The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 5/ 25/26

Good morning kids.

Today is of course Memorial Day, but the news does not take time off as is amply demonstrated by the lead story.

Maryland man was shot and killed by U.S. Secret Service agents Saturday evening after allegedly opening fire near a White House security checkpoint, triggering a lockdown and a massive federal law enforcement response in the nation’s capital.
Multiple sources identified the suspect as Nasire Best, 21, of Maryland.
According to the United States Secret Service, the shooting unfolded around 6 p.m. near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW when the suspect allegedly removed a handgun from a bag and began firing toward officers stationed near the White House perimeter.
A senior administration official said Best fired approximately three shots before Secret Service agents returned fire and killed him. Authorities said the suspect never breached the White House grounds.
An adult bystander was struck during the exchange of gunfire, though the person’s condition was not immediately known.

Ho hun, ho hum, another potential if not probable assassination attempt on President Trump. What is this the fifth or sixth attempt already? Yes, horrendous as it is it's not necessarily the real story, which of course is the greatest existential threat to our nation that we have or will ever face, the societal/political elements within our society that seek absolute power and the complete upending of America as founded, its destruction and transmogrification into a totalitarian tyranny. The epicenter of that movement is the Democrat Party and all those who support it.

Hasan Kwame Jeffries, the younger brother of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, is a professor of history at Ohio State University. In a recent social media post, he invoked the violence of John Brown, suggesting ‘white supremacy’ should be ended “by any means necessary.” Jeffries cited John Brown, an American abolitionist known for advocating violence to end slavery. One quote from Brown that describes his philosophy states: “I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.”
One person commented on the post, jokingly asking, “Are these ‘white supremacists’ in the room with you now?” Jeffries responded, “Nah. They’re in the White House.” The post further suggests that Jeffries was referring to President Trump and his administration in the original post.

In any case, and sincere apologies for that pornographic debasement as this is Memorial Day so let us remember all those who gave their llives in defense of this country and let us beg their forgiveness for allowing the cancer of the Hakeem Jeffries' in our midst to have gained positions of power and influence to the extent that the cause of freedom and the nation our loved ones gave their lives to defend and preserve is closer than ever to being lost.

I can only imagine my dear uncle, for whom I was named and who was cut to ribbons by a Jap machine gun on Saipan, looking down from Heaven and weeping at how low we have sunk.

Let us do what we can to ensure the sacrifices he and all who gave their lives were not in vain. God bless their memories.

Have a great day, one and all.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

The Navy will bury Fireman 3rd Class Royle Luker with full military honors on May 30 at New Bethel Cemetery in Plainview, the Arkansas town he left to enlist in June 1941, Stars and Stripes reported. Rear Adm. Michael Van Poots, deputy commander of Submarine Forces, will preside over the ceremony. (RELATED: Nearly 150 Dead From Pearl Harbor Attack Could Be On Track For Identification After Milestone Reached)
Arkansas Teen Sailor Killed At Pearl Harbor Will Finally Be Laid To Rest After Nearly 85 Years
Memorial Day means little if America cannot preserve the monuments honoring the men who gave their last full measure of devotion.
Remembering the Memorials on Memorial Day
Americans who, in shocking numbers, hate America know nothing of the values that made us the kindest, most generous country in history.
On Memorial Day, Unpatriotic Americans Know Nothing of America’s Greatness
Pride in past valor may be best expressed in the St. Crispin’s Day speech from “Henry V” (Act IV, Scene iii), delivered by the young king on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt. . .
‘We band of brothers:’ A Memorial Day meditation

TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH

A court issued an order barring him from the area. He violated it and kept coming back. The Secret Service kept finding him loitering around the White House.
White House Gunman Identified, Was Known to Secret Service
An adult bystander was struck during the exchange of gunfire, though the person’s condition was not immediately known. Witnesses reportedly heard as many as 30 shots near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building as federal agents rushed to secure the area.
Gunman Killed After Opening Fire Near White House Checkpoint
AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
On Saturday afternoon, President Trump announced that an “agreement has been largely negotiated” between Washington and Tehran. However, Mr Trump said that the final details of the deal were still being discussed and would not be made public at the time.
Iran Agreed to Surrender Enriched Uranium, End Nuclear Ambitions in Tentative Deal with Trump: Reports (How do you say BOHICA in Farsi? - jjs)
“There has been no agreement over Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile to be shipped out of the country,” Iranian official tells Reuters.
Iran Denies Agreement Over Enriched Uranium, Claims ‘New Sovereignty’ Over Hormuz Strait as U.S. Moves to Finalize Deal
The Iranians are clearly not negotiating in good faith, and they never will.
The New Barbary Pirates
The rapid rebuilding undermines claims that U.S.-Israeli strikes have caused long-term damage to Iran’s military capabilities. If hostilities resume, Iran’s restored drone and missile systems could pose significant threats to Israel and Gulf nations, complicating regional security dynamics.
The fact that Iran appears especially anxious to start moving oil through the strait underlines its importance to the regime.
Iran is Playing a Risky Game With its Oil Fields
Iran Rebuilding Military Power, Drone Fleet Faster Than Expected: U.S. Intel.
Roger Kimball: Trump may delay, Congress may posture, and Iran may stall—but the endgame remains the same: finish the job or repeat the failures of Obama and Biden.
Out on a Limb, but Unmoved: Trump Will Finish the Job in Iran

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“[W]e need to kill Ivanka to burn down the house of Trump.”
“Burn Down the House of Trump”: IRGC Terrorist Targeted Ivanka
The regime is taking desperate measures to stay in power.
In Iran’s Economy, Everything Everywhere is Falling Apart

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Ocasio-Cortez spoke May 16 at the “All Roads Lead to The South” rally in Montgomery, the New York Post (NYP) reported. She called on progressives in northern states to head to Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee and Mississippi to push against what she labeled political injustice. Online afterward, she added, “If you’re not from these states, it’s time to pull up.” (Dear Southerners - aim between the eyes, [rhetorically speaking wink-wink] - jjs)
TItty-Caca AOC Takes Heat After Telling Northerners To ‘Pull Up To The South’
“He was right then. He is right now.”
Professor Brother of Hakeem Jeffries Invokes the Violence of John Brown on Social Media
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is advancing quickly among Democrats, but the Constitution itself has the tools for defeating it.
Spanberger Advances The Soft Coup Against America
David Harsanyi: The story plays out the same way virtually every time.
The Left’s Attack on Courts is Meant To Destroy the Constitution
Polling has Vang running even with Matsui and slightly ahead of Republican Zachariah Wooden, the NYP reported. Conservative-leaning Lodi, Placerville and El Dorado Hills became part of the district through the recent redraw, joining portions of Sacramento and Elk Grove.
California Congressional Candidate Turns Back On Flag, Refuses To Say Pledge Of Allegiance
As many as 25 Republican senators reportedly balked at the $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund designed to “to provide a systematic process to hear and redress claims of others who suffered weaponization and lawfare” during a briefing by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Senators Fight Harder Against Restitution For DOJ Weaponization Than Against Weaponization Itself
Piker erupted online after federal investigators subpoenaed him over a Cuba trip with fellow communist activists.
Feds Corner Hasan Piker And CodePink Co-founder Over Trips To Communist Nation
Dems outraged that Tina Peters will be freed alongside killers and child abusers.
Liberals Want to Free All Criminals Except Political Criminals
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Friday new guidance directing immigration officers to treat the transition from temporary nonimmigrant status to permanent immigrant status under Section 245(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as a process that should generally take place outside the United States, according to a document obtained by the Daily Caller.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Closes Loophole Letting Migrants Stay In US While Awaiting Green Cards
Ferraro did not specify what law the drivers broke, but said that many of the drivers held CDLs issued by states like California and New York, which don’t require commercial license applicants to be citizens and can legally license drivers regardless of citizenship status.
Nearly 300 illegal migrants with commercial licenses from NY and Calif. stopped, prosecuted in Indiana
It’s not crazy to suggest that if immigrants will not assimilate then they shouldn’t be allowed to serve in Congress. (Should be stripped of citizenship - jjs)
America Is A Nation Of Settlers, Not Immigrants
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
California doctor Violetta Mailyan convicted of $45M Medicare fraud scheme that funded luxury vacations and a $12K crossbow
$45M Botox Scheme Adds to Mounting Evidence of Systemic Fraud in California Programs
"Muhammad Omar was charged with healthcare fraud"
FBI Arrests Mohammed After He Jumps From 4th Floor During Raid
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Before she leaves, she plans to release investigative findings in weekly installments over the next month. The topics on the docket are not small: Havana Syndrome, the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government’s weaponization of intelligence agencies, and the 2020 presidential election. If Democrats thought they could breathe a sigh of relief with her gone, they were sorely mistaken. Each of these has been a political flashpoint for years, and Gabbard is positioning her office to put official findings on the record while she still has the authority to do it.
Tulsi Gabbard Teases Major Bombshells Before Leaving Trump Administration
They have been doing something right.
What Do These 14 California Counties Have In Common?
Brandon’s sentencing is scheduled for September 3. She will be sentenced before U.S. District Judge Steven D. Grimberg in federal court. She is permanently banned from federal employment or contracting with the federal government and its agencies, as part of her plea agreement with the court. The case underscores vulnerabilities in federal payment systems and highlights the need for stricter internal controls to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.
Former CDC Official Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Government Funds.
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Gorka said, “177 jihadis in one weekend, which makes it the biggest counter terrorism operation since September the 11th. 177 enemy killed in action.”
Exclusive — Dr. Gorka: USA Killed 177 Jihadis in One Weekend During Biggest Counter Terrorism Op Since 9/11
A video is circulating that every American - including President Trump - should watch, watch again, and study.
New Jersey Muslim Leader Boasts of Using Carlson, Owens, Bannon to Divide MAGA Movement
The latest clash between Kurds and Arabs.
In Kurdish Areas of Syria, an Arab Attempt at Linguicide
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
But perhaps the most objectionable thing about Hamawy is that, in the early 1990s, he was a loyal follower of Omar Abdel-Rahman, the terrorist cleric known as the “Blind Sheikh.
Big Name Leftists Line Up Behind NJ Dem Tied to ‘Blind Sheikh’”
“Jewish Americans deserve to live, work, worship, and send their children to school without fear of harassment, intimidation, or violence.”
DOJ Launches 15-City Anti-Semitism Crackdown Tour
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Carmen Mercedes Lineberger was indicted on May 19 on multiple charges, including two counts of theft of government money or property after she allegedly secretly transmitted confidential DOJ records to her personal email accounts while disguising the files with names, a press release from the Department of Justice (DOJ) claims.
Prosecutor Whose Office Helped Jack Smith Accuse Trump Of Stealing Govt Records Indicted For Stealing Govt Records
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Nicholas Kristof, the author of the Times piece, leans heavily on statistics and claims by the Committee to Protect Journalists, a left-wing group facing serious challenges to its credibility
New Blow to New York Times Gaza Rape Report: Key Source Gets Caught Quietly Removing Terrorists’ Names from List of Slain ‘Palestinian Journalists’

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We humans are disturbingly malleable and conformist, and the digital age has made it exceptionally easy to turn us into banal, evil creatures.
How the Digital Switchboard Turns Conformity into Evil
“Safety is Waymo’s top priority, both for our riders and everyone we share the road with… During a period of intense rain… an unoccupied Waymo vehicle encountered a flooded road and stopped.” – Waymo statement.
Google’s Waymo Robotaxis Pause Services After Struggling to Navigate Puddles.
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Despite the decline in oil prices, analysts cautioned that markets are unlikely to stabilize quickly even if a formal deal is reached.
Oil Prices Fall Sharply as Markets React to Signs of Possible U.S.-Iran Deal
America survives as a healthy, wealthy nation only if the majority of the population is willing to stand on its own two feet.
Democrats Desperately Want To Create More Dependent Americans
A national oil industry group ridiculed Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his chauffeured lifestyle after he urged Californians to skip Chevron stations during the busy Memorial Day travel period.
Major Oil Association Fires Back After Gavin Newsom’s Attack On Chevron Gas Stations
Incoming Chair Kevin Warsh may be just the person to rein in the central bank’s expanding balance sheet.
The Real Threat to Fed Independence
Institutional investors are not the problem, they are one of the solutions.
This Is No Way To Fix The Housing Shortage
A rancher creating a bespoke protein product has no direct control over the way his cows become meat.
A California Rancher’s Legal Crisis Shows What’s Wrong With The American Beef Market

RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Repealing the EPA’s biofuel boondoggle ought to be a no-brainer—but can reformers overcome the “liquid pork” regime?
A Simple Policy to Reduce Food Prices
New EV sales in April – the second full month of the war – were down 6.2% compared with March, and down a whopping 23% from the year before, according to Cox Automotive.
The Iran War Sounds The Death Knell Of EVs
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Whereas Thomas plants the beacon on where SCOTUS should be on an issue, Alito is willing to stake out a milder position to help get it there over time.
SCOTUS Execution Case Exemplifies The Thomas-Alito Dream Team At Its Best
Murder is down, but assault is up—a dangerous sign.
New York City’s Other Violent Crime Problem
The incidents, many of which are organized on social media, have happened in neighborhoods, malls, parks, and restaurants, Fox News reported Sunday.
VIDEO: Officials Warn of Dangerous ‘Teen Takeovers’ Sweeping the Nation
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The case for employing a value-added approach for teachers, pay-for-performance, and classroom cameras.
Creating Meaningful Classroom Reform
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Democrats are incensed by the insinuation of fair elections.
The Supreme Court Levels the Playing Field for Gerrymandering of Congressional Districts
POLITICS
Massie said, “I will not rule out anything. And right now, I’m not going to rule in anything. Look, I’ve spent the last five days on my farm with my grandkids and my cattle and my peach trees, and it’s a pretty nice life. COMEDY GOLD: Massie Doesn’t Rule Out 2028 Presidential Run
It’s pretty clear to see why they’re so upset: They’re not doing well.
The Left-Wing Fringe Throws Another Tantrum Over Redistricting
Miranda Devine: . . . to paraphrase Joe Biden: Don’t compare Trump to the Almighty. Compare him to the alternative. Wherever you look in the Democratic Party, the alternative is horrendous.
Don’t lose heart Republicans — Dem disasters like Graham Platner will only make things much, much worse
Another attempt at grabbing all the power for the Left.
Kamala’s ‘Brainstorm’ is Destroying All the Norms
The Seventeenth Amendment reshaped the Senate from a body tied to the states into a national political arena defined by permanent ambition and escalating federal power.
The Progressive Senate and Its Discontents
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Key organizations and activists tied to the CCP-linked Singham Network rapidly moved to defend former Cuban dictator Raúl Castro following this week’s Justice Department indictment tied to the 1996 shootdown of civilian aircraft flown by Brothers to the Rescue.
Singham Network Mobilizes to Defend Raúl Castro after DOJ Indictment
A Convergence of Law, History, and Leadership Signals that Cuba’s Long Night May Be Ending
Will Cuba Taste Freedom Soon?
It was a violent end to a standoff between members of the Republican Peoples’ Party, or CHP, and a leadership team appointed by an appeals court.
Turkish Police Storm Offices of Opposition CHP Party, Firing Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets (Pelosi wets her girdle! - jjs)
“[T]ens of thousands of people marched through ‌Madrid on Saturday, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez after a series of corruption scandals.”
Spain: Tens of Thousands Rally in Anti-Government Protest, Demand an End to ‘Socialist Mafia’ Rule
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in India on Friday for his first official visit there, and the trip carries more than ceremonial value. Rubio met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The four-day visit includes Kolkata, New Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur. . .
Rubio Tries to Put U.S.-India Relations Back on Solid Ground
Reform UK’s strong showing could thwart Burnham’s parliamentary entry and his Prime Ministerial ambitions. Meanwhile, Restore Britain, led by former Reform MP Rupert Lowe, is polling at 7%, potentially aiding Burnham’s campaign. If Burnham wins, the Labour Party increases its likelihood of governing past 2029, and potentially even until 2034, albeit in a theoretical coalition with the far-left Greens.
Reform Surge Puts PM-Wannabe’s Ambitions At Risk In Knife-Edge Makerfield Race.
Talk about being ungrateful.
Europe’s Freeloading Days Are Over: America Demands Reciprocity
China expands abroad without moral baggage while America ties itself in ideological knots that weaken its ability to compete for global influence.
Trump, China, and the Third World
Although the Uyghurs’ plight at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party has vanished from the headlines, they are still fighting for their freedom.
An Interview With The Prime Minister Of The East Turkistan Government In Exile
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
While observational, the studies suggest that weight-loss drugs could be used to fight cancer. GLP-1 drugs are normally used to treat diabetes and weight management. The findings could lead to controlled medical trials to establish a more reliable connection between reduced progression and GLP-1 drugs. Further positive findings could heavily influence the pharmaceutical market, given that such drugs are already growing in popularity.
Popular Weight-Loss Drugs May Fight Cancer.
For the first time in a long time, the federal government is asking the right questions.
Doctors must be held accountable for overprescribing dangerous medications to Americans
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The SpaceX team were obviously pleased with the result, chanting, “USA! USA! USA!”
Successful Starship V3 Test Launch Marks Another Step Toward a Spacefaring Future
Overall this sets the stage for a quick follow-up. Expect new test flights over the summer and fall, coming almost monthly.
SpaceX completes a largely successful 12th orbital test flight of Starship/Superheavy
I’ve seen new NASA administrators do the same time after time, without actually accomplishing any real change. In a sense this is no different than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic as it sinks. You aren’t really fixing the problem, you are making believe you are doing so.
Isaacman rearranges the deck chairs on the Titanic of NASA
Space will not be settled by treaties and committees, but by pioneers willing to claim, build, and risk everything on worlds no one owns.
Space Squatters Will Open the Final Frontier
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust said its decision to place the patient in a male ward followed NHS England guidance in effect at the time.
Woman who identifies as trans raped in NHS psych ward within hour of arrival in men's unit
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“This tendency typifies an age of waning competence and agency...Some Christians are attempting to respond directly.”
Gen Z’s Incompetent Converts
"If Christian values are replaced by Islamic ones, this will not be Britain any more."
The Red-Pilling of John Cleese
HITHER & YON
Thad McCotter: At an alumni dinner meant to celebrate achievement and tradition, one aging mentor delivered a quiet confession that revealed just how profoundly America has changed.
An Evening for Reflection

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1 Any agreement written with the current Iranian regime is not worth the paper it’s written on.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2026 06:48 AM (XV/Pl)

2 >>>"If Christian values are replaced by Islamic ones, this will not be Britain any more."

If? Is this a skit?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 25, 2026 06:51 AM (dK+Kv)

3 1 Any agreement written with the current Iranian regime is not worth the paper it’s written on.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2026 06:48 AM (XV/Pl)

Completely FARSI...cle

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 25, 2026 06:51 AM (x0n13)

4 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

5 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Our fallen soldiers, may their memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 06:56 AM (RIvkX)

6 "Climber dies after falling 2,000 feet down volcano as she celebrated her 42nd birthday"

This makes it sound like she was celebrating on the way down.

Anyway, whatever your troubles, be thankful you are not THAT person.

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2026 06:56 AM (vFG9F)

7 Spencer Pratt running for LA Mayor:

Spencer Pratt’s team is power-washing stencils onto city sidewalks, creating visible messages where the cleaned sections contrast sharply with the surrounding dirt and grime.

"Imagine if the streets were this clean"

The only way to fully erase them? Actually clean the streets.

A great reminder about infrastructure and basic maintenance in a city that is declining under long-time Democratic leadership.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 25, 2026 06:56 AM (2PamV)

8
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 25, 2026 06:57 AM (AMvSw)

9 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2026 06:57 AM (jehhT)

10 The first person to wish us a "happy" Memorial Day spends a night in the box.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 25, 2026 06:59 AM (J4Dwc)

11 "TItty-Caca AOC Takes Heat After Telling Northerners To ‘Pull Up To The South’"

I am unfamiliar with this Yankee expression. Does it have something to do with diapers?

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2026 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

12 We gave a shit ton of drone tech to the ukrainians, why not give it to the middle eastern and gulf states? At least they can pay for it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 07:00 AM (D1E+2)

13 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

14 "Climber dies after falling 2,000 feet down volcano as she celebrated her 42nd birthday"

This makes it sound like she was celebrating on the way down.

Anyway, whatever your troubles, be thankful you are not THAT person.
Posted by: fd

I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I am defective.
Because not once in 63 years, have I EVER wanted to get that close to the edge of ANYTHING.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 25, 2026 07:02 AM (2PamV)

15 "Multiple sources identified the suspect as Nasire Best, 21, of Maryland."
----

Neighbors say he was just turning his life around and had begun attending a bible study.

Posted by: Local media at May 25, 2026 07:04 AM (2Ez/1)

16 Spencer Pratt will lose by something slightly less than a landslide.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2026 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)

17 6 "Climber dies after falling 2,000 feet down volcano as she celebrated her 42nd birthday"

This makes it sound like she was celebrating on the way down.

Anyway, whatever your troubles, be thankful you are not THAT person.
Posted by: fd at May 25, 2026 06:56 AM (vFG9F)

Could've been worse. Could've been the grandmother who got out of a NYC taxi and fell down an open manhole!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 25, 2026 07:05 AM (x0n13)

18 I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I am defective.
Because not once in 63 years, have I EVER wanted to get that close to the edge of ANYTHING.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 25, 2026 07:02 AM (2PamV)
====

You're not really livinggggggggggggggg ahhhhh!
/adrenaline-junkie on the way down down down

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 07:05 AM (RIvkX)

19
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I am defective.
Because not once in 63 years, have I EVER wanted to get that close to the edge of ANYTHING.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 25, 2026 07:02 AM (2PamV)

As I get closer to my three score and ten, I find myself avoiding situations where gravity will have an adverse effect on my health and well-being.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:07 AM (HdYcL)

20 Thomas Bender

Maybe. There is something about his campaign that is winning over people. His message is spot on. The stencils were a good stunt. And money is flowing in, a sign his approach is sound.

Can he beat the cheat? Otherwise ...

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

21 By now, Jug Ears (the successful Manchurian Candidate) is having breakfast and a laughing fit with his Comrade Lucifer

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & America Haters at May 25, 2026 07:08 AM (HeR4S)

22 Oh and they released the sample ballot for the governors race, there are 45 candidates, the two front running democrats are listed 1, 2. The two Republican candidates are listed at 43 and 44.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2026 07:08 AM (XV/Pl)

23 We observe Memorial Day.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 25, 2026 07:08 AM (qFwJc)

24 Taking the time to remember those who have sacrificed everything for our liberty and freedom. May they rest in peace and may we do what we can to preserve what they left for us.

Posted by: Al Swearingen at May 25, 2026 07:08 AM (XZhJa)

25 21 By now, Jug Ears (the successful Manchurian Candidate) is having breakfast and a laughing fit with his Comrade Lucifer
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & America Haters at May 25, 2026 07:08 AM (HeR4S)

Wait, Obama is dead?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 25, 2026 07:08 AM (x0n13)

26 Hadrian the Seventh

I agree. Gravity is a harsh mistress.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

27 "If Christian values are replaced by Islamic ones, this will not be Britain any more."
The Red-Pilling of John Cleese"

You threw it away, you twit.

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2026 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

28 "(How do you say BOHICA in Farsi? - jjs)"

"President Donald Trump"!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

29 LOL. I went to the Grand Canyon a few years ago.

It terrifies me.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 25, 2026 07:09 AM (qFwJc)

30 >>> "Climber dies after falling 2,000 feet down volcano as she celebrated her 42nd birthday"

This makes it sound like she was celebrating on the way down.

Anyway, whatever your troubles, be thankful you are not THAT person.
Posted by: fd

I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I am defective.
Because not once in 63 years, have I EVER wanted to get that close to the edge of ANYTHING.

Posted by: rickb223

>I've been to the peak of every mountain in the three surrounding mountain ranges. We never took selfies and there were no volcanoes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 07:10 AM (D1E+2)

31 "Climber dies after falling 2,000 feet down volcano as she celebrated her 42nd birthday"

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2026 06:56 AM (vFG9F)
-

Lava's Leap.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2026 07:11 AM (fGGO0)

32 By now, Jug Ears (the successful Manchurian Candidate) is having breakfast and a laughing fit with his Comrade Lucifer
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & America Haters at May 25, 2026
*
Wait, Obama is dead?!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 25, 2026

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We were told that Lucifer was fond of going to and fro in the Earth and walking up and down in it. No doubt he could visit BHO for a morning meal now and then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:11 AM (wzUl9)

33 I will attend the Memorial Day events at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery at 10 AM. The Democrat governor, Laura Kelly, will be there.

Afterwards, I will visit my late wife's grave. She is buried there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

34 I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I am defective.
Because not once in 63 years, have I EVER wanted to get that close to the edge of ANYTHING.

Posted by: rickb223

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Not defective. SANE.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:12 AM (wzUl9)

35 23 We observe Memorial Day.
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 25, 2026 07:08 AM
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With the ultimate mattress sale of the year!
By two mattresses, get one free!!

Posted by: Every mattress store everywhere at May 25, 2026 07:13 AM (2Ez/1)

36 I am developing a reflexive hatred of some of these insane Democrats, with the latest being this woman who turned her back on the flag and refused to pledge. Let her live in North Korea then, but she has no business in Congress, or living in California at all.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 07:13 AM (78kzY)

37 "Carmen Mercedes Lineberger was indicted on May 19 on multiple charges, including two counts of theft of government money or property after she allegedly secretly transmitted confidential DOJ records to her personal email accounts while disguising the files with names"

Was one of the recipes for cooked goose?

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2026 07:14 AM (vFG9F)

38 I will attend the Memorial Day events at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery at 10 AM. The Democrat governor, Laura Kelly, will be there.

Afterwards, I will visit my late wife's grave. She is buried there.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)
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A day for reflection. I wish you a good day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 07:14 AM (78kzY)

39 We observe Memorial Day.
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 25, 2026 07:08 AM
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With the ultimate mattress sale of the year!
By two mattresses, get one free!!

Posted by: Every mattress store everywhere at May 25, 2026 07:13 AM (2Ez/1)
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That's why they call it memory foam!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2026 07:15 AM (fGGO0)

40 Every day, I honor the men and women whose sacrifice helped keep the most amazing nation on the planet, the US of A, vibrant.

Away from the cities, there is a vast land filled with people true to our core ideals from the Declaration of Independence and especially the Constitution.

I aver the Constitution, as followed, is the best system software for an advanced, high-trust, nation.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

41 @20

>>Can he beat the cheat? Otherwise ...

Newsome was really unpopular, he won the recall in a landslide.

Bass is unpopular, not only is she unpopular, she’s a patently absurd retard to boot.

And since LA elections are fake and gay, she will more than likely win in a walk.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2026 07:15 AM (XV/Pl)

42 Everyone should have a MEANINGFUL Memorial Day.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2026 07:16 AM (fGGO0)

43 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2026 07:16 AM (Ia/+0)

44 Lava's Leap.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Bravo, good sir. Bravo.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

45 I aver the Constitution, as followed, is the best system software for an advanced, high-trust, nation.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:15 AM (u82oZ)
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"High trust."

There's your problem right there!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2026 07:17 AM (fGGO0)

46 That's why they call it memory foam!
Posted by: Biden's Dog at May 25, 2026 07:15 AM
+++
I put memory foam insoles in my shoes so when I walk into a room I'll remember why.

Didn't work.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 25, 2026 07:17 AM (2Ez/1)

47
Starting on refurbishing the spreadsheet of Delilah's show career. I thought it was complete, but there were two early shows in Florida that were missing (she walked in both of them).

Delilah didn't rack up the record that her illustrious grandmother Lacey did, but she missed the last five months of 2019 because of Her Majesty's knee surgery (I showed her a few times to no good effect), a good chunk of 2020 due to WuFlu leading to show cancellations, and almost all of 2020 because of maternal duties, important as they were.

Bittersweet memories. Luckily, her daughter Diana is at the same spot in the hot/crazy matrix as she was.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:19 AM (HdYcL)

48 Reading a few takes on the latest White House ground shooter, I am not so sure its a assassination attempt as much as a mental illness case throwing his anger at the White House in general.
Not a person, just authority

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2026 07:19 AM (Ia/+0)

49 Isaacman is not willing or able to do this, however. He might want to (though nothing he has said suggests he does) but even if he did Congress will not let him. It wants NASA funded to keep those pork-laden unproductive jobs alive in their numerous congressional districts.
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No doubt this is the educated, intelligent view. But I have an irrational faith Isaacman will do plenty more than just rearrange the deck chairs on a sinking ship, assuming we can continue to win elections and he has the time.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 07:20 AM (oVIfx)

50
Sorry, Lila had her first litter in 2022.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:20 AM (HdYcL)

51 Spencer Pratt will lose by something slightly less than a landslide.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

This IS LA's chance to change for the better. If they reject Pratt, then they WANT whatever comes next.
And not only will I not shed a tear, I will point and laugh.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 25, 2026 07:20 AM (2PamV)

52 Thomas Bender

Noted.

This is a choice election. Either start recovering from excellent bad policy execution, or have an entire city jump into a wildfire volcano.

A "win" by Bass would be unrecoverable. The people that can help the city, those that are left, will leave.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

53 Love the pic JJ. Brings back memories of visiting Arlington National Cemetery and the American Military Cemeteries in Luxembourg, Normandy and Lorraine, France. Very inspiring and humbling to walk those hallowed grounds.

Posted by: Al Swearingen at May 25, 2026 07:20 AM (sOgXJ)

54
Reading a few takes on the latest White House ground shooter, I am not so sure its a assassination attempt as much as a mental illness case throwing his anger at the White House in general.
Not a person, just authority
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2026 07:19 AM (Ia/+0)

He served his purpose: normalizing assassination attempts against Trump.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:21 AM (HdYcL)

55 That's why they call it memory foam!
Posted by: Biden's Dog at May 25, 2026 07:15 AM
+++
I put memory foam insoles in my shoes so when I walk into a room I'll remember why.

Didn't work.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Did you wear the right shoes?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 25, 2026 07:22 AM (2PamV)

56 He served his purpose: normalizing assassination attempts against Trump.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:21 AM (HdYcL)

The left won't be satisfied until some nutjob takes out President Trump.

Posted by: Al Swearingen at May 25, 2026 07:22 AM (sOgXJ)

57 The ONT's bicentennial Coke.Commercial really showed me what this country has lost.

Thank you, Ted Kennedy, for all that you've destroyed.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 25, 2026 07:22 AM (/3YYe)

58 >>>"Climber dies after falling 2,000 feet down volcano as she celebrated her 42nd birthday"

She went down, down, down in a burning ring of fire.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 25, 2026 07:22 AM (dK+Kv)

59 "TItty-Caca AOC Takes Heat After Telling Northerners To ‘Pull Up To The South’"

I am unfamiliar with this Yankee expression. Does it have something to do with diapers?
Posted by: fd at May 25, 2026 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

Just consider her a sub-literate idiot, then you won't go far wrong when talking about her.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 07:22 AM (1Ff7Z)

60 Prayer for the families of those that have died to keep Americans safe and sound.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 07:23 AM (/+uur)

61 "...excellent bad policy execution..."

Umm...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 25, 2026 07:23 AM (2Ez/1)

62 Ethanol-free gas is still available in my area. $4.30 at one station, $4.25 at another. The Exxon convenience store I go to has what they say is ethnaol-free, amazingly, at .20 *less* than their $3.89 87 E10. I don't know if they are simply forgetting to jack up the price, or if the stuff in their tanks is old, or if it really has ethanol in it. I'm not sure I'm seeing *much* better mileage on it now, as compared to a year ago . . . but it's .20 less, so I buy it.

I need to try a full tank of this stuff, drive to near empty, and try a full tank of the $4.30 (*wince*), to compare.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)

63 The UK has always been based at the deepest level on Christian values, regardless of dogma. Despite the many mistakes made by churches, for centuries British people have been influenced by Christ’s teaching. If these values are replaced by Islamic ones, this will not be Britain any more.
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I'm curious why Cleese uses a future tense and not a past tense. England, and all of Britain, appears to us, outsiders, as already gone.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 07:25 AM (zG/eu)

64 Quarter Twenty

Some people want to Rule over a burnt out trash heap. We call them many names, like the Left, Communists, Democrats, losers. But they work very hard to rule over others.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

65
Cleanliness and order are White Supremacy. There are a surprising number of people who are accustomed to and completely comfortable with filth, crime, ruined buildings and broken streets. A well-run, prosperous city, bustling with human industry, would be profoundly unsettling.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:25 AM (HdYcL)

66 Fvck off troll

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)

67 Reading a few takes on the latest White House ground shooter, I am not so sure its a assassination attempt as much as a mental illness case throwing his anger at the White House in general.

Not a person, just authority

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2026 07:19 AM (Ia/+0)
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Willowed from ONT:

The Weekend White House shooter left behind a few hints on his Twitter account:

https://tinyurl.com/3ec2pua6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2026 07:26 AM (XyZGq)

68 @52

>>A "win" by Bass would be unrecoverable. The people that can help the city, those that are left, will leave.

I would say this is a last chance election for Ca, if hoyer, swallowswell or porter win and bass wins in la, then that giant sucking sound you hear is the vortex created as people flee the state in droves.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2026 07:26 AM (XV/Pl)

69
The left won't be satisfied until some nutjob takes out President Trump.
Posted by: Al Swearingen at May 25, 2026 07:22 AM (sOgXJ)

They won't be satisfied even then. You think when Trump goes away that everything will return to normal?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:27 AM (HdYcL)

70 It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 07:27 AM (/+uur)

71 53 Love the pic JJ. Brings back memories of visiting Arlington National Cemetery and the American Military Cemeteries in Luxembourg, Normandy and Lorraine, France. Very inspiring and humbling to walk those hallowed grounds.
Posted by: Al Swearingen at May 25, 2026 07:20 AM (sOgXJ)

That's my uncle's tombstone at Rock Island Nat'l Cemetery.

I visited Arlington as it opened on a very quiet autumn Sunday morning. Truly humbling, beautiful and emotional and unforgettable. Was all alone as I strolled the grounds.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 25, 2026 07:27 AM (x0n13)

72 Hadrian, my Siberians have never been show cats, though sometimes their grand-sires or grand-dams have been. Little Dagny Sophia the Aloof's mother, Sofia, was considered good enough to breed (and Dagny looks like her clone), but I'm not sure she was ever shown.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:27 AM (wzUl9)

73 Remembering some family members and an excellent boss today.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 25, 2026 07:27 AM (aJQbY)

74 Troll about to regale us with his tales of heroism from Khe Sanh and Da Nang.

We are all so very impressed you fag.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

75 Huck Follywood

My major professor in grad school left the UK in 1990. He saw all of this coming down the road. And acted on it.

The smart ones are gone. Out-migration from the UK is now including businessmen, scientists, tech workers, and more.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

76 Cleanliness and order are White Supremacy. There are a surprising number of people who are accustomed to and completely comfortable with filth, crime, ruined buildings and broken streets. . . .
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026

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I see those conditions every day, including outside my door. Your description is truly apt.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)

77 Ages ago, my parents took us kids to Arlington on Memorial Day. We were in a throng of visitors at the Tomb of the Unknown for a changing of the guard. It was hard to see through the crowd, but I remember how quiet it was. And hot.

I think there are some old photos of that trip around here.

Living near the capitol city back in the 60's and 70's was a different world.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2026 07:29 AM (jehhT)

78 From the dictionary: To regale means to entertain or delight someone with stories or a lavish feast.
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So there will be food?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 25, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)

79 "They won't be satisfied even then. You think when Trump goes away that everything will return to normal?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

It would be an excuse to ramp up, by both sides.

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2026 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

80 I need to try a full tank of this stuff, drive to near empty, and try a full tank of the $4.30 (*wince*), to compare.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)

I think a tank of Shell Super is the cheapest tuneup ever.
My last 2 trucks would send the Check Eng light about every 15 to 20k miles. I think from the water gathered by the ethanol. Stupid idea to put a hydrophilic substance in your fuel system.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 07:32 AM (/+uur)

81 The smart ones are gone. Out-migration from the UK is now including businessmen, scientists, tech workers, and more.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

Mr. H and Friends ought to be thinking about this.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 07:32 AM (1Ff7Z)

82 One Memorial Day, I visited my Great Uncle's grave in Arlington Cemetery. Very humbling. Hated to see the family name on a tombstone. My wife was respectful, as well.

He survived being a crew chief for a B-25 named for him (---'s Demon) in New Guinea in WWII, to go on to maintaining B-29 engines in Tinian.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

83 "Regale" means to blow twice.

Posted by: Camela at May 25, 2026 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

84
"Criminals might be victims of circumstance in the sense that few of them ever had a fair chance; but it was a mistake to forget the only 'fair chance' they wanted was a chance for easy money." - James Gould Cozzens, The Just and the Unjust, 1942

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:33 AM (HdYcL)

85 But — and this is a big one — don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Or to paraphrase Joe Biden: Don’t compare Trump to the Almighty. Compare him to the alternative.

Wherever you look in the Democratic Party, the alternative is horrendous.
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Miranda Devine lays out the weak-kneed GOP, but she (and we) can do little to buck up the terrible GOP Senate caucus. What a bunch of fearful little-minded scum, led by an ass.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 07:34 AM (zG/eu)

86 Cleanliness and order are White Supremacy. There are a surprising number of people who are accustomed to and completely comfortable with filth, crime, ruined buildings and broken streets. . . .
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026

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I see those conditions every day, including outside my door. Your description is truly apt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)
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When it's all you've ever known, you just accept it as normal.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 25, 2026 07:34 AM (gnNyN)

87 This Is No Way To Fix The Housing Shortage

Getting rid of 30M illegals would be a better start than anything else the government could do, either demonizing corporate involvement or praising it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 07:34 AM (ExV1e)

88 I'd love to do some more hiking in Colorado or New Mexico, or to visit Utah and northern Arizona for the same. But I'm not going to take any chances with cliff edges or canyon rims. And if I visit a volcano, it had better be one which has been extinct for eons.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:34 AM (wzUl9)

89 No one in right mind can think with a hand gun starting outside the White House gate is going to get far past that

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2026 07:35 AM (Ia/+0)

90 Cleanliness and order are White Supremacy. There are a surprising number of people who are accustomed to and completely comfortable with filth, crime, ruined buildings and broken streets. . . .
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026

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I see those conditions every day, including outside my door. Your description is truly apt.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026
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When it's all you've ever known, you just accept it as normal.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 25, 2026

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It seems most of the denizens of this pesthole accept all the decay. I never have.

Which is part of why I have *never* felt at home here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:36 AM (wzUl9)

91 I'd love to do some more hiking in Colorado or New Mexico, or to visit Utah and northern Arizona for the same. But I'm not going to take any chances with cliff edges or canyon rims. And if I visit a volcano, it had better be one which has been extinct for eons.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:34 AM (wzUl9)

All you have to do is watch where y

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 07:36 AM (1Ff7Z)

92 I do think the Cultural Marxists Propaganda Ministry has put out assassination isn't out of the question

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2026 07:36 AM (Ia/+0)

93 And if I visit a volcano, it had better be one which has been extinct for eons.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:34 AM (wzUl9)

We hiked Mt. Saint Helens years ago. Standing at the rim was awesome . . . and spooky.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 25, 2026 07:37 AM (dK+Kv)

94
The smart ones are gone. Out-migration from the UK is now including businessmen, scientists, tech workers, and more.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

We keep hearing about Americans who are leaving the country for Europe, but who are they? Childless retirees, single AWFLs, recent humanities grads, celebs. In short, deadweight looking for bennies. For every one of them, there's at least one European looking to come here to escape the stultifying, overregulated, mingy life there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:38 AM (HdYcL)

95 I think a tank of Shell Super is the cheapest tuneup ever.
My last 2 trucks would send the Check Eng light about every 15 to 20k miles. I think from the water gathered by the ethanol. Stupid idea to put a hydrophilic substance in your fuel system.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026

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It has a small value in cold climates, in that it isolates the water and avoids your fuel lines freezing up. There used to be a product, Heet! I think, which you were supposed to add to your tank for the same purpose. Now the fuel does it.

But it's still a crazy idea. My Buick got 34 mpg on the open road with Buc-ees E0 in it last September. I saw more like 29-30 with Shell E10 during my Kansas trip.

There was a chain of fuel stations in KS that was offering their *premium* at .30 less than their regular. I used it and got awful mileage. I wrote to the KS Dept. of Agriculture, and they found that the stations were selling 20% ethanol in that fuel and not labeling it as such.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2026 07:41 AM (wzUl9)

96 Skip

We have seen this playbook before, with the attacks in Europe, the US, and Russia on leaders by anarchists in the 1880s to 1914s. One example was the assassination of Tzar Alexander II in 1881.

Queen Victoria survived 6 assassination attempts.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

97 As the largest Starship EVER, V3 is a MAJOR evolutionary upgrade from V2, focused on higher performance, reliability, and FULL reusability
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As huge as V3 is, with 100 ton capacity, it is still only half as big as the planned operational capacity of 200 tons. SpaceX will get there too, no doubt. The company is one of the most incredible stories of our modern life.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 07:42 AM (fVNxJ)

98 I heard Band of Brothers is playing in its entirety on one of the nets today. I hope I have some time to see some of it.

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & America Haters at May 25, 2026 07:43 AM (HeR4S)

99 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Wow. What gas station chain was that? I'd like to avoid it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

100 "TItty-Caca AOC Takes Heat After Telling Northerners To ‘Pull Up To The South’"

Did anyone explain to her what would be likely to happen to any northerners who "pulled up"?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 07:44 AM (ExV1e)

101
I think a tank of Shell Super is the cheapest tuneup ever.
My last 2 trucks would send the Check Eng light about every 15 to 20k miles. I think from the water gathered by the ethanol. Stupid idea to put a hydrophilic substance in your fuel system.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026

Agreed, but driving gets the gas turned over fairly frequently, so it doesn't have time to decay. It's death on small engines, which sit around doing nothing for long periods of time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:45 AM (HdYcL)

102 Hadrian the Seventh

Very few start-ups are successful in the EU since 1990. Too many rules.

Singapore and especially the US is where most of those great ideas turn into successful companies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

103 >"TItty-Caca AOC Takes Heat After Telling Northerners To ‘Pull Up To The South’"
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what is she talking about

Posted by: Don Black at May 25, 2026 07:47 AM (ZxPkt)

104 Actually in middle of a historical assassination recreation movie
Anthropod, 2016 movie on assassination of Reinhard Heydrich during WWII.

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2026 07:47 AM (Ia/+0)

105 Is the sixth year of drought the result of “the enemy’s economic conspiracy”? No, it is the result both of the hotter temperatures due to global warming, that cause evaporation of the water in Iran’s lakes, and of the leaks in the pipes that were put in decades ago and that the government, spending so much of its time and money on its nuclear program and ballistic missile manufacturing, has failed to replace.

GlowBull Warmering is not real. Never been real. CO2 in the upper atmosphere has cooled.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 07:48 AM (/+uur)

106 On March 1, 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalists, seeking to promote Puerto Rican independence from the United States, attacked the United States Capitol. They fired 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols onto the legislative floor from the Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of Representatives chamber within the United States Capitol.

Wounded were Alvin Morell Bentley (R-Michigan), who took a bullet to the chest, Clifford Davis (D-Tennessee), hit in the leg, Ben F. Jensen (R-Iowa), shot in the back, as well as George Hyde Fallon (D-Maryland) and Kenneth A. Roberts (D-Alabama). House pages helped carry Bentley off the House floor.The representatives were treated and recovered.

No one ever seems to remember or talk about this.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 25, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

107
Very few start-ups are successful in the EU since 1990.

The market cap of the 50 most successful EU startups in the last 50 years is smaller than that of Home Depot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:50 AM (HdYcL)

108 Tillis goes whining to CNN and reveals who he really is:
An unstable liberal who hates conservatives.

That that nasty POS called himself a Republican is scary in that, just how many more are like him?

The temper tantrum these RINOs are throwing makes a red-faced toddler look dignified.

You losers had a very good deal:
Pass the SAVE Act and Trump would save Cornyn.
You choose to play games and lie-- Trump didn't do this, you did

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 25, 2026 07:50 AM (73/SM)

109 I cannot figure out why Ro Khanna is always on my TV screen. Wtf?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

110 104 Actually in middle of a historical assassination recreation movie
Anthropod, 2016 movie on assassination of Reinhard Heydrich during WWII.
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2026 07:47 AM (Ia/+0)

Hitler had the entire town of Lidice annihilated as revenge.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 25, 2026 07:51 AM (x0n13)

111 Quarter Twenty

Independence for Puerto Rico sounds like a good idea now. Maybe they can merge with Cuba, once the communists are gone.

I can't remember this, because it was before I was born. My parents were living in Puerto Rico at the time, but they never talked about that. I did read about it, as an adult.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

112 109 I cannot figure out why Ro Khanna is always on my TV screen. Wtf?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 07:51 AM
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Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: The OFF button at May 25, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

113 Hadrian the Seventh

Right. We pay attention to the same economic analysis.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

114 Chevron put up signs at its California stations, telling consumers that California has the highest gas prices in America because Sacramento Democrats require it, by way of the highest taxes and regulatory burden in the country.

Newsom responded by calling for a boycott of Chevron, previously known as Standard Oil of California. California is the largest importer of foreign gasoline in the country, and yet voters keep electing Democrats like Newscum.

Phillips 66 terminated operations at its Los Angeles-area refinery in the fourth quarter of 2025. Chevron moved its headquarters to Texas, citing high taxes and burdensome regulations. Valero Energy Corporation, which announced plans to close its Benicia oil refinery (located just northeast of San Francisco, in 2026), has just been fined for “air quality violations” to the tune of $3.25 million

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 07:54 AM (/fjf1)

115 Cleanliness and order are White Supremacy. There are a surprising number of people who are accustomed to and completely comfortable with filth, crime, ruined buildings and broken streets. . . .
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026

Look at their families and relationships. Broken, ruined, and miserable. Look at their schools. Broken, ruined, and miserable.
The great promise that "when we are in charge..." has never ever ever even come close to being true. Yet, it has been Sold my entire lifetime that when a woman or a black or a hispanic or a ... is in power things will get better.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 07:55 AM (/+uur)

116 The whole Paxton/Cornyn/SAVE Act/Thune/ endorsement psychodrama is positively sickening.

My hatred for the Republicans is only a scintilla less than my hatred for the Democrats.

Our national leadership is craven, diluted, and self-serving. They disgust me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

117 We keep hearing about Americans who are leaving the country for Europe, but who are they? Childless retirees, single AWFLs, recent humanities grads, celebs. In short, deadweight looking for bennies.

Childless retirees - receiving benefits
single AWFLs - probably receiving benefits
recent humanities grads - idiots
celebs - the wealthy

So, folks who either don't need to care about Europe's economic system or aren't bright enough to know that they do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

118 Morning, y'all...

"This Is No Way To Fix The Housing Shortage"

What "housing shortage"?

Oh, they mean "free houses n' shiite"...

Heh.

Posted by: man at May 25, 2026 07:56 AM (XuXeR)

119 "Climber dies after falling 2,000 feet down volcano as she celebrated her 42nd birthday"
She went down, down, down in a burning ring of fire.

So cool! Is there a video link? Man, I could watch that all day.
Awesome! I wonder if she bounced down or flew the whole way? So cool!

Posted by: Smooth Brained Malleable American In The Digital Age at May 25, 2026 07:56 AM (OoF9t)

120 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Tanya at May 25, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)

121 The great promise that "when we are in charge..." has never ever ever even come close to being true. Yet, it has been Sold my entire lifetime that when a woman or a black or a hispanic or a ... is in power things will get better.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 07:55 AM (/+uur)
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Kill the Boer!
-government of South Africa

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

122 San Franpsycho

I agree wholeheartedly. I wrote my Federal Senator the Italians and French fought harder and more effectively in WWII than the GOPe. And other stuff to motivate him. I was rebuked by my then County GOP leader. I left the GOP after that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

123 Pull Up

To reprimand or scold someone for something they did wrong.

So AoC has a claim that there is something the South does wrong and that the North has the position of Authority or Righteousness.

Sweep your own front porch lady.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 07:57 AM (/+uur)

124 "TItty-Caca AOC Takes Heat After Telling Northerners To ‘Pull Up To The South’"
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what is she talking about
Posted by: Don Black at May 25, 2026 07:47 AM (ZxPkt)

Apparently, "pull up" is ghetto yoot for fight.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)

125 SanFranpsycho, my hatred for the Republicans is higher than for the dems. The republicans are supposed to be the ones fighting for American values.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2026 07:59 AM (5P5DO)

126 But it really is amazing how these RINOs think over and over, joining with the Dems will hurt Trump.

From when they called for him to resign over the pussy tape ...
To when near 50 of them resigned to hand the House to the Dems ...
To when they conspired with the Dems to let the baseless investigators proceed ...
To all the bills they've killed to stall Trump's agenda ....
And stopping his nominees ....
To Massie, Cassidy and Cornyn ....

Over and over, as they stab themselves, they get ever more sure the next stab will hurt Trump.

Voodoo Republicans--stabbing themselves to injure Trump

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 25, 2026 07:59 AM (73/SM)

127 >>>We hiked Mt. Saint Helens years ago. Standing at the rim was awesome . . . and spooky.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

>I remember when it blew and trashed the whole northwest. On the bright side, the ash cleaned our streets.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 25, 2026 08:00 AM (D1E+2)

128 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

As long as we have strong Americans like you, we can survive as a civilization. You exemplify the very best in America.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

129 Denis Miranda.
KIA. 21 Sep 2010.
SEAL. Warrior. Friend.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at May 25, 2026 08:01 AM (oSeBJ)

130 Hasan Kwame Dakari Denzel Deon Tyrese Kato Laquan Jeffries

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)

131 SanFranpsycho, my hatred for the Republicans is higher than for the dems. The republicans are supposed to be the ones fighting for American values.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2026 07:59 AM (5P5DO)
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Things seemed different 50 years ago, but then again, they were different. The faces and names may change, yet the policy remains the same.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

132 Denis Miranda.
KIA. 21 Sep 2010.
SEAL. Warrior. Friend.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at May 25, 2026 08:01 AM (oSeBJ)
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Thank you. May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

133 NaCly, dearest . You served this Country with honor and your commitment to preserving freedom is what keeps us fighting.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2026 08:04 AM (5P5DO)

134 Mitch McConnell reportedly said, “So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong — Take your pick.”

Mitch hasn't said a complete sentence in years.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 08:05 AM (/+uur)

135 Thank you. May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

We fought together. I think of him every day.

Today, I'm telling my kids about him.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at May 25, 2026 08:06 AM (oSeBJ)

136 The fact that Thune remains tells me that all the other GOPe Senators are okay with it.

Posted by: Don Black at May 25, 2026 08:06 AM (ZxPkt)

137 They disgust me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

Push past it to enraged and vengeful.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 25, 2026 08:06 AM (dK+Kv)

138 Captain Carroll LeFon, USN. AKA Neptunus Lex.

Pilot, Naval Officer, Blogger, Inspiration.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

139 I disagree. Any RINO is still 50 times better than a Dem/Marxist

Posted by: Jonah at May 25, 2026 08:06 AM (YCxFk)

140
Kill the Boer!
-government of South Africa

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

_____________

There was a short video of a South African farmer, a younger fellow, who had moved here and bought land. He was so relieved and grateful that he could walk and work without the dread of being murdered.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 08:07 AM (HdYcL)

141 Salute to your hero Uncle JJ. Late Father saw heavy combat in Korea. Happy Memorial Day all!

Posted by: Jonah at May 25, 2026 08:07 AM (YCxFk)

142 Mitch McConnell reportedly said,"

...
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Posted by: man at May 25, 2026 08:07 AM (XuXeR)

143 Hadrian the Seventh

Western Kansas is getting a lot of those South African farming families. They are welcome to come here. We need their strength.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

144 Pilot, Naval Officer, Blogger, Inspiration.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

Fair winds and following seas.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at May 25, 2026 08:09 AM (oSeBJ)

145 Sad. Thought Drew Carey was one of the good guys in HWood. Former Marine. He flipped and is Supporting Bass for Mayor, and chewed out Pratt. Sell out

Posted by: Jonah at May 25, 2026 08:09 AM (YCxFk)

146 Trying to decide if the town Memorial Day parade is a go or not, quite overcast, drizzling a bit

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2026 08:09 AM (Ia/+0)

147 Good morning Horde thx JJ. May Memorial Day be a good bday for Americans and the memory of those who gave all.

I've been trying to keep you all up on the creeping communism in my County . Our county executive and assemblywoman a Dem Socialist are now asking the state to allow for a millionaires surcharge in this county. I'm sure the language will mean they tax lower earners "if needed"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 25, 2026 08:09 AM (hpwtA)

148 The fact that Thune remains tells me that all the other GOPe Senators are okay with it.
Posted by: Don Black at May 25, 2026 08:06 AM (ZxPkt)

At least 26 others.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

149 I noted this weekend that almost all of the online accounts which saying on Saturday night that there was going to be a deal, guaranteed, were saying on Sunday that now there would be no deal after all.

It’s obvious that none of them know jack shit about what will or will not happen.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 08:11 AM (ykvlb)

150 Jonah earns a night in the box

Posted by: one hour sober at May 25, 2026 08:14 AM (J4Dwc)

151 Found this article on my grand Uncle:

This weekend is set aside to remember those who served our country in the military and those who came before us and are no longer with us.

In this post I would like to remember my uncle Erwin Schilling. He married my dad’s oldest sister in 1948, after World War II.

He was born in 1918 and raised in Smithton, IL in St. Clair County, near Belleville. His father was a house painter and had a difficult time providing for his family due to alcoholism.

Erwin was working as a rural mail carrier when he decided to enlist in the Navy, reporting for duty on July 4, 1939 in St. Louis. Most of his pay went home to provide for his parents and siblings. He even bought them a small house to live in. Once at sea he made a little extra money as a steward for the officer’s mess, which also was sent home. He was that kind of son and brother.

The first destroyer he served on, patrolled the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast. Part of their mission was to act as the eyes and ears for the British Navy, who were at war with Germany and Japan at that time (1940). They were tracking German shipping in the Gulf and reporting back to the Brits. At that time Germany w

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 25, 2026 08:14 AM (WQDw6)

152 Thank you, J.J., for a harsh dose of reality and "the costs of war"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 25, 2026 08:15 AM (q7IhF)

153 Crap, too big.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 25, 2026 08:16 AM (WQDw6)

154 I noted this weekend that almost all of the online accounts which saying on Saturday night that there was going to be a deal, guaranteed, were saying on Sunday that now there would be no deal after all.

It’s obvious that none of them know jack shit about what will or will not happen.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 08:11 AM (ykvlb)

And online commentary will be filled with people bemoaning they things they learned from people who know jack shit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

155 Royal Farms had E0 and E10 within the usual 5¢. Then, one morning, E0 was 5.45$, a dollar more than E10.

Posted by: Accomack at May 25, 2026 08:20 AM (a9Uqu)

156 Pratt will definitely get a solid majority of the votes from people who actually vote. The harsh reality is the question - is the support of actual voters enough to win an election in California anymore?

We're about to find out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 08:20 AM (ykvlb)

157 The fact that Thune remains tells me that all the other GOPe Senators are okay with it.
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Cruz says there were at least 20 Republican Senators ready to vote with the Dems in that meeting.

1) he doesn't say what he--or any of them--did to support Trump there
2) he doesn't name names
3) from the further reports, it's implied he meant this as a warning to Trump to abandon the compensation fund-- not a warning to liberal Republicans

2027 redistricting under Callis needs to be called " The Great RINO Hunt"*
Move them into Dem districts.
Or, like TX did getting rid of Crenshaw, make their district more conservative.

* yes I know it won't affect the Senate. But it does kill the RINO farm team
Are they any actual conservative Republican Senators?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 25, 2026 08:20 AM (73/SM)

158 Back in 1963, while my father was in VietNam, I lived with my grandmother up in the "Slate Belt" of Pennsylvania.
Every Memorial Day a man in a uniform would fly in on a helicopter and lay a wreath on a grave in a local cementary and leave as fast as he arrived..

I've wondered for years how long that went on.

Posted by: SMOD at May 25, 2026 08:21 AM (O7XEN)

159 Hate RINO's as much as anyone, but each one iss till better than any Dem in congress right now.

At least Murk, Collins, and Tillis vote to confirm Conservative Judges

Posted by: Jonah at May 25, 2026 08:23 AM (YCxFk)

160 145 Sad. Thought Drew Carey was one of the good guys in HWood. Former Marine. He flipped and is Supporting Bass for Mayor, and chewed out Pratt. Sell out
Posted by: Jonah at May 25, 2026 08:09 AM (YCxFk)

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You would think wuth the marine training and more than enough FU money, he wouldn't give a d*** about pleasing anybody.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 25, 2026 08:23 AM (l9lDf)

161 158. WOW!

Posted by: Jonah at May 25, 2026 08:23 AM (YCxFk)

162 Ich bin ein Treuful Hund!

As a 5th Marine I had 2 weeks in l which I got 16 hours sleep; twice!
Can not imagine months! I thank those who went before. Trien my best to honor them! Japs were hard!

Weighed 195 when got to Nam.

Looked in mirror t Da n\Nang Naval Hospital. Ribs out like a polish death camp Aushwitz!

Got a scle; only 145!

Corps (hey GWB its like an apple core! Shit head!) guarntees 6 meals a week in "Indian Country".. I got 6 meals a week; along with my 1 hour a day sleep!

Have had "Riffle ear" 56 years.. BUT I LIVE!

Posted by: Ol exJarhead GRUNT at May 25, 2026 08:24 AM (XH/+O)

163
Bath for Dutchess today. She has a vet appointment tomorrow. The poor thing has epilepsy and I have had to administer phenobarbital and potassium bromide to her for the last 9+ years. Every year she has to go in for an assessment before getting her prescription renewed and this is the time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 08:24 AM (HdYcL)

164 6 year terms in the Senate are the albatross. We dodged a bullet by dumping Cassidy in La. McCain perfected it. Liberal for 5 years, conservative the year of Re-election

Posted by: Jonah at May 25, 2026 08:25 AM (YCxFk)

165
* yes I know it won't affect the Senate. But it does kill the RINO farm team
Are they any actual conservative Republican Senators?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 25, 2026 08:20 AM (73/SM)

It’s unfair to fault Cruz for telling the Truth - I absolutely believe there were 20 GOP Senators willing to vote with the Dem’s in this. I and others have long noted that there are at best only about 30 conservative Senators.,

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 08:25 AM (ykvlb)

166 163. Good luck Hadrian

Posted by: Jonah at May 25, 2026 08:26 AM (YCxFk)

167
"Climber dies after falling 2,000 feet down volcano as she celebrated her 42nd birthday"

She fell down a volcano, so I assume she isn't inside.

I saw a brief thing recently about people calling themselves something like "volcanauts" that climb down into live volcanos.

So, now you can not only fall but get fried for your thrills. Yay.

I think climbing up and into volcanos isn't the smartest thing you could do. That said-

I climbed My Fuji buuuut at the same time so were folks 10-80 years old.

I think the risk there was minimal.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2026 08:28 AM (iJfKG)

168 Tough when a quality Senator like Blackburne in Tenn, leaves to run for Governor. She had more balls than most GOP men in Senate

Posted by: Jonah at May 25, 2026 08:28 AM (YCxFk)

169 The Pratt team are out circling potholes on the roads and tagging them "vote for Pratt".

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 25, 2026 08:29 AM (7T8ei)

170 Anybody who votes for Bass or Raman are either stupid or in on the grift. Always thought Drew Carey had a functioning brain, guess I was wrong.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 25, 2026 08:29 AM (hpwtA)

171 AZ sees 400k removed from SNAP as ineligible.
That near 47%, they say.
Due to the new work requirements-- they claim.
That's the one and only reason given.

Here's a real clue:
"Charisma Garcia, a 25-year-old mother of two, ... ages 3 and 6 ..."

See if you can spot the real reason she can't get food stamps.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 25, 2026 08:30 AM (73/SM)

172 Notsothoreau

Good for him. He has moxie!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 08:31 AM (u82oZ)

173 good morning JJ, Horde

The honored dead, RIP. And thank you.

Saying "Happy Memorial Day" doesn't seem right, as it's a solemn occasion. But the honored dead don't begrudge us our spending time with family, friends, and neighbors today.

Posted by: callsign claymore at May 25, 2026 08:31 AM (/6r4m)

174 Captain Carroll LeFon, USN. AKA Neptunus Lex.

Pilot, Naval Officer, Blogger, Inspiration.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)
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May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

175 > Hate RINO's as much as anyone, but each one iss till better than any Dem in congress right now.
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They're Democrats with a different lapel pin and are a bit more circumspect about their hate for the normals.

Other than that, they are exactly the same.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2026 08:32 AM (jehhT)

176 One of the reasons I think Dems don't like AI is that they are realizing that Al will make it much more difficult to engage in fraud. The Biden administration might have been the largest fraud in history but it may be one of the last as well

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 25, 2026 08:33 AM (hpwtA)

177 81 The smart ones are gone. Out-migration from the UK is now including businessmen, scientists, tech workers, and more.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 07:28 AM

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The only explanation for destroying a great country is that these countys' leaders are pure evil. At least that explains it for me.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 25, 2026 08:33 AM (v71Ni)

178
168 Tough when a quality Senator like Blackburne in Tenn, leaves to run for Governor. She had more balls than most GOP men in Senate
Posted by: Jonah at May 25, 2026 08:28 AM (YCxFk)

Yeah, and Tuberville is leaving to be Governor of Alabama. I understand, for people who want to achieve things, Governor is a lot better job than Senator.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 08:34 AM (ykvlb)

179 Sad. Thought Drew Carey was one of the good guys in HWood. Former Marine. He flipped and is Supporting Bass for Mayor, and chewed out Pratt. Sell out
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Suggests why he's so awful, awkward and wooden as the host--he hates the dirty, conservative, Americans he thinks they all are.

Bob looked like he really enjoyed the guests.
Even if he was faking it.
Drew can't even fake it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 25, 2026 08:34 AM (73/SM)

180 According to the Renewable Fuel Association, a pro-biofuels trade group, roughly one-third of the corn grown in the U.S. is destined for gas tanks. Last year alone, the group said, ethanol refiners purchased $23 billion in American corn. On top of this, nearly half the soybean oil produced in the U.S. gets converted into biodiesel. Combined, the ethanol and biodiesel industries had revenues of nearly $50 billion in 2024.

Burning corn in leased SUVs to drive children to soccer games that do not have scores so that brown and black children in the ROW starve is no way to run an energy economy.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)

181 And to give credit where it is due... the Google icon this morning is a folded flag.

I nearly dropped my coffee upon seeing that.

Well done, Google.

Posted by: man at May 25, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)

182 Looking at California and Michigan and other states, it is hard to see what other evidence people need. If you look at any time series, when the democrats are in charge, the economy is worse, freedoms are restricted, and people are in worse shape. Every time. The only time this was not clear was in the late nineties, when Clinton was in office but was being pushed by Gingrich into policies the democrats did not want implemented.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 25, 2026 08:38 AM (0U5gm)

183 At least Murk, Collins, and Tillis vote to confirm Conservative Judges
Posted by: Jonah at May 25, 2026 08:23 AM (YCxFk)
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Ketanji Brown-Jackson or Amy Coney-Barret?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)

184 One of the reasons I think Dems don't like AI is that they are realizing that Al will make it much more difficult to engage in fraud. The Biden administration might have been the largest fraud in history but it may be one of the last as well
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There was a long post on voter registration fraud that went through how the serial was impossible.
But that to discover them, you had to sort lots of data.

This is the real reason blue states are fighting so hard to conceal their voter rolls:
It's not purging the improper voters-- it's exposing how they are added and laundered in.
Recall in GA, citizens were removing voters and finding back on the roll days later.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 25, 2026 08:40 AM (73/SM)

185 I raised the United States Flag at dawn. Now drinking coffee in the safety and security I have due to all our servicemen and women over the past 250 years, and especially due to those who gave their last full measure of devotion to the United States of America and it citizens. I humbly thank all of them.

Posted by: Gref at May 25, 2026 08:41 AM (5rh/l)

186 THANK YOU! TO ALL VETERANS NEAR AND FAR.
THANK YOU for the life I have been able to live due to your service and sacrifices.
God Bless

Posted by: sidney at May 25, 2026 08:42 AM (rzwGB)

187 It’s unfair to fault Cruz for telling the Truth - I absolutely believe there were 20 GOP Senators willing to vote with the Dem’s in this. I and others have long noted that there are at best only about 30 conservative Senators.,
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 08:25 AM (ykvlb)
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Make. Them. Vote.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

188 Carey is a fag.

Posted by: The Ghost of Gene Rayburn at May 25, 2026 08:43 AM (vFG9F)

189 185,
Well said.

Posted by: man at May 25, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

190 >>Saying "Happy Memorial Day" doesn't seem right, as it's a solemn occasion. But the honored dead don't begrudge us our spending time with family, friends, and neighbors today.

Yep

https://tinyurl.com/mrewdx6h

Posted by: one hour sober at May 25, 2026 08:44 AM (J4Dwc)

191 Nasire Best was an aspiring rapper, and astronaut. He was turning his life around. Always had a big smile for everyone. He dindu nuthin.

Posted by: Delurker at May 25, 2026 08:45 AM (gtcuf)

192 Light rain is ever so slowing clearing out, don't see anything different on the town Facebook page. Guess I could take a ride and see if ceremony is a go

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2026 08:45 AM (Ia/+0)

193 . Combined, the ethanol and biodiesel industries had revenues of nearly $50 billion in 2024.

Burning corn in leased SUVs to drive children to soccer games that do not have scores so that brown and black children in the ROW starve is no way to run an energy economy.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 08:36 AM (/+uur)

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And ethanol is 33% less energy dense than gasoline. Sure Senator Grassley (R-corn state) puts out scathing reports, but what does it cost the country to keep him in office?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 25, 2026 08:47 AM (UeLv+)

194 Greetings and good morning one and all.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 25, 2026 08:47 AM (/k3in)

195 Yesterday was really good. Rode with Dad all day as we visited the family cemeteries. Talked about family.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2026 08:48 AM (bss/y)

196 Host Kristen Welker said, “Some of your supporters were chanting, president, president, as you delivered your speech on Tuesday night. Are you considering a run for president in 2028?”

hahaha

Masshoe

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 08:48 AM (/+uur)

197 And in memory of my father, US Navy, and my uncle, US Air Force.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 25, 2026 08:49 AM (0U5gm)

198 Have a day of reflection, everyone.

We are blessed by the sacrifices of those who served our country.

Need to make preps for my attendance at
a Memorial Day event.
Afterwards, I will visit my late wife's grave.

I need to clean up because one of the widow I walk with will go with me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2026 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

199 THANK YOU! TO ALL VETERANS NEAR AND FAR.
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You want to do that on Veteran’s Day. November 11th for those who served honorably.

Memorial Day is set aside for those killed in combat.

Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 25, 2026 08:49 AM (vATra)

200 1) should one invest in SpaceX when it goes public?

2) if so, should it be the IPO or should one wait?

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 25, 2026 08:51 AM (VCgbV)

201 Carey is a fag.
Posted by: The Ghost of Gene Rayburn at May 25, 2026 08:43 AM (vFG9F)

He is "straight" but in hollyweird that just means he's still in the closet. Most likely a chomo too.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at May 25, 2026 08:53 AM (OoF9t)

202 {Salty}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

203 69
The left won't be satisfied until some nutjob takes out President Trump.
Posted by: Al Swearingen at May 25, 2026 07:22 AM (sOgXJ)

They won't be satisfied even then. You think when Trump goes away that everything will return to normal?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 07:27 AM (HdYcL)

The left won't be happy until the right shoots back. This would allow them to point to us and say "See! See! They ARE violent!" Then they'll start killing us.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 25, 2026 08:54 AM (7v6oI)

204 The three greatest Progressive “reformers”—Herbert Croly, Woodrow Wilson, and Teddy Roosevelt—shared a small handful of ideas and ideals in common, despite their superficial differences—and among these was their loathing for the Constitution and the limits it placed on the federal government. All three believed in the necessity of a central authority, dedicated to the principles of the science of man and operated by the best and the brightest society could offer, namely themselves.

namely themselves

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 08:54 AM (/+uur)

205
My Dad was a Night Fighter in the Marine Corps. He flew a Hellcat.

He flew over the Franklin after it was bombed and instantly knew that his brother was dead. His brother was a radioman and the bomb hit right over that space on the ship.

I'm named after his brother. To be honest, it's not a great name and I took some teasing through the years over it, however-

I've always felt proud and honored to carry it.

So, there you go. The good with the bad.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2026 08:54 AM (iJfKG)

206 Institutional investors are not the problem, they are one of the solutions. This Is No Way To Fix The Housing Shortage

I see Blackrock has unleashed their PR department in defense of gigantic megacorporations buying single family homes. TLDR: "They aren't buying up *all* the homes, so what are you complaining about?"

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 25, 2026 08:56 AM (f0sNM)

207 >>Memorial Day is set aside for those killed in combat.

All who died while in service, not just KIA

Posted by: one hour sober at May 25, 2026 08:59 AM (J4Dwc)

208 > The left won't be happy until the right shoots back. This would allow them to point to us and say "See! See! They ARE violent!" Then they'll start killing us.
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TBH... the left is already killing us. Several notable conservatives/Republicans have either been shot at, outright killed or have been the target of attempted assassinations.

It's a hot war but we've just not acknowledged it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2026 08:59 AM (jehhT)

209 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday and good Memorial Day.

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)

210 To all the heroes who died fighting for this country and didn't get to come home. I pray the Good Lord has rewarded you richly for your sacrifice.

And to my great, great (repeat as necessary) grandfather who crossed the Delaware with Gen. Washington to slit Hessian throats and was mortally wounded. Bravery that is not readily seen today.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 25, 2026 09:00 AM (7v6oI)

211 97 As the largest Starship EVER, V3 is a MAJOR evolutionary upgrade from V2, focused on higher performance, reliability, and FULL reusability
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As huge as V3 is, with 100 ton capacity, it is still only half as big as the planned operational capacity of 200 tons. SpaceX will get there too, no doubt. The company is one of the most incredible stories of our modern life.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 07:42 AM (fVNxJ)

A major Starship V3 improvement over V2, based on this first V3 flight, is heat shield tile retention. Every V2 in-space video shows a blizzard of tiles coming off, from everywhere on the vehicle. SpaceX obviously employed a better tile attachment design on V3. I can see very very few missing tiles in the currently available entry videos. This is significant progress towards Starship quick-turnaround for another flight.

Posted by: Gref at May 25, 2026 09:00 AM (5rh/l)

212 At 66, it pains me to think that there are so many of my fellow Americans who don't appreciate the sacrifices that it has taken to keep this great country upright since it's founding nearly 250 years ago. Instead of saying "hello", I greet people a lot by saying "It's a great day to be alive in the United States of America". That phrase tells people two things - first be grateful to be alive right now, today as there are no guarantees on waking up each day. Second, there are no guarantees on your life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Thank the founders and the constitution for that. I am not shy about educating those people who disagree or seem confused with my greeting. God bless the men and woman who paid the ultimate sacrifice to defend this country and it's values.

Posted by: CoolHandLuke at May 25, 2026 09:01 AM (cM0WE)

213 If you say so.

Posted by: Jus Sayin at May 25, 2026 09:02 AM (vATra)

214 According to a new series of studies, GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro, can reduce cancer progression and mortality rates. One study of 10,000 patients, all with different types of cancer, done by the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Institute, observed a significant reduction in cancer progression among the patients. Lung cancer progression was halved in patients who took GLP-1 drugs, while the progression of breast cancer decreased by 43 percent.

Maybe cancer cells need the sugar and fats to grow.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 09:03 AM (/+uur)

215 I see Blackrock has unleashed their PR department in defense of gigantic megacorporations buying single family homes. TLDR: "They aren't buying up *all* the homes, so what are you complaining about?"
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 25, 2026 08:56 AM (f0sNM)

The house where I grew up was a small, nice suburban subdivision. Yesterday Dad was saying a bunch of the houses on the street had been bought and are now rental homes. One right next to us (them) and a house across the street.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2026 09:03 AM (bss/y)

216 God bless the men and woman who paid the ultimate sacrifice to defend this country and it's values.
Posted by: CoolHandLuke at May 25, 2026 09:01 AM (cM0WE)
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Amen

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX)

217 1) should one invest in SpaceX when it goes public?

2) if so, should it be the IPO or should one wait?

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 25, 2026 08:51 AM (VCgbV)

1. I think, yes.
2. As a actual human, you will not be permitted to invest initially. Better to buy into one of the tech indices (particularly if they invest in space stuff) and then wait for the initial investors to do their rug pull prior to buying to hold.

This does not constitute actual investment advice as I was a software engineer and not a money guy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

218 Trump won the popular vote last time,

This will die the instant someone not to the Statist/Socialist liking gets voted in, and they will try something new.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 25, 2026 09:05 AM (po3Ws)

219 On Memorial Day, remembering four men I never knew. From my dad's WWII diary, on the beach head at Anzio ten days after arriving as part of the second wave of the Allied landings"

Feb 16, 1944
The “hot” beachhead suddenly
became “hotter”. Gerry hit with all the
artillery he had at 0600 this morning. Our
work here in CB ran wild. All the CPs and
batteries seemed to be shelled at once.
Brig CP and rear area quit heavily
shelled. Chaplain Wallace, McDaniel, Pratt and Metz were all killed by a single
round. Irony of fate. Three out of the first
four killed in the battery were listed as non-
combatants...

Irony of Fate indeed

Posted by: muldoon at May 25, 2026 09:05 AM (qgHp7)

220 A Democrat with a Nazi tattoo who admits to public masturbation is very on-brand in 2026.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 25, 2026 09:05 AM (f0sNM)

221 The house where I grew up was a small, nice suburban subdivision. Yesterday Dad was saying a bunch of the houses on the street had been bought and are now rental homes. One right next to us (them) and a house across the street.

"You will own nothing and be happy."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 25, 2026 09:06 AM (f0sNM)

222 I can’t bring myself to trust the GLP-1 drug…. I exercise like a maniac and control my weight that way. I’m like Smith Barney… I lose fat the old fashioned way: I buurrrnnn it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 25, 2026 09:07 AM (ugElV)

223 Maybe cancer cells need the sugar and fats to grow.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 25, 2026 09:03 AM (/+uur)

I recall reading something a couple years back about people who went on keto seeing their cancer slowing. I do believe that cancer feeds on sugar and not ketones but I don't know if they've ever gotten funding to do a wider study on the matter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e)

224
Some men are morally opposed to violence.

They are protected by men who are not.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 25, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)

225 > A major Starship V3 improvement over V2, based on this first V3 flight, is heat shield tile retention.
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NASA spent years, and millions on this back in the 70's for the space shuttle. Losing one in a critical spot could be "bad."

Maybe Musk should look into what they did to attach the tiles as it seems to be a recurring problem with his "Starship."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2026 09:07 AM (jehhT)

226 Some men are morally opposed to violence.

They are protected by men who are not.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 25, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)

You can be morally opposed to violence and still serve. You just have to believe that, as bad as violence is, there are things which are worse and, perhaps foolishly, that your government will only use violence to prevent those worse things.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

227 So no activity down town

Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2026 09:10 AM (Ia/+0)

228 Old Smith Barney commercial with John Houseman…

https://youtu.be/aMPu99_Xvjw

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 25, 2026 09:11 AM (26GAh)

229 Remembering my group of the fallen - Lt. Sharon Lane, PVT. Mike Johnson, SGT. John Cavalier. 1LT White, SGT Albert Medis.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2026 09:11 AM (DuLyh)

230 Maybe Musk should look into what they did to attach the tiles as it seems to be a recurring problem with his "Starship."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2026 09:07 AM (jehhT)

Apparently, SpaceX is still looking at improvements to the adhesive and trying to determine if certain areas can lose tiles without significant damage to the craft. They're still in the "we don't care if it blows up as long as we get good data" phase.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 09:11 AM (ExV1e)

231 Maryland man was shot and killed by U.S. Secret Service agents Saturday evening after allegedly opening fire near a White House security checkpoint, triggering a lockdown and a massive federal law enforcement response in the nation’s capital.

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Now that The Mafia has gone underground, the Democrat-Communist Party should change its name to Murder, Inc. -- before Islam Trademarks it.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Democrat-Communist Party should change its name to Murder, Inc., Before Islam Trademar at May 25, 2026 09:15 AM (OLFlC)

232 LOL. I went to the Grand Canyon a few years ago.

It terrifies me.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 25, 2026 07:09 AM (qFwJc)

Two Korean sisters who defected and escaped from North Korea, see the Grand Canyon for the first time.
Goes to YouTube. You can watch the entire video, or begin at 11:25. They have a series of videos documenting their US travels, and their amazement of our country, its freedom and its people make things quite dusty at times.

https://tinyurl.com/557apb25

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 25, 2026 09:15 AM (5xuJ/)

233 BREAKING: Iran's Foreign Ministry now officially confirms that no Iranian nuclear commitments and uranium handover exist or will exist in any draft agreement with the US, calling all reports that claim otherwise a "pure lie," making further talks pointless due to the US insistence on this issue.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 09:16 AM (ykvlb)

234 1) should one invest in SpaceX when it goes public?

2) if so, should it be the IPO or should one wait?

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 25, 2026 08:51 AM (VCgbV)
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No real clue, but I myself will wait. The rumored IPO valuation is crazy, at $2 Trillion (that's a hundred times 2025 REVENUE). So I expect at some point the market value will drop, and by a lot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 09:17 AM (56OFV)

235 Iran's Foreign Ministry.
Is there anyone with a HIGHER level of credibility?

Posted by: Homer Simpson at May 25, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

236 205
My Dad was a Night Fighter in the Marine Corps. He flew a Hellcat.

He flew over the Franklin after it was bombed and instantly knew that his brother was dead. His brother was a radioman and the bomb hit right over that space on the ship.

I'm named after his brother. To be honest, it's not a great name and I took some teasing through the years over it, however-

I've always felt proud and honored to carry it.

So, there you go. The good with the bad.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2026

I salute your fallen uncle, and your father.

A little-known design aspect of Essex-class fleet carriers was extensive un-armored compartments immediately below the unarmored flight deck (steel ribs and wood decking). These formed the overhead (ceiling) of the hangar deck. The hangar deck was the armored deck, protecting the propulsion spaces, magazines, and bunker oil and high-octane av gas tanks. Those under-flight deck compartments were a high-casualty zone. Bombs and kamizazes tore through the flight deck then through these spaces. Radio rooms, ship's offices, pilot ready rooms, and more. Explosions and fires on the hangar deck were deadly to anyone in those compartments.

Posted by: Gref at May 25, 2026 09:19 AM (5rh/l)

237 All three believed in the necessity of a central authority, dedicated to the principles of the science of man and operated by the best and the brightest society could offer, namely themselves."

They may mean to rule well, but they mean to rule...

Posted by: man at May 25, 2026 09:19 AM (XuXeR)

238 Maybe Musk should look into what they did to attach the tiles as it seems to be a recurring problem with his "Starship."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2026 09:07 AM (jehhT)

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I wonder if they considered "fault tolerance by having two, three, or more layers of shields (although I assume the cost & weight of each layer is rather costly vis-a-vis limiting payload weight.

Posted by: ShainS -- Democrat-Communsts should change their name to Murder, Inc. before Islam trademarks it [/b at May 25, 2026 09:20 AM (OLFlC)

239 Maybe Musk should look into what they did to attach the tiles as it seems to be a recurring problem with his "Starship."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2026 09:07 AM (jehhT)
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It is a recurring problem with every capsule reentry. In this instance, SpaceX purposely loosened some tiles, so they could study the stress on nearby tiles once a tile drops off.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 09:20 AM (56OFV)

240
235 Iran's Foreign Ministry.
Is there anyone with a HIGHER level of credibility?
Posted by: Homer Simpson at May 25, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

Insofar as stating what the Iranian Government’s intentions are - no, there isn’t.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 09:22 AM (ykvlb)

241 You've never seen the corn grown for ethanol. It's not like the stuff grown for food. It's short, grown in high density and they use the entire plant for ethanol.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 25, 2026 09:23 AM (7T8ei)

242 Iran's Foreign Ministry.
Is there anyone with a HIGHER level of credibility?

Posted by: Homer Simpson at May 25, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

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Old & Busted: Bahgdad Bob.
New Hotness: Tehran Todd.

Posted by: ShainS -- Democrat-Communsts should change their name to Murder, Inc. before Islam trademarks it [/b at May 25, 2026 09:25 AM (OLFlC)

243 BREAKING: Iran's Foreign Ministry now officially confirms that no Iranian nuclear commitments and uranium handover exist or will exist in any draft agreement with the US, calling all reports that claim otherwise a "pure lie," making further talks pointless due to the US insistence on this issue.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2026 09:16 AM (ykvlb)

Trying to make a deal has been nothing but an exercise in futility. Not sure what Trump’s been thinking on this but unless he has some 3D chess moves up his sleeves he’s kinda lost his way on Iran. He needs to get back to the Beach Boys song: bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran 🎶

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 25, 2026 09:25 AM (26GAh)

244 230 Maybe Musk should look into what they did to attach the tiles as it seems to be a recurring problem with his "Starship."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2026 09:07 AM (jehhT)

Apparently, SpaceX is still looking at improvements to the adhesive and trying to determine if certain areas can lose tiles without significant damage to the craft. They're still in the "we don't care if it blows up as long as we get good data" phase.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 25, 2026 09:11 AM (ExV1e)

Starship V2 tiles were mechanically attached not adhesive-attached. Each tile had a metal clip embedded in its underside, attaching to a stud welded to the vehicle's skin. I do not know how the V3 tiles are attached. Perhaps SpaceX is now using adhesive attachment.

Posted by: Gref at May 25, 2026 09:25 AM (5rh/l)

245 1) should one invest in SpaceX when it goes public?

2) if so, should it be the IPO or should one wait?

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 25, 2026 08:51 AM (VCgbV)
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No real clue, but I myself will wait. The rumored IPO valuation is crazy, at $2 Trillion (that's a hundred times 2025 REVENUE). So I expect at some point the market value will drop, and by a lot.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 09:17 AM (56OFV)

Here's the thing for me.

Tesla was consistently constantly overvalued badly yet the stocks continued to rise almost unimpeded until fairly recently.

If I'd ignored my common sense when it first went on the market and invested modestly, I be a bajillionaire (or some variation on that) now.

I'll try (I think) a modest investment in the SpaceX IPO, if I can squeak in at the opening and the cost is low enough. However, I doubt that I as an average Joe Blow investor can do that.

So, I'll wait for a bit and see if it falls enough when people take early profit when it initially rises.

Not advice, but that's my plan.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2026 09:26 AM (iJfKG)

246 I'm looking at SpaceX like Apple or Microsoft, etc.
I don't want to look back in 20 years and think, I should have invested. I know that there are no guarantees but I'm seriously thinking of investing a bit into it. Maybe something that can be passed on to my kids.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 25, 2026 09:27 AM (VCgbV)

247 lin-duh, not only SpaceX but the companies that supply it.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2026 09:29 AM (5P5DO)

248 Good morning, all, and thanks you, J.J.

May the memory of our fallen soldiers be a blessing. 🙏

Their ultimate sacrifice and selfless courage ensure the freedoms we cherish, and their legacy lives on in the peace and liberty of our nation.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 25, 2026 09:30 AM (NFX2v)

249 Lord, we praise and honor you, and give thanks to you for inspiring our founders. We also thank you for making this America a nation of defenders. We ask you to guide us back to your eternal truths as we once knew them. Make these memories a reminder to us today, we pray.

Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2026 09:31 AM (LHPAg)

250 Supposably Trump is telling the Gulf countries that if they join the Abraham Accords, he will put a wrap on the Iran exercise

I could be wrong

Posted by: Don Black at May 25, 2026 09:31 AM (ZxPkt)

251 Todays Post has a story about two gorgeous twin sisters who served as co-valedictorians of their Tampa high school graduating class, and each managed to do 500 hours of service time as well. Unbelievable accomplishments (and great genes!).

But the really impressive thing is they are both headed to the Honors Program at Florida next year, as Chem majors. My wife counsels high school seniors on college applications and she says Florida (and its Honors College) is approaching top tier status among graduating seniors, like Michigan, North Carolina, or Virginia.

Florida is on a huge roll, in everything. Suck it, New York.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 09:31 AM (PSpan)

252 I lost a cousin in Vietnam, John Francis, just a few days after his 19th birthday.

Never thought of myself as coming from a military family but realized that my Dad and all his brothers (my uncles) served. One actually made a career out of it and retired as a Command Chief Master Sergeant. Two of my brothers also served, and one of my sons.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 25, 2026 09:32 AM (3ImbR)

253 In the court of public opinion, where the 'news' media act as prosecutor and judge and jury and executioner, Trump must go through all the motions.

Posted by: davidt at May 25, 2026 09:32 AM (Q+gd/)

254 Art be NOOD.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 25, 2026 09:33 AM (N5734)

255 What is this the fifth or sixth attempt already?

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At least the fourth, that we know of. After the next one, Trump will account for more than a third of Presidential assassination attempts.

I had a couple thoughts about this.

1.) In his first term, a lot of people argued that it wasn't really any different than the Bush derangement stuff back when I was a kid. I argued it was much worse - I think it's safe to say I was right, at this point.

2.) A lot of people now argue that a President Vance or Rubio or DeSantis would have an easier time of it, because they could government on a MAGA platform without the baggage of Being Trump. If you think that, allow me to point out the mild-mannered, gregarious young Christian man who took a .30-06 to the neck recently.

These times are not more of the same, in any regard. This is a new world.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 25, 2026 09:33 AM (BI5O2)

256 Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2026 09:26 AM (iJfKG)
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Reasonable. You might well be right!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 09:33 AM (PSpan)

257
A little-known design aspect of Essex-class fleet carriers was extensive un-armored compartments immediately below the unarmored flight deck (steel ribs and wood decking). These formed the overhead (ceiling) of the hangar deck. The hangar deck was the armored deck, protecting the propulsion spaces, magazines, and bunker oil and high-octane av gas tanks. Those under-flight deck compartments were a high-casualty zone. Bombs and kamizazes tore through the flight deck then through these spaces. Radio rooms, ship's offices, pilot ready rooms, and more. Explosions and fires on the hangar deck were deadly to anyone in those compartments.
Posted by: Gref at May 25, 2026 09:19 AM (5rh/l)

Interesting.

I guess that why a single bomb wrecked such terrible damage and loss of life.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

258 “ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

Isaiah 6:8

RIP my brothers.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 25, 2026 09:37 AM (u/66v)

259 The New York Times
Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I. in 42,300-Word Encyclical

The document marks a powerful foray by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church into the debate about the misuse or overuse of artificial intelligence.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 25, 2026 09:38 AM (NFX2v)

260 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Hotde.

Good morning, Veterans,

Posted by: Inogame at May 25, 2026 09:41 AM (Eeu73)

261 The left won't be happy until the right shoots back. This would allow them to point to us and say "See! See! They ARE violent!" Then they'll start killing us.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 25, 2026 08:54 AM (7v6oI)

They can TRY.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 25, 2026 09:43 AM (5xuJ/)

262 212 At 66, it pains me to think that there are so many of my fellow Americans who don't appreciate the sacrifices that it has taken to keep this great country upright since it's founding nearly 250 years ago. Instead of saying "hello", I greet people a lot by saying "It's a great day to be alive in the United States of America". That phrase tells people two things - first be grateful to be alive right now, today as there are no guarantees on waking up each day. Second, there are no guarantees on your life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Thank the founders and the constitution for that. I am not shy about educating those people who disagree or seem confused with my greeting. God bless the men and woman who paid the ultimate sacrifice to defend this country and it's values.
Posted by: CoolHandLuke at May 25, 2026 09:01 AM (cM0WE)
For the past ten or fifteen years I had said 'It's a beautiful day!' to everybody, a good dipstick on where a person is in their head. From now on I will incorporate you saluation. To see if they love America.

Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2026 09:46 AM (LHPAg)

263 A lot of people now argue that a President Vance or Rubio or DeSantis would have an easier time of it, because they could government on a MAGA platform without the baggage of Being Trump. If you think that, allow me to point out the mild-mannered, gregarious young Christian man who took a .30-06 to the neck recently.

These times are not more of the same, in any regard. This is a new world.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 25, 2026 09:33 AM (BI5O2)
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Agree completely, and it amazes me there are so few rational voices in the Democrat Party trying to stop this movement towards irrational thought and political violence. Except for Fetterman, I can't think of a single responsible voice. They all love power more than anything.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2026 09:50 AM (6txWC)

264 Thanks, JJ … my uncle was an Army combat photographer in WWII and went into the Dachau camp. I was (perhaps) 8 or 9 when he came to the house one day with a huge box of stuff. Souvenirs from the war. He gave me a German officer's coat (a colonel in Artillery going by the color on the epaulets), a Nazi armband, miscellaneous 'Gau Tag' pins, etc, a NazionaleFrauenschaft pin, and two tiny half-frame b&w photos he'd taken with his personal camera (not the Army Graflex). Those pix were of skeletons falling out of the opened oven doors. One day - maybe a year or two later - I looked for 'em and they were gone. I think Mom thought they were too much for my tiny 8-year-old mind. I still have the memories, tho' … and I NEVER tolerate being told that the Holocaust didn't happen. (hand salute) …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 25, 2026 09:55 AM (ayRl+)

265 A senior administration official said Best fired approximately three shots before Secret Service agents returned fire and killed him. Authorities said the suspect never breached the White House grounds.

Obviously not the best...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 25, 2026 10:16 AM (ynpvh)

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