The Morning Report — 6/ 9 /26

Good morning kids. There certainly is a lot of attention on California and Los Angeles in the wake of the primary elections, and not just because President Trump called out the in-your-face Democrat election rigging which was and is plain to see in real time.

“I have to tell you, they’ve probably got the worst election system of any state in the country. It’s as if they set out to design it so that it would be easy to cheat and easy to steal elections,” he said, noting that the Golden State has banned voter ID while they “mail ballots to every single registered voter in the state.”
“They don’t do anything, I mean, hardly anything to clean up their voter rolls. So, like, in Los Angeles, you talk to anybody who lives there, and they will tell you if they live in condos and apartments, they’re probably receiving or have received ballots in the mail for people who don’t live there,” he said, highlighting the magnitude of this issue, surmising that some individuals receive multiple ballots.
“People have testified to that. I mean, it’s just one thing after another like that,” he said, noting that it does not end there, as the state will count ballots that come in for seven days after Election Day, with a 22-day “cure period” for ballots with issues such as a missing signature. Even then, the so-called “fix” is lacking.

Hello Hans von Spakovsky, 2020 is on the phone and would like a word with you! But, while this third-world fraud is certainly horrendous, it does make me wonder why the deepest of deep blue hellhole cities' and states' Democrats even have to worry that they could actually lose an election — Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger notwithstanding - not that they accomplished anything that even for a moment stopped the Leftists' destruction of a place that once embodied the American dream but that now is the symbol of Democrat/Leftist failure. And that right there is the reason. The socialist delusion has run head first into the brick wall of reality for all to see, most tellingly the younger generations who have been Pied-Pipered and brainwashed into true believers but are more and more waking up from the delusion.

The problem with the Gen Z new age socialist frame of thought is that they have no means of production of their own. Put plainly, there are no such things as socialist means of production or economic market tools; if so, what are they? To Gen Z, putting private property in someone else's hands and tweaking the economy to their benefit sounds workable, but the basic reality is very scary: they are under the impression that a socialist economy will solve their problems, and everyone else's for that matter, because in their minds all you have to do is control prices, increase minimums, put a cap on this, overtax the other, overregulate this and that, confiscate wealth, and so on. Yet here is the red pill: the previously listed points are capitalist means of production for a market economy; without a socialist means of production, none of the utopian ideas are workable.

Of course the abject incompetence in the wake of the Pacific Palisades wildfires on top of the crime and economic dislocations of open borders have also opened eyes, the attacks on ICE and police notwithstanding, but far too many have taken a bite out of that reality sandwich and evidently are not liking the taste. And so, Newsom , Bass and the Democrats have deployed the fraud machine tonsure California stays blue, and that there is not even the most minuscule chance of losing the state nationally in '28 and possibly for a generation or two down the line. It's not necessarily wishful thinking on my part but just interpreting Democrat motives and mindsets in the current environment. And considering Newsom is the or a frontrunner for the top of the Democrat ticket in '28, his record speaks for itself, not just going forward but right here and now as reflected in the election theft.

California today “has the nation’s highest cost-of-living adjusted poverty rate, the highest levels of functioning illiteracy, and the worst housing affordability in the continental US,” writes Joel Kotkin, who has been chronicling California’s highs and lows for more than 40 years. “California increasingly resembles a neo-feudal state, where a handful of large companies drive the economy while the vast majority of workers endure high energy and housing costs, high taxes, and diminishing opportunity.”

Golden State government has spawned fiascos large and small. Fraudulent Medicaid spending, which made headlines in Minnesota last winter, seems likely to be even more monumental in California, whose Medicaid programs are scheduled to get $138 billion from the federal government, up $18 billion from 2024. The state subsidizes tribal ceremonies and exorcisms, gym memberships and art lessons. . . California in its golden years made the movie “Casablanca.” Today, Casablanca is better at building public works than California. The state that within six months completed two major bridges across the San Francisco Bay can’t properly route phone calls in Tuolumne County.

Taking a workable system and making it fail requires a particular talent. Reading between the lines, one sees little among California’s well-paid public-sector union ranks of the pride I once noticed in a state employee years ago. Instead, there is an eagerness to extract still more from the state’s private-sector success — SEIU is pushing a supposedly onetime wealth tax on the very rich to boost current employees’ benefits — and a complacent indifference to whether the work actually serves its intended beneficiaries. . .

. . . Will the politicians astride this rot pay a price? Harris was the Democratic nominee for president in 2024, and Newsom leads in polls for the nomination in 2028. But a countertrend may be visible in the theoretically nonpartisan June 2 primary for mayor of LA. The (sparse) polling shows LA Mayor Karen Bass way below the 50% needed to win reelection next week, and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt overtaking the left-wing council member initially expected to be her chief challenger.

Pratt’s house was burned down in the January 2025 Pacific Palisades fire, which struck as Bass (despite promising in 2002 to take no foreign trips) was headed to the inauguration of the president of Ghana. Pratt’s cheeky ads lampoon Bass’s left-wing policies, which have produced empty reservoirs and streets full of angry, drug-addicted homeless people.

Empty reservoirs and acres of homeless tents — that’s what California’s once-proud public sector has been producing.

And on the national level we have this nightmare scenario from the Democrats.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) took action “toward drafting” an affordability agenda for 2027 that puts Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in charge of health care, and transgender-identifying Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) in charge of caregiving, according to multiple reports.

So, in other words smother America with a pillow, steal its wallet, then gang anal-rape its convulsing corpse. Funny how Jefries insists we're in economic freefall thanks to President Trump while a look at the headlines in the Economy Stupid section today and over the last few days debunks that bullshit totally. Yes prices are still high but the trend towards better times is unmistakeable. And paying a bit more at the pump is a very small price to pay in order to prevent an Islamic ICBM from coming down on us.

That said the madness with Iran continues and we have full coverage on that topic as well as is evidenced by the links.

Have a great day,

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
• The indefinite ceasefire, extended in late May, has not included a pause in Iran’s disruptions of commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, or America’s naval blockade of Iranian ships in the strait in response. Extensive debate has also surrounded whether or not the ceasefire includes a pause in the hostilities between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Iranian terrorist proxy organization Hezbollah in Lebanon.
  Mixed Messages: Iran Claims to Be Done Bombing Israel but Threatens American Oil Facilities
  
• ...one should not enter upon negotiations with Iran if one is ignorant of its history and politics and understands little of the theological, apologetic, mythic and eschatological roots of Shia Islam, its intersection with global politics, and the challenges posed by radical interpretations of its doctrinal principles and deeply sedimented faith. Common sense is not evenly distributed among people. In the Iranian case, research is pretty well obligatory... Whatever Trump says or ostensibly agrees to may just be his own form of taqiyya or deception.”  (as I postulated yesterday - jjs)
  Shia, Iran, and Trump
  
• As Iran hits Israel with missiles, Trump urges Israeli restraint.
  Trump Becomes Obama
  
• Only by finishing the campaign against the IRGC, not negotiating its survival, can the U.S. secure a stable Middle East, contain China, and define Trump’s legacy.
  Avoiding TACO: Any Deal Enabling the IRGC Is a Bad Deal
  * * * * *

• Voters also doubt Iran will live up to any nuclear deal it signs.
  Americans See Iran As ‘Serious’ Mideast Threat, Worry It Will Build A Nuke: I&I/TIPP Poll
  
• How long can the president hold out? One can only hope until checkmate on all fronts.
  As ADD America Pouts and Demagogic Democrats Pose, The Donald Actually Is Playing 4D Chess

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . AND HISTORY

• Much like the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea is a vital passage for global trade. Any attempt to block navigation through the Red Sea—more specifically, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea, off the coast of Yemen—is likely to create significant delays and higher costs, especially for exports to and from Europe and Asia. This includes energy exports from the Gulf States. This represents the first major escalation from the Houthis since the group launched a similar campaign in late 2023 following Israel’s response to the October 7 attack. In early 2024, it was reported that Joe Biden’s government deprioritized the Houthis as a threat to U.S. interests in the region.
  Houthis Announce Blockade of Israeli Ships, Escalating Global Supply Chain Crisis.

  "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• The Department of Justice has filed cases to de-naturalize 17 legalized migrants after decades of widespread citizenship fraud in the nation’s immigration system. (Border-jumping itself is a federal crime - jjs)
  ‘Zero Tolerance’: Justice Officials Seek to Strip Citizenship from 17 Migrant Criminals

• The judge, Obama-appointee Leo Sorokin, argued in the decision that the six-figure fee set by President Donald Trump for employers seeking to temporarily hire foreign nationals is an unauthorized tax, according to court documents. Sorokin presides over the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts.
  Obama Appointed Hack-in-Black Overturns Trump’s $100K H-1B Visa Fee
  
• “So New York is saying abolish ICE and zero cooperation,” “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade said. “The governor and mayor are teaming up to make sure that the progress you were making with Eric Adams is going to just disappear. So what’s going to be your approach to New York. You’re going to stay away now?”
  Homan Vows More ICE Agents Than ‘You’ve Ever Seen in New York City’
  
• It is horrifying that Americans have to worry about whether their families may be killed on the interstate by a foreign trucker who was issued a CDL with insufficient (meaning no) scrutiny by a corrupt or incompetent state government.
  Since SCOTUS Let Truck Drivers Who Can’t Read English Kill Americans, Trump Needs To Take Action

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• A Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) official who contacted the FBI told federal investigators she was pressured “at every turn” by her superiors to stop raising fraud concerns and was “hand slapped” when she continued to investigate, according to the report.
  Tim Walz’s Staff Hired Private Investigators To Silence Fraud Whistleblowers, Committee Report Finds
  
• SNAP fraud has spiked significantly. According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), nearly two million cases of SNAP fraud took place between 2023 and 2025. The targeting of even small retailers underscores the administration’s commitment to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse.
  SNAP Fraud Bust Hits Multiple Retailers.

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Golden State government continues to spawn fiascos large and small.
  The California Dream Ends in Empty Reservoirs and Homeless Tents
  
  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• The true hate-filled face of Islam.
  Every Sunrise Brings Fresh Humiliation for Pakistani Christians
  
• It isn’t just about the fictional “occupation.”
  Islam’s Hostility to the Jews

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS

• Nationally, the Democrats have gone blind, deaf and dumb to the sort of thing they used to call “dog whistles,” but which in this case are blaring sirens and lights flashing “JEWS JEWS JEWS.”
  Will Graham Platner’s ‘Jewish conspiracy’ theories consume the Democrat Party?

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• Meet the reputable sounding 'Pulitzer Center'
  Far-Left Foundations, Foreign Governments Pay For New York Times to Demonize Israel
  
• The press’ reaction to the Ridgways’ murder of their unborn child is unsurprising given their history of abortion and IVF activism.
  Media Shrug At Aborting Down Syndrome Baby But Cry ‘Eugenics’ At Sydney Sweeney’s Cup Size
  * * * * *

• . . . premarket trading after President Donald Trump told reporters the U.S. government may take equity in Big Tech companies. 
  Tech Stocks Surge After Trump Weighs US Gov’t Stake In AI Companies
  
• “Today I am calling on the tech companies to introduce device-level controls to prevent children from taking, sharing or viewing nude images. And if they don’t act, we will.”
  Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block nude photos on children's phones
  
• Big Tech has lawyers, lobbyists, and limitless resources. Parents have the law, the Constitution, and the truth. That should be enough.
  You Should Control Your Child’s Phone — Not Silicon Valley

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• The May jobs report is the latest in a line of strong economic indicators.
  Strong May jobs report debunks Democrat propagandist job-pocalypse narrative
  
• The survey presented mixed signals on the labor market. The perceived probability that the unemployment rate will be higher one year from now declined 0.4 percentage point to 43.2 percent. Median expectations for earnings growth were unchanged at 2.7 percent, slightly above the 12-month trailing average.
  Worker Confidence Rises as Americans’ Inflation Expectations Fall, NY Fed Survey Shows
  
• Despite the dramatic drop in egg prices, the politicians who criticized Trump for the previous high costs have not acknowledged the current low prices. Wholesale prices are now at their lowest level in over a decade, ending the narrative of an “egg crisis” that was prevalent in early 2025. Economists argue that supply shocks caused by disease are the leading factor in price fluctuations.
  Egg Prices Plunge to Ten-Year Low.
  
• Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement, “Texas is the undisputed headquarters of headquarters.” Abbott added, “The world’s leading businesses invest with confidence in Texas because of our welcoming business climate, predictable regulatory environment, and skilled and growing workforce. People and businesses are choosing Texas because Texas works.”
  Texas Overtakes California, New York as Top State for Fortune 500 Company Headquarters
  
• “So, I still think that claims of a large exodus of rich people due to our statewide millionaire tax that the legislature passed this year are overblown,” Wilson responded with a chuckle. “I do believe that.”  
  Seattle mayor laughs off millionaire exodus as survey shows 44% of bosses eyeing exit

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,

• The Solicitor General’s April brief argued that the Biden-era standards “would have effectively eliminated the non-condensing” gas furnaces and water heaters from the U.S. market.
  Supreme Court Tosses Biden-Era ‘Energy Efficiency’ Standards For Gas Appliances
  
• Boulder County’s case against energy companies is an affront to federalism.
  The Supreme Court Must Rein in Colorado’s Climate Lawfare

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Random attacks on New York transit have soared since 2020, and the reason is often violent psychosis that severs a person’s link to reality. Such symptoms were on display after Sunday night’s mass knifing at Penn Station, which injured five people. To wit: the morning after the attack, Gov. Hochul and Mayor Mamdani were delusionally raving.
  Mamdani and Hochul yuck it up after another attack by a mentally ill NYC criminal

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Dustup comes after math teacher wore keffiyeh to class on anniversary of Oct. 7 attack and school welcomed anti-Israel scholar who described Israel as ‘settler colonialist’ state
  An Elite St. Paul Private School Displayed an Antisemitic Poster to Middle Schoolers—Latest in a Series of Controversies to Roil School With ‘Best Academic Curriculum in Minnesota’
  
• Mainstream media outlets have described the research center as ‘nonpartisan’ when citing its report criticizing President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
  Yale's 'Nonpartisan' Budget Lab Was Founded By Biden Officials—and Its Staff Has Given More Than $100K to Dems
  
• The Chinese Communist Party has leveraged the University of California to shape the state’s policies and prioritize China’s interests.
  How The University Of California Became A Stooge For China’s Anti-America Warfare
  * * * * *

• Low birth rates, chronic absenteeism, parental choice, homeschooling, and microschooling are driving rapid student losses in public schools.
  Public Schools Are in a Downward Spiral
  
• For decades, America has been told that the key to better schools is more money. Mississippi is starting to show that this simply is not true.
  Mississippi Proves that More Money Won’t Fix Our Schools.

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• “I taught constitutional law for a long time and here’s the deal: No amendment is absolute. There are limits.” (taught at Patrice Lumumba University" - Show me the asterisk in "Shall Not Be Infringed" - jjs))
  Echoes of Joe Biden: James Talarico Says Second Amendment ‘Not Absolute’

  THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• In a positive development that could profoundly effect the upcoming midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to rule that states cannot count mail-in ballots received after Election Day. SCOTUS is expected to issue a landmark decision on Watson v. Republican National Committee by the end of June.
  US Attorney Bill Essayli Accuses California of Blocking Voter Roll Audit Amid Claims of ‘Rigged Election’
  
• . . . It’s as if they set out to design it so that it would be easy to cheat and easy to steal elections,” he said, noting that the Golden State has banned voter ID while they “mail ballots to every single registered voter in the state.” (hello Hans, 2020 calling - jjs
  Exclusive — Hans Von Spakovsky: California Has ‘Worst Election System of Any State in the Country’
  
• Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill removing a layer of mail-in ballot signature verification days before the start of the state’s elections.
  Gavin Newsom’s Newest Election Law Could Open The Door To Major Voter Fraud
  
• It’s time for Trump to force the SAVE America Act.
  The Last Straw: They’re Stealing Elections in Real Time and Pretending It’s Normal
  
• Those individuals were reportedly seeking naturalization and wanted their names removed. Many of them were registered as Democrats but claimed they did not know they had been registered and were concerned it might disqualify them from becoming citizens. The news came after New Jersey GOP Chairwoman Christine Giordano Hanlon said in May the state party was launching an Election Integrity Task Force, the New Jersey Globe reported at the time.
  Report — New Jersey Republicans Find Hundreds of Noncitizens on Voter Rolls: ‘It’s Really Eye-Opening’
  
• Notably, the Democrat officials are fiercely opposed to voter ID legislation such as the SAVE America Act, despite overwhelming public support, including among Democrat voters. This is likely because illegal voting by noncitizens tends to favor the Democrat Party, and in some cases sway elections decisively.
  Dozens of Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Dem-Led State — Without Their Knowledge.
  
• Ohio’s Senate has done what the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has failed to do: pass photo ID legislation.
  Poll Finds 76 Percent Of Ohio Voters Support Enshrining Photo ID In State Constitution

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY

• Beleaguered Senate candidate Graham Platner is having a hard time winning friends in the caucus he hopes to join soon.
  Fetterman Vs. Platner: The Democrat Civil War Is Getting Ugly
  
• Katz, now Platner’s tireless defender, once considered sexual misconduct by Democrat political candidates to be disqualifying (but Joo-hate is a résumé-enhancer! - jjs)
  Platner’s Top Strategist Morris Katz Once Denounced a Democrat for Sexual Misconduct, Defended His Client Who Endorsed a Republican: Why Is He Still Backing Sex-Pest Platner?
  * * * * *

• Osborn says he rejects 'partisans' but owes his rise to Ivy League-educated socialist couple who met while working for Bernie Sanders
  Socialist Operatives Behind Scandal-Plagued Platner and 'Squad' Member Summer Lee Recruited 'Independent' Dan Osborn To Run in Deep-Red Nebraska

  POLITICS

• The usual-usuals among the Republican Party’s oh-so-smartest assured us this would backfire. But Trump understood that Democrats had long ago redistricted to within an inch of their lives and that Republicans hadn’t. The advantage in that war could only go to the GOP.
  Trump’s Redistricting Moves Give GOP a Shot at Holding the House
  
• America is stronger when maps reflect the people's will through their elected representatives rather than blue race-baiting.
  Republicans Won the Redistricting War. Will They Secure its Legacy?
  
• Republicans should frame the 2026 midterms as a clear choice between two governing visions, not a referendum on Trump, forcing voters to compare outcomes and priorities.
  The Case for a ‘Choice Election’ in 2026
  
• “District by district, the picture emerging is one of Republican resilience — and in some cases, a surprising Democrat collapse in races Newsom’s allies had hoped to turn.”
  Newsom’s Effort to Flip Five Red Seats May Fall Short of his Expectations
  
• Will California voters ever learn?
  California Primary Election 2026: A Reflection
  
• Steyer dumped more than $200 million of his own money into the race.
  Trump-Backed Steve Hilton Knocks Billionaire Tom Steyer Out of Cali Governor’s Race

• In other words: smother America with a pillow, steal its wallet, then gang anal-rape its convulsing corpse - jjs
  Report: Rep. Jeffries Drafts Affordability Agenda, Puts Titty-Caca AOC in Charge of Health Care, Trans Dem in Charge of Caregiving

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Europe Reacts with Demonstrations and “Taking a Knee” Movement while Media Deflects in Wake of Henry Nowak Killing
  Fallout from Video Release Expands: Police Sought to Cast Henry Nowak as Aggressor
  
• While an American purchase of the islands is not the Trump administration’s preferred course of action, the option remains on the table if the base at Diego Garcia remains compromised. Such a purchase would bypass the proposed deal between the United Kingdom and Mauritius.
  Trump Weighs Buying Chagos Islands to Stop Starmer from Handing Them to China Ally.
  
• Chinese companies have reportedly delayed two major refinery projects, capable of producing 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) combined, due to the shortage of crude oil from the Middle East after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz.
  Middle East Crisis Forces China to Delay Major Refinery Projects
  
• We don't need a fully operational outpost for Beijing and Moscow that's just a two and a half-hour flight to our south. 
  A Dead Political Prisoner Leads to More Pressure, as Nicaragua Grows Closer to Russia
  
• Does the pope really want to side with atheism and Islam against populism?
  Pope Leo Courts the Global Left
  
• A unified, Israel-controlled Judea and Samaria is inevitable—whether America realizes it or not.
  Civilization and Barbarism in the Biblical Heartland

  
  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• Americans are older, wiser, and still very, very angry.
  A COVID memoir

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• . . .a pest that could potentially devastate the nation’s cattle industry. (hello, DDT?!!! - jjs)
  A flesh-eating cattle parasite spreads beyond Texas as new far-flung screwworm cases are found
  
• When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
  The Healthcare/Health...Care Seesaw Goes Both Ways
  
• The modern smartphone may be a major cause of decreasing fertility rates in the United States
  America’s Fertility Crisis Has Astonishing New Link to iPhones, Study Finds

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• The first time in roughly four decades that a privately developed, non‑light‑water advanced reactor has gone critical in the U.S.
  U.S. Nuclear Acceleration Effort Hits Milestone with Antares Criticality Test
  
• The company is certain to bring in more than $75 billion, maybe as much as $86 billion, giving it the capital to do everything it wants in the next few years. It will build Starship. It will send it to both the Moon and Mars. It will have the resources to fuel Elon Musk's fundamental dream, building a major human civilization throughout the solar system.
  SpaceX’s IPO: A quick look at the financial world’s present take
  
• The panorama looks up this spectacular valley, which the science team has named Valle Grande.
  Curiosity’s looks up Valle Grande to its future travels

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• At a Washington hearing on gender transition procedures, all mention of the alleged leading authority in U.S. transgender medicine was omitted by the party’s senators and their invited expert witness.
  Are Democrats Dropping WPATH?
  
• Local journalist Brandi Kruse posted the photos on X, Friday, showing a glass container holding about a dozen vials of Testosterone Cypionate injections next to a rainbow pride folding fan as part of the display.
  Report: Police Inspect Testosterone Injection Vials Seen in Washington High School’s Gay Pride Display

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Anyway, I'm already seeing MSM headlines about how the crowd erupted into boos when they showed the president just before the national anthem, but that's only half of the truth. Some of the crowd booed, some cheered, and some erupted into chants of "USA! USA! USA!"  
  Trump Makes History at the NBA Finals
  
• There is certainly a new flavor of socialism emerging amongst the younger generation. 
  How the 'New' Socialism Falls Apart
  
• Angry young man appears to placate mob with shocking lyrical change
  Did Elvis Costello Go Woke Over ‘Oliver’s Army’ Slur?

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1 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at June 09, 2026 07:41 AM (53oGX)

2 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 07:41 AM (/+uur)

3 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 09, 2026 07:41 AM (1o8D5)

4 ELBOWS DOWN:
Mark Carney is ABANDONING his defiant attitude toward the United States and is now pitching "Fortress North America" and Canada-US economic integration to get back in the good graces of the Trump administration as CUSMA negotiations loom.

Posted by: SMOD at June 09, 2026 07:41 AM (V0Fhf)

5 test

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 07:41 AM (/+uur)

6 No mention of what happened in Belfast, N. Ireland?

Have you lost your head, JJ???

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 09, 2026 07:42 AM (1o8D5)

7 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

8 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 09, 2026 07:43 AM (d5Hep)

9 The Italians are at it again!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 09, 2026 07:44 AM (1o8D5)

10 Italicans broke the front page.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 07:44 AM (dK+Kv)

11 Nearly half a million dollars' worth of bourbon was handed over to thieves who fooled employees of a Philadelphia liquor store into loading up their getaway truck. A total of 1,800 cases of Noble Oak Bourbon were stolen from A21 Wine & Spirits on Friday in what company officials told NBC10 was a 'coordinated cargo theft operation.' Officials said the cases contained six bottles of bourbon, which sell for roughly $40 each, meaning the thieves made off with more than $430,000 worth of product.

Posted by: SMOD at June 09, 2026 07:44 AM (V0Fhf)

12 National Debt skyrocketing under Trump
Where is my promised tariff refund check?
Trump gall asleep on can at the basketball game. Grandpa needs naps

Posted by: Paul at June 09, 2026 07:45 AM (crWdE)

13 California today “has the nation’s highest cost-of-living adjusted poverty rate, the highest levels of functioning illiteracy, and the worst housing affordability in the continental US,”

Stupid, poor, and unhoused is no way to go through life.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 07:45 AM (/+uur)

14 How is california not broke and bankrupt with the democrats being in charge of everything?

Posted by: Show Me The Money at June 09, 2026 07:46 AM (OhZoB)

15 Good morning, everyone! It's a gorgeous day in the GPROMD and I have just enough coffee to get through it.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 09, 2026 07:46 AM (jjoN6)

16 6 No mention of what happened in Belfast, N. Ireland?

Have you lost your head, JJ???
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 09, 2026 07:42 AM (1o8D5)



I saw no link -


I no sees I no links

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 09, 2026 07:46 AM (x0n13)

17 California today “has the nation’s highest cost-of-living adjusted poverty rate, the highest levels of functioning illiteracy, and the worst housing affordability in the continental US,”

"But at least we're not run by NAZIS!!!"

Posted by: NR Pax at June 09, 2026 07:47 AM (jjoN6)

18 Nearly half a million dollars' worth of bourbon was handed over to thieves who fooled employees of a Philadelphia liquor store into loading up their getaway truck. A total of 1,800 cases of Noble Oak Bourbon were stolen from A21 Wine & Spirits on Friday in what company officials told NBC10 was a 'coordinated cargo theft operation.' Officials said the cases contained six bottles of bourbon, which sell for roughly $40 each, meaning the thieves made off with more than $430,000 worth of product.
Posted by: SMOD


A guy could almost have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with that.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 09, 2026 07:47 AM (d5Hep)

19 Guten tag, morons.

Posted by: clarence at June 09, 2026 07:47 AM (FLIKO)

20 Karmello Anthony is going to be convicted.

Q: Did Karmello Anthony provoke the confrontation?

Defense witness: "Yes."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 09, 2026 07:49 AM (Kdi1r)

21 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at June 09, 2026 07:50 AM (1yY5C)

22 On Monday morning, B 1067 once again took to the skies, launching 29 Starlink Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida. Upon landing on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the vehicle completed its 35th mission overall, retaining its title as fleet leader for SpaceX.

Posted by: SMOD at June 09, 2026 07:50 AM (V0Fhf)

23 Amusing side note. I have a patron membership with GOG (Wonderful company and my $5/month goes towards bringing back classic games). One of the marketing emails naturally had PRIDE MONTH!! on the banner.

This being me, I decided to test something. I wrote a support ticket that asked if they could let people opt out of Pride Month emails like other companies do for Mother's Day and Father's Day.

The response was surprisingly cordial. I will see if this does anything.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 09, 2026 07:50 AM (jjoN6)

24 Mississippi Proves that More Money Won’t Fix Our Schools.

The first time a school district used more money to hire more administrators rather than do anything connected to a classroom, which was the first time a school district was given more money, it should have made anyone with a brain understand that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 07:50 AM (ExV1e)

25 Karmello Anthony is going to be convicted.

Q: Did Karmello Anthony provoke the confrontation?

Defense witness: "Yes."
Posted by: Washington Nearsider


Yeah. He's cooked.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 09, 2026 07:50 AM (d5Hep)

26 Q: Did Karmello Anthony provoke the confrontation?

Defense witness: "Yes."

Damn. Time to break out the decorations for riot season again. Why do I bother putting them away?

Posted by: NR Pax at June 09, 2026 07:51 AM (jjoN6)

27 Kristen Welker's White House Briefing Room credentials have been revoked

Posted by: SMOD at June 09, 2026 07:51 AM (V0Fhf)

28 It's pretty funny. Now that they use computers, elections results in CA can take months, instead of ONE DAY. Nothing to see here, move along ...

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 09, 2026 07:51 AM (ovdkm)

29 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

I am not surprised AT ALL by the election shenanigans in California.

Democrats don't need or want votes. The Party decides.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

30 They’re Stealing Elections in Real Time and Pretending It’s Normal

It is normal. It's not what it's supposed to be but it is normal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 07:52 AM (ExV1e)

31 You can use a prescription pill bottle label to register to vote in CA. Among other atrocities.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 07:52 AM (gtcuf)

32 “ Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”

Matthew 7:7-8

Posted by: Marcus T at June 09, 2026 07:53 AM (vbdXu)

33 Newsome's only qualification for 28 front runner is the belief he's a straight white male and even the Karens will vote for that.

Once his record is highlighted to a national audience, he's toast with middle America.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 09, 2026 07:53 AM (ItWcy)

34 Kristen Welker's White House Briefing Room credentials have been revoked
Posted by: SMOD at June 09, 2026 07:51 AM (V0Fhf)
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I voted for this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

35 Oooooooooh. Dallas Wings v Indiana Fever

THE GAME OF THE SUMMER.
Wings vs Fever at American Airlines Center.
Be in the building.


Caitlin Clark is in the house!
August 20th.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 09, 2026 07:54 AM (d5Hep)

36 Will Karmello Anthony's conviction kick off the latest Summer of Love?

Magic 8 Ball says "You may rely on it."

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 07:55 AM (gtcuf)

37 Noble Oak Bourbon"

It's not Bourbon. No Kentucky was involved w/the making of that swill.

Posted by: man at June 09, 2026 07:55 AM (XuXeR)

38 You kno who else is flesh eatng parasite?

Posted by: Pawl at June 09, 2026 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

39 Americans See Iran As ‘Serious’ Mideast Threat, Worry It Will Build A Nuke: I&I/TIPP Poll

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Wait, I was just told a few weeks ago that polling indicated the American public was sour on Trump's agenda in Iran. Now Iran is a "serious threat?" Either polling is pure junk, or Americans are fickle know-nothings who change thoughts depending on how the wind blows.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

40 ....Democrats even have to worry that they could actually lose an election — Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger notwithstanding - not that they accomplished anything ....
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Gray Davis was an Uber Democrat.

Schwarzenegger was the only Republican since Pete Wilson.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

41 Time to break out the decorations for riot season again."

Hmm. Seems to be a lack of funds for riots this year.

Funny, no?

Posted by: man at June 09, 2026 07:57 AM (XuXeR)

42 I still contend that permitting California's "elections" to be so rife with fraud just opens the door for other states that have fairly robust election laws to become every bit as corrupt as soon as Democrats get in charge.

It's really a bad precedent to allow.

The L.A. election should be nullified. But it won't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 09, 2026 07:57 AM (jehhT)

43 Wait, I was just told a few weeks ago that polling indicated the American public was sour on Trump's agenda in Iran. Now Iran is a "serious threat?" Either polling is pure junk, or Americans are fickle know-nothings who change thoughts depending on how the wind blows.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Embrace the power of "and"

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 07:57 AM (YZ0Fo)

44 You can use a prescription pill bottle label to register to vote in CA. Among other atrocities.

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Wow, I hadn't heard that one yet. Unbelievable corruption.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 07:57 AM (qBdHI)

45 Either polling is pure junk, or Americans are fickle know-nothings who change thoughts depending on how the wind blows.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

Both.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 07:58 AM (dK+Kv)

46 Nearly half a million dollars' worth of bourbon was handed over to thieves who fooled employees of a Philadelphia liquor store into loading up their getaway truck. A total of 1,800 cases of Noble Oak Bourbon were stolen from A21 Wine & Spirits on Friday in what company officials told NBC10 was a 'coordinated cargo theft operation.' Officials said the cases contained six bottles of bourbon, which sell for roughly $40 each, meaning the thieves made off with more than $430,000 worth of product.
Posted by: SMOD at June 09, 2026 07:44 AM (V0Fhf)

Aren't PA liquor stores state owned?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)

47 opens the door for other states that have fairly robust election laws to become every bit as corrupt as soon as Democrats get in charge."

"A Republic miss, if you can keep it"
/misquote but still works

Posted by: man at June 09, 2026 07:58 AM (XuXeR)

48 How is california not broke and bankrupt with the democrats being in charge of everything?
Posted by: Show Me The Money at June 09, 2026 07:46 AM (OhZoB)

You know all that money that fedguv keeps printing? Guess where they send a lot of it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 07:59 AM (ExV1e)

49 As reported on the tech thread, Pratt went from 40k votes up on election night to being 22k votes down to Raman, who is getting the overwhelming number of votes cast after Election Day.

The kicker is there are over 2m votes left to count and now that Raman has overtaken Pratt, there are calls for him to concede, because…. It’s statistically impossible for Pratt to overtake Raman.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 09, 2026 07:59 AM (XV/Pl)

50 Aren't PA liquor stores state owned?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

But you can buy beer and wine to go at bars.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 07:59 AM (YZ0Fo)

51 Energy-starved China will no longer have exclusive, discounted access to Iranian petroleum, on the black market or otherwise.

They were paying 40 yuan for $65 oil.
Now they are paying $90 US BUCKS for 90 dollar oil.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 07:59 AM (/+uur)

52 NOt first.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at June 09, 2026 07:59 AM (JNTt1)

53 50 Aren't PA liquor stores state owned?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

But you can buy beer and wine to go at bars.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 07:59 AM (YZ0Fo)

And you have to buy a full case.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 07:59 AM (/+uur)

54 Aren't PA liquor stores state owned?"

Shhh. Not supposed to notice that.

Posted by: man at June 09, 2026 08:00 AM (XuXeR)

55 I no sees I no links

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 09, 2026 07:46 AM (x0n13)

North Belfast knife attack LIVE updates after 'depraved and barbaric' incident leaves man critical

https://tinyurl.com/45njwb7d

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

56 > You can use a prescription pill bottle label to register to vote in CA. Among other atrocities.
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If you're illiterate you may still get an ID by "making a mark" on the paperwork, as long as it's witnessed by one other individual.

One such mark is a smiley face. On a CA valid voter ID.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 09, 2026 08:02 AM (jehhT)

57 Question: given the longstanding terrorist scourge of Iran, and the imminent threat of a nuclearized Iran, would a boots-on-the-ground, total regime-change operation been a better, more honest and effective response?

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 09, 2026 08:02 AM (fZiTB)

58 About 2 out of 3 Somalis used fake docs, lies, and illegal marriages to get into Timmys Tamponland.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:03 AM (/+uur)

59 If you're illiterate you may still get an ID by "making a mark" on the paperwork, as long as it's witnessed by one other individual.

One such mark is a smiley face. On a CA valid voter ID.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

When I was a little kid I got one of those autograph books when I went to Disney World. Capt Hook's signature was just a big X.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 08:03 AM (YZ0Fo)

60 Wow, I hadn't heard that one yet. Unbelievable corruption.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 07:57 AM (qBdHI)

It was on Steven Crowder yesterday. You can also register with a gym membership card

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 08:03 AM (gtcuf)

61 Poll Finds 76 Percent Of Ohio Voters Support Enshrining Photo ID In State Constitution

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Good thing Thune isn't in charge of advancing what the mass majority of voters in Ohio want for their state.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

62 Either polling is pure junk, or Americans are fickle know-nothings who change thoughts depending on how the wind blows.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

Embrace the healing power of AND.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 08:04 AM (ExV1e)

63 34 Kristen Welker's White House Briefing Room credentials have been revoked
Posted by: SMOD at June 09, 2026 07:51 AM (V0Fhf)
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Not so fast....

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at June 09, 2026 08:04 AM (ZwPoq)

64 Morning JJ and Horde. Hope you are well.
The Mississippi school cost is exactly the opposite of my School district budget. The budget went up , the superintendent and various administrators got raises. Also 40 positions were eliminated including guidance counselors and teachers aides. And the students aren't any better

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 09, 2026 08:04 AM (zj5z7)

65 Time to break out the decorations for riot season again."

Hmm. Seems to be a lack of funds for riots this year.

Funny, no?
Posted by: man


Also, KA is "of the manor born". He lived 40+ miles from "the hood". He was never a hood rat.
His family is middle/upper middle class.
I don't see South Oak Cliff destroying their neighborhood over someone who wasn't "of the body".

And this is Texas. They won't travel 40+ miles to riot. Texas law enforcement won't put up with that.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 09, 2026 08:05 AM (d5Hep)

66 AOC in charge of health care? Fortunately, for once, I have no health for which to care.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 09, 2026 08:05 AM (T6aVk)

67 59 If you're illiterate you may still get an ID by "making a mark" on the paperwork, as long as it's witnessed by one other individual.

One such mark is a smiley face. On a CA valid voter ID.
Posted by: Martini Farme

Who needs to be able to read when "they" are gonna fill your ballot out anyway....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 08:06 AM (ZwPoq)

68 Remember how Hillary was certain to win in 2016?

Yet, there apparently are STILL people who look at polls.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 09, 2026 08:06 AM (ovdkm)

69 Low birth rates, chronic absenteeism, parental choice, homeschooling, and microschooling are driving rapid student losses in public schools.

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What on earth is "microschooling?"

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

70 Also, KA is "of the manor born". He lived 40+ miles from "the hood". He was never a hood rat.
His family is middle/upper middle class.
I don't see South Oak Cliff destroying their neighborhood over someone who wasn't "of the body".

And this is Texas. They won't travel 40+ miles to riot. Texas law enforcement won't put up with that.
Posted by: rickb223 at Jun

Also hard to start a big riot with like 8 people. Which is how many have been at the courthouse screaming about killin whitey.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 08:06 AM (YZ0Fo)

71 Ha, one of the better autocucumbers!

And so, Newsom , Bass and the Democrats have deployed the fraud machine tonsure California stays blue

Newsom, Bass and the Democrats certainly are going to ensure that they give Californians a very bad haircut.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 09, 2026 08:06 AM (Riz8t)

72 North Belfast knife attack

Those rascally Mennonites! Always causing problems.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 09, 2026 08:07 AM (jjoN6)

73 24 Mississippi Proves that More Money Won’t Fix Our Schools.

The first time a school district used more money to hire more administrators rather than do anything connected to a classroom, which was the first time a school district was given more money, it should have made anyone with a brain understand that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 07:50 AM (ExV1e)

Which is why, under absolutely no circumstances, should a school district ever have a bond issue approved.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 09, 2026 08:08 AM (T6aVk)

74 Also hard to start a big riot with like 8 people. Which is how many have been at the courthouse screaming about killin whitey.
Posted by: BruceWayne

I fondly remember Burn Loot Murder showing up to protest at a neighborhood and the residents came out with rifles and guns. Suddenly, BLM was a peaceful protest that quietly marched through.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 09, 2026 08:08 AM (jjoN6)

75 They pay homeless people to sign blank ballots here in Colorado as well as in Cali. I've seen it with my own eyes.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 08:09 AM (gtcuf)

76
What on earth is "microschooling?"
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

I’d imagine it’s one or more homeschool pooling together resources.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 09, 2026 08:09 AM (T6aVk)

77 After whistleblowers later created an anonymous external email to report fraud, DHS blocked the email address. Whistleblowers reported that their fraud hotline tips were sent to Human Resources (HR) and used against them.

HR is bidniz cancer.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:09 AM (/+uur)

78 61 Poll Finds 76 Percent Of Ohio Voters Support Enshrining Photo ID In State Constitution

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Good thing Thune isn't in charge of advancing what the mass majority of voters in Ohio want for their state.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

Photo ID works. At least it does in TX.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 09, 2026 08:10 AM (T6aVk)

79 57 Question: given the longstanding terrorist scourge of Iran, and the imminent threat of a nuclearized Iran, would a boots-on-the-ground, total regime-change operation been a better, more honest and effective response?
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 09, 2026 08:02 AM (fZiTB)

The boots have been on the ground for a long time. 90 million of them. The process of arming and organizing them has been going on for months, if not years. It's the right way to do it, not just the politically expediate one for America.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 09, 2026 08:11 AM (ovdkm)

80 Most interesting thing in the knife attack article is that people actually intervened.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 09, 2026 08:11 AM (5P5DO)

81 After whistleblowers later created an anonymous external email to report fraud, DHS blocked the email address. Whistleblowers reported that their fraud hotline tips were sent to Human Resources (HR) and used against them.

HR is bidniz cancer.
Posted by: r hennigantx

They have to have something to do when they aren't hanging decorations for various holidays and events.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 08:11 AM (YZ0Fo)

82 Mornin', Horde. It's Tuesday, and I have coffee. That's all I got right now.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 08:12 AM (kgE5c)

83 "And this is Texas. They won't travel 40+ miles to riot. Texas law enforcement won't put up with that.
Posted by: rickb223 "

Karamello may be expecting the calvary to show up but so far it's just some cattle.

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

84 without a socialist means of production, none of the utopian ideas are workable.
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None of them are workable period. Anything can be considered "workable" if you put a time limit on it. Even when you drink antifreeze there's a couple minutes where it feels pretty good.

Posted by: ... at June 09, 2026 08:12 AM (h+FSu)

85 None of them are workable period. Anything can be considered "workable" if you put a time limit on it. Even when you drink antifreeze there's a couple minutes where it feels pretty good.
Posted by: ... at June

Too sweet for my taste.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 08:13 AM (YZ0Fo)

86 Kristen Welker's White House Briefing Room credentials have been revoked


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Honest question, in y'alls opinion, was it that bad ? They are all the same. Why that individual , particularly? I did not watch any of it, just read that Trump walked out of an interview.

Posted by: runner at June 09, 2026 08:13 AM (GD0B3)

87 Here's what I like most about the CA ballots matter:

They have removed every law, every safeguard, every check that could possibly be used to verify if a ballot is valid.

Not just chain-of-custody, they've completely removed any and all providence--if the ballot shows up, it's counted no matter what.

There's no fraud because there's no way to actually prove ... anything.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 09, 2026 08:13 AM (73/SM)

88 He may be expecting the cavalry too.

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 08:14 AM (vFG9F)

89 Saw a vid of the blacktivist protesters outside the Anthony trial and the ignorance and lies were just stunning. One older male protester was yelling that "two white guys wrestled Anthony to the ground" which is a claim that literally no one, not one single witness, not even for the defense has made.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 08:14 AM (gtcuf)

90 Posted by: runner at June 09, 2026 08:13 AM (GD0B3)

I do find it a bit odd. Welker's just a rather run of the mill lefty. There are many, many others that are far worse and far more obnoxious than her.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 08:16 AM (gtcuf)

91 Governor Damien takes a big hit this week, as does Governor Fatass Pritzker with losing the Bears

Posted by: Jonah at June 09, 2026 08:16 AM (YCxFk)

92
As I said below: now that Raman is now in second place, it it statistically impossible for Pratt to overtake her. Experts agree. The people should not be put through the uncertainty of not knowing who the candidates in the general election will be. For the public good, Pratt should just concede and not draw this out any longer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 09, 2026 08:16 AM (O0L8i)

93 It's not a lie if you believe it.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 09, 2026 08:17 AM (n9eFH)

94 "Candybar" (KA's alleged new prison name) potential rioters don't have to riot in TX. The case has national attention because of course it does. Paid Antifa and militant blacks can riot anywhere they're paid to riot.

See also; Floyd, George

His riots went well beyond MN.

Not saying they will, but that they can if someone with an agenda and deep pockets wants them to.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 09, 2026 08:17 AM (jehhT)

95 Maybe getting rid of Welker is what could be called " a start"

Posted by: Ben Had at June 09, 2026 08:17 AM (5P5DO)

96 The Amish are stabbing in Belfast?

Posted by: Jonah at June 09, 2026 08:17 AM (YCxFk)

97 Martha Radditz is next

Posted by: Jonah at June 09, 2026 08:18 AM (YCxFk)

98
90 Saw a vid of the blacktivist protesters outside the Anthony trial and the ignorance and lies were just stunning. One older male protester was yelling that "two white guys wrestled Anthony to the ground" which is a claim that literally no one, not one single witness, not even for the defense has made.
Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 08:14 AM (gtcuf)

Yet another demonstration as to how social media has ruined many people’s minds. They think it’s a valid argument to just yell ridiculous made up nonsense without making even the slightest pretense of caring about the truth or falsehood of what they’re saying.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 09, 2026 08:18 AM (orF8y)

99 Check this out!

"Latin America since USAID defunding:

🇨🇱 Kast ("far right") wins in Chile
🇧🇴 Paz ("far right") wins in Bolivia
🇵🇪 Fujimori ("far right") wins in Peru
🇪🇨 Noboa ("far right") wins in Ecuador
🇭🇳 Asfura ("far right") wins in Honduras
🇨🇷 Fernandez ("far right") wins in Costa Rica "

Posted by: runner at June 09, 2026 08:18 AM (GD0B3)

100 Martha Radditz is next
Posted by: Jonah at

Oh like she'd actually schlep her crypt keeper ass all the way to the WH.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 08:19 AM (YZ0Fo)

101 If someone printed off 100k CA ballots, signed with "--" and signed the witness line with "Mickey Mouse," then under CA law they are required to count it.

Those are the rules.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 09, 2026 08:19 AM (73/SM)

102 We don't have the stomach for war. We barely have the stomach to bomb the shit out of a place.

As a people, we have one party that wants to profit from a war and for it never to end, and one party that wants to profit from a war and for us to lose. It's not a good situation.

Posted by: ... at June 09, 2026 08:19 AM (h+FSu)

103 Kristen Welker's White House Briefing Room credentials have been revoked
==
Honest question, in y'alls opinion, was it that bad ? They are all the same. Why that individual , particularly? I did not watch any of it, just read that Trump walked out of an interview.

I understand what you're saying, but it's long past time that these "reporters" have it made clear to them that constantly interrupting the president after you've asked a question is unacceptable. We understand that you have your agenda and want to make sure that he can't collect his thoughts long enough to speak, but that isn't a justification for such behavior.

Trump banned Acosta for the same thing but eventually had to readmit him to the WH press room. Let's see if it takes this time. He can certainly refuse to call on her, much less give her one on one interviews.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 09, 2026 08:19 AM (Riz8t)

104 Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block nude photos on children's phones

So in Silicon Valley Jian Yang SeeFood app tells you what food is on the plate. Erlich takes a dick pick and TA fucking DA Jians app recognizes its a dick. He sells it to Periscope for $4M.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:20 AM (/+uur)

105 Maybe getting rid of Welker is what could be called " a start"

Bingo.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 09, 2026 08:20 AM (Riz8t)

106 86 - who cares, anyway? messing with one of them, for anything or nothing, is a good start.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 09, 2026 08:21 AM (VyBeY)

107 Yet another demonstration as to how social media has ruined many people’s minds. They think it’s a valid argument to just yell ridiculous made up nonsense without making even the slightest pretense of caring about the truth or falsehood of what they’re saying.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 09, 2026 08:18 AM (orF8y)

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Hakeem Jeffries, the voter's choice at June 09, 2026 08:21 AM (OhZoB)

108 Honest question, in y'alls opinion, was it that bad ? They are all the same. Why that individual , particularly? I did not watch any of it, just read that Trump walked out of an interview.
Posted by: runner at June 09, 2026 08:13 AM (GD0B3)

If he had stayed with it, he could have dissected each of her points and still had the satisfaction of calling her a corrupt liar and walking off. She kept hurling her fanatical and debunked narratives such as "no evidence of voter fraud" in 2020. Of course there is evidence. I understand his exasperation. But I wish he would have crushed her with facts first.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 09, 2026 08:21 AM (fZiTB)

109 So in Silicon Valley Jian Yang SeeFood app tells you what food is on the plate. Erlich takes a dick pick and TA fucking DA Jians app recognizes its a dick. He sells it to Periscope for $4M.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Hot dog. Not a hot dog.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 08:21 AM (YZ0Fo)

110 I see talk about how Trump is considering buying the Chagos Islands. The various news accounts make it sound like it's something you could just by at a store - they make no sense.

If Starmer's plan to give the islands away doesn't tell you he's a Globalist, than you're a hopeless simpleton. It's completely counter to both US and UK interests.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 09, 2026 08:22 AM (ovdkm)

111 Honest question, in y'alls opinion, was it that bad ? They are all the same. Why that individual , particularly? I did not watch any of it, just read that Trump walked out of an interview.
Posted by: runner at June 09, 2026 08:13 AM (GD0B3)
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No Trump completely over-reacted. As he should have. Why her? Why not?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

112 I would surmise they found their case to riot over. They might be keeping protest low key for now because they need to keep their "constituents" in total darkness until the riots start.

I expect they have what they need and will get the verdict they expect. Little Trayvon was attempting to murder Zimmerman when he got killed and that was enough to start BLM.

Posted by: ... at June 09, 2026 08:22 AM (h+FSu)

113 I am now waiting for the defense to try using the "Fifteen Second African" defense for Karmello.

(Basically, "He didn't stab that boy! That was someone else fifteen seconds ago!"

Posted by: NR Pax at June 09, 2026 08:23 AM (jjoN6)

114 For the public good, Pratt should just concede and not draw this out any longer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 09, 2026 08:16 AM (O0L8i)

Objection - assumes facts not in evidence. There is no longer any such thing as “public good” in California. There is only Public Evil.

The only true purpose of Pratt’s campaign is to openly illustrate the depth of the Evil which holds California in its grip; therefore keep the effort going until all opportunities are exhausted.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 09, 2026 08:24 AM (orF8y)

115 The number of new jobs in March were adjusted up by 29,000, from 185,000 to 214,000. In April, those numbers were adjusted up a lot more, from 115,000 to 179,000, or 64,000 more jobs.

What is even more interesting is the number of job opening is the US is close to 7 Million.
Someone needs to tell HR to turn off the fucktard AI resume screening and get people hired and working, but alas, that does not seem to be their goals.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:24 AM (/+uur)

116 Happy birthday, JJ.
Great job as usual.

You spoil us.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 09, 2026 08:25 AM (ufFY8)

117
Someone needs to tell HR to turn off the fucktard AI resume screening and get people hired and working

_________

If people got hired and working, there would be no place for HR to insist on six interviews for a position before filling the spot internally.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 09, 2026 08:27 AM (O0L8i)

118 I think the issue with Welker and the majority of the chattering class is that they're not "interviewing" or posing questions to Trump, they're actively debating him and arguing on live TV. (Or recorded, whatever.)

And, to be honest, with *biden there wasn't any substance to debate or argue with. The MSM just patted him on the head and said "good boy."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 09, 2026 08:27 AM (jehhT)

119 Company I work for has nearly doubled our workforce over the past year, from 26 employees to 50, and we're still looking to fill a few more openings.

But, that's mostly because of Trump's tariffs. I'm in the import-export biz, and the tariffs have complicated things to the point where our industry has drastically increased our rates.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 08:28 AM (gtcuf)

120 115 The number of new jobs in March were adjusted up by 29,000, from 185,000 to 214,000. In April, those numbers were adjusted up a lot more, from 115,000 to 179,000, or 64,000 more jobs.

What is even more interesting is the number of job opening is the US is close to 7 Million.
Someone needs to tell HR to turn off the fucktard AI resume screening and get people hired and working, but alas, that does not seem to be their goals.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:24 AM (/+uur)


There's that scam where they post job openings someplace where nobody will see them, so they can say no American applied, so they can hire a (cheap) foreigner. I wonder how that fits into this?

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 09, 2026 08:28 AM (ovdkm)

121 111 Honest question, in y'alls opinion, was it that bad ? They are all the same. Why that individual , particularly? I did not watch any of it, just read that Trump walked out of an interview.


he was actually kind to her

she was unhinged

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 09, 2026 08:29 AM (j+aD2)

122 What is even more interesting is the number of job opening is the US is close to 7 Million.
Someone needs to tell HR to turn off the fucktard AI resume screening and get people hired and working, but alas, that does not seem to be their goals.
Posted by: r hennigantx

That shit got me screened out at the OU flight school even after speaking directly with the manager who wanted to bring me in for an interview. He couldn't even get them to put my resume through.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 08:29 AM (YZ0Fo)

123 That shit got me screened out at the OU flight school even after speaking directly with the manager who wanted to bring me in for an interview. He couldn't even get them to put my resume through.

HR at this point just stopped hiring from happening

worse than a waste of space

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 09, 2026 08:30 AM (j+aD2)

124 >>I'm in the import-export biz

My brother...

Posted by: Art Vandelay at June 09, 2026 08:30 AM (J4Dwc)

125 No way Pratt should concede. Or I wouldn't. The wheels will grind on regardless. As for "the public good," that ship has sailed.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 09, 2026 08:31 AM (fZiTB)

126 118 I think the issue with Welker and the majority of the chattering class is that they're not "interviewing" or posing questions to Trump, they're actively debating him and arguing on live TV. (Or recorded, whatever.)

And, to be honest, with *biden there wasn't any substance to debate or argue with. The MSM just patted him on the head and said "good boy."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 09, 2026 08:27 AM (jehhT)


Yeah, she kept trying to talk over him too. That's how they "debate".

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 09, 2026 08:31 AM (ovdkm)

127 125 No way Pratt should concede. Or I wouldn't. The wheels will grind on regardless. As for "the public good," that ship has sailed.


agree!

make them fight for the fraud

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 09, 2026 08:31 AM (j+aD2)

128 The Sorsby matter at Texas Tech is becoming more interesting.
Kid is at Indiana and then Cincy.
Becomes one of the top QB transfer prospects in the nation, chooses Tech.
Comes out that he bet on his team to win 2 years prior.
NCAA suspends him for the year. That's a death penalty in the NIL age.
He sues, Tech says, "you're on your own, we have nothing to do with this, good luck."
He wins--gets an injunction against the NCAA, two game suspension.
And the whole college sports world explodes.
And they're all pissed at ... Tech?
Big 10 and SEC talking like they're going to ban scheduling Tech.

And all it reveals is ... just how many schools are hiding the same--but with the help of the NCAA.
Especially where all sports are sponsored by DraftKings, et al.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 09, 2026 08:31 AM (73/SM)

129 "... meaning the thieves made off with more than $430,000 worth of product."

Inside job.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 09, 2026 08:31 AM (qFwJc)

130 124 My brother..

Well, it's mostly the importing...

(Believe me, I get all the jokes!)

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 08:32 AM (gtcuf)

131 And they're all pissed at ... Tech?


your diagnosis is the only one that makes sense

very sad!

but good for Tech

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 09, 2026 08:33 AM (j+aD2)

132
The point was that all that "we count every vote" cant gets tossed out the window once the Democrats get into the lead by hook or crook.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 09, 2026 08:33 AM (O0L8i)

133 .
.
"tonsure" is the new "to insure" ?

Posted by: Marooned at June 09, 2026 08:34 AM (kt8QE)

134 The point was that all that "we count every vote" cant gets tossed out the window once the Democrats get into the lead by hook or crook.


yep

that's why - let it drag out. they said July something, hold the assholes to that

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 09, 2026 08:35 AM (j+aD2)

135 You can call me stupid but I’d actually like to retire to California… I love the weather, ocean… and I lived there a long time so lots of good memories. There are still places minimally impacted by the maniacs running the state but those places are getting rarer and harder to afford. And you can’t be insulated from the insane price of gasoline there…. Yet I’m still drawn. Well I have some time yet to see how it develops ….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 09, 2026 08:35 AM (qORvR)

136 There's that scam where they post job openings someplace where nobody will see them, so they can say no American applied, so they can hire a (cheap) foreigner. I wonder how that fits into this?
Posted by: MrExcitement at June 09, 2026 08:28 AM (ovdkm)

Yess agree maybe 1 out of 8 our so

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:35 AM (/+uur)

137 99. Wow Runner.

Posted by: Jonah at June 09, 2026 08:36 AM (YCxFk)

138 So glad to see the alleged "mainstream media" fading rapidly into irrelevance. Technology continues to advance and consumer behavior changes with it.
No one sits around the radio in the evening anymore.
No one reads print magazines anymore.
No one reads newspapers anymore.
Why would anyone watch broadcast or cable "news" programs anymore?
We've got hundreds of Nick Shirleys and Joe Rogans and James O'Keefes we can consume.
Buh-bye old media. Your time, like your credibility, is gone.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 09, 2026 08:37 AM (asKFr)

139 "When you embrace somebody for the job, you really want to embrace a winner" Ouch. Willie Brown made Kamala, gave her positions, introduced her to donors and moved her through the political system. It probably helped that Kamala, unlikely presumably Gavin Newsom, was his ‘side piece’. Now with Kamala polling behind AOC in a hypothetical Dem presidential primary, Willie just dumped her. Politically at any rate.

Posted by: SMOD at June 09, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)

140 Yet I’m still drawn. Well I have some time yet to see how it develops ….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 09, 2026 08:35 AM (qORvR)

Buy an old Ram 2500 Cummin
Add 100 gal tank with pump.
Drive to AZ and fill up.
Buy a VW GDI as local car.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:37 AM (/+uur)

141 And all it reveals is ... just how many schools are hiding the same--but with the help of the NCAA.
Especially where all sports are sponsored by DraftKings, et al.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 09, 2026 08:31 AM (73/SM)

I hope Sorsby plays and Tech wins big… if only for the purpose of demonstrating just how feckless and corrupt the NCAA is and has been for decades…. All these fainting couches are fake crocodile tears

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 09, 2026 08:38 AM (yz/88)

142 Buh-bye old media. Your time, like your credibility, is gone.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Do you have any pills that show this? Because I certainly don't believe it.
-Scott Pelley

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 08:38 AM (YZ0Fo)

143 There's that scam where they post job openings someplace where nobody will see them, so they can say no American applied, so they can hire a (cheap) foreigner.

I remember that some dude set up a website that looked for those openings and posted them publicly. HR was getting bombarded with legitimate resumes and one company complained that it was like a DDoS attack.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 09, 2026 08:38 AM (jjoN6)

144 OT: So, thanks for all the prayers this weekend. My CT results went as well as could ever have been expected (still not perfect, but knew that going in), so I'm very happy this morning. It means a treatment tweak is likely, but not a wholesale change...and tweaks are always better. Easier for insurance to stomach too. But I'll know in a few weeks.

Posted by: Nova Local at June 09, 2026 08:38 AM (tOcjL)

145 "tonsure" is the new "to insure" ?
Posted by: Marooned


Of course. To N Sure.

Same as the penis empty. Needs moar ink.

Gotta love AI.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 09, 2026 08:38 AM (d5Hep)

146 And all it reveals is ... just how many schools are hiding the same--but with the help of the NCAA.
Especially where all sports are sponsored by DraftKings, et al.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 09, 2026 08:31 AM (73/SM)

Who spends the most has the best chance to win. But, I think it’s a race to the bottom, because if you don’t spend to win, you lose your fanbase. Back when I was the only one paying the most, it was easy.

Posted by: Nick Saban, Got Out While The Getting Was Good at June 09, 2026 08:38 AM (OhZoB)

147 Personally, although I've been a big fan of college sports, I hope Sorsby and Tech kill the NCAA and college sports.

The NCAA has been corrupt as hell on it's very best day.
The stuff they gave SMU the death penalty for is just another Tuesday in the SEC.
Same for every other "powerhouse" school.

And NIL proves--these weren't better schools with better coaches and facilities:
They were just skimming the cream of the crop.

But now with NIL, college sports are completely dead.
Schools receiving state funds, non-profit tax breaks, have no right to have semi-pro sports.
They can keep the naming, the leagues, and all that--but the entirety of college sponsorship of sports, facilities, players, scholarships, everything, must be separate from the college and for-profit.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 09, 2026 08:38 AM (73/SM)

148 The judge, Obama-appointee Leo Sorokin, argued in the decision that the six-figure fee set by President Donald Trump for employers seeking to temporarily hire foreign nationals is an unauthorized tax, according to court documents. Sorokin presides over the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts.

Paging SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts...paging John Roberts...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:40 AM (l3cgK)

149 Texas just surpassed California in terms of the number of Fortune 500 headquartered in the state.

Thanks you Gov Perry
That was one of his main objectives

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:40 AM (/+uur)

150

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:40 AM (l3cgK)

151 137 99. Wow Runner.
Posted by: Jonah at June 09, 2026 08:36 AM (YCxFk)



LOL, I know! Imagine the good it did inside the US! All the layabout lazy scum that were getting crazy money to infest the society with Far Left ideology. Unfortunately, we are seeing the fruits - Gen Z seems a bit unredeemable.

Posted by: runner at June 09, 2026 08:40 AM (GD0B3)

152 Yeah, yeah, barrel.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:40 AM (l3cgK)

153 Ray Charles respects Costello's wokeness.

Posted by: mr tmz at June 09, 2026 08:40 AM (rJ48h)

154 damn you italicans

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:40 AM (/+uur)

155 JJ: But, while this third-world fraud is certainly horrendous..."

CA is worse than 3rd world. They have voter ID's in the third world. I lived in Nigeria for a year, during one of their elections.

Not saying their elections aren't corrupt. They are. But they require a photo ID to vote.

And the votes are counted by the end of election day.

Posted by: Evil Incarnate at June 09, 2026 08:41 AM (fPL4c)

156 Used to love the way Limbaugh would say Andrea Mitchell's name. You'll hear it in the first ten seconds of this clip:

https://youtu.be/8dvmjlc6hvU

I miss Rush.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 09, 2026 08:41 AM (asKFr)

157 128 The Sorsby matter at Texas Tech is becoming more interesting.
Kid is at Indiana and then Cincy.
Becomes one of the top QB transfer prospects in the nation, chooses Tech.
Comes out that he bet on his team to win 2 years prior.
NCAA suspends him for the year. That's a death penalty in the NIL age.
He sues, Tech says, "you're on your own, we have nothing to do with this, good luck."
He wins--gets an injunction against the NCAA, two game suspension.
And the whole college sports world explodes.
And they're all pissed at ... Tech?
Big 10 and SEC talking like they're going to ban scheduling Tech.

And all it reveals is ... just how many schools are hiding the same--but with the help of the NCAA.
Especially where all sports are sponsored by DraftKings, et al.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 09, 2026 08:31 AM (73/SM)

Tech could bench him for the season, even if he's allowed to play. Nothing says a coach has to play his best player...he could develop the freshman.

Posted by: Nova Local at June 09, 2026 08:42 AM (tOcjL)

158 I had only read some of Pelley's retarded quotes from that interview, but I'm watching The Ruthless Podcast right now and they're showing long excerpts. Jeez Louise is this guy full of himself. We're talking Jim Acosta levels of self-aggrandizing.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 08:43 AM (gtcuf)

159 “So, I still think that claims of a large exodus of rich people due to our statewide millionaire tax that the legislature passed this year are overblown,” Wilson responded with a chuckle. “I do believe that.”

Poor people vote for moar EBT
Rich people vote with moving companies and Tex LLCs

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

160 “Today I am calling on the tech companies to introduce device-level controls to prevent children from taking, sharing or viewing nude images. And if they don’t act, we will.”

Just another power grab over the plebeians. He just wants more intrusive ways of monitoring the serfs to prevent bad thought. It's like the requirement for age verification on computers; it's NOT to protect the children, but to expose your anonymity.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:45 AM (l3cgK)

161 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at June 09, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

162 @135. Go ahead. You will be broke in a year.

Posted by: Case at June 09, 2026 08:46 AM (+zXtV)

163 Funny line from X:

No one installed Ring cameras to stop Nazis from stealing their packages.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 09, 2026 08:46 AM (73/SM)

164 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at June 09, 2026 08:46 AM (asKFr)

165 *Sob*

Posted by: Scott Pelley at June 09, 2026 08:46 AM (boztw)

166 Girl F. is in midtown Manhattan this morning taunting me with pictures of her morning bagel.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

167 From Wikipedia:

>On April 27, 2026, Sorsby checked into rehab for a sports gambling addiction; he placed thousands of bets on sporting events using online betting apps, against NCAA rules.[11] On May 26, 2026, Sorsby was denied his request for reinstatement for eligibility for the 2026 season.[citation needed]

On May 29, 2026, Sorsby admitted to placing over $90,000 in bets over four years on his own team 40 times and using family and friends' gambling accounts to evade detection.[12]

The NCAA denied Texas Tech's appeal for Sorsbys' reinstatement on June 5.[13] On June 8, a Texas judge granted Sorsby an injunction against the NCAA, preventing the organization from punishing Sorsby for violating the association's anti-gambling rules.[

Posted by: mr tmz at June 09, 2026 08:47 AM (rJ48h)

168 The cartoon is by the Brazilian artist Carlos Latuff, who has long been accused of antisemitism and whose cartoon depicting an Arab as a concentration camp inmate won the $8,000 second place prize at Iran’s 2006 International Holocaust Cartoon Competition, sponsored by the country’s state-run newspaper, Hamshahri.

Wallia blowing up the PC Load Letter printer in the Abdul Dilbert was my favorite.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

169 166 Girl F. is in midtown Manhattan this morning taunting me with pictures of her morning bagel.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

Waitin' for the Mandanivilles to start popping up...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:48 AM (l3cgK)

170 166 Girl F. is in midtown Manhattan this morning taunting me with pictures of her morning bagel.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

Is that a euphemism?

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:48 AM (/+uur)

171 164 Where my EBT card at?

Why Rite Aids put tax on everything?

(Actually overheard this. It's cute the way they think the stores impose taxes.)

Posted by: Layonda Sheets at June 09, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)

172 The NCAA denied Texas Tech's appeal for Sorsbys' reinstatement on June 5.[13] On June 8, a Texas judge granted Sorsby an injunction against the NCAA, preventing the organization from punishing Sorsby for violating the association's anti-gambling rules.[

Posted by: mr tmz at June 09, 2026 08:47 AM (rJ48h)

At least it seems he bet ON his team not AGAINST it...the latter would smell of throwing games.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:49 AM (l3cgK)

173 Wings vs Fever
--
Sponsored by Always and Midol.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 09, 2026 08:49 AM (73/SM)

174 Someone needs to tell HR to turn off the fucktard AI resume screening and get people hired and working

My youngest's love interest has, theoretically, a job. They transferred from one company in their conglomerate to a different one after they graduated from college. Company asked them to move their start date up. Person said okay. But company is running a background check and hasn't finished it yet so person cannot start on the day that company chose.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

175 171 164 Where my EBT card at?

Why Rite Aids put tax on everything?

(Actually overheard this. It's cute the way they think the stores impose taxes.)


Posted by: Layonda Sheets at June 09, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)

I learned about taxes when I was a wee lad. Bought a pack of 100 toy soldiers for 99¢...total cost was $1.05. I gave the clerk a strange look...Hey, I was only 6 years old, okay?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:50 AM (l3cgK)

176 173 Wings vs Fever
--
Sponsored by Always and Midol.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 09, 2026 08:49 AM (73/SM)

Yawn....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 08:50 AM (ZwPoq)

177 My son lives in midtown too, but I hope he isn't eating a bagel. He drinks enough beer to have become plump for the first time in his life. A bagel wouldn't help.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 09, 2026 08:50 AM (boztw)

178 At least it seems he bet ON his team not AGAINST it...the latter would smell of throwing games.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) a

Also (n games in which he wasn't playing because he was redshirted. So he couldn't even help them win.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 08:50 AM (YZ0Fo)

179 "...taunting me with pictures of her morning bagel."

That's not code for anything is it?

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at June 09, 2026 08:51 AM (asKFr)

180 Kristen Welker's White House Briefing Room credentials have been revoked
Posted by: SMOD at June 09, 2026 07:51 AM (V0Fhf)
===========================
Trump just made her a media star.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 09, 2026 08:51 AM (boztw)

181 NYC bagels rule all bagels. In the 90s I worked for Aetna Insurance in Buffalo, and bigwigs from Manhattan would fly in once a week for meetings, and brings trays of fresh bagels with all the fixin's. We just dived in and devoured them!

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 08:51 AM (gtcuf)

182 Girl F. is in midtown Manhattan this morning taunting me with pictures of her morning bagel.
Posted by: San Franpsycho


Shame we can't post pictures here. I stopped at Einstein Bros. Bagels for bagels & shmears this morning. Breakfast is covered for the week.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 09, 2026 08:52 AM (d5Hep)

183 Echoes of Joe Biden: James Talarico Says Second Amendment ‘Not Absolute’

But they believe their power IS.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:52 AM (l3cgK)

184 But company is running a background check and hasn't finished it yet so person cannot start on the day that company chose.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

I take about 30 seconds to run a background.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:52 AM (/+uur)

185 In other California news they’re working on legislation banning certain performance tires for your vehicle. My Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2’s n 4’s are too “sticky” so they’re less efficient. Too much rolling resistance. Must buy California approved tires for your vehicle.

Posted by: JROD at June 09, 2026 08:52 AM (uScCR)

186 Exclusive — Hans Von Spakovsky: California Has ‘Worst Election System of Any State in the Country’

Hey, Don't I know it!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:52 AM (l3cgK)

187 You can call me stupid but I’d actually like to retire to California… I love the weather, ocean… and I lived there a long time so lots of good memories. There are still places minimally impacted by the maniacs running the state but those places are getting rarer and harder to afford. And you can’t be insulated from the insane price of gasoline there…. Yet I’m still drawn. Well I have some time yet to see how it develops ….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 09, 2026 08:35 AM (qORvR)

California would be a wonderful place if you were to kill off ~99% of the people living there.

Unfortunately, within a couple years the same sort would have infested it again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

188 Is that a euphemism?
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:48 AM (/+uur)
=====

I told her the one thing I wanted was for her to get a decent bagel. Even though she is a San Franciscan I raised her right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

189 186 Exclusive — Hans Von Spakovsky: California Has ‘Worst Election System of Any State in the Country’

Hey, Don't I know it!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:52 AM (l3cgK)

Ditto

Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 08:53 AM (ZwPoq)

190 Yet here is the red pill: the previously listed points are capitalist means of production for a market economy; without a socialist means of production, none of the utopian ideas are workable.

________

I encourage you all to visit r/AskSocialists. It is freaking AMAZING.

At no time has asking Socialists things been a fruitful endeavor. Marxian dialectics is a mess of self-referential anti-logic that presumes a number of different foundational hypotheses which have never been demonstrated to be true even once - so Socialists have always sounded insane when they talk.

The redditors all have the usual conceit - it was never done by us, it'll be different this time - and, in a sense, they're right. Nobody's been as stupid as our youth yet, so it's gonna be wild.

Case in point: I saw a bewildered Socialist asking why CA's socialist policies seem to be driving lots of people to move away. Another very confident Socialist replied that it wasn't happening, that these are capitalist lies - because mass migrations are not possible. A putative American said this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 09, 2026 08:53 AM (sXjPf)

191 185 In other California news they’re working on legislation banning certain performance tires for your vehicle. My Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2’s n 4’s are too “sticky” so they’re less efficient. Too much rolling resistance. Must buy California approved tires for your vehicle.

Posted by: JROD at June 09, 2026 08:52 AM (uScCR)

So if it causes you to crash into the car in front of you because braking distance is longer, too f'n bad, serf.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:53 AM (l3cgK)

192 181 NYC bagels rule all bagels. In the 90s I worked for Aetna Insurance in Buffalo, and bigwigs from Manhattan would fly in once a week for meetings, and brings trays of fresh bagels with all the fixin's. We just dived in and devoured them!
Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 08:51 AM (gtcuf)

I believe a place in Tex won the best bagel award.
Starship Bagel of Dallas, Texas, has officially been named as the purveyor of the best bagels in the country, according to New York’s annual BagelFest competition.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (/+uur)

193 The average price of a home in California is 850k, the average cost for rent is 2800, the average price for gas is 6 bucks, they also have the highest income and one of the highest sales tax to go along with the numerous fees they nickel and dime their subjects.

California is not retiree friendly to say the least.

And you know what, the weather ain’t that great.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (XV/Pl)

194 BTW… although I want Sorsby to play and Tech to win I want it only so the NCAA gets destroyed

Here in the real world the argument Sorsby’s lawyers employed (successfully for now) is unmitigated horse manure… Arguing his gambling is a mental illness. I don’t buy that crap. The kid simply had no self control; that’s not a mental illness

But he won the right to play so kudos

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (yz/88)

195 At least it seems he bet ON his team not AGAINST it...the latter would smell of throwing games.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
_____________

That was the Pete Rose defense. Although it probably carried less weight there, since Rose may have used a closer earlier or some such move in a game he bet the Reds to win, thereby compromising their chances in the next game. Don't see off the top of my head how that could apply to a QB in football betting his own team to win, but maybe there are ways.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (XvL8K)

196 192 181 NYC bagels rule all bagels. In the 90s I worked for Aetna Insurance in Buffalo, and bigwigs from Manhattan would fly in once a week for meetings, and brings trays of fresh bagels with all the fixin's. We just dived in and devoured them!
Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 08:51 AM (gtcuf)

I believe a place in Tex won the best bagel award.
Starship Bagel of Dallas, Texas, has officially been named as the purveyor of the best bagels in the country, according to New York’s annual BagelFest competition.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (/+uur)

Never was a fan of bagels

Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (ZwPoq)

197 If Pratt really ends up getting his spot solen, as now it appears, I hope he makes it his life mission to produce a new video every week about the astounding incompetence of Karen Bass and the Democrats.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 09, 2026 08:55 AM (boztw)

198 Case in point: I saw a bewildered Socialist asking why CA's socialist policies seem to be driving lots of people to move away. Another very confident Socialist replied that it wasn't happening, that these are capitalist lies - because mass migrations are not possible. A putative American said this.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

They never heard of birds?

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 08:55 AM (YZ0Fo)

199 185 In other California news they’re working on legislation banning certain performance tires for your vehicle. My Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2’s n 4’s are too “sticky” so they’re less efficient. Too much rolling resistance. Must buy California approved tires for your vehicle.

Posted by: JROD at June 09, 2026 08:52 AM (uScCR)

Then aluminum disk like the run on LSR cars would be the best.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:55 AM (/+uur)

200 because mass migrations are not possible. A putative American said this.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

No do White Replacement

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:56 AM (/+uur)

201 How the 'New' Socialism Falls Apart

New Socialism is the same as the OLD socialism, just cleaned up and repainted...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:56 AM (l3cgK)

202 193 The average price of a home in California is 850k, the average cost for rent is 2800, the average price for gas is 6 bucks, they also have the highest income and one of the highest sales tax to go along with the numerous fees they nickel and dime their subjects.

California is not retiree friendly to say the least.

And you know what, the weather ain’t that great.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (XV/Pl)

I agree with everything you said except the weather...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 08:56 AM (ZwPoq)

203 I believe a place in Tex won the best bagel award.
Starship Bagel of Dallas, Texas, has officially been named as the purveyor of the best bagels in the country, according to New York’s annual BagelFest competition.
Posted by: r hennigantx


Even the bagels left Mayor Jihadi's NYC for Texas!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 09, 2026 08:56 AM (d5Hep)

204 129 "... meaning the thieves made off with more than $430,000 worth of product."

Inside job.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 09, 2026 08:31 AM (qFwJc)


I heard about a similar caper when I was on a grand jury, only it was with high-end cars. The criminal organization infiltrates the dealer's organization, to find out how their system works. Then they know how to give the right signals to the right people so that they can simply show up at the dealer like they're there to pick up the car, and the car is then just given to them (because the dealer thinks it's a legit pick up).

No sneaking in at the dead of night. No dramatic shoot out. Just walk right out the front door with an over a hundred thousand dollar car.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 09, 2026 08:56 AM (ovdkm)

205 At no time has asking Socialists things been a fruitful endeavor. Marxian dialectics is a mess of self-referential anti-logic that presumes a number of different foundational hypotheses which have never been demonstrated to be true even once - so Socialists have always sounded insane when they talk.
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That's just crazy talk.

Posted by: Labor Theory of Value and Dialectical Hegelianism at June 09, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)

206 197 If Pratt really ends up getting his spot solen, as now it appears, I hope he makes it his life mission to produce a new video every week about the astounding incompetence of Karen Bass and the Democrats.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 09, 2026 08:55 AM (boztw)

Karen Bass and the Democrats were a crappy band...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:56 AM (l3cgK)

207 Even the bagels left Mayor Jihadi's NYC for Texas!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 09, 2026 08:56 AM (d5Hep)

London Bridge has fallen down
And moved to Arizona

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:57 AM (/+uur)

208 202 193 The average price of a home in California is 850k, the average cost for rent is 2800, the average price for gas is 6 bucks, they also have the highest income and one of the highest sales tax to go along with the numerous fees they nickel and dime their subjects.

California is not retiree friendly to say the least.

And you know what, the weather ain’t that great.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (XV/Pl)

I agree with everything you said except the weather...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 08:56 AM (ZwPoq)

Yup. Weather here has had highs in the mid to upper 70's. Beatiful weather, if only I could go out in it without worrying about skin cancer...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:57 AM (l3cgK)

209 I heard about a similar caper when I was on a grand jury, only it was with high-end cars. The criminal organization infiltrates the dealer's organization, to find out how their system works. Then they know how to give the right signals to the right people so that they can simply show up at the dealer like they're there to pick up the car, and the car is then just given to them (because the dealer thinks it's a legit pick up).

No sneaking in at the dead of night. No dramatic shoot out. Just walk right out the front door with an over a hundred thousand dollar car.
Posted by: MrExcitement

Memphis Rains and his crew did it in a much more exciting manner.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 08:58 AM (YZ0Fo)

210 No sneaking in at the dead of night. No dramatic shoot out. Just walk right out the front door with an over a hundred thousand dollar car.
Posted by: MrExcitement at June 09, 2026 08:56 AM (ovdkm)

Social Engineering works

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:58 AM (/+uur)

211 >Just walk right out the front door with an over a hundred thousand dollar car.
+++
It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at June 09, 2026 08:59 AM (asKFr)

212 I take about 30 seconds to run a background.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:52 AM (/+uur)

I - think - that the issue is that they're having difficulties getting their degree conferred. School says, "You're missing this requirement." Kid talks to school and says, "Your documentation says that this class satisfies that requirement." School says, "Oh, you're correct. That class, which you clearly took, satisfies that requirement." Kid: "So I'm done?" School: "Well, you're missing this (exact same) requirement."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

213 46. Aren't PA liquor stores state owned?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

They are. And union.

The plan is they'll be taking pot sales, too.

Posted by: Sam Brinton's stylist at June 09, 2026 08:59 AM (NFX2v)

214 And you know what, the weather ain’t that great.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (XV/Pl)

Everything else you say about California is spot on. But… your weather comment is way off. I lived there for 30+ years and the moderate Mediterranean type climate is perfect. All year round temp is between 55 and 75… minimal rain (or weather events of any kind). Cool ocean breezes, low humidity… it’s basically perfect for someone like me who likes to be outside

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 09, 2026 08:59 AM (yz/88)

215 Public Big Government Schools Are in a Downward Spiral

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 09:00 AM (/+uur)

216 212 I take about 30 seconds to run a background.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 08:52 AM (/+uur)

I - think - that the issue is that they're having difficulties getting their degree conferred. School says, "You're missing this requirement." Kid talks to school and says, "Your documentation says that this class satisfies that requirement." School says, "Oh, you're correct. That class, which you clearly took, satisfies that requirement." Kid: "So I'm done?" School: "Well, you're missing this (exact same) requirement."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

I transferred from a JC to the Uni to finish up my education. At the JC I took a class in Statics, which didn't fulfill the requirement at the Uni for a class in Statics AND Dynamics, so I took the required class. When I aced it, the Uni gave me no credit towards my GPA, as I had taken Statics at the JC...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 09:00 AM (l3cgK)

217 *Just walk right out the front door with an over a hundred thousand dollar car.*

Doesn't make for a very compelling movie.

Posted by: Danny Ocean at June 09, 2026 09:00 AM (asKFr)

218 Weren't there some rather vocal Pratt supporters? Maybe not "big" names, but notables?

Where are they now?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 09, 2026 09:00 AM (jehhT)

219 One would think deliberate, centralized election fraud would be discovered - someone on the inside would start talking or leak info on how it all works and who directs it.

I hate what California has become, but I blame Californians.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 09, 2026 09:01 AM (w8dnx)

220 Never was a fan of bagels
Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (ZwPoq)
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This saddens me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 09:01 AM (RIvkX)

221 My take on NYC bagels:

Unless you are willing to pay for my travel and lodging just so I can experience this gastronomical orgasm you are claiming, lemme eat my wife's homemade sourdough bagel in peace.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 09, 2026 09:01 AM (jjoN6)

222 I hate what California has become, but I blame Californians.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 09, 2026 09:01 AM (w8dnx)
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Me too. Idiots.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 09:01 AM (RIvkX)

223 214 And you know what, the weather ain’t that great.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (XV/Pl)

Everything else you say about California is spot on. But… your weather comment is way off. I lived there for 30+ years and the moderate Mediterranean type climate is perfect. All year round temp is between 55 and 75… minimal rain (or weather events of any kind). Cool ocean breezes, low humidity… it’s basically perfect for someone like me who likes to be outside

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 09, 2026 08:59 AM (yz/8

That's at the coast. Go inland 50 miles or so and it's a different story. Live in the desert parts and it's a much more different story.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 09:01 AM (l3cgK)

224 @193 Thomas Bender-2800 for rent in Cali? Trust me, that’s in a shithole neighborhood or a one bedroom one bath apartment. A three bed two bath is around 4500 plus in a half way decent area

Posted by: JROD at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (uScCR)

225 Oh, and another Socialist reminded the bewildered one that all the rich people leaving California wouldn't harm the economy, because their companies would still be healthy and lootable, and most of their treasure is in the form of stocks, as if companies can't leave CA with their masters, which they already are.

The bewildered retard was my favorite, because at least he was like "hurrrrr, durrrrr something isn't adding up."

The other retards were so laughably confident in their ignorance.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (sXjPf)

226 Kid: "So I'm done?" School: "Well, you're missing this (exact same) requirement."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

I tell every college age person to PRINT your degree program out the day before you attend your first class.
PRINT
And then go to your advisor when you have 60 hours with the PRINT OUT and check off every class.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (/+uur)

227 @202

>> I agree with everything you said except the weather

I mean, is it good enough to put up with the rest? No.

But even objectively good weather, it gets mud slides, fires that burn down towns, and rains that flood periodically.

And if you move to the north, where it’s realativey normal, you’re going to be paying in excess of 1.5m dollars to live in a hovel.

No thank you, California is literal insane asylum.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (XV/Pl)

228 A friend tells me he asked Grok about California voting, and learned that in the 2024 election, Florida had 11 million votes cast and declared a winner that night, while California had 16 million votes cast and took 38 days to finally count.

The sheer crazy incompetence is something California voters accept, I guess. Seems insane to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (niIJo)

229 (Actually overheard this. It's cute the way they think the stores impose taxes.)


Posted by: Layonda Sheets at June 09, 2026 08:48 AM

We will never reach Peak Stupid.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (kgE5c)

230 218 Weren't there some rather vocal Pratt supporters? Maybe not "big" names, but notables?

Where are they now?
Pos d by: Martini Farmer at June 09, 2026 09:00 AM (jehh

They want to keep living

Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 09:03 AM (ZwPoq)

231 228 A friend tells me he asked Grok about California voting, and learned that in the 2024 election, Florida had 11 million votes cast and declared a winner that night, while California had 16 million votes cast and took 38 days to finally count.

The sheer crazy incompetence is something California voters accept, I guess. Seems insane to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (niIJo)

It's hard to rage against the machine, man.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 09:04 AM (l3cgK)

232 I learned about taxes when I was a wee lad. Bought a pack of 100 toy soldiers for 99¢...total cost was $1.05. I gave the clerk a strange look...Hey, I was only 6 years old, okay?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 08:50 AM (l3cgK)


I knew a guy who just about got into a fight, as a young man, because in his state there was no such thing as sales tax, and when he went to a state that had it, it got ugly.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 09, 2026 09:04 AM (ovdkm)

233 Where are they now?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 09, 2026 09:00 AM (jehhT)

They should be leaving. No point in trying to be the last Jew in 1939 Berlin.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 09, 2026 09:04 AM (edUvp)

234 A friend tells me he asked Grok about California voting, and learned that in the 2024 election, Florida had 11 million votes cast and declared a winner that night, while California had 16 million votes cast and took 38 days to finally count.

It takes the Post Office 38 days to deliver ballots which were totally mailed on election day to the counting location. Obviously.

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

235 229 (Actually overheard this. It's cute the way they think the stores impose taxes.)


Posted by: Layonda Sheets at June 09, 2026 08:48 AM

We will never reach Peak Stupid.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (kgE5c)

The heights of stupidity have no ceiling...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 09:04 AM (l3cgK)

236 Neo-feudalism is the model for the entire country. We are largely there. It's not just California, although to an extent it remains inside the velvet glove. California just happens to be where the glove is removed and the iron fist is revealed.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 09, 2026 09:04 AM (QaH55)

237 We will never reach Peak Stupid.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (kgE5c)

Read any comment from Paul.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)

238 Bialys rock too. Too bad I can't get them in CO. They wouldn't even know what they are, and if they did they'd try to put ranch on them.

Wegmans used to make fresh bialys in store, with various toppings, but I've heard they don't do them anymore. The Wegmans Breakfast Bialy always cracked me up. It included bacon. On a Jewish breadstuff. Delicious though.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 09:05 AM (gtcuf)

239 >>that puts Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in charge of health care, and transgender-identifying Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) in charge of caregiving,


Nurse Ratched 1 and 2!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 09, 2026 09:05 AM (X8xt3)

240 Never was a fan of bagels
Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (ZwPoq)
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This saddens me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 09:01 AM

I do like a good bagel and schmear, but I'm not setting foot in Manhattan until NY is fixed.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:05 AM (kgE5c)

241 The sheer crazy incompetence is something California voters accept, I guess. Seems insane to me.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (niIJo)
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It's not incompetence. It's deliberate malfeasance.

California knows *exactly* how to manipulate their elections to get the desired results.

They're doing it right now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 09, 2026 09:06 AM (gnNyN)

242 240 Never was a fan of bagels
Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 08:54 AM (ZwPoq)
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This saddens me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 09:01 AM

I do like a good bagel and schmear, but I'm not setting foot in Manhattan until NY is fixed.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:05 AM (kgE5c)

Everthing bagels, sliced and toasted (NOT St. Louis Style), with cream cheese and smoked salmon...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 09:07 AM (l3cgK)

243 Trump DOJ to denaturalize 17 US citizens in rare move. Reminder: The Trump admin is arguing that naturalized citizens can be denaturalized if they lied during the naturalization process.

Both Elon Musk and Melania Trump are naturalized US Citizens who committed immigration fraud by working in the US when their visas expressly prohibited it. Then they lied about it during their naturalization process.

Hypocrisy is like the dark side of the force to MAGA. It's an energy field created by all MAGA that surrounds and penetrates them, binding them all together to own the libs but ultimately leading to their own destruction.

conservatism is all about hierarchy, and the profound conviction that people up the hierarchy ladder have rights and the people down the hierarchy ladder have duties.
The fact that they are holding the poors to much higher standards than the rich and powerful is not a bug, it is a feature : that is what their whole world view boils down to.

So they're finally testing the waters huh? They're going to figure out what problems come with this, adjust to them, then use it on a much larger scale.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 09, 2026 09:07 AM (JCZqz)

244 Anthropic is releasing a "public version" today of its Mythos AI, the one that excited so much interest a month or so ago, when large companies started using it to discover all sorts of vulnerabilities in their infrastructure they had previously not known existed.

Now, Anthropic says Mythos is building its own next version, to be named "HAL".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 09, 2026 09:07 AM (QKdAU)

245 >California knows *exactly* how to manipulate their elections to get the desired results.
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You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at June 09, 2026 09:07 AM (asKFr)

246 We will never reach Peak Stupid.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (kgE5c)

Read any comment from Paul.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 09:05 AM

By the time I do, he'll have posted something stupider.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:07 AM (kgE5c)

247 >>>At least it seems he bet ON his team not AGAINST it...the latter would smell of throwing games.

Couldn't he still cash in on prop bets and over/unders by adjusting his play accordingly, while not specifically throwing the game to his monetary benefit?

I don't know how all that works. I don't gamble and gave up on college sports when all the NIL shit went berserk.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 09, 2026 09:07 AM (J4Dwc)

248 Now, Anthropic says Mythos is building its own next version, to be named "HAL".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 09, 2026 09:07 AM (QKdAU)
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Let me know when Mythos reaches version 9000...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 09, 2026 09:08 AM (gnNyN)

249 So they're finally testing the waters huh? They're going to figure out what problems come with this, adjust to them, then use it on a much larger scale.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions


If only this would happen.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 09:08 AM (YZ0Fo)

250 I find denaturalized citizens are great for removing latex paint.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 09, 2026 09:08 AM (w8dnx)

251 I lived there for 30+ years and the moderate Mediterranean type climate is perfect. All year round temp is between 55 and 75… minimal rain (or weather events of any kind). Cool ocean breezes, low humidity… it’s basically perfect for someone like me who likes to be outside
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Same.
Wish I could live there.
Like, decades ago, you could just walk around San Fran and enjoy it.

The problem with CA is the people who live there.

Snakes who invaded a bird's nest and now it's all broken shells, shit and a mass of squirming reptiles.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 09, 2026 09:08 AM (73/SM)

252 246 We will never reach Peak Stupid.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:02 AM (kgE5c)

Read any comment from Paul.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 09:05 AM

By the time I do, he'll have posted something stupider.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:07 AM (kgE5c)

Are we no longer measuring in Kohns?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 09:08 AM (l3cgK)

253
California knows *exactly* how to manipulate their elections to get the desired results.

They're doing it right now.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 09, 2026 09:06 AM (gnNyN

Covid gave them the excuse to forever rig the elections.. I'm old enough to remember going to my polling place and actually signing in... Now basically no polling places.. Oh, you can turn your ballot in person to some designated place but the ballot itself is mailed to you...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 09:08 AM (ZwPoq)

254 219 One would think deliberate, centralized election fraud would be discovered - someone on the inside would start talking or leak info on how it all works and who directs it.
...
I hate what California has become, but I blame Californians.


Remember who did (and does) this:
“the people in charge are lying to the public and telling them not to believe what we’ve seen with our own eyes.” -- Clinton 01/26/26


https://tinyurl.com/LIBs-WhatPriceTheirVision
...
“I heard the thugs in Washington were trying to take your Rearden metal at the point of a gun,” she said. “Don’t let them, Hank. With your advanced alloy and my high-tech railroad, we’ll revitalize our country’s failing infrastructure and make big, virtuous profits.”

“Oh, no, I got out of that suckers’ game. I now run my own hedge-fund firm, Rearden Capital Management.”
...
There’s a whole world out there of byzantine financial
products just waiting to be invented, Dagny. Let the leeches run my factories into the ground! I hope they do! I’ve taken out more insurance on a single Rearden Steel bond than the entire company is even worth! When my old company finally tanks, I’ll make a cool $877 million.”


LET's GO BRANDON!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 09, 2026 09:09 AM (eKQFw)

255
Couldn't he still cash in on prop bets and over/unders by adjusting his play accordingly, while not specifically throwing the game to his monetary benefit?

I don't know how all that works. I don't gamble and gave up on college sports when all the NIL shit went berserk.
Posted by: one hour sober

He wasn't playing in those games. He was redshirted at IU.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 09:09 AM (YZ0Fo)

256 That's at the coast. Go inland 50 miles or so and it's a different story. Live in the desert parts and it's a much more different story.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 09:01 AM (l3cgK)

I accept your correction. I lived along the coast and that is what I liked. Inland no thanks; I visited Riverside a few times ugh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 09, 2026 09:09 AM (yz/88)

257 250 I find denaturalized citizens are great for removing latex paint.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 09, 2026 09:08 AM (w8dnx)

Their mineral spirits work wonders too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 09:09 AM (l3cgK)

258 Are we no longer measuring in Kohns?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 09:08 AM

The Kohn is still a valid unit.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:10 AM (kgE5c)

259 Both Elon Musk and Melania Trump are naturalized US Citizens who committed immigration fraud by working in the US when their visas expressly prohibited it. Then they lied about it during their naturalization process.

Don't know about Elon, but unfortunately true in Melania's case. She accepted 10 paid jobs in a 7-week period while her H-1B visa was being processed and approved.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 09:10 AM (gtcuf)

260 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 09, 2026 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)

261 >>It's not incompetence. It's deliberate malfeasance.

California knows *exactly* how to manipulate their elections to get the desired results.

They're doing it right now.
- - - -

THIS x1000
They appearance of chaos and incompetence is just a cover for plausible deniability.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 09, 2026 09:10 AM (X8xt3)

262 Are Democrats Dropping WPATH?

**********

They may not be dropping them entirely, but they sure seem to be distancing themselves. For at least the last two decades, WPATH, with an assist from the AAP has been the go-to source for supposed standards of care in pediatric gender confusion for practicing physicians who were happy to palm those uncomfortable decisions off on "expert" groups. Now, with WPATH's credibility crumbling, the troika of the AAP, WPATH and the Biden HHS (Democrat party) is embattled and being forced to play defense. And who was right smack dab in the center of those three entities? None other than the late-in-life gender switch faux-admiral: Dr. R. Levine. It will be interesting to watch them all turn on each other. Double down or admit they were wrong, which will it be?

Posted by: muldoon at June 09, 2026 09:11 AM (qgHp7)

263 I didn't hear, but how loud was the cheer last night when Trump was put on the jumbotron at the NY basketball game last night?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 09, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

264 Last night.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 09, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

265 Heh. Sorry.....damn hangover.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 09, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

266 SPONGE!!!

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

267 Given the choice of a bagel or a doughnut, I would expect the probability that the bagel would be selected is < 0.1 (<10%).

Posted by: Oglebay at June 09, 2026 09:11 AM (w8dnx)

268 Monterey is still my ideal of heaven on earth.

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

269 No place has perfect weather. Even the garden of Eden had to have rain. Some people minds are in a Dreamland.

Posted by: Case at June 09, 2026 09:11 AM (+zXtV)

270 263 I didn't hear, but how loud was the cheer last night when Trump was put on the jumbotron at the NY basketball game last night?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 09, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

There were boos and cheers

Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 09:12 AM (ZwPoq)

271 didn't hear, but how loud was the cheer last night when Trump was put on the jumbotron at the NY basketball game last night?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 09, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

There were boos and cheers
Posted by: It's me donna

Last night.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 09:12 AM (YZ0Fo)

272 Are we no longer measuring in Kohns?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 09, 2026 09:08 AM

The Kohn is still a valid unit.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:10 AM (kgE5c)


I still use it when measuring the weight of my poop to see how much exits after eating.

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

273 And of course, as the monster babies assume power, they'll find out about all the shit they are so confidently ignorant of, but because of their towering pride and rage, they'll just spazz the fuck and go full retard immediately once nothing is working.

Our coming Socialist experiment has the potential to be its most disastrous incarnation. I look at our new masters and already feel wistful for the old days.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 09, 2026 09:12 AM (sXjPf)

274 Sorry.....damn hangover.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 09, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

Shouldn't you be used to them by now?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)

275 268 Monterey is still my ideal of heaven on earth.
Posted by: Bulg at June 09, 2026 09:11 AM (77rzZ)

======

Yes! Monterey, Carmel, Big Sur - absolute top tier.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 09, 2026 09:13 AM (w8dnx)

276 263 I didn't hear, but how loud was the cheer last night when Trump was put on the jumbotron at the NY basketball game last night?
Posted by: Sponge

Reddit assures me the booing matched the Krakatoa eruption, and everyone in a 20 mile radius is dead. More Trump winning!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 09, 2026 09:13 AM (JCZqz)

277 And you know what, the weather ain’t that great.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

42-67 cold times, 52-77 warm times with occasional 80's and, once in a rare while 90's? I like.

Posted by: Dark L at June 09, 2026 09:13 AM (W5mpo)

278
There were boos and cheers
Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 09:12 AM (ZwPoq)


Which won?

Last night.

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

279 I still use it when measuring the weight of my poop to see how much exits after eating.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 09, 2026 09:12 AM

Kohn utterances, poop...potayto, potahto.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 09:14 AM (kgE5c)

280 Our coming Socialist experiment has the potential to be its most disastrous incarnation. I look at our new masters and already feel wistful for the old days.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Don't blame me I voted for Kodos.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 09, 2026 09:14 AM (YZ0Fo)

281 In case you were wondering, Sally Kohn and her "wife, Sarah, live in Brooklyn (of course) and Sally now works in "strategic communications", which is a hoot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 09, 2026 09:14 AM (QKdAU)

282 Shouldn't you be used to them by now?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 09, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)


That doesn't mean I can type coherent English.......

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

283 278
There were boos and cheers
Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 09:12 AM (ZwPoq)


Which won?

Last night.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 09, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

The media says the boos... I don't know

Posted by: It's me donna at June 09, 2026 09:14 AM (ZwPoq)

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