Daily Tech News 8 July 2026

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Samung has posted an 1800% increase in quarterly profits, catapulting the company past Nvidia to become most profitable company in the world. (Tom's Hardware)

Expectedly.
Hold my shorts says Shenzhen Longsys Electronics - more familiar as the brand Lexar - which is expected to post a profit increase of more than 60,000%. (Tom's Hardware)

Admittedly their margins kinda sucked last year.

Tech News

Hold all of our shorts says the entire US ISP industry, slavering over an FCC rule change that would let them hide fees again. (Ars Technica)

Lovely people. Let's give them a state. Maybe Minnesota.
Sorry, were you wearing that says SpaceX as it files with the FCC to launch 100,000 third generation Starlink satellites. (WCCFTech)

Each with advanced phase array beamforming, 4Tbps of aggregate bandwidth, and a wave motion gun in case regulators get any ideas.
All your shorts are belong to us say JP Morgan and Bank of America as they look forward to bypassing federal laws capping debit card fees. (MSN)

There are days when a wave motion gun would come in really handy. This is three of them.
The AVX-512 instruction set may be making a return in Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors. (Tom's Hardware)

It's been notably absent from Intel's recent desktop and laptop chips, leaving AMD the only option for users who, uh, use it.

Still available in Intel server processors though.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Sorry, folks, I'm the reason you can't have catgirls. Best I can do is a cait sith.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:15 AM

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1 (Taps mic.) Is this thing on?

Posted by: Bitblt at July 08, 2026 05:18 AM (11pZm)

2 And one more. Verses on strength in God at difficult times". Faithpot site :

https://tinyurl.com/ypd53w65

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 05:18 AM (D+BhG)

3
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 08, 2026 05:20 AM (AMvSw)

4 Good morning, I think I will go to bed now.

Posted by: SciVo at July 08, 2026 05:20 AM (Sy6m/)

5 Good plan.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 08, 2026 05:22 AM (BLOW1)

6 Zero comments at 0522?

Posted by: Fenderbender at July 08, 2026 05:22 AM (1FEc1)

7 Guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at July 08, 2026 05:22 AM (+qalq)

8 6 Zero comments at 0522?
Posted by: Fenderbender

I was stuck at work and the post was delayed about 45 minutes.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 08, 2026 05:24 AM (BLOW1)

9 w00t late

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 05:25 AM (6wpGE)

10 There are days when a wave motion gun would come in really handy.
****

Will you still need it when the AI bubble bursts?

Posted by: clarence at July 08, 2026 05:27 AM (+qalq)

11 6 Zero comments at 0522?
Posted by: Fenderbender at July 08, 2026 05:22 AM (1FEc1)

The very earliest early morning comments? They all live on the bottom of the ONT.

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 05:27 AM (6wpGE)

12 Zero comments at 0522?
Posted by: Fenderbender

Some of them are on the previous thread where I was yapping away😉 but not about tech. I'm the non techy interloper.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 05:27 AM (Bw1/o)

13 >>>Samung has posted

Would you like to buy an "s"?

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 05:28 AM (6wpGE)

14 Evening and morning, Insomaniacals! Woden's Day already, innit? The downhill run to the weekend begins at noon; get yer tickets now!

I'm up earlier than I planned; not Stirling's fault, just my brain firing up independent of my will. It happens.

Whassup withchoo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 05:28 AM (wzUl9)

15 Ugh. *faceplant*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 05:29 AM (O7YUW)

16 Rejoinder: Are you having a good time with the new season on Crunchyroll?

Posted by: clarence at July 08, 2026 05:30 AM (+qalq)

17 13 >>>Samung has posted

Would you like to buy an "s"?
Posted by: m

In thi economy?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 08, 2026 05:32 AM (BLOW1)

18 Tech related: I was advised the other morning that it's probably a good idea to avoid charging one's phone over 85%. What I've noticed while trying to follow that plan is that the phone, an Android, does not run down the battery as fast -- as if, charged to 100%, it begins to roll down a steep cliff (97% at 10 pm, 88% at 5 am). Whereas if I leave it at the 88 instead of recharging to 100 first thing in the morning, the battery % decreases more gradually -- a less steep cliff.

Is this what you have seen, and is it normal?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 05:33 AM (wzUl9)

19 "The AVX-512 instruction set may be making a return in Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors."

I notice the visible absence of shorts. Put some pants on! Pants are very important (for the rest of us.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 05:33 AM (O7YUW)

20 This afternoon we hope to get a kitten at the house with the big sign that said "Free kittens". I haven't seen one of those in years. I guess people either get their animals spayed or go the the animal rescue places where the interview and form work is a little lesser version of adopting a baby.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 05:36 AM (Bw1/o)

21 Mornin'

Part II

Going to put some food in the crockpot and see what happens! Probably hot food in about 7 hours. A pork roast and assorted veggies.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 08, 2026 05:36 AM (sAmhv)

22 Crunchyroll sounds like something one gets at a sushi place.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 05:37 AM (Bw1/o)

23 Last night we watched Night and Day, the 1946 biopic of Cole Porter with Cary Grant and Alexis Smith, and a very young Jane Wyman. It follows some of the actual bones of Porter's life: born in Indiana, writing songs at Yale, friendship with professor and later producer and actor Monty Woolley (who plays himself with verve), his marriage to the woman who remained his companion until her death, his leg injuries that put him in a wheelchair, etc.

Good, professional stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

24 15 Ugh. *faceplant*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 05:29 AM (O7YUW)

wut

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 05:39 AM (6wpGE)

25 17 13 >>>Samung has posted

Would you like to buy an "s"?
Posted by: m

In thi economy?
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 08, 2026 05:32 AM (BLOW1)

Firt one' free.

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 05:40 AM (6wpGE)

26 Is this what you have seen, and is it normal?

If it's an android device, check for the "Battery Saver" option. If on, it starts doing stuff to try to save battery lower than 90% charge, but above that it won't activate, which would account for the first 10% going faster than the remaining 90%.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

27 @24/m: "wut"

Very tired this morning, m.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 05:43 AM (O7YUW)

28 Belated BOING!

Got KP duty to finish.

Then install a ceiling fan.

Fun.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 08, 2026 05:43 AM (lgmVC)

29 27 @24/m: "wut"

Very tired this morning, m.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 05:43 AM (O7YUW)

Extra points for making it to the thread.

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 05:45 AM (6wpGE)

30 This afternoon we hope to get a kitten at the house with the big sign that said "Free kittens". I haven't seen one of those in years. I guess people either get their animals spayed or go the the animal rescue places where the interview and form work is a little lesser version of adopting a baby.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026

***
Not much lesser, Fen. I hear tell they send somebody over to the prospective adopter's house to check out the future home environment, ask for references, etc. On one level it's good to see -- they don't want an animal going to a bad home -- but it's damned intrusive.

The shelter in Vicksburg, MS, where I adopted Stirling did ask for a vet reference, so they could be sure I was the type to see to my past cats' medical needs. That done, everything was fine.

On the other hand, the lady who sold little Dagny to me already knew me from two past adoptions, so we met halfway between her home and mine (in the parking lot of a truck stop, of all places) and took care of everything right there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

31 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 08, 2026 05:47 AM (VyBeY)

32 If it's an android device, check for the "Battery Saver" option. If on, it starts doing stuff to try to save battery lower than 90% charge, but above that it won't activate, which would account for the first 10% going faster than the remaining 90%.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026

***
I think I do have that on -- you'd mentioned it here before. Thanks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

33 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9

I haven't had to request to come to the house.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 05:49 AM (D+BhG)

34 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

How did your video tour go?

Posted by: Tuna at July 08, 2026 05:50 AM (lJ0H4)

35 @32/Wolfus: You're welcome! I don't remember mentioning this option before, but I'm also leaning really hard on the coffee this morning.

Me, I just throw devices on charge overnight and unplug them in the morning. Charging circuits in the devices with USB-C connectors are supposed to prevent the battery from being overcharged, and as far as I can tell, they do a good job of that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

36 I was thinking to have breakfast now, then go over to the nearby mall to try working out in the A/C. Not being sure they will frown on my 1/3 trotting as opposed to purely walking, I'm reluctant to wait until 9:45. Temps and heat index are a bit lower than a week ago -- so I could do my usual mile now, then have the morning free to work on some writing.

Tomorrow, haircut, but that's not until ten. I could work out the same way tomorrow, then go with Linda to the mall to walk on Friday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

37 @36/Wolfus: Go before the stores open. Stores won't care if you're exercising when there are no customers for you to potentially impede or interfere with.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

38
How did your video tour go?
Posted by: Tuna at July 08, 2026

***
Po'ly. (Poorly, in General American.) The agent's phone struggled to stay connected, so we had a hard time seeing anything. The house looks okay -- more on that in a minute -- but the agent warned me about the area. "I legally can't tell you if a neighborhood is good or bad . . . but there was a guy outside here screaming his head off in broad daylight." "I don't have to move 800 miles for that," I said, "I can get that right here!" The agent agreed he was not comfortable in the area, and we left it at that.

Pawn here was kind enough to offer some insights based on the Realtor pics, and the place might need more work than it appeared to.

So the hunt continues.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

39 Wolfus: Go before the stores open. Stores won't care if you're exercising when there are no customers for you to potentially impede or interfere with.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026

***
Right; I was going to get there at ten, and the stores, most, don't open until eleven. I just envision some officious Karen in a "security" uniform, the type who'd have rousted you in 2021 about wearing a face diaper, reading me the riot act about what she calls "running."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

40 I haven't had to request to come to the house.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026

***
Maybe it's only local -- the inhabitants around here don't care for their children, let alone their pets -- or maybe it was a procedure the SPCA and other shelters don't do any more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

41 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 08, 2026 06:05 AM (2Ez/1)

42 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: K-k-k-katie...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 08, 2026 06:08 AM (amcLV)

43 *sighs* x.com is now insisting that you log in if you try to click the "play" icon on a user's individual post with a video. This used to work a few days ago.

So I've been using xcancel.com to get around that, but now it's having problems where it just loops a bunch of times trying to get access to the post (and its comments) and then if it loops too long, I get locked out with a "429 Too Many Requests" error, and any subsequent attempt to access xcancel.com gets that error as well (at least for a while, I'm not sure how long I'm locked out.)

I updated all my add-ons in Firefox, and then whitelisted xcancel.com in uBlock Origin, but it's still doing it. Don't know if it's a problem on their end or mine.

All this was fine a few days ago.

I just want to watch cute cat videos. *shakes fist at technology*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 06:09 AM (O7YUW)

44 Who the hell is Darth Kate?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 08, 2026 06:10 AM (Ot/FD)

45 I just want to watch cute cat videos. *shakes fist at technology*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 06:09 AM (O7YUW)
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Technology is great, right up until the moment that it isn't.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 08, 2026 06:12 AM (amcLV)

46 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 06:13 AM (sgkY8)

47 “ There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.”

Luke 12:2-3

Posted by: Marcus T at July 08, 2026 06:14 AM (egaJw)

48 My truck isn't coming home ever, have to find another vehicle, not sure what I want

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 06:15 AM (sgkY8)

49 G&R

https://status.d420.de

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 06:16 AM (6wpGE)

50 My truck isn't coming home ever, have to find another vehicle, not sure what I want
Posted by: Skip

Sorry to hear that.

Posted by: Tuna at July 08, 2026 06:21 AM (lJ0H4)

51 Today's patriotic message just seen on the back of a guy's tee shirt:

Faith
Family
Friends
Freedom
Flag

Things you don't mess with

Guy was a well built guy probably in his
Late 20's or early 30's I wouldn't want to mess with him even if I disagreed with his views which I didn't .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 06:29 AM (z0QU3)

52 The girl from Rover who watched the khets while we were on vacation last year moved out of the area. Have to locate a new kitty sitter

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 08, 2026 06:39 AM (UoWyB)

53 44 Who the hell is Darth Kate?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 08, 2026 06:10 AM (Ot/FD)

Darth Kate? Of the Boston Darths?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 08, 2026 06:39 AM (2X2jr)

54 Looking for news on that cargo plane that crashed off the coast of Pakistan, I'm turning up only half-day old stories and reports from kinda sketchy sites.

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 06:43 AM (6wpGE)

55 Well, here's something recent from ABC News:

Pakistan expands search for missing cargo plane as rough seas hamper rescue efforts

Pakistan’s Navy and civilian authorities have expanded the search for a cargo plane feared to have crashed after it disappeared from radar and lost contact with air traffic control en route to the city of Karachi

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 06:45 AM (6wpGE)

56 Officials said the Karachi-bound aircraft, operated by the private carrier K2 Airways, reported a navigational system issue while flying from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates with five people on board.

The search is still ongoing, according to three officials familiar with the rescue operation.

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 06:46 AM (6wpGE)

57 @49/m: Thanks, m. I used to use Nitter all the time until it flaked out on me and I went to xcancel. I'll bookmark that page you linked and figure out which instance of Nitter I can use on a given day.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 06:48 AM (O7YUW)

58 I just went to the store to get cold medication for FenSpouse. I don't know if this is just in stupid NJ or a wider thing, but a message popped up- "Approval needed." I said to the young guy there "I really am over 18" . He did not look amused Or was very tired or had heard this innumerable times before He fiddled with the machine
And said
"Just put in your birth date." M/D/ Yr I did not ask this
but couldn't some person who was not 18 but looked it just figure out what date was 18 years ok
Good forbid we all get a high from cold medication! .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 06:49 AM (z0QU3)

59 ago, not ok

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 06:50 AM (z0QU3)

60
Good morning, everyone.

Update on the shoulder surgery. Went very quickly, only a rotator cuff repair, no muscles or tendons were in need of repair. Five little laproscopic incisions. No need for pain meds either! Feels like a muscle ache from loosing a 'you flinched you get two punches battle'. First physical therapy is today at 1500, shouldn't be problematic, as I already have reasonable range of motion back. Hoping it's only range of motion and strength work.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 08, 2026 06:55 AM (QVmho)

61
This was not at all my experience in '91 when I had a complete rebuild on my right shoulder including pig cartilage on the rotator cuff. Two nights, three days in William Beaumont on Ft. Bliss. Level 10 pain for two weeks, 2 and a half years to get limited range of motion and strength back. Worst pain ever. We're talking Man Cold level miserableness.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 08, 2026 06:58 AM (QVmho)

62
"Just put in your birth date." M/D/ Yr I did not ask this
but couldn't some person who was not 18 but looked it just figure out what date was 18 years ok
Good forbid we all get a high from cold medication! .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It's to keep meth heads from cooking meth. You'd think real adults could come up with a better process to control that stuff.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 08, 2026 06:59 AM (QVmho)

63

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 08, 2026 06:59 AM (VWiq3)

64 57 @49/m: Thanks, m. I used to use Nitter all the time until it flaked out on me and I went to xcancel. I'll bookmark that page you linked and figure out which instance of Nitter I can use on a given day.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 06:48 AM (O7YUW)

An addendum from a Hacker News commenter:

trog on Jan 14, 2024 [–]
Worth noting this page also includes which Nitter instances support RSS.
I've replaced 99 percent of my Twitter use with RSS now and oh my is it a more pleasant experience.

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 07:00 AM (6wpGE)

65 Good morning morons

Posted by: The Pretenders at July 08, 2026 07:04 AM (RIvkX)

66 /Chrissie Hynde sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2026 07:04 AM (RIvkX)

67 Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 08, 2026 06:55 AM (QVmho)

Thanks for the update. Glad it went well and may God bless the rest of your recovery.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 07:05 AM (Bw1/o)

68 66 /Chrissie Hynde sock off

Well, in Hyndesight ....

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 07:06 AM (6wpGE)

69
Crunchyroll sounds like something one gets at a sushi place.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

If you find an anime series you like on Hulu, Prime, or Netflix, Crunchyroll is probably the only place that will have the full series with all episodes. Sometimes Prime will have Crunchyroll bundle option too.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 08, 2026 07:07 AM (QVmho)

70 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 08, 2026 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

71
68 66 /Chrissie Hynde sock off

Well, in Hyndesight ....
Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 07:06 AM
###

I miss Rush.

https://youtu.be/GfDqcKOh1hg

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 08, 2026 07:10 AM (2Ez/1)

72 Hillary Clinton

Go home. You are drunk. Again. And tomorrow you will still be evil and ugly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 08, 2026 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

73 Want to write questions for " Jeopardy"? If selected you could make over $100,000 a year . Details at "NY Post". Link:

https://tinyurl.com/mttrj3w3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 07:15 AM (Bw1/o)

74 Want to write questions for " Jeopardy"? If selected you could make over $100,000 a year . Details at "NY Post". Link:

https://tinyurl.com/mttrj3w3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 07:15 AM (Bw1/o)
----
I wonder how well AI could write Jeopardy questions...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 07:19 AM (FZ29D)

75 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 07:19 AM (FZ29D)

I was wondering that myself, but they also need someone who is witty. I don't think AI has reached that point yet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 07:20 AM (Bw1/o)

76 wow, demi moore bought a $3400 handbag at balenciaga.

thank you daily mail, my information needs are filled for the day!

/hoping this doesnt't need a sarc tag ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 08, 2026 07:20 AM (VyBeY)

77 @76/sock_rat_eez: Some people really fixate on stuff like that. (Yeah, I don't get it either.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 07:22 AM (O7YUW)

78 It's Hump Day in the Clinton household, which is Bill's favorite day.
And like just about any other day, it means Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife wakes up on the kitchen floor of one of her Chappaqua mansions with her face stuck to the kitchen floor in a pool of her own dried vomit next to an empty box of cheap New Zealand Chardonnay and a Secret Service person standing over her, arms akimbo muttering "Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Posted by: Stuff Chris Plante sez at July 08, 2026 07:23 AM (2Ez/1)

79 73 Want to write questions for " Jeopardy"? If selected you could make over $100,000 a year . Details at "NY Post". Link:

https://tinyurl.com/mttrj3w3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 07:15 AM (Bw1/o)

Hey Fen. How are things going for you? We are having a month of fasting at out church. One of the two things I am refraining from is the websites a normally visit. Thursday and Friday this week. Your view on fasting aside or in addition to food, I am interested in if you care to opine. Thanks.

Posted by: tubal at July 08, 2026 07:25 AM (Gqar8)

80 mornin yall

"President Trump said Wednesday that he believes his memorandum of understanding with Iran is dead after he ordered overnight airstrikes on 80 targets after Iranian forces attacked three commercial ships."

What a surprise. To no one.

Posted by: fd at July 08, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)

81 I saw this in real life in the locker room at Worldgate near Dulles.

A guy with Executive silver hair was surrounded by minions that questioned him sharply on how he, yes he, got such a beautiful, cultured wife. This went on for a while, as they were astonished at his now wife (probably not 25 but still younger than him). He was getting annoyed at the thought that he could not pull it off.

He then said, come in closer, and I'll tell you how. "I told her I had 15 million dollars more than I have, and that I was 15 years older than I am."

Shut them up.

Two year before, I saw this same man, surrounded by a different group of slightly younger men, say "I don't mind gay marriage, but I want them to undergo a gay divorce." I took from that comment, said with biting vehemence, he had recently been unhappily divorced.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 08, 2026 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

82 What a surprise. To no one.
Posted by: fd at July 08, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)
=====

I think you are being overly generous.

Several morons were amazingly credulous and defensive of it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

83 73 Want to write questions for " Jeopardy"?

Oh the fun we could have with that. But that money would only be decent outside of CA.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 08, 2026 07:30 AM (/k3in)

84 "President Trump said Wednesday that he believes his memorandum of understanding with Iran is dead after he ordered overnight airstrikes on 80 targets after Iranian forces attacked three commercial ships."

What a surprise. To no one.
Posted by: fd at July 08, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)
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I suspect President Trump simply wanted to tamp down the conflict a bit to get through the 250th Independence Day celebrations. Now he has a freer hand to start punishing the IRGC.

Though now he has to get through the midterms...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 07:30 AM (FZ29D)

85 If the Iran MOU is dead, that’s a good thing. Finally…. Maybe Trump wanted to get past the 250th…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 08, 2026 07:30 AM (38yk/)

86 "wow, demi moore bought a $3400 handbag at balenciaga."

Did she carry it with her stunningly toned arms?

Posted by: fd at July 08, 2026 07:31 AM (MWfyi)

87 I'd plug Monica and maybe send some photo shops to hillary. There's a reason she went after Ghadaffi like an axe murderer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 08, 2026 07:31 AM (fkjGs)

88 84, 85 — Perfessor, great minds think alike

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 08, 2026 07:31 AM (38yk/)

89 affirm, G&R, somedays the irony? cognitive dissonance? ? just hits me harder than others ... I spoze I could quit getting some of my news from Brit tabloids, but where's the fun in that?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 08, 2026 07:32 AM (VyBeY)

90 NR Pax

Our pragmatic Answers would stump liberals.

Final Jeopardy: Thomas Sowell.

This is my go to question to find closeted liberals.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 08, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

91 Not a fan of most of the Beatles stuff, except when they let that drummer sing. He's pretty good.

Posted by: Ringo Starr at July 08, 2026 07:32 AM (U/Eoe)

92 I like Trump. I like that he is trying to be a peacemaker. "Blessed are the peacemakers..."

Iran has abused his patience and is now going to learn something new.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 08, 2026 07:33 AM (qFwJc)

93 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 08, 2026 07:33 AM (VyBeY)

94 JJ is nood!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 07:33 AM (ExV1e)

95 real news!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 08, 2026 07:33 AM (VyBeY)

96 The MOU isn't dead, this is just the IRGC way of negotiating. Trump is gonna have to kill some of their leadership or knock down a bridge or two every time they misbehave.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 08, 2026 07:35 AM (U/Eoe)

97 I think you are being overly generous.

Several morons were amazingly credulous and defensive of it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

So in the end, what did it accomplish?
Pro: it temporarily knocked oil prices down , blunting political criticism plus it gave us a quiet weekend for the 250th.
Con: it allowed Iran to rest, regroup, and rearm with shipments from China and Russia, plus it completely negated any economic effects of the two month blockade we’d imposed.
So politically it was justifiable; from a military standpoint it was idiotic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 07:37 AM (VbqNm)

98 Posted by: tubal at July 08, 2026 07:25 AM (Gqar

Hi, tubal. I think that's a great idea- and over the years fasting, has become much more than about fasting from food. We just had a discussion during Lent over this. I'm not sure how fasting from chocolate for instance , draws one closer to God, whereas fasting from websites and spending time in prayer, reading Scripture could aid one in the
Idea of "Create in me a clean heart" and "Renew a right spirit within me" and asking God to transform one by the power of the Holy Spirit into -as far as possible in this life- into the image of Jesus Christ and full of the fruit of the Spirit

God bless you and others engaging In this. At some point, come back and tell us how it went.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 07:38 AM (D+BhG)

99 @80/fd: "What a surprise. To no one."

This is "as I understand it". If I'm wrong, let me know please?

Under the War Powers Resolution, a president can take military action against another foreign power for 60 days, plus an additional 30 days for an organized withdrawal in which combat can still take place. After that he needs authorization from Congress to continue, or an official Declaration of War.

So, by signing a peace agreement, the former military action was officially ended, and with this new attack by Iran and Trump's response to it, the 90 day clock starts all over again.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 08, 2026 07:42 AM (O7YUW)

100 100

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 07:51 AM (6wpGE)

101 89 I spoze I could quit getting some of my news from Brit tabloids, but where's the fun in that?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 08, 2026 07:32 AM (VyBeY)

I am in Week One of avoiding the BBC.

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 07:52 AM (6wpGE)

102 97
Con: it allowed Iran to rest, regroup, and rearm with shipments from China and Russia ...

So politically it was justifiable; from a military standpoint it was idiotic.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 07:37 AM (VbqNm)

In theory, we tracked those activities and gained information.

Posted by: m at July 08, 2026 07:54 AM (6wpGE)

103 >>>Under the War Powers Resolution, a president can take military action against another foreign power for 60 days, plus an additional 30 days for an organized withdrawal in which combat can still take place. After that he needs authorization from Congress to continue, or an official Declaration of War.

So, by signing a peace agreement, the former military action was officially ended, and with this new attack by Iran and Trump's response to it, the 90 day clock starts all over again.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

>My understanding is that the marines serve at the president's pleasure, any time, any where. I don't recall any grace period on the war powers resolution. A cease fire pretty much covers that.

Congress is required to call in and fund the militia, the army, for a declared war. Of course funding for any action is always going to be a congressional issue.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 08, 2026 08:12 AM (fkjGs)

104 Sock off

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 08, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

105 03 >>>Under the War Powers Resolution, a president can take military action against another foreign power for 60 days, plus an additional 30 days for an organized withdrawal in which combat can still take place. After that he needs authorization from Congress to continue, or an official Declaration of War.

So, by signing a peace agreement, the former military action was officially ended, and with this new attack by Iran and Trump's response to it, the 90 day clock starts all over again.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

>My understanding is that the marines serve at the president's pleasure, any time, any where. I don't recall any grace period on the war powers resolution. A cease fire pretty much covers that.

Congress is required to call in and fund the militia, the army, for a declared war. Of course funding for any action is always going to be a congressional issue.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 08, 2026 08:12 AM (fkjGs)

We have a single CinC, not 535. Congress has oversight and controls the money. But for the sake of unity of command we have a single CinC.

And never forget: Declarations of War are for diplomats, not the military.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 08, 2026 09:52 AM (OwmWb)

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