As US Forces Knock Out Iranian Power Plants, the IRGC Tells Iranians to be Like the UK and France and Turn Off the AC and Die In the Summer Heat

Trump's bombing them all the way back to modern day Europe.

Iran has told its citizens to turn off their air conditioning during peak hours as the country's power grid came under strain amid US strikes.
Tehran's energy ministry said that the power restrictions were necessary 'to help ensure a stable electricity supply in the southern provinces, which are currently facing extreme heat and attacks on electricity supply facilities.'
Temperatures in the capital were expected to hit triple digits Friday, with highs of 102F on Saturday and Sunday.
Donald Trump ordered the US military to hit Iranian bridges throughout coastal cities along the Strait of Hormuz. A report from Iranian state media claims an American missile struck Qeshm, an island which is home to a hidden 'missile city' buried underground. The US also fired on a ship which was trying to breach the blockade.

Qeshm extends out into the Strait and is, presumably, a key staging area for attacks on shipping. US forces appear to be attempting to bomb all roads and bridges to the island, to cut it off completely.

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Just hours prior, Trump directed the US military to hit Iranian bridges throughout coastal cities along the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian officials reported Thursday explosions in Bandar Abbas and two blasts in Bushehr, home to Iran's largest civilian nuclear plant.
The US said its forces struck Iranian command centers, air defense sites, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities tied to the battle over the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran hit the power infrastructure of other Gulf states in retaliation.

John Spencer
@SpencerGuard

Updates on Iran: Following the breakdown of the ceasefire/memorandum of understanding, fighting has escalated/resumed over the past 6 days (roughly July 13--17), with the US conducting multiple nights of strikes and Iran lashes out.
US (according to USCENTCOM) has conducted strikes for six consecutive nights, using aircraft, drones, warships, and precision munitions. The stated goal is to degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Key targets hit (primarily southern/coastal Iran, focused on Bandar Abbas area and nearby islands):
* Coastal defense systems, air defenses, radar/coastal surveillance sites, missile/drone capabilities, command centers, and maritime/small boat assets.
* Locations: Bandar Abbas (port/naval hub), Qeshm Island, Kish Island, Abu Musa, Bushehr province (including Jam and Kangan), Chah Bahar (Chabahar), Jask, Konarak, Sistan-Baluchestan province (including areas near Rask and Saravan), and others.
* Military Infrastructure: Bridges (at least six in Hormozgan province), a maritime control tower in Chabahar (collapsed), military logistics infrastructure, and some inland sites (e.g., airports, possible rail/power elements).

🚨Bandar Abbas is being isolated from Iran right now.

All major land routes — roads, bridges, rail — are under heavy targeting. The critical Bandar Khamir bridge was blown a while ago.

Signs point to a coordinated operation cutting off this strategic port that handles 85-90%… pic.twitter.com/uSpdr3AYhG
— Siaxares 🇮🇷 🇺🇸 (@siaxares) July 16, 2026

Iran is imploding, the regime is broke, and their war machine is running on empty.

Workers aren't getting paid, soldiers are deserting, and military camps are literally facing food shortages. Their entire proxy network is crumbling.
All it takes is one more month of President… pic.twitter.com/513bd9xfhq
— سيف الدرعي| Saif alderei (@saif_aldareei) July 16, 2026

🎯🇺🇸 The United States has reportedly carried out its largest wave of strikes in Iran during the current round of fighting, targeting major transportation and maritime infrastructure.

Iranian reports say five bridges in southern Iran, an airport, a railway station, and Chabahar… pic.twitter.com/XIxZSKjoT6
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) July 17, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:15 PM

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1 Good preparation for the afterlife.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:15 PM (ExV1e)

2 There you go

Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:16 PM (/bHKT)

3 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:16 PM (ExV1e)

4 And the Iranians retaliated with Taco Bell.

Innovative strategy.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 01:16 PM (Sco7b)

5 We should send our lettuce to the IRGC.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 01:17 PM (3uBP9)

6 There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven
When she gets there, she knows if the stores are all closed
With a word, she can get what she came for
Ooh, and she's buying a stairway to Heaven

There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts, I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking ...

AT THE BLADE STEALING ANOTHER FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

7 I wonder if heaven has A.C. ?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (t7WpP)

8 When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (nYjOQ)

9 6 There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
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AT THE BLADE STEALING ANOTHER FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

All that effort, for sixth.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (ExV1e)

10 Trump's bombing them all the way back to modern day Europe.

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"WAR CRIMINAL!" charges coming in 5 .. 4 .. 3 ... AKA another day ending in "day."

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (KBK+H)

11 The Iranians are bombing Taco Bell? Oh Noes!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (tWxgu)

12 The Saif Alderai video made me laugh. It sounds like a bunch of kids are watching the explosion and then saying "Wow!".

I don't know if Persian has a word for "awesome", but if they did, they'd be saying it.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Riz8t)

13
Can we all pitch in to get Elric and Sponge a motel room somewhere?

Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Y8DZL)

14 Finally!! Bridge and power plant days… what I’ve been waiting for. Don’t stop

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (yz/88)

15 "Iran is imploding, the regime is broke, and their war machine is running on empty. Workers aren't getting paid, soldiers are deserting, and military camps are literally facing food shortages. Their entire proxy network is crumbling."

I've heard this 100x over the last few months. I hope this time it's based on real facts and not wishcasters pulling optimism out of their assholes.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)

16 As US Forces Knock Out Iranian Power Plants, the IRGC Tells Iranians to be Like the UK and France and Turn Off the AC and Die In the Summer Heat

See? With Trump's influence, they're becoming more westernized already!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (kgE5c)

17 Sad!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (amcLV)

18 Thank you, good night, and Lettuce Roll

Posted by: Zombie Peter Jennings at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (3uBP9)

19 > There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold

You just reminded me of a pet peeve of mine. The phrase, "All that glitters is not gold." I hate it so much. Gold glitters. It's false. More formally, if you take the set of all things that glitter, nothing within that set is gold. Obviously that's not true.

What you mean to say is, "Not all that glitters is gold." Meaning, of the set of all things that glitter, not everything in that set is gold. That is correct.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)

20 Trump's bombing them all the way back to modern day Europe.
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LOL! Classic ace.

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (Fi81e)

21 Why is Iran hitting other gulf states in retaliation? It doesn't seem like the best plan for them to hit their Muslim neighbors?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (Bw1/o)

22 I wonder if heaven has A.C. ?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (t7WpP)

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They should be more worried about hell not having A.C.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (KBK+H)

23 There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
...
AT THE BLADE STEALING ANOTHER FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

All that effort, for sixth.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (ExV1e)
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Takes too much time to do the cut and paste and formatting, alas

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

24 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (dpXJq)

25 Stairway to Heaven… great song but I always thought Robert Plant was intentionally enunciating in strange ways on the song to make the lyrics hard to understand. Like Manfred Mann’s Earth Band on Blinded by the Light…. I mean what in the world is a coliappi??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (yz/88)

26 21 Why is Iran hitting other gulf states in retaliation? It doesn't seem like the best plan for them to hit their Muslim neighbors?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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For hosting US forces. USAF in Qatar, Navy and others in Bahrain, and I think US Army in Kuwait. UAE has some US forces there as well.

Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (E4rtv)

27 It's about time. Put a few MOABs onto Karg Island.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (g8Ew8)

28 In heaven, there is no beer.

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)

29 21 Why is Iran hitting other gulf states in retaliation? It doesn't seem like the best plan for them to hit their Muslim neighbors?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (Bw1/o)

Supposedly they are going for American bases in these Countries

Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (FtULh)

30 What you mean to say is, "Not all that glitters is gold." Meaning, of the set of all things that glitter, not everything in that set is gold. That is correct.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)

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Kommie-la has a Venn Diagram for that.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (KBK+H)

31 Love listening to the Iranian people watching the explosions and hoping the mullahs are about to fall

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (OXYE0)

32 How you like them TACOs?

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (uzmqU)

33 Zorro was Bandar Abbas best movie.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (ndZc7)

34 Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (E4rtv)

Thanks. I'm sure that will get their neighbors on the side of Iran./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (Bw1/o)

35 The Saif Alderai video sounds amazingly like the Ewoks in the Star Wars movie when they met C3PO the first time.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (3Ope8)

36 AT THE BLADE STEALING ANOTHER FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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And like the song you cite, not quite ready for greatness.

Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (E4rtv)

37 I've heard this 100x over the last few months. I hope this time it's based on real facts and not wishcasters pulling optimism out of their assholes.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)

Maybe civilizations take longer to crumble than an episode of Matlock.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (ExV1e)

38 You just reminded me of a pet peeve of mine. The phrase, "All that glitters is not gold." I hate it so much. Gold glitters. It's false. More formally, if you take the set of all things that glitter, nothing within that set is gold. Obviously that's not true.

What you mean to say is, "Not all that glitters is gold." Meaning, of the set of all things that glitter, not everything in that set is gold. That is correct.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)

You just gave a non-mathematical description of what mathematicians refer to as naive set theory

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (yz/88)

39 Good.

More.

Gooder and harderer...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (FZ29D)

40 NO STAIRWAY

Posted by: toby928(c) points at the sign at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (4NO2D)

41 What you mean to say is, "Not all that glitters is gold." Meaning, of the set of all things that glitter, not everything in that set is gold. That is correct.

Posted by: bonhomme

Don Lemon glitters.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (ndZc7)

42 I mean what in the world is a coliappi??

Caliope (or Calliope) most famously refers to the Muse of epic poetry in Greek mythology, known for her beautiful voice. The name is also used for a loud, steam-powered keyboard instrument often heard at carnivals, a European retail fashion brand, and several technical, environmental, or media-related projects.

Glad I could help.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (Riz8t)

43 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)

44 Trump's bombing them all the way back to modern day Europe.

Sick. Burn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)

45 How you like them TACOs?
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (uzmqU)

Exploding bridges >> explosive diarrhea.

Posted by: far cry at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (+IsEU)

46 Stairway to Heaven… great song but I always thought Robert Plant was intentionally enunciating in strange ways on the song to make the lyrics hard to understand.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (yz/8

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It's for the backwards masking...
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Like Manfred Mann’s Earth Band on Blinded by the Light…. I mean what in the world is a coliappi??
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calliope

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (Fi81e)

47 Thanks for the earworm.
Now where is that ice pick?

Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (YHaz5)

48 Perhaps the sand people will rise up and topple the ragheads governing them.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 01:27 PM (W2Pud)

49 Glad I could help.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (Riz8t)

Archimedes, you just ruined my enjoyment of Blinded by the Light (whiny voice)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:27 PM (yz/88)

50 Why is Iran hitting other gulf states in retaliation? It doesn't seem like the best plan for them to hit their Muslim neighbors?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (Bw1/o)

Sunni vs. Shia is enough of an excuse.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 01:27 PM (tWxgu)

51 34 Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (E4rtv)

Thanks. I'm sure that will get their neighbors on the side of Iran./s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I think the Gulf emirates, Jordan, Iraq, Oman, and Saudi Arabia have decided themselves that the mullahs and IRGC must go. But the trick is that they want us to do it for them. But the Arab street is not supporting the Persians for ethnic and religious reasons (Shi'a v Sunni).

And Iran's proxies which are Shi'a but Arabs are being neutered one by one.

Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:28 PM (E4rtv)

52 AT THE BLADE STEALING ANOTHER FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

All that effort, for sixth.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM

to be a rock, and not to roll...

Posted by: toby928(c) points at the sign at July 17, 2026 01:28 PM (4NO2D)

53
FAFO

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 01:28 PM (XeU6L)

54 >>> What you mean to say is, "Not all that glitters is gold." Meaning, of the set of all things that glitter, not everything in that set is gold. That is correct.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)

If there is not a bustle in your hedge row, there are no spring cleans for the may queen.

.no.

If there is not a spring clean for the may queen you can be assured there was not a bustle in your hedge row.

...no that's not it either.

You cannot have a spring clean unless...

For every bustle there must be..

Ah to hell with it! GUITAR SOLO!!!

Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (3uBP9)

55 Can we all pitch in to get Elric and Sponge a motel room somewhere?
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Y8DZL)

I got $5.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (/HDaX)

56 Thanks for the earworm.
Now where is that ice pick?

Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (YHaz5)
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I still like early Springsteen. Born in the USA and following is what I don't care that much about. Or perhaps Nebraska on.

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (Fi81e)

57 Various sites are reporting that Trump is "surging" refueling planes to Israel (in addition to the ones already parked there). This weekend is going to be interesting.

Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (GD0B3)

58 Like Manfred Mann’s Earth Band on Blinded by the Light…. I mean what in the world is a coliappi??
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calliope
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (Fi81e)

It helps with douches in the night.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (g8Ew8)

59 Sunni vs. Shia is enough of an excuse.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 01:27 PM (tWxgu)

"Sunni vs. Shia" should be the name of a film about a contest between an aging pron star and a nutcase actor.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (ExV1e)

60 Iran retaliating against gulf neighbors is equivalent to the little runt who gets beat up by captain of the football team so he goes and pulls the ponytails of 6th grade girls…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (yz/88)

61 Zorro was Bandar Abbas best movie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (ndZc7)
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Antonio Banderas, not Bandar Abbas!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (amcLV)

62 "Bombing them back to modern day Europe"
Mamdani - "You left me out of this conversation because you're racist?"

Posted by: Greg Alan at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (4JrN8)

63 Why is Iran hitting other gulf states in retaliation? It doesn't seem like the best plan for them to hit their Muslim neighbors?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

When all you have is Islam, every problem looks like an infidel.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (ndZc7)

64 AT THE BLADE STEALING ANOTHER FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

All that effort, for sixth.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM

to be a rock, and not to roll...

That's what you do when your shadow is taller than your soul.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

65 >>I still like early Springsteen.

Mr State Trooper is one of the worst songs ever recorded.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (uzmqU)

66 NO STAIRWAY
Posted by: toby928(c) points at the sign at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (4NO2D)

Denied!

I always wondered why it never sounded like Wayne was playing Stairway. Today AI tells me:

While the original theatrical release included the recognizable opening notes, copyright restrictions forced the studio to replace the riff with generic, unrecognizable guitar strumming for all subsequent home video, television, and foreign releases.

Posted by: far cry at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (+IsEU)

67 I got $5.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (/HDaX)

And a first! To donate.

Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (YHaz5)

68 If there is not a bustle in your hedge row,
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I don't know, haven't checked by hedge row in a while.

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e)

69 Like Manfred Mann’s Earth Band on Blinded by the Light…. I mean what in the world is a coliappi??
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calliope
Posted by: Axeman

Bruce Springstain's mumbling lyrics period where he tried to emulate Bob Dylan with less clever lyrics. His original take on Blinded by the Light is much inferior to Manfred Mann's later hit version.

Same with Fire and the Pointer Sisters or Because the Night with Patti Smyth. All of these were better singers than him and all of those songs did better with those groups covering them than his original version.

Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (E4rtv)

70 It helps with douches in the night.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (g8Ew

I don’t even wanna know how one revs up a douche….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (yz/88)

71 Can we all pitch in to get Elric and Sponge a motel room somewhere?
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Y8DZL)

WTF did I do to deserve that?

He stole my schtick. I had nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)

72 Iran bombed Qatar and Saudi...and then they showed up to funeral of Dear Charcoal to pay respects.

Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (GD0B3)

73 Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)

I hate to nitpick a good nitpick but I feel it's pretty clear the not is about all, not any.

Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (/bHKT)

74 It helps with douches in the night.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (g8Ew

Damn.. Now I have that song in my brain

Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (FtULh)

75 Don Lemon glitters.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (ndZc7)

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I've heard that his fingers often glitter with some substance.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (KBK+H)

76 We also took out another maritime control tower. I think this one was at the Chah Bahar Shahid Kalantari Port, on the Gulf of Oman.

It was being used to target commercial vessels.

And a lot (more) IRGC infrastructure is now smoking ruins.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (jehhT)

77 >>I still like early Springsteen.

Mr State Trooper is one of the worst songs ever recorded.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (uzmqU)
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Yeah. I said I wasn't crazy about Nebraska.

But the artsy people were impressed.

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (Fi81e)

78 "... and their war machine is running on empty..."

Why is it running at all?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

79 Yeah. I said I wasn't crazy about Nebraska.

But the artsy people were impressed.
Posted by: Axeman
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Springstain was emulating Woody Guthrie who was a Commie pig that the music press adored.

Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)

80 This back and forth will continue UNLESS the League of Arab States declares war on Iran.

They have enough wealth and firepower to put troops on the ground inside Iran to help an insurrection...

If we tried that, we would make a whole bunch of new enemies... but if THEY do it? If THEY fix their own regional problem? It may just hold.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (mP0Kj)

81 I said I wasn't crazy about Nebraska.

But the artsy people were impressed.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (Fi81e)

Artsy people are never impressed by Nebraska. No 3am Thai food and hardly any gay bathouses.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (ExV1e)

82 Despite the Dems screeching, no one in the world is really paying attention to Iran anymore.

How can you tell?
Oil futures are at $81; peak in April was $108

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (3cUTc)

83 "Blinded by the light" is easily in my top 20 of most hated songs, though nothing could ever unseat John Lennon's "Imagine" as No. 1.

Posted by: PabloD at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (QDulm)

84 Racked up like a douche, another boner in the night.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (amcLV)

85 WTF did I do to deserve that?

He stole my schtick. I had nothing to do with it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)

My schtick is stealing schticks 😁

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (yz/88)

86 Wrapped up like a douche in your hedgerow
Because you don't know

Oh yeah. Ice pick, where is that thing?

Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (YHaz5)

87 We need new tropes.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (4NO2D)

88 Zorro the Gay Blade : slashes the door. Says to farmer "do you know what that is ?
Farmer : si, senor , it's a 2
Zorro: no it's a Z
Farmer : no , senor, that's a 2
Zorro, shakes head "peasant" , rides away

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (OXYE0)

89 >>"Blinded by the light" is easily in my top 20 of most hated songs, though nothing could ever unseat John Lennon's "Imagine" as No. 1.

Mark David Chapman Saved Us, All.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (uzmqU)

90 Oh yeah. Ice pick, where is that thing?
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM

Lie back and think of Hendrix.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (4NO2D)

91 This back and forth will continue UNLESS the League of Arab States declares war on Iran.

They have enough wealth and firepower to put troops on the ground inside Iran to help an insurrection...

Nope. That would do nothing but provide an center of resistance for the IRGC. SA and the US do not need boots on the ground. Just keep doing what we're doing.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (Riz8t)

92 He stole my schtick. I had nothing to do with it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)
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Why should you have to change your schtick when he's the one who sucks!

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (Fi81e)

93 They have enough wealth and firepower to put troops on the ground inside Iran to help an insurrection...

Has an Arab army fought anyone in the past 1000 years or so other than getting their asses kicked by Israel?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (ExV1e)

94
The DNC's secrecy concerns might be in regard to their dark horse '28 Presidential Contender being the 12th Imam.

Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (Y8DZL)

95 Stairway to Heaven… great song but I always thought Robert Plant was intentionally enunciating in strange ways on the song to make the lyrics hard to understand. Like Manfred Mann’s Earth Band on Blinded by the Light…. I mean what in the world is a coliappi??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (yz/8

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Geoff Tate has entered the chat ....

Plant probably recorded the song high as fuck.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (iFTx/)

96 Springstain was emulating Woody Guthrie who was a Commie pig that the music press adored.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)
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I thought he was attempting to imitate Roy Orbison.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (amcLV)

97 Sure seems that at some point (soon?) the IRGC will run out of the ability to send ballistic missiles and suicide drones to attack their neighbors. Iran is a big place, and they spent years (decades?) preparing caves and tunnels full of missiles and boats (I guess), but we must be watching each time they come out of their holes with another launch, and we can bomb at least the entrances, if not the cave itself?

Posted by: illiniwek at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (vbXSk)

98 Yeah WTF does it mean to have a bustle in your hedgerow??? Whatever it’s just a sprinkling for the bake queen…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (yz/88)

99 In before the guy that overshares.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (4NO2D)

100 @70 whig, The Band's version of Atlantic City blows away Springsteen's

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (OXYE0)

101 We need new tropes.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (4NO2D)

At one time I was responsible for easily half a dozen memes here but many have fallen by the wayside. Also I haven't done any new ones in some time which means I have gotten less funny or this place has gotten more funny. Or we have all gotten less funny.

Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (/bHKT)

102 Damn it! It's supposed to be Heaven! I demand a escalator!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)

103 "No 3am Thai food and hardly any gay bathouses."
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But more sheep than people.

Posted by: Nebraska Board of Tourism at July 17, 2026 01:36 PM (2Ez/1)

104 >>Springstain was emulating Woody Guthrie who was a Commie pig that the music press adored.

Commie Fag, yes.

But, 'Mermaid Ave' - Wilco w/Billy Bragg is a helluva album.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:36 PM (uzmqU)

105 Iceberg leaves in flight, afternoon delight

Posted by: I got your ear worm right here pal at July 17, 2026 01:36 PM (3uBP9)

106 "Blinded by the light" is easily in my top 20 of most hated songs, though nothing could ever unseat John Lennon's "Imagine" as No. 1.

Posted by: PabloD at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (QDulm)
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Imagine is kinda tied with Watching the Wheels with me.

I mean imagine is more intrusively awful and sucks as a concept. But Watching the Wheels is pretty bad too.

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)

107 Whatever it’s just a sprinkling for the bake queen…

Yeah, that's what I though the lyric was until just a few years ago.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

108 Yeah. I said I wasn't crazy about Nebraska.
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Great...now you've done it. Bob Seger playing in my head.

'On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha
You can listen to the engine moanin' out his one note song...'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (XeU6L)

109 >>>military camps are literally facing food shortages

yikes

Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (6wpGE)

110 Springstain was emulating Woody Guthrie who was a Commie pig that the music press adored.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)
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I thought he was attempting to imitate Roy Orbison.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

I thought Chairman Mao.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (ndZc7)

111 The US also fired on a ship which was trying to breach the blockade.

Its telling that shippers are more afraid of Iranian drones and speedboats than they are of the US Military.

Iran threatens to shut down the Strait? Terror on the High Seas!

US determines to blockade ships serving Iran? We can run it!

Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (9s47C)

112 I don’t even wanna know how one revs up a douche….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (yz/8

Shaken, not stirred.

Posted by: Nelly at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (6+ehB)

113 I don't know if Persian has a word for "awesome", but if they did, they'd be saying it.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Riz8t)

SHABASH = well done, bravo or good job.

Posted by: Homer at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (nvKZ7)

114
My schtick is stealing schticks 😁
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM

You will forever be an Amy Schumer sock.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)

115 @106 definitely. Saw Jeff Tweedy play a show with just a drummer. Played a lot off Mermaid Ave. Great show

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (OXYE0)

116 WTF did I do to deserve that?

He stole my schtick. I had nothing to do with it.
Posted by: Sponge

My bad. I was just wondering who'd come first.

Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (Y8DZL)

117 Is making life difficult for civilians really the best idea if the goal is regime change?

The IRGC brass is going to have backup generators.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (FUjuU)

118 Pretty much anything done by Paul McCartney after the Beatles breakup sucks bigly.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Riz8t)

119 There should be ships pulling up full of small arms and loaded magazines. Taught by Green Berets on site.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:28 PM (AoR1V)

that didn't work well for us long term in Afghanistan.

Initially it worked... we armed a bunch of disparate groups, but we could not control them once armed... because the Operators on the ground were constantly overruled by folks sitting behind desks in DC.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (mP0Kj)

120 Damn it! It's supposed to be Heaven! I demand a escalator!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)
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There are probably escalators in Heaven. Because an escalator can never be temporarily broken, it can only be temporarily stairs. ("Pardon the convenience")

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

121 Sorry, you'll have to put your memes somewhere else. I'm full up.

Posted by: The wayside at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (2Ez/1)

122 But Watching the Wheels is pretty bad too.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)

In the sky? turning?
Shit.

My kingdom for an ice pick!

Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (YHaz5)

123 Why should you have to change your schtick when he's the one who sucks!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (Fi81e)

I haven't. I will continue beating that dead horse until it comes back to life, dies and the beatings continue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)

124 Born In the USA was one of those moments I realized my Mom and Dad were pretty fucking dumb.

Because they'd get all tuned in ... but listen to the song. The Boss is singing about how much it sucks here.

Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (AoR1V)

I promise not to make any comments about honeycrisps or red delicious. That up you have teed is pure torture.

Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (/bHKT)

125 >> Pretty much anything done by Paul McCartney after the Beatles breakup sucks bigly.

Everything.

He even ruined 'Thriller'.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (uzmqU)

126 The IRGC brass is going to have backup generators.

And if they have no gas?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (Riz8t)

127 Pretty much anything done by Paul McCartney after the Beatles breakup sucks bigly.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Riz8t)
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After Beatles, for me:

George > Paul > John

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (Fi81e)

128 Some Moron posted this Japgirl band link a while back and it is beyond an earworm for me. It's a brain worm, even though I understand not a word.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu2z4Uf9Tgc

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (4NO2D)

129 Born In the USA was one of those moments I realized my Mom and Dad were pretty fucking dumb.

Because they'd get all tuned in ... but listen to the song. The Boss is singing about how much it sucks here.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (AoR1V)

Artists don't control the interpretation once it leaves they yap. They might wish they did, but they don't.

If your parents liked it because it made them feel patriotic, well, then it is a patriotic song.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (uhVAy)

130 The bathroom's on the right.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (wOO3z)

131 This back and forth will continue UNLESS the League of Arab States declares war on Iran.

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Is this really necessary to solve the Blade/Sponge spat?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (ndZc7)

132 There's a movie coming up about Wat Tyler. Schola Gladiatoria worries there won't be enough LONG BOWS
youtu.be/wNha4eMd-Sw

Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (gKWVE)

133 > If there is not a spring clean for the may queen you can be assured there was not a bustle in your hedge row.

But which cup has the pellet with the poison?

Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (mkw2N)

134 I'm looking for info on that mural they just painted...is the building it's on still standing? Gosh I hope not.

Posted by: connected and litigious at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (cS1cw)

135 Is this really necessary to solve the Blade/Sponge spat?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (ndZc7)
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Wait. Spats? With or without pants?

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (Fi81e)

136 We are off the headliner topic of

As US Forces Knock Out Iranian Power Plants, the IRGC Tells Iranians to be Like the UK and France and Turn Off the AC and Die In the Summer Heat

and onto misheard song lyrics as early as comment #50?

Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (6wpGE)

137 Damn it! It's supposed to be Heaven! I demand a escalator!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)
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There are probably escalators in Heaven. Because an escalator can never be temporarily broken, it can only be temporarily stairs. ("Pardon the convenience")
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

Only for sufficiently minor breakdowns.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (uhVAy)

138 The IRGC brass is going to have backup generators.

And if they have no gas?
Posted by: Archimedes

==

I just don't see any scenario where the people in charge don't have access to what they want.

It was the same in the Soviet Union or Cuba. The Politurbo lved luxurious lives despite all the sanctions.

I'd honestly rather the US just go in there with Special Forces and start taking out their leadership.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (FUjuU)

139 Born In the USA was one of those moments I realized my Mom and Dad were pretty fucking dumb.

Because they'd get all tuned in ... but listen to the song. The Boss is singing about how much it sucks here.
Posted by: Blues Junior
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New Jersey considered making Born to Run the official state song. "It's a death trap, a suicide rap."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (XvL8K)

140 We are off the headliner topic of

As US Forces Knock Out Iranian Power Plants, the IRGC Tells Iranians to be Like the UK and France and Turn Off the AC and Die In the Summer Heat

and onto misheard song lyrics as early as comment #50?
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (6wpGE)

The 100 rule is only for non ACE posts. This is known.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (uhVAy)

141 If there is not a spring clean for the may queen you can be assured there was not a bustle in your hedge row.

But which cup has the pellet with the poison?

You crossed the streams! Never cross the streams.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:42 PM (Riz8t)

142 Pardon me...

Posted by: While I kiss this guy at July 17, 2026 01:42 PM (2Ez/1)

143 We need to hit one of their dams with dam buster bouncing barrels and flood a strategic area reliant upon power generation supplying military facilities. Take out their power, take out their water, flood the valley and set them back 10 years.

Pick one. For starters.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 01:42 PM (sYM3s)

144 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 17, 2026 01:42 PM (2Ez/1)

145 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy!

Posted by: Jimi Hendrix at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (Fi81e)

146 Like Manfred Mann’s Earth Band on Blinded by the Light…. I mean what in the world is a coliappi??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM

A coliappi gets wrapped up in a douche.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (YSQQv)

147 One views the videos and the landscape is simply brown dust. What an awful place to live. No wonder they're crazy.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (rii+a)

148 This has absolutely nothing to do with Iran but "they" are sure trying to push that Odyssey movie...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (FtULh)

149 I just don't see any scenario where the people in charge don't have access to what they want.

At the end, the Emperor couldn't even scrape up a car that ran on gas. Patience, grasshopper, patience.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (Riz8t)

150 It was the same in the Soviet Union or Cuba. The Politurbo lved luxurious lives despite all the sanctions.

I'd honestly rather the US just go in there with Special Forces and start taking out their leadership.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (FUjuU)

Sanctions by nature don't hit the elite directly.

And killing the leadership is what we have been doing all along. Even blowing up factories has been secondary.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (uhVAy)

151 Hold me closer, Tony Danza!

Posted by: Bernie Taupin at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (Fi81e)

152 A coliappi gets wrapped up in a douche.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM

the ruler in the night

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (4NO2D)

153 We're not too sophisticated here. We play shtick ball.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (ndZc7)

154 They can shop, drink and fornicate. Right?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (YlWIZ)

155 Generator have heat signatures. "Achmed, cut the power!"

Posted by: connected and litigious at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (cS1cw)

156 140 We are off the headliner topic of
Posted by: m

Attention Deficit Disorder is how the hoarde rolls.

Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (Y8DZL)

157 Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on

Get it?

Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (/bHKT)

158 How can you tell?
Oil futures are at $81; peak in April was $108
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (3cUTc)
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Another key tell is that this thread has quickly morphed into a music thread....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (FZ29D)

159 I am proud the people of Iran are conserving electricity to slow the process of "GLOBAL WARMING" ...

Posted by: Al Gore at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (1Fh1q)

160 144 We are off the headliner topic of

As US Forces Knock Out Iranian Power Plants, the IRGC Tells Iranians to be Like the UK and France and Turn Off the AC and Die In the Summer Heat

and onto misheard song lyrics as early as comment #50?
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (6wpGE)

The 100 rule is only for non ACE posts. This is known.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (uhVAy)

I wasn't raising rules. Just surprised we moved away so quickly from The Big News.

Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (6wpGE)

161 My son is in IT Cloud services and really hates dot Indians.

He sent me this link

https://x.com/DryMouthGroyper/status/2077645182304965040

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (4NO2D)

162 The fireworks I have waited for.

Thankful that Tousi and wife are moving to Florida!

I don't want anyone to mention the MOU again.

MOO aka the Massive Obliteration Oopsie is preferred after the FAFO.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (hzuYO)

163 I'd honestly rather the US just go in there with Special Forces and start taking out their leadership.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (FUjuU)

You and about 12 other people.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (ExV1e)

164 About time for the Egyptians and the Kurds to redirect the IRGC, a tad or so.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (NFX2v)

165 141 Damn it! It's supposed to be Heaven! I demand a escalator!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)
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There are probably escalators in Heaven. Because an escalator can never be temporarily broken, it can only be temporarily stairs. ("Pardon the convenience")
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

Only for sufficiently minor breakdowns.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (uhVAy)

Nah, the escalator? be careful...

there is one there with a sign that points up, 'To Heaven'... but once you get on you realize it runs backwards, and never stops...

It's called purgatory.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (mP0Kj)

166 The 100 rule is only for non ACE posts. This is known.

==

What is know is that "the 100 rule" applies only to one thread. The art thread.

Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (GD0B3)

167
I wasn't raising rules. Just surprised we moved away so quickly from The Big News.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (6wpGE)

Yeah we're good at that.. Something comes in ones head and out it comes...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (FtULh)

168 a colappi, a ruler, and a douche.

The Earth Band had some good shit back in the day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 01:46 PM (wOO3z)

169 They took the last train for the coast.

Posted by: F, S & HG at July 17, 2026 01:46 PM (2Ez/1)

170 Hey, IRGC. Charles Manson wants his foreign policy back.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 17, 2026 01:46 PM (YlWIZ)

171 If your parents liked it because it made them feel patriotic, well, then it is a patriotic song.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (uhVAy)

And here we go ...

Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
'Til you spend half your life just to cover it up now
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (AoR1V)

Good thing he mumbles, right?

Besides its something in every generation to bitch about the older one, and the younger one. You can read it in Babylonian clay tablets.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (uhVAy)

172 We are off the headliner topic
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This is Getting Hit on the Head lessons!

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (Fi81e)

173 I wasn't raising rules. Just surprised we moved away so quickly from The Big News.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (6wpGE)

What big news?

Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (YHaz5)

174 End up like a dog that's been beat too much
'Til you spend half your life just to cover it up now
Posted by: Blues Junior

Life's been almost as hard on Bruce as on Mooch.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (ndZc7)

175 Parents should condition their children to fear and respect the escalator.

Posted by: Brodie at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (+IsEU)

176 Just surprised we moved away so quickly from The Big News.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (6wpGE)

Are you suggesting that you have the naive belief that people read the actual post?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (ExV1e)

177 The fact that there is a highway to hell but only a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

178 BUT BUT BUT....I was assured America was running out of missiles and munitions by very smart people!

Posted by: Max Power at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (SwyyQ)

179 Ask your periodontist if Coliappi is right for you.

Posted by: Big Fat Fizer at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (2Ez/1)

180 Boy928 sends further

Indians are quite horrifying

If you've never played Pindia, you should. Go on Google Maps, grab the little streetview man and drop him randomly anywhere in India. Look around for piles of trash. Count how many times it takes before you land and there's signs of civilization and no piles of trash. Golf-style scoring where lower scores are higher.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (4NO2D)

181 And that's the last two verses. Yes, my parents were Idiots for getting excited about this. Its a protest song.

I'm sure many here also got excited about it. Never listened to a single fucking word.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:46 PM (AoR1V)

What's he protesting?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (uhVAy)

182 FAFO
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

FAFO MOFOS

Posted by: Miklos revises and extends at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (bziMQ)

183 A reminder that, when the war started, the Democrats have been flopping back and forth between "Illegal War! Warmonger! Impeach!" and "TACO! Trump Always Chickens Out!".

Few dems in power ever mention the threat of nuclear material. Of which the Iranians themselves stupidly claimed to have as part of their strong-horse dick-waving. Nor of the long-range missiles they proved to have in the early days of the war; the ones they weren't supposed to have or develop.

But they sure as hell were going to grandstand against the war. And they would whip their caucas to deny continuing authorization of the war, under that whole War Powers act.

So, Trump pushes for the MOU and a peace agreement. Open the straight. No more attacking ships. We stop bombing Iran. And with that, the 60-day window of the act gets thrown out.

Yeah, Iran's leaders are a bunch of filthy liars; taqiyya and all that.

But on the other hand, our army could taqiyya too. Restock our own bombs and missiles. Track what the hell they're doing, where all the heat signatures suddenly begin to congregate during the "peace" time. And when Iran could no longer help itself, we now have another 60 days to pound them.

Posted by: Another Anon at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (4h45B)

184 Boy928 sends further

Indians are quite horrifying

If you've never played Pindia, you should. Go on Google Maps, grab the little streetview man and drop him randomly anywhere in India. Look around for piles of trash. Count how many times it takes before you land and there's signs of civilization and no piles of trash. Golf-style scoring where lower scores are higher.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (4NO2D)

Asmongold was doing that

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (uhVAy)

185 “Qeshm extends out into the Strait and is, presumably, a key staging area for attacks on shipping. US forces appear to be attempting to bomb all roads and bridges to the island, to cut it off completely.”

Interesting. I’ve been writing that we needed to focus a lot of attention on Qeshm for 2 or 3 months now. It is in a much more strategic position than Kharg.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (wLnmp)

186 For sale 72-hour deodorant on E-Bay.

I will only charge $100 USD per stick and free shipping to your nearest destroyed Post Office ........

Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (xl8DV)

187 FAFO MOFOS
Posted by: Miklos revises and extends at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (bziMQ)
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FAFO AF.

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (Fi81e)

188 >>I'm sure many here also got excited about it. Never listened to a single fucking word.

It's a good thing we have people like you to tell us what words mean.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (uzmqU)

189 175 They took the last train for the coast.
Posted by: F, S & HG at July 17, 2026 01:46 PM (2Ez/1)

It's CLARKESVILLE!

Posted by: Mike Nesmith at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (mP0Kj)

190 What's he protesting?

Whattya got?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (Riz8t)

191 We need to hit one of their dams with dam buster bouncing barrels and flood a strategic area reliant upon power generation supplying military facilities. Take out their power, take out their water, flood the valley and set them back 10 years.

Pick one. For starters.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Three Gorges Dam.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (v3afF)

192 The fact that there is a highway to hell but only a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM

Don't pay the ferryman, don't even fix a price
Don't pay the ferryman, 'til he gets you to the other side

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (4NO2D)

193 Doowa, diddy , diddy ,dum, diddy do
Now those lyrics make some sense

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (OXYE0)

194 Boy928 sends further

Indians are quite horrifying

If you've never played Pindia, you should. Go on Google Maps, grab the little streetview man and drop him randomly anywhere in India. Look around for piles of trash. Count how many times it takes before you land and there's signs of civilization and no piles of trash. Golf-style scoring where lower scores are higher.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (4NO2D)

Asmongold was doing that
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (uhVAy)

PS this is a bit unfair because long before present I noticed that train travel takes you through the crummiest and back side of everything where messes are shoveled.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (uhVAy)

195 185 BUT BUT BUT....I was assured America was running out of missiles and munitions by very smart people!
Posted by: Max Power

We'll beg them from the Ukraine soon enough.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (NFX2v)

196 I will not interrupt this thread for a pound.

Posted by: Mr. Badger at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (Fi81e)

197 Iran is learning about consequences. Good. Whe will China learn?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (LnMJr)

198 I’ve been writing that we needed to focus a lot of attention on Qeshm for 2 or 3 months now. It is in a much more strategic position than Kharg.

Not sure I agree, but regardless, embrace the healing power of "and".

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (Riz8t)

199 The bombing may be prep for invasion of Qeshm (is that some sort of dirty word?).

I certainly do not want a reply of Iwo Jima, but I know the Marines are the best trained and equipped forces in the world. They will accomplish their mission.

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (sFNX2)

200 We need to hit one of their dams with dam buster bouncing barrels and flood a strategic area reliant upon power generation supplying military facilities. Take out their power, take out their water, flood the valley and set them back 10 years.

Pick one. For starters.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Three Gorges Dam.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (v3afF)

That's quite a shot from the Persian Gulf.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (uhVAy)

201 Eliminating bridges will cut supplies to extended IRGC units.
This may help some brave citizens take advantage of
under supplied personnel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (xHEjv)

202 >>> The 100 rule is only for non ACE posts. This is known.

==

What is know is that "the 100 rule" applies only to one thread. The art thread.
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (GD0B3)

It's really just a suggestion. Think of CBD as a friendly Bison that eagerly wants you to walk up and give him scritches and belly rubs in the form of a non-art comment at around #20.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (3uBP9)

203 the north coast looks like the lake Geneva shoreline, it's so thick with smoke.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (2ap+5)

204 The fact that there is a highway to hell but only a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM

Don't pay the ferryman, don't even fix a price
Don't pay the ferryman, 'til he gets you to the other side
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (4NO2D)
______

That was my text "song-lyric first," ya bastad!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)

205 Trump's bombing them all the way back to modern day Europe.

Genius.

Posted by: Absolute genius at July 17, 2026 01:52 PM (TbWk/)

206 112 Springstain was emulating Woody Guthrie who was a Commie pig that the music press adored.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)
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I thought he was attempting to imitate Roy Orbison.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

I thought Chairman Mao.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
========
Orbison could sing, Bruce cannot. Mao could dance but not sing.

Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

207 How many "Gay Raghead Children" have died today because of 666 Hitler Trump !!!!!!!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (xl8DV)

208 The bombing may be prep for invasion of Qeshm (is that some sort of dirty word?).

But why? Qeshm and Kharg are only important because of what moves through them. We don't need BOTG to stop that.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (Riz8t)

209 Yeah, you can always pound later.

Posted by: Hunter's brain, off drugs at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (NFX2v)

210 200 Doowa, diddy , diddy ,dum, diddy do
Now those lyrics make some sense
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (OXYE0)

But... but...

Bird, is the word!

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (mP0Kj)

211 Someone asked Trump if he would use ground troops last week and he said he wouldn't rule it out but he said it wouldn't be our troops... I thought that was interesting...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (FtULh)

212 The fact that there is a highway to hell but only a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM
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But it is quasi-Biblical.

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (Fi81e)

213 How many "Gay Raghead Children" have died today because of 666 Hitler Trump !!!!!!!
Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (xl8DV)

Zero. There are no homosexuals in Iran. -- Iranian government

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (ExV1e)

214 What's he protesting?

Whattya got?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (Riz8t)
________

Hooray for our side

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (iFTx/)

215 The fact that there is a highway to hell but only a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

Jacob just dreamed about a ladder. Heaven got some new tech.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (uhVAy)

216 We're s'posed to give CBD belly rubs?

Posted by: Gotta think about that... at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)

217 Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949)
From his Wiki:
At age 19, Springsteen was called for his draft physical, but failed it because of a concussion he had suffered in a motorcycle accident two years earlier; the concussion, combined with his behavior at induction, reportedly made him unacceptable for military service. In failing his examination, Springsteen likely avoided service in the Vietnam War

Fucking poser.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (jehhT)

218 This may help some brave citizens take advantage of
under supplied personnel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (xHEjv)

They should take their guns. Not just "take advantage" of them.

Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (YHaz5)

219 Back in my day, you could disqualify yourself from the draft by putting an envelope at the bottom of an illegally dumped pile of trash.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (2ap+5)

220 >PS this is a bit unfair because long before present I noticed that train travel takes you through the crummiest and back side of everything where messes are shoveled.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (uhVAy)

Amtrak trains through North Philly have entered the chat.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (GTqXr)

221 Given how Chinese dams are collapsing in the last few weeks I don't think anybody has to hit the Three Gorges Dam with anything

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (OXYE0)

222 Pick one. For starters.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Three Gorges Dam.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (v3afF)

That's quite a shot from the Persian Gulf.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (uhVAy)

Not if you are flying out of Diego Garcia anyway...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (mP0Kj)

223 I thought he was attempting to imitate Roy Orbison.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
---
I thought that Chris Isaak.

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (Fi81e)

224 The fact that there is a highway to hell but only a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

Jacob just dreamed about a ladder. Heaven got some new tech.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (uhVAy)

Maybe Jacob was a sailor. We called stairs ladders.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (ExV1e)

225 It is in a much more strategic position than Kharg.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (wLnmp)

My cat used to Kharg. Always on the carpet; never on a surface that was easy to clean.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (OlzlW)

226 We'll beg them from the Ukraine soon enough.

Posted by: L - No nic,
---

Good, we have no business in Ukraine. If Europe wants to fight Russia let them have a go at it. Merkel and her buddies will be more comfortable with Putin anyway.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (xHEjv)

227 Doowa, diddy , diddy ,dum, diddy do
Now those lyrics make some sense
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (OXYE0)

But... but...

Bird, is the word!
Posted by: Romeo13

I'm the eggman, I am the walrus... koo koo ka choo

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (wOO3z)

228 >>Someone asked Trump if he would use ground troops last week and he said he wouldn't rule it out but he said it wouldn't be our troops... I thought that was interesting...

I heard that too. Been wondering which troops he had in mind. Lot of people in that neighborhood who have a serious problem with Iran and now realize who is the big dog.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (viF8m)

229 Orbison could sing, Bruce cannot. Mao could dance but not sing.
Posted by: whig

Mao could swim the Yellow River.

There are pictures

Posted by: Miklos, emulating Lei Feng at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (bziMQ)

230 The Underwear Gnomes are back!

Detroit Free Press
@freep
Opinion: Sick of wildfire smoke? Bring back tax credits for EVs, solar panels

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (ndZc7)

231 @226 so Springsteen jerked off during his induction physical

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (OXYE0)

232 Zero. There are no homosexuals in Iran. -- Iranian government
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Not now. No. There were a hundred thousand yesterday before flying lessons.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (v3afF)

233 We're s'posed to give CBD belly rubs?
Posted by: Gotta think about that... at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)
----
Only on Tummy Rub Tuesdays.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 01:56 PM (FZ29D)

234 Three Gorges Dam.
Posted by: rickb223

Built on gypsum. Not worth the price of the ammo.

Also unworthy targets, the massive fleet they're building, reminiscent of the massive ghost cities that threw up and abandoned 20 years ago.

Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:56 PM (Y8DZL)

235 >>I thought that Chris Isaak.

There was a lot of Eddie Rabbit in Chris Isaak's quiver. And more than a little Roy.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:56 PM (uzmqU)

236 Did Springsteen eschew patriotic marketing or did he lean into it?

Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:56 PM (/bHKT)

237 Easy again. He's pissed that he's here, instead of that perfect place to go in his mind.

And also pissed he got drafted, then can't get a job. That's kind of a thing.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:52 PM (AoR1V)

He didn't get drafted, he 'got into a jam' = broke the law and got busted and went into the army to escape prison.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (uhVAy)

238 so Springsteen jerked off during his induction physical
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (OXYE0)

Who did he jerk off? Were they excused also?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (ExV1e)

239 At age 19, Springsteen was called for his draft physical, but failed it because of a concussion he had suffered in a motorcycle accident two years earlier; the concussion, combined with his behavior at induction, reportedly made him unacceptable for military service. In failing his examination, Springsteen likely avoided service in the Vietnam War

Fucking poser.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Dain bamage

Posted by: Miklos, in best Eddie Murphy voice at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (bziMQ)

240 231 The Boss is probably also pissed just because he lived in New Jersey. I was in New Jersey last week. Not by choice.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (AoR1V)

Eddie Wilson:
Baby, there's nowhere else in the world like the Garden State! You got miles of swamps, and mountains of dumps... different colored rivers... automobiles graveyards... breweries, factories, ballparks, all mixed up together. It's the best place to live.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (mP0Kj)

241 Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949)
From his Wiki:
At age 19, Springsteen was called for his draft physical, but failed it because of a concussion he had suffered in a motorcycle accident two years earlier; the concussion, combined with his behavior at induction, reportedly made him unacceptable for military service. In failing his examination, Springsteen likely avoided service in the Vietnam War

Fucking poser.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (jehhT)
---
He told the story on stage. He also said that his father was relieved that his son wasn't going in to the military.

How abusive was his father and how bad could his childhood have been if his father hugs him because he's not going to be drafted?

Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (Fi81e)

242 I'd much rather see Peking get a shot than some damn dam.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (xHEjv)

243 Last night proves Trump stole the election from Kumalot Harris and now he is losing his mind and killing innocent people in Iran.

We call on Joe Biden to bring back Strategic Thought and Sanity !!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Chuck Schumer and Hakeen Jefferies at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (xl8DV)

244 Rupert Lowe speaks of Depoetation NATO.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (t7WpP)

245 241 @226 so Springsteen jerked off during his induction physical
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM

Was that wrong?

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (2Ez/1)

246 >Fucking poser.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (jehhT)

I've said it before, Mr. 'man o' the people' owns a stable of horses for dressage. Not exactly a sport Joe Sixpack can afford.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (GTqXr)

247 Living in America by James Brown

Much better stuff.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (uzmqU)

248 The Underwear Gnomes are back!

Detroit Free Press
@freep
Opinion: Sick of wildfire smoke? Bring back tax credits for EVs, solar panels
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (ndZc7)

Lol. Canada has a punitive carbon tax. Apparently the forests didn't get the memo.

Posted by: far cry at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (+IsEU)

249 200 Doowa, diddy , diddy ,dum, diddy do
Now those lyrics make some sense
Posted by: Smell the Glove

For the secret meaning, watch LA Story with Steve Martin. One of his better but less known films. And to watch it is to sigh as it was peak LA before the Democrats ran it into the ground.

Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)

250 It is in a much more strategic position than Kharg.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (wLnmp)

My cat used to Kharg. Always on the carpet; never on a surface that was easy to clean.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (OlzlW)

They like to grip something with the front toes when barfing.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (uhVAy)

251 Family values.

Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliver
Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (ndZc7)

252 Maybe civilizations take longer to crumble than an episode of Matlock.

I love Elric, but his entire schtick is that everything conservatives think is wrong.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

253 >>Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.

I can't see that going wrong at all.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (uzmqU)

254 Someone asked Trump if he would use ground troops last week and he said he wouldn't rule it out but he said it wouldn't be our troops... I thought that was interesting...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (FtULh)

------------

Maybe Israelis?

Can't think of any other country that wants to help us ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (KBK+H)

255 Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliver
Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (ndZc7)

It's in partnership with a pedo halfway house.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (ExV1e)

256 But why? Qeshm and Kharg are only important because of what moves through them. We don't need BOTG to stop that.
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What gives Iran "control" over Hormuz? Would it be drones 'n missiles? If so, where are they stored and launched? If it's from Q island, invasion makes perfect sense and may be needed to secure strait.

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (sFNX2)

257 >>Lol. Canada has a punitive carbon tax. Apparently the forests didn't get the memo.

Solar panels and EVs aren't going to clean the forests of dead wood. Governor greaseball found that out the hard way.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (viF8m)

258 We're s'posed to give CBD belly rubs?

Posted by: Gotta think about that... at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)

Good luck with that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (l4RKn)

259 Guthrie and all those true believers had a rough time of it. First this Stalin guy came along, had Trotsky whacked after becoming persona non grata. The NEP prior, well, never mind. Mass famine and starvation among millions is a little awkward, particularly when the Ukraine is among the very very best farmland in the world, and it isn’t even close.

Then, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The Nazis are our Friends! It’s True! It’s always been true, Comrade …

Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (2/ueB)

260 Family values.

Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliver
Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Q: How many children will be sexually abused during that night out?

A: All of them.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (v3afF)

261 Good, we have no business in Ukraine. If Europe wants to fight Russia let them have a go at it. Merkel and her buddies will be more comfortable with Putin anyway.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (xHEjv)

The Saber rattling amongst the Defense Industry class in Europe amuses me... why do we need to spend more in the EU, to protect the EU, from a country that can't even win a war against Ukraine?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (mP0Kj)

262 >263 >>Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.

I can't see that going wrong at all.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (uzmqU)

Bring the children to me...

Posted by: Pedo Troon Babysitter Club at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (GTqXr)

263 Mao could swim the Yellow River.

There are pictures
Posted by: Miklos
=======
He spent his declining years at poolside attended by a bunch of young women while the Gang of Four ran the country into the ground. So yeah, he could swim.

Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (E4rtv)

264 r/TheBulwark

We're targeting civilian infrastructure. The US Military is following orders to commit war crimes in an unconstitutional war. Laws are fake if they aren't enforced. A lot of people need to go to prison for this.

This is why Marco Rubio wants to dismantle the International Criminal Court. He’s committing war crimes right and left and doesn’t want to be prosecuted for them.

Gas prices go higher, GOP approval goes lower! 😃

if there is anything that’s going to get us to the point where Republicans propaganda starts to break down, it’s going to be a failing economy. I want Trump voters to feel actual physical pain, listening to Fox News.

I think the only way out of this (to a point of stability) is a Great Depression tier collapse. Something like energy crisis + AI bubble burst + housing crash (replace any of these with: drawn out super El Niño, invasion of Taiwan, corporate bond failure, student loan bubble) followed by a new era of reconstruction. You’re absolutely correct… it will suck balls. It’s honestly more likely that Trump just pseudo-coups the USA and the country backslides further.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (5/BQI)

265 >>Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.

I can't see that going wrong at all.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (uzmqU)

---------------

BREAKING: Mamdani Hires 100,000 Child Molesters for New Free Babysitting Program. Film at 11:00 ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (KBK+H)

266 Mamdani's babysitting service will quickly be overrun by tranny babysitters

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (OXYE0)

267 Good luck with that!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (l4RKn)

What if the belly rubber were a cute female with cartoonishly large breasts?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (ExV1e)

268 Please, NJ voted for "Mikey" Sherrile, sticking up their butts
with taxpayer funded helicopter ride.

Attended an official black-tie alumni reception commemorating 50 years of women at the institution.

And, she has kids attending the U.S. Military Academy, too. Remember??

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (NFX2v)

269 263 >>Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.

I can't see that going wrong at all.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM

Call me.

Posted by: Chester the molester at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (2Ez/1)

270 Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.
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This is what I've been referring to as "candy coated communism". Get ready for a lot more. A LOT more.

Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (/bHKT)

271 @259, whig, an excellent movie. Martin being droll

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (OXYE0)

272
What is know is that "the 100 rule" applies only to one thread. The art thread.
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (GD0B3)

Several of the weekend threads have the same rule.

Book Thread, Gardening Thread.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)

273 Maybe Israelis?

Can't think of any other country that wants to help us ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (KBK+H)

No. There aren't a lot of them and they would provoke a unifying reaction among the bitter enders.

Once it gets to the stage of slicing up areas, these dudes are gonna be a police force more than being in combat. They can hold an area while defecting Iranians train up and get equipped. Any blowback can be managed by airstrikes and the like.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (uhVAy)

274 >>Can't think of any other country that wants to help us ...

I think they all want to after Iran has been tossing missiles at them recently. Seems like the real question is who besides Israel has the capabiility to help.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (viF8m)

275 "...a cute female with cartoonishly large breasts?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM"

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (2Ez/1)

276 He spent his declining years at poolside attended by a bunch of young women while the Gang of Four ran the country into the ground. So yeah, he could swim.
Posted by: whig

Not "declining"

Reclining

Posted by: the Chiarman will have another Mai Tai, comrade barktender at July 17, 2026 02:03 PM (bziMQ)

277 Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.
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This is what I've been referring to as "candy coated communism". Get ready for a lot more. A LOT more.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (/bHKT)

I always liked "Mickey Marxism"

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:03 PM (uhVAy)

278 Something like energy crisis + AI bubble burst + housing crash (replace any of these with: drawn out super El Niño, invasion of Taiwan, corporate bond failure, student loan bubble) followed by a new era of reconstruction.
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AKA The Democrat Platform

Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:03 PM (/bHKT)

279 > Also unworthy targets, the massive fleet they're building, reminiscent of the massive ghost cities that threw up and abandoned 20 years ago.
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Several months ago there was video of a Taiwanese boat (fishing or Coast Guard, I forget which) being chased by a Chinese Coast Guard vessel and a PLAN (Chinese Navy) warship. The Chinese Guard and warships collided with significant damage to both. Like torn up, with holes punched in the hull.

Naval experts were all over this. Concluding the Chinese warships are literally paper tigers... thin hulls not able to withstand much damage.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 02:03 PM (jehhT)

280 But why? Qeshm and Kharg are only important because of what moves through them. We don't need BOTG to stop that.
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What gives Iran "control" over Hormuz? Would it be drones 'n missiles? If so, where are they stored and launched? If it's from Q island, invasion makes perfect sense and may be needed to secure strait.

What gives them the missiles? It's money from selling oil. No oil, no missiles. No Kharg or Qeshm, no oil.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:03 PM (Riz8t)

281 “Opinion: Sick of wildfire smoke? Bring back tax credits for EVs, solar panels“

Wha? My Uncle had a chainsaw.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (2/ueB)

282 The fact that there is a highway to hell but only a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. — Matthew 7:13-14

Who knew one could find so much theology in rock ‘n roll?!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (+gA9j)

283 We're s'posed to give CBD belly rubs?
Posted by: Gotta think about that... at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)

Good luck with that!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (l4RKn)

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I've heard it's the only way to make you purr ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (KBK+H)

284 269 Guthrie and all those true believers had a rough time of it. First this Stalin guy came along, had Trotsky whacked after becoming persona non grata. The NEP prior, well, never mind. Mass famine and starvation among millions is a little awkward, particularly when the Ukraine is among the very very best farmland in the world, and it isn’t even close.

Then, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The Nazis are our Friends! It’s True! It’s always been true, Comrade …
Posted by: Common Tater
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Ole Woody didn't give a shit about all that, he made bank from the idiot Commies in the US and he sure as hell was not going to redistribute that to the masses. Same with ole Pete Seeger. Neither died poor. Springstain came from a long line of horseshit peddlers and to his credit, Bob Dylan, to the dismay of Joni Mitchell, didn't follow that tradition.

You would never see Springstain release gospel albums nor Neighborhood Bully like Dylan did.

Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)

285 Several of the weekend threads have the same rule.

Book Thread, Gardening Thread.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)

WHAT??!! THIS IS SOCIALISM !!

Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (GD0B3)

286 He didn't get drafted, he 'got into a jam' = broke the law and got busted and went into the army to escape prison.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (uhVAy)

You really are a "Super-Republican". That's the kind of shit the British used. Enlist or Go to Jail.

I'm sure you're sitting around, right now, wondering why boys and girls ain't enlisting by droves.

And why we ain't doing Post High School Conscription.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (AoR1V)

Everyone uses that - even Antifa does. You need guys to live the military life, guys who aren't fitting in to civilian life are the main source.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (uhVAy)

287 San Francisco Days by Chris Isaak is an excellent CD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (OXYE0)

288 He spent his declining years at poolside attended by a bunch of young women while the Gang of Four ran the country into the ground. So yeah, he could swim.
Posted by: whig

Not "declining"

Reclining

Mao spent a lot of time at Trader Zhou's.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)

289 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. — Matthew 7:13-14

Who knew one could find so much theology in rock ‘n roll?!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Fun fact, it was an actual gate to Jerusalem city at the time. It was narrow in order to be defensible.

Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:05 PM (E4rtv)

290 Absent an invasion, I think this is the best way to deal with the Mullahcracy...a gradual degradation of everything they have built over the past 47 years.

I guess we will see whether they are all true believers, or opportunists who will cut and run.

President Trump is inflicting maximum pain on therm with very little risk to our troops, and that is a fantastic combination.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (l4RKn)

291 ------------

Maybe Israelis?

Can't think of any other country that wants to help us ...

Posted by: ShainS
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Oh, No! Israelis wouldn't want to go tear ass into Iran.

down boy, down

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (xHEjv)

292 277. What if the belly rubber were a cute female with cartoonishly large breasts?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

More than that, great legs on a woman of a certain age - and wearing heels - were his thing, IIRC.

Posted by: Hunter's brain, off drugs at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (NFX2v)

293 beyond the palace hemi powered drones, scream down the boulevard.....

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (jrgJz)

294 Ole Woody didn't give a shit about all that, he made bank from the idiot Commies in the US and he sure as hell was not going to redistribute that to the masses. Same with ole Pete Seeger. Neither died poor. Springstain came from a long line of horseshit peddlers and to his credit, Bob Dylan, to the dismay of Joni Mitchell, didn't follow that tradition.

Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)

To be fair, Stalin and Trotsky and Lenin all were pretty well off too.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (uhVAy)

295 The internet sez:

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Springsteen used this patriotic imagery to contrast with his lyrics, which painted a darker picture.
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Sure he fucking did. No - he used it to sell albums because he's a corrupt asshole who knew if he stood behind his lyrics all the way it would turn people off. Far better to profit off of a lie. It's the leftist way.

Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (/bHKT)

296 We're targeting civilian infrastructure.

Now do BLM during the height of the Mostly Peaceful Protests

Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (U4c/V)

297
291 But why? Qeshm and Kharg are only important because of what moves through them. We don't need BOTG to stop that.
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Not true for Qeshm - it’s a place of many radar and surveillance sites, docking facilities for the mosquito fleet, hidden drone bases and reportedly a buried missile base. Kharg is commercial, Qeshm is a military outpost.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (wLnmp)

298 Mao spent a lot of time at Trader Zhou's.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM

He's a blood thirsty devil but his chicken is so good.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (4NO2D)

299 And he liked my chicken recipe.

Posted by: General Zhou at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (2Ez/1)

300 Lexus Liberals. Suburu Socialists.

“Cadillac Communists” for a time had a certain panache, but the car make itself has lost quite a bit of its luster, hence more modern vehicles are appropriate.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (2/ueB)

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