The Morning Report — 8/ 20 /26

Good morning kids. Let's dive right in, first with someone who is one of the real voices of sanity in the world today, Melanie Phillips.

Over next month’s Labor Day weekend, Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed is to speak at a conference that will platform a rogue’s gallery of Islamic extremists.
The conference in Detroit is the 63rd annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America, a Muslim Brotherhood affiliate that was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007-28 Holy Land terrorism-funding trial.
Other speakers among a plethora of Islamists include Siraj Wahhaj, a former ISNA vice-president who was himself an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Wahhaj, who has called for the full application of sharia law including amputation, stoning and the execution of gay people, makes no secret of his aim to Islamize America.
He has said: “You don’t get involved in politics because it’s the American thing to do. You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.”
Another scheduled convention participant, Zaid Shakir, has said: “If only Muslims were clever politically, they could take over the United States and replace its constitutional government with a caliphate. If we put a nationwide infrastructure in place and marshaled our resources, we’d take over this country in a very short time.”
. . . Two decades ago, in 2006, I published my best-selling and pioneering book “Londonistan,” which described how the British establishment — politicians, government officials, even security and counter-intelligence officers — were submitting to the steady Islamization of Britain. . . In particular, they refused to acknowledge the threat posed by the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy of mass immigration and of using the democratic process to infiltrate extremists into political positions. They failed to take seriously the jihadi strategy of demonstrating power to gain power.
. . . Several states are trying to ban or restrict Sharia law. In Texas, state leaders are opening investigations into Muslim institutions and attempting to block the development of huge Muslim enclaves. But much more needs to be done.
Britain offers the starkest possible warning of the frog being slowly boiled in the Islamist pot. Time is ticking.
Wake up, America.

Well, what's Green and Red and is for sure not Christmas?!

Here's that Red part coming at you!

Florida’s Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Senate candidate Angie Nixon has a history of making outlandish statements throughout her political career, including praising a Marxist cop killer while campaigning in a church, calling for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies to be put back in place, and admitting to taking her children to drag shows, referring to them as “wholesome” entertainment.

This freakazoid is not a one-off. This is boilerplate tame stuff from the heart of the heart of darkness that was, is and always has been the Democrat Party.

They will embrace any madness at all if they perceive it will help them gain and maintain anything that gets them to their goal of absolute and permanent power.

Several Democratic Socialists of America-backed congressional nominees are traveling to Uruguay this week to join a left-wing international conference aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere.
New York Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, New York activist Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb — all three DSA members who won Democratic congressional primaries this year — will attend the Pan-American Congress in Montevideo as “special guests” of a congressional delegation led by Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL). New Jersey Democratic congressional candidate Adam Hamawy, who is not a DSA member but has embraced many of the same left-wing causes, is also attending.

And so, Red and Green unite... at least until we get to the next big Olympic sporting event, the homosexual roof toss!

It is amazing how the leftists all over the Western world have managed to overlook Islamic teachings on homosexuality. They paid little attention to the homosexuals who are killed and hung on cranes in the middle of Iranian cities. They did not notice how ISIS, both in Syria and In Iraq, routinely threw homosexuals off the top of rooftops. They ignored how homosexuals in the Palestinian territories in Gaza and the West Bank are subject to severe societal discrimination, harassment, arbitrary arrests, and physical abuse or torture by local security forces and militant factions, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

And meanwhile back over there in Latin America...

Iranian state media revealed on Tuesday, using it as an opportunity to promote Iran’s war against the United States and demand diplomatic and economic support... In addition to marking 100 years since his birth, 2026 will soon mark the first decade since Fidel Castro’s long-anticipated death in November 2016.

The timing is perfect with all of this, because Iran perhaps if not on the ropes is in serious shape to the point where maybe President Trump's bluster might actually be accurate insofar as the regime could be at long last facing a real existential crisis. We shall see.

Trump likened the operation to “an ECONOMIC D-DAY” that will require “our Allies to stand with the United States of America to isolate, and defeat, the Iran threat.”

Well then, the question is... Why was this not done weeks ago if not on day One when the first bombs fell? perhaps the war might've been over on Day Two, or what am I missing. Oh well.

For sure the reason the Left is going nuts in Latin America is because all of the socialist Communist regimes are tumbling down like so many dominoes... and now at long last perhaps the worst of the worst might be finally set to take a fall, CUBA?!

How glorious would it be should that tropical Commie gulag finally taste freedom after 66 long horrible years? Leftist heads everywhere would explode! No wonder all the DSAniks have gone down to boost the Latin American commies! And the final Commie domino could very well be our very own homegrown commies, right here on our own soil!

Have a good day,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Changing America and the world while restoring Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
Trump Administration Accomplishments: October 2025 – Present, Part One
He has said: “You don’t get involved in politics because it’s the American thing to do. You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.”
Melanie Philips: If we’re not careful, Islamic extremists threaten to turn us into ‘Americastan’

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

“What was done here is shocking. It’s inexcusable,”... The 19-page petition, filed Tuesday morning, asserts that Judge Peter Cahill lacked jurisdiction because a grand jury was never convened to review the evidence, violating Chauvin’s due process rights.
Derek Chauvin Seeks Dismissal of All Charges in Bombshell Petition Alleging ‘Entire Trial Was a Fraud’
Though the nonprofit claims that its grantmaking broadens the humanities, its funding priorities focus almost exclusively on identity and social justice.
The Mellon Foundation’s Narrow Vision of the Humanities
We need to start teaching students to recognize totalitarianism so they can resist it.
Totalitarian Ideologies 101
The more we pursue social justice, the worse we get.
Social Merit, Not Social Justice
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Unlicensed, Told Passengers They Didn’t Need Life Jackets (but blamed Trump for lack of Leif Garrets - jjs)
Captain in New York Harbor Capsizing that Killed Mom, Baby Is Illegal Immigrant
The decision will strain relations and cooperation between local authorities and federal immigration agencies, raising concerns about the operational impact of restricting access to training facilities.
Sheriff Bans ICE From Firing Ranges and Training Facilities. (federalize SD County - jjs)
“Under President Trump, the days of illegal aliens collecting taxpayer-funded benefits are over. The federal law is clear, and Treasury is enforcing it,” Bessent said in a statement.
Trump Effect: Bessent Ends Tax Breaks for Illegals

THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
Trump likened the operation to “an ECONOMIC D-DAY” that will require “our Allies to stand with the United States of America to isolate, and defeat, the Iran threat.”
Trump announces ‘Economic D-Day’ against Iran: ‘Most crushing economic operation ever taken’ Why was this not done on day 1? - jjs)

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Iranian state media revealed on Tuesday, using it as an opportunity to promote Iran’s war against the United States and demand diplomatic and economic support... In addition to marking 100 years since his birth, 2026 will soon mark the first decade since Fidel Castro’s long-anticipated death in November 2016.
Iranian Envoy Joins Ceremony in Mexico to Honor Communist Mass Murderer Fidel Castro
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
IDF recovers body of missing soldier from Lebanon after 44 years.
Israel Targets Hamas Commanders, Fighters Amid Reports of Terrorist Regrouping in Gaza
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Money meant for small venues and productions ended up in the hands of wealthy artists and agents, they still haven't paid it back.
EXCLUSIVE: A-Listers Got $34 Million In COVID Relief, The Trump Admin Is Trying To Get It Back
the number of homeless climbs, the number of taxpayers falls.
Only the Homeless Population Is Growing In Newsom’s California
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The case will intensify concerns over how broadly England and Wales’ communications laws are being applied to online speech, particularly when political, social, or religious sensitivities are involved, rendering freedom of speech a dead letter. Gray’s appeal in November may help clarify where courts should draw the line between legitimate satire and what the British state regards as criminally offensive speech.
Retired Cop Fined for Joking About Islamic Prophet’s Marriage to a Child.
CAIR gains authority without having to buy a single second of advertising.
CAIR’s Media Appearances Exploit Misfortune and Obscure Muslim-Inspired Hate
"A man was lynched yesterday," Andrews said. "He’s now dead because he’s black." The race huckster Ibram ~~X. Kendi~~ Excrement also described Arday’s suicide as a lynching and blamed the press.
Simon & Schuster’s Disgrace

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Eventually, of course, the rebellion was put down, and progress marched on, improving the standard of living for people all around the globe. The name "Luddite" now means someone who reflexively opposes progress and tries to keep advances from happening.
Data Centers and Flock Cameras and AI, Oh My!
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
El-Sayed's bookshelf contains writings from Islamic scholar banned from several nations who supports child marriage and said wife-beating is permissible to 're-establish authority'
Abdul El-Sayed's Secret Bookshelf Features Works From World Trade Center Bombing 'Unindicted Co-Conspirator' and Radical Islamic Scholars
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
The Right to Worship Act would protect religious services from organized disruption—and possibly even help expose the networks behind it.
A Buffer Against Civil Terrorism
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Dr. David Morens pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge ‘to commit offenses and to defraud the United States.’
Fauci’s Right-Hand Man Pleads Guilty To ‘Scheme’ Evading Open Records Requests
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Economists are finally coming to grips with the reality that President Trump’s tariff policies did not have the inflationary effects they predicted.
Fed Paper Finds Industries Most Exposed to Tariffs Saw Largest Productivity Gains
In just ten years, the national debt has more than doubled.
Reagan Sounded The Alarm At $1 Trillion. America’s National Debt Just Hit $40 Trillion.
‘The job loss is concentrated among poor families,’ says paper by UC Irvine professor
Minimum Wage Hurts Poor Workers, New Study Finds
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The range and timing of the overall decline in crime decline make it difficult to credit any single president, policing strategy or local policy.
FBI Reports Biggest Decrease in 90 Years for 2025 Violent Crime
Anthony was convicted for murdering Metcalf in June.
Convicted Killer Karmelo Anthony Gets Big Break In Fight For New Trial
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
“Office hours that should be spent discussing integrals instead become lessons on fractions and basic algebra you would expect students to learn in middle school.”
UC Berkeley Calculus Professor Claims Some of Her Students Can’t Do Middle School Math
Academic freedom, intellectual diversity, and research integrity may be at all-time lows right now, as plagiarism and fake research scandals have rocked academia for years.
Education Department Breaks Left-Wing University Accreditation Cabal
ABORTION
The California couple is reportedly seeking a six-figure cash award from the surrogate mom.
Surrogate Baby Saga Takes Dark New Turn After Mom Chose Life
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The findings raise questions about election security and voter verification processes, particularly in states with higher rates of noncitizen voting. President Donald J. Trump and his administration have been pushing hard for new legislation mandating voter ID and other election integrity measures, but congressional Democrats—who benefit disproportionately from illegal noncitizen voting—are strongly resisting.
Census Bureau Finds Over 24,000 Noncitizens Voted in 2020 Election.
The mere fact that the Democrats can only counter the SAVE Act with lies about the ID requirements proves that there isn't anything objectionable in the bill unless one is a fan of voter fraud. As I've written many times, people who aren't guilty of anything don't act this way. Democrats act like eight-year-olds who are standing next to a lamp they just broke and denying that they were ever in the room.
Sadly, It's Illegal to Punch Democrats Who Constantly Lie About Voter ID
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Margot Cleveland: It now appears the FBI had multiple ways of disappearing evidence — both evidence that inculpated the Bidens and exculpated Trump.
Round River Docs Suggest FBI Misclassified Information To Hide Biden Family Crimes
GOPers: GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITIC RINO SCUM
The same people who attacked Trump in 2016 are now attacking the vice president. They want the GOP back after Trump is gone.
The NeverTrumpers Are Back. This Time Their Target Is J.D. Vance
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Attorneys for an unnamed woman told the House Committee on Ethics that Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) sexually harassed and assaulted her, disputing the California Democrat’s claim that his conduct was “consensual in nature.”
Accuser Tells House Ethics Panel Democrat Rep. Jimmy Gomez Assaulted Her
The progressive congressman’s family trusts made well over 5,000 trades last year during a boom year for the markets
Ro-lling in Dough: Khanna’s Personal Money Machine Kicked Into Overdrive in 2025, Trading $165 Million at Breakneck Pace, New Disclosures Show
Even Democrat grandee David Axelrod called his remarks “gratuitous and unnecessary.” Ossoff has made a name for himself, all right, but it’s not what he thought.
Miranda Devine: Jon Ossoff’s disgustingly sly and sexist attack on Trump aide Natalie Harp backfires big time
POLITICS
Nixon defeated Trump-hater Alex Vindman (D) in her primary battle and will now face off against Republican Rep. Ashley Moody (R-FL) in November’s general election. With that, many of Nixon’s positions – which also include bringing back DEI and prioritizing a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens – are coming to light.
Florida DSA Senate Candidate’s Crazy Moments: Quotes Marxist Cop Killer, Calls Drag Shows ‘Wholesome Entertainment’ for Children
“There’s particular frustration among the younger voting population… Their views of mainstream Democrats are not that positive, and that’s a long-term problem, I think, for the Democrat Party.” – Mark DiCamillo, Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) poll director
DATA: Most California Dems Favor Democratic Socialist Candidates.
Hasan Piker may be El Sayed’s prophet, but David Axelrod is his narrator.
Axelrod’s Axis
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"We will not tolerate its assault on state sovereignty."
Rubio is right, America doesn't need the ICC
Rubio is right to try to dismantle International Court "Brick by brick."
Rubio Hits Back At Communist-Islamist International Criminal Court Corruption
The group is heading to a Leftist conference in Uruguay to come together against the rise of the political Right in the Americas.
Socialist Congressional Nominees Join International Leftist Push Against Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’
The ongoing migrant crisis is pulling the European political project apart because the Union has no answers to border control problems, this is driving political polarisation, and the crisis has been left to fester so long any attempt to claw the situation back will spiral into violence, a German newspaper has been told.
German Security Expert Sounds Warning on ‘Civil War’ Risk From Illegal Migrants and Leftist Enablers Resisting Deportation
“The recent experience of the United Kingdom serves as a warning... The citizen was at the state’s mercy.”
When Britain Ended Birthright Citizenship
The Ortega regime has been cracking down on dissent and going after an American faith-based relief group
Senate Works To Expand Sanctions on Nicaragua, Citing Ortega Regime’s Human Rights Crimes
The longest black political prisoner in modern history.
Documentary: 28 Years in Castro’s Jails – The Forgotten Story of Eusebio Peñalver
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
The instability created by Fedorov’s replacement and public call for fresh elections could complicate Kiev’s efforts to maintain public confidence and political unity.
New Ukrainian Defense Chief Installed as Predecessor Calls for Wartime Elections.
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
There is only so much capacity in space for objects; a cleanup is critical and overdue.
Space Junk And The Coming Crisis In Low Earth Orbit
The key word in the headline is “may.”
In a First, Astronomers May Have Spotted a Galaxy in the Early Universe With Three Behemoth Black Holes
The first WSF-M satellite launched in 2024, but program delays have prevented further launches on time. Similarly, the first EWS satellite won’t launch until this year, and appears to have experienced similar delays. In both cases, these delays are typical of government-designed projects, and are the main reason the Space Force is also, to quote the article:
Space Force targets replacing its older DMSP weather satellites by 2028
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
A time of reckoning for willfully blind leftists.
Islamic Hatred for Homosexuals Could Weaken the Islamo-Leftist Alliance
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Cinemark endorsed the deal in a lengthy statement released on Tuesday, saying that the merger would contribute to the survival of the theatrical ecosystem.
With Cinemark, Now All Three Major Theater Chains Back Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
“These ads weren’t just pure ephemera. Michael Jordan’s commercials were so good that, as he nears age 60, his sneaker still outsells any modern athlete’s.”
Nike’s Stock Collapse Vindicates a Warning From 2021
With God and the Imago Dei kicked to the curb, it’s a Peter Singer world where babies are less than human and animals get promoted to take their place.
In Our Modern Dystopia, We Treat Animals Like Children And Children Like Animals
Why grant equal time to Evil?
The Satanic Temple of Iowa is Back
Those who put basic human realities up for grabs are shocked, shocked to find that everything else is now up for grabs too.
Tossing and Turning
Christian Toto: We are living in the golden age of clean comedy.
Clean Comedy
Toto TOO: Dueling late-night hosts reveal gap between DSA and old-school values
It’s Bill Maher vs. Jon Stewart for Democrats’ Soul

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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 06:57 AM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 06:58 AM (ExV1e)

3 Thank you Senor Sefton!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 06:59 AM (HGzsz)

4 Another cop caught Flocking. This has become a daily thing:

" A fourth deputy with Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office has found himself without a job and is sitting in jail on Wednesday after allegations of abusing the Flock camera system.

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2026 06:59 AM (MWfyi)

5 G'morning J.J.!

Got my submarine sandwich done up for work. Ham, turkey, bacon, romaine lettuce, cheese, mayonnaise, salt, and a lot of pepper.

That'll hold me through the charter today.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 20, 2026 07:01 AM (O7YUW)

6 I appreciated the article from "FrontPage"on the Satanic Temple in Iowa. Whether you believe in Satan or not, IMO, you're inviting him into your life if you advocate for a statue to him
Next to a Nativity display at the state capitol.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 20, 2026 07:01 AM (lcMcX)

7 I still say that if you name your child "Karmelo", you should just go ahead and turn him over to the prison system to raise. That would save time, heartache, and money for everybody.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 20, 2026 07:02 AM (IG3/x)

8 "Captain in New York Harbor Capsizing that Killed Mom, Baby Is Illegal Immigrant"

"Hernandez illegally crossed the southern border through Texas in 2007 by lying to a border agent and falsely claiming he was an American citizen, according to the feds."

AND HAS BEEN HERE EVER SINCE.

"Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of the Coast Guard, ICE, and our federal, state and local partners, this criminal is off our streets and out of our waterways,”

It's a little f'n late for that pat on your own back. Where have you been for the last 20 years?

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2026 07:03 AM (MWfyi)

9 New Jersey Democratic congressional candidate Adam Hamawy, who is not a DSA member but has embraced many of the same left-wing causes, is also attending.
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He's a lock for election, since he is the official Demofascist nominee in a D+A Lot district.

So, an actual member of Hamas who attends international communist meetings, will be my Congressman. WT actual F?!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 07:04 AM (ymrLq)

10 Chauvin has zero chance of getting his conviction vacated.

Not because it doesn’t have merit, but because no panel is going to want to see cities burn.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 20, 2026 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)

11 Let me take a wild guess that the Satanists would be too weeny-ish ( ( is that a word?) To object if some Mosque wanted to put up a statue to Mohammed at the state house.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 20, 2026 07:05 AM (lcMcX)

12 Happy Thursday, one and all.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 20, 2026 07:05 AM (jjoN6)

13 mRNA is your friend, says Elon Musk:

https://tinyurl.com/3z77nww8

I understand how there can be a rainbow down the road. Getting there is what scares me.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2026 07:06 AM (Oj3Pf)

14 "a grand jury was never convened to review the evidence, violating Chauvin’s due process rights."

"Wypipo don't get no due process! He's guilty of somethin'!"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 20, 2026 07:06 AM (jjoN6)

15 The link about the cop who was fined for an offensive post is quite something. What he said is actually true, Bacon eaters do have a lesser chance of marrying a 9 yr old. Wow Britain is done.

Posted by: Molly k. at August 20, 2026 07:07 AM (j/yko)

16 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Melanie Phillips is one of my favorites.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 07:07 AM (RIvkX)

17 Why was this not done on day 1?

If I had to guess... it's because setting it up took longer than prepping the military but who knows.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:08 AM (ExV1e)

18 7 I still say that if you name your child "Karmelo", you should just go ahead and turn him over to the prison system to raise. That would save time, heartache, and money for everybody.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 20, 2026 07:02 AM (IG3/x)

Karamelo? Hell, name him Snickers or Mars bar.... Or with Sharpton "PAYDAY!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 20, 2026 07:09 AM (x0n13)

19 Back to bed. It's only 0309 here... up to take my regularly scheduled middle of the night old man piss, and thought I'd check in.

Later, folks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 20, 2026 07:10 AM (IG3/x)

20 > Karamelo? Hell, name him Snickers or Mars bar.... Or with Sharpton "PAYDAY!"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 20, 2026 07:09 AM (x0n13)

Almond Joy. "Some times you feel like a nut..."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 20, 2026 07:11 AM (IG3/x)

21 Minimum Wage Hurts Poor Workers, New Study Finds

It also hurts people who've climbed up the ladder so that they're no longer making minimum wage. Raise the minimum wage 50%, the price of everything goes up but other workers don't get a 50% raise. People on fixed income don't get a 50% raise. Meanwhile, some union workers get a 125% raise.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:12 AM (ExV1e)

22 The Hollywood In Toto link on Maher versus Stewart "debate" includes a bonus video of Schumer versus McConnell from 20 years ago debating photo ID's for voting that is right on point.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 07:12 AM (33y12)

23 Well then, the question is... Why was this not done weeks ago if not on day One when the first bombs fell? perhaps the war might've been over on Day Two, or what am I missing.

You're missing this, J.J.: Trump likened the operation to “an ECONOMIC D-DAY” that will require “our Allies to stand with the United States of America to isolate, and defeat, the Iran threat.”

They don't WANT TO. They'd rather play footsie with Iran to poke us in the eye because we're better than them, and they know it. As all the WC (water closet? no, world cup vids from their peons) have laid bare for all to see.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 20, 2026 07:15 AM (1Ff7Z)

24 Happy Thursday

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 07:15 AM (/+uur)

25 Islamic Hatred for Homosexuals Could Weaken the Islamo-Leftist Alliance

LOL. The people at the head of the leftist coalition know how many homosexuals there are. They'll just tell their followers that being gay is wrong and NPCs will accept their new marching orders.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:16 AM (ExV1e)

26 "There is only so much capacity in space for objects; a cleanup is critical and overdue."

The show "Planetes" had that as a plot point.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 20, 2026 07:16 AM (jjoN6)

27
Convicted Killer Karmelo Anthony Gets Big Break In Fight For New Trial

*stops slow rocking*
*pulls pipe from mouth*

Reckon the family needs more money.

*resumes slow rocking*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2026 07:16 AM (O0L8i)

28 Miranda Devine: Jon Ossoff’s disgustingly sly and sexist attack on Trump aide Natalie Harp backfires big time
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Did it? I certainly hope so. This was one of the more cynical and amoral political stunts I can recall.

The end of Ossoff's 15 minutes is way overdue. C'mon Georgia, do us a solid.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 07:17 AM (DiYkG)

29 "A time of reckoning for willfully blind leftists"

They won't get it until they have the view from the top of a 30 story building.

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)

30
Back in the day, I thought "1984", along with "Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A." were implausible, laughable science fiction.

The thought crime world is now real, and here.

Posted by: Auspex at August 20, 2026 07:18 AM (Y8DZL)

31 Chinese robots.

Back to the drawing board:

https://tinyurl.com/yz2334u3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2026 07:18 AM (Oj3Pf)

32 * breaks out my pom poms* I will be a cheerleader for how this war has been conducted. Bessent was crashing the rial starting in late 2025 and that is what brought millions of Iranians to the streets. The IRGC and the mullahs have been stashing cash throughout banking systems all over the world. The bombing took out steel and petrochemical production as well as military assets to advance the economic collapse.

Well done PDT and Scott Bessent

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2026 07:19 AM (gIjzl)

33 negative net migration in 2025—the first time in at least half a century—and the departure of more than 2.5 million illegal aliens since January 2025, including more than 605,000 deported by ICE and roughly 1.9 million who self-deported.

American jobs up about 1.3 M.
That is native born Americans vs. foreigners.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 07:19 AM (/+uur)

34 Today, the Trump administration announced sanctions against two International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, President Tomoko Akane of Japan and the ICC’s senior trial lawyer, Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the organization “corrupt and fatally politicized.” This follows Rubio last month setting the proverbial cat among the pigeons, declaring his intentions to “dismantle” the ICC — urging other nations to join the effort. Rubio launched the campaign, vowing to employ “all the tools at our government’s disposal” to “dismantle the ICC, brick by brick.”
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I VOTED FOR THIS!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)

35 " "There is only so much capacity in space for objects; a cleanup is critical and overdue."

The show "Planetes" had that as a plot point.
Posted by: NR Pax "

I wanna build a spaceship, go to the Moon, salvage all the junk that's up there, bring it back, sell it.

Posted by: Andy Griffin at August 20, 2026 07:20 AM (MWfyi)

36 Looking forward to seeing Melania with an oversized pair of scissors cutting the ribbon at the grand opening of the first Buc-ee's in Iran.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2026 07:21 AM (2Ez/1)

37 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

38 Chauvin has zero chance of getting his conviction vacated.

Not because it doesn’t have merit, but because no panel is going to want to see cities burn.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 20, 2026 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)
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When the story is told of how we lost this country, this will be a major chapter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

39 I’m glad Trump is taking the economic D-Day approach, though at this point I have little confidence anything dramatic will happen in the near term. Those fanatics plan to hold out as long as possible regardless of pain levels

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 20, 2026 07:23 AM (rasGT)

40 Quarter Twenty

In a form revealing outfit, with impressive hooterage and long, flowing hair?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

41 Who knows what the next outrageous thing Jon Ossoff will say?. He's in it for the clicks, because Miranda Devine presents Ms. Harp as a nice Christian young lady who has been through a lot and suggests that Trump is like a father figure to her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 20, 2026 07:24 AM (wmzkx)

42 40 Quarter Twenty

In a form revealing outfit, with impressive hooterage and long, flowing hair?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:23 AM

Yes! And reading Piper's subsequent Sunday night fashion discussion of the first lady's high heels.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2026 07:25 AM (2Ez/1)

43 Willa'd

220 Karmelo Anthony Trial Judge Removed Over Post-Trial Comments
The defense team claimed the presiding judge was biased due to his post-verdict comments.
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So it begins...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 11:42 PM (RIvkX)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

44 Nearly one million people would be ineligible for the “refunded portion of the affected refundable individual income tax credits” due to the rule change

I bet the real number is 5X

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 07:28 AM (/+uur)

45 The democrats embrace any weird, gay, troon, feminazi bitter faced bint, muslim, black, brown or red crazy as a shit house rat agenda that diminishes white male Christian America that in their minds is the worst thing in the world.

Posted by: Canary In A Coal Mine at August 20, 2026 07:28 AM (4fSJY)

46 220 Karmelo Anthony Trial Judge Removed Over Post-Trial Comments
The defense team claimed the presiding judge was biased due to his post-verdict comments.
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So it begins...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 19, 2026 11:42 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

While it's possible that Karmelo Anthony will be the first ever successful appeal against that judge, I suspect that his removal is just a means to shut everyone up a little bit. They've still got to find something about which he ruled incorrectly and all they're going with is "he enforced the court rules more than we wanted him to".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

47 Chinese robots.

Back to the drawing board:

https://tinyurl.com/yz2334u3
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 20, 2026 07:18 AM (Oj3Pf)
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Commenters on this very smart milblog insist these Chinese robots are a danger.

They are remote-controlled toys.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 07:29 AM (RIvkX)

48 Good morning Horde, thx JJ. Hope you and Mrs JJ are well.
A reversal of the Chauvin verdict would be very welcome and the attorney has a good argument. Of course the courts could find the issues raised on appeal were raised "too late". However these are constitutional issues which are able to be raised at any time.
A reversal would cause an explosion in blue cities easily rivaling the initial Floyd riots. Too bad it won't be decided before November

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 07:30 AM (rp63B)

49 When the story is told of how we lost this country, this will be a major chapter.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

BLM in Londonstan is trying to make Arday St George.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 07:30 AM (/+uur)

50 A group of clerics in Iran are asking people to donate money to pay for 10,000 sheep to sacrifice to honor the maybe/maybe not alive Khamenie. Food inflation is at 400% and the people's response is RUFKM we can't even afford to buy lamb to eat for ourselves.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2026 07:31 AM (gIjzl)

51 A reversal would cause an explosion in blue cities easily rivaling the initial Floyd riots.

Would it?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:33 AM (ExV1e)

52 Not only is Karmelo a murderer, he's a waste of time and taxpayer money.

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2026 07:33 AM (MWfyi)

53 r hennigantx

Story as old as time.

Devalue authentic heroes like Moses, and place worthless idols in their place. I seem to recall a book talking about that, in the Travel chapter.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

54 How is it a backfire? Democrat voters know that every accusation against Trump for the last 12 years is a pack of lies. They don't care. They just want something to stick... it never does, and they always say "good try. Would have worked, too, if it weren't for that meddling truth. We'll get 'im next time."

As for Harp - LOL. Karen hates MAGA women passionately. They're affluent white women who are working with the enemy... she's just another Auntie Tom to them.

I guarantee GA Dems loved this stunt and this hardens their support, not softens it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 20, 2026 07:33 AM (BI5O2)

55 A reversal of the Chauvin verdict would be very welcome and the attorney has a good argument. Of course the courts could find the issues raised on appeal were raised "too late". However these are constitutional issues which are able to be raised at any time.
A reversal would cause an explosion in blue cities easily rivaling the initial Floyd riots. Too bad it won't be decided before November
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 07:30 AM (rp63B)
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An explosion in the blue cities would be the opportunity to eliminate the leftist menace once and for all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 07:34 AM (RIvkX)

56 Ibrahim Kendi, born Ibrahim Rogers , was a professor at my alma mater from 2012-2015. He "taught" Africana. I'm sure that prepared students for life as whiny activists

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 07:34 AM (rp63B)

57 A group of clerics in Iran are asking people to donate money to pay for 10,000 sheep ~~to sacrifice to honor the maybe/maybe not alive~~ for a blowout orgie to memorialize Khamenie .

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

58 fd

He is a battering ram to be cast aside once the tiniest bit of sound justice is overturned.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

59 I used to have a different nic

The price of sheep is going up in Iran. People need to eat.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

60 Los Angeles County, home to Hollywood and one of the nation’s largest economic engines, led the nation in taxpayer losses, with a net 17,496 tax filers leaving for other states. Those departing taxpayers took nearly $1.9 billion in income with them.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)

61 @55 San Franpsycho, yup and I agree with your post above that the courts will chicken out.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 07:37 AM (rp63B)

62 Liberal Texas justice already gave sweet little baby Karmelo a slap on the wrist for murder.

I hope they don't just let him go, but nothing they do will surprise me at this point.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 20, 2026 07:37 AM (BI5O2)

63 Today is the last day of my cancer treatment. Then I begin the long wait to see if it worked.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:40 AM (ExV1e)

64 Yudhishthira's Dice

We do not have a Justice system, we have an administrative haphazard application of rules.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

65 "A man was lynched yesterday," Andrews said. "He’s now dead because he’s black." The race huckster Ibram X. Kendi Excrement also described Arday’s suicide as a lynching and blamed the press.
Simon & Schuster’s Disgrace

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Is it a lynching when one hangs oneself? Self-lynching? The guy did it to himself in all ways possible. His history was a lie and he offed himself when exposed.

Kendi, like many other hustlers and hucksters, want a blank check written for any other black person. They can do what they want, lie about what they are, commit crimes big and small and they should be overlooked and excused because of this figment of oppression. I doubt many people buy that anymore.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 20, 2026 07:40 AM (qBdHI)

66 In 2006 while trying to convince us that the UK was in the beginning stage of a Muslim invasion the UK population was about 4.8%.now a full 20 years later the population is just a bit of 6%. Almost all are from Pakistan India or Bangladesh. There are very few of his more hated Arabs.
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Willful stupidity.

At least this douche is consistent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

67 I used to have a different nic

Prayers ascending for a good outcome.

Ring that bell, loud and proud!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

68 If I had to guess... it's because setting it up took longer than prepping the military but who knows.
Posted by: I used to have a different

Sorta. I think part of vision Abraham Accords. And other Gulf nations wanted the nukes gone, not chaos in the straight.

Heck, UAE had 500 bombs and couple thousand drones shot at it and finally yesterday said we've had enough. That says a lot in terms of the internal dynamics of the region.

Add in the background of Israel actions and it's even more murky.

OTOH, did Sinwar really fuk up or what? They map and the dynamics in three years basically bear no resemblance to each other. And thats a good thing.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 20, 2026 07:42 AM (FxH7T)

69 Today is the last day of my cancer treatment. Then I begin the long wait to see if it worked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:40 AM (ExV1e)
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Ring dat bell!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

70 Those departing taxpayers took nearly $1.9 billion in income with them.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 07:36 AM

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at August 20, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

71 Reckon the family needs more money.

*resumes slow rocking*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yep. The money from the Ghetto Lottery dried up.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 20, 2026 07:44 AM (jjoN6)

72 San Franpsycho

This is a more coherent argument that his usual scatology. Maybe his Deep State Handlers are giving him scripts to test on a hardened target - us.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

73 Good morning, all. Hopefully it will be a good day.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 20, 2026 07:45 AM (aJQbY)

74 If they let that murdering savage out of prison for killing that other kid, that poor dad of the victim needs to take matters into his own hands and help the murderer and his family exit the planet stage right.

Posted by: How much can a man take at August 20, 2026 07:46 AM (4fSJY)

75 I used to have a different nic, looking forward to having a celebratory drink in October.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2026 07:46 AM (gIjzl)

76 Among the key findings: "higher minimum wages lead to declines in the probability that low-wage workers remain employed." Also, "higher minimum wages lead to hours declines for initially-employed low-wage workers." Third, "higher minimum wages lead to earnings declines for initially-employed low-wage workers."

The real min wage is ZERO. Look at ATMs and Self-checkout.
It is a 1% solution.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 07:46 AM (/+uur)

77 Steve_in_SoCal

Your comment made me think of a license plate I saw yesterday near the local Navy Federal Credit Union.

FAFO X

Like we have an Elon Musk fan right in our fair city.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

78 Census Bureau Finds Over 24,000 Noncitizens Voted in 2020 Election.

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Why do I find that figure suspiciously low? Extremely suspiciously low. Laughably suspiciously low.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 20, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)

79 Steve_in_SoCal

FAFO X on a beater pick-up truck, at that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

80 Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Why are these Islamist freaks even allowed in the US? Why are the organizations they’re affiliated with not designated as terror groups?

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 07:49 AM (77rzZ)

81 Laughably suspiciously low.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 20, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)

I saw Laughably Suspiciously open for Simple Minds at the Bronco Bowl in 1984.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 07:49 AM (/+uur)

82 >Trump likened the operation to “an ECONOMIC D-DAY” that will require “our Allies to stand with the United States of America to isolate, and defeat, the Iran threat.”
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WAIT
I thought we had the most powerful military in history

Posted by: Don Black at August 20, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

83 {{{Lady in Black}}}

Because your suspicions are correct. It is too low. For reasons.

Investigate the people behind that number, and keep pulling the thread until a better number emerges.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

84 It seems as if we're overlooking one of the best and most obvious weapon to use against the stupid rise of Socialism. That is: Covid. Could there be a bigger, better, more lurid example of the clusterfuc*king villainy of the centralized government/corporatist (Socialist) alliance? Not only was the "expert class" (all those who purportedly look after our interests) wrong -- often maliciously wrong -- at every turn but it was only the "free market," the discernment and determination of independent operators, who exposed it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2026 07:51 AM (b4LBp)

85 Among the key findings: "higher minimum wages lead to declines in the probability that low-wage workers remain employed."

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Such a duh moment. Do we really need reports, studies and "findings" to tell us what's been obvious for nearly a century?

I've told this story before, but in the 30s, my grandfather worked at a grocery store. The day after...one day after...minimum wage laws were instituted, he lost his job. This isn't rocket science.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 20, 2026 07:51 AM (qBdHI)

86 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 07:51 AM (2YhKe)

87 Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 07:51 AM (2YhKe)

88 Don Black

We do. But our nuclear weapons remain in silos to deter a bigger threat. China.

I hope a Minuteman rocket has a sharpie note on the booster: Good morning, Xi.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

89 Looking forward to seeing Melania with an oversized pair of scissors cutting the ribbon at the grand opening of the first Buc-ee's in Iran.
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We've soured on Buc-Ees since they moved to the area and began suing every other business with a cartoon mascot for "copyright infringement."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 07:54 AM (9eHqJ)

90 Wahhaj, who has called for the full application of sharia law including amputation, stoning and the execution of gay people, makes no secret of his aim to Islamize America.

He has said: “You don’t get involved in politics because it’s the American thing to do. You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.”

THIS THIS THIS.

If you let the boil fester, it infects everything around it and continues to spread.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 07:54 AM (2YhKe)

91 If they let that murdering savage out of prison for killing that other kid, that poor dad of the victim needs to take matters into his own hands and help the murderer and his family exit the planet stage right.
Posted by: How much can a man take

Given that said savage's parents have treated him with contempt even though he tried being polite, I agree. And he needs at least 100 people saying "He was with me when this happened."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 20, 2026 07:54 AM (jjoN6)

92 And “at one point in time the FBI maintained over 40 Confidential Human Sources that provided criminal information relating to Joe Biden, James Biden, and Hunter Biden.” Sources familiar with Round River also told The Federalist “that the investigation sought to scuttle any investigative leads into Biden family corruption by discrediting it as Russia disinformation.”

low life criminals

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 07:55 AM (/+uur)

93 If they let that murdering savage out of prison for killing that other kid, that poor dad of the victim needs to take matters into his own hands and help the murderer and his family exit the planet stage right.
Posted by: How much can a man take at August 20, 2026 07:46 AM (4fSJY)

Folks need to chill a bit. Anthony's lawyers are requesting a new trial - as is probably normal. The original trial judge stated, following the trial, that "the jury got it right", which is what we assume in our system but another judge ruled that this could provide the appearance of bias so the trial judge was removed - I'm also seeing the word recused used so he may have stepped aside himself - and a senior judge has been assigned to rule over the motion for a new trial.

That's all that's happened.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

94 I wonder if Derek Chauvin will ever get out of prison. Examples must be made. If ever there was injustice in the justice system, it was what was done to this guy. In the slimmest of glimmers of hope, if he ever does get out, cities will burn, and he will have a target on his back for the rest of his life. There are a lot of people who belong on the gallows for what was done to this guy.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 20, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

95 WAIT
I thought we had the most powerful military in history
.............….

And yet somehow lost to a band of Medieval goat-fckrs armed with AK's and Toyota Hi-Luxes

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 07:56 AM (9eHqJ)

96 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

A simple application of this lead object, rubbed with bacon fat, and used with an impressive velocity, prevents Islamic infections from spreading.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

97 Trump likened the operation to “an ECONOMIC D-DAY” that will require “our Allies to stand with the United States of America to isolate, and defeat, the Iran threat.”
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WAIT
I thought we had the most powerful military in history
Posted by: Don Black at August 20, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

Economic. Not military, economic.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)

98 84 It seems as if we're overlooking one of the best and most obvious weapon to use against the stupid rise of Socialism. That is: Covid.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2026 07:51 AM

More precisely I think it is because of what I like to call Covid Cash.
Congress took the opportunity to use Covid as an opportunity to fund massive do-nothing pork barrels. It seemed there was a time there when every appropriations bill was a trillion dollars.

Consequently we got the hideous inflation spikes.
Those "affordability" shocks caused people to clamor for more socialist "free stuff."

Blame Congress and Creepy Joe Otto Pen.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

99 "Trump likened the operation to “an ECONOMIC D-DAY” that will require “our Allies to stand with the United States of America to isolate, and defeat, the Iran threat.”

Until Iran makes noises about negotiation and we stop everything to meet in Pakistan.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2026 07:58 AM (b4LBp)

100 We've soured on Buc-Ees since they moved to the area and began suing every other business with a cartoon mascot for "copyright infringement."
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 07:54 AM (9eHqJ)

As long as it has no resemblance to the beaver, they're fine. That includes color, font and a host of other items. They're very serious about their brand. I'm sure it's all in an effort to thwart China, who eventually steals everything and attempts to profit from it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 07:58 AM (2YhKe)

101 Victor Tango Kilo

Our military was stabbed in the back by Democrat and RINO politicians. Hmmm. Seen that before.

Vietnam, 1st Gulf War, 2nd Gulf War, Afghanistan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

102 Russia droned and missiled the crap out of Kiev last night. Ukraine is doing a good job of hitting targets , oil refineries and ammo depos , in Russia, but it may be too little too late

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 08:00 AM (rp63B)

103 Recent data from the Labor Department showed that through the third quarter of this fiscal year, employers filled more than 830,000 positions with foreign workers on the H-1B program — nearly a third of which went to software development positions.

H1B is indentured servitude.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:00 AM (/+uur)

104 Thanks, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 20, 2026 08:00 AM (VyBeY)

105 Morning again, all,

I found my workout motivation (it was hiding in a closet. No, not THAT kind of closet) and put in a mile or so. Breakfast and a pipe; then I'll shave, pack up some books for the thrift store, and head out for my haircut and other errands.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 20, 2026 08:01 AM (wzUl9)

106 I thought Carmello was a type of candy bar.

Posted by: Just got here at August 20, 2026 08:01 AM (2Ez/1)

107 According to Google AI, Minnesota does not require a grand jury for cases not subject to the death penalty. Only a prosecutor complaint is the minimum to indict. Chauvin was charged in MN state court (I think), so I'm not sure what his lawyers are arguing unless the charge included the death penalty.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 20, 2026 08:01 AM (cHNrw)

108 The people who demanded a $25 minimum wage, green energy mandates, higher taxes on businesses, massive economic regulations, and mass immigration are the same ones whining about "affordability."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 08:02 AM (9eHqJ)

109 Well then, the question is... Why was this not done weeks ago if not on day One when the first bombs fell? perhaps the war might've been over on Day Two, or what am I missing. Oh well.
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One may as well ask why we didn't land in France in 1942 and save a bunch of time?

Because military/economic operations have to happen sequentially. You can't just skip to the good part.

One thing that really bugs me is how otherwise sensible commentators on the Smart Military Blog think that there is some sort of "easy button" for military operations and the failure to push it is because the people in charge are stupid or something.

Anyone who has studied the Gulf situation in depth is absolutely AMAZED at how well we are doing. Casualties are basically on the level of high-tempo training accidents, and instead of $200/bbl oil and world-wide recession, it's basically Biden in 2023. Manufacturing continues to expand, domestic oil production is climbing and all the treasonous media can do is print anonymous claims that we're out of munitions and parrot Iranian propaganda.

Oh, and Iran is winning because total economic collapse and losing 50 years worth of military hardware is a victory.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:02 AM (ZOv7s)

110
A simple application of this lead object, rubbed with bacon fat, and used with an impressive velocity, prevents Islamic infections from spreading.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

I still say we trap some feral hogs from here in Texas and send them to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria and lets see how they deal with the beast.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 08:03 AM (2YhKe)

111 Florida DSA Senate Candidate’s Crazy Moments: Quotes Marxist Cop Killer, Calls Drag Shows ~~‘Wholesome Entertainment’ for~~ Best Way to Groom Children

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:03 AM (/+uur)

112 gIjzl)

51 A reversal would cause an explosion in blue cities easily rivaling the initial Floyd riots.

Would it?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:33 AM (ExV1e)

I don’t think it would. Most don’t realize how those were highly organized and very well financed from on high those events were, particularly by Neville Singh who was backed by hundreds of millions of CCP money. And the entire Dem Party apparatus wax for it too, since their only true purpose was to take down Trump.

The great irony is that all that effort failed, forcing them into the last resort fallback plan, the Great Steal that fall.

Derek Chauvin is our 21st Century Dreyfus. It took about 10 years and a change of government to get the 1st Dreyfus out of prison.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2026 08:04 AM (+STGS)

113 I wonder if Derek Chauvin will ever get out of prison. Examples must be made. If ever there was injustice in the justice system, it was what was done to this guy. In the slimmest of glimmers of hope, if he ever does get out, cities will burn, and he will have a target on his back for the rest of his life. There are a lot of people who belong on the gallows for what was done to this guy.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 20, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

There was an article where they mention he was appealing his charges, but that article has since disappeared.

I hope he's successful. Minnesota could use a few more BLM riots.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)

114 In just ten years, the national debt has more than doubled.

Because half of America believes the Nigerian Prince scam.

Politicians promise this huge pile of money that you can get a chunk of if you only vote for them. Just surrender a little liberty, a little safety, a little more wealth, and you can receive piles of money and feel like being a part of something.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 08:05 AM (PVBkQ)

115 Florida DSA Senate Candidate’s Crazy Moments: Quotes Marxist Cop Killer, Calls Drag Shows ~~‘Wholesome Entertainment’ for~~ Best Way to Groom Children

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:03 AM (/+uur)

Obviously bullshit. The best way to groom children is to work in public schools. The success rate speaks for itself.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:05 AM (ExV1e)

116 102 Russia droned and missiled the crap out of Kiev last night. Ukraine is doing a good job of hitting targets , oil refineries and ammo depos , in Russia, but it may be too little too late
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 08:00 AM (rp63B)

Putin had 48l casualties in July

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:05 AM (/+uur)

117 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JJ!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 08:05 AM (2YhKe)

118 48k not l

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:05 AM (/+uur)

119 Until Iran makes noises about negotiation and we stop everything to meet in Pakistan.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2026 07:58 AM (b4LBp)
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The cease fires are for our benefit, not theirs. They successfully turned a "war of aggression" into a defensive action to preserve freedom of navigation and took the War Powers Act off of the table. Oh, and the "just war" argument is now moot.

Very slick move that I did not see coming.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:05 AM (ZOv7s)

120
Obviously bullshit. The best way to groom children is to work in public schools. The success rate speaks for itself.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:05 AM (ExV1e)

They're Terminator. They attack from all sides relentlessly and never stop.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

121 Putin had 48l casualties in July
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:05 AM (/+uur)

According to whom?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

122 @112 Tom Servo, possible but there is no reason that Singham wouldn't fund another one. Combine that with the increasing rise of the DSA and the conditions are ripe for another mess

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 08:07 AM (rp63B)

123 As long as it has no resemblance to the beaver, they're fine. That includes color, font and a host of other items. They're very serious about their brand. I'm sure it's all in an effort to thwart China, who eventually steals everything and attempts to profit from it.
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The criteria for getting sued by Buc-Ees are 1. Cartoon mascot 2. Who smiles.

https://tinyurl.com/526z8xwr

And it's mostly corporate intimidation. "We're a giant corporation with horses of lawyers at our disposal. Sucks to be you, established local business."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 08:08 AM (9eHqJ)

124 Very slick move that I did not see coming.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:05 AM (ZOv7s)

Good point.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2026 08:08 AM (b4LBp)

125 Is there now, or has there ever been, a body of water that is or was a U.S. Territory?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 20, 2026 08:08 AM (2Ez/1)

126 Tom Servo, possible but there is no reason that Singham wouldn't fund another one.

USAID is shut down. I'm betting that's where a lot of the money was coming from. Also, we're several years worth of "watch the Carnival Cruise riot" videos beyond where we were in 2020.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

127 Melanie Philips: If we’re not careful, Islamic extremists threaten to turn us into ‘Americastan’

My only quibble with the estimable Ms. Phillips is that they are not "extremists."

They're just ordinary Muslims, period!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 20, 2026 08:09 AM (x0n13)

128 Baby steps, JJ

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 20, 2026 08:09 AM (aJQbY)

129 Some good news on the home front: Horde prayers are working! Today Mrs. Lloyd was able to take her first shower since the surgery. The drains came out two days ago, and she's slowly regaining range of motion and arm strength. We're well ahead of schedule for healing.

Later today we have a follow-up with the surgeon. The biopsy of the breast tissue showed it was a very aggressive kind of cancer, but also that it did not spread. Looks like we got all of it, and because we caught it early, chemo may not be necessary.

They also know the exact kind of cancer and there are treatments that target it specifically, which is pretty cool. Praise be to God!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:10 AM (ZOv7s)

130 Oh, and Iran is winning because total economic collapse and losing 50 years worth of military hardware is a victory.

Unfortunately, Democrats claim "winning" when the US falls into total economic collapse and loses 50 years worth of military hardware.

Lets make sure that they never "win".

Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 08:10 AM (+4Cf6)

131 Smell the Glove & r hennigantx

My take is both countries are losing.

The Russian casualties are primarily not ethnic Russians, so it is ethnic cleansing, with North Koreans and the odd African or South American thrown into the maw.

Ukraine is hollowed out, and the losses or disappearance (to another country) of men leads to a demographic turnover.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

132 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Great news!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)

133 It is amazing how the leftists all over the Western world have managed to overlook Islamic teachings on homosexuality. They paid little attention to the homosexuals who are killed and hung on cranes in the middle of Iranian cities. They did not notice how ISIS, both in Syria and In Iraq, routinely threw homosexuals off the top of rooftops. They ignored how homosexuals in the Palestinian territories in Gaza and the West Bank are subject to severe societal discrimination, harassment, arbitrary arrests, and physical abuse or torture by local security forces and militant factions, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

And devout leftoids are FINE with this as long as the murderous cult 'feels included.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 08:11 AM (2YhKe)

134 Also, we're several years worth of "watch the Carnival Cruise riot" videos beyond where we were in 2020.

I still think that televising regular episodes of "Carnival Cruise Riot" would be a ratings boom for ESPN.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 08:12 AM (+4Cf6)

135 Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin says that the charges against him were "illegal" and that his trial was a "fraud."

Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill presided over a year-long due process violation by failing to convene a grand jury to consider the State’s evidence at any point between the moment he was assigned to the case, and the verdict. He lacked jurisdiction over the charges, as this Court does, because they were never lawfully brought.

Posted by: SMOD at August 20, 2026 08:12 AM (xwuaK)

136 Some good news on the home front: Horde prayers are working! Today Mrs. Lloyd was able to take her first shower since the surgery. The drains came out two days ago, and she's slowly regaining range of motion and arm strength. We're well ahead of schedule for healing.
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b"h for good health

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

137 NY Post

Putin lost a staggering 42,860 men on the battlefield in July between soldiers killed and wounded, the most since January 2025 -- and the fourth bloodiest month since the start of the war in 2022.

sorry 43 not 48 my dyspepsia is acting up

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:12 AM (/+uur)

138
They also know the exact kind of cancer and there are treatments that target it specifically, which is pretty cool. Praise be to God!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:10 AM (ZOv7s)

Hallelujah!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 08:14 AM (2YhKe)

139 And, srsly, fck Buc-Ees for making me agree with John Oliver.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 08:14 AM (kpsnV)

140 129 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:10 AM (ZOv7s)

I feel your pain, but it's in my brain! Praying for you both.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 20, 2026 08:14 AM (x0n13)

141 I still think that televising regular episodes of "Carnival Cruise Riot" would be a ratings boom for ESPN.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 08:12 AM (+4Cf6)

Americas Funniest Wig Snatching, Tittie Flopping, and Chicken Tenders Fights

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

142 The regime is indeed winning.

Every day they exist, they are winning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)

143 They also know the exact kind of cancer and there are treatments that target it specifically, which is pretty cool. Praise be to God!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:10 AM (ZOv7s)

Huzzah! Cancer treatment, particularly for breast cancer, has made huge strides over the past couple decades.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:15 AM (ExV1e)

144
They're just ordinary Muslims, period!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 20, 2026 08:09 AM (x0n13)

I call them 'orthodox.' They're the most violent. The ones that aren't actually violent, support the violence and use their lies to gain trust and spread so the violent offspring can do the dirty work.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 08:15 AM (2YhKe)

145 Americas Funniest Wig Snatching, Tittie Flopping, and Chicken Tenders Fights
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BLM took "Cops" away from us but gifted us with bodycams.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 08:16 AM (PNdbB)

146 USAID is shut down. I'm betting that's where a lot of the money was coming from. Also, we're several years worth of "watch the Carnival Cruise riot" videos beyond where we were in 2020.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)
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The vibe I'm getting now is less "Spanish Civil War 2.0" and more "Asturias Uprising 2.0." Those of you who have already read Long Live Death know that before the July Rising when the center-right governed Spain, there were several Anarchist uprisings, the worst of which was in the Asturias and had to be put down with regular army forces.

If the GOP holds its ground (or gains it - looking at you, Michigan), I expect there will be violence on the part of the left. The "vials of wrath" have been filled to overflowing, but without USAID and other funds, it's going to be less organized and less effective.

Also: Trump's people are running traces on the finances of these organizations and RICO charges may be coming before that. Remember that timing is everything, and you don't drop the good stuff until after Labor Day.

The FBI 'fednapping' broke long-standing policy as well as several laws. Turnabout is fair play.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:16 AM (ZOv7s)

147 Good morning.

Time for Trump to climb to the top rope and drop a flying elbow on these Iranian nogudnicks.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2026 08:16 AM (wVcYX)

148 In Milwaukee Dequaision Evans and Quentene Williams were were shot dead in a rap recording studio on Mon night. But the Dems want the county exec as governor

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 08:16 AM (rp63B)

149 Grandiose narcissism has entered the chat

Posted by: one hour sober at August 20, 2026 08:17 AM (J4Dwc)

150 This recusal in the Karmelo case is not as big a deal as they are making it out to be. Recusal in a review of the same case is not uncommon; any judge will have to find an actual Error of Law that was made in order to allow a retrial, and I don’t see one.

It’s almost amusing that the defense’s claim of “bias” came because after it was over, the Judge said publicly “I think the jury got it right”

I would only have been worried if he’d said that he thought the jury got it wrong, but it’s a reminder that officials in high profile cases should never, ever make any public statements at all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2026 08:17 AM (+STGS)

151 "133 It is amazing how the leftists all over the Western world have managed to overlook Islamic teachings on homosexuality. "

It's a case of an overriding interest in the destruction of America. The Islamist determination to destroy is simply too great an attraction to the Left. Being emotionally driven, instant-gratification children, they cannot resist the seduction of not only Islam's hatred but its willingness to do something about it. That they are riding the back of the tiger doesn't occur to them.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2026 08:17 AM (b4LBp)

152 NY Post

Putin lost a staggering 42,860 men on the battlefield in July between soldiers killed and wounded, the most since January 2025 -- and the fourth bloodiest month since the start of the war in 2022.

I'm not sure that I'd take any western media as an authoritative source on the matter. This isn't to say that they're wrong, just that I don't trust them to be either correct or honest.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)

153 So, we can't defeat the IRGC militarily, but we can economically

is that it

Posted by: Don Black at August 20, 2026 08:18 AM (ZxPkt)

154 According to a new exhibit in the criminal federal case against James Comey, his wife Patrice Comey, received a blistering text from a family member for posting “a call for violence” against Trump.

Posted by: SMOD at August 20, 2026 08:19 AM (xwuaK)

155 152 I used to have a different nic,

Not mendacity like most of the press, just taking things on faith that they should know better?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 20, 2026 08:19 AM (aJQbY)

156 The criteria for getting sued by Buc-Ees are 1. Cartoon mascot 2. Who smiles.

https://tinyurl.com/526z8xwr

And it's mostly corporate intimidation. "We're a giant corporation with horses of lawyers at our disposal. Sucks to be you, established local business."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 08:08 AM (9eHqJ)

Valid, however, this is the way of America now. Lawyers. IF you have the case, beat them. Then sue them. If Buc-ee's is in the wrong, take their money. Attorney's will be glad to work at no fee unless they win. Because the win would be huge. I'm fine with that. If it's found that Buc-ee's overstepped, make them pay.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 08:20 AM (2YhKe)

157 They also know the exact kind of cancer and there are treatments that target it specifically, which is pretty cool. Praise be to God!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:10 AM (ZOv7s)

Praise Him indeed. That is wonderful news.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2026 08:20 AM (wVcYX)

158 unrelated:

saw on X that a heavy lift ship is headed to Christmas Island

Posted by: Don Black at August 20, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)

159 In Milwaukee Dequaision Evans and Quentene Williams...

Amish kids in Milwaukee?

I did not know that.

Posted by: Zombie Johnny Carson at August 20, 2026 08:20 AM (4fSJY)

160 The regime is indeed winning.

Every day they exist, they are winning.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)
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No, surviving is not a victory. They have united the region against them, their proxies are being gutted and it's only a matter of time before they fall. Trump tried to blitz them and has now adopted a long-term sustainable strategy.

Iran's oil weapon is broken, the Straits are losing their strategic significance and the world economy chugs on.

There is none of the urgency of 1990, which some of us are old enough to remember. Honestly, if Trump stopped talking about it, the story would disappear. It's basically an upscale version of Operation Northern Watch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:21 AM (ZOv7s)

161 Don Black

We can and are doing both.

What we are not doing directly is replacing their government, although an examination of pre-war Org charts shows we have concentrated on killing IRGC leaders. An American tradition since the Revolutionary War is to kill the officers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

162 So, we can't defeat the IRGC militarily, but we can economically

is that it
Posted by: Don Black at August 20, 2026 08:18 AM (ZxPkt)

Our military can defeat the IRGC but, short of using nuclear weapons, it can't do it today. That means an endless parade of whining about how the whole thing is dragging on and we want season two already. Same as has been the case for every conflict the US has been involved in since world war eleven.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)

163 Americas Funniest Wig Snatching, Tittie Flopping, and Chicken Tenders Fights
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:14 AM

Call me.

Posted by: Waffle House at August 20, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)

164 Harold Ford Jr. is, by any honest measure, the smarter liberal who joins the table on Fox News’ The Five. That’s not saying much when the other option is Jessica Tarlov, but hey, it’s something. Tarlov is a party booster every step of the way. She pushes Democrats’ talking points blindly. Ford is far more willing to call out his party when it deserves it, which he did on Tuesday, when he admitted that Democrats will lose if they embrace the DSA’s policies.

“If we believe that the DSA, their ideas are the right ones for the country, then we’re going to lose,” Ford said.

Posted by: SMOD at August 20, 2026 08:22 AM (xwuaK)

165 "The criteria for getting sued by Buc-Ees are 1. Cartoon mascot 2. Who smiles."

*frowns, intense stare*

Posted by: Wally Weasel at August 20, 2026 08:22 AM (MWfyi)

166
Blame Congress and Creepy Joe Otto Pen.

TARP in 2008/9 and every damned year following since the trillions of dollars was rolled in to "Continuing Resolution" with a baked in minimum 5% annual increase.

Every politician in Babylon DC since 2008 is guilty as Hell for most of the public debt.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 08:22 AM (nAS9C)

167 @153

>>is that it

Well, starving to death has a way of focusing the mind.

As they say, we shall see.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 20, 2026 08:22 AM (XV/Pl)

168 The Russians are losing a lot of men, no doubt, but how many are the Ukrainians losing? The Russians have something like 3 1/2 x as many men and can afford to lose more. On the ground they are pushing the Ukes back everywhere. There isn't much left of the Donbas that hasn't been taken.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 08:23 AM (rp63B)

169 I like Buc-Ee's but this lawsuit is beyond idiotic. I have my doubts that anyone is going to confuse them with Beaver Mart. I hope the lawsuit stings enough to teach them manners.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 20, 2026 08:23 AM (jjoN6)

170 It's a case of an overriding interest in the destruction of America. The Islamist determination to destroy is simply too great an attraction to the Left. Being emotionally driven, instant-gratification children, they cannot resist the seduction of not only Islam's hatred but its willingness to do something about it. That they are riding the back of the tiger doesn't occur to them.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2026 08:17 AM (b4LBp)
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This is a reprise of the old "no enemies to the left" Popular Fronts of the 1930s. The assumption is that once the revolution is launched, "our" faction (whichever it is) will win out. I think history shows the Muslims tend to beat the atheists, but the Wokes are remarkably ignorant of history.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:23 AM (ZOv7s)

171 Not mendacity like most of the press, just taking things on faith that they should know better?
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 20, 2026 08:19 AM (aJQbY)

The press has a really bad habit of getting a piece of information from someone and then printing it as accurate without ever once asking "how the fuck do you know". They do this because saying that US intelligence sources, historically known for being super accurate, estimate that the country which they engineered a conflict with has lost this many troops in the past month isn't as interesting as just putting up a number.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:24 AM (ExV1e)

172 As long as it has no resemblance to the beaver, they're fine...
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 07:58 AM (2YhKe)

The Paolo he, how you say, is expert on the beaver. Nothing resembles beaver!

Posted by: Paolo at August 20, 2026 08:24 AM (S0M0K)

173 Iran's oil weapon is broken, the Straits are losing their strategic significance and the world economy chugs on.

After Iran, China's BRI hardest hit.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 08:25 AM (nAS9C)

174 Anyway, Sheetz is great and isn't frivolously suing anyway. Yay, Sheetz!

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 08:25 AM (aIvMC)

175 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2026 08:26 AM (V4M8q)

176 So, we can't defeat the IRGC militarily, but we can economically

is that it
Posted by: Don Black at August 20, 2026 08:18 AM (ZxPkt)
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They are defeated. Their strategic reach is gone. The economic levers are a smart, sustainable way to force regime change. The best thing about it is that there is no time limit. We can do this forever, but they can't last forever.

It's a siege and no one is coming to their rescue. The only weapon they have left is psychology and convincing Americans that if we don't beat them by dinner time, we have to go home and sulk.

Oddly, the very same people who thought nothing of wasting lives building gay schools in the Hindu Kush for 20 years are now screaming that time is up. Weird.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:27 AM (ZOv7s)

177 I still think that televising regular episodes of "Carnival Cruise Riot" would be a ratings boom for ESPN.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 08:12 AM (+4Cf6)

Americas Funniest Wig Snatching, Tittie Flopping, and Chicken Tenders Fights
Posted by: r hennigantx
__________

Vic Romano and Kenny Blankenship would be the perfect broadcast team for this.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 20, 2026 08:27 AM (XvL8K)

178
Pie Is Good

IMHO
YMMV

Posted by: Don Black at August 20, 2026 08:28 AM (ZxPkt)

179 Gotta have a WaWa.

Posted by: Don't forget at August 20, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)

180 The Bucky's here is always so crowded I don't go there. It's a madhouse.

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2026 08:28 AM (MWfyi)

181 "The criteria for getting sued by Buc-Ees are 1. Cartoon mascot 2. Who smiles."

Ay yi yi yi!!

Posted by: Pedro Says @ SOTB at August 20, 2026 08:28 AM (wVcYX)

182
122 @112 Tom Servo, possible but there is no reason that Singham wouldn't fund another one. Combine that with the increasing rise of the DSA and the conditions are ripe for another mess
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 08:07 AM (rp63B)

Remember that in 2020 he was still operating out of NYC; he’s now supposedly moved to Singapore, but spends most of his time in Shanghai under the protection of Chsirman Xi. He knows that he can’t fly under the radar anymore, like he used to do.

The whole BLM scam was a masterful piece of political engineering, gotta hand that to its creators. They managed to catch lightning in a bottle that summer - but I don’t think they’ll ever pull off something as big as that again. A few half hearted riots in the same old shot hole cities, at most.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2026 08:28 AM (+STGS)

183 The press has a really bad habit of getting a piece of information from someone and then printing it as accurate without ever once asking "how the fuck do you know". They do this because saying that US intelligence sources, historically known for being super accurate, estimate that the country which they engineered a conflict with has lost this many troops in the past month isn't as interesting as just putting up a number.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:24 AM (ExV1e)
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There is no penalty for getting stories completely wrong, so long as they hurt the right people.

I remember Jayson Blair, who if his scandal broke today, would still be employed by the Times. indeed, he'd be promoted for speaking deeper truths.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:28 AM (ZOv7s)

184 > So, we can't defeat the IRGC militarily, but we can economically

is that it
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The IRGC is analogous to our CIA or FBI. Sort of. Killing off either of those, for a nation like Russia or China, without nuking every city in the US would be nearly impossible without soldiers on the ground going from city to city, town to town, etc.

IRGC members put on their green jumpsuits, grab an AK and play warrior, then put their civies on and stroll through town. Only the locals know who's who.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2026 08:29 AM (2Cry5)

185 180 The Bucky's here is always so crowded I don't go there. It's a madhouse.
Posted by: fd at August 20, 2026 08:28 AM

Nobody goes there anymore.

Posted by: Yogi at August 20, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

186 Buc-ee's is proof that people are stupid and have way too much time and money on their hands.

It's a GD gas station folks.

Posted by: Zombie Goober Plye at August 20, 2026 08:30 AM (4fSJY)

187 171, the "expert/smart guy" fallacy: "This guy is part of an organization that is super smart. So it must be true."

Then there's the left-wing (most of the body) press: "... unless he's saying the same things as Bad Orange Man"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 20, 2026 08:31 AM (aJQbY)

188 After Iran, China's BRI hardest hit.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 08:25 AM (nAS9C)
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China is collapsing. Any country that starts locking down capital flows is in big trouble. There was a report yesterday that their billionaires are fleeing the country and shifting assets abroad and that the CCP is threatening punitive taxes in response, which only makes more capital flee the country.

They've revoked everyone's passports, too. You're not allowed to have one - it either has to go to your employer or the local police office. Applying for one is now very complicated and drawn out. Total economic collapse is already happening.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:32 AM (ZOv7s)

189 186 Buc-ee's is proof that people are stupid and have way too much time and money on their hands.

It's a GD gas station folks.
Posted by: Zombie Goober Plye at August 20, 2026 08:30 AM

Is this about us?

Posted by: European fans of Men's Metric Kickball at August 20, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

190 Buc-ee's. 'Cause nothing succeeds in America like excess.

Have fun with it while it shines.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2026 08:32 AM (wVcYX)

191
180 The Bucky's here is always so crowded I don't go there. It's a madhouse.
Posted by: fd at August 20, 2026 08:28 AM (MWfyi)

“Nobody goes to Buc-ees anymore. It’s too crowded!” - Zombie Yogi Berra

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2026 08:32 AM (+STGS)

192 With God and the Imago Dei kicked to the curb, it’s a Peter Singer world where babies are less than human and animals get promoted to take their place.
In Our Modern Dystopia, We Treat Animals Like Children And Children Like Animals

Yeah, few things grind my gears more than:

1)the phrase "fur babies" cuz they ain't
and
2) referring to yourself as your pet's Mom and/or Dad cuz while I have no idea about cats, dogs think with a pack mentality and their place in it. They look to the alpha and if you're not it they want to be it.

Buuuuut, it's your life do as you please, I suppose it's a harmless enough loony belief.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2026 08:32 AM (iJfKG)

193 Buc-ee's is proof that people are stupid and have way too much time and money on their hands.

It's a GD gas station folks.
Posted by: Zombie Goober Plye at August 20, 2026 08:30 AM (4fSJY)

What an absurdly ridiculous take

Posted by: Doof at August 20, 2026 08:33 AM (S0M0K)

194 Bessent to Reich

As I do not like “punching down,” this will be the last response to his four-decade pattern of packaging falsehoods as fact.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:33 AM (/+uur)

195 sorry 43 not 48 my dyspepsia is acting up
Posted by: r hennigantx

Come alive! You're in the Dyspepsia Generation!

Posted by: Failed Ad Jingles at August 20, 2026 08:33 AM (JM9I6)

196 No, surviving is not a victory.
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We disagree. I did not say it was a victory. As long as the regime remains in place, in defiance of the United States, they are accomplishing their war aims. Yes, their capabilities may be diminished and they have suffered losses, but they keep victory from us. Therefore, they are winning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

197 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 20, 2026 08:35 AM (53oGX)

198
Bucky's is a good road trip stop cuz the lovely and hygienic Mrs naturalfake is a fan of their actually clean restrooms, and-

their BBQ sandwiches make a nice trip meal instead of something like Burger King.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2026 08:35 AM (iJfKG)

199 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Epoch Times has been covering this collapse of the Chinese economy very well.

TL

R: The Communist Party under XI wants control above all other things. Policies to keep Xi in power are kneecapping public, military, and research support plus any vestige of a consumer economy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)

200 The way they designed the intersection at the Bucees closest to here is another reason I don't go there. Getting in it's always backed up, traffic flow thru the parking lot is f'd up, and then getting out takes forever. The whole setup is poorly designed for traffic flow.

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2026 08:37 AM (MWfyi)

201 But I don't have anything against the store really. It's just a pain to go there.

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2026 08:37 AM (MWfyi)

202 Is Epoch Times a credible news source or the internet equivalent of the Weekly World News?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 20, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

203 We disagree. I did not say it was a victory. As long as the regime remains in place, in defiance of the United States, they are accomplishing their war aims. Yes, their capabilities may be diminished and they have suffered losses, but they keep victory from us. Therefore, they are winning.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)
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Their "war aim" is to conquer the world. It is to annihilate Israel and overthrow the Great Satan.

They have failed in an epic fashion. Far from leading the Final Jihad, they are hiding in cellars watching their phones run out of battery power and stockpiling canned food.

An Iran with no oil, no money and no weapons is nothing. They can go on chanting forever, but their ability to harm their enemies has been all but destroyed, which is a staggering defeat I never thought possible.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:37 AM (ZOv7s)

204 We disagree. I did not say it was a victory. As long as the regime remains in place, in defiance of the United States, they are accomplishing their war aims. Yes, their capabilities may be diminished and they have suffered losses, but they keep victory from us. Therefore, they are winning.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)
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"winning"? Survival is not winning, it's mere down and dirty scratching your way out of your collapsed country into the light.

That issue aside though, I bet Trump has concluded he needs to somehow end the IRCG. How that can be accomplished short of sending in troops, which he will never do, is what I am sure is under intense debate.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 08:38 AM (IEUYY)

205 Oops- "IRGC" not the IRCG as I first had it in my twisted way

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 08:39 AM (IEUYY)

206 > Bucky's is a good road trip stop cuz the lovely and hygienic Mrs naturalfake is a fan of their actually clean restrooms, and-

their BBQ sandwiches make a nice trip meal instead of something like Burger King.
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My wife is all for this sort of thing. We did a 45 minute drive to the one in Richmond, KY (the first one in the state) a couple years ago. Took back roads there and back.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2026 08:40 AM (2Cry5)

207 Oddly, the very same people who thought nothing of wasting lives building gay schools in the Hindu Kush for 20 years are now screaming that time is up. Weird.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:27 AM (ZOv7s)

I’m so relieved to hear that your wife’s recovery is going well. A great blessing for all of you.

I’m very supportive of the strategy we’ve finally settled into against Iran, because for the US, it’s a low cost, low risk strategy that can be easily maintained for an indefinite period of time. We’re not taking any casualties, and we’re not even expending many bombs anymore. Enough oil is getting out so that world prices aren’t spiking, and it’s the Iranians who are under pressure to try to counter this.

Given their psychology they’ll almost certainly find some way to lash out in anger, but that’ll be more for emotional reasons than military ones.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2026 08:41 AM (+STGS)

208 Today Is National Bacon Lovers Day. 🥓

Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 08:41 AM (NpAcC)

209 The Communist Party under XI wants control above all other things. Policies to keep Xi in power are kneecapping public, military, and research support plus any vestige of a consumer economy.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)
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Yes, he upset the normal orderly succession system to become Mao 2.0 and like the original, he's running the country into the ground. At some point, I would expect a military coup, and he obviously does because he's purging the officer corps at a very aggressive clip.

The problem is that at some point people figure that they may as well take a chance, because their number will come up no matter what they do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:41 AM (ZOv7s)

210 That issue aside though, I bet Trump has concluded he needs to somehow end the IRCG. How that can be accomplished short of sending in troops, which he will never do, is what I am sure is under intense debate.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 08:38 AM (IEUYY)

Simple. Buy a shitload of phones and pagers and buzzer mats and let the Mossad distribute them.

Posted by: I mean.... at August 20, 2026 08:41 AM (1Ff7Z)

211 I gotta ask

They are pretty good on China. Their COVID-19 Wuhan coverage was outstanding.

A retrospective analysis of last years news on China holds up to scrutiny.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

212 Another cop caught Flocking. This has become a daily thing:

" A fourth deputy with Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office has found himself without a job and is sitting in jail on Wednesday after allegations of abusing the Flock camera system.
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This isn't happening because of the technology--it's the "cop culture."
They all do this all the time with all the old tools they still have.

Official immunity needs rolled way, way back.
And end the militarization, auto-weapon, tactical vehicles, etc.--no police dept. needs any gun stronger than a pistol and a shotgun.
If the threat is greater, they can request the national guard, deputize locals or call up militia--no more of this "civilian/police" split.
Police are part of the community, not a special position above it.

LOL, local "soft on crime" judge finds himself on a press gang, deputized to clear out a trap house.
Little bitch will get his mind right real quick.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 20, 2026 08:42 AM (3cUTc)

213 Islam and the Satanic followers of it are the enemy of liberty and freedom; the sooner Americans unite against them to expel or exterminate them, the easier the conflict will be.

I can almost hear the voices of the soft-palmed moderate, of those living an easy life which they do not wish disturbed by controversy and strife. To them I say witness the work of the many thieves and murderous scoundrels who live without Christ. Are they not deaf to your wishes and wants? Is their knife and bullet deflected from your carcass by your hope and your prayer? I think not.

Posted by: Clear-Eyed Killer at August 20, 2026 08:42 AM (vj9mz)

214 The window closes in January. All pending matters must be resolved by then and that does not leave a lot of time. After that it will be all politics all the time.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

215 The Epoch Times has very good articles on art and culture, too.

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

216 The best part about the "Iran is winning" narrative is that it completely ignores the fact that the United States has more or less taken complete control of the world's oil supply - and shipping routes - without anyone even trying to stop us.

Pretty neat trick.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:43 AM (ZOv7s)

217 Today Is National Bacon Lovers Day. 🥓
Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 08:41 AM (NpAcC)

Now I'm hankerin' for a BLT.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2026 08:44 AM (wVcYX)

218 A retired County Durham, England, police officer is appealing a conviction and £1,000 (~$1,350) fine after being prosecuted for a social media post that a judge ruled was “grossly offensive.” Stephen Gray, 65, was initially investigated after a neighbor reported two Facebook posts.

Gray was acquitted over the first post, which combined a call for “mass deportation” with a satirical claim about a migrant seeking accommodation with better amenities and a halal menu. The second post, which joked, “Fun facts about Bacon! People who eat bacon have a lower chance of marrying a 9-year-old!” led to his conviction
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Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for England. ("Thee" comes next, if we keep letting mosques spring up all over the place)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 08:45 AM (IEUYY)

219 ount de Monet

Now you've done it.

Off to get some food.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

220 @SecScottBessent

Once again, the professor has come up short…

His latest screed is an impressive display of economic prestidigitation.

He concedes that wages are growing faster for low-income workers and then attempts to bury that dispositive fact beneath nearly 2,000 words.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:45 AM (/+uur)

221 Now I'm hankerin' for a BLT.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2026 08:44 AM (wVcYX)
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Dinner last night with the last of the Sonoma tomatoes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

222
Trum's "mistake" if you want to call it that was to run a "kind war".

He clearly wanted Iran to surrender and agree to his terms after decapitating the gov't, but was not interested in widespread destruction of infrastructure and massive death.

Trump wanted an Iran to emerge as as player in the world-economy just without nukes and terrorism.

An Iran led by rational leaders would've seen this as a benefit to them (even if they meant to violate it in the future after Trump left office) and made the Deal.

Buuuut, he underestimated the fanaticism of islamic leaders, who would rather destroy their country than let the Great Satan win.

So, now it's the slow economic grind.

We'll see.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2026 08:46 AM (iJfKG)

223 And end the militarization, auto-weapon, tactical vehicles, etc.--no police dept. needs any gun stronger than a pistol and a shotgun.

Little bitch will get his mind right real quick.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 20, 2026 08:42 AM (3cUTc)

I think the police having 5.56 semi-auto rifles is fine. It's the 240s in their armories that I despise.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 20, 2026 08:46 AM (PGK1w)

224 The Communist Party under XI wants control above all other things.
-------------The Democrats like the cut if their jib.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 08:47 AM (ze+Ke)

225 Now I'm hankerin' for a BLT.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2026 08:44 AM (wVcYX)
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Since I'm home today, I had a bacon sandwich for breakfast.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:47 AM (ZOv7s)

226 Posted by: r hennigantx at August 20, 2026 08:45 AM (/+uur)
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That was a world championship beat down. I especially loved the dig about his short size, thrown in just for pure petty fun.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 08:48 AM (IEUYY)

227 Robert Reich, a lying little turd crossed with an Energizer troll. He never stops.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2026 08:48 AM (b4LBp)

228 In this country, you're free to love bacon EVERY day.

'Murrica!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 20, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

229 174 Anyway, Sheetz is great and isn't frivolously suing anyway. Yay, Sheetz!
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

They are a regular destination after Saturday's Aikido class and my Red Cross donations. Great staff and the food is pretty well priced.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 20, 2026 08:48 AM (jjoN6)

230 Gray was acquitted over the first post, which combined a call for “mass deportation” with a satirical claim about a migrant seeking accommodation with better amenities and a halal menu. The second post, which joked, “Fun facts about Bacon! People who eat bacon have a lower chance of marrying a 9-year-old!” led to his conviction[\b]

“Fun facts about Bacon! People who eat bacon have a lower chance of spontaneously exploding!” [\b]

Fuck you great britain. Non-capitalized for a reason.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2026 08:49 AM (V4M8q)

231 My favorite repast down at the pub-the Bacon Butty.

Posted by: Onslow On The Dole at August 20, 2026 08:49 AM (JM9I6)

232 Not today barrel. Not today.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2026 08:50 AM (V4M8q)

233 My local "progressive" county legislature has approved a hiring freeze . This is after they voted themselves a raise. For me but not for thee. Commies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 08:51 AM (rp63B)

234 The same people who attacked Trump in 2016 are now attacking the vice president. They want the GOP back after Trump is gone.
The NeverTrumpers Are Back. This Time Their Target Is J.D. Vance

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Vance is nothing like Trump. Stop whining, the Federalist, and stop drawing parallels. Vance is subject to criticism, just as any politician. And there is quite a bit. His alignment with Cucker Tarlson wing of politics, cynical or not, still repulsive, his exotic view of economics that smells of central planning and Obamanomics, and his international view that stinks of Dugin. So, fuck you kindly online simps at the Federalist, don't piss on my boots and tell me it's raining.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 08:52 AM (g47mK)

235 and admitting to taking her children to drag shows, referring to them as “wholesome” entertainment.

I remember when this drag show stuff started to go mainstream and the Karens in my friend group were all excited to go.

I thought it was weird at the time and objectively it is - imagine there was a whole genre of "entertainment" where women put on fake beards, walked around in stuff boxer briefs, and just did stereotypical guy things.

But then this became something to bring your kids to. If adult want to see things that are literally fake, gay, and lame, I guess ok. But having a three year have a tranny twerk in his face? What the hell is wrong with these "mothers"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 20, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm)

236 The Karmelo Kultists are not going to like when the new judge also denies their new trial.

These tards really think all these judges aren't good friends?
That they don't have a "judicial conference" every Friday, where they bullshit, golf and dine?

But sure, cheer like you won the Super Bowl 'cause that judge was recused.

Stupid, racist tards.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 20, 2026 08:53 AM (3cUTc)

237 Dinner last night with the last of the Sonoma tomatoes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Does your wife know that you have dinner with tomatoes?

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

238 Trum's "mistake" if you want to call it that was to run a "kind war".

Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2026 08:46 AM (iJfKG)
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It was no mistake. His opening was epic, shattering Iran's formidable air defenses and terrifying both the Russians and the Chicoms. After a flurry of bombardment and decapitating the leadership, we needed to slow down the operational tempo to something more sustainable. So we declared a unilateral cease fire, which flipped the script.

Iran came back swinging, and now we were acting in self-defense. It was a hugely smart opening play.

If I told you a year ago that Trump would do what he has done - shatter Iran's terrorist proxies, destroy almost all their missiles, sink their navy, obliterate their air force and air defenses AND do it without a global Muslim backlash - you would say I was delusional.

Especially if I said we'd take less losses than an Army post on a holiday weekend. Those of us old enough to remember Desert Storm - which was hailed as an epic curb-stomping - can only shake our heads in disbelief.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)

239 The California couple is reportedly seeking a six-figure cash award from the surrogate mom.
Surrogate Baby Saga Takes Dark New Turn After Mom Chose Life

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Well, that's complete nucking futz so, of course, it's California.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 20, 2026 08:53 AM (ndZc7)

240 Today Is National Bacon Lovers Day. 🥓
Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 08:41 AM (NpAcC)
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In other words, a day ending in "y."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 20, 2026 08:53 AM (FZ29D)

241 I thought it was weird at the time and objectively it is - imagine there was a whole genre of "entertainment" where women put on fake beards, walked around in stuff boxer briefs, and just did stereotypical guy things.

https://youtu.be/FQ5YU_spBw0

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

242 Khanna insists he has "zero say" and "zero knowledge" of the trades made in his family's trusts
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That's because Monte Ahuja, his father in law, is self-made, a committed Trump Republican, and would never in a million years ask Ro Khanna for advice on anything.

Ahuja's biggest problem is that is daughter brought this schlemiel home.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 08:54 AM (fLJ+m)

243 The Jews supporting the Democrats is as smart as the Democrats supporting the DSA is as smart as the DSA supporting the muslims--each of them are paying a crocodile for a ride on his back across the Congo.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 20, 2026 08:55 AM (3cUTc)

244 That issue aside though, I bet Trump has concluded he needs to somehow end the IRCG. How that can be accomplished short of sending in troops, which he will never do, is what I am sure is under intense debate.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 08:38 AM (IEUYY)

The end game of the current strategy is not Regime change or the end of the IRGC, although that would be nice. It is to degrade Iran’s civil economy until the entire nation becomes ungovernable by anyone, and Iran becomes completely toothless and torn by internal conflict, a threat to no one outside their borders.

There’s a comparison that can be made with Cuba right now. The biggest reason that there’s no pressure to do anything quickly with Cuba is that it’s already dead, internally. There is no Cuban economy left, and although the Party still rules, all that they rule is a collection of the old, the sick, and the mentally ill huddled in decaying ruins and mud huts. If some force tried to invade, the Cuban military would have to come up with a bunch of bicycles to get troops to the front lines.

(No one will invade. There’s nothing left worth taking)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2026 08:55 AM (+STGS)

245 Here in Alaska we've got a chain called Three Bears.

It's no Buc-ees, but neither is it your typical convenience store.

For one, 7-11 doesn't sell guns and ammo, nor does it have an attached motel.

They've recently expanded into the Lower 48, with some stores in Montana.

It will be fun to see what happens when the wave of expansion for Buc-ees meets the one for Three Bears.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 20, 2026 08:55 AM (IG3/x)

246 I know a Candice Owens fan who also thinks that Lindsay Clancy is innocent. We need to ban tictok.

After subsequent conversations with her (and the CO Andrew Wilson debate), I believe now more than ever that Tyler Robinson was indeed the shooter.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 20, 2026 08:56 AM (CYBB0)

247 The Karmelo Kultists are not going to like when the new judge also denies their new trial.

Ackshully, they'll love it because it'll be one more piece of proof to place before the idiots who shovel money at them and agitate that there ain't no justice fo' the black folks in 'merica.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

248 Vance is subject to criticism, just as any politician. And there is quite a bit. His alignment with Cucker Tarlson wing of politics, cynical or not, still repulsive, his exotic view of economics that smells of central planning and Obamanomics, and his international view that stinks of Dugin.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 08:52 AM (g47mK)
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I find this take on Vance fascinating. So now the "common good" is Communism or central planning? How is he aligned with Tarlson?

Oh wait, he hasn't denounced him, so I guess we're now doing the whole leftist "That bad guy said he likes you, so you must now disavow him" thing.

Trump didn't do that, and neither should Vance.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:57 AM (ZOv7s)

249 I know a Candice Owens fan who also thinks that Lindsay Clancy is innocent. We need to ban tictok.

I don't know, enough of this guy of stuff getting public attention might lead to the repeal of the 19th...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 20, 2026 08:58 AM (sKqQm)

250 The California couple is reportedly seeking a six-figure cash award from the surrogate mom.
Surrogate Baby Saga Takes Dark New Turn After Mom Chose Life

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Well, that's complete nucking futz so, of course, it's California.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 20, 2026 08:53 AM (ndZc7)
******
That couple doesn't deserve baby Gabriel.
This is just so sad.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)

251 And politically, Vance is tanking with women and minorities. Women hate him, maybe for the smug "cat ladies" comment. He will not garner 40% of Hispanic vote like Trump did. Or the percentage of black vote that Trump did. His sad "coalition" is online Woke Reich commentariat, that has no pull in the R party. He miscalculated. He is trying for the youth and the blue collar, by ...whining about the affordability crisis and blaming it on "us". Because in Vance's world, everything is a distorted view of 1980s Appalachia.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 08:58 AM (g47mK)

252 31 Chinese robots.

Back to the drawing board:

https://tinyurl.com/yz2334u3
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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The 2nd video in the link reminded me of the demise of Priss in the movie Blade Runner.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 20, 2026 08:59 AM (JNTt1)

253 (No one will invade. There’s nothing left worth taking)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2026 08:55 AM (+STGS)
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Cuba's one strength was organizing American radicals but without oil, even that enterprise is now gone.

So yeah, best to leave them to their own devices.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:59 AM (ZOv7s)

254 German Security Expert Sounds Warning on ‘Civil War’ Risk From Illegal Migrants and Leftist Enablers Resisting Deportation

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Don't get the Germans angry. You wouldn't like them when they're angry.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 20, 2026 09:00 AM (ndZc7)

255 It's also,
National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

256 They've now recorded 3,422 aftershocks from that quake off Flores. Unbelievable.

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:00 AM (77rzZ)

257 I wonder if there are still old Cubanos who bore the grands with their tales of the lost Golden Age of casinos and whorehouses.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 20, 2026 09:00 AM (IG3/x)

258 It will be fun to see what happens when the wave of expansion for Buc-ees meets the one for Three Bears.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

That sounds like an awesome war movie.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 20, 2026 09:01 AM (jjoN6)

259 I wish the media wasn't such pure shit.

Lot's of headlines about Ellison in MN suing TX and Abbott, demanding he extradite that ICE officer they charged.

I had to read three of them to finally find out it was in federal court in MN.
Almost every article spent the whole space rehashing the lies about how awful ICE has been.

What I can't find is, how is this not a suit between states with original jurisdiction in the Supreme Court?
You know, the one that said TX didn't have standing to sue PA over 2020--despite the clear Constitutional authorization.

Regardless, how is a federal judge in MN going to have jurisdiction over Texas?
There was a hint in one of the articles, that Abbott said, "I'm not even going to respond."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 20, 2026 09:01 AM (3cUTc)

260 It's also,
National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

This day just gets better and better!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2026 09:01 AM (wVcYX)

261 Hmm... got bacon. Got a loaf of bread I made last night.

I wonder what breakfast is going to be?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 20, 2026 09:02 AM (IG3/x)

262 It will be fun to see what happens when the wave of expansion for Buc-ees meets the one for Three Bears.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

That sounds like an awesome war movie.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 20, 2026 09:01 AM (jjoN6)

"A Slurpee Machine Too Far"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2026 09:02 AM (iJfKG)

263 National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Yuck.

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:03 AM (77rzZ)

264 Clancy admitted she killed her kids. Her attorneys admitted she killed her kids. But AWFLs and Candace say she didn't. Okay then

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 09:03 AM (rp63B)

265 Yes, he upset the normal orderly succession system to become Mao 2.0 and like the original, he's running the country into the ground. At some point, I would expect a military coup, and he obviously does because he's purging the officer corps at a very aggressive clip.

The problem is that at some point people figure that they may as well take a chance, because their number will come up no matter what they do.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 08:41 AM (ZOv7s)

He must be studying the Life of Stalin. Too bad, he’d learn more by watching the Death of Stalin.

He’s become indistinguishable from the old Emporers; except no Imperial Family, which always had a powerful vested interest in seeing the line continue. Makes him more of a Marshall Tito, I think. “Apres moi, le deluge.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2026 09:04 AM (+STGS)

266 Does your wife know that you have dinner with tomatoes?
Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)
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Ha that's funny. I often call her and Girl F, "Richmond Flowers" because they wilt in the sun.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 09:04 AM (RIvkX)

267 It will be fun to see what happens when the wave of expansion for Buc-ees meets the one for Three Bears.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

That sounds like an awesome war movie.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 20, 2026 09:01 AM (jjoN6)

"A Slurpee Machine Too Far"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2026 09:02 AM (iJfKG)

Ten Bears was unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2026 09:04 AM (wVcYX)

268 I kinda remember Vance from his 2022 run. My first impression of him was not good. He was elected to Senate when other Rs who stood with Trump during em-peachment failed, because he distanced himself from Trump. Then he went super Catholic mea culpa, "I love Trump now". I was kinda surprised, why would Trump pick a neverTrumper. But then people around him, Trump Jr. and Kirk (who, for all his positives, was not the best judge of character), and Cucker pushed Vance. Vance did well, and I thought, well this is one of the few times in my life my first impression failed. No it did not ! I was right about him!

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 09:04 AM (g47mK)

269 It’s Bill Maher vs. Jon Stewart for Democrats’ Soul

Can't they both lose?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 20, 2026 09:05 AM (Q45uQ)

270 German Security Expert Sounds Warning on ‘Civil War’ Risk From Illegal Migrants and Leftist Enablers Resisting Deportation

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Don't get the Germans angry. You wouldn't like them when they're angry.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 20, 2026 09:00 AM (ndZc7)

I ask because I truly don't know the answer: Is the German civilian population armed? If they're like most Europeans, I'd assume they aren't, and that makes me wonder how there can ever be a risk of a 'civil war.'

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 20, 2026 09:05 AM (PGK1w)

271 National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day.

I do not understand the point of adding chocolate to a pecan pie. Is it bitter chocolate to cut the sweetness?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)

272 It's also,
National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 09:00 AM (NpAcC)

This day just gets better and better!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2026 09:01 AM (wVcYX)
*****
Now for the bad news-

It's World Mosquito Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

273 I would prefer Rubio to Vance as our nominee in '28.

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)

274 63 Today is the last day of my cancer treatment. Then I begin the long wait to see if it worked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:40
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G-D SPEED fellow Moron and be cancer free.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 20, 2026 09:06 AM (JNTt1)

275 New Ukrainian Defense Chief Installed as Predecessor Calls for Wartime Elections.

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Whaa? Is he suicidal?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 20, 2026 09:06 AM (ndZc7)

276 Buc-ees jerky missiles will win out

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 09:06 AM (rp63B)

277 Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 08:58 AM (g47mK)

Vance will attempt to triangulate the GOPe, MAGA and the Tucker elements. He's skilled, but it won't work.

Rubio will take it almost without trying.

It will be Rubio v. AOC.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2026 09:06 AM (b4LBp)

278 Regardless, how is a federal judge in MN going to have jurisdiction over Texas?
There was a hint in one of the articles, that Abbott said, "I'm not even going to respond."

Too bad Abbott couldn't arrange to have an illegal alien "hitter" go pay Ellison a visit—that would place Minnisomalia in a spiritual crisis.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 09:06 AM (nCgQz)

279 "The longest black political prisoner in modern history."]/i]

So...what, maybe 6'7" or so? Longer?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 20, 2026 09:06 AM (Q45uQ)

280 German Security Expert Sounds Warning on ‘Civil War’ Risk From Illegal Migrants and Leftist Enablers Resisting Deportation

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Don't get the Germans angry. You wouldn't like them when they're angry.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 20, 2026 09:00 AM (ndZc7)

I ask because I truly don't know the answer: Is the German civilian population armed? If they're like most Europeans, I'd assume they aren't, and that makes me wonder how there can ever be a risk of a 'civil war.'
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 20, 2026 09:05 AM (PGK1w)

Vast Aggressive Armies of Slap-Dancers in Lederhosen.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2026 09:07 AM (iJfKG)

281 *sigh*

HTML fail.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 20, 2026 09:07 AM (Q45uQ)

282 The data center phenomenon has opened up a whole new can of disinformation.

The best is that all resistance to these data centers come from the CCP. While I'm sure that is in the mix, that is to classify those against/resistant to data centers as monolithic, like some much of politics when we know it is more complicated.

I live not too far from the Limerick Nuclear Power Station, outside Philadelphia. When the plant was built back in the late 70's and early 80's, one of the biggest problems was water to run the cooling towers. The problem was believe to be big enough that they made provisions to send water from the Delaware River down to the Schuylkill River which adjoins the power station. Also, the latest PJM grid power auction came up short on power, so exactly where are the proposed 6 different data centers within 15 miles of Limerick going to get their power.

Ultimately, we all know that power and water rates will go up, and we all know who is going to pay. The stories of Luddites and CCP plots are mostly a distraction from the bigger reality.

Posted by: Neo at August 20, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

283 269 It’s Bill Maher vs. Jon Stewart for Democrats’ Soul

Can't they both lose?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 20, 2026 09:05 AM (Q45uQ)

The soulless fighting for the soul? Interesting. Or not.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2026 09:07 AM (b4LBp)

284 It’s Bill Maher vs. Jon Stewart for Democrats’ Soul

Can't they both lose?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I've always had more respect for Maher than for Stewart. Maher's always been a big free-speech advocate, and regularly had conservatives on "Politically Incorrect" to debate the libs.

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)

285 He’s become indistinguishable from the old Emporers; except no Imperial Family, which always had a powerful vested interest in seeing the line continue. Makes him more of a Marshall Tito, I think. “Apres moi, le deluge.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2026 09:04 AM (+STGS)
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What's interesting is the way the CCP does not even try to solve problems, it just covers them up. Very Mandarin feel.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 09:09 AM (ZOv7s)

286 I would prefer Rubio to Vance as our nominee in '28.
Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)

Because he'll totally stay superstar SoS, Trump underling, Rubio and not revert back to Senator "Amnesty today, amnesty tomorrow, amnesty forever" Rubio because...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

287 Does your wife know that you have dinner with tomatoes?
Posted by: Bulg

It is concerning. I remember both The Three Stooges and The Bowery Boys enjoying having "dinner" with "tomatoes".

Posted by: They're Fruits Not Vegetables, Too at August 20, 2026 09:09 AM (JM9I6)

288 do not understand the point of adding chocolate to a pecan pie. Is it bitter chocolate to cut the sweetness?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)
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Yes. Chocolate also pairs well with pecans.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC)

289 In a First, Astronomers May Have Spotted a Galaxy in the Early Universe With Three Behemoth Black Holes

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So it's like an outer space The View?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 20, 2026 09:10 AM (ndZc7)

290 Today is the last day of my cancer treatment. Then I begin the long wait to see if it worked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Best of luck, Different Nic. Prayer up.

Hope you get the ugly nurses if the wife accompanies you.

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

291 I wonder if there are still old Cubanos who bore the grands with their tales of the lost Golden Age of casinos and whorehouses.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 20, 2026 09:00 AM (IG3/x)
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Gotta be. Calle Ocho still has some old guys playing dominoes, though it's more and more of a tourist spot every year. The weird thing is that once you drive further out 8th Street towards where it becomes Tamiami Trail, there has been a ton of development over the last thirty years, just like all the rest of Miami, a university, an art museum, all sorts of malls and apartments. The Cuban flavor ends at about Le Jeune.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 09:10 AM (TPmOL)

292 The Karmelo Kultists are not going to like when the new judge also denies their new trial.

Ackshully, they'll love it because it'll be one more piece of proof to place before the idiots who shovel money at them and agitate that there ain't no justice fo' the black folks in 'merica.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I've lost all faith in the justice system. I'll bet he gets a new trial just to appease the left.

Judge Roach did nothing wrong and Judge Harle even said so. Only reason he recused Roach is because the smooth brains could be confused.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2026 09:10 AM (V4M8q)

293 Xi is getting old and probably not in the greatest health. The succession fight will kill the CCP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 09:11 AM (rp63B)

294 OK, the Chinese robot running into the wall is hilarious.

IMO YMMV

Posted by: Don Black at August 20, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt)

295 Today is the last day of my cancer treatment. Then I begin the long wait to see if it worked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Prayers up!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2026 09:11 AM (V4M8q)

296 ~~TGIF~~

dang

Posted by: Lizzy at August 20, 2026 09:11 AM (X8xt3)

297 274 63 Today is the last day of my cancer treatment. Then I begin the long wait to see if it worked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:40
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G-D SPEED fellow Moron and be cancer free.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 20, 2026 09:06 AM (JNTt1)
******
🙏🙏🙏

Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

298 Posted by: Neo at August 20, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

An almost 50 year old technology tells us practically nothing about the present.

And yes, the big beneficiary to us unilaterally surrendering the data center competition is China.

Your nick should be "Oldo" not Neo.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2026 09:12 AM (iJfKG)

299
A gun store with an attached motel. Interesting.

Posted by: Auspex at August 20, 2026 09:12 AM (Y8DZL)

300 Neo that's a nice area! the RR!

the plant certainly doesn't hurt at all up there

we need nuclear and we need the processing so we will hopefully figure things out. it's ok for people to balk and double check tho, too.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 20, 2026 09:12 AM (j+aD2)

301 >>Today is the last day of my cancer treatment. Then I begin the long wait to see if it worked.

Woohoo!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 20, 2026 09:12 AM (X8xt3)

302 I've lost all faith in the justice system. I'll bet he gets a new trial just to appease the left.

Judge Roach did nothing wrong and Judge Harle even said so. Only reason he recused Roach is because the smooth brains could be confused.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2026 09:10 AM (V4M8q)

There were, like, 100 people who protested the conviction. Most people have basically forgotten about it. The complaint from Anthony's lawyers is that Judge Roach applied the rules "too strictly". I don't see him getting a new trial.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

303 @62 iuthadn, good luck and God bless

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 09:13 AM (rp63B)

304
I've lost all faith in the justice system

Like many other systems the point of our current "justice" system is to advance the left's narrative.

This is why Chauvin is in jail for not killing Floyd and why the Fauci crew are not in jail for killing thousands.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 20, 2026 09:13 AM (sKqQm)

305 Limerick Nuclear Power Station

So Muldoon's really a nuke engineer?

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:13 AM (77rzZ)

306 Lizzy

Missed it by this much. >|<

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

307 208 Today Is National Bacon Lovers Day. 🥓
Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 08:41 AM (NpAcC)

Used to live on Grilled American Cheese and Tomato with Bacon on rye bread at the Campus Sugar Bowl back in my College days at Brooklyn College.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 20, 2026 09:14 AM (x0n13)

308 > 290 Today is the last day of my cancer treatment. Then I begin the long wait to see if it worked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Awesome. You've got this, my friend.

As of my last scoping, I appear to be cancer free. I'm starting immunotherapy next week just to make sure.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 20, 2026 09:14 AM (IG3/x)

309 Because he'll totally stay superstar SoS, Trump underling, Rubio and not revert back to Senator "Amnesty today, amnesty tomorrow, amnesty forever" Rubio because...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

I've always been fascinated by the idea that people are incapable of learning from their mistakes.

Vance opposed Trump, and after witnessing Trump 45 for himself, changed his position so much as to be selected as Trump 47's VP.

Rubio, however, isn't permitted to do that, despite kicking the entire world's shit in over the unequivocal importance of US sovereignty.

I sincerely hope people don't insist on punishing me for the things I was wrong about fifteen years ago.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 20, 2026 09:14 AM (PGK1w)

310 (No one will invade. There’s nothing left worth taking)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2026 08:55 AM (+STGS)
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That's probably right. I suppose PDJT thinks one options is to just keep Iran in a choke hold, respond whenever they fly a drone out into the strait, prevent all trade, and keep doing that until the white flag comes out.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 09:14 AM (TPmOL)

311 The remarkable thing about Trump's cabinet has been its overall unity. There have been a few misfires, (Noem) but on the whole, they really are working as a team.

I see that continuing, so talk about Vance vs Rubio is very premature. I think they sincerely love this country and know how dangerous it is to let the left regain power and they are going to work out a ticket in advance. Rubio has a lot on his plate, and may not want to sit in the big chair. Maybe he wants to be governor of Florida, or Viceroy of Cuba?

The weird thing is, just about every critique being thrown at Vance applies to Rubio. Both guys have changed their stripes, both are Catholic and support Catholic social teaching. Rubio actually seems worse in that respect because Vance was never full-on GOPe, he was always an insurgent.

Anyway, there are more pressing issues to think about as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 09:15 AM (ZOv7s)

312 Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 20, 2026 09:14 AM (PGK1w)

I'm not suggesting that Rubio's conversion isn't legitimate. I'm suggesting that the idolization that he receives, from some, may be premature.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)

313 Ultimately, we all know that power and water rates will go up,

Where was your concern for power and water rates when Climate Change™ Inc. was pushing unreliable hypothetical energy for hundreds of billions of dollars?

Where was your concern when government after government shot down NatGas, fracking, pipelines, and RoW for power lines?

Where was your concern when Obama boasted that under his policies of criminalizing coal that "prices will necessarily sky-rocket"?

Or are you only concerned because CCP algorithms have manipulated your emotions while feeding you disinformation

Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 09:16 AM (PVBkQ)

314 > A gun store with an attached motel. Interesting.
Posted by: Auspex at August 20, 2026 09:12 AM (Y8DZL)

They also have a pharmacy and sell booze, hardware, office supplies, animal feed, and all the usual things you'd find in a small grocery.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 20, 2026 09:16 AM (IG3/x)

315 All hands, a general announcement:

Fuck Cancer anyways.

Carry on.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2026 09:16 AM (wVcYX)

316 Vance will attempt to triangulate the GOPe, MAGA and the Tucker elements. He's skilled, but it won't work.

Rubio will take it almost without trying.

It will be Rubio v. AOC.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 20, 2026 09:06 AM (b4LBp)

I don't know, but I hope there is going to be a robust primary. Last time (a few weeks ago) the likes of the Federalist and Breitbart started spreading rumors that Trump picked Vance, Trump very directly said "No, it's too early, OK?" And the way his said it was lake hammer. He is seeing the electoral problems with Vance's candidacy. AOP will run, but hers is a VP position. Kamala will probably try, SC is first primary state for Ds, and she is guaranteed to a win there. So, momentum.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 09:17 AM (g47mK)

317 Sigh. My final radiation treatment has been postponed 90 minutes. I guess the cake with the stripper hasn't arrived yet.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

318 Today is the last day of my cancer treatment. Then I begin the long wait to see if it worked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 07:40

Prayers up for a full recovery.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 20, 2026 09:18 AM (Q45uQ)

319 I'm not suggesting that Rubio's conversion isn't legitimate. I'm suggesting that the idolization that he receives, from some, may be premature.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)

No, you didn't suggest that. You suggested he still supports amnesty.

"Because he'll totally stay superstar SoS, Trump underling, Rubio and not revert back to Senator "Amnesty today, amnesty tomorrow, amnesty forever" Rubio because..."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 20, 2026 09:18 AM (PGK1w)

320 Mamdani’s got it all figured out.

Lead official for Mayor Mamdani's NYC Groceries tells me city may give grants to local grocers fearing competition from city-run stores

"policies and programs, grants, incentives that can come alongside these grocery stores to support other local independent businesses"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 20, 2026 09:18 AM (ndZc7)

321 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Absolutely. We have a good thing going on, with a good team. Let's make the most of the talent, and worry about transfer of power later.

As long as it is a rational transfer of power. One of the advantages of the Constitution being followed.
I want our current policies on the big issues to continue.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 20, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

322 This sad case is getting out of control.
Breaking911
@Breaking911
Supporters are now dressing in pink and gathering outside the Plymouth Superior Court for Lindsay Clancy.

https://tinyurl.com/yppaz3ft

Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 09:18 AM (NpAcC)

323 There were, like, 100 people who protested the conviction. Most people have basically forgotten about it. The complaint from Anthony's lawyers is that Judge Roach applied the rules "too strictly". I don't see him getting a new trial.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

In Texas law, Jury decisions are the most highly protected rulings. To overturn one, a challenger has to show a Clear and Relevant Error of Law in the original trial. Having followed the case closely. I don’t see one.

Critics say Karmelo wasn’t allowed to testify at the first trial. Yeah, but that was his own attorneys decision, not the judge’s. You don’t get do-overs just because you screwed up your own strategy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2026 09:19 AM (+STGS)

324 Used to live on Grilled American Cheese and Tomato with Bacon on rye bread at the Campus Sugar Bowl back in my College days at Brooklyn College.

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Lettuce ?

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 09:19 AM (g47mK)

325 TBH I'd like to see Rubio take time in a role where he sets the policy by himself, like back to the Senate or governor to really understand how he would govern as president

Posted by: 18-1 at August 20, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm)

326 That's probably right. I suppose PDJT thinks one options is to just keep Iran in a choke hold, respond whenever they fly a drone out into the strait, prevent all trade, and keep doing that until the white flag comes out.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 09:14 AM (TPmOL)
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The virtue of this arrangement is that we now have a "kill switch" on China's economy placed well beyond their reach.

The Chicoms figured Iran would tie us up, freeing them to go after Taiwan, but it worked the other way 'round.

As Iran fades, we can move the carriers to the Pacific and let our allies keep up the pressure.

Don't forget: Saudi Arabia has a mutual defense treaty with Pakistan (who owes them a lot of money) and after the initial missile volleys, Iran activated it. Pakistan is well placed to wreck Iran.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 09:20 AM (ZOv7s)

327 Supporters are now dressing in pink and gathering outside the Plymouth Superior Court for Lindsay Clancy.

This is the same state that just legalized abortion until birth. Clancy just took it a bit farther then Healey

Posted by: 18-1 at August 20, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm)

328
During a cash crunch in nursing school my wife got by on Raisin Bran cereal for a week.

Posted by: Auspex at August 20, 2026 09:20 AM (Y8DZL)

329 A gun store with an attached motel. Interesting.
Posted by: Auspex at August 20, 2026 09:12 AM (Y8DZL)

They also have a pharmacy and sell booze, hardware, office supplies, animal feed, and all the usual things you'd find in a small grocery.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I suppose that makes sense in Alaska. Centralize retail needs as much as possible, so that folks don't have to go schlepping around the inaccessible backwoods of that huge state to buy their sundries at various locations.

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:20 AM (77rzZ)

330 > I've lost all faith in the justice system
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The judiciary is squarely aligned with the left. The problem, as I see it, is that the judges act as the "political enforcement" branch of the Democrats (Socialist and regular.) The pass laws in their favor, pass judgement in their favor and do everything in their power, and sometimes beyond that, to crush anything not on the left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2026 09:21 AM (2Cry5)

331 You suggested he still supports amnesty.

I did not. I stated that he stopped publicly supporting amnesty when he was nominated to be part of Trump's cabinet. I have also said, previously, that the things he is doing are being done at Trump's direction. In short, I do not give Rubio full credit for the things Rubio has done. Nor do I give Vance either full credit or blame for the things he has done as VP.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

332 Rubio or Vance... No preference. Just disappointed we will never get DeSantis.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 09:22 AM (WO8Le)

333 125 Is there now, or has there ever been, a body of water that is or was a U.S. Territory?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 20, 2026 08:08 AM (2Ez/1)
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The Panama Canal. US Sovereign territory until Jimmuh Cawtah, (may piss be upon him) gave it away.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 20, 2026 09:22 AM (JNTt1)

334 > I suppose that makes sense in Alaska. Centralize retail needs as much as possible,

Yeah, it seems like their goal is "sell everything you might need immediately on a Saturday night 150 miles from the nearest alternative source".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 20, 2026 09:22 AM (IG3/x)

335 If Iran is on the ropes how does it happen they are “sending envoys” to Latin America?

Posted by: AnnaS at August 20, 2026 09:22 AM (WdMlw)

336 unusual_whales
@unusual_whales

The Justice Department plans to send 1,000 monitors to watch voting during the midterm elections in November, per Bloomberg

Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

337 TBH I'd like to see Rubio take time in a role where he sets the policy by himself, like back to the Senate or governor to really understand how he would govern as president
Posted by: 18-1 at August 20, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm)

We don't have that for Vance either. Likely, assuming they both run, and Rubio has previously said that he won't ruin against Vance, we'll have to watch their rhetoric and see who we prefer/believe.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

338 Sigh. My final radiation treatment has been postponed 90 minutes. I guess the cake with the stripper hasn't arrived yet.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

It takes Erika Eleniak a bit longer these days to get in costume and apply makeup. Enjoy!

Posted by: Under Siege at August 20, 2026 09:24 AM (wVcYX)

339 Supporters are now dressing in pink and gathering outside the Plymouth Superior Court for Lindsay Clancy.
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Our culture is rotten.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 09:24 AM (WO8Le)

340 Supporters are now dressing in pink and gathering outside the Plymouth Superior Court for Lindsay Clancy.

My favorite Nancy Drew investigating AWFL made the argument that Lindsay's husband murdered the children and is framing her because he has a June birthdate—making him a Gemini. But the closing arguments on astrology being the prime motivator here was her noting that his birthday is a few days away from Trump's.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 09:24 AM (PVBkQ)

341 Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2026 08:46 AM (iJfKG)

Whenever possible Trump likes to set up win-win situations for himself. So it's very likely the possibility of no surrender was accounted for and there is a path to a different sort of victory if they don't. Does it mean it's better than surrender? Maybe, maybe not.

As you and I know any surrender is phony anyway and it just means they're regrouping. By doing it this way it means the destruction can be more fully consuming. Trump could not have leveraged the destruction so far in one or two days without serious repercussions.

However by forcing a daily or weekly choice they won't make, we keep on destroying, and the PR side of it is a little more taken care of.

Remember it's two wars, the war against Iran and the war against the media here at home. He has to win or at least tie on both front at once.

Posted by: ... at August 20, 2026 09:24 AM (/1cu1)

342 If Iran is on the ropes how does it happen they are “sending envoys” to Latin America?
Posted by: AnnaS at August 20, 2026 09:22 AM (WdMlw)
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Wow, they can afford to send some guys on commercial flights. We're doomed!

I bet a bunch of them are actually fleeing the country but don't want to openly admit it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)

343 I bet a bunch of them are actually fleeing the country but don't want to openly admit it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)

If they brought their goats we know for sure.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:25 AM (ExV1e)

344 For what it is worth, the new President of Colombia, de la Espriella, is jumping in with both feet in fighting the cartels, the revolutionary militias, and fighting the corruption that was created under his predecessor, Petro's administration where billions were spent for no results and the military and disaster relief went unfunded.
The Colombian Navy is capturing Gofast drug running boats now. That is important because the drugs being shipped are payments in kind for assets, information, and bribes from out of country.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2026 09:25 AM (rbvCR)

345 Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 09:16 AM (PVBkQ)

Why would you assume we weren't concerned about all those other issues as well?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 20, 2026 09:26 AM (lFFaq)

346 Rubio or Vance... No preference. Just disappointed we will never get DeSantis.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 09:22 AM (WO8Le)
******
We just might. As of today he's on the top of my list.
What he has done for Florida and the Republican party is amazing.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 09:26 AM (NpAcC)

347 A gun store with an attached motel. Interesting.
Posted by: Auspex at August 20, 2026 09:12 AM (Y8DZL)
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There used to be a store in Islamorada, on the way south to Key West, that was a combined hair place for the ladies, a gun store, and sold liquor in a drive through in the rear. It wasn't even that big a place. No idea if it's still there, since Islamorada is so fancy now.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 09:26 AM (TPmOL)

348
The need for gubmnt run fried chicken fast food has never been more urgent.

$10 for 3 nuggets?

Posted by: Auspex at August 20, 2026 09:26 AM (Y8DZL)

349 Chocolate also pairs well with pecans.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC)

Pet peeve (yeah, I have several!)

Not sure when / why the word "pair" entered vernacular to mean "goes well with" or "complements". A pair is 2 items with a similar identifiable characteristic. Such as a pair of shoes or a pair of aces in card games. Somehow in discussing food and fashion, "pair" has taken on a different meaning.

OK, mini-rant over. I shall go attempt to remove some youths from the grass out front.

Posted by: Doof at August 20, 2026 09:26 AM (S0M0K)

350 Well, time to get moving, chores to be done, meds to be administered. Have a blessed day!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 09:27 AM (ZOv7s)

351 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)

Thank you for pushing back against the Iran black-pillers, A.H.

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)

352 We just might. As of today he's on the top of my list.
What he has done for Florida and the Republican party is amazing.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2026 09:26 AM (NpAcC)

I see zero chance for DeSantis. Sadly, policy and ability are insufficient to be elected at the national level.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:27 AM (ExV1e)

353 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms should be a convenience store.

Posted by: And everyone knows it at August 20, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

354 The need for gubmnt run fried chicken fast food has never been more urgent.

$10 for 3 nuggets?

You are paying for the customers chimping out and delivering the beat-down on restaurant employees when the three nuggets aren't up to spec.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 20, 2026 09:28 AM (9s47C)

355 A place named "Islamorada" has a liquor store?

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:28 AM (77rzZ)

356 What he has done for Florida and the Republican party is amazing.
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But Laura Loomer accused his wife of faking breast cancer for sympathy and Trump was OK with it so he's hated by the hardcore MAGA types.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 09:28 AM (iGCkq)

357 I live not too far from the Limerick Nuclear Power Station, outside Philadelphia
——-

Where’s Muldoon when ya need him?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2026 09:29 AM (bd3ok)

358 We just needed to get our minds right.

Posted by: Don Black at August 20, 2026 09:29 AM (ZxPkt)

359 DeSantis is not entirely out of the picture. Just recently Trump said he "likes him". So whatever bad blood there was, went away, bygones..blah , blah. Good. Those two should get along.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 09:29 AM (g47mK)

360 IANAL but from what I read (the basis for appeal), unless some kind of nasty fix is in, there's no grounds, and the appeal will never go through.

There's even one complaint that it was "rushed". You don't need vague bullshit like that in a winning appeal, the claims related to rushing would be far more specific. It tells me they don't have a leg to stand on.

Posted by: ... at August 20, 2026 09:29 AM (/1cu1)

361 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms should be a convenience store.
Posted by: And everyone knows it

Saw a t-shirt at a gun show once:

"Alcohol
Tobacco
Firearms

Who's bringing the chips?"

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:30 AM (77rzZ)

362 DeSantis is not entirely out of the picture.

DeSantis is fetch.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:30 AM (ExV1e)

363 Supporters are now dressing in pink and gathering outside the Plymouth Superior Court for Lindsay Clancy.

https://tinyurl.com/yppaz3ft
Posted by: redridinghood

Pure f*cking evil.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 20, 2026 09:30 AM (ndZc7)

364 Sadly, policy and ability are insufficient to be elected at the national level.
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Apparently they are detrimental to a candidate's chances.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 20, 2026 09:30 AM (iGCkq)

365 I do not give Rubio full credit for the things Rubio has done. Nor do I give Vance either full credit or blame for the things he has done as VP.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

Which is reasonable - neither of them are The Boss.

You said, though, that he'd go back to 'amnesty today, amnesty tomorrow, amnesty forever Rubio.' I'm just wondering what you base that on. I've seen absolutely nothing to suggest that 2013 Rubio and 2028 Rubio would be the same.

It's the idea that people don't/can't change I don't accept. Reagan was a Democrat. Trump was a Democrat. Rubio supported amnesty.

I don't subscribe to the permanence of bad decisions.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 20, 2026 09:30 AM (PGK1w)

366 New nic for Candice Owens is "Klandice Owens."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 20, 2026 09:31 AM (3cUTc)

367
OK, mini-rant over. I shall go attempt to remove some youths from the grass out front.
Posted by: Doof

Having done exhaustive research in my youth, most women have one boobie slightly larger than the other, yet they are still called "a pair". And yes, I know about the cup sizes.

Posted by: Boobies, FTW! at August 20, 2026 09:31 AM (JM9I6)

368 Posted by: Doof at August 20, 2026 09:26 AM (S0M0K)

Interesting but apparently that etymology goes back to practically the 16th century.

Posted by: ... at August 20, 2026 09:31 AM (/1cu1)

369 I've lost all faith in the justice system
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Cheer up! It only gets worse from here on out.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2026 09:32 AM (bd3ok)

370 Morn' all... I see the market doesn't like Trump's Iran threat

Posted by: It's me donna at August 20, 2026 09:33 AM (+gK6I)

371 Used to live on Grilled American Cheese and Tomato with Bacon on rye bread at the Campus Sugar Bowl back in my College days at Brooklyn College.

==
Lettuce ?
Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026

***
Lettuce have some

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 20, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)

372 > 353 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms should be a convenience store.
Posted by: And everyone knows it at August 20, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

That's what we thought.

Posted by: Three Bears Alaska at August 20, 2026 09:33 AM (IG3/x)

373 You said, though, that he'd go back to 'amnesty today, amnesty tomorrow, amnesty forever Rubio.' I'm just wondering what you base that on.

I didn't say that. I said that the people pumping up Rubio assume that he won't. I make no assumptions either way. He hasn't declared that he's running. He hasn't made any policy statements. He's only acted as Trump's proxy.

In short, it's too early.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)

374 >>Supporters are now dressing in pink and gathering outside the Plymouth Superior Court for Lindsay Clancy.

https://tinyurl.com/yppaz3ft
Posted by: redridinghood

Pure f*cking evil.
- - - -
W
T
F
is
wrong
with
these krazies?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 20, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

375 I don't subscribe to the permanence of bad decisions.

==

True. People should be given a chance. For me, it all depends. I am will give them a chance. And if the conversion is sincere , I believe. If I see it as opportunism, then ef them.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 09:34 AM (g47mK)

376 * I am willing to ...

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 09:34 AM (g47mK)

377 Grandiose narcissism has left the chat

Posted by: one hour sober at August 20, 2026 09:34 AM (J4Dwc)

378 Having done exhaustive research in my youth, most women have one boobie slightly larger than the other, yet they are still called "a pair". And yes, I know about the cup sizes.
Posted by: Boobies, FTW! at August 20, 2026 09:31 AM

The Cross Your Heart.
It lifts AND separates.

Posted by: Playtex at August 20, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

379 > Not sure when / why the word "pair" entered vernacular to mean "goes well with" or "complements".
Posted by: Doof at August 20, 2026 09:26 AM (S0M0K)

About the same time as using the idiotic "gifted" in place of the perfectly good English word "gave".

Man, that sets my teeth on edge.

Posted by: Three Bears Alaska at August 20, 2026 09:34 AM (IG3/x)

380 A place named "Islamorada" has a liquor store?
Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 09:28 AM (77rzZ)
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All the modern conveniences.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 09:35 AM (4NfdL)

381 In short, it's too early.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)

Fair enough.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 20, 2026 09:35 AM (PGK1w)

382 Not sure when / why the word "pair" entered vernacular to mean "goes well with" or "complements".
Posted by: Doof at August 20, 2026 09:26 AM (S0M0K)

About the same time as using the idiotic "gifted" in place of the perfectly good English word "gave".

Man, that sets my teeth on edge.

Posted by: Three Bears Alaska at August 20, 2026 09:34 AM (IG3/x)

Gifted pairs well with other pretentious terminology.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 09:35 AM (ExV1e)

383 About the same time as using the idiotic "gifted" in place of the perfectly good English word "gave".

Man, that sets my teeth on edge.

Posted by: Three Bears Alaska at August 20, 2026 09:34 AM (IG3/x)

But what's the ask though?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 20, 2026 09:35 AM (PGK1w)

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