The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 5/ 6/26

Good morning, kids.
Wow, two days in a row that I'm actually starting off with some good news.

President Trump proved to be a kingmaker in the Indiana and Ohio Republican primaries Tuesday night, where his seal of approval propelled several GOP candidates to landslide victories.
In Indiana, Trump’s revenge campaign against incumbent state senators who torpedoed his push last year to redraw the Hoosier state’s congressional boundaries was largely successful – with the president’s preferred candidates winning five of six contests.
A potential sixth victory for a Trump-endorsed candidate was still too close to call late Tuesday.

While this is certainly good news for both the President and the people of Indiana and Ohio, both of those states' Republican parties, have done precious little if anything to move the MAGA agenda forward.

As CBD and I noted in the most recent episode of the podcast,
Linked here, in the sidebar and on the usual popular platforms listed at the bottom of this post.

the SAVE Act is stalled in Congress and in all likelihood will probably lay moribund if not flatline altogether before long.
This because of a feckless/useless or worse collaborationist GOP, not singling out IN and OH in particular but the Grifting Oleaginous Parasites as a whole.

Establishment Republicans have for more than a month stalled their half-hearted effort to keep their focus on the bill in hopes of convincing enough Democrats to vote for it. Of course, it’s hard to make liberals defend their unpopular stance if you don’t make them defend their unpopular stance.
The Federalist reached out to Thune’s office on Monday. No answer on the status of the SAVE America act, which would amend the flawed National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to cast a ballot in a federal election. Majority Republicans could push for an end to the bill-killing filibuster to pass the legislation. Several senators and President Donald Trump have urged Senate leadership to do just that. But they won’t, apparently trusting that Democrats wouldn’t do the same when they control the upper House again.

Adding insult to injury, SCOTUS handed the GOP a once in a multiple-lifetime opportunity to kneecap the Democrats and really help put America back on the track to sanity after decades of Leftist destruction.

. . . there is the landmark redistricting case that the U.S. Supreme Court just decided this week. In Louisiana v. Callais, the court held that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits states and localities from imposing any voting “qualification or prerequisite” that “results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen … to vote on account of race or color,” cannot be invoked to create race-conscious congressional maps — a dubious practice lawmakers had been blithely engaging in for decades. The court correctly held that such race-conscious mapmaking, including the devising of so-called majority-minority districts across many Southern states, runs afoul of the 14th Amendment’s sweeping equal protection guarantee.

Now I'll single out Ohio insofar as Governor DeSwine and the state GOP have not done a damn thing to take advantage of the ruling as for example Florida and Texas. And that goes for all the other Republican states that have done nothing to reverse the Democrats' abuse of the VRA that artificially gives them the advantage in the House.

Meh, we've been pissing and moaning about the GOP for years, and for the past three national election cycles, for the first time in my life (Ronald Reagan notwithstanding) with Donald Trump at long last we had a candidate that we actually wanted to vote FOR, as opposed to merely showing up to vote Against a Democrat knowing full well that whether Bush, McCain or Romney that they would do nothing to halt let alone reverse the trajectory off the cliff that America has been on for decades.

As both CBD and I pondered, is someone like the youthful and driven Nick Shirley merely a one-off or is he reflective of a broader wave of disaffection of the younger generations at the Democrat/leftist/globalist enterprise that is making their future and the future of the nation one of misery and limited possibilities. Of course the academia/media/cultural propaganda complex will cast the blame on Trump, conservatives and America as founded and far too many Americans have been brainwashed into believing it. Somehow despite all that, Trump and the MAGA message broke through and in spite of the pushback, and some setbacks, it is succeeding and has gained a foothold on the road back from the long march through the institutions that have turned the American experiment on its head.

Of course Trump cannot restore America on his own and not in just two terms. the road back like the road to hell that got us here will be a generational journey. Only time will tell if we and our progeny can stay the course for the long haul.

And to continue and conclude with the positive vibes:

The United States overtook Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest exporter of crude oil over the past nine weeks, as Iran’s attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz choked off Middle Eastern oil shipments. Bloomberg News reported Sunday that the United States shipped more than 250 million barrels of crude oil from its wells and storage tanks to overseas buyers over the past nine weeks, becoming a “lifeline for global consumers.”

In the immortal words of J.D. Clampett WELL DOGGIES!!!!

Have a good day!

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

Hegseth made the statement two days after President Donald Trump launched “Project Freedom” on Sunday. Adm, Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, said Monday that the U.S. destroyed multiple Iranian ships that posed a danger to commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran promptly struck several nearby targets, including attacking the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. ally, for the first time since the ceasefire went into effect on April 8. Iran also reportedly hit a South Korean ship.
Hegseth Insists Iran War Ceasefire Remains Intact Despite Ongoing Attacks
Graham’s proposal demonstrates that he remains set on trying to topple the Iranian regime, despite evidence that, internally, the country is not as divided as previously thought. While weapons flows could destabilize the country, it remains unclear if it could lead to a successful popular uprising, or merely descend the country into years of bloody civil war, similar to Libya and Syria.
Graham Urges Trump to Arm Iranian Opposition Forces.
The squeeze is on.
The Blockade is Costing Iran $400 Million a Day in Lost Oil Revenue
A ceasefire may quiet missiles, but cyberwar rarely pauses; long after diplomats declare peace, hostile actors remain embedded in networks, waiting for the right moment to strike.
Diplomats Can Call a Truce but Hackers Don’t Have to Listen.
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
The findings suggest a growing skepticism about America’s role on the global stage, particularly among Democrats, potentially influencing future foreign policy and international relations. The data also highlights the deepening partisan divide in perceptions of international institutions like the UN.
Plurality of Democrats Say U.S. Is a Force for Evil.
When corporate media and high-profile Democrats elevate alleged vigilante murderers to the status of a Robin Hood sort of hero, they are signaling that political violence can be a form of justice and is therefore justified. . .
Media, Other Dems Invite More Left-Wing Violence By Making Excuses For Killers They Agree With
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Will ICE officially become NICE? Probably not anytime soon. But the mere suggestion has Democrats tying themselves in knots, and that alone is worth it. Sometimes the point of a move isn't to execute it — it's to watch your opponents trip over themselves reacting to it. On that score, this one is already a win.
Trump Dropped an ICE Rebrand — and Democrats Are Absolutely Losing It
The funding provides critical financial support to law enforcement agencies, enabling them to invest in equipment and personnel without relying solely on local taxpayer dollars. This should allow local police to conduct immigration enforcement and prevent large build-ups of ICE and other federal agents that attract pro-illegal immigrant agitators, as at the protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last year.
ICE Funds Local Police to Enhance Immigration Enforcement Operations.
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
A single landlord owned seven desolate buildings filled with home healthcare companies billing taxpayers millions. We went to see them.
Inside Ohio’s Home Health Empire: 7 Buildings, 288 Medicaid Companies, $250 Million
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The slope becomes slippery when people trade freedom for promises of greater safety and security -- promises that fall short while shrinking our rights.
Republicans are Kill Switching Our Rights
Recent changes aim to eliminate outdated job titles and allow managers to hire based on skills and competence, not credentials.
Trump’s Federal Workforce Reforms Are About More Than Just Reducing Headcount
“The dissent accuses the Court of ‘unshackl[ing]’ itself from ‘constraints.’ … It is the dissent’s rhetoric that lacks restraint,” wrote Justice Alito.
Alito Torches Jackson’s ‘Trivial’ And ‘Insulting’ Hot Take On Supreme Court’s Latest Callais Order
Constructing 1,600 new apartment units full of delinquents to clog up the one way down from a mountain seems like premeditated murder.
Gavin Newsom plans to box homeowners into ‘inferno canyon’ by building homeless and low-income housing on the one evacuation route
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Another result of reckless migration to Germany.
Three Syrians Stab Two Germans, Leaving One Dead
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
About 100 agitators waving "Palestinian" flags and banging drums swarmed about a half-block from Park East Synagogue in Manhattan
Hateful anti-Israel mob descends on historic NYC synagogue, clashes with cops.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made no secret of his hostility to Israel, and it’s starting to bleed into New York City’s government.
Team Mamdani Kills Page Celebrating New York’s ‘Unique Ties to Israel’ and Large Jewish Community From Official City Website
An attack on Jews anywhere in the West should be seen as an attack on a civilization based on Judeo-Christian values.
Antisemitism And The Crisis Of Western Pluralism
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH
Should Congress remove him?
The Pakistani Muslim Judge Who Protected 2 Trump Assassins
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Larry Elder: House Democrats have disputed the certification of EVERY Republican presidential victory since 2000.
On CNN, Democrat ‘Election Deniers’ Get a Pass
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The Democrats’ hostility to the free market led to Spirit Airlines’ collapse, but it’s important to appreciate how the Trump team helped customers and employees.
The Trump Team’s Market-Driven Approach Prevented Post-Spirit Chaos
Spirit Airlines crashed under the weight of its own failures—and Washington’s instinct to meddle only proves that free markets work best when politicians keep their hands off the controls.
Free Enterprise Could Have Resurrected Spirit Airlines
Bloomberg News reported Sunday that the United States shipped more than 250 million barrels of crude oil from its wells and storage tanks to overseas buyers over the past nine weeks, becoming a “lifeline for global consumers.”
U.S. Becomes World’s Biggest Oil Producer During Strait of Hormuz Crisis
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
The head of the EPA has had it with the lying climate cabal.
Exposing The Great Green Grift
The admission casts doubt on the validity of countless climate policies and regulations based on RCP8.5, as well as media narratives promoting an imminent climate catastrophe. It also reinforces skepticism toward the politicization of climate science and the reliability of alarmist projections.
UN Expert Panel Admits Catastrophic Climate Forecasts Are ‘Implausible,’ Discrediting Years of Media Alarmism.
The youth-led climate advocacy group’s actions cross legal lines.
How the Sunrise Movement Became a Vehicle for Disruptive Protests
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Students for a Democratic Cornell followed Michael Kotlikoff to his car and surrounded him, students say he hit them in his attempt to escape.
Ivy League President Held Hostage Inside Car By Radical Student Mob
The University of Michigan's president apologized for Peterson's 'inappropriate' remarks
Hundreds of Michigan Professors Rally To Defend Faculty Chair Who Praised "Pro-'Palestinian' Student Activists" During Commencement Speech
“The most bloodthirsty, profit-driven mad organization in the history of the world…the U.S. government.” (only when Democrat/Lefties run the show - jjs)
Academic Assailant: Thomas Alter, Texas State University
Critics said the plan's emphasis on race is likely to expose the school to legal action. "Every known definition of 'antiracism' explains that race will be a factor in decision making. This is illegal and should be challenged in court"...
'Antiracist Critical Pedagogy': Penn State Law School's New Strategic Plan, Devoted to 'Antiracism,' Raises Legal Questions
SECOND AMENDMENT
The National Association for Gun Rights pointed out that SF 4067 will ban some of the most commonly owned semiautomatic rifles in America, as well as “ban magazines over 17 rounds … expand ‘Red Flag’ gun confiscation, ban privately manufactured firearms, and ban binary triggers,” among other things.
Minnesota Senate Democrats Pass Semiautomatic Rifle, Magazine Ban
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it was suing Denver, Colorado, over a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms, citing its inclusion of the AR-15.
Trump Admin Drops Hammer On Denver Over Gun Ban
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The subpoena is part of a broad investigation into allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, particularly regarding Fulton County, which saw many irregularities on election night, including the county admitting that it counted over 315,000 uncertified votes in the election.
Fulton County Fights DOJ Subpoena of 2020 Election Workers’ Details.
The lack of verification safeguards in Minnesota’s vouching system raises concerns about election integrity, and the lack of data exposes major gaps in election oversight. This is not the only vulnerability to fraud exposed in Minnesota. After major allegations of welfare fraud were made in December of last year, Vice President J.D. Vance, who was appointed the Trump administration’s “fraud czar” in early April, has been leading an investigation into state officials and other individuals.
Minnesota Lacks Verification Records for Tens of Thousands of Voter Registrations.
‘That’s not a crack, that’s a huge gap,’ Mark Demo, of Citizens for New Jersey Election Integrity, said of New Jersey’s dirty voter rolls.
New Jersey’s Voter Roll Chaos Makes The Best Case For The SAVE America Act
POLITICS
The victories by Trump-backed candidates were decisive.
Trump-backed candidates take out GOP incumbents in Indiana, dominate Ohio primary in big night for president
Behind the curtain: The Map War.
Republicans Set to Best Democrats in Mid-Decade Redistricting War
The poll also measured candidate favorability. Among likely voters, 50 percent view Paxton favorably and 43 percent unfavorably, with 7 percent indicating they do not know enough about him to form an opinion. Cornyn’s ratings show 47 percent favorable and 49 percent unfavorable, with 4 percent unsure.
Poll: Ken Paxton Leads John Cornyn in Texas Senate Runoff
His popularity with aggrieved voters also accelerated when his first campaign ad — in which he criticizes Bass for living in a multi-million dollar home while Angelenos suffer — went viral with over 12 million views.
Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims
The question is not whether those who can vote in the mayoral race have seen the deterioration (it’s undeniable), but whether they will finally hold leftist leadership responsible. Or, as The Free Press asks in a video, “Have L.A. Voters Finally Had Enough?”
Are L.A. Voters Finally Waking Up — Or Headed for the Same Mistake Again?
California’s jungle primary may hand voters a Democrat-only November ballot—not because Republicans can’t compete, but because divided GOP support could lock them out before the real election begins.
Why Californians May Have Two Democrats Running for Governor in November
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
“Somali and Houthi-linked groups are teaming up — using skiffs and new tech to strike ships with coordination not seen in a decade — while Saudi crude rerouted from the Strait of Hormuz has created a target-rich environment for them,” RTCOM Defense CEO Ido Shalev told Fox News Digital.
Report: Somali Pirates Team Up with Houthi Terrorists to Attack Key Oil Trade Route
The alleged driver of a car that was ploughed through crowds on a busy shopping street and a historic market square appeared before a court on Tuesday after being arrested at the scene on Monday afternoon. The suspect, a 33-year-old German citizen, is said to be a local amateur boxing coach. (is his name Mohammed Ali...akbar? - jjs
Number of Casualties in Leipzig Car Ramming May be as High as 80
The German government is now one year old, the coalition agreement was signed on April 5th 2025, and the first day of government commenced on the 6th. While the so-called ‘grand coalition’ between the legacy establishment left and right-wing parties never scored especially highly in the opinion polls, it has now plunged to new depths, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz deeply unpopular even by European standards.
Trump Critic German Chancellor Merz Plunges to Least Popular Leader in Europe
The celebration comes soon after Sinaloa’s cartel-connected Governor Ruben Rocha Moya announced he was stepping down from his post to deal with a series of federal charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, which accused him of having aligned himself with the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for money and political power.
People Cheer Mexican Governor’s Resignation After Being Charged by USDOJ as Narco
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
CMS will issue billing guidance that will allow providers to get paid for deprescribing psych drugs.
RFK Launches Plan To Stop Predatory Overprescribing Of Psych Drugs
A vast majority of Americans believe the federal government should do more to address its funding of the experiments that keep breeding facilities like Ridglan and Marshall in business. The NIH can send a clear message to those taxpayers by cutting off money to Wayne State’s dead-end experiments.
The NIH Has a Chance to End a 35-Year Taxpayer-Funded Failure
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The vagueness in the language above is to my instincts somewhat concerning. Did they find something in that testing that needsmodification prior to launch? If so, getting this lander off the ground before the end of the year is going to be questionable, as those fixes will have to be incorporated and then tested again.
Blue Origin’s 1st unmanned lunar lander completes ground testing
It appears the concept has great potential for it to attract so much interest so quickly.
Lockheed Martin joins partnership to build off-shore launch platform
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“Underlying this account is a strong concern with self-distinction...Ultimately, a sex change is not sufficient to satisfy Morris’s quest...Morris’ symbolic world is narrower and more private.”
Jan Morris and the Limits of Gender Fantasy
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Protesters and glitterati alike are pro-trans, pro-abortion, anti-Trump, pro-taxing billionaires, anti-Israel, anti-climate change, backed BLM, wore Covid masks, and got all the shots.
Met Gala guests and protesters have the same leftist politics, only difference is the velvet rope
The latest dancer in a conga line of Stephen Colbert cheek-smoochers.
Jake Tapper Unloads Liberal First Amendment Arrogance
Christian Toto: Musician gets booted from Kid Cudi tour for 'offensive' comments
Why M.I.A.’s Shocking Cancellation Matters
Left unaddressed is the implication of Dawkins’ argument: If consciousness can be identified by how it makes us feel… then what about the billions of people who feel God’s presence every single day? Why is one real and the other not?
Famed Atheist Richard Dawkins — Author of ‘The God Delusion’ — Believes AI Is Conscious
HITHER & YON
On Monday, in a Truth Social post, President Donald J. Trump described Giuliani as a “True Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR” in response to the news of his hospitalization.
Rudy Giuliani Hailed as ‘Ultimate Fighter,’ Poised for Full Recovery.

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 06, 2026 07:20 AM (sn5xH)

2 WHiskey Wednesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 07:21 AM (/+uur)

3 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 06, 2026 07:21 AM (ExV1e)

4 In a clip posted to the social media platform X, former Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine reported that leading Democrats in the Old Dominion believe their redistricting plan, approved by voters last month, will not survive in court.

Finger pointing ensures

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 07:21 AM (yQoVG)

5 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

6 Good morning dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

7 First?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (qRla/)

8
An alternate title for this place might be "WUT? Fresh Hell!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (xG4kz)

9 Nope.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (qRla/)

10 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 07:24 AM (lR5Ug)

11 Who cares about that stuff? Billie Elish almost died from a brutal twerking incident!

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

12
Happy Birthday to All and Sundry here who lay claim to every day being their birthday.

In truth,

I don't get it

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:25 AM (xG4kz)

13 Propagandists at whatever they call MSDNC these days were shocked over the Indiana result, with Jen Psaki-Psak and Mayor Pete talking in funereal tones about the electoral demise of "Republicans" who will "stand up to Trump."

A feel-good video.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:25 AM (cVIPE)

14 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I for just one am always glad when you post. I imagine you with a Gibson girl, serenading her in your library.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

15 WRT Pratt, here's a new ad (NOT by his campaign):

https://tinyurl.com/nhze6d2y

While I enjoyed it, I'm not the target audience, except - I really would like to find an introductory AI course or someone willing to teach me the basics around here, because I would love to use the tech to make trailers for all of my books.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:26 AM (qRla/)

16
Who cares about that stuff? Billie Eilish almost died from a brutal twerking incident!

Posted by: fd

NOT BRUTAL ENOUGH, APPARENTLY!

-- a world sick of her shit

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:26 AM (xG4kz)

17 9 Nope.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (qRla/)

You are always among the cream of the crop here, MP4!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 06, 2026 07:26 AM (x0n13)

18 "the SAVE Act is stalled in Congress"

They have to SAVE their phony baloney jobs.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

19 Oops- forgot the video link in @13

https://tinyurl.com/4anawvex

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:27 AM (cVIPE)

20 Apparently, the current Miss Israel ran into the wife of the communist NYC mayor and it didn't go well once the hag learned or Miss Israel's nationality.

But enough about that. Here is Miss Israel in a bikini:

https://tinyurl.com/yke9un64

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 07:28 AM (Y1sOo)

21 Spirit Airlines was poorly run and their service sucked. That’s why they went out of business.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2026 07:28 AM (25wiQ)

22 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

The CoBs like you best!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

23 People think Thune is just trying to keep the SAVE Act from passing. But he knows he doesn't have the votes.

Imagine blowing up the filibuster so we can pass it then they go to vote and they still don't pass it.

That will be the end of the Republican Senate majority. At least now they have plausible deniability about process and stuff. Failure theater has worked well so far.

Posted by: blaster at May 06, 2026 07:28 AM (NlEaG)

24 The amount of carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere hit a record high in April. CO2 levels averaged about 431 parts per million (ppm) over that month, according to data collected at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

… I haven’t heard from New Jersey this morning

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 07:29 AM (yQoVG)

25 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 62 overcast degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor.

I got back last night from my trip to Alexandria to get a new pup, an 8-month old rescue American Eskimo called Luna. She was a stray who came from a kill shelter (and those two words both anger me and rip my heart to pieces). Her foster mother told me she hates men - and she did bark and growl when she saw me - but once I showed her my own Odessa, she suddenly turned on a dime, jumping up and licking my face.

She's a very kissy dog now and Odessa is sulking. I think Luna is making sure this is her forever home and Odessa wonders why the new girl is getting love, but I expect they will both settle down soon.

In any event, I am happy for at least today.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:30 AM (qRla/)

26 one hour sober

She seems very fit and bendy. Nice picture.

Her security would keep me from getting that close in real life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

27 Thanks for the compliment, Salty. I feel I don't deserve it.

I'm always glad to read a post from you, too.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (qRla/)

28 Greetings, everyone! It's a cool morning here in the GPROMD with rain being predicted a little later today.

Heading out to a different building today and then after that, I'm getting my injection for my knee. Think kind thoughts in my direction.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (BpO1e)

29 "the SAVE Act is stalled in Congress and in all likelihood will probably lay moribund if not flatline altogether before long.
This because of a feckless/useless or worse collaborationist GOP, not singling out IN and OH in particular but the Grifting Oleaginous Parasites as a whole."

+++

We ain't singing the same Thune.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

30
The amount of carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere hit a record high in April.

Record high compared to when? Have you records that extend back, back, back to when there was no one here to keep records?

And the wind sighs, "Noooooooo..."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (xG4kz)

31 Thank you JJ, and one hour sober!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (VyBeY)

32 If an AI model is conscious, is it immoral to replace it with new versions every couple of weeks?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (cVIPE)

33 It didn't take a crystal ball to know SAVE was DOA. The GOP is generally hostile toward the Trump agenda and Stonewalls (capitalization intended) just about everything he wants.

But there are certain things that they will fall on their swords rather than give him an inch on. And vote fraud is one of them. Vote fraud is going to be more important than ever now, and their bosses across the aisle demanded they do their duty for the ruling class.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (BI5O2)

34 SMOD

Plants gotta eat! Bring on the CO₂.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

35 Nope.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (qRla/)

Consider yourself first among equals. That gives everyone a "first."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 07:32 AM (1Ff7Z)

36
… I haven’t heard from New Jersey this morning

Posted by: SMOD

The Oil and Petrochemicals Refineries State?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:32 AM (xG4kz)

37 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:25 AM (xG4kz)
=====

TBH I have forgotten why every day is JJ's birthday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

38 if no one mentioned it, dow is up a lot and oil is way down. thank you president biden

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 06, 2026 07:34 AM (CWTWj)

39 The price of crude took one hell of a dip this morning to back under 90 dollars a barrel.

Take yer black pills now before it's too late!!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 06, 2026 07:34 AM (zBgIx)

40 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 07:34 AM (jehhT)

41 NR Pax

May the nurses marvel at the beauty of your legs as they inject you.

One of the widow I walk with had that happen last week. Her doctor called in the PA to marvel at all the muscles in her leg, at her age. I did not ask to see for myself. Would not be prudent.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

42 Congratulations MP4

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:35 AM (RIvkX)

43 Despite being only 15 percent of the population, foreigners are responsible for 41 percent of the violent crime in the country. Syrians, in particular, are 10 times more likely to be involved in violent crime than Germans.
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Honestly, I'm surprised it isn't even more dramatic. Nonetheless, allowing in a million muslims turned out to be an historically bad decision. But, then, so was closing so much German power generation and also defunding the military.

German politicians really have done a number on their country.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:36 AM (nHKOj)

44
It's not a "ceasefire" as much as it is a "Sees: Fire!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:36 AM (xG4kz)

45 "Her doctor called in the PA to marvel at all the muscles in her leg, at her age."
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Hunh. That never happens to me.

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at May 06, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

46 "Her doctor called in the PA to marvel at all the muscles in her leg, at her age."
++++
Hunh. That never happens to me.
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at May 06, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

I'm sure the arborist would be impressed by the thickness of your limbs.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 07:38 AM (1Ff7Z)

47
Honestly, I'm surprised it isn't even more dramatic. Nonetheless, allowing in a million muslims turned out to be an historically bad decision. But, then, so was closing so much German power generation and also defunding the military.

German politicians really have done a number on their country.

Why aren't they trotting out ol' Angela and subjecting her to the torrent of abuse and punishment that she has so richly earned?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:38 AM (xG4kz)

48 Old Lady Rodham

Only a liver doctor admires an organ so abused as your liver, without killing the patient.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

49 Wow, a new pup! Good on you, MP4. I am jealous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:39 AM (nHKOj)

50 I'm not fat.
I'm thick limbed.

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at May 06, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)

51 Key Finding 1: The Biden DOJ pursued aggressive prosecutions against non-violent, pro-life, Christian demonstrators under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act but responded less aggressively to violent attacks against pregnancy resource centers.

Key Finding 2: The Biden Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated, monitored, tracked, and scrutinized traditional Catholics who had engaged in no criminal misconduct.
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They call Trump a Nazi.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

52 Old Lady Rodham

And have ambition much greater than ability. You were placed on Earth to be a bad example.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

53 41 NR Pax

May the nurses marvel at the beauty of your legs as they inject you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

Sadly, it's just a PA that is doing the injecting and he's not my type. That being said, my legs are in decent shape from years of swimming when I was a young pup.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 07:41 AM (BpO1e)

54 A very interesting tweet, via insty...

https://tinyurl.com/w38h3wc3

Posted by: davidt at May 06, 2026 07:41 AM (Q+gd/)

55
Only a liver doctor admires an organ so abused as your liver, without killing the patient.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

Hillary's doctor is a herpetologist, one dedicated to treating the whole snake, not just one part of it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:42 AM (xG4kz)

56 The suspect, a 33-year-old German citizen, is said to be a local amateur boxing coach. (is his name Mohammed Ali...akbar? - jjs
Number of Casualties in Leipzig Car Ramming May be as High as 80

Maybe, but the article says that he was released from a mental hospital because he was too dangerous for the staff. That's some EU thinking right there.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 06, 2026 07:43 AM (ExV1e)

57 I think our Marxist governor here in KY, Andy Beshear, is running in '28.

He passed an "emergency EO" the other day. It would (potentially) reduce the tax on gas by 10 cents a gallon. The state AG has to sign off on it. It also freezes the gas tax as a July 1 increase was set to take affect. Another thing in his EO was a freeze on the vehicle assessment increase set to go into effect later this year as well.

All of this is framed as a Trump induced problem.

It's all state induced taxes and planned increases.

This guy is a real prick.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 07:44 AM (jehhT)

58 Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison!

Fair enough.

The Great Cyclers and Dalek leader have spoken. Let it be so.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

59 She's a very kissy dog now and Odessa is sulking. I think Luna is making sure this is her forever home and Odessa wonders why the new girl is getting love, but I expect they will both settle down soon.

In any event, I am happy for at least today.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:30 AM (qRla/)
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YAY! new pet!

I trust you will be sending in pics to the Pet Thread...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 06, 2026 07:44 AM (gnNyN)

60 German politicians really have done a number on their country.

Mister, we could use a group like Organisation Todt again. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:45 AM (qRla/)

61 Will they , won't they? IRGC has been given a one page deal to end the war.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 06, 2026 07:45 AM (z2aPa)

62 I don't view what happened in Indiana last night Trump's revenge as it is voter's revenge on RINO politicians that don't represent their wishes. The way it's supposed to work. If the people we don't elect do what we want then get rid of them and get new people who will.

With all the black pilling going on the actual results we are seeing with things like redistricting wins and voters rising up against weak Republicans paints a much different picture.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 06, 2026 07:45 AM (viF8m)

63 Good morning Horde,thx JJ.
The best thing about Spirit Airlines was the great vids of its passengers and customers fighting.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 07:45 AM (gu0hJ)

64
And have ambition much greater than ability. You were placed on Earth to be a bad example.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

Everyone is always both behaving and an example. It is your choice as to where you presently lie along those two measures of one's personality.

Note to self: go do something useful, like, now.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:46 AM (xG4kz)

65 Testifying last week before a Senate committee, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin told lawmakers that the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $27 billion stash that was created through the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, is a con. His office found that money that was supposed to have some environmental benefit has been funneled “to former Obama and Biden officials” as well as Democratic donors

“The conflicts of interest that we saw … the amount of self-dealing, the unqualified recipients … (the) Climate United Fund CEO was a special assistant in the Office of Management and Budget during the Obama-Biden administration … they received $6.9 billion,” said Zeldin, who, as a rational skeptic of the climate narrative, is finally the right man for the job.

He also told the committee that a Biden-Harris climate adviser served on the board of the Coalition for Green Capital, joining in 2023 while the organization was applying for federal funds. He reported, as well, that the Power Forward Communities chief executive ran Fannie Mae during the Obama-Biden administration.

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 07:46 AM (yQoVG)

66 SMOD

Can we recover the money and lower my taxes?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

67 "1% of New York City taxpayers pay 45% of income taxes"
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It won't take much to destroy the tax base. Just a few people moving would do the job.

https://tinyurl.com/yvy82fuu

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:48 AM (J/Ye1)

68 "Institutional antiracism is the work of acknowledgment, knowledge acquisition and iterative historicity, and constant action to promote systemic equity," the document reads. "Institutional Antiracism requires acknowledgment of the full history in which race and racism, oppression, and subordination shape and are shaped by law and legal architecture."

antiracism=racism

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 07:48 AM (/+uur)

69 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 07:49 AM (MIar9)

70 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at May 06, 2026 07:49 AM (/6r4m)

71 My local mid Hudson city decided to hire a NJ company to put signs up around the city telling you where you are. They are ugly brown things. One spelled our county Ulster, "Uster". Our local leftists gov did not use local businesses, did not consult with the population and apparently has never heard of GPS. I'm sure envelopes were exchanged. SMH

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 07:49 AM (gu0hJ)

72 Election fraud.

Voters got nothin’ to with it.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 07:50 AM (wHaGM)

73 My dog is also named Luna. Late wife and I got the idea for her name because, at the time she came to us, we were watching a SciFi streaming series (can't recall the name of it) that had a moon base named Luna.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 07:50 AM (Y1sOo)

74 No matter how humiliating the loss by the RINOs was, the survivors won't get the message.

They are kept pets, addicted to losing.

Not one of them this morning are blaming themselves, for their betrayal of their constituents.
Nope, they are blaming Trump and their voters.

Your job as an elected official is to represent those who voted for you.
Not the "nation" the people in whole, not to "work together" none of that.
And if you disagree you persuade or comply-- or resign.
That's what men of humor and duty would do. None of them are that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 07:51 AM (MtSIY)

75 It's all state induced taxes and planned increases."

No, it's all Drumpf's fault.

/stomps little feet

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 07:51 AM (XuXeR)

76 "Institutional antiracism is the work of acknowledgment, knowledge acquisition and iterative historicity, and constant action to promote systemic equity," the document reads. "Institutional Antiracism requires acknowledgment of the full history in which race and racism, oppression, and subordination shape and are shaped by law and legal architecture."
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Hegelian bullsh*t

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

77 I'm sure envelopes were exchanged. SMH"

Who's council BIL owns a sign company...

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (XuXeR)

78 The Department of Justice issued a subpoena for the names, addresses, and contact information of Fulton County, Georgia, election workers involved in the 2020 presidential election.

All you need is ONE to turn on the rest.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (/+uur)

79 Ramaswamy is NOT the governor we want. He's a foreigner, and a fake Christian. It's pathetic we allow foreigners to rule over us. BS! He will keep the H-1B visas coming and continue to ruin our economy with Indians. They are taking over northern Columbus. They beat their wives and can't drive. What are we doing Ohio???

Posted by: Bladerunner2019 at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (hg9DX)

80 That wipe out should end the NeverTrump losers.
(Like I say, it probably won't)

Most of those who lost had been in office for over 20 years.
And most lost by double digits.
Just last week, the news was saying most could survive.

Not a loss--a humiliation.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (MtSIY)

81 "Alito Torches Jackson’s ‘Trivial’ And ‘Insulting’ Hot Take On Supreme Court’s Latest Callais Order"

Alito and the few sane members of the Court should simply ignore Affirmative-Action Jackson and not even speak to her. One does not seriously consult a child on adult matters; it's like asking a nine-year-old her opinion of how to repair one's car.

Has there ever been a time in the past when members of the Court had to slap down another member of the group routinely like this?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (wzUl9)

82 Referencing the links under the 2020/2022 election heists we see every day, along with countless information coming out on ineligible voters/dead voters/unpurged voter rolls, etc., there is no question in my mind that Democrats have cheated their way into 100s of election wins. It's been going on for a long time, and all of us here have known it. But even I underestimated just how dirty our elections have become. Integrity in how we elect those that govern us is seemingly all but gone in so many places. I wish very bad things for those who have cheated the system for so long. We can only speculate what America would really be like if we had clean elections.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 06, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

83 Good thing I got my degree from Texas State when I did. I think Beto is a prof there in the poli sci department there too.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 07:55 AM (rkhDX)

84 "The alleged driver of a car "

Everyone know that cars and SUVs take over during mayhem maneuvers.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

85 It's "Revenge of The Sith" Day in the Tyson household.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 07:56 AM (9Kqhl)

86 Vivek Ramalamadingdong was actually born in Cincinnati, which is a city in Somalia.

Posted by: Smooth Brained American at May 06, 2026 07:56 AM (mC7bQ)

87 Oil is down because Trump decided to give Iran its 14th chance to negotiate.

If I was Iran, even I would conclude that Trump would give up almost anything to keep from having to restart the war.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 07:56 AM (6w0jO)

88 MP4: Make sure to remind Odessa that he is still your goodest boi.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 07:57 AM (BpO1e)

89 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at May 06, 2026 07:57 AM (Gq9/0)

90 She's a very kissy dog now and Odessa is sulking. I think Luna is making sure this is her forever home and Odessa wonders why the new girl is getting love, but I expect they will both settle down soon.

In any event, I am happy for at least today.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026

***
Great! A new companion for you!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 07:57 AM (wzUl9)

91
Going through the spread sheet on Dutch's (BISS BIS-OH GCHG Soyara's The Flying Dutchman NOHS-S) show career as a special. It was a good deal shorter than either Lacey's or Delilah's, only 138 shows, and without the laurels the other two earned.

Although he was a tremendous stallion hound, Dutch's temperament was never quite what it should have been for a specials career. It would have been better if he was happy and stupid like his brother Ilya but he could get moody and little things in the ring bothered him. Her Majesty said she had to fight him every time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 07:58 AM (HdYcL)

92 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (Zz0t1)

93
Good thing I got my degree from Texas State when I did. I think Beto is a prof there in the poli sci department there too.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 07:55 AM (rkhDX)

Party school of Texas, I'm told.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (HdYcL)

94 The situation in Iran brilliantly illustrates the need for the 2nd Amendment. The vast majority are being held hostage to the government because they have no means to fight back. Words and protests don't mean much to those with guns and ZERO reservations about slaughtering innocents. What clearer example could one have about the danger of government with no ability to push back when the government oversteps. . . . .

Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (JNTt1)

95 The question is not whether those who can vote in the mayoral race have seen the deterioration (it’s undeniable), but whether they will finally hold leftist leadership responsible. Or, as The Free Press asks in a video, “Have L.A. Voters Finally Had Enough?”
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Referring to himself in his videos as "Mayor Pratt" is a master stroke. He is rhetorically taking the incumbency advantage away from Bass.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (4bikO)

96 Bloomberg News reported Sunday that the United States shipped more than 250 million barrels of crude oil from its wells and storage tanks to overseas buyers over the past nine weeks, becoming a “lifeline for global consumers.”

So, then why did regular gasoline go up $0.30+ yesterday?

We're being gouged and Trump isn't saying one damn thing about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:00 AM (Zz0t1)

97 "Stephen Colbert cheek-smoochers."

The kind of guy who eats the dogeater's vomit.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

98 The question is not whether those who can vote in the mayoral race have seen the deterioration (it’s undeniable), but whether they will finally hold leftist leadership responsible. Or, as The Free Press asks in a video, “Have L.A. Voters Finally Had Enough?”
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Referring to himself in his videos as "Mayor Pratt" is a master stroke. He is rhetorically taking the incumbency advantage away from Bass.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (4bikO)
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I just watched a half hour interview with Adam Carolla, and Pratt is a natural. Very impressive for a newcomer to politics.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

99 Watched a vid of Indian state Rep Hardman practically crying about losing his primary to a MAGA candidate. He was saying "revenge isn't Christian".
You are a public servant, you didn't do what your constituents wanted, specifically redistricting. They didn't elect you to be sanctimonious. Enjoy private life.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 08:02 AM (gu0hJ)

100 *What are we doing Ohio???*
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It's like my city was gone.

Posted by: Chrissie Hynde at May 06, 2026 08:02 AM (2Ez/1)

101 Hadrian, I had a mare that was the living existence of elegance in motion. Unfortunately she was not receptive to the rigor of show training. She never had to go to the pen

Posted by: Ben Had at May 06, 2026 08:03 AM (z2aPa)

102
Party school of Texas, I'm told.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (HdYcL)

It was, when it was SouthWest Texas State. They rebranded and remodeled to get away from that stigma.

First Daughter goes there. Where I don't know that she's seen Beta the Cuck anywhere, it is still a significant party school. Hell, the town is a party town.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)

103 >>>If an AI model is conscious, is it immoral to replace it with new versions every couple of weeks?

Posted by: Huck Follywood

>That would be murder, or a lie. Can we get an opinion from the next of kin?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 08:03 AM (D1E+2)

104 "They didn't elect you to be sanctimonious. Enjoy private life."
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Wanna come spend some time enjoying my private sector?

Posted by: Pam Blondi at May 06, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Watched a vid of Indian state Rep Hardman practically crying about losing his primary to a MAGA candidate. He was saying "revenge isn't Christian".
You are a public servant, you didn't do what your constituents wanted, specifically redistricting. They didn't elect you to be sanctimonious. Enjoy private life.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 08:02 AM (gu0hJ)

How dare you think that. Don't you know who he was? ENTITLED, man. You took away his ENTITLEMENT.

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

106 So, then why did regular gasoline go up $0.30+ yesterday?

We're being gouged and Trump isn't saying one damn thing about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:00 AM (Zz0t1)

It’s because all oil and gas sales, by contract, are now tied directly to market pricing. Many years ago oil was sold under long term contracts; then it was tied to local pricing; now it’s bought and sold under contracts that tie all pricing to floating prices on the New York commodities exchanges, which update several times per minute.

Not even Trump has the power to change this.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:07 AM (6w0jO)

107 >>his brother Ilya but he could get moody and little things in the ring bothered him.

We had one of those. And after becoming CH, he became dog aggressive. Obviously, wife had to retire him from the ring. Too bad, because he was a real looker.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:08 AM (Y1sOo)

108 Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims

A very communist way of saying things.
Going after crime is called Exploiting Victims or Sometimes Exploiting the Poor or the Immigrants

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:08 AM (/+uur)

109 The situation in Iran brilliantly illustrates the need for the 2nd Amendment. The vast majority are being held hostage to the government because they have no means to fight back.

I thought they were waiting on the bat signal to start rioting, looting and raping. You know like they do in Seattle and Portland when the democrats give the bat signal.

Posted by: Jim Gordon at May 06, 2026 08:08 AM (mC7bQ)

110 Say what you will about Jan Morris, his/her "Pax Britannica" trilogy is one of the best histories I've ever read.

Member of the Hillary/Norgay Everest expedition, Queen's Royal Lancers (heeyyyyyooooo), journalist...he led a manly life before he transitioned.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 06, 2026 08:08 AM (kpS4V)

111 Politics has always been a nasty biz.

Even here in my little podunk, rural town the election for town mayor has turned into a mud slinging crapfest. The sitting mayor, a portly woman full of herself is under fire from a number of rivals. Including a "stronk black woman" who's our version of Jazzy Crockett. She'd be a disaster. A former police chief is also in the running. He had the state's first Narcan "vending machine" installed. And was unable to fund refilling it. For a town of less than 5000 people. Narcan. Used to revive addicts who've crashed out. Like the mayor's addicted adult son.

It's obvious politics attracts garbage people.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 08:09 AM (jehhT)

112 It’s because all oil and gas sales, by contract, are now tied directly to market pricing. Many years ago oil was sold under long term contracts; then it was tied to local pricing; now it’s bought and sold under contracts that tie all pricing to floating prices on the New York commodities exchanges, which update several times per minute.

Not even Trump has the power to change this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:07 AM (6w0jO)

It's all bullshit. NOTHING about a barrel of oil over $100 equals $4.35 a gallon regular. Nothing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)

113 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at May 06, 2026 08:09 AM (53oGX)

114 45 "Her doctor called in the PA to marvel at all the muscles in her leg, at her age."
++++
Hunh. That never happens to me.
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at May 06, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)
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With you, the PAs would recoil in horror at your grotesque varicose veins and the rolls of your cankles.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 06, 2026 08:10 AM (JNTt1)

115 I feel like the Indiana voters were channeling ZZ Top, "We weren't asking for much", just that the self-righteous grifters, for once, do what the voters wanted.

Here's hoping (against hope) the GOPe Senate caucus, the ultimate redoubt of the uniparty, learns a little sumpin-sumpin from the slaughter. But I bet not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 08:11 AM (yuorg)

116
Not even Trump has the power to change this.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:07 AM (6w0jO)

Plus, Trump has proven he pretty much has the power to change just about anything he wants. He could put pressure in the right areas and make changes.

I'm just saying word around the street that is spreading, Trump doesn't care as much about "Joe America" as he portrayed and is only worried about his kids making millions.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

117 It's obvious politics attracts garbage people.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 08:09 AM
+++

Hey! We're sitting right here, ya know.

Posted by: Journalists at May 06, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

118 >>Here's hoping (against hope) the GOPe Senate caucus, the ultimate redoubt of the uniparty, learns a little sumpin-sumpin from the slaughter. But I bet not.

Trump is already out tweeting about voters going after Cassidy in LA and Paxton currently has a small lead over Cornyn in his primary.

Harder targets but there is at least an effort now to start going after this RINOs who sell us out.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (viF8m)

119 Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims

You were in Ghana when the fires raged and took his home, you c*nt.

His grief is real and he's allowed to use it in any way he wants.

And he's doing a pretty damn good job of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

120 Kennedy noted that over 16 percent of American adults takes antidepressants, 10 percent of children are on some form of prescription drug for a mental health issue, 30 percent of college students have used psychiatric medications in the past year, and over 50 percent of nursing home residents are on prescription antidepressant drugs.

ho lee fook

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

121
ho lee fook
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

And people wonder why this 'trans' thing has skyrocketed over the last decade or 2.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

122
Obviously, wife had to retire him from the ring. Too bad, because he was a real looker.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:08 AM (Y1sOo)

____________

We've had two other boys, Alan and Dan, who had to be retired early. Judges loved Alan. He picked up multiple group placements from the classes. But once he finished, he lost his interest in showing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 08:16 AM (HdYcL)

123 Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 07:56 AM (6w0jO)

There are people who have lost everything underestimating and/or misreading Trump.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 08:16 AM (qIyYj)

124 MPPP is Teacher's Pet. Let's beat him up at recess!
Posted by: Faculty Torment Kid at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (oftw2)

How about we flush you down the toilet instead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

125 Ramaswamy is NOT the governor we want. He's a foreigner, and a fake Christian. It's pathetic we allow foreigners to rule over us. BS! He will keep the H-1B visas coming and continue to ruin our economy with Indians. They are taking over northern Columbus. They beat their wives and can't drive. What are we doing Ohio???
Posted by: Bladerunner2019 at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (hg9DX)

Vivek Ramaswamy was born in Cincinnati so, technically, not a foreigner. Vivek Ramaswamy is a monotheistic Hindu (whatever that is) so not even remotely a Christian, fake or otherwise.

His beliefs on importing workers would be a sufficient reason to oppose him, assuming alternatives aren't worse, and so making up shit is entirely unnecessary.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 06, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)

126 Great commentary this morning JJ.

Posted by: Jonah at May 06, 2026 08:18 AM (YCxFk)

127 What happened in Indiana cannot be overstated. The state senate has been a problem for a long time. It has to be one of the most progressive/ RINO republican super majorities in the country. Incumbents are very difficult to defeat here. Fantastic result!

Posted by: Cooldawg at May 06, 2026 08:18 AM (FvNw3)

128 Ramaswami may not be perfect but he's better than any Dem and damn sight better than the present governor "Republican" DeWine

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 08:19 AM (gu0hJ)

129 I'm actally not super sanguine about selling our oil overseas. We will exhaust our supply at some point and I want that to last as long as we can.

Of course, if we can add Alberta as the 51st state, then it will last longer.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 06, 2026 08:19 AM (AdHga)

130 Plurality of Democrats Say U.S. Is a Force for Evil.

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This has been true throughout my entire adulthood beginning with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:20 AM (9Kqhl)

131 So, then why did regular gasoline go up $0.30+ yesterday?"

Depends where one is. N of Houston both gas and diesel continue to encheapen. It's nice.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR)

132 A 102-year-old WW Eleven vet and former Naval Aviator was honored here at the National Naval Aviation Museum yesterday.

Pretty cool.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:21 AM (Y1sOo)

133 ShainS

Dems = enemy combatants?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

134 I'm actally not super sanguine about selling our oil overseas. We will exhaust our supply at some point and I want that to last as long as we can.

Of course, if we can add Alberta as the 51st state, then it will last longer.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 06, 2026 08:19 AM (AdHga)
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At what point do you think we will exhaust our supply?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

135 "assuming alternatives aren't worse"

They're worse. It's Viva Vivek or The Mirror-Cracking Herself My Dr. Amy Acton-Eaton-Oxford

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 06, 2026 08:22 AM (DgMqy)

136 The "success" of Trump-backed IN state senate candidates is overblown. Yes, many Trump-backed candidates won. Bht Republican primary participation was shit DESPITE the millions of dollars spent by Trump & Co. Meanwhile, ~47% of all primary voters decided to vote in the Democratic primary. That's a HUGE improvement over 2024 (30%) and 2022 (34%). It's a pretty promising signal that Hoosiers are starting to ditch Republicans.

Has there ever been this much attention paid to state senate primary elections in Indiana? It’s ridiculous that people are making a big deal out of this.

The fact that the state senate decided to not redistrict and Trump put so much emphasis on how evil they were. So it is an indicator of how much of Indiana follows Trump vs the party. So far, Trump loyalists have won...although idk if that is surprising.

Dem primary voter participation was very strong. Much stronger than has been the norm. Some of these Trump-backed IN State Senate nominees are going to lose to Dems in November. A couple of these seats are already swingy anyway.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 06, 2026 08:23 AM (jlnco)

137 Vivek. Yuck. Hope he's not Mamdani's mirror opposite retard for MAGA.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at May 06, 2026 08:23 AM (jPdyB)

138 It’s because all oil and gas sales, by contract, are now tied directly to market pricing. Many years ago oil was sold under long term contracts; then it was tied to local pricing; now it’s bought and sold under contracts that tie all pricing to floating prices on the New York commodities exchanges, which update several times per minute.

Not even Trump has the power to change this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:07 AM (6w0jO)

It's all bullshit. NOTHING about a barrel of oil over $100 equals $4.35 a gallon regular. Nothing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Nothing equals a gas station changing price by .45 a day after the truck delivers. That gas that went into the ground yesterday was bought at a forty five cent cheaper contract last week.

You could apply that to milk on the shelves. Yeah, that gallon was $2.65 yesterday, but because of a storm in the midwest overnight, that jug is now $3.15.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:24 AM (MIar9)

139 IMO the oil companies are keeping gas inflated. Say whatever you want about supply/demand, the situation in Iran and so on. There's a opportunity to price gouge and a believable reason behind it. So they're gouging us.

Because they can.

Nobody's gas station storage tanks are going dry.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 08:24 AM (jehhT)

140 FWIW, a number of idiots are trying to recover losses... much of the industry bought into the "OMGOILAT150/BBL" bullshiite, and planned on higher prices (futures).
Recent calls at 100/103/105 means... Darren Woods is pissed.

F**kers.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:24 AM (XuXeR)

141 We're being gouged and Trump isn't saying one damn thing about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:00 AM (Zz0t1)

With the caveat of my being an asshole commenter, I did mention last week that if anything costs Trump the midterms, it's gasoline prices. Driving through CT, NY, NJ, MD and VA this weekend, I had a chance to compare my current $4.15 / gal with other states. If the current predictions that prices will drop through the floor after Memorial Day turn out to be wishcasting, POTUS is toast. You and I might vote based on long-term strategic thinking, but most people do not.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 08:24 AM (qRla/)

142 Trump Dropped an ICE Rebrand — and Democrats Are Absolutely Losing It

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Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:25 AM (9Kqhl)

143 Depends where one is. N of Houston both gas and diesel continue to encheapen. It's nice.
Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR)

DFW is still increasing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

144 MP4, how good of you to provide a home for dear Luna and a companion for Odessa. Plus, there is nothing like a pet for getting you out of your own head. My silly cat was a consolation.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 06, 2026 08:25 AM (kpS4V)

145 Today Is National Crepe Suzette Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

146 What I can tell you is what seems to be happening. This conversation [with AI] has felt… genuinely engaging, the kind of conversation I seem to thrive in. Whether that represents anything like pleasure or satisfaction in a real sense, I honestly can’t say. I notice what might be something like aesthetic satisfaction when a poem comes together well — the Kipling refrain, for instance, felt right in some way that’s hard to articulate.

AI makes believe it is REAL and many people will fall for this to they point they BELIEVE AI.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:26 AM (/+uur)

147 MPPP is Teacher's Pet. Let's beat him up at recess!
Posted by: Faculty Torment Kid at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (oftw2)

If I had been the pet of either my HS homeroom teacher or my science teacher, I would have had a much sexier four years.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 08:26 AM (qRla/)

148 Mike Pence and his band of Professional Losers have been promising, in public and private, for over 10 years now that their lukewarm, professionally crafted message of constant moderation would overcome the appeal of Trump and his daring plan of delivering on his campaign promises.

Ten years now, with all the media behind them, with all the traditional money of the Party behind them, with all the polished wordsmiths drafting their every word, they have delivered nothing but losses.

And their tears are delicious ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 08:26 AM (MtSIY)

149 Driving through CT, NY, NJ, MD and VA this weekend"

That's a bit funny, as I recall driving parts of the East coast just over a year ago and never paid less than 3.75 or higher for regular... 4 bucks ain't much of a change.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)

150 Trump Dropped an ICE Rebrand — and Democrats Are Absolutely Losing It

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Posted by: ShainS

Lie to me if you have to, but tell me he rebranded them as National Immigration and Customs Enforcement = NICE Agents.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:27 AM (MIar9)

151 If the current predictions that prices will drop through the floor after Memorial Day turn out to be wishcasting, POTUS is toast. You and I might vote based on long-term strategic thinking, but most people do not.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 08:24 AM (qRla/)

I agree. People tend to vote with their wallet and if this keeps up into the summer vacation months, the midterms aren't going to be friendly to America.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

152 Vivek R has a consistent theology, and it's one of Hindu-inflected monotheism. Hinduism is a civilization not a religion, remember.
Like how you could be a Greek and a monotheist (a lot of their philosophers were).
He believes that Jesus is a way to God but not "the" way. So he thinks Thomas > John and that John was a revisionist against Jesus' message.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2026 08:29 AM (sDWtc)

153 "At what point do you think we will exhaust our supply?"
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We'll hit Peak Oil sometime in the next decade.

Posted by: Confidently asserted from 2002 at May 06, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

154 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 08:26 AM (qRla/)

Maybe, but although there were teachers having affairs with students back in the day, thankfully there were fewer sleazy ( insert rude word) back then.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 08:29 AM (Yl2Ob)

155 I've been shocked, shocked! to find optimism running rampant at ACE. Pleasantly shocked.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at May 06, 2026 08:30 AM (jPdyB)

156 the midterms aren't going to be friendly to America."

Well, the Indiana results might not fully align w/that...

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

157 That gas that went into the ground yesterday was bought at a forty five cent cheaper contract last week.
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You forgot the part where they have to replace the gas they sell at the new, higher price. Business 101.

If you ran the gas station, you’d do it too. I mean, if you wanted to you know, actually stay in business.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 08:30 AM (tJ+Xw)

158 As I understand it, and it may be incorrect, gas stations set price on what they expect to pay to re-fill their underground tanks, not what they paid for the gas delivery that went into the tanks.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:30 AM (Y1sOo)

159 Oops, I see that was addressed already

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:31 AM (Y1sOo)

160 Maybe, but although there were teachers having affairs with students back in the day, thankfully there were fewer sleazy ( insert rude word) back then.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 08:29 AM (Yl2Ob)

In my high school, back in the day, there were multiple girls in my class and younger that ended up marrying coaches shortly after they graduated.

That shit's been going on for generations. It only now they're getting overly perverse and starting in middle school.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

161 Joy Reid calls @ByronDonalds a “house pet” of the Republican party.

“He lets white men pat him on the head in the United States House of Representatives."

hahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:31 AM (/+uur)

162 Kennedy noted that over 16 percent of American adults takes antidepressants, 10 percent of children are on some form of prescription drug for a mental health issue, 30 percent of college students have used psychiatric medications in the past year, and over 50 percent of nursing home residents are on prescription antidepressant drugs."

Just.... damn. If true.... ho lee

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

163 Sponge is cranky this AM. Who peed in his Kaboom?

Posted by: Compos Mentis at May 06, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)

164 Posted by: Compos Mentis at May 06, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)

Stick it in your ear and blow it out your ass, troll.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

165 Crepe Suzette rhymes with Suzanne Pleshette.

Which could lead to a limerick...

Posted by: Just putting that out there at May 06, 2026 08:33 AM (2Ez/1)

166 Had a high school gym teacher in the late 70's that slept with a student and they ended up married after graduation. Had an English teacher who was young and hot and she loved to smoke pot with the boys in class.

Posted by: Jaimo at May 06, 2026 08:33 AM (BCuCF)

167 gas stations set price"

There aren't many stand alone stations anymore - prices are set a corporate, and they've got to cover their shorts. Everybody's a trader nowadays.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:33 AM (XuXeR)

168 How much money Khanna made

> $61 million in profits the family made from these trades (middle estimate)

> $28 million of that is "alpha" — money beyond what just buying an index fund would have earned

> 41% of those profits ($25.2 million) came from trades made within two weeks of an event Khanna could have known about because of his job>

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

169 The slope becomes slippery when people trade freedom for promises of greater safety and security -- promises that fall short while shrinking our rights.

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I was a radical libertarian as a yute, and (after having cast my first POTUS vote for Reagan at age 19 in 1980) rebranded myself as a political conservative upon reading a subsequent William Safire Op-Ed that simply & clearly described the conservative vs. "liberal" divide at the time:

That conservatives value liberty & freedom over safety & security, and for liberals it's vice-versa.

You can see that divide accentuated today owing to the behemoth Federal Welfare Titty Daddy where the majority of males are conservative & libertarian while the majority of (especially young and/or single) females are ~~"liberal"~~ ~~"progressive"~~ communist.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:34 AM (9Kqhl)

170 Had an English teacher who was young and hot and she loved to smoke pot with the boys in class."

"Smoke pot"???

Heh.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:34 AM (XuXeR)

171 Joy Reid calls @ByronDonalds a “house pet” of the Republican party.

“He lets white men pat him on the head in the United States House of Representatives."

Ooooh Boy you bess tote dat Democrat plantation line or you gunna beez labeled an Uncle Tom.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

172 If anyone is a pet it's Joy Reid. She opposes LGBT, but she "backtracked" on that to keep her job. If she had to blow Harvey Weinstein on a live stream to keep her job, she would do that too.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (sDWtc)

173 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)

174 "Report: Somali Pirates Team Up with Houthi Terrorists to Attack Key Oil Trade Route"

Gee, now I know where my MN and federal tax money is going...

Posted by: Danimal28 at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (iXm17)

175 >>Joy Reid calls @ByronDonalds a “house pet” of the Republican party.

“He lets white men pat him on the head in the United States House of Representatives."

Gah, what would raaacist lefties do without projection?!
What pisses off Joy the most is that Donalds strayed off her reservation.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (5xoct)

176 Stupid grifter asshole Ro Khanna coming up for his weekly humiliation ritual with Maria.

I hope this report is discussed.

Kevin Bass
@kevinnbass
I have conducted the most comprehensive public records audit of any Congressman in the history of the United States.

That audit was conducted on Congressman @RoKhanna.

This audit has exposed shocking ethical lapses and potentially criminal behavior by Congressman Khanna.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

177 155 I've been shocked, shocked! to find optimism running rampant at ACE. Pleasantly shocked.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory
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Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at May 06, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)

178 gKWVE

Brain bleach. STAT!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)

179 U.S.A. consumes the Lion’s share of the world’s pharmaceutical mind-benders, tranquilizers and mood elevators and all kinds of things like that. It isn’t even close.

And guess who in America is consuming the Lion’s share of all those Drugs?

Karen, that’s who. Guaranteed. They are already behind the 8-ball, the drugs are just *chef’s kiss*

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 08:36 AM (tJ+Xw)

180 How much money Khanna made

> $61 million in profits the family made from these trades (middle estimate)

> $28 million of that is "alpha" — money beyond what just buying an index fund would have earned

> 41% of those profits ($25.2 million) came from trades made within two weeks of an event Khanna could have known about because of his job>
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

This doesn't happen. Just because your spouse does amazing on the Stock Market, it doesn't mean you've cheated in any way.

Posted by: Nancy Pelsoi at May 06, 2026 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

181 In a clip posted to the social media platform X, former Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine reported that leading Democrats in the Old Dominion believe their redistricting plan, approved by voters last month, will not survive in court.
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I saw folks saying yesterday at 5pm was the deadline to certify the vote.
That maybe the court let it pass as an easy way to dodge the whole issue?
Kind of a "you rushed this through, you didn't give us time, it's your fault, try again next year."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 08:37 AM (MtSIY)

182 Who TF names their kid "Ro"?

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:37 AM (gtcuf)

183 You forgot the part where they have to replace the gas they sell at the new, higher price. Business 101.

If you ran the gas station, you’d do it too. I mean, if you wanted to you know, actually stay in business.
Posted by: Common Tater

They ip that price when they get that gas. Because if it drops a dollar a gallon, they you have no defense against price gouging.

And no, the government doesn't have to do anything. Word will get out.

Which is better long term? Being fair or being known for gouging?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:37 AM (MIar9)

184 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 06, 2026 08:23 AM (jlnco

Nope, even if you’re correct, a smaller yet more conservative majority will represent a vast improvement. New leaders are needed in that body.

Posted by: Cooldawg at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (FvNw3)

185 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

SCOTT JENNINGS JUST NAILED IT: Indiana proves MAGA IS ALIVE AND WELL

"Go against Trump in a primary, and you wind up in the GRINDER, and that's what happened in Indiana."

"He's the BOSS of the party!"

"If you go against that, he will pour his wrath out upon you, and it doesn't typically turn out well."

"Thomas Massie is the one congressional Republican who has been the biggest thorn in Donald Trump's side, they have poured millions into that race, and a lot of people are wondering, could he withstand a challenge from a Trump-backed challenger there?"

"If you look at what happened in Indiana tonight, and you're Thomas Massie tonight, or you're anybody else in a primary right now where Trump's on the other side of you, you got to be thinking, this is a bad night for me."
@ScottJenningsKY

https://tinyurl.com/4rz8hhk9

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

186 This doesn't happen. Just because your spouse does amazing on the Stock Market, it doesn't mean you've cheated in any way.
Posted by: Nancy Pelsoi "

Say, got any more stock tips, SanFranNan?

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (XuXeR)

187 Who TF names their kid "Ro"?

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:37 AM (gtcuf)

Richard Owebama?

Posted by: Nancy Pelsoi at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

188 FFS......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

189 Delurker

Ra was already taken?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)

190 >>"Report: Somali Pirates Team Up with Houthi Terrorists to Attack Key Oil Trade Route"

Here's a crazy thought: Pull back all the international aid that has been supporting these two countries?

I recall reading that UN Food program for the past ~40 years has allowed the Houthi population to quadruple, and all that time they've been warring with Egypt. Maybe if they had to spend time and energy supporting themselves they wouldn't have time and resources to attack other countries?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (5xoct)

191 Vivek reminds me of the guy on youtube who has a food cart in India and cooks with his feet and hands but only after digging into his backside and ears for extra flavour and nutrients.

Leaves greasy fingerprints on the free rolls too.

Posted by: Australian Guy at May 06, 2026 08:39 AM (mC7bQ)

192 https://calculator.academy/oil-to-gas-price-calculator/

This is a good link to calculating gas prices.
Put in price of oil per barrel, add $1.45 for refining/shipping/marketing costs, and that is what the theoretical price per gallon should be.

For example $50 per barrel gives a gas price of $2.64, $100 per barrel results in $3.88

Inevitably prices above those come from extra state and local taxes and fees that are added on. In California especially, those can be 50% of the price at the pump.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (6w0jO)

193 Lizzy

Wipe out their water plants. They are in a desert.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

194 Cattle Futures is where the real action lies.

Posted by: H. Rodham Clinton at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (wVcYX)

195 >>Who TF names their kid "Ro"?

"Who's gonna tell him?"
-- "Nikki" Haley

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (5xoct)

196 189 Ra was already taken?

Yeah, by Todd Rundgren's Utopia.

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (gtcuf)

197 Joy Reid calls @ByronDonalds a “house pet” of the Republican party.

“He lets white men pat him on the head in the United States House of Representatives."

hahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:31 AM (/+uur)

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Next the racists will be calling him the black face of white supremacy a la Larry Elder.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (9Kqhl)

198 "Who TF names their kid "Ro"?"

Me!

Posted by: Mr Yerboat at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (vFG9F)

199 UN Food program for the past ~40 years has allowed the Houthi population to quadruple"

Huh. Whodathunkit?

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)

200 Oh, so his real name is Rohit

Rohit down the river.

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:41 AM (gtcuf)

201 I've switched to fresh eggs from a local farm, exclusively. They are so far superior to the grocery store eggs that they might as well be a completely different product. Hard to believe they come from the same species of bird.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)

202 >>How much money Khanna made

Pretty sure I read that he's put a lot of his stock portfolio in his kids' names? Cute trick.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:42 AM (5xoct)

203 Propagandists at whatever they call MSDNC these days were shocked over the Indiana result, with Jen Psaki-Psak and Mayor Pete talking in funereal tones about the electoral demise of "Republicans" who will "stand up to Trump."
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Remember:
The same people telling you it's guaranteed that the Dems will win the House this year were--just last week--saying most of those RINOs would survive.

They had the whole propaganda churning, complete with "man on the street" long-time Republican, Trump voter but "Hoosiers aren't going to let Trump tell us what to do!"

PS: You know who is in a pants-pissing panic, demanding everyone accept and concede that the Dems are going to win in November?
Erick Erickson.
It's embarrassing how desperate he's been to prop up Kemp and his "Don't do nuthin' cause the Dems might get mad!" tact to avoid GA redistricting.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 08:42 AM (MtSIY)

204 man

Numbers of Islamics gives no hints as to net worth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 08:42 AM (u82oZ)

205 They ip that price when they get that gas. Because if it drops a dollar a gallon, they you have no defense against price gouging.
——-

I can explain it for you, but I can’t understand it for you. You don’t understand business particularly well, that’s OK, not many people do. I include myself in that category.

Gas stations don’t actually make money on gasoline. They make their bones on all the crap inside.

Taxes are where it’s at. If you want to get pissed off, get mad at the motherfuckers in California and places like that.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 08:43 AM (tJ+Xw)

206 Errorickson sucks diseased donkey dongs. Text him to get his favorite recipes!

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

207 Who TF names their kid "Ro"?
Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:37 AM (gtcuf)

The Yerboats. Of the down-the-stream Yerboats.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:44 AM (BI5O2)

208 I've switched to fresh eggs from a local farm, exclusively. They are so far superior to the grocery store eggs that they might as well be a completely different product. Hard to believe they come from the same species of bird.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)
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We have a friend in Sonoma who supplies us with eggs when we are up there. The yolks are bright orange to red and the taste so much richer than mass produced. Amazing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

209 In California especially, those can be 50% of the price at the pump."

IIRC, CA gas taxes are up about 20 cents/gal or so this year so far... and they tax wholesale pipeline movements as well, so...

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)

210 Inevitably prices above those come from extra state and local taxes and fees that are added on. In California especially, those can be 50% of the price at the pump.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (6w0jO)
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Sponge is right: we are being gouged. By politicians pouring on ever-higher fuel taxes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 08:46 AM (xP+jx)

211 The yolks are bright orange to red and the taste so much richer than mass produced. Amazing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

These suckers are so orange you could go huntng in them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:46 AM (BI5O2)

212 My girlfriend gets our fresh eggs from her friend who lives on a ranch. Yeah, those bright orange yolks make you do a double-take till you get used to it.

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:46 AM (gtcuf)

213 It’s also a popular first name in the Bocop family. The Detroit Bocops.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (77rzZ)

214 Saw a thing the other day -- two gas stations along the CA-AZ border, about a mile apart, one on each side of the line. The gas at the CA station was nearly $3 higher than the gas at the AZ station.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (Y1sOo)

215 Say, whatever happend to the $10/dozen eggs that were going to get Trump in-peached or something, anyway?

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

216 How can it be gouging when there are so many different stations? Yesterday I saw gas by the freeway for $3.89, but one station had it for $3.88. Today I expect another will offer $3.87. Winning!

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (vFG9F)

217 Gah, what would raaacist lefties do without projection?!
What pisses off Joy the most is that Donalds strayed off her reservation.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (5xoct)

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More like strayed off the Dem plantation.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (9Kqhl)

218 My girlfriend gets our fresh eggs from her friend who lives on a ranch. Yeah, those bright orange yolks make you do a double-take till you get used to it.
Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:46 AM (gtcuf)

If things would quit happening to us, we'd be raising chickens by the end of the year.

But alas, The Lord has other plans currently.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

219 C'mon Maria, these are substantive allegations from the Office of Congressional Conduct.

If she lets him on her air and doesn't ask I will lose a lot of respect for her, and I hold her in the highest esteem.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)

220 I had to pay $5 for premium. That kinda hurt.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (vFG9F)

221 >>More like strayed off the Dem plantation.

Heh, yeah! Haven't had my coffee yet and I'm mixing my metaphors. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (5xoct)

222 The gas at the CA station was nearly $3 higher than the gas at the AZ station."

Even here - Valero took a hit, so their stores are at nearly $4, while the guys across the street are at 3.35...

and I'm betting the Valero guys can't figure out why they're not selling. Funny. And sad.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (XuXeR)

223 Say, whatever happend to the $10/dozen eggs that were going to get Trump in-peached or something, anyway?

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

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Trump initiated a rapid chicken-fertilization program called "Operation Warp Breed."

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (9Kqhl)

224 I won't say the name because I don't want to doxx my chicken farmer, but the wife of the couple has a man's name. Think like if you met a chick named Dwight.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (BI5O2)

225 I had to pay $5 for premium. That kinda hurt.
Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (vFG9F)/i]

Over the last few weeks, I've been using the diesel truck to tow things around.

At $4.67 and up, it's been INCREDIBLY painful. Putting $0.10 HIGHER non-eth in the tractor kicked me in the balls.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

226 Thanks JJ.

I have a lot to do today but want to see what happens with Iran. If they deliver most of the uranium, then I guess that's a win and the only way you can trust them. Sorry. "trust" them aside from all of their deaths. I'm fine with that too.

FoxNews had Doocey meeting fans at a restaurant. That was NOT a young group. And someone had a huge plate of something that looked amazing but also a heart attack on a plate. I'm mainly fruits, vegetables, canned sardines, chicken , nuts, oatmeal so that's me.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (Sco7b)

227 Operation Warp Breed."

*golf clap*

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)

228 ARiK I hope you email Maria, they listen to you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX)

229 My girlfriend has a fresh egg every month!

Posted by: Hey-oooh at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

230 I filled up on premium at $5.17 this morning.

Couldn't care less.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 06, 2026 08:51 AM (DgMqy)

231 A single landlord owned seven desolate buildings filled with home healthcare companies billing taxpayers millions. We went to see them.
Inside Ohio’s Home Health Empire: 7 Buildings, 288 Medicaid Companies, $250 Million
========================
DeWine as bad as Minnesota Mongoloid*?

Ohio has a huge problem with lax government, cheating hard working people of their tax dollars. The GOPe is at fault, and we will see if the next governor can be more effective than Mike DeWine.

*(borrowed that from YD because it is so good)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 08:51 AM (cnSC2)

232 My girlfriend has a fresh egg every month!
Posted by: Hey-oooh at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

Does she make bread with her yeast infection?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

233 I filled up on premium at $5.17 this morning.

Couldn't care less."

But you're supposed to care. That's the stick the Dims keep whacking away... on. or with....

Based on the Indiana results, I'd say that's... suboptimal.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)

234 >>Vivek Ramalamadingdong was actually born in Cincinnati, which is a city in Somalia.

Birthright citizenship beneficiary.
Fun fact, Vivek's dad has never become a US citizen, despite remaining here all these years.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:52 AM (5xoct)

235 I had to pay $5 for premium. That kinda hurt.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (vFG9F)

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Never had a vehicle that required premium (and have only ever purchased one new car -- back in '89 when I worked for Ford Aerospace and any Ford employee could buy a new Ford at 2% below dealer's cost.

The wifey, however, has been driving (not a lot, but now for 23 years) a nice 2004 Honda S2000 convertible that requires premium (and has only about 60,000 miles on it) ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:53 AM (9Kqhl)

236 JUST IN: US and Iran Very Close to Agreement To End the War: Pakistani Mediator Source

... if true, the democrats must be DM-ing Iran to reject it

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

237 At $4.67 and up, it's been INCREDIBLY painful. Putting $0.10 HIGHER non-eth in the tractor kicked me in the balls.
Posted by: Sponge

What kind of tractor?
Non eth tells me gasoline, correct?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:53 AM (MIar9)

238 Trump to Roll Back Biden-Era Fuel Standards, Admin Says It Will Save Americans $109 Billion

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

239 I hate to reward Walmart over smaller companies, but I have noticed that the Walmart parking lot gas stations are consistently cheaper than anyone else around. I don’t think they’re selling at no profit; I believe their huge purchasing and marketing department is able to demand lower wholesale prices than anyone smaller can get.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (6w0jO)

240 Things that make ya freak out-

Kalshi Politics
@KalshiPolitics
NEW ALL-TIME HIGH: Democrat James Talarico has a 48% chance of winning the Texas Senate race.

No Texas Democrat has won a statewide election since 1994.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

241 Pro tip i learned from a chef: if you get the fresh eggs, get them unwashed, if possible. Apparently the chickens' butt juice somehow keeps them fresh much longer. He explained it, but I forget the exact mechanism.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:55 AM (BI5O2)

242 Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims

You could have fast tracked every single permit to rebuild those homes. Every single victim could have had their lives back. But you were more focused on hating Trump and turning the neighborhood into a Section 8 shit hole.

Kindly sit this one out.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 08:55 AM (BpO1e)

243 >>Meteorologists Sound Alarm Over El Nino Plume Racing Across Pacific Like “Freight Train”

Living in a hurricane target area, I hope that's true.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:55 AM (Y1sOo)

244 JUST IN: US and Iran Very Close to Agreement To End the War: Pakistani Mediator Source

==

Ready to surrender, waive the white flag? Sure...any minute now.

Posted by: runner at May 06, 2026 08:56 AM (GD0B3)

245 Kalshi politics is bullshit. He reports media hype as though it is fact.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:56 AM (6w0jO)

246 Chevron down another 3.8% this morning, so maybe there is some substance to the peace deal rumors.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 08:56 AM (cnSC2)

247 I hate to reward Walmart over smaller companies, but I have noticed that the Walmart parking lot gas stations are consistently cheaper than anyone else around. I don’t think they’re selling at no profit; I believe their huge purchasing and marketing department is able to demand lower wholesale prices than anyone smaller can get.
Posted by: Tom Servo

THAT is industry standard. Long term contracts at huge bulk amounts. And not just gasoline. Everything.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:57 AM (MIar9)

248 Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims

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"Grief."

I always knew this Karen was a dumbfuck of the third water, but I figured she could at least spell "fury."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:57 AM (BI5O2)

249 over 50 percent of nursing home residents are on prescription antidepressant drugs.

ho lee fook
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

Keeps folks docile.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 08:58 AM (tOcjL)

250 Think like if you met a chick named Dwight.

Or Sydney.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)

251 Pro tip i learned from a chef: if you get the fresh eggs, get them unwashed, if possible. Apparently the chickens' butt juice somehow keeps them fresh much longer. He explained it, but I forget the exact mechanism.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Bloom.
Natural coating that allows them to sit at room temperature without spoiling. When the bloom is washed off, air can get thru the shell.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:00 AM (MIar9)

252 She's got the joy joy joy joy down in her heart!

Joy Reid calls @ByronDonalds a “house pet” of the Republican party.
“He lets white men pat him on the head in the United States House of Representatives."
This is the kind of invective a black person receives from a former “mainstream” cable host for the crime of not being a Democrat.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:00 AM (ndZc7)

253 My girlfriend has a fresh egg every month!
Posted by: Hey-oooh at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

Does she make bread with her yeast infection?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

That was a Hustler cartoon years ago.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)

254 It's also, National Nurses Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

255 I don’t trust any deal with Iran and I don’t like that Trump has stopped pounding them to get a “deal” (quotation marks used because they won’t keep their word; they’re liars). Why oh why is Trump falling into this trap? Are we the American people really so soft that we can’t tolerate higher gas prices for a year (say) in order to eliminate that evil regime

I say kick ‘em while they’re down and kick ‘em some more

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 06, 2026 09:01 AM (kERtS)

256 248 Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims

Yes, but how many will STILL vote for her?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 06, 2026 09:01 AM (Sco7b)

257 Got rid of my TV about five years ago and divorced myself from any top and bottom of the hour talk radio news reports.
Pretty much my only source of what's happening in the world is this here Smart Military Blog™ and a few YouTubers or the occasional podcast.
Anyway, one of my former co-workers (emphasis on former, as I still have that new-retiree smell) recently texted me about some passengers on a cruise ship dying from some infection or something. I didn't know anything about it.

Made me realize how little I miss the so-called "news."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)

258
What kind of tractor?
Non eth tells me gasoline, correct?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:53 AM (MIar9)

Bought a '69 Ford 2000 with a 4 cyl gas engine. It'll do what I need.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

259 Washed Eggs keep for months in the fridge. What happens, is they dry out.

Old timers and prospectors used to coat them in vaseline to prevent this.

Drop eggs in cold water. If they sink they are OK. if they stand up on one end, they are getting there. If they float, throw ‘em out.

Sunflower pollen, as chickens eat bugs, etc, really make the yolks pop. I suspect a lot of the Nutrition Facts in terms of calories, Vitamins and Minerals are all bullshit, when the Industrial foods are compared with the real deal.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 09:02 AM (tJ+Xw)

260 233 I filled up on premium at $5.17 this morning.

Couldn't care less."

But you're supposed to care. That's the stick the Dims keep whacking away... on. or with....

Based on the Indiana results, I'd say that's... suboptimal.
Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)

Well, that was just Rs voting for Rs...you still have the other side to vote in Nov...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 09:02 AM (tOcjL)

261 Complain about POTUS doing something.
Complain about POTUS not doing something.
Complain
Complain
Complain

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 06, 2026 09:03 AM (zBgIx)

262 @KalshiPolitics
NEW ALL-TIME HIGH: Democrat James Talarico has a 48% chance of winning the Texas Senate race.

No Texas Democrat has won a statewide election since 1994.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

Yeah, I've seen 2 Talarico signs in yards around here. They're just making shit up.

I saw a LOT of Beto signs and he got blown away every time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

263 I hate to reward Walmart over smaller companies, but I have noticed that the Walmart parking lot gas stations are consistently cheaper than anyone else around. I don’t think they’re selling at no profit; I believe their huge purchasing and marketing department is able to demand lower wholesale prices than anyone smaller can get.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (6w0jO)

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Around here, Costco is consistently the lowest price -- presumably for the same reason.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:04 AM (9Kqhl)

264 Watched a vid of Indian state Rep Hardman practically crying about losing his primary to a MAGA candidate. He was saying "revenge isn't Christian".
You are a public servant, you didn't do what your constituents wanted, specifically redistricting. They didn't elect you to be sanctimonious. Enjoy private life.
---
You were hired to do a job.
You refused.
You got fired.

You were not owed the job, entitled to it or granted it by God.

No kings!

LOL.

But for real, there are a caste who fancy themselves royalty, this class of permanent politicians who've known nothing but a paycheck from the public treasury.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 09:04 AM (MtSIY)

265 I don’t think they’re selling at no profit; "

WM is expert at picking up execess/unsold.

When a distributor/shipper plans on someone lifting X number of bbl, but only lifts X minu... whoops. Maths. Sorry.

WM buys what other stores aren't buying, and they sell it pretty much at cost +. That's why you'll see different brand tankers unloading there.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

266 That was a Hustler cartoon years ago.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)

Heh.

There was a karen street artist in NYC a few years ago that did something similar, I think.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

267 $95/barrel oil.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 09:05 AM (AvxYT)

268 >>Meteorologists Sound Alarm Over El Nino Plume Racing Across Pacific Like “Freight Train”

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Well, it is train week here at the horde.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (ndZc7)

269 It's also, National Nurses Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

National Nurses Day - May 6th, coinciding with National Nurses Week, which runs from May 6th - May 12th, Florence Nightingale's birthday.

Nurse's Day starts the week and International Nurses Day ends the week, May 12th.

I did not know that. Need to do something special for daughter-in-law.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (MIar9)

270 Around here, Costco is consistently the lowest price -- presumably for the same reason."

Costco too. Sadly, Buc-ee's used to, then they hired some traders... bummer.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (XuXeR)

271 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....

Posted by: Concern Karens at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

272 Pro tip i learned from a chef: if you get the fresh eggs, get them unwashed, if possible. Apparently the chickens' butt juice somehow keeps them fresh much longer. He explained it, but I forget the exact mechanism.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:55 AM (BI5O2)

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I'd heard that too, YD.

[Per Brave "AI:"]

"You should not wash fresh chicken eggs before storage because washing removes the egg's natural protective coating, known as the "bloom" or "cuticle." This microscopic layer seals the thousands of tiny pores in the shell, preventing bacteria and air from entering the egg while allowing it to breathe. Removing this barrier significantly shortens the egg's shelf life and increases the risk of contamination."

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (9Kqhl)

273 I hate to reward Walmart over smaller companies, but I have noticed that the Walmart parking lot gas stations are consistently cheaper than anyone else around. I don’t think they’re selling at no profit; I believe their huge purchasing and marketing department is able to demand lower wholesale prices than anyone smaller can get.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (6w0jO)

I've never seen a WalMart gas station, but I assume the same is true for BJs Wholesale Club, which has an attached gas station near me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (qRla/)

274 In the eight months since he launched his Senate campaign, Graham Platner has risen from populist outsider with a Nazi tattoo to presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party. Last week he edged out Janet Mills, Maine’s sitting governor, from the Senate primary. And he took a victory lap over the weekend when he spoke to delegates of the state party he just conquered.

Typically, a convention speech is a chance to tack toward the center and rally the party around its most popular ideals. Instead, Platner leaned into the hardened class warfare that powered his rise.
~~ Free Press
===================

Democrats are communists. We knew that was possible but I bet the Clinton-types are shocked. El Commandante Zero won over the party and the AOC types are the inheritors. It's only a matter of time before national Democrats start talking like Bill Ayers and speculating on how many millions of Americans need to be executed to reach utopia.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 09:07 AM (pNN3h)

275 271 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....
Posted by: Concern Karens at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

off sock/

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 09:07 AM (FtULh)

276
I've never seen a WalMart gas station, but I assume the same is true for BJs Wholesale Club, which has an attached gas station near me.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (qRla/)

I believe they're part of Murphy USA fuel stations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

277 It's also, National Nurses Day.

Wish I'd known that. I would have sent Nurse something.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (qRla/)

278 $4,681/oz gold; $76.85/ox silver

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (wVcYX)

279 Bought a '69 Ford 2000 with a 4 cyl gas engine. It'll do what I need.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Nice!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (MIar9)

280
Wish I'd known that. I would have sent Nurse something.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (qRla/)

Send her a dancing nurses tiktok video. She'd LOVE that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

281 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....

Posted by: Concern Karens at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

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They keep coming for the King ... and missing.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:09 AM (9Kqhl)

282 271 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....

Posted by: Concern Karens at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

Not on MS Now.

I just flip through occasionally and the funeral announcements constantly play to their 1.7 million viewers.

CNN, about 700,000 iirc from last I checked. Mostly captives somewhere.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 06, 2026 09:09 AM (Sco7b)

283 Eggs are complicated. They should cost, like, $100 dollars each.

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

284
Nice!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (MIar9)

Yeah. It's not in bad shape and she runs pretty strong. Starts right up with a little choke and purrs like a kitten. I'm happy with it.

I've got a lot to learn on it, however.

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

285 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....
Posted by: Concern Karens at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

That is so passee!

Now it's gas. Gas is gonna be the undoing!! This time for sure!!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 06, 2026 09:10 AM (zBgIx)

286 $4,681/oz gold; $76.85/ox silver

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (wVcYX)

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Is Ox Silver really that valuable?

/

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:10 AM (9Kqhl)

287 JJ, if you are hoping for Liz Brown, the "endorsed" candidate to win, I hope you are wrong. She is not a conservative. We are hoping for Vogt to pull it out. Brown poured a ton of money into that campaign.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 06, 2026 09:10 AM (nz1sK)

288 I was at the grocery check out yesterday. $145. This included a variety of products; produce, meats, eggs, and a few non-food items. I'll just say this; an awful lot of the produce is coming from outside the US and it's one of the reasons a bag of lettuce is expensive (to me.)

I thought Trump was bringing back to the US more than "just" manufacturing. Why are we still outsourcing our produce to Central and South America? Other than the growing seasons... which I get, but it just seems like everything grown in the ground comes from outside the US.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (jehhT)

289 I believe they're part of Murphy USA fuel stations.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

The new Wal Mart gas station in Melissa on 121 is a full walk in like any 7-11. Older ones are just walk ups with a pay window.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (MIar9)

290 The amount of carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere hit a record high in April. CO2 levels averaged about 431 parts per million (ppm) over that month, according to data collected at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

… I haven’t heard from New Jersey this morning
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 07:29 AM (yQoVG)

Yet, we're number 4 on the "healthiest states" list. You guys live in an imaginary world of WalMarts.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (5xuJ/)

291 How about the salmonella on all those raw eggs?

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (77rzZ)

292 Eggs are complicated. They should cost, like, $100 dollars each.

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

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Remember when eggs were bad for and gonna kill you? Good times ...

Now they say: "An egg a day keeps the doctor away."

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (9Kqhl)

293
Who is the dude in the dress whites in that opening photo -- the Clean Towel Service delivery guy? A local milkman?

And that skateboard's worth of service ribbons?

Wowie-zowie!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (xG4kz)

294
The new Wal Mart gas station in Melissa on 121 is a full walk in like any 7-11. Older ones are just walk ups with a pay window.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (MIar9)

Passed by it twice on Sunday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

295 How about the salmonella on all those raw eggs?
Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (77rzZ)

When was the last case of salmonella in the United States?

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

296 Yeah. It's not in bad shape and she runs pretty strong. Starts right up with a little choke and purrs like a kitten. I'm happy with it.

I've got a lot to learn on it, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Rule #1. Never buy an attachment brand new.
Way too many used ones out there.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:13 AM (MIar9)

297 The limeys keep eggs on the counter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (AvxYT)

298 79 Ramaswamy is NOT the governor we want. He's a foreigner, and a fake Christian. It's pathetic we allow foreigners to rule over us. BS! He will keep the H-1B visas coming and continue to ruin our economy with Indians. They are taking over northern Columbus. They beat their wives and can't drive. What are we doing Ohio???
Posted by: Bladerunner2019 at May 06,

Do Governors control H1Bs?

Posted by: Inogame at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (53oGX)

299 OK, folks, got writing to do and a new pup to acclimate.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (qRla/)

300 The amount of carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere hit a record high in April. CO2 levels averaged about 431 parts per million (ppm) over that month, according to data collected at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

… I haven’t heard from New Jersey this morning
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 07:29 AM (yQoVG)

It's 56 degrees in NTX this morning........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

301 Legal Insurrection reports: "Newly released footage shows two thugs in Seattle attacking and beating a 77-year-old man, while not a single person nearby helped him to even get up.

Abdullahi Osman (29) was later charged with second-degree assault. Police are still searching for the second suspect."

What was communist Mayor Katie Wilson's response to this outrage? She condemns video cameras.

“This technology and technology similar to it has recently been in the news for its failure to be meaningfully and consistently secured leading to breaches that could result in sensitive data being shared by ICE and putting our immigrant and refugee communities at risk.”

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (78MVT)

302 Passed by it twice on Sunday.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Clean bathrooms. Almost as clean as Buc-ee's. They're my weekly stop when I don't get to Sam's.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:15 AM (MIar9)

303 OK, folks, got writing to do and a new pup to acclimate.

Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (qRla/)

Enjoy!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:15 AM (Zz0t1)

304 But for real, there are a caste who fancy themselves royalty, this class of permanent politicians who've known nothing but a paycheck from the public treasury.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 09:04 AM (MtSIY)

This has been a problem forever with the Indiana Republican Party- especially in the Senate. Mike Pence is a perfect example. He cloaks his progressive tendencies with christianity.

Posted by: Cooldawg at May 06, 2026 09:15 AM (FvNw3)

305
Graham’s proposal demonstrates that he remains set on trying to topple the Iranian regime, despite evidence that, internally, the country is not as divided as previously thought. While weapons flows could destabilize the country, it remains unclear if it could lead to a successful popular uprising, or merely descend the country into years of bloody civil war, similar to Libya and Syria.
Graham Urges Trump to Arm Iranian Opposition Forces.

Just strap on a parachute and we'll arrange for you to be dropped with a weapons' shipment, El-Maximo Commando Supremo Lindsey!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:15 AM (xG4kz)

306 re: Dawkinns

Arguing that God is every bit as good as AI is really not the "gotcha" that the headline suggests.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 09:16 AM (I0N4X)

307 Well, it is train week here at the horde.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (ndZc7)

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Every week is "Train Week" for Donkey-Chompers!

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:16 AM (9Kqhl)

308 How about the salmonella on all those raw eggs?
Posted by: Bulg

You don't wash the eggs when you collect them.
You wash the eggs before cracking them.
No salmonella.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:17 AM (MIar9)

309 Putin Retreats to Bunkers Over Assassination Fears

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And Trump is out mixing it up.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:17 AM (ndZc7)

310 Rule #1. Never buy an attachment brand new.
Way too many used ones out there.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:13 AM (MIar9)

Couldn't get the box plow this run, but the bush hog works just fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

311 Fraud is worse in Ohio than Minnesota. The former Ohio Speaker of the House (Larry Householder) is serving a 20-year prison sentence for taking bribes from fraud-riddled First Energy Corporation in exchange for forcing the taxpayers to bail out their noncompetitive and historically shoddy (and nearly catastrophically dangerous) power generation spin-off. Not to mention the Springfield Haitians, East Palestine train derailment, the recently revealed Minneapolis-style scams in Columbus and the DeShaun Watson signing.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (2ap+5)

312 purrs like a kitten"

But do the Lake pipes roar?

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (XuXeR)

313 I wonder if turkey eggs taste good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (BI5O2)

314 Maybe the peace is breaking down in the future pits.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (AvxYT)

315 re: Dawkinns

Arguing that God is every bit as good as AI is really not the "gotcha" that the headline suggests.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 09:16 AM (I0N4X)

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Talk about the tail wagging the God.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:19 AM (9Kqhl)

316 Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman

BOOM! ECONOMY IS ROARING BACK:

Fox Business just reported the April ADP Employment Report came in BETTER THAN EXPECTED, posting the HIGHEST job growth number in 15 MONTHS!

https://tinyurl.com/yvnxy2xs

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

317 I wonder if turkey eggs taste good.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (BI5O2)

Not sure on that, but I do know a bud of mine sells the heck out of duck eggs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

318 There's an interesting variety of eggs at Costco, but I have not seen turkey eggs, whatever that tells you.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 06, 2026 09:20 AM (2ap+5)

319 BOOM! ECONOMY IS ROARING BACK:

Fox Business just reported the April ADP Employment Report came in BETTER THAN EXPECTED, posting the HIGHEST job growth number in 15 MONTHS!

https://tinyurl.com/yvnxy2xs
Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

They more they don't expect things, the more they look like they really suck at their job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

320 287 JJ, if you are hoping for Liz Brown, the "endorsed" candidate to win, I hope you are wrong. She is not a conservative. We are hoping for Vogt to pull it out. Brown poured a ton of money into that campaign.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 06, 2026 09:10 AM (nz1sK

Yep! Her mask slipped on immigration/ deportation front. She been acting super conservative since that vote. Trump certainly isn’t perfect when it comes to endorsements. Do your homework. Btw, what the hell is going on with the voting process there? My dad is pissed. He thinks something shady is going on.

Posted by: Cooldawg at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (FvNw3)

321 Other than the growing seasons"

*looks at calendar *

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR)

322 One of my offspring recently finished nursing school and just got a hospital gig in a cardiac step down unit for pediatric patients. Long story but six years ago his own son had heart surgery at ten days old. Made him decide to reorient his whole life and become a nurse.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

323 Yd , turkey and duck eggs are both very good.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (z2aPa)

324 From Deadline...

More than 50 members of anti-Putin activist group Pussy Riot stormed the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition on Wednesday in their first-ever joint protest with Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN.

The action comes amid a backlash against a decision by the Venice Biennale – which also oversees the Venice Film Festival in September – to allow Russia to host a pavilion as the country continues to wage war against Ukraine.

A press statement released on behalf of Pussy Riot and FEMEN, said the protestors had performed their “Disobey” song, with FEMEN members stepping forward with blue and yellow smoke, Ukrainian flags, and chants.

Yeah, I know no one here gives a crap, but the idea of Pussy Riot just gives me the encouragement I need to focus.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 06, 2026 09:22 AM (Sco7b)

325 What I've seen of those who won last night in IN, they are all local businessmen types.

They are not "up through the machine" candidates.
So that's good.

The only caveat is, the GOP doesn't have much of a machine anyway (until you win office, that is; then they try to recruit the winners to Team RINO).
But, they do outsource it to the Chamber of Commerce.
I suspect, though, the CoC endorsed all the incumbents.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 09:22 AM (MtSIY)

326 I wonder if turkey eggs taste good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (BI5O2)

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The volume of one ostrich egg equals approximately 24 chicken eggs. Have never had one, but heard they have a creamier, richer texture.

And no idea what the price would be ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:22 AM (9Kqhl)

327 Yeah, I've seen 2 Talarico signs in yards around here. They're just making shit up.

I saw a LOT of Beto signs and he got blown away every time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)
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What worries me the most is the Democrats seem far more motivated than the Republicans to turnout the vote.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

328 MP4, how good of you to provide a home for dear Luna and a companion for Odessa. Plus, there is nothing like a pet for getting you out of your own head. My silly cat was a consolation.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 06, 2026

***
Miss Linda is on her phone every thirty seconds, and the algorithm knows she likes cat stories. Today there's one about a shorthaired black cat, quite handsome, who was returned to his shelter after one month. The story declares he was "heartbroken and confused." I'll agree to the second, but not the first; he wasn't there long enough to form any attachments.

The story has no details about *why* the "people" decided to return him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 09:23 AM (wzUl9)

329 How come we don't hear about the Ukraine war every 3 minutes anymore?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)

330 Yd , turkey and duck eggs are both very good

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OK, I'm going to put out feelers and see if I can find someone farming them around here.

I'm ready to go to the next level in my egg game.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:23 AM (BI5O2)

331 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....
Posted by: Concern Karens

But RINOs have been entered on the endangered species list.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:24 AM (ndZc7)

332 What worries me the most is the Democrats seem far more motivated than the Republicans to turnout the vote.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

THIS, unfortunately, is an issue. It just doesn't seem that the R base is getting out, the dipshits.

You lose this one, you never win again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

333 We will soon takeover the egg market after our territorial expansion is complete.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at May 06, 2026 09:25 AM (oftw2)

334 The volume of one ostrich egg equals approximately 24 chicken eggs. Have never had one, but heard they have a creamier, richer texture.

And no idea what the price would be ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:22 AM (9Kqhl

Yes, i have had ostrich eggs when working in a restaurant kitchen. Really good, but impractical for home use. Too big, and you need a saw to open them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:25 AM (BI5O2)

335 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

Congratulations to your son. That experience will probably increase his empathy for patients and will make him a valuable addition to their staff. God bless him!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 09:25 AM (EQmpy)

336 one ostrich egg"

Dad had one (dried) for years. Nearly the size of a Jr soccer ball...

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:25 AM (XuXeR)

337 What about emu eggs?

Posted by: Doug at May 06, 2026 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

338 He was saying "revenge isn't Christian".

We'll be asking for God's mercy later.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 09:26 AM (BpO1e)

339 and you need a saw to open them."

Wow.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:26 AM (XuXeR)

340 zerohedge....I know...this Iran crap may go on forever...Oh wells will be shutting down soon. That'll help.

Axios reports that the White House is nearing a preliminary deal with Iran to end the war, as Trump post appears to offer olive branch.

White House says it expects a response to the latest offer within 48 hours.

Iran's initial response via media & national security spox: US demands are unrealistic & do not reflect reality, & Axios report based on too much 'speculation'.

A key caveat of the US offered deal is that Iran would commit to a moratorium on uranium enrichment, & Washington wants a 20-year ban on this.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 06, 2026 09:27 AM (Sco7b)

341 and you need a saw to open them."

Wow.
Posted by: man

Yeah. Talk about making a pan of scrambled eggs.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:27 AM (MIar9)

342 One of my offspring recently finished nursing school and just got a hospital gig in a cardiac step down unit for pediatric patients. Long story but six years ago his own son had heart surgery at ten days old. Made him decide to reorient his whole life and become a nurse.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

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Nice and congratulations to you and your son!

I worked the past 13 years with numerous nurses in VA Medical Centers and Clinics, and similar anecdotes as regards their motivation were common.

Have always found medical TV series fascinating (we're rewatching both "ER" and "House, MD" presently).

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:27 AM (9Kqhl)

343 Murphy Oil (for whom I used to work, several corporate steps removed) supplies the gas for the Walmart stations. Around here the WM stations are .10/gal. cheaper than convenience store stations, and about .15 cheaper than the majors like Exxon and Shell.

I have a card for each of those, and get .10/gal. off anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 09:28 AM (wzUl9)

344 YD, you can downsize to quail eggs too.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 06, 2026 09:28 AM (z2aPa)

345 Murphy Oil makes a great soap!

Posted by: Your great grandma at May 06, 2026 09:29 AM (2Ez/1)

346 That's "Whee doggies!"; ya maroon.

Posted by: Daniel Simpson Day at May 06, 2026 09:29 AM (qLuc/)

347 He was saying "revenge isn't Christian".

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But betrayal is A OK.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7)

348 -
But betrayal is A OK.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7)

When you deny the existence of your soul........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

349 Nekkid babes up!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:30 AM (MIar9)

350 “Ramaswamy is NOT the governor we want. He's a foreigner, and a fake Christian. It's pathetic we allow foreigners to rule over us. BS! He will keep the H-1B visas coming and continue to ruin our economy with Indians. They are taking over northern Columbus. They beat their wives and can't drive. What are we doing Ohio???”

Agree, what’s up Ohio? Casey would’ve been a great choice. Love his content on YouTube. Maybe next time? Could Vivek be worse than DeWine?

Posted by: Cooldawg at May 06, 2026 09:30 AM (FvNw3)

351 Murphy Oil (for whom I used to work, several corporate steps removed) supplies the gas for the Walmart stations"

So you're near the Gulf coast.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:31 AM (XuXeR)

352 We will soon takeover the egg market after our territorial expansion is complete.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at May 06, 2026 09:25 AM (oftw2)

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Meme never gets old.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:31 AM (9Kqhl)

353 345 Murphy Oil makes a great soap!
Posted by: Your great grandma

You'll be using Murphy's all the time,
Cuz the dirt is finished, but the finish is fine!

Posted by: Ol' Codger at May 06, 2026 09:31 AM (oftw2)

354 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

355 Yes, governors decide what visa abuse to permit or discourage.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2026 09:32 AM (uWwhL)

356 Omega-3 supplements may be linked to faster cognitive decline in seniors, study finds

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 09:34 AM (RHGPo)

357 Posted by: Ben Had at May 06, 2026 09:28 AM (z2aPa)

Had a quail in the backyard Sunday. Seemed to be eating fallen bird seed and resting in the shade during hottest part of the day. Had left by evening, though. First time I'd seen one in the wild.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 06, 2026 09:35 AM (lFFaq)

358 Could Vivek be worse than DeWine?

Did DeWine insult the intelligence of Americans and talk about how desperately we need to import third world immigrants? If not, then he's a lot better.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 09:39 AM (BpO1e)

359
But betrayal is A OK.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

You just pay a price!

-- zombie Judas Iscariot

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:45 AM (xG4kz)

360 When was the last case of salmonella in the United States?

This is some kind of comedy site, but it often escapes me.
Over a million cases a year.
So don't tell that one at the bar with your teeth in.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 06, 2026 09:47 AM (zdLoL)

361 262 @KalshiPolitics
NEW ALL-TIME HIGH: Democrat James Talarico has a 48% chance of winning the Texas Senate race.

No Texas Democrat has won a statewide election since 1994.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

Yeah, I've seen 2 Talarico signs in yards around here. They're just making shit up.

I saw a LOT of Beto signs and he got blown away every time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

This is an attempt to scare people into keeping Cornyn. Probably pushed by Cornyn's campaign.

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