set of requirements.
Posted by: Heroq

They made Ambrose Bishop of Milan even though he was a layman. Quickie ordination through the ranks.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:57 AM (77rzZ)

205 199 Not only do you not need a law license to be on scotus you don’t need to have any legal training. Anyone can be on scotus theoretically. There is no constitutional set of requirements.

Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 11:56 AM (3wCO0)

You don't even need to graduate high school.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 28, 2026 11:57 AM (tOcjL)

206 203 199 Not only do you not need a law license to be on scotus you don’t need to have any legal training. Anyone can be on scotus theoretically. There is no constitutional set of requirements.

Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 11:56 AM (3wCO0)

So, KBJ then.

Oh come on! I'm pretty sure you have to have a functioning cerebral cortex.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

207 "So, KBJ then."
.....
Hey. I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Amy Phoney Barrett at April 28, 2026 11:58 AM (2Ez/1)

208 It's possible that the basis for the disbarment complaint, if serious enough, could be itself enough to get Roberts kicked off the bench.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 28, 2026 11:55 AM (iFTx/)

Getting rid of a chief justice is a tall order, but if he is indeed disbarred (although I doubt it will happen), the blowback will be profound, and I can't imagine that he would stick around. He would be completely neutered.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 28, 2026 11:58 AM (n9ltV)

209 Lord Mountbatten did not want any Japanese at his funeral. He hated them more than the Germans due to their horrible treatment of POWs.
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

My wife's grandfather was in the Bataan Death March and wasn't freed until the end of the war.

He refused to buy ANYTHING from Japan and hated people who drove Japanese vehicles, too.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:58 AM (N1tpc)

210 I almost feel sorry for the Chinese on that one. The Japs really were bestial in WWII.
Posted by: Archimedes

I would have no moral issues if the Japanese decided to break out the old ways on the Chicoms if they keep getting uppity.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 28, 2026 11:59 AM (lXoJ5)

211 how about those little green notebooks

MEMORANDA

Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:59 AM (ZxPkt)

212 Of course at the time FDR was giving the allies material assistance and engaged in an "illegal" war against German subs in the Atlantic so he didn't believe what he was campaigning on either...
Posted by: 18-1

Thus giving Hitler his justification for declaring war on us after Pearl Harbor. It was a stupid move on his part, of course, but it wasn't unjustified given our behavior as a supposed neutral.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 12:00 PM (77rzZ)

213 193 Two types of countries in the world
Those that use the metric system and those that have landed on the moon.
Posted by: Heroq

*Sobs*
Posted by: Hubble Space Telescope

What are you crying about? Let me tell you about one of the not-so-heavenly bodies I'VE seen.

Posted by: Webb Hubbell at April 28, 2026 12:00 PM (+7tIQ)

214
Jeez, what do I have to do to get fired around here?

Posted by: Jimmy Kimmel at April 28, 2026 12:00 PM (DECkL)

215 You don't even need to graduate high school.
Posted by: Nova Local
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Hey, I can help with SAT tutoring.

Posted by: Cole Allen at April 28, 2026 12:01 PM (XeU6L)

216 Will daddy be sending you a Mother's Day gift this year, mommy?

Posted by: Navy Joan at April 28, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)

217 My wife's grandfather was in the Bataan Death March and wasn't freed until the end of the war.
He refused to buy ANYTHING from Japan and hated people who drove Japanese vehicles, too.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:58 AM (N1tpc)

I get it. The WWII vets who served in the Pacific couldn't abide anything Japanese for the rest of their lives.
Slowly but surely Nikon, Sony, Toshiba, Toyota, Honda made it impossible to avoid them.
So they died.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 28, 2026 12:02 PM (zafwz)

218 >>Getting rid of a chief justice is a tall order, but if he is indeed disbarred (although I doubt it will happen), the blowback will be profound, and I can't imagine that he would stick around. He would be completely neutered.

I know cynicism is the coin of the realm around here but I agree. Yes, there is no rule that you have to be a lawyer to be on the SC but there aren't too many plumbers on the SC. Being disbarred would be the end of Roberts on the SC.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 12:03 PM (viF8m)

219 I would have no moral issues if the Japanese decided to break out the old ways on the Chicoms if they keep getting uppity.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 28, 2026 11:59 AM (lXoJ5)

Just a reminder that many (most?) of the Chinese people AREN'T Chicoms.

They are a subjugated populace, like NorKo, but with better conditions.

(For example, what would happen if they spoke ill of Xinnie the Poo?)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 12:03 PM (N1tpc)

220 It's possible that the basis for the disbarment complaint, if serious enough, could be itself enough to get Roberts kicked off the bench.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 28, 2026 11:55 AM (iFTx/)

There are various judicial positions that don't require a law degree. The National Judicial College in Reno has courses of "the law" for non lawyers for example.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 28, 2026 12:03 PM (rbvCR)

221 211 One of those Memoranda books got me high points during an IG inspection.I drew personnel and wall locker inspection and remembered to stick one of those books and a pen in my inside green blouse pocket. "Very good,a good Marine Sergeant should always have one" said the salty Mustanger Captain inspecting us.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 28, 2026 12:04 PM (gm9Sb)

222 One of those Memoranda books got me high points during an IG inspection.I drew personnel and wall locker inspection and remembered to stick one of those books and a pen in my inside green blouse pocket. "Very good,a good Marine Sergeant should always have one" said the salty Mustanger Captain inspecting us.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

In the Navy, it was "a good sailor always has a pen on him."

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)

223 If he did shoot him, he's betting his career and his freedom that the person he's shooting is armed and intending to kill the President, not a parent chasing a kid, not a speaker about to be late, not any of a dozen innocent but 'looks really bad in the moment' reasons.

The idea that agents can just shoot people for running is not correct.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 28, 2026 10:52 AM (iNUL3)

Dude was running with a shotgun in his hand. lol

No SS agent would be disciplined for shooting him dead. Probably get an award and nice letter from Sean Curran in his service jacket.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 28, 2026 12:05 PM (Y1sOo)

224 Being disbarred would be the end of Roberts on the SC.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 12:03 PM (viF8m)

He would have to be impeached, and neither side in Congress loves him much.
I would suspect there would be regular calls for recusal from the parties in front of the bench, however.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 28, 2026 12:05 PM (rbvCR)

225 Look, if I could pass the Bar, then anyone can.

Posted by: John John,three attempts, with tutoring at April 28, 2026 12:05 PM (XeU6L)

226
The countdown to ACE is ticking

Posted by: Auspex at April 28, 2026 12:05 PM (DECkL)

227 There are various judicial positions that don't require a law degree. The National Judicial College in Reno has courses of "the law" for non lawyers for example.
Posted by: Kindltot

I don't think that administrative law judges need a law degree.

Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)

228 What is the in-joke with Skilcraft?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 28, 2026 12:06 PM (re0Ak)

229 I get it. The WWII vets who served in the Pacific couldn't abide anything Japanese for the rest of their lives.
Slowly but surely Nikon, Sony, Toshiba, Toyota, Honda made it impossible to avoid them.
So they died.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 28, 2026 12:02 PM (zafwz)

His daughter did buy a Japanese motorcycle, so it didn't transfer generations.

Japan is a very different country today, and I don't believe in blood guilt.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 12:06 PM (N1tpc)

230 Jeez, what do I have to do to get fired around here?
Posted by: Jimmy Kimmel

Become a Republican.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 28, 2026 12:06 PM (ew/Be)

231 >>He would have to be impeached, and neither side in Congress loves him much.
I would suspect there would be regular calls for recusal from the parties in front of the bench, however.

He would resign.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 12:06 PM (viF8m)

232 I think a revisit to this lady's rant about the Euroweenies is required. Link to YouTube.

https://tinyurl.com/5y87ps63

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 28, 2026 12:06 PM (5xuJ/)

233 209 He refused to buy ANYTHING from Japan and hated people who drove Japanese vehicles, too.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 28, 2026 11:58 AM (N1tpc)

Would he have shot and killed weeaboos?

Posted by: XTC at April 28, 2026 12:06 PM (iXqHn)

234 I agree with VDH, we should just become Canada 2 of nato. Don't fund, do little, just say we are a part of nato, yay! go team!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 28, 2026 12:06 PM (n5tGW)

235 Japan is a very different country today, and I don't believe in blood guilt.

Yeah, I suspect today's Japanese yutes are utterly mystified as to what go into their great-grandparents.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 12:07 PM (Riz8t)

236
Wasn't there a foreign adoption scandal involving Roberts that was swept under the table?

Posted by: Auspex at April 28, 2026 12:07 PM (DECkL)

237 Nood ewok

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 28, 2026 12:07 PM (re0Ak)

238 SPLC says their "informant" program was not kept secret from law enforcement.

This is called "lying by extraneous inclusion"

1) that's not the crime you're accused of committing. You're accused of fraudulently concealing that you were funding racists and fomenting racists posting and events
2) it's already established you worked with the FBI. But you said "the DOJ" (in your filing) not "the FBI." And, no matter, that doesn't elevate you to a full law enforcement entity.
3) and how much did you disclose to the DOJ? Your filing only say that you let the DOJ know you used confidential informants.
Again, that's not what you are accused of doing.

If that's their best defense, they know they are F'ed.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 28, 2026 12:07 PM (tUP1A)

239 225 Look, if I could pass the Bar, then anyone can.
Posted by: John John,three attempts, with tutoring

Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris all failed the bar exam at least once. They're the best and brightest women in the country, too! The test must be sexist.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 28, 2026 12:08 PM (+7tIQ)

240 236
Wasn't there a foreign adoption scandal involving Roberts that was swept under the table?
Posted by: Auspex at April 28, 2026 12:07 PM (DECkL)

Hence is iconic ruling on Obamacare where he wrote the opinion and dissent.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 28, 2026 12:08 PM (N39Ws)

241 Dude was running with a shotgun in his hand. lol

No SS agent would be disciplined for shooting him dead. Probably get an award and nice letter from Sean Curran in his service jacket.
Posted by: one hour sober
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One wonders about the, in no doubt many replays of this by the SS, who will draw the short straw for the roll of Nekkid Sprinter

Posted by: John John,three attempts, with tutoring at April 28, 2026 12:09 PM (XeU6L)

242 Ooooops /John John

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 28, 2026 12:09 PM (XeU6L)

243 If that were too happen, he presumably would have to leave SCOTUS, and Trump would have to select a new justice. I can live with that.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Why do you say "have to"? Is there a legal mechanism to remove him short of impeachment?
The Supreme Court, because the qualifications for membership is spelled out quite specifically in the Constitution, is the only court in the US where bar membership is not required.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 28, 2026 12:12 PM (3tF5Z)

244 "Again, the Northeastern liberal is an extremely highly educated individual who is an utter fool. "

Credentialed not educated.

Posted by: Will Robinson at April 28, 2026 12:21 PM (zBgIx)

245 The Japanese fought like Asians. Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Moros of the Philippines, and the Indians before and during most of the British colonial era tended to behave much the same. There is a tendency to underrate or ignore the influence of Christian influence over the centuries.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at April 28, 2026 12:26 PM (EcHpA)

246 If you can't get the US out of NATO, there's no reason why NATO should continue to be looked at as a premier or career-advancing posting.

Posted by: Octochicken at April 28, 2026 12:30 PM (oCS0o)

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