Wednesday Morning Rant

Think Big

Whenever the Supreme Court has one of its fairly rare good rulings - and especially when that ruling isn't part of an obvious horse trade behind the scenes (e.g., "we'll give you your Title IX reforms in exchange for birthright citizenship") - the Left never hesitates to propose "packing the Court" and adding a couple of more communist justices to the bench so that such unusual defeats become impossible. The threat has also worked when it's been credible. The "switch in time that saved nine" cleared the decks for Roosevelt's New Deal after he legitimately threatened to pack the court. Once exclusively the domain of the Left, non-Leftists also sometimes call for packing the Court because of how beholden the Court is to the Leftist powers that be and ensuring that they never become the powers that were.

The non-Left increasingly see the same tactic as viable: add a couple of non-communist justices to the bench so that the non-left more often gets what it wants out of the Court. This is a flawed strategy. If there were a way for the non-Left to so pack the Court, it would play into the Left's hands. How many "good" - on paper, anyway - justices have been seated in the past 25 years, only for them to be more or less immediately exposed as wolves in sheep's clothing? Without being able to guarantee that the extra two or three justices would be Clarence Thomases, the risk outweighs the reward. That style of Court packing is likely to backfire.

So, if this upcoming election goes well, we ought to consider packing the Court - not like the Left proposes it, but in a different way and with a different purpose. The traditional notion of packing the Court so as to ensure - or improve the odds of - victory for your side is too timid. Better to obviate and humiliate the Court than try to co-opt it by padding the numbers. So think big. Don't add a few justices. Add a lot of justices and adapt the quorum rules to grind it to a halt. Make the Court far too unmaneuverable to avoid gridlock - and too absurd to command respect.

Grow the number of justices not to 13 or 17 or 19, but to 100,000. Build them a stadium to work in, and they can travel around to major college football stadiums for trials until it's constructed. With the new count would come new quorum rules, as those are also set by legislation. Right now, there are nine justices, with six required for quorum. Make the new quorum requirement 75,000 justices. Without at least that many justices confirmed and present, no cases can be heard. The odds of SCOTUS hearing any case again under such a scenario are fairly slim. Since such a large number would make seating good justices impossible, it would also simplify confirmation. Nominate anyone. Take a page out of Caligula's book and put a horse on the bench. It just wouldn't matter anymore.

Even if the new mega-SCOTUS could be filled and enough of them show up to form the quorum, it would be a circus. That many people in a single deliberative body could never reach a meaningful decision. It would be arbitrary and absurd. It's arbitrary and absurd now, of course, but there will be no way to hide that in the new Supreme Circus of the United States. Trials would take forever. The grandstanding would be continuous. The preparation materials and limitless variety of opinions would keep International Paper and Georgia-Pacific farting through silk until the end of time. The new trees that would need to be planted to overcome the sudden run on copy paper would even keep the environmentalists happy!

It would also show very clearly just how valuable the SCOTUS is, and effectively eliminate the consequences of ignoring it. Who cares what 100,000 circus monkeys think? It could rule any way it wanted and it would be ignored. It would immediately lose any gravitas it has and would go from Elite Institution of Very Serious and Thoughtful Men to the side show it is in all but reputation. This would, of course, open the doors for any and all bad behavior whereas today it opens the doors only for some bad behavior that continues the game, but so be it. With communism resurgent among the youth and in our urban hives, and with the Left no longer pretending that law or righteousness matter, why not?

If the game is now pure will to power, then cut it off at the knees. Reduce the Court - and its power - not by shrinking it, but by growing it to absurdity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 Blade

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:01 AM (dK+Kv)

2 SPONGE!

Posted by: Inogame at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (53oGX)

3 Will there be a Jumbotron?
And what about the concessions?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (2Ez/1)

4 Surely, you can't be serious.

Posted by: USS Hornet at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (DRFtq)

5 Perhaps they will act like a super-Circuit Court of Appeals, with 7 or 9 sitting for each case, randomly assigned.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (wGerL)

6 1 Blade
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

No homo.
As to the Court, how many divisions does it command?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:03 AM (gKWVE)

7 Think big? Boobs? Dog?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 11:04 AM (Kt19C)

8 I have to think there is a reason the founding fathers did not do this.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 11:04 AM (MWfyi)

9 There’s an article out there today where some lefty claims that packing the Court with a few fresh new socialists is really un-packing the Court. I’m sure this makes sense to somebody

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 11:05 AM (75jEA)

10 Of course they didn't expect the future to be so feckless.

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 11:05 AM (MWfyi)

11 No homo.
Them old greek homos?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 11:05 AM (Kt19C)

12 Them old greek homos?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Well, I was talking about the Seljuks earlier, so we were on the case of the Turkish homos

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:06 AM (gKWVE)

13 One of the Village People died. Now he's gonna be "In The Gravey".

Posted by: fd at July 01, 2026 11:07 AM (MWfyi)

14
POKER MONKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 01, 2026 11:09 AM (y9nCu)

15 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 11:09 AM (sgkY8)

16 If we're playing make-believe, I'd pack the Court to 56 justices.

There were 56 signers of the Declaration, so there's a symmetry to it.

Plus, you'll never, ever get a majority of them to completely agree to anything. There will be multiple concurring and dissenting opinions, and it'll be a glorious mess.

That may convince the population of the absolute asininity of letting the Supremes decide everything for us.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 11:09 AM (xA5g+)

17 Some Ottomans liked being sat upon by nekkid lardasses.

Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:09 AM (77rzZ)

18 Me no like this idea. I suspect Joe is being intentionally absurd to illustrate the present absurdity of SCOTUS…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 11:10 AM (D2O3S)

19 We have a different proposal. Nominate more squishes like ACB and Roberts.

Please send $25 today.

Posted by: GOP at July 01, 2026 11:11 AM (HE7b3)

20 Personally, I think SCOTUS has outlived its usefulness.

The issues it opts to take on are complicated and barely scratch the surface of being constitutional in content... the only criteria I think the court should concern itself with.

This "horse trading" behind the scenes only reinforces my beliefs on all that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 11:11 AM (jehhT)

21 The authors of the Constitution had a very rosy view of human nature.

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 11:12 AM (DRFtq)

22 Reduce the Court - and its power - not by shrinking it, but by growing it to absurdity.

That would just move the problem to the Circuit Courts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 01, 2026 11:12 AM (ExV1e)

23 Yesterday was terrible. Executive: Trump has made a few mistakes, for sure. The judiciary

A big problem outside of Alito and Thomas.

The legislative branch? A useless, spineless, corrupt joke. If there are any true conservatives, they are reflexively dependent on ‘bailouts’ from the other two branches.

Posted by: Cooldawg at July 01, 2026 11:13 AM (FvNw3)

24 The system is supposed to be adversarial.

Problems mostly stem from this nonsensical worship of "consensus" and "bipartisanship" and "unity".

A government of a thousand shrimp-dicked functionaries operating in happy unison is no different than one inbred shrimp-dicked monarch bossing everyone around.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:14 AM (Ot/FD)

25 >One of the Village People died. Now he's gonna be "In The Gravey".

Posted by: fd
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🎵 It sucks to be D- E- A- D
D- E- A- D 🎶

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 11:15 AM (DRFtq)

26 Mmm…gravy…

Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:17 AM (77rzZ)

27 >>This "horse trading" behind the scenes only reinforces my beliefs on all that.

Who's trading with whom? You know that Kagan, Sotomayor, & KBJ will oppose Thomas & Alito on almost everything; the other 4 don't really seem to operate from any kind of principle.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 11:17 AM (NcvvS)

28 If "we" would ensure election integrity, we'd end up with a 65-35 advantage in the Senate and something equally amazing in the House and we could then tell the Supreme Court to pound sand. The Supremes have no enforcement mechanism.

Posted by: Crusader at July 01, 2026 11:18 AM (TN0g+)

29 Even if the new mega-SCOTUS could be filled and enough of them show up to form the quorum, it would be a circus. That many people in a single deliberative body could never reach a meaningful decision. It would be arbitrary and absurd.

hmm.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberum_veto

Posted by: anachronda at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (sGtp+)

30 Supreme Court rules that any baby born at Olive Garden is an Italian citizen.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (4Agqc)

31 The system is supposed to be adversarial.

Problems mostly stem from this nonsensical worship of "consensus" and "bipartisanship" and "unity".

A government of a thousand shrimp-dicked functionaries operating in happy unison is no different than one inbred shrimp-dicked monarch bossing everyone around.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:14 AM (Ot/FD)

Slight niggle.

Lack of accountability - a feature, not a bug - in the former.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (dK+Kv)

32 Slght niggle.

Racist!!!!

Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:20 AM (77rzZ)

33 This court, in its current makeup, has had quite a few 9-0 rulings, haven't they? I know it's greater than none, but I don't really keep tabs on it because Con Law is more or less a farce for entertainment purposes on par with women's basketball or professional wrestling.

But still.... unanimous rulings have always been fairly rare, haven't they? And yet I feel like we're seeing a lot more of them lately, for all this rigid division they're supposed to have.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:20 AM (Ot/FD)

34 Slight niggle.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (dK+Kv)

We tried that. It didn't work.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:21 AM (ouWD3)

35 If I had the ability to do so:

1. Legislation altering the jurisdiction of federal courts in various ways: stripping and limiting jurisdiction where possible, granting jurisdiction in ways that would flood the courts with types of litigation that the kind of lawyers who aspire to federal judgeships do not want to hear, consider beneath them. To keep them from hearing matters where they are a nuisance, and to make the job hard and undesirable.

2. Legislation to strip out accustomed amenities. Travel and CLE budgets zeroed out. No perks.

3. Legislation to eliminate support staff. No more law clerks, no more staff attorneys, no more secretaries. Judges do their own work from now on. All of it. This will reduce opinion length and require efficiency on the part of the judges.

A lot could be accomplished by doing things that drive careerists and politicians away from the courts and replace them with working lawyers.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 11:21 AM (K3f7J)

36 30 Supreme Court rules that any baby born at Olive Garden is an Italian citizen.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (4Agqc)

What about 7-11?
--Biden

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 11:22 AM (N39Ws)

37 31 Yes, at least the old absolute monarchs of Europe felt accountable to God for their rule.

Posted by: Bulg at July 01, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)

38 Surely, you can't be serious.

Posted by: USS Hornet

He's deadly serious.

Posted by: But Don't Call Him Shirley at July 01, 2026 11:23 AM (OUMaO)

39 > Who's trading with whom? You know that Kagan, Sotomayor, & KBJ will oppose Thomas & Alito on almost everything; the other 4 don't really seem to operate from any kind of principle.
Posted by: Nazda
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It's in Joe's first paragraph.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 11:23 AM (jehhT)

40 Reductio ad absurdum. It's not just for breakfast any more!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:23 AM (amcLV)

41 A lot could be accomplished by doing things that drive careerists and politicians away from the courts and replace them with working lawyers.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 11:21 AM (K3f7J)

It's bad enough with nine barely functional dimwits wielding all this power.

Don't go making them competent on top of it. It'll just make them more efficient at rawdogging the populace.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:24 AM (Ot/FD)

42 30 Supreme Court rules that any baby born at Olive Garden is an Italian citizen.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:19 AM (4Agqc)

What about 7-11?
--Biden
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 01, 2026 11:22 AM (N39Ws)

At first glance I thought that rickb’s post was a Babylon Bee headline!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 11:24 AM (YetvJ)

43 @nypost
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21m
Fitness influencer banned from flight for attempting to board 'naked' amid record-breaking heatwave https://trib.al/puKEuVd

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 11:24 AM (DRFtq)

44 Reductio ad absurdum. It's not just for breakfast any more!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:23 AM (amcLV)

Mmmm. Now I am hungry for some Reducti-Os.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (dK+Kv)

45 But still.... unanimous rulings have always been fairly rare, haven't they? And yet I feel like we're seeing a lot more of them lately, for all this rigid division they're supposed to have.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

Probably because of all the insane, politically and TDS motivated rulings by lower courts that don't survive even cursory scrutiny by actual legal standards.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (OUMaO)

46 Rocketdyne lithium-fluorine-hydrogen tripropellant sounds fun. 542s for specific impulse.
youtu.be/KX-0Xw6kkrc
I might trust Elon Musk with this, but not Jeff Bezos.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (gKWVE)

47 As an aside, I'm old enough to remember 'Impeach Earl Warren' billboards.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 11:26 AM (XeU6L)

48 Nah, just have Treasury "forget" to pay the clerks of the liberal justices.
And then "lose" their personal file.
And the back-ups.
And GAO disable their PIV card.
And also loses their file.
Then, flag their SSN as fraudulent.
And then flag it for suspicion of money laundering.
Then TSA puts them on the no-fly list.
Then audit them for failing to pay their withholding taxes.
And so on and so on and so on ....

Every agency should be aligned in making sure no one can work for any leftist judge or justice.
Same treatment for Roberts and ACB until they get their heads right.

It's long past time we think the rules are there to stop criminals anymore--the left has shown the rules exist to punish those you don't like.
It's time we use the rules to punish the left.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 11:26 AM (3cUTc)

49 @nypost
·
21m
Fitness influencer banned from flight for attempting to board 'naked' amid record-breaking heatwave https://trib.al/puKEuVd

Posted by: Don Black at July 01, 2026 11:24 AM (DRFtq)

Stupid "influencer" hoes.

Second look at Islam?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:26 AM (dK+Kv)

50 Reduce the Court - and its power - not by shrinking it, but by growing it to absurdity.

That would just move the problem to the Circuit Courts.

Correct. I think a better approach is to institute an IQ test for prospective justices. If you're too stupid to pass it, you're too stupid for SCOTUS. Yes, KBJ and SS, I'm looking at you.

It won't keep highly intelligent, but amoral leftists off SCOTUS, but it's a start. Yes, EK, I'm looking at you.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

51 At first glance I thought that rickb’s post was a Babylon Bee headline!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It is. It's just the abbreviated version.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a narrow 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled today that any baby born in or within five yards of an Olive Garden restaurant is an Italian citizen.

The ruling was met with skepticism from some Italians who worried that many might use the new law to engage in what is referred to as "birth tourism" and would flock to the popular restaurant chain to quickly have a baby on the floor of the facility and then head back home with a new Italian citizen as part of their families.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:27 AM (4Agqc)

52 It's long past time we think the rules are there to stop criminals anymore--the left has shown the rules exist to punish those you don't like.
It's time we use the rules to punish the left.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 11:26 AM (3cUTc)

There is iron in PHV's word of death.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Ot/FD)

53 Mmmm. Now I am hungry for some Reducti-Os.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (dK+Kv)

Betcha can't eat just one!

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:28 AM (ouWD3)

54 Fitness influencer banned from flight for attempting to board 'naked' amid record-breaking heatwave https://trib.al/puKEuVd

The real problem is that most of the people trying to board almost naked look nothing like her.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

55 I saw Barely Functional Dimwits open for Insane Clown Posse at the Crystal Ballroom in '07.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:29 AM (amcLV)

56 > It's long past time we think the rules are there to stop criminals anymore--the left has shown the rules exist to punish those you don't like.
It's time we use the rules to punish the left.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Yeah, but it's the judiciary that hands down the rules, and the punishment. We need to get their fucking heads on straight. Or they lose them. Then the rules and punishment might work.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (jehhT)

57 Mmmm. Now I am hungry for some Reducti-Os.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (dK+Kv)

Betcha can't eat just one!

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:28 AM (ouWD3)

Just need to ad some infinitum. Just like Mom used to make.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (dK+Kv)

58 Rocketdyne lithium-fluorine-hydrogen tripropellant sounds fun. 542s for specific impulse.
youtu.be/KX-0Xw6kkrc
I might trust Elon Musk with this, but not Jeff Bezos.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (gKWVE)

I'm being totally destroyed. But I feel strangely calm about it.

Posted by: The Ozone Layer at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (1z8ji)

59 But still.... unanimous rulings have always been fairly rare, haven't they? And yet I feel like we're seeing a lot more of them lately, for all this rigid division they're supposed to have.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

Probably because of all the insane, politically and TDS motivated rulings by lower courts that don't survive even cursory scrutiny by actual legal standards.

There isn't really a way to solve this problem short of no longer electing clowns like Barry, who view SCOTUS as just another avenue to ensure the ascendancy of the left.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (Riz8t)

60 Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:27 AM (4Agqc)

Love the Bee

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 01, 2026 11:32 AM (D2O3S)

61 Just need to ad some infinitum. Just like Mom used to make.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (dK+Kv)

Or when my wife cooks - ad nauseam. Ho ho ho!!!!

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:33 AM (ouWD3)

62 Or when my wife cooks - ad nauseam. Ho ho ho!!!!

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:33 AM (ouWD3)

lol

She's British right? Authenticity is everything.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv)

63 Just need to ad some infinitum. Just like Mom used to make.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:31 AM (dK+Kv)

Or when my wife cooks - ad nauseam. Ho ho ho!!!!
Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:33 AM (ouWD3)
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Careful - you might wind up with the ad baculum.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM (amcLV)

64 Not if, when the Marxists get control of government they will expand or get a few more Marxists judges.

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM (sgkY8)

65 I'm being totally destroyed. But I feel strangely calm about it.
Posted by: The Ozone Layer

The fun part is when the Hydrogen Fluoride gets into your bones and steals all the calcium, for an insoluble dust.
I halfway think you have to be suicidally insane to be this kind of chemist.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM (gKWVE)

66 The path to being a SC Justice actively weeds out anything that resembles intelligence. The precious few who make it through who are actually decent humans with functioning brains are a failure of the system, not its purpose.

Think of it this way: Who has the ultimate say in who gets to be a SC Justice? The Senate.

The biggest collection of hateful, ignorant, brain damaged mutants ever assembled since God packed together this stupid planet out of hot star shit like a spiteful child making a snowball with a rock in it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM (Ot/FD)

67 Do the same for the House of Representatives and watch DC grind to a halt.

Posted by: Bob in Idaho at July 01, 2026 11:36 AM (qbDC9)

68 58 Rocketdyne lithium-fluorine-hydrogen tripropellant sounds fun. 542s for specific impulse.
youtu.be/KX-0Xw6kkrc
I might trust Elon Musk with this, but not Jeff Bezos.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 11:25 AM (gKWVE)

I'm being totally destroyed. But I feel strangely calm about it.
Posted by: The Ozone Layer

relax. once we get enough data centers online, we'll be able to get chatgpt to sort you out.

Posted by: anachronda at July 01, 2026 11:36 AM (sGtp+)

69 Thx Joe.
It would be hysterical to see the Republicans try to pack the court. The Dems would crap themselves and block any change to the judiciary act of 1869. Republicans could show the Dems were hypocritical. Of course the Dems wouldn't care , just scream there brains out. Could be fun

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 11:37 AM (dcxJn)

70 She's British right? Authenticity is everything.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv)

She's British. Egg and cheesy beans on toast is their pinnacle. Although actually quite good.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:38 AM (ouWD3)

71 Morning.

Pack the court with beautiful college coeds. The rulings will be just as bad but you can at least fantasize about big bahongas under those black robes.

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at July 01, 2026 11:38 AM (EIdEv)

72 you have to be suicidally insane to be this kind of chemist.

Jack Parsons has entered the chat

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 01, 2026 11:38 AM (Kt19C)

73 Not if, when the Marxists get control of government they will expand or get a few more Marxists judges.

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM (sgkY

Where we're going they won't need... judges.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (ouWD3)

74
I see that 15-term Diana DeGette got knocked out by a commie last night. Strange to relate, I never see stories "Civil War in the Democratic Party!!!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (O0L8i)

75 Careful - you might wind up with the ad baculum.
Posted by: Captain Obvious
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Hmm-mm. I could go for a nice bowl of caveat emptor just now.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (XeU6L)

76 I'd almost rather have a chatbot in SCOTUS than some of the fools there now.

Handing over the well being of the country to a bunch of hacks in black could only be improved upon.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (jehhT)

77 Mannix, that computer has gone screwy.
100,000 judges? That's giving way too much power to way too many people.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (xcxpd)

78 Trump can't even get a basic bitch bill saying "don't let people vote by writing their choice on the sidewalk in crayon" with this Senate, how in the crap is he going to pack a Court with them?

If we could get these bastards to suffer us just ONE judge who isn't crap, we wouldn't be in this mess. How are we supposed to get a whole bunch through?

All you'll get is a court packed with Boney Carrots and "It's A Tax", stamping on a human face, forever.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:40 AM (Ot/FD)

79 74
I see that 15-term Diana DeGette got knocked out by a commie last night. Strange to relate, I never see stories "Civil War in the Democratic Party!!!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (O0L8i)

No enemies to the Left for the DNC

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 11:40 AM (xcxpd)

80 I'm being totally destroyed. But I feel strangely calm about it.
Posted by: The Ozone Layer

lol at the story in tech thread about S. Korea unleashing a trillion in funding for new chip fabs, new data centers, and new power infrastructure to power it all.

Global warmening 11!! is officially dead.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:40 AM (dK+Kv)

81 71 Morning.

Pack the court with beautiful college coeds. The rulings will be just as bad but you can at least fantasize about big bahongas under those black robes.
Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at July 01, 2026 11:38 AM (EIdEv)

It's just crazy enough to work

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 01, 2026 11:40 AM (xcxpd)

82 I love me a good helping of res ipsa loquitur.

Don't ask what it is.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:41 AM (ouWD3)

83 Variation of the Glenn Reynolds 59-justice court packing plan, which I think has some more serious merits...
https://www.newsweek.com/ expand-supreme-court-lot-opinion-1721105

Posted by: Philip Nolan at July 01, 2026 11:41 AM (1kQia)

84 Hmm-mm. I could go for a nice bowl of caveat emptor just now.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (XeU6L)

That sounds supra.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:41 AM (dK+Kv)

85 I like it, Mannix!

SCOTUS: The Supreme Circus of The United States!

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 11:43 AM (t/lcw)

86 Hmm-mm. I could go for a nice bowl of caveat emptor just now.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 01, 2026 11:39 AM (XeU6L)

That sounds supra.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:41 AM (dK+Kv)
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We should ask CBD about that infra vide cooking.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:43 AM (amcLV)

87 A bad batch of ipso facto once gave me gas. It was horrible!

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 01, 2026 11:44 AM (Mnz0U)

88 Pass the bong, Joe.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 01, 2026 11:44 AM (qFwJc)

89 1 Blade
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 11:01 AM (dK+Kv)
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[fist bump]

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)

90 Morning.

Pack the court with beautiful college coeds. ~~The rulings will be just as bad but you can at least fantasize about big bahongas under those black robes.~~ on trampolines!
Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:47 AM (4Agqc)

91 I love me a good helping of res ipsa loquitur.

Don't ask what it is.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 11:41 AM (ouWD3)

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"The crux of res ipsa loquitur is circumstantial inference."

This would require SCOTUS Justices with IQ's > 99 -- of which there are currently at most two, an on occasion three.

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (t/lcw)

92 Is it April first? That means only two months until PRIDE!

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (Wejm4)

93 Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
Another day, another round of headlines about Trump's unprecedented corruption.
And this is just the stuff there's reporting about.

https://tinyurl.com/mtd6t3d

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Well, we can't all be as virginally pure as you, Hillz.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (ndZc7)

94 A bad batch of ipso facto once gave me gas. It was horrible!
Posted by: Will Robinson

Take two teaspoons of ipso reductum and call me in the morning.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (4Agqc)

95 A bad batch of ipso facto once gave me gas. It was horrible!

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 01, 2026 11:44 AM (Mnz0U)

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Shut up, Wesley!

/eh, wrong show ...

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 11:49 AM (t/lcw)

96 Getting hot here, almost done sunny side of building for today

Posted by: Skip at July 01, 2026 11:50 AM (sgkY8)

97 Now: Mail in Voting

Then: Mail in Opinions

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 01, 2026 11:50 AM (Ot/FD)

98 DeGette the Congress critter who got be , DeGette, was there for 15 terms. That's 30 years and I have to say I never heard of her. Generally if someone is there that long they make some kind of impression. Well bye , thx for the Marxist successor

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 11:50 AM (dcxJn)

99 I'm kinda tired of talking about the Court and doomsaying and blah blah blah. JJ sounded like he was about to swallow a gun this morning.

Meh.

News reports this morning are that travel and travel/entertainment spending is through the roof, at all time highs. Air travel is at record highs. Cruises are set to have an all-time record year.

People are so affluent that travel to AK spiked like a rocket, because lotsa people booked last-minute AK flights just to avoid the heatwave in the Northeast.

People are happy, secure, spending money, and enjoying life. As is The Blade! Join him!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 01, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

100 I stopped by the Department of Redundancy Department

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 11:53 AM (dcxJn)

101 @93 I'd bet the Haitian people who like a word with Bubba and Hildabeast

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 01, 2026 11:54 AM (dcxJn)

102 Settling in for a full day of Soccer viewing while recovering from a grueling 18 holes in 95 degree heat yesterday. Thank the Almighty for aspirin and beer.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 01, 2026 11:56 AM (vV6n9)

103 LOL a Clinton talking about unprecedented corruption.

Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 11:56 AM (YwEeS)

104 Court packing-- the Stupid Party should tell the Democratic Socialists, "That's a great idea. Let's not wait until you get into power, but let's do it now."

Then we will get to see all of these national socialists loudmouths denouncing "court packing" because the wrong people are behind it.

The same goes for new states. Pass resolution s approving any attempt by California, or Illinois or even Texas and Florida to split into multiple states. Those states are much too big, and need more senators to represent their interests.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at July 01, 2026 11:56 AM (j7INY)

105 16 If we're playing make-believe, I'd pack the Court to 56 justices.

There were 56 signers of the Declaration, so there's a symmetry to it.

Plus, you'll never, ever get a majority of them to completely agree to anything. There will be multiple concurring and dissenting opinions, and it'll be a glorious mess.

That may convince the population of the absolute asininity of letting the Supremes decide everything for us.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider:
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They are essentially acting as a super legislature now that Congress is effectively moribund. So they should have legislative size numbers.

Gives the vapors to lawyers as they won't be able to neatly predict decisions as they do now.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

106 LOL a Clinton talking about unprecedented corruption.
Posted by: steevy at July 01, 2026 11:56 AM (YwEeS)

Yeah, she's an expert on corruption.

Posted by: dantesed at July 01, 2026 11:58 AM (Oy/m2)

107 Language arts. A person of lime on YT frequently posts about differences between British English and English as God intended. A phrase I've never understood is "going pear shaped" meaning to go completely wrong. He says it's actually "going pair shaped." I still don't understand the derivation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 11:58 AM (ndZc7)

108 1) campaign endlessly against the SCOTUS, how they have ruled against the People, that they are not democratic or representative.
2) highlight the worst criminals now made new citizens by the Court
3) win the midterms
4) invoke the Jackson Rule and start deporting these new "citizens." Flat refuse to even respond, even to the ever more desperate and shrill court orders demanding their return.
5) flag the courthouse personal and facilities payment accounts as "suspicious of terrorism" and cancel all. Because they are terrorist holding America hostage to their "rules"
6) let the shooting start, fuck 'em and feed the fish heads.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 01, 2026 11:58 AM (3cUTc)

109 People are happy, secure, spending money, and enjoying life. As is The Blade! Join him!
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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There is something to be said for cheerful optimism.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)

110 Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
Another day, another round of headlines about Trump's unprecedented corruption.
And this is just the stuff there's reporting about.

https://tinyurl.com/mtd6t3d

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Well, we can't all be as virginally pure as you, Hillz.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (ndZc7)

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For 44 years I've been asking: ""Will no one rid us of this meddlesome beast?"

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 11:59 AM (t/lcw)

111 post 99 plus 100

Posted by: doug at July 01, 2026 11:59 AM (Hy+R4)

112 Meh.

News reports this morning are that travel and travel/entertainment spending is through the roof, at all time highs. Air travel is at record highs. Cruises are set to have an all-time record year.

People are so affluent that travel to AK spiked like a rocket, because lotsa people booked last-minute AK flights just to avoid the heatwave in the Northeast.

People are happy, secure, spending money, and enjoying life. As is The Blade! Join him!

Hey! I didn't get a "DOOOOOM" out of that guy!

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

113 103 LOL a Clinton talking about unprecedented corruption.
Posted by: steevy
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She can do so freely because if you notice hers, then she will Arkancide you. There are enough bodies that she puts Jessica Fletcher to shame.

New series, Murder She Did.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)

114 Language arts. A person of lime on YT frequently posts about differences between British English and English as God intended. A phrase I've never understood is "going pear shaped" meaning to go completely wrong. He says it's actually "going pair shaped." I still don't understand the derivation.

I've always assumed it refers to the shape something assumes when it falls from a height and impacts a hard surface. Pear-shaped.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)

115 People are happy, secure, spending money, and enjoying life. As is The Blade! Join him!
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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There is something to be said for cheerful optimism.
Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)

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Having recently retired (tail-end boomers who identify as Gen X) and having achieved the (disappearing?) "American Dream" -- the wifey and I are guilty of this "Boomer Opulence."

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:01 PM (t/lcw)

116 113 I don't think you have to worry about the upcoming election going well.
Posted by: resist_we_much

Senate is pretty much out of reach for the Dems this cycle due to states and the upside is perhaps a larger majority. It is much more idiosyncratic than House midterms. Even House midterms, six year into a term rarely produces the huge swings that a president's first term does. Plus the ending of the racial gerrymandering is going to make it necessary for the Dems to sweep all the competitive seats. Hard to do.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:03 PM (E4rtv)

117 I've always assumed it refers to the shape something assumes when it falls from a height and impacts a hard surface. Pear-shaped.
Posted by: Archimedes

That's a good guess.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 12:03 PM (ndZc7)

118 Nothing wrong with optimism as long as we are not pretending away reality. You can know the score and still be optimistic but it mostly requires God and Jesus at this point.

That said I was incredibly pessimistic in 2012 2013 2014 and then along came Trump. I didn't see him coming but I recognized him when he did. And it makes sense that it was the "evangelicals" as a group who adopted this scoundrel early.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:03 PM (ouWD3)

119 Having recently retired (tail-end boomers who identify as Gen X) and having achieved the (disappearing?) "American Dream" -- the wifey and I are guilty of this "Boomer Opulence."
Posted by: ShainS

And that is the ending of Candide, to some extent, the world has always been a mess and politics in any country a fetid influence peddling mess by abject mediocrities posing as statesmen.

So tend your personal garden, engage in politics as little or as much as your stomach can take, and rely on the Lord for the rest.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

120 One of the lucky recipients of the Clinton body count died from five (5) shots out of a bolt action rifle.

Ruled as a “Suicide”. Really. I’m not making this up.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:04 PM (joemM)

121 Personally, I think the SC has outlived their usefulness. When the average american who knows history can see the law clearer than they can then WTF do we need them for.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:04 PM (snZF9)

122 A bad batch of ipso facto once gave me gas. It was horrible!
Posted by: Will Robinson

Take two teaspoons of ipso reductum and call me in the morning.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 11:48 AM (4Agqc)

Sua sponte!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 12:05 PM (dK+Kv)

123 I always thought pear-shaped meant no longer able to roll, or slide through smoothly.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (ouWD3)

124 Read an amusing story by a leftist "independent" writer today:

"I moved from London to Vienna, it is safer and cleaner but I miss the diversity"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (sKqQm)

125 LOL a Clinton talking about unprecedented corruption.
Posted by: steevy
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She can do so freely because if you notice hers, then she will Arkancide you. There are enough bodies that she puts Jessica Fletcher to shame.

New series, Murder She Did.
Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)

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I really liked the TV Series "The Killing" as I knew and played rugby in Las Vegas with the great Billy Campbell (cousin of the great Bruce Campbell).

IN: The Arkanciding.

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (t/lcw)

126 That said I was incredibly pessimistic in 2012 2013 2014 and then along came Trump. I didn't see him coming but I recognized him when he did. And it makes sense that it was the "evangelicals" as a group who adopted this scoundrel early.
Posted by: ...
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If you read the Old Testament or even Roman/Byzantine history, good rulers are far between mediocrities and evil ones. Put not your trust in princes and live your life.

In a sense, we are all peasants toiling on the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (E4rtv)

127 I always thought pear-shaped meant no longer able to roll, or slide through smoothly.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (ouWD3)

That's all you, buddy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 12:07 PM (dK+Kv)

128 DR Congo scores early!

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 01, 2026 12:07 PM (vV6n9)

129 Language arts. A person of lime on YT frequently posts about differences between British English and English as God intended. A phrase I've never understood is "going pear shaped" meaning to go completely wrong. He says it's actually "going pair shaped." I still don't understand the derivation.

I've always assumed it refers to the shape something assumes when it falls from a height and impacts a hard surface. Pear-shaped.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)

It's an aviation term.

The RAF started using it to describe flight maneuvers that went out of the norm. Instead of smooth arcs, the aircraft would literally have a pear shaped flight path.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 12:07 PM (xA5g+)

130 The Congolese warzone just scored against the English economic zone

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (K7yuL)

131 What's a DR Congo? They just scored on England.

Posted by: dantesed at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (Oy/m2)

132 @99.

I shant be celebrating this weekend. Not going anywhere or doing anything. Not buying fireworks or watching festivities.
Because I just don't care. All the joy of the 4th has been crushed by the America haters out there. Don't want to see them or hear them. Probably watch some old movies and call it a day.

Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (IY9No)

133 Read an amusing story by a leftist "independent" writer today:

"I moved from London to Vienna, it is safer and cleaner but I miss the diversity"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:06 PM (sKqQm)

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Who DOESN'T MISS the diversity of accepted and unpunished rape and murder?

/There's a commie utopian world for you ...

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (t/lcw)

134 I always thought pear-shaped meant no longer able to roll, or slide through smoothly.
Posted by: ...

That's good, too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (ndZc7)

135 I shant be celebrating this weekend. Not going anywhere or doing anything. Not buying fireworks or watching festivities.
Because I just don't care. All the joy of the 4th has been crushed by the America haters out there. Don't want to see them or hear them. Probably watch some old movies and call it a day.

Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (IY9No)

Wrong attitude. I'll celebrate to rub it in their retarded communist faces.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 01, 2026 12:09 PM (snZF9)

136 My favorite Arkancide was a former Clinton aide named Mark Middleton

Ruled a suicide and this is from the sheriff before he clammed up.

"'He died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the chest. He found a tree and he pulled a table over there, and he got on that table, and he took an extension cord and put it around a limb, put it around his neck and he shot himself in the chest with a shotgun.

'It was very evident that the shotgun worked because there was not a lot of blood or anything on the scene. You can tell the shotgun blast was on his chest, you can tell that because there is a hole in the chest and pellets came out the back of his back. It was definitely self-inflicted in our opinion'."

There is also the UN employee that was involved in the Clinton Global foundation who died weightlifting apparently.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)

137 Nixon for all his faults as a bit of a squish nominated two hard pipe-hitting conservatives - Carswell and Haynsworth. The world’s most deliberative body rejected them.

Whwnever a communist is nominated, the narrative suddenly changes - “a president deserves to have his nominees confirmed”. Weird

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (joemM)

138 And that is the ending of Candide, to some extent, the world has always been a mess and politics in any country a fetid influence peddling mess by abject mediocrities posing as statesmen.

So tend your personal garden, engage in politics as little or as much as your stomach can take, and rely on the Lord for the rest.

I was greatly amused by AOC's whining about what a terrible conditiion the Boomers left the world in for her generation. It's pretty much a word for word quote of what the leftist Boomers used to say about their parent's generation; you know, the ones who defeated Nazism and Imperial Japan.

Stop copying us and get your own material.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

139 The SC has never been a particularly good idea because there is no mechanism to ensure that they do their job.

This is the big flaw in M v M.

Theoretically congress scum have to face elections and if they don't do what their voters want get sent home.

But SC justices have their seat until they resign or die.

In a serious society if you did really want a court to decide constitutionality they would regularly and I mean regularly get removed from office for not closely following the constitution.

So take the birthright case. Did Indians get citizenship when the 14th was passed? No? Ok if you ignore that you are gone. Did you read why the people that passed/wrote the 14th said they did it? No? Ok you are gone

Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (sKqQm)

140 That's all you, buddy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 12:07 PM (dK+Kv)

The origin is disputed and unflear. I like mine.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (ouWD3)

141 All the joy of the 4th has been crushed by the America haters out there. Don't want to see them or hear them. Probably watch some old movies and call it a day.

Posted by: Case
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That is what the killjoys want. Don't give it to them.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)

142 @99.

I shant be celebrating this weekend. Not going anywhere or doing anything. Not buying fireworks or watching festivities.
Because I just don't care. All the joy of the 4th has been crushed by the America haters out there. Don't want to see them or hear them. Probably watch some old movies and call it a day.

Posted by: Case at July 01, 2026 12:08 PM (IY9No)

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I am generally pessimistic about human nature by nature. However, even if it is fleeting -- we are enjoying having a patriot like Trump (in theory) running the country, and have been proudly flying our flag again since his magnificent "Too Big To Rig" election in 2024.

So we will be celebrating America's 250th to the hilt on Saturday!

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (t/lcw)

143 I guess all the announcers settled on saying DR Congo rather than Democratic Republic of...

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (vV6n9)

144 Or the classic - “She is fully qualified!!”. Uh-huh.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (joemM)

145 >>It's in Joe's first paragraph.

Martini Farmer, that doesn't say who is doing the trading, only a possible swap. Is it just Roberts & Barrett? Or are Gorsuch and/or Kavanaugh part of it, too?

Posted by: Nazdar at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (NcvvS)

146 Victor Willis, the lead singer and founding member of Village People, has died after a short but aggressive illness.

Willis helped define the disco era as the voice behind some of the group’s biggest hits, including 'Y.M.C.A'., 'Macho Man' and 'In the Navy'.

He was the cop.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (4Agqc)

147 It would not require so many paid justices. The Congress has proven that even with as few as 435 very little is done. So I would say 1000 singers in the Supremes would be sufficient.

Posted by: GameSetMatch at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (CQTq3)

148 I was greatly amused by AOC's whining about what a terrible conditiion the Boomers left the world in for her generation.

The left: We need to keep moving this country further and further to the left we can't stop.

Also the left: Things were so much better before.

And no I've tried this they can't understand why their arguments contradict each other.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:11 PM (sKqQm)

149 The RAF started using it to describe flight maneuvers that went out of the norm. Instead of smooth arcs, the aircraft would literally have a pear shaped flight path.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 12:07 PM (xA5g+)

This is disputed as a misunderstanding of the earliest quote of it, from an RAF pilot. People took it to mean that but his quote does not indicate it at all.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:12 PM (ouWD3)

150 Historically it was always “The” Congo. Or “The” Sudan.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:12 PM (joemM)

151
Who DOESN'T MISS the diversity of accepted and unpunished rape and murder?

/There's a commie utopian world for you ...
Posted by: ShainS
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My guess is the guy is homo and enjoys the 'fruits' of rent boys.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)

152 This is disputed as a misunderstanding of the earliest quote of it, from an RAF pilot. People took it to mean that but his quote does not indicate it at all.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:12 PM (ouWD3)

Huh.

Look at me, learning something from the internet.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (xA5g+)

153 the abbreviation for Congo is "COD". I guess because they're giving the limeys a taste of theirs

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (K7yuL)

154 People also attribute it to glass blowing apparently when you want a symmetrical or round object and it doesn't work out.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (ouWD3)

155 I still think blackmail and extortion are possible explanations for court decisions

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (22dac)

156 I saw Disputed and Unflear open for the Dead Kennedys at Deaf Club in '79.

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:14 PM (t/lcw)

157 Considering it's about things going smoothly and suddenly not, I like my "rolling" and "flowing" version until further notice.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:14 PM (ouWD3)

158 Who DOESN'T MISS the diversity of accepted and unpunished rape and murder?

/There's a commie utopian world for you ...

This is sort of an example of that Leopard Eating Face Party discussed earlier.

We Brits voted for the Leopard Eating Face Party who knew moving to a country that didn't decreased the odds of a Leopard eating my face?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:14 PM (sKqQm)

159 I guess all the announcers settled on saying DR Congo rather than Democratic Republic of...
Posted by: Lincolntf

I thought DR Congo was a soft-drink from Mozambique.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (TezPK)

160 I still think blackmail and extortion are possible explanations for court decisions

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (22dac)

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Since the DeathCare fiasco, we knew Benedict Roberts was compromised; now we have to assume the same about Commie Island Barrett.

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (t/lcw)

161 And no I've tried this they can't understand why their arguments contradict each other.

Posted by: 18-1 a

Shorter version, leftists just lie, about everything so the heuristic is to simply recognize they lie on any particular statement in order to secure power and money for themselves at the expense of others.

Only WEIRDOs (an actual sociological term for high trust Western European stock) believe in honesty--the rest of the world subsists on lies--great and small--in order to benefit themselves and their kin network.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)

162 Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:14 PM (t/lcw)

Hope you didn't miss all the flear fun!

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (ouWD3)

163 People also attribute it to glass blowing apparently when you want a symmetrical or round object and it doesn't work out.

Posted by: ... at July 01, 2026 12:13 PM (ouWD3)

Those people are just full of hot air though.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (dK+Kv)

164 Democratic Republic is Big Congo and Republic of Congo is little Congo, right? (Because Zaire and Central African Empire just didn't work)

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (6BjcW)

165 Did anyone here know about this case? Orthodox Jew will have a case before the Supreme Court as to whether he can have a prayer gathering with other men at his house. Apparently some people in his Ohio town didn't like it . What a disgrace! It's a shame it had to go this far. I do hope the Supreme Court does the correct thing and rules in his favor. From the "Legal Insurrection" site:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfnc49m

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (oT1li)

166 Dr Congo now with 20% less blood and/or body parts!

Posted by: The Dr Congo ad agency at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (sKqQm)

167 I thought DR Congo was a soft-drink from Mozambique.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (TezPK)

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My wife, a native of Waco, TX, assures me that Dr. Congo was created THERE!

/Oops, wrong Dr. ...

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (t/lcw)

168 Commie Island Barrett.
Posted by: ShainS
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Eh, I suspect she is just a new version of Sandra Day O'Conner who made a dogs breakfast out the law for decades as a swing vote. To be fair, so did Anthony Kennedy. Both were more legislators than judges in office.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv)

169 Did anyone here know about this case? Orthodox Jew will have a case before the Supreme Court as to whether he can have a prayer gathering with other men at his house. Apparently some people in his Ohio town didn't like it

Is it a zoning case or something else?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (sKqQm)

170 New one:

Democrat Socialists Take Another Scalp As a Gen Z Ethiopian Immigrant Defeats a 15-Term Congresswoman

Posted by: Archimedes at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

171 Democrat Socialists Take Another Scalp As a Gen Z Ethiopian Immigrant Defeats a 15-Term Congresswoman

When the left says we should have unlimited immigration so you can get Thai food at 3 AM, at least Thai food is good. Ethiopian food is...not.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:18 PM (sKqQm)

172 Did anyone here know about this case? Orthodox Jew will have a case before the Supreme Court as to whether he can have a prayer gathering with other men at his house. Apparently some people in his Ohio town didn't like it . What a disgrace! It's a shame it had to go this far. I do hope the Supreme Court does the correct thing and rules in his favor. From the "Legal Insurrection" site:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfnc49m

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 12:15 PM (oT1li)

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The fact that this idiocy -- on its face -- wasn't immediately remedied and shot down (literally) is an ominous sign for the nation ...

* spit *

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:18 PM (t/lcw)

173 And no I've tried this they can't understand why their arguments contradict each other.
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Cause and Effect. What is that???

You’re wasting your time. Trust Me. It’s only gotten worse. More recent generations are completely and totally immunized against facts, logic, and reason, and utterly lack the ability to determine basic logical fallacies in rhetoric or persuasion.

This is our education system now. In spite of all the 24/7/365 mind fvckery and gas lighting, many kids still turn out OK. But it’s a small miracle.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:18 PM (joemM)

174 I had a moment of hope last night.

I watched the Guadalcanal episode of Tom Hanks' WWII last night. We had our backs to the wall but eventually won anyway. Maybe despite the outrageous birthright citizenship ruling, we will prevail.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 01, 2026 12:18 PM (ndZc7)

175 England might lose this one.
Probably less likely to be raped in the Congo anyway.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (K7yuL)

176 Eh, I suspect she is just a new version of Sandra Day O'Conner who made a dogs breakfast out the law for decades as a swing vote. To be fair, so did Anthony Kennedy. Both were more legislators than judges in office.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv)

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Excellent analysis and well-said, per usual, my friend.

I learn A LOT from you ...

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (t/lcw)

177 Is it a zoning case or something else?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:16 PM (sKqQm)

Article does mention "baseless housing code violations".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (oT1li)

178 Careful - you might wind up with the ad baculum.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 01, 2026 11:35 AM
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He was great on Quantum Leap.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (mseD3)

179 The Roberts decision that Obamacare is a "tax", totally out of left field and nobody had this! For that, Roberts will always be Humpty Dumpty, who said. "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Vczv0)

180 Oh and the most common reaction I get when I point out to leftists that "things were better back then" contradicts "we need to keep moving further left" is something along the lines of "why do you oppose women's/black's/gay rights" which is fascinating because it shows they know at some level

Posted by: 18-1 at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm)

181 Prohibition of gatherings at private homes was a notable feature in the early Soviet Union.

Why would you want to do that, Comrade? What are you hiding? You could be discussing revisionist, backwards ideas! Nyet!!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (joemM)

182 In a serious society if you did really want a court to decide constitutionality they would regularly and I mean regularly get removed from office for not closely following the constitution.

Who would do the removing though?

Surely not Congress, which can barely do anything, and when it does is not known for its fidelity to the constitution.

The President? We know what that would look like whenever a Democrat was elected, and I don't think many Republican ones would wow us here either. After all, they saddled us with people like Powell, O,Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Roberts.

Retention elections? You'd have to rewrite the constitution (ironically enough). And, well, the most of the public who are engaged (and that's not most of the public) knows whether it likes a decision at best. Ask most people how riled up they are about gay marriage being imposed by judicial fiat, for example. In my experience, most are not.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 01, 2026 12:20 PM (g/QcK)

183 Since the DeathCare fiasco, we knew Benedict Roberts was compromised; now we have to assume the same about Commie Island Barrett.
Posted by: ShainS

Roberts has a hinky Irish child adoption.

Doesn't Amy Boney Carrot have adopted kids?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 12:21 PM (4Agqc)

184 NOOD Scalps

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:22 PM (t/lcw)

185 Sounds like a clear case of the community Karens being total assholes to this minyan. They can't claim traffic because they didn't drive on this day. They can't claim noise because no loudspeakers. They just don't like beardy guys with the small hats because, I dunno, house values?
I'd rather live in a whole block of Silverbergs than with a single Karen.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (K7yuL)

186 Roberts has a hinky Irish child adoption.

Doesn't Amy Boney Carrot have adopted kids?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 01, 2026 12:21 PM (4Agqc)

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I believe so, rick.

Always good to see you ...

Posted by: ShainS at July 01, 2026 12:23 PM (t/lcw)

187 165 Did anyone here know about this case? Orthodox Jew will have a case before the Supreme Court as to whether he can have a prayer gathering with other men at his house. Apparently some people in his Ohio town didn't like it . What a disgrace! It's a shame it had to go this far. I do hope the Supreme Court does the correct thing and rules in his favor. From the "Legal Insurrection" site:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfnc49m

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Likely to lose under Employment Division v. Smith standard as long as enforcement is consistent. One of the zoning and code enforcement issues with unlicensed churches in residential neighborhoods ends up being parking, noise, and other nuisances. So many locales ban religious assemblies on a regular basis in residential zoning areas.

Unless there was some sort of animus (see Lukumi Babulu Aye v. City of Hialeah), neutral generally applicable laws can be enforced even on religious practices--not thoughts but practices. Decided on rational basis test. As long as the govt has a reasonable policy that applies to all religions equally, the plaintiffs must prove that the government's action is unreasonable. Hard to do.

Posted by: whig at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)

188 “things were better back then"
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This is ordinarily not an allowed opinion in Leftist dogma. What changed?

The way that works, if you were to innocently point out that almost every single social health issue was demonstrably better in say, the 1950s - they will start screeching like stuck pigs that it wasn’t perfect for everybody. Therefore, no comparisons can ever be made. The End.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 01, 2026 12:24 PM (joemM)

189 There will be immense pressure on the Democrats to pack the court the next time they're in power. First they end the Senate filibuster, then is simple majority to pick the court

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 01, 2026 12:30 PM (5TAdl)

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