Confused Mentally-Stunted Sexual Assaulting Bigot Don Lemon: Stephen Colbert Was Fired for the Same Reason I Was -- Because Mediocre White Men Are Threatened by Pardiagm-Shifting Epochal Black Talents Such as Myself and Colbert

Oh man, I used to do this exact "I'm looking forward to not watching" joke with John Ekdahl. RIP.

Ancient fraud Bruce Springsteen appeared on Colbert. A lot of old time nostalgia acts do appearances at leftwing charity events. He continues speaking with a faux southern drawl despite being from Freehold, NJ.

He babbled in his trembling, Joe-Biden-like voice:

"I'm here in support tonight for Stephen, because you are the first guy in America who lost his show because we got a president who can't take a joke.... and because Larry and David Ellison feel they need to kiss his ass to get what they want. Stephen, these are small minded people. They got no idea what the freedoms of this beautiful country are supposed to be about"

Speaking of John Ekdahl, he was fond of noting that NJ taxes property categorized as "farmland" and a much, much lower rate than residential property. So Man of the People Bruce Springsteen planted a few lines of alfalfa on his gigantic property in Rumson, NJ -- a beautiful town for the ultra-wealthy, and not farm country at all -- so he could claim his mansion was a "farm" and cheat the taxpayers.

Jon Bon Jovi does the same.

On to bitter DEI failure Don Lemon. Courtesy of John Sexton, the no-talent nobody narcissist goes full Me-Again Kelly and makes Stephen Colbert's well-justified firing all about shimself.

He claims he was fired because The Mediocre White Men Who Control Everything were too afraid of the powerful, dangerous questions he was asking.

The networks didn't like me asking conservatives hard questions. CNN didn't like the mirror I was holding up every night. So they pushed me out. And I thought: if it happened to me it will happen to others. It will trickle down. Or up. Depending on how you look at it.
Now it has trickled all the way to late night television.

Sexton points out he was fired for repeated comments deemed by liberal women to be sexist, including declaring that no woman older than 40 could be "in her prime" and his snide and dismissive on-camera and off-camera behavior towards his two female cohosts. Sexton points out it was liberal women at CNN who demanded his firing.

And of course, his terrible, terrible ratings made that an easy demand to meet.

The no-talent DEI bigot who has been given undeserved promotion after undeserved promotion by white liberals who just get off on promoting unqualified DEI employees and then bragging about it to their liberal mistresses says that the white men he owes his living too were just afraid of black revolutionary intellectuals like himself and Stephen Colbert.

The world that produced The Late Show, the world of legacy media, cable news, and network television, has long had a problem nobody wanted to name out loud. It is a world that has been extraordinarily good to a very specific kind of person. White men who fail spectacularly and are promoted for it. White men who make catastrophic decisions and are handed bigger offices for it. White men who are visibly, demonstrably unqualified and are given more power anyway. I have watched it for thirty years. I have been managed by it. I have been undone by it.
The executive producer who ran The Late Show for years eventually left. And somehow landed in my world. That same person, from that same television orbit, eventually became my boss at CNN. And fired me.

Oh go rub your balls and stick your fingers in a server's face, Don.

Though it has to be acknowledged that while liberals talk endlessly about DEI, they sure don't insist on DEI for their late-night clowns.

Will you miss Stephen Colbert? pic.twitter.com/zTMx9ASAG7
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) May 21, 2026

🚨 Stephen Colbert Epic Meltdown in 3 Parts:

• Hyped Biden’s “win”
• Cried when Trump won
• Late Show hemorrhaged $40M a year and gets canceled

This is what total losing looks like. pic.twitter.com/AgCkFNfJeg
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) May 21, 2026

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1 May America someday find the strength to laugh again.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 04:46 PM (Sco7b)

2 I don't even know what "ratings posion" means

Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:46 PM (1wjle)

3 I missed it but I did come onto the ONT for a few minutes to console anyone that needed it.

No one did.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 04:47 PM (Sco7b)

4 I'll also be here to console people when our favourite teams lose during that FIFA soccer thing.

Also Canadian Curling finals.

And the Oscars and Emmys...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 04:48 PM (Sco7b)

5 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 22, 2026 04:49 PM (NcvvS)

6 Damn, the Blade going to have to start trying for 4 out of 5 comments too.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 04:49 PM (Sco7b)

7 I don't even know what "aggressive ball-fondling" means

Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:50 PM (1wjle)

8 Howdy Ace! Have a blessed weekend!

Posted by: Moonbeam at May 22, 2026 04:50 PM (rbKZ6)

9 Stephen who?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:51 PM (guGkK)

10 Colbert was lame, but he never did the Lemon ball rub gimmick. Probably because he can’t find his.

Posted by: Kratwurst at May 22, 2026 04:51 PM (36bTp)

11 Ignorance -feigners give the ignorant a bad name.

Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 04:52 PM (Gqar8)

12 $40,000,000 down the drain, albeit for amateurish gaslighting is no big deal. It isn’t like they were spending their own money

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 04:52 PM (eUUqr)

13 My not-watching of Colbert is uninterrupted.

I look forward to not-watching him for an eternity.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)

14 I'm looking forward to not watching the last Jimmy Kimmel.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2026 04:53 PM (RIvkX)

15 The networks didn't like me asking conservatives hard questions. CNN didn't like the mirror I was holding up every night. So they pushed me out. And I thought: if it happened to me it will happen to others. It will trickle down. Or up. Depending on how you look at it.

It's a tradition in white America to punish the highly effective, Don. You should know that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:53 PM (guGkK)

16 >>>14 I'm looking forward to not watching the last Jimmy Kimmel.

maybe we'll have a Not Watch Party

Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:53 PM (1wjle)

17 Don't know if this is still the case, but years ago Bruce Springshit put a couple beehives on his property to get a big tax break.

I'm man of the people, Wendy! Wah wah wah!

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 04:54 PM (gtcuf)

18 >>>13 My not-watching of Colbert is uninterrupted.

I started not watching Colbert in the late nineties and never stopped not watching.

Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:54 PM (1wjle)

19 The networks didn't like me asking conservatives hard questions.
_____

Deeee- loooozh- un- ulll

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 04:54 PM (Dv3i1)

20 I can't believe Colbert made it as long as he did.

Posted by: Ann at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (SHHm+)

21 Willowed:
for the rest of the week I'm going to not know what whatever word you say even means

Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)

Gonna make safe words tricky.

'What the hell does banana even mean?!' *continues whipping*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (zZu0s)

22 OT, but I don't get this:

Texas Senate GOP Runoff, Interactive Polls:

Ken Paxton: 56.8%
John Cornyn: 35.4%
Not sure: 7.8%

——

Age 18-29: Paxton +74
Age 30-44: Cornyn +10
Age 45-64: Paxton +32
Age 55+: Paxton +18

Why are 30-44 year olds supporting Cornyn? They probably have the most to lose from him staying.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (0U5gm)

23 Yeah, losing a show should never be about the IIRC $60 million dollar a year bath CBS was taking on a show becoming increasingly selective in appeal.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (Fi81e)

24 "They got no idea what the freedoms of this beautiful country are supposed to be about"

Hey chowderhead, how about the freedom to have your own tv show and lose the network $40 million each and every year and still be employed? They gave him almost an extra 8 months to turn it around and he failed miserably because he sucks.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (0N4FZ)

25 I see Mr Potato Head had to chime in on the greatness of Colbert. Does anyone watch CNN anymore? If a Potato Head speaks on a CNN, will anyone hear it?

Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (Gqar8)

26 I may have the Guinness world record for not watching Stephen Colbert.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (guGkK)

27 Israel evidently did something bad at the end of the last post.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (zZu0s)

28 or the rest of the week I'm going to not know what whatever word you say even means

Posted by: ace at May 22, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)

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What do you mean by "not"?

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (Fi81e)

29 sometimes friends call me late at night to get a drink but I tell them I can't, I'm busy not watching Jimmy Kimmel

Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (1wjle)

30 Here's the thing - Colbert COULD be funny, at least as a writer. For starters, he wrote The Ambiguously Gay Duo sketches on SNL and those were freakin' hilarious.

Problem is, he'd never write those today. That would be a huge no-no for the Woke Left. He sold his funny soul for a role as a propagandist.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (gtcuf)

31 I hope Colbert made off with all of the dancing prick stick outfits and props. He could get a couple hundred dollars selling it on Ebay to his now homeless clapping seals.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (KsNkq)

32 Ancient fraud Bruce Springsteen appeared on Colbert.
.......

Are we sure that wasn't a sick, braying mule?

Posted by: wth at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (UjdFS)

33 Hard to believe Colbert had his show for over a decade...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (gnNyN)

34 Meanwhile Kimmel us still hemorrhaging money for Disney LOL

Posted by: steevy at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (YwEeS)

35 Backlash? backlash! This was a whitelash!
- that one dude

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (n5tGW)

36 I started not watching Colbert in the late nineties and never stopped not watching.

Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words

I win; I never watched even once, not even the clips of his stupidity posted here.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (0U5gm)

37 Do I incorrectly remember the MFM trying to paint Colbert as some kind of devoted observant Catholic at one time?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (f0sNM)

38 >>>He claims he was fired because The Mediocre White Men Who Control Everything were too afraid of the powerful, dangerous questions he was asking.

Although he would prefer loving attention, hateful attention serves his purposes just as well.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (8mulE)

39 I can't believe Colbert made it as long as he did.
Posted by: Ann at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (SHHm+)

His dozens of fans are shocked that he's leaving.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (guGkK)

40 Colbert deserves a beating for the joke about using the military to vac and release people during the height of Chinese lung aids. Fuck off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)

41 one time I met a girl and we discovered we had many interests in common, such as not being interested in Jimmy Kimmel

it was a real meet-cute

Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (1wjle)

42 What exactly is this "Colbert" thing? I've honestly no clue whether it''s a "show" that was a talk fest, comedy, online - live therapy, self abuse, employment immolation.... what?

Fucking retard. Good riddance.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (jehhT)

43 Yeah, it was President Trump's fault Co-burt got canned
Sure

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (Ia/+0)

44 Do I incorrectly remember the MFM trying to paint Colbert as some kind of devoted observant Catholic at one time?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (f0sNM)

Also known as 'yesterday'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)

45 Less gay than Colbert's dancing pricks -

https://youtu.be/_Hbiv0tCirU

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 04:58 PM (Dv3i1)

46 Here's the thing - Colbert COULD be funny, at least as a writer. For starters, he wrote The Ambiguously Gay Duo sketches on SNL and those were freakin' hilarious.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 04:56 PM (gtcuf)
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I've never said any different. Colbert used to be a guy who could make me smile, even when he was making fun of my side of politics.

He's just not into it for humor anymore. He started wanting to score points.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (Fi81e)

47 4 I'll also be here to console people when our favourite teams lose during that FIFA soccer thing.

Also Canadian Curling finals.

And the Oscars and Emmys...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at

I have to watch soccer here, too. We can report as a team.

Posted by: Piper at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (Dd38x)

48 Ace, what do you like best about not watching Stephen Colbert?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (guGkK)

49 Colbert imust be an African-Frenchie surname.

You know who else had a Medieval Germanic surname?

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (FISzD)

50 When you cant do your job and youre an asshole and you get fired, is it because you couldn't do your job or because you're an asshole?

The age old dilemma

Posted by: LASue at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (Hb+bW)

51 I love the meme with Trump playing the violin and recorder! LOL

I know a liberal couple who are in a recorder group, which has amazed me for four decades. And when I think about it I laugh (no offense to morons in recorder groups...this couple, while nice, are a bit odd).

They write about this recorder group in their yearly Christmas letter as well as how many thousands of miles they ride on their bikes in different countries. They both have pacemakers so I consider this an achievement for all involved as I am boring.

I don't write Christmas letters but perhaps this is the year to start. It would go like this: January: don't remember. February: we need snow. March: I caught RSV from the baby. April: Easter. May: chy na cholera, unknown origin but suspect the baby. Possible recovery and trip to NOLA to see my mother with the many parts of insanity involved to get my sons and family there at the same time. Soaked ranunculus corms yesterday.

I will have to sadly miss this show I've never watched to begin with. Altho I do enjoy basking in liberal tears I'll still not watch. Huzzah.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (WONhk)

52 Colbert: "Comedians are anti-authoritarian by nature"
__________

Maybe that was true 20 years ago.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 22, 2026 04:59 PM (XvL8K)

53 17 Don't know if this is still the case, but years ago Bruce Springshit put a couple beehives on his property to get a big tax break.

I'm man of the people, Wendy! Wah wah wah!
Posted by: Delurker
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Let's replace his beehives with African Killer Bees and see if he notices.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (E4rtv)

54 Many years ago, the leftist twats started bitching about wealthy Yacht owners in the NE states. They managed to pass legislation to punish those bastards, among the new laws were a “Yacht Tax”.

Left unsaid in all this class envy, the wealthy Yacht owners were dependent on a veritable army of working class regular joe stiffs who are the people who actually build, maintain, and repair those expensive Yachts.

All of that support industry is pretty much extinct now, and thousands of good paying jobs along with it. They sure showed them!

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (eUUqr)

55 >>So Man of the People Bruce Springsteen planted a few lines of alfalfa on his gigantic property in Rumson, NJ

It was worse, it was a "deer farm." **whatever that means**

From what I understand from my parents town, the acre the house was on is taxed as residential, but Springsteen owned something like 40 acres, and he called them a deer farm, and got taxed at low rate.

Honestly I have no problem with this as property taxes are just serfdom by another name. My problem with Springsteen is that he supports the policies that require high taxes.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (N0IE5)

56 My VCR is set not to record Stephen Colbert every night.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (guGkK)

57 First thoughts on Mandalorian movie.

It's a good solid movie, about 2 hours long, even after half an hour of new movie ads.

The story is fairly simple, but it seemed simpler at first.
The visuals and sounds are great in IMAX.

The planetscapes are cool. An early urban section gives you the Blade Runner vibes.

It's worth seeing.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (L1jPj)

58 How can we say goodbye to Colbert when he never leaves?

He’s going to screw up Lord of the Rings, more than it already is, next.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (6ydKt)

59 I do not know who this man is.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (Cqx++)

60 oh, I love that phrasing. A President that can't take a joke. They wouldn't even make jokes about Obama; and we had a President that literally sh*t his pants in front of the pope and they still wouldn't touch him.
I hope everything Colbert touches until the day he dies fails miserably.

Posted by: Nelly at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (6+ehB)

61 Do I incorrectly remember the MFM trying to paint Colbert as some kind of devoted observant Catholic at one time?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (f0sNM)

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I read it yesterday, he's a "devout Catholic" that believes that "you go somewhere in the universe" after you die.

Like I remember them teaching in Catechism.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:01 PM (Fi81e)

62 I'm a man of the people, Wendy! You know I'm from Jersey, right! I've only said it a thousand times so let me say it again: I'm from Jersey! And when I was a kid you know what I used to tell everyone? I'd tell everyone, one of these days I'm gonna grow up to be a big alfalfa farmer! Strap your ass 'cross my engine, Wendyy! Cause baby we were born to hoe! Woah woah woah!

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05:01 PM (gtcuf)

63 It's worth seeing.
Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (L1jPj)

*SNORT*

Shill

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:01 PM (guGkK)

64 >>>Ace, what do you like best about not watching Stephen Colbert?

Probably the water-cooler talk. When you work in an office you want to keep current with what's popular, like not watching Stephen Colbert. I could talk and talk with the boss about not watching Stephen Colbert all day. And then he'd see me in the hall and say "Hey did you not catch Stephen Colbert last night?" and I'd say "You know it! It was one of the best non-viewing experiences of my life!"

Posted by: confused ace doesn't know basic words at May 22, 2026 05:01 PM (1wjle)

65 Somehow I find Don Lemon speaking of trickling to be more than a little bit creepy.

Ewwww.

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 05:02 PM (qgHp7)

66 Colbert described meeting Pope Francis with more than one hundred comedians, including Jimmy Fallon, Conan O’Brien and Chris Rock in the Vatican in 2024.

“What really surprised me is that we’re by nature, comedians are iconoclasts, and I love shaking my fist at authority, and the pope came in and we all leapt to our feet and we screamed like he was the Beatles,” he said.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (f0sNM)

67 Posted by: muldoon

No limerick about it then?

Posted by: Kratwurst at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (36bTp)

68 The story is fairly simple, but it seemed simpler at first.
The visuals and sounds are great in IMAX.

Posted by: SMOD at May 22, 2026 05:00 PM (L1jPj)
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I look forward to not-watching it.

Having once held some hope for Star Wars, I know regard it as a 45-year slow-speed train crash.

No interest in it whatsoever.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (Fi81e)

69 34 Meanwhile Kimmel us still hemorrhaging money for Disney LOL
Posted by: steevy

I think for another year until May 27 but I doubt ABC will renew his contract. Supposedly Iger told restless affiliates that Kimmel's show, while running at a loss, had additional tie in value for various other Disney properties.

Course, if Disney sells or spins off ABC with ESPN, and other TV properties, that might change.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (E4rtv)

70 I believe Don Lemon is married to a mediocre white man. He must be a mediocre white man because he's married to Don Lemon.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (VHKlE)

71 Colbert: "Comedians are anti-authoritarian by nature"
———

Back in the day, they were. Genuinely. Some of them were real asshats, but they were putting their neck on the line.

That hasn’t been true in 40 years probably. The “comedians” now are propaganda agents FOR the machine. You couldn’t be more authoritarian if you tried. I’m sure it pays the bills, but there is nothing stunning, courageous or brave about your full throated support of the machine.

Good try, though

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (eUUqr)

72 Disney. Star Wars. Nope.

Posted by: tubal at May 22, 2026 05:03 PM (Gqar8)

73 The here's more actual funny material on display in the comments section of this post than there was in more than a decades worth of Coal Bert's sad attempts.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 22, 2026 05:04 PM (KsNkq)

74 If I could never step back into George Lucas hodge-podge universe that somehow managed to capture people for decades, I'd be okay with that after The Rise of Skywalker, which I saw just for "completeness".

With my son, who knew he wasn't going to like it either, but we had been on a Star Wars journey since he was little.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (Fi81e)

75 70 I believe Don Lemon is married to a mediocre white man. He must be a mediocre white man because he's married to Don Lemon.
____

Which one got down on one knee to propose?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (Dv3i1)

76 I always get Brian Selter mixed up with Tubin and his pinecone.

I have to then waste more time looking it up.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (WONhk)

77 I believe Don Lemon is married

I don’t.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (eUUqr)

78 I think for another year until May 27 but I doubt ABC will renew his contract. Supposedly Iger told restless affiliates that Kimmel's show, while running at a loss, had additional tie in value for various other Disney properties.

Yep. I hear the Jimmy Kimmel merch just flies off the shelves.

And then there's Jimmy Kimmel Land at the Magic Kingdom, reputed to be the most popular land of all the lands.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (guGkK)

79 58 How can we say goodbye to Colbert when he never leaves?

He’s going to screw up Lord of the Rings, more than it already is, next.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
========
Rangz of Powr done did that. The funny thing is the tide is rolling out for big budget spectacles anymore.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)

80 Never could stand his music, and when I was dragged to one of his interminable borefest concerts it was one of the worst concerts I've ever attended.

But Springsteen's spoken-word section near the end of Lou Reed's epic "Street Hassle" was really f'in cool. The best thing he ever did and it was just a minute of mumbly talking.

He's still an asshole and always will be.

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (gtcuf)

81 Miss me yet?

Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Heb!) at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (0sNs1)

82 I can't Not Watch this Colbert fella any harder than I'm already doing. I'm falling behind the Cool Kids.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 22, 2026 05:06 PM (wVcYX)

83 [Babylon Bee headline:]

"Trump Surprises Don Jr. With Beautiful Wedding Gift Of Cuba"

/Can it be returned for One Peso instead?

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 05:06 PM (FISzD)

84 Yep. I hear the Jimmy Kimmel merch just flies off the shelves.

And then there's Jimmy Kimmel Land at the Magic Kingdom, reputed to be the most popular land of all the lands.
Posted by: Cicero
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Kimmel's Tunnel of Love, and Its a Small Penis after All are all hits.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:06 PM (E4rtv)

85 Supposedly Iger told restless affiliates that Kimmel's show, while running at a loss, had additional tie in value for various other Disney properties.

"It's a write off, Jerry. We write it off."

Posted by: Bob Iger at May 22, 2026 05:07 PM (guGkK)

86 I always get Brian Selter mixed up with Tubin and his pinecone.

I have to then waste more time looking it up.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM

I learned on this site that Brian Stelter's pinecone is one of the most efficacious in the world, if not the galaxy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 05:07 PM (0sNs1)

87 Like most of the country, I never watched this dweeb. I think I saw John Stuart maybe twice. It all seems so propaganda driven.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 22, 2026 05:08 PM (n5tGW)

88 Miss me yet?
Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Heb!) at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (0sNs1)

Is that a Hispanic, Jewish or grocery store bit?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 05:08 PM (zZu0s)

89 I'm here in support tonight for Stephen, because you are the first guy in America who lost his show because we got a president who can't take a joke....
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He can (and did) take a bullet and jumped up shouting "Fight!"

Maybe that's why he "can't take" your fucking so-called jokes.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (0SdQT)

90 Which one got down on one knee to propose?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 22, 2026 05:05 PM (Dv3i1)
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TMI.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (Fi81e)

91 Bruce Springsteen planted a few lines of alfalfa on his gigantic property in Rumson, NJ

Shocking that he lives in New Jersey or the USA at all with how he feels about these places. I guess he just can't resist those tired-looking single mom "Jersey Girls" with uninspiring jobs as he describes them.

Posted by: TITP at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (6Q9y6)

92 I learned on this site that Brian Stelter's pinecone is one of the most efficacious in the world, if not the galaxy.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 05:07 PM (0sNs1)

He is a Sex Machine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (zZu0s)

93 My wife used to get upset when she wanted to go out on a weekday night and I'd tell her I have to stay home and not watch Stephen Colbert.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (guGkK)

94 Having once held some hope for Star Wars, I know regard it as a 45-year slow-speed train crash.

No interest in it whatsoever.
Posted by: Axeman
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But, but, but, Disney just revamped its Star Wars Themed hotel at DisneyWorld. Only thousands per night.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (E4rtv)

95
Whenever you take a Colbert, be sure to wipe your Lemon.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 22, 2026 05:10 PM (IifOV)

96 "Springsteen planted a few lines of alfalfa on his gigantic property in Rumson, NJ -- a beautiful town for the ultra-wealthy, and not farm country at all -- so he could claim his mansion was a "farm" and cheat the taxpayers."

Around here, the house is taxed at full rate. Only land with no other buildings on it classifies as farm land. Recently they even went over the aerial pics and if they could find any old unused shed, they taxed those acres at a higher rate.

I have some ancient hog sheds with a roof caved in ... not used in some 50 years, but that got me taxed at a higher rate. But I'm not Springsteen.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 22, 2026 05:10 PM (vbXSk)

97 92 I learned on this site that Brian Stelter's pinecone is one of the most efficacious in the world, if not the galaxy.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 22, 2026 05:07 PM (0sNs1)

He is a Sex Machine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD .
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Genuine Circumsized Dick Head.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:10 PM (E4rtv)

98 $40,000,000 down the drain, albeit for amateurish gaslighting is no big deal. It isn’t like they were spending their own money
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 04:52 PM (eUUqr)

It's a write-off, Jerry.
They just write it off!

Posted by: Kramer at May 22, 2026 05:11 PM (wVcYX)

99 I have some ancient hog sheds with a roof caved in ... not used in some 50 years, but that got me taxed at a higher rate. But I'm not Springsteen.

Posted by: illiniwek
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Well, I am guessing that you didn't provide a free money raising concert for teh Democrat Party nabobs didja.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:11 PM (E4rtv)

100 My most memorable Colbert Late Show joke was his snarling delivery when he said Trump's mouth was "Putin's cock-holster".

Because that just proved to be soo true---right!

You can say on national TV that your president is blowing the leader of another country, and that's funny!

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)

101 Genuine Circumsized Dick Head.
Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:10 PM

* waves hand, makes 'over here' sign *

Posted by: Mark Kelly (D-AZ) at May 22, 2026 05:12 PM (0sNs1)

102 I have some ancient hog sheds with a roof caved in ... not used in some 50 years, but that got me taxed at a higher rate.

You could put those hog sheds to profitable use by registering them as Kwality Learing Centers.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:12 PM (guGkK)

103 I thought I read something like, California taxes certain property at what it could bring in, if there were apartments on it. “You aren’t utilizing the land as profitable as it could be to us, so never mind, pay up”.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2026 05:12 PM (eUUqr)

104 * waves hand, makes 'over here' sign *
Posted by: Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
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You are the Keebler elf version.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)

105 I’m so sick of Colbert and his ilk that it’s not even fun to dunk on him.

Just
Go
Away
Already

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (4KUe5)

106 The Tammy Grimes Show (1976) was a disaster and cancelled after 4 episodes. How did this Colbert Thing go on and on and on....

Posted by: That's Entertainment! at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (oftw2)

107 My wife used to get upset when she wanted to go out on a weekday night and I'd tell her I have to stay home and not watch Stephen Colbert.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:09 PM (guGkK)
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Definitely miss TV!

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)

108 If I could never step back into George Lucas hodge-podge universe that somehow managed to capture people for decades, I'd be okay with that after The Rise of Skywalker, which I saw just for "completeness".

With my son, who knew he wasn't going to like it either, but we had been on a Star Wars journey since he was little.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026

***
I finally researched to find out what "The Mandalorian" was. The concept for the series didn't sound bad, just not something that could run for multiple episodes; one movie would have been enough. I suppose the reason why it's not popular is in the execution, the casting and the like.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (wzUl9)

109
[Babylon Bee headline:]

"Trump Surprises Don Jr. With Beautiful Wedding Gift Of Cuba"

/Can it be returned for One Peso instead?
Posted by: ShainS

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Regift it to Marco.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 05:14 PM (n7rxJ)

110
Bon Jovi's tax dodge is bees. He has a bunch of his NJ acreage classified as a "bee farm". But a web search of stories on the bee/honey operation shows that it only produces about 600 lbs of honey per year, which translates to a little over 50 gallons.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 05:14 PM (y9nCu)

111 85 Supposedly Iger told restless affiliates that Kimmel's show, while running at a loss, had additional tie in value for various other Disney properties.

"It's a write off, Jerry. We write it off."
Posted by: Bob Iger at May 22, 2026 05:07 PM (guGkK

I don't see how. I've been having DisneyChannel on and one of the commercials they show most is Nervive with the old guy afraid of falling down the stairs. I figured it was shunted over from ABC.

Canada had 4 kids channels go belly up and off the air in the last year, including Disney Jr. So that's good.

I guess all our muslim immigrants don't like to have their kids watch that gay and lesbian crap.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 05:14 PM (Sco7b)

112
I believe Don Lemon is married to a mediocre white man. He must be a mediocre white man because he's married to Don Lemon.
____

Which one got down on one knee to propose?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

They took turns.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 22, 2026 05:14 PM (Cqx++)

113
If Don Lemon had accepted that he was a DEI mascot, instead of applying his withered intellect to things an egotistical bitchy low-IQ queer would feel had to be said, such as gossipy backbiting snark about female coworkers' looks and age, he'd still have a job.

Besides instinctively hating heterosexual women, who compete with him for men, he also hates Christians, because their Bible condemns his sodomy. His post-termination gig of harassing Christians in church and terrifying their children continued his descent. He's looking at a prison sentence. All because he couldn't accept the truth - that he's a dumb mincing clown who leftists occasionally find useful as a tool of demoralization and harassment of normals. Instead, he persisted in taking himself seriously.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (HLgI3)

114 And who can forget the "comedy" of We Know Better Than You, Go Get the Jab dance routine.

Comedy is always about doing irreversible experimental things to your own body and you're irresponsible if you don't.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)

115 Whyyyyyyyy is Tater still on tv?

He is repellent.
No I didn’t, just palace guard for the MSM.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (4KUe5)

116 The Tammy Grimes Show (1976) was a disaster and cancelled after 4 episodes. How did this Colbert Thing go on and on and on....
Posted by: That's Entertainment! at May 22, 2026

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I thought that was over a decade earlier than 1976. Certainly there was something with her name attached on ABC when I was in junior high.

Tammy is part of the reason, too, why Amanda Plummer looks the way she does. Combining her less-than-stellar looks with Christopher Plummer's male features . . . urgh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (wzUl9)

117 The Daily Mail is running a story that Hunter dropped a bombshell in the interview that Israeli intelligence agents ran an op against Joe Biden, concocting bribery claims against him.

This is called "getting ahead of a story"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:16 PM (5yqx7)

118 that he's a dumb mincing clown who leftists occasionally find useful as a tool of demoralization and harassment of normals. Instead, he persisted in taking himself seriously.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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This is ....CNN.

Posted by: Voice of Zombie James Earl Jones at May 22, 2026 05:16 PM (E4rtv)

119 As posted previously, back in the day Cobert was very nice to my daughter and invited her on stage to sing a duet during warm ups.

As awful as he's become, I still appreciate him for that.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 22, 2026 05:16 PM (wBaIH)

120 The Tammy Grimes Show ran for six episodes starting on the same day as Star Trek in 1966.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:17 PM (wzUl9)

121 They cancelled the show cause Nazis!!

No, you just plain suck.

Bye bye now

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 22, 2026 05:17 PM (hauj+)

122 The first time my son-in-law went to an H-E-B store and saw the giant concrete spheres at the entrance (used either to keep grocery carts in or truck bombers out), he said, "What does H-E-B stand for? Huge Extraneous Balls!?"

The name stuck.

Posted by: muldoon at May 22, 2026 05:17 PM (qgHp7)

123 Before I get back to the computer I will defend Colbert.

There was nothing wrong with his show that couldn't be fixed with nightly on-air suicides.

I would have watched that.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 22, 2026 05:17 PM (Sco7b)

124 [EXTREMELY WILLOWED]

To be fair, if they had actually used Highlands dialect, it would have had to have subtitles. Even lowland Scots often don't understand what Highlanders say, let alone the rest of the English speaking world.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)

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I just learned from a former Lowlander Scot friend (born in '43) that they spoke a bastardized Old English a la Chaucer -- whereas the Highlanders (among my paternal ancestors who emigrated to Cape Breton Island in now Nova Scotia) spoke Gaelic -- and they couldn't understand each other.

When I did genealogical research, the publicly-available Censuses from that region (every decade between 1861 and 1921) asks for "Language Spoken In The Home" and it was uniformly "Gaelic."

Posted by: ShainS at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (FISzD)

125 115 Whyyyyyyyy is Tater still on tv?

He is repellent.
No I didn’t, just palace guard for the MSM.
Posted by: Lizzy
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He qualifies CNN for Children's Hour FCC credits as Mr. Potato Head.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (E4rtv)

126 Comedy is always about doing irreversible experimental things to your own body and you're irresponsible if you don't.
Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)

Precisely!

Posted by: The Jackass gang at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (wVcYX)

127
I thought I read something like, California taxes certain property at what it could bring in, if there were apartments on it. “You aren’t utilizing the land as profitable as it could be to us, so never mind, pay up”.
Posted by: Common Tater

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I haven't heard that yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's happening somewhere.

Next up: Tax on your earnings potential. "You don't have the salary that a white cisgendered male *should* be making..."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (n7rxJ)

128 @108

>>I finally researched to find out what "The Mandalorian" was. The concept for the series didn't sound bad, just not something that could run for multiple episodes;

The Mandelorian is essentially Lone Wolf and Cub meets Kungfu.

Lone Wolf and Cub was a Manga that ran for 6 years.

I'm pretty sure I could get a group of real Star Wars nerds and cobble together a 13 episode/5 yr arc.

It's the simple case that these people are incapable of writing and telling stories.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (XV/Pl)

129 I finally researched to find out what "The Mandalorian" was. The concept for the series didn't sound bad, just not something that could run for multiple episodes; one movie would have been enough. I suppose the reason why it's not popular is in the execution, the casting and the like.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:13 PM (wzUl9)
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Boba Fett was the only remotely interesting character not sullied by Star Wars sullying.

So they had to make a story about that guy.

I'm just so sick of the continuously-equivocated universe.

The Alien/Prometheus universe is more interesting at this point.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:18 PM (Fi81e)

130
His post-termination gig of harassing Christians in church and terrifying their children continued his descent.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 05:15 PM (HLgI3)

That incident proved without a shadow of a doubt that Christians are largely kind, compassionate and civilized human beings. Because if he'd pulled a stunt like that on another culture, they'd have caved his face in with a broken chair leg.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 05:19 PM (y9nCu)

131 I finally researched to find out what "The Mandalorian" was. The concept for the series didn't sound bad, just not something that could run for multiple episodes

It was basically a western in space, you could keep that going for ages. If you focused on that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (5yqx7)

132 Trump was the target of literally billions of dollars in lawfare.

Put this fucker though the same wringer and see what happens.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (jehhT)

133 On to bitter DEI failure Don Lemon...

Don Lemon has had more seamen inside him than a Battleship has...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (ynpvh)

134 I just learned from a former Lowlander Scot friend (born in '43) that they spoke a bastardized Old English a la Chaucer -- whereas the Highlanders (among my paternal ancestors who emigrated to Cape Breton Island in now Nova Scotia) spoke Gaelic -- and they couldn't understand each other.

When I did genealogical research, the publicly-available Censuses from that region (every decade between 1861 and 1921) asks for "Language Spoken In The Home" and it was uniformly "Gaelic."
Posted by: ShainS

I would guess that is true. England usually just invaded the lowlands until much later and trade was concentrated between England and the Scottish lowlands. Highlands were isolated due to poor roads, economics, and cultural differences.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (E4rtv)

135 131 I finally researched to find out what "The Mandalorian" was. The concept for the series didn't sound bad, just not something that could run for multiple episodes

It was basically a western in space, you could keep that going for ages. If you focused on that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (5yqx7)

Star Trek was supposed to be "Wagon Train" in Space when originally created...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 05:21 PM (ynpvh)

136 Why are 30-44 year olds supporting Cornyn? They probably have the most to lose from him staying.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (0U5gm)

Because they are working hard to get ahead at work while trying to make a marriage and raise a family and don't live a politics all the time life, and so answer whatever name they recognize, which is usually the incumbent.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 22, 2026 05:21 PM (sl73Y)

137 A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....

They call that galaxy Ad-hok.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:21 PM (Fi81e)

138
Here we go with the second attempt at Starship v3 launch. Here's the "mee-thane" Brit boys at Nasa Spaceflight Flight doing a livestream:

t.ly/wtiN-

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 05:22 PM (w6EFb)

139 Wolfus, you are correct, I misremembered. Tammy Grimes was 66-67 season.

Posted by: That's Entertainment!! at May 22, 2026 05:22 PM (oftw2)

140 Star Trek was supposed to be "Wagon Train" in Space when originally created...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 22, 2026 05:21 PM (ynpvh)
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That's what Roddenberry said because he was attached to Wagon Train.

Somebody else put it better: Horatio Hornblower in space.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:22 PM (Fi81e)

141 >>Many years ago, the leftist twats started bitching about wealthy Yacht owners in the NE states. They managed to pass legislation to punish those bastards, among the new laws were a “Yacht Tax”.

>>Left unsaid in all this class envy, the wealthy Yacht owners were dependent on a veritable army of working class regular joe stiffs who are the people who actually build, maintain, and repair those expensive Yachts.

It put a huge hit on the RI marine economy. Took down a large sector of the boat building economy which was a big deal in a small state that relied on the boat building industry.

RI countered by offering a tax loophole for anyone who kept a newly purchased boat in RI. John Kerry attempted to take advantage of it, because he's John fucking Kerry, and instead of keeping his new multi-million dollar sailboat his wife bought him at their estate in Nantucket he put it in Newport harbor hoping to avoid the tax.

The peasants revolted and outed him and he sheepishly moved the boat and paid the tax he voted for. Typical leftist dickhead.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 22, 2026 05:22 PM (viF8m)

142 Bon Jovi's tax dodge is bees. He has a bunch of his NJ acreage classified as a "bee farm". But a web search of stories on the bee/honey operation shows that it only produces about 600 lbs of honey per year, which translates to a little over 50 gallons.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026

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I don't see why Bon Jovi or Sprungsteen [sic] should be castigated for finding a legal way to starve Uncle Sugar. We'd all do it if we could.

Of course they shouldn't then turn around and pretend they are "just working-class guys" and say "The rich should pay their fair share."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (wzUl9)

143 May America someday find the strength to laugh again.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 04:46 PM (Sco7b)

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We are laughing, with Greg Gutfeld.

Posted by: Decaf at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (Z8tay)

144 >>> Bon Jovi's tax dodge is bees. He has a bunch of his NJ acreage classified as a "bee farm". But a web search of stories on the bee/honey operation shows that it only produces about 600 lbs of honey per year, which translates to a little over 50 gallons.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 05:14 PM (y9nCu)

That is a lot of bee puke though.

Posted by: Bee - I'm tired boss at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (3uBP9)

145 Stephen Colbert Says CBS May Have 'Saved My Life' by Canceling 'The Late Show'

He has the audience and reach to do an incredibly successful independent YouTube show. Kolbert Report, maybe?

He has a lot more to offer than Colbert talk show, if he goes in that direction again him and Stewart should do a *less humor focused* well researched scathing shred of everything going on. Hardcore journalism then Stewart eviscerates some chud in a debate every episode. New daily show and John Oliver play it too soft.

He will go on to do wayyy better things. Look at Conan and his career. Colbert was already popular and since he’s not willing to be Trumps lil bitch like Fallon will have tons of opportunities. Everyone who hates Trump is rooting for him.

Netflix wouldn’t pick him up, first this type of highly topical show doesn’t play well in their persistent catalogue, and second they are trying to draw in more conservative audiences as of late.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (ycI94)

146 The libertarians are all spazzing out on X how they are going to vote for Democrats from now on over Massie.

Oh no! What ever will we do without the dope head losers that were not voting for us before?!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (73/SM)

147 Lemon's best defense here is that his critics are not as black-pilled as he is.

Posted by: pawn at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (+rSJz)

148 I was fired because I believe I am a Gay Black Man and Trump hates Blacks !!!!!

Nothing to do with my Show Sucking Moose Twang !!!!!

Posted by: Steven Cuntbert at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (YMdT2)

149 Then they added the baby and everything went that direction. Shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (zZu0s)

150 I thought I read something like, California taxes certain property at what it could bring in, if there were apartments on it. “You aren’t utilizing the land as profitable as it could be to us, so never mind, pay up”.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Term is highest and best use of a property as a basis for taxes. Quite a few states use that but most use it in terms of how the property is zoned. E.g. you cannot tax a residential zoned property as commercial until or unless it is rezoned.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (E4rtv)

151 Some authors can be credited with incredible "World building".

With Lucas it was more like shit-stacking.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (Fi81e)

152 I'm smelling Mee-thane from way up here in Wilmington!

Posted by: Joe Biden's Dessicated Near-Corpse at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (oftw2)

153
In the original Star Wars trilogy, didn't Bobs Fett fall into the maw of an underground desert monster to be slowly digested over a period of centuries? I guess everyone was to forget about that (eventual?) fate to enable the series.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (HLgI3)

154 Star Trek was supposed to be "Wagon Train" in Space when originally created

People say that but I never got that connection at all. It felt more like a submarine show to me.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (5yqx7)

155 In other news, Blacks find out that they only 10% of the population.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 22, 2026 05:25 PM (qFwJc)

156 We are laughing, with Greg Gutfeld.
Posted by: Decaf at May 22, 2026 05:23 PM (Z8tay)

Emily Capagno looked even hotter than usual yesterday.

Later.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 22, 2026 05:25 PM (Sco7b)

157 146 The libertarians are all spazzing out on X how they are going to vote for Democrats from now on over Massie.

Oh no! What ever will we do without the dope head losers that were not voting for us before?!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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I dunno. It is going to hit the Pakistani, Indian, and Bangladesh Republican parties pretty hard. They are going to lose a lot of votes.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:25 PM (E4rtv)

158 Brian Stelter makes an appearance!!

youtu.be/4Qqendp1kLE

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2026 05:25 PM (KHQC2)

159 The thing that got this 13-year-old boy's attention was something that Lucas made a point to denounce as his ad-hoc "universe" expanded.

That boy thought it was so cool that Han Solo blew that guy away from under the table. Up until that point, I'm not really sure I was into the movie.

The opening on board the ship definitely felt a little stiff.

Posted by: Axeman at May 22, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)

160
To be fair, if they had actually used Highlands dialect, it would have had to have subtitles. Even lowland Scots often don't understand what Highlanders say, let alone the rest of the English speaking world.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)

I really enjoy watching The Hoof GP on yootoob, trimming cattles' hooves in Scotland. The crew is dedicated to improving the lives of these dairy cows, and they're really fun to watch. They have an ongoing joke about their heavy Scottish accents being unintelligible, to the point where they have fun putting in subtitles, usually saying something like "incoherent Scottish babbling".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (y9nCu)

161 I apologize to any Tammy Grimes fans out there. I've looked her up, and she had a quiet, elfin sort of look to her -- attractive and not at all "less than stellar," as I said before.

Trivia from IMDb: She and Dick Sargent, who starred with her on her sitcom, were originally considered to play Samantha and Darrin on Bewitched when it was being spun up. In 1964, I think Tammy could have done it almost as well as Liz Montgomery did.

She was much better known for her Broadway work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (wzUl9)

162
These NASA Spaceflight boys (and some gals) are a lovable hoot, I've discovered. They do, well attempt to do, the weatherman like green screen where one of them stands in front of green screen to point at graphics behind them. And it's amateur hour with that sometimes.

The guy points with his wrong arm, looking at himself in the monitor and thinking its a mirror image, which it's not. (I would do that big time) And then the graphics don't always appear as they're supposed to.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (w6EFb)

163 Texas Senate GOP Runoff, Interactive Polls:
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Why are 30-44 year olds supporting Cornyn? They probably have the most to lose from him staying.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (0U5gm)
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"Interactive Polls" might be a clue as to the value of this one.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (9B9RT)

164 Leftist friend (plumber) knew Bob Mulholland's (cal politico dirty tricks man) wife (fmr county sup) and essentially built a house on property inside the Green Zone (disallowed) but labelled on the building permit "agricultural outbuilding," which is permissible if it's a pole shed type tractor shed.

Good old Wife Jane swung it for my bud because he was solid soggy progressive etc etc.

I didn't rub it in because the green zone is such horsecrap.

Posted by: 13times at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (h4ya0)

165 > The peasants revolted and outed him and he sheepishly moved the boat and paid the tax he voted for. Typical leftist dickhead.
Posted by: JackStraw
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It's (sadly) endemic of our political betters to make regulations and laws that they "think" will hit their adversaries, but end up, don't.

Fuck them. Sideways, pineapple, barbed wire, flames, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (jehhT)

166 I've been seeing ads for the Mandalorian and Grogu. I can't get past Grogu's pistol. It looks very 20th century, not at all like a futuristic energy weapon. Perhaps they have a reason for that; but in a future society with space travel, energy weapons would be thing to have, as they would not have the recoil forces of a projectile firearm, which would present a challenge in low or zero Gee.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (PV+Zw)

167 Westerns in space or space in westerns? The only ones to ever get Western scifi right was the original Wild Wild West tv show and Brisco Co Jr. Firggin loved that show. Now cosmic horror / ancient arcana westerns would do good I think, if someone tried. No one makes shows to interest me anymore.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 05:28 PM (3uBP9)

168 ‘Jon Bon Jovi does the same’

Bon Jovi’s scam is that he keeps bees. Not joking. It’s insane that NJ let’s these cumstainers get away with obvious tax fraud. My NJ ‘weekend’ house is close to where they live in Rumson. It’s one of the richest areas in the state. Their properties are probably worth tens of millions. Fuck them up the ass with a bee hive.

Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 22, 2026 05:29 PM (RO0sO)

169 He has the audience and reach to do an incredibly successful independent YouTube show. Kolbert Report, maybe?

Or maybe a -- wait for it...

A PODCAST?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:29 PM (guGkK)

170 Emily Compagno?

Yes, please.

Posted by: man at May 22, 2026 05:30 PM (XuXeR)

171 Anyone happen to know how much of her audience unsubscribed from the Meghan Kelly Show when she went all in for the Jew haters?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2026 05:32 PM (guGkK)

172 In the original Star Wars trilogy, didn't Bobs Fett fall into the maw of an underground desert monster to be slowly digested over a period of centuries?

Basically Lucas was confused and annoyed that a throwaway background character was so inexplicably popular so he had Boba Fett accidentally damaged and fall into a horrible death. But the character was so popular he had to escape.

Its like Darth spikeface or whatever his face was from the first prequel. Cut in half and falls into a bottomless pit; eh you can you can survive that if you are cool enough. One light saber through the gut though, instant death. Unless you're a black woman (see Ahsoka).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:33 PM (5yqx7)

173 The Socialists Republic of New Jersey is run for Socialists, not the riff raff

Posted by: Skip at May 22, 2026 05:33 PM (Ia/+0)

174 When do people find time to watch tv?

Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at May 22, 2026 05:33 PM (3ZUWJ)

175 Man, I was way ahead of y'all. On my last show back in the 90's, I had on a bunch of guests letting y'all know it was racism, not ratings, that ended my run. We even closed with a sing along with James Brown, "I'm Black and I'm Proud".

Posted by: Arsenio Hall at May 22, 2026 05:33 PM (qivay)

176 163 Texas Senate GOP Runoff, Interactive Polls:
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Why are 30-44 year olds supporting Cornyn? They probably have the most to lose from him staying.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 22, 2026 04:55 PM (0U5gm)
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"Interactive Polls" might be a clue as to the value of this one.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan
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Those polls are shit. Same crappy poll that got Massieites and Baris winning 50.2 of the vote. They 'invite' people to answer by sending texts to them--they either go online and complete a questionaire or they get a live agent.

For the most part, for valid readings of subgroups, oversampling is required. These polls skip that and simply rely on weighting what responses they actually get. So any subgroup analysis is about as useful as throwing a dart on a board.

Look for better polling which indicates something like a 15 percent Paxton race right now. Cornyn got screwed and done over by his mates in the Senate by killing the SAVE act and Paxton played it just right by offering to quit the race if the Senate passed it. Of course, the Senate GOP didn't pass it.

Posted by: whig at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (E4rtv)

177 >>> Fuck them up the ass with a bee hive.
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 22, 2026 05:29 PM (RO0sO)

OH, NO, NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY TAXES! MY TAAAXXEEES! AAAAHHHHH!

Posted by: The Nick Cage - taxes is a new slang I invented meaning ass at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (3uBP9)

178 In the original Star Wars trilogy, didn't Bobs Fett fall into the maw of an underground desert monster to be slowly digested over a period of centuries? I guess everyone was to forget about that (eventual?) fate to enable the series.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 22, 2026 05:24 PM (HLgI3)
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Boba Fett managed to escape in the Expanded Universe.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (gnNyN)

179 Star Trek was supposed to be "Wagon Train" in Space when originally created

People say that but I never got that connection at all. It felt more like a submarine show to me.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026

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Roddenberry was using what he knew would work with network execs: explaining a new show in terms of an old familiar hit. If he and his team had followed the Wagon Train concept, we'd have had new guest stars coming aboard the ship each week, and the focus would have been much more on them than on Kirk, Spock, and the regulars. "The Charlie X Story," for instance (and that one really did follow the WT idea), or "The Harry Mudd Story," etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (wzUl9)

180 170 Emily Compagno?

Yes, please.
Posted by: man

Who?

https://tinyurl.com/yd6e8v27

Oh my. Not quite Kate Upton, but certainly an attractive lass...

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (ycI94)

181 > Emily Compagno?
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Christ, that voice would lead to a homicide.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2026 05:35 PM (jehhT)

182 131 I finally researched to find out what "The Mandalorian" was. The concept for the series didn't sound bad, just not something that could run for multiple episodes

It was basically a western in space, you could keep that going for ages. If you focused on that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:20 PM (5yqx7)

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Firefly did it much better and look how that turned out.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 22, 2026 05:36 PM (gnNyN)

183
Emily is the biggest motormouth I think I've ever heard. Gutfeld and the crew have had some fun over that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 22, 2026 05:36 PM (w6EFb)

184 Its like Darth spikeface or whatever his face was from the first prequel. Cut in half and falls into a bottomless pit; eh you can you can survive that if you are cool enough. One light saber through the gut though, instant death. Unless you're a black woman (see Ahsoka).
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 22, 2026 05:33 PM (5yqx7)

Darth Maul, and I was shocked when I saw that. Coolest character in the movie, and he spent 90% of his screen time sending out probes, then a few minutes into his awesome fight scene gets cut in half.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 22, 2026 05:36 PM (qivay)

185 "Trek was supposed to be "Wagon Train" in Space when originally created."

There's a five book series dedicated to that theme.

Posted by: 13times at May 22, 2026 05:37 PM (h4ya0)

186 I'm a 29 damned year old adult and I'm still too stupid to check the handle of a commenter before going to a link.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 05:38 PM (3uBP9)

187 nood

pizza

Posted by: banana Dream at May 22, 2026 05:39 PM (3uBP9)

188 180 170 Emily Compagno?

Yes, please.
Posted by: man

Who?

https://tinyurl.com/yd6e8v27

Oh my. Not quite Kate Upton, but certainly an attractive lass...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 22, 2026 05:34 PM (ycI94)

I guess I'm the jackass for not looking at the sig. Still, yeah it's AI.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 22, 2026 05:39 PM (qivay)

189 Oh good another comment thread where we're discussing Star Wars/Trek/Faggotverse for the ten billionth time.

See y'all on the next one.

Posted by: ballistic at May 22, 2026 05:40 PM (oqH4h)

190 Apologies if this has already been discussed, I've been super busy at work. But, has anyone seen this? This is supremely creepy. FOX News had a Navy Seal guest on who was wearing a realistic rubber mask? Was it even him? If yes. why the mask? This is some f'in weird-ass shit.

https://tinyurl.com/mt4yu69r

Posted by: Delurker at May 22, 2026 05:40 PM (gtcuf)

191 Well , will wonders never cease. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is running on a new district which is a majority African American district. One of the candidates she'll face is Luther Campbell from 2LiveCrew fame. I hope she gets crushed and repeatedly called a racist.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (VHKlE)

192 How it's going: just had an tiff with my dude as I showed him my new travel shoes. He wants me to look Amish traveling because I should wear tennis shoes with a skirt. No. I told him this is still because I was wearing heeled boots while climbing Arthur's Seat in Endinburgh a decade ago, isn't it? These don't have heels nor are they boots. I do not know why I bother as he probably would not notice since I have as many shoes as that Filipino broad.

I then get texts from my brother who set up the baby bed, which is fine & the baby's father enraged me by not telling DIL for me to order it sooner,we had this discussion 2mo ago. At least she has a bed.

I then remembered that my mother, who no longer goes upstairs, for reasons unknown, had a plumber put a toilet extender on the upstairs commode. The roof slants in that tiny area and my brothers used to whack their head on the light using the loo. We don't know why mother did this. So that needs to be removed or my 6'4" husband and son will be whacking their heads and granddaughter will need a stool.

I know I should not feel like I am being deported to CECOT for a long weekend of family who I do love.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (WONhk)

193 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (LdBR/)

194
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 22, 2026 05:29 PM (RO0sO)

Did you see my earlier comment where a websearch shows that his "bee farm" produces about 600 lbs of honey per year? That's a little over 50 gallons.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2026 05:41 PM (y9nCu)

195 Raining off and on here, as I listen to the local classical music station with big black Stirling cat curled next to me.

Good news: I got a letter from the IRS amending my 2025 return. Seems I overpaid them! I miscalculated the taxable amount of my SS, thinking it was 85%, but it was more like 60%. I'm getting a good-sized refund. Better late than never, says I to myself, says I.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2026 05:42 PM (wzUl9)

196 I know Stelter is dumb (He is a Tater) but does he have any idea what anti-authoritarian means? Not wanting to be told what to do isn't anti-authoritarian; it's usually just being childish and selfish, like Colbert is. Anti-authoritarianism is opposing other people being told what to do. Does the TaterTard think pro-vaccine Colbert is really anti-authoritarian?

Posted by: Wally at May 22, 2026 05:42 PM (65cLN)

197 I always thought these nitwit late night shows and hosts were there to help promote the entertainment industry. Have guests, comedians, musicians, bands, - not give us hours of not-funny, retard, political, monologue commentary.

They all suck. Cancel them all.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 22, 2026 05:44 PM (D1E+2)

198 Do I incorrectly remember the MFM trying to paint Colbert as some kind of devoted observant Catholic at one time?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 22, 2026 04:57 PM (f0sNM)

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Long ago when Bill O'Reilly was still on Fox. I didn't believe it then and even less now.

Posted by: Decaf at May 22, 2026 05:50 PM (Z8tay)

199 Capitalism kills bad TV shows. Who knew?

Posted by: Don Black- to infinity, and beyond at May 22, 2026 05:52 PM (ZxPkt)

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