The Morning Report — 8/ 24 /26

Good morning kids. Hope you all had a nice, relaxing weekend but let's jump right in, shall we? All I have to say is this greasy bastard!

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s controversial “Stop Nick Shirley Act” into law Saturday, which critics say will suppress investigative journalism in the state.
Newsom, however, won’t be around to officially field any First Amendment court challenges of Assembly Bill 2624. The law does not take effect until October 1, 2027, nearly ten months after the northern California Democrat has left office because of term limits. The bill expands the state’s “Safe at Home” program to employees of nonprofits that purportedly help people navigating the U.S. immigration system.
What that could mean, critics say, is investigative reporters are banned from seeking to interview workers whose organizations are suspected of fraud. Mia Bonta, the Almeda Democrat who introduced the bill back in February has rejected that interpretations, saying the law does not conflate legitimate journalism with the doxxing targeted by Safe at Home, the California Post reported. . .
. . . Critics, like Republican Assemblyman Carl DeMaio from San Diego have countered that the measure is simply meant to intimidate people “trying to shine light on bad behavior.” DeMaio coined the nicknamed the law the “Stop Nick Shirley Act.”
. . . Shirley, an independent journalist and YouTuber, has made viral videos following immigrant workers and accusing them of fraud, particularly incidences involving day nonprofits in the Somali community in metropolitan Minneapolis. . .
The young journalist has criticized AB 2624, alleging it was created only after he “exposed widespread fraud in immigrant communities” in California and Minnesota.

God bless Nick Shirley and anyone and everyone like him, like James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles of Project Veritas, for they are the real journalists and patriots exposing the grift and graft that are robbing the taxpayer and treasury blind while empowering scum like Newsom and funding his and his allies to the tune of billions as they work to enrich themselves while enslaving America and destroying the very foundations of our republic. It is the legacy "mainstream media" whose goal is to perpetuate the myths and lies of Newsom et al, as a de facto Leftist/Globalist ministry of propaganda, in service to our destruction. Trust in them has absolutely cratered year after year over the past decade. When the editorial boards of the NY Times and Washington Post along with CNN and MSNOW(NSDAP) finally go dark, the incandescent light of truth shall be a sight for sore eyes, and that is a light that has been lit by Nick Shirley, and long may it shine, Amen!

In a not necessarily unrelated item we have this bit of good news:

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) enrollment dropped by more than 13 percent in just one year. . .
This reduction follows the introduction of stricter requirements. Under new federal rules, adults aged between 55 and 64 and parents of children aged between 14 and 17 must now meet work, volunteer, or education requirements in order to qualify for the food stamps program. Specifically, new data released this week revealed that enrollment fell from 42.2 million in May 2025 to 36.6 million in May this year, much faster than anticipated . .
. . . The rapid decline in SNAP enrollment suggests that the President’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and fraud crackdown are achieving their aim of reducing welfare reliance. Waste, fraud, and abuse have become significant problems costing the government immense sums of money. In one high-profile case, reported back in March, a Haitian man admitted to $7.6 million in SNAP fraud committed through his retail store in Boston, Massachusetts. Another bust earlier this year implicated more than 20 retailers in Ohio. In Minnesota, a woman admitted to over $300,000 in SNAP fraud through illegally obtained Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.

This is certainly not necessarily Nick Shirley's doing but no doubt the shining of the light certainly makes the efforts of President Trump, Musk and DOGE that much more effective and popular, at least among real actual Americans and Taxpayers.

An ever expanding welfare state and concomitant loss of freedom and liberty via dependency by more and more citizens (and perhaps an equal or even greater number of non-citizens and amnetized migrants/immigrants as exposed by Nick Shirley in Minnesota, California and elsewhere) is how the Democrat/Left gains and expands its power.

In conclusion, while the causes of the MAGA and DSA populist movements are similar, thus allowing for rare and specific instances of agreement, the overarching differences between their agendas are as stark and irreconcilable as their respective views of America and the power of its government.
A reformist MAGA seeks to “drain the swamp” to “make America great again.”
A radical DSA seeks to empower government to “flood the zone” to create a socialist hellscape.
And a frustrated electorate just wants practical results that work for them.
Students of history know of the failures and horrors of socialism. But they also know that in trying times, the temptation to trade freedom for “free stuff” can be powerful.
And that the DSA is banking on it.

While certain elements of the establishment Democrat Party are trying to distance themselves from the DSA, others are riding the back of the Tiger thinking they can go all the way to power and immortality, or be eaten last.

Perhaps this is Newsom's logic as he is or at least was a major, if not "THE" contender to beat for the 2028 presidential nomination. I guess, we'll just have to wait and see.

Speaking of Democrat Socialites, once again our blackened eyes are turned to Michiganistan...

PETA knows how to find a villain. When Kristi Noem, then South Dakota governor and later a member of the Trump administration, revealed in 2024 that she had shot her 14-month-old dog Cricket, PETA went straight for her throat.
The group said Americans would consider Noem a "psychotic loony." It later sold a Halloween costume depicting Noem as a "Puppy Killer."
Nobody had to search for PETA's position. Subtlety had left the building.
Then came Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, Michigan's Democrat nominee for the Senate.
El-Sayed oversaw Detroit Animal Control for about 16 months while serving as Detroit health director. He was reported to have had more than 4,000 dogs and cats euthanized during his tenure, although the number during his actual period of oversight appears to have been closer to 1,900. . .
. . . But principles aren't worth much when their volume changes depending on whose name is attached to the controversy.
Kristi Noem got "psychotic and loony." Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed got a lecture about breeders.
People can decide for themselves whether politics had anything to do with it. PETA made sure they have plenty of evidence to consider.

Well, once President/Mullah El-Sayed starts euthanizing Jews there will be no criticism since per Newsom's law along with the Koran, that will be illegal and get one arrested, "inshallah!"

Gevalt.
Have a good day,

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

Contra the woke mob, ‘all men are created equal’ was not a mere self-serving phrase.
Woke Hostility to the USA Founders’ Authority
The seashell “assassination threat” trial is scheduled to begin on October 21, 2026, in New Bern, North Carolina.
Relative Blasted Comey Over ’86 47′ Seashell Message, Calling it ‘a Call For Violence,’ Court Doc Shows
Their live show is on a West Coast swing that began Friday in San Francisco, where the video appeared to be shot, according to a photo Piker shared online of him and his co-hosts.
WATCH: Hasan Piker Mocks Charlie Kirk by Singing Tribute Song Made After His Assassination as Audience Cheers
“JD Vance has Brown kids who he thinks are less American than everyone else,” El-Sayed said. “Usha, like, get out. Okay? Still got time.”
Abdul El-Sayed Targets Usha Vance in Racist Attack
Facts are facts, even when they complicate a good political punch. But PETA's response remains fascinating. When questioned about El-Sayed, PETA blamed the larger problem on breeders, retailers, people who buy instead of adopt, and owners who don't spay or neuter their pets.
PETA Savaged Kristi Noem. For Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, It Found Excuses.
And what it can teach us about today’s fake genocides.
When Genocide Apologists Put America on Trial for Genocide
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Over 985,000 illegal aliens have been deported since President Trump took office. An additional 2.2 million have self-deported, DHS confirmed to American Greatness earlier this month.
ICE Continues to Arrest ‘Worst of the Worst,’ Including Three Illegal Alien Murderers and Two Other Heinous Criminals on Thursday
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
We can still win this war. The question is whether we have the political will to do so.
Iran Is Betting America Will Cut And Run
The US and its allies have put a triple lock on Iran by weakening its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, hindering its trade and economic growth, and stoking division among its top leaders desperate to find a way out of war.
Iran faces massive new triple-threat as Hormuz begins to open, cash gets tight and pols call to end the war
Because Donald Trump comes from the business world, unlike his predecessors in office, he has made it clear he prefers negotiating with adversaries to war, and economic strangulation when negotiating with them fails.
The Big Build and the Siege of Iran
The Houthis claimed their targets were a “sensitive Saudi enemy site at Najran Airport” and a facility belonging to Saudi Aramco, the Saudi national energy company. The Najran region is located in southwestern Saudi Arabia, close to the border with Yemen.
Iran-Backed Houthi Terrorists Claim Attacks on Saudi Airport and Oil Facility
President Trump's announcement on Wednesday that he was launching an "Economic D-Day" on Iran has been met with a combination of bluster and panic in Tehran.
Turmoil in Tehran
Meanwhile, the new head of the Islamic Republic’s top security body warned, in a more forceful tone, of retaliation if neighboring countries support U.S. threats to further sanction Tehran.
Iran’s president says US memorandum is best path out of stalled war, and other Middle East news

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“Suspected Iranian attacks have been reported in Germany, Poland, Finland, Belgium, Poland and Albania.”
Iranian Regime-Backed Hackers Shut Down UK Power Plant
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
A new documentary makes sense of the October 7 savagery.
A Collective Descent Into Evil
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
The rapid decline in SNAP enrollment suggests that the President’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and fraud crackdown are achieving their aim of reducing welfare reliance. Waste, fraud, and abuse have become significant problems costing the government immense sums of money...
SNAP Enrollment Declines Dramatically Amid Fraud Crackdown.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Newsom’s endorsement could influence California parents to participate in the program despite the largely Democrat-voting state’s opposition to the President.
Newsom Breaks Ranks to Tout Trump Children’s Savings Accounts.
How an American-dream city became a case study in urban dysfunction
Los Angeles Darkening
Implementation and compliance were clearly secondary priorities.
Mamdani’s Messy Pied-à-Terre Tax Rollout
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Newsom, however, won’t be around to officially field any First Amendment court challenges of Assembly Bill 2624. The law does not take effect until October 1, 2027, nearly ten months after the northern California Democrat has left office because of term limits.
Newsom Signs the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ into Law, a Blow to Investigative Reporting Say Critics
Most corrupt state in the country will spend millions bribing reporters.
California is Buying Journalists at $20,000 Each
To uphold a greater standard for moral journalism and reporting, it must become a priority to support journalism that discloses its conflicts instead of monetizing them.
Hunterbrook is short-selling America and targeting conservatives
The FBI says there are 7 times as many anti-Jewish as anti-Muslim hate crimes. Yet the New York Times is stoking a panic.
The New York Times Is Weaponizing Islamophobia

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AI-powered cyberattacks are already here. Quantum computing could soon break the encryption underpinning the modern economy. (Hat tip to author and friend of the blog Brandt Pasco - jjs)
AI Is a National Security Problem, But Q Day Is Coming.
This is not the only child safety-related lawsuit to face TikTok and ByteDance. In Pennsylvania, the platform is facing a lawsuit alleging that TikTok is addictive and harmful. “TikTok has built its empire based on a model of addictiveness at all costs,” said Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Dave Sunday.
TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement Over Children’s Privacy Breaches.
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The former defender of the faith is busy paving the way for the nation’s destruction.
King Charles and the Demise of Britain
But the motive “remains unclear.”
France: Man Attacks Police While Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
The staffer, Iman Abdul, who also worked for AOC, pleaded guilty and got a sweetheart deal from Brooklyn's far-left district attorney
Mamdani Hired Staffer for His Friend's Campaign Who Was Later Arrested for 'Terroristic Threat' Against Teenage 'Lexus-Driving, Israel-Loving Zionists'
Roger Kimball: They want to acknowledge the sudden rise in antisemitism but they can’t bear to acknowledge that Donald Trump was doing something about it.
Jamie Raskin’s Trump Obsession Trumps Antisemitism
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
As total US government debt climbs, so, inevitably will, taxes that Americans pay.
Don’t Fret $40 Tril In Debt? You’ll Regret It
This represents another tariff-related decision by the administration this month alone. Earlier this week, the President paused the 50 percent tariffs on Canada as part of progress towards a new agreement with America’s northern neighbor. The pause lasts for three days and applies to approximately $20 billion of Canadian imports.
Trump Waives Beef Tariffs to Combat Rising Prices.
Instead of looking for short-term Band-Aids to mask the beef price problem heading into the mid-terms, the Trump admin should instead focus on ways to incentivize heifer retention in order to increase long-term cattle supply.
If Trump Wants To Reduce Beef Prices, He Should Help Struggling Farmers Grow Their Herds
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Where was this outrage when the Biden junta permitted the killing of bald eagles and whales to erect its politically favored wind turbines?
Green Movement’s Selective Outrage Over ESA Reforms
Meanwhile, Statistician William Briggs has crunched the numbers and shows we have reached “peak climate change.”
Desperate Climate Crisis Cultists Turn to OnlyFans for ‘Sexy’ Messaging
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Both Muslims and communists abide by Lenin’s famous dictum: “Give me a child for the first 5 years of his life, and he will be mine forever.”
The Mohammunist Manifesto—Control of Education and Formation of the Young
New rules highlight the tension between institutional autonomy and free speech
Trump Admin Moves To Make Academic Freedom a Condition of Accreditation and Federal Aid
The teachers are part-owners of the company that Weingarten and the AFT are trying to damage over politics.
A Teachers’ Union Hits the Wrong Target
It’s time for parents to take full control of their children’s education.
Escaping the Educational Industrial Complex
ABORTION
How Dobbs returned a constitutional right to the mercy of the majority.
The Cowardice of Dobbs
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
According to court filings, Sun submitted an online voter registration in Massachusetts on October 10, 2024, impersonating another Chinese national residing in the state who had legal permanent resident (LPR) status.
Federal Prosecutors Charge Chinese National With Voter Fraud in 2024 U.S. Election
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
DeBergalis appeared behind closed doors before investigators from the House Administration, Oversight and Judiciary committees. The deposition lasted less than 30 minutes, according to Fox News Digital.
ActBlue Co-Founder Pleads Fifth in House Investigation Into Foreign Donations
It sure beats sponsoring a stupid bill to add a third 'unspecified' gender option on US passports
Ro Khanna Dethrones Stock Queen Malig-Nancy Pelosi in First Real Accomplishment of Political Career
Personally, I suspect Hillary has been planning Clinton's funeral for decades.
Hillary Reportedly Planning Bill Clinton's Funeral, and I Have Questions
POLITICS
With Republicans currently holding a 218-212 House majority, even a handful of altered districts could have major consequences for control of Congress. If all projected changes materialize, Republicans could gain approximately ten additional seats.
Win for Trump, GOP as Court Upholds Redistricted Map Ahead of Midterms.
Thad McCotter: MAGA seeks to reform government to restore liberty; the DSA seeks to expand government to remake America into a socialist state.
MAGA and the DSA, Part Two: Differences Between These Populist Antagonists
Once the primaries are over, we can’t let our search for purity render us so apathetic that only the lunatics and fanatics decide elections.
The Tyranny of Voter Apathy
Florida Republicans could flip more than four Congressional seats this year.
As Goes Florida?
“Bottom line, I think Democrats need to be very clear, not just what we’re against, but what we’re for. And I’m very much want to be part of that debate. And I am kicking the tires, testing the waters.”
Chris Van Hollen: I’m ‘Kicking the Tires’ on 2028 Presidential Run
Farmers are being squeezed by lower commodity prices and higher operating costs.
Democrats Open New Midterm Front In America’s Heartland
Time and again, she’s revealed herself to be the consummate weather vane, shifting her stance on important matters depending on which way the wind is blowing.
Michael Goodwin: Don’t be fooled by Hochul’s act — she’s just as radical as Mamdani
“In short, it was determined that she had failed to meet conditions concerning Palestine solidarity”
Maoist Faction of the DSA Claims Titty-Caca Ocasio-Cortez too ‘Moderate’ to Run for President
Hurrah! Commentators finally have a word variety counterpart to GOP.
‘Democrat Party’ and ‘DSA’ Are Now Officially Synonymous
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
So, has that "year of Latin America" materialized? Absolutely.Colombia's newly-elected president, Abelardo de la Espriella, has promised to restore the relationship in a big way. Sa'ar was actually at his inauguration in early August, signaling a new beginning between the two countries.
Why Did Israel Declare 2026 'The Year of Latin America'?
Police believe the slain girl was not a targeted victim but was rather killed at random, reports German newspaper Die Welt.
Alleged Swordsman Named After Girl, 17, Killed in Swedish High School Attack
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Don’t believe the hysterics or the lies – Medicaid work requirements won’t kill anyone
No More Free Rides: Inside The Fight Over Medicaid Work Requirements
The escalating outbreak threatens to overwhelm the country’s already strained healthcare system. The ongoing violence against health workers undermines the increasingly unsustainable containment operation. . .
Ebola Crisis Escalating as Death Toll Passes 2,500.
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Women are deeply unhappy today because being a woman, rather than being elevated through feminism, has been profoundly devalued.
The Cultural Divide, The Crisis Of Womanhood, And The Revitalization Of Motherhood
Currently, counseling demands affirming people’s LGBTQ+ identity. But some individuals want therapists who can help them break away from that identity.
Change The Counseling; Change The Culture
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
How a pitcher’s career-ending injury and a surgeon’s daring innovation transformed sports medicine and saved countless athletic careers.
Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe
“If you want us to take you seriously, you have to say how you f—ed up”
Joe Rogan Blasts AOC and the Left for Trying to Gloss Over the ‘Woke’ Era
Can real lessons come from anthropogenic Gods and fake miracles?
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way
Christian Toto: 'What Killed Michael Brown?' director returns with timely, vital documentary
EXCLUSIVE: The 20-Year Journey Behind ‘White Guilt’
The incident occurred during the third quarter when Cloud was seen yelling toward Enes Kanter Freedom, who was sitting courtside. When Freedom stepped toward the floor, security intervened and escorted him out amid a torrent of boos.. .
Enes Kanter Freedom Ejected from WNBA Game After Confrontation with Chicago Sky Player Natasha Cloud
HITHER & YON
It saddens me to see how far Amnesty has deviated from these founding values. In 2020, Amnesty International Ireland signed an open letter written by Trans Equality Network Ireland that called on “media, and politicians to no longer provide legitimate representation” for people who believe that biological sex is real and material in law.
My grandfather cofounded Amnesty International to protect freedom of conscience — today, it does the opposite

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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 07:16 AM (ExV1e)

2 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 07:17 AM (ExV1e)

3 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2026 07:17 AM (teh/r)

4 Top 5! The day is looking better.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 07:19 AM (OPGS/)

5 Greetings and salutations Horde!

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 24, 2026 07:20 AM (2CeDH)

6 Gevalt! is right, JJ!

thanks as always, and hope you have a good day too!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 07:22 AM (VyBeY)

7 Morning.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 24, 2026 07:22 AM (aJQbY)

8 & g'mornin' everybody!

42 degrees, a few scattered clouds; the promised fog has not appeared. Should be a nice day.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 07:22 AM (VyBeY)

9 Morning all.

"Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s controversial “Stop Nick Shirley Act” into law Saturday, which critics say will suppress investigative journalism in the state."

I saw where the left was trying to claim it was needed so no home addresses of people were doxxed & published.

WTF? No one has ever done that when exposing fraud.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 07:23 AM (+tGb6)

10
St. Croix Valley KC
Lake Elmo, MN, 8/23/2026

Best in Show
Judge: Lynn White

GCHG Envious As They Fall

HP603252/02. 07/09/2020. Dog.
Breeder: Rebecca and Phillip Drollinger.
By GCH CH Estet Classic Timofei-GCH CH KatZ Orb of Deception.
Owner: Her Majesty and Hadrian the Seventh and Rebecca Drollinger.
Handler: Dylan Kipp-Keith

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 07:23 AM (O0L8i)

11 Thank you JJ. Morning all

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 07:24 AM (THwi4)

12 & g'mornin' everybody!

42 degrees, a few scattered clouds; the promised fog has not appeared. Should be a nice day.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

I'd give my left nut for 42 degrees. Currently it's 79.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 07:25 AM (+tGb6)

13 Progressives...They upset it still illegal to kill white people. Almost like Jim Crow days here again.

Posted by: Long Duc Dong at August 24, 2026 07:26 AM (3XMoj)

14 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

15 Best in Show

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Congratulations! 🍾

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 07:27 AM (+tGb6)

16 Congrats, Hadrian.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2026 07:27 AM (teh/r)

17 So El-Sayad’s a dog murderer? Makes Kristi Noem look like an amateur…. It’s annoying because when Noem is mentioned now I instantly have this mental image of her husband’s enormous boobs. Damn him!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 07:27 AM (THwi4)

18 I'd give my left nut for 42 degrees. Currently it's 79.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 07:25 AM (+tGb6)

Amen, brother! When I left north Texas for Florida I didn’t realize that somewhere else could beat the Texas heat…. But Florida wins the “prize” not for raw high temps… but factor in the tropical humidity and… it “wins” ugh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 07:29 AM (THwi4)

19 Fetterman calls out anti-AI hysteria:

“AI supremacy and energy dominance underpins our national security,” Fetterman wrote.

“China continues to fuel and benefit from our overreaction,” he wrote. “I reject the political pandering and hyperbole over data centers or AI doomsdaying.”

His comments came four days after Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, also a Democrat, signed an executive order changing the state’s permitting and other requirements for large data centers.

Fetterman did not name Shapiro or say whether his criticism included the governor’s order.

Now, Fetterman is still a Democrat let's not make any mistakes about that.

But he's not a psychotic communist.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2026 07:30 AM (IG3/x)

20 Best in Show
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Huzzah!

Hard work, preparation, a Good Dog, and ... rewards.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

21 .
So, 36.6 million people are fed by food stamps. That is more than one in ten American, unless 36.6 million is the number of families, in which case we're up in the one in three range. No wonder so many people vote Democrat.

Posted by: Marooned at August 24, 2026 07:32 AM (W2rvL)

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Hard work, preparation, a Good Dog, and ... rewards.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

He's basically a ringside pickup for Dylan. Her Majesty does all the grooming beforehand, not to mention the transportation, feeding, housing, etc.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 07:33 AM (O0L8i)

23 Free Karmelo Anthony!

Posted by: Ben Crump, Race Pimp at August 24, 2026 07:34 AM (XcBiu)

24 Marooned

We are unlike Rome, in that our welfare system is not completely collapsing birthrate across society.

Not even in welfare families. But I could be wrong. Analysis would be unthinkable among academics.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

25 When the regime in Iran falls and it will fall. Iran will no longer be a muslim country.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 07:35 AM (FHoaH)

26 So, Jimmy "Drama" Comey is going to trial.

FFS, he served up a prima facie case against himself that he conspired to get Trump assassinated. Recently the prosecutors added details from Comey's "novel" FDR Drive where a bad guy does something similar to get someone killed, thereby providing evidence of Comey's mens rea (guilty mind intent).

Now Comey can argue the fine points of "intent" and that "no reasonable prosecutor would ..." He's an expert on this, no?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 24, 2026 07:36 AM (dtajH)

27 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Too bad going after the mosques would inflame our "allies".

Hitting bank accounts is not as sexy as a wave of drones wiping out a power plant.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

28 Posted by: Marooned at August 24, 2026 07:32 AM (W2rvL)

Yeah…. That 36.6 million number is startling. Don’t people feel an obligation to feed themselves??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 07:39 AM (THwi4)

29 When the regime in Iran falls and it will fall. Iran will no longer be a muslim country.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 07:35 AM (FHoaH)

(snif)

That's all right. We'll always have Britain.

Posted by: Defender of Faithial Spaces, Fing Kink at August 24, 2026 07:39 AM (1Ff7Z)

30 NaCly, our "allies" know this and support it anyway.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 07:40 AM (FHoaH)

31 LinusVanPelt a

The Entitlement to unearned stuff is very, very strong with many.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

32 23 Free Karmelo Anthony!
Posted by: Ben Crump

What do I need to purchase?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 07:41 AM (OPGS/)

33 Now Comey can argue the fine points of "intent" and that "no reasonable prosecutor would ..." He's an expert on this, no?
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 24, 2026 07:36 AM (dtajH)

Where is his trial? A DC jury won’t convict that guy in a million years…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 07:41 AM (THwi4)

34 108 F yesterday in cowtown. I died.

Posted by: kingsman at August 24, 2026 07:43 AM (ehY6c)

35 People can decide for themselves whether politics had anything to do with it. PETA made sure they have plenty of evidence to consider.

I would say it's not politics but an allergy to being decapitated.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 07:43 AM (OPGS/)

36 El-Sayed will shift to the economy. "We will see the chimneys of abandoned mills once again belch smoke, and we will have a vibrant railroad system".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 24, 2026 07:44 AM (gm9Sb)

37 Don’t people feel an obligation to feed themselves??

We have become a nation of petulant children, wanting everything... now... with no effort. I deserve, I deserve, I deserve... just run up your debt and declare bankruptcy... everything I want should be a government funded 'right'.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 07:44 AM (ExV1e)

38 Paul, call your father and make up with him.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 07:45 AM (OPGS/)

39 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 24, 2026 07:45 AM (2Ez/1)

40 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 24, 2026 07:45 AM (53oGX)

41 >Maoist Faction of the DSA Claims Titty-Caca Ocasio-Cortez too ‘Moderate’ to Run for President
-----

she's the next obama (could be)
the press will attempt to shame America into electing her

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 07:46 AM (ZxPkt)

42 Ben Had

Part of the issue is Saudi Arabia seems to have run out of disposable income. Mecca needs a lot of upkeep. And that Edge City took a lot of maintenance money off the table.

Inner circles in collision there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

43
We have become a nation of petulant children, wanting everything... now... with no effort. I deserve, I deserve, I deserve... just run up your debt and declare bankruptcy... everything I want should be a government funded 'right'.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 07:44 AM (ExV1e)

Today's petulant children want to be paid six figures for a 32-hour-week remote job and retire at 50. I'm actually seeing stuff like this. Their colleagues who are willing to work 70-hour, 6-day weeks get denounced as "billionaires".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 07:48 AM (O0L8i)

44 what is 'a garlic word' ?

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 07:48 AM (ZxPkt)

45 Free Karmelo Anthony!
Posted by: Ben Crump

What do I need to purchase?
Posted by: NR Pax

Ben Crump Indulgences!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 07:48 AM (+tGb6)

46 Bessent and Trump have talked up this economic D-Day, it’ll be interesting to see if the plan lives up to the hype.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2026 07:48 AM (o3ajz)

47
Don’t people feel an obligation to feed themselves??

Many would choke on their own saliva if there wasn't a government program to help them swallow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 07:48 AM (O0L8i)

48 what is 'a garlic word' ?
Posted by: Don Black

Stronzo?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 07:50 AM (+tGb6)

49 >economic D-Day
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we envision waves of accountants and CFOs wading ashore, armed with tablets and laptops

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 07:51 AM (ZxPkt)

50 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Poached egg temperature status?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 07:51 AM (+tGb6)

51 what is 'a garlic word' ?
Posted by: Don Black

Any word with a strong, distinctive odor and flavor while referring to a species of bulbous flowering plants in the genus Allium. A good example is 'garlic'.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 07:52 AM (ExV1e)

52 Don Black

Babylon Bee has a visual of accountants in Higgins Boats.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

53
we envision waves of accountants and CFOs wading ashore, armed with tablets and laptops
Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 07:51 AM (ZxPkt)

We can ship them all our MBAs and consultants from McKinsey and Bain. That's doomsday for Iran.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 07:52 AM (O0L8i)

54 49 The mean little guy with a green visor and a Victor adding machine. Favorite saying "what part of no don't you understand".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 24, 2026 07:53 AM (gm9Sb)

55 For those who haven't heard...

the hopelessly liberal state of Texas has denied Karmelo Anthony a new trial.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 07:54 AM (ExV1e)

56 Hadrian the Seventh

A win-win situation. MBAs - killing companies as they cash out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

57 German newspaper Die Welt.
Alleged Swordsman Named After Girl, 17, Killed in Swedish High School Attack.”

A boy named Sue? Maybe that’s why he was so mad. Too bad he was killed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2026 07:54 AM (o3ajz)

58 Troll said 'eighty-six' is a 'garlic word'
probably a typo, but we can seize upon it as a causus belli to heap abuse upon him

anyway
great stuff today

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 07:55 AM (ZxPkt)

59 I used to have a different nic

The other good part is the defendant's lawyers have taken a lot of money from sketchy sources and stupid people.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

60 Tom Servo

Girl = dead. Swordsman = in Swedish justice system.

This is a bad outcome.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

61 Girl = dead. Swordsman = in Swedish justice system.

This is a bad outcome.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

'Alleged' swordsman. Police suspect a 'right-wing' motivation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)

62 For those who haven't heard...

the hopelessly liberal state of Texas has denied Karmelo Anthony a new trial.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 07:54 AM (ExV1e)

And according to Karl Rove and pretty much the entire media (Fox News yesterday), the hopelessly liberal stage of Texas can’t wait to elect Talarico to the US Senate. Mainly because Ken Paxton is so yucky….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:00 AM (THwi4)

63 I used to have a different nic

If only I had a stick to beat the stupid out of institutions and people.

I have to satisfy myself with wildly unreported winning in the US of A. I voted for that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

64 And according to Karl Rove and pretty much the entire media (Fox News yesterday), the hopelessly liberal stage of Texas can’t wait to elect Talarico to the US Senate. Mainly because Ken Paxton is so yucky….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:00 AM (THwi4)

That's why trolls like the above only look stupid. Their words do nothing to affect the outcome. Nothing they say will happen.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2026 08:02 AM (1Ff7Z)

65

We must have sword control!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 24, 2026 08:03 AM (x0n13)

66 The ridiculousness around Karmello last week has confirmed my beliefs about this appeal: it’s just a high visibility con job from a group of lawyers who see the opportunity to separate a lot of left wing fools from their money. They know the appeal has no chance; but they work to turn every mundane step into some high drama Racist narrative, and keep those donations coming!

I posted last week that the recusal of the original Judge was a trivial waste of time and effort, even though the Legal Dream Team called it a “ Huge victory!””” …. and that’s how it turned out. The replacement judge took one day and only one half of a page to say “nope!”

The next level at the Appeals level will be more verbose, but still reach the same conclusion.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2026 08:04 AM (o3ajz)

67 *common sense* sword control, JJ.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 24, 2026 08:04 AM (aJQbY)

68 It’s over. Everyone go home.

The WSJ is stating that Democrats will retake the senate. Their pathway? They’re going to win TX, NC, GA, AK, ME and MI.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 24, 2026 08:05 AM (UEhSw)

69 With SNAP dropping, isn't that way more likely to be the deportation than the work rules? Especially since Arizona was the #1 state drop?

7.6M less people just seems like enforced border and self deport when the bennies stopped (b/c sign up requirements also got enforced in 2025) vs people getting off their butt.

Either way, I'm very happy, but let's give the credit the right way...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2026 08:06 AM (tOcjL)

70 Good morning morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

71 65 Exception for scimitars because of CAIR bitching.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 24, 2026 08:06 AM (gm9Sb)

72 I posted last week that the recusal of the original Judge was a trivial waste of time and effort, even though the Legal Dream Team called it a “ Huge victory!””” …. and that’s how it turned out. The replacement judge took one day and only one half of a page to say “nope!”

The next level at the Appeals level will be more verbose, but still reach the same conclusion.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Karmelo Anthony's Dream Team is already in Mississippi for the Nolan Wells case. There's still money there to grift.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:06 AM (+tGb6)

73
The WSJ is stating that Democrats will retake the senate. Their pathway? They’re going to win TX, NC, GA, AK, ME and MI.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 24, 2026 08:05 AM (UEhSw)

Morn' all... They forgot Ohio...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 08:06 AM (+gK6I)

74 The ridiculousness around Karmello last week has confirmed my beliefs about this appeal: it’s just a high visibility con job from a group of lawyers who see the opportunity to separate a lot of left wing fools from their money.

Partly. Mostly I think it's an effort to allow the media to continue to claim that Anthony was unfairly convicted due to his race and to try and get blacks and AWFLs stirred up before the midterms.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)

75 common sense sword safety

it's neat how our native language keeps evolving

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:07 AM (ZxPkt)

76 18 I'd give my left nut for 42 degrees. Currently it's 79.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 07:25 AM (+tGb6)

Amen, brother! When I left north Texas for Florida I didn’t realize that somewhere else could beat the Texas heat…. But Florida wins the “prize” not for raw high temps… but factor in the tropical humidity and… it “wins” ugh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 07:29 AM (THwi4)

It's why I won't live in Florida...well, that, and there's no season for bug die off, and yet there is a season for wild weather (which I also don't do)...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2026 08:07 AM (tOcjL)

77 Karmelo Anthony's Dream Team is already in Mississippi for the Nolan Wells case. There's still money there to grift.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:06 AM (+tGb6)

Who're they going to defend? The only black person involved is the deceased.

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

78 Good morning Horde, thx JJ. Happy Monday.
I commented yesterday on Hillary's "planning" . Who leaves this Earthly plane first, Bubba or Joey?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 08:08 AM (rp63B)

79 RandomDave

Good luck with that remote recruiter.

I will mention that every school system needs bus drivers. The pay can help, and leaves the middle of the day free. Lots of hoops to jump through, as there are many criteria, like a good driving record, background check, training for a CDL P endorsement, First Aid training, etc.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

80 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:09 AM (ccf/V)

81 Today starts my husband's 10 days of radiation treatments. He is anxious about it. The appointment is at 3, if anyone is inclined to pray for him. Thanks.

Nothing about this has been clear. Every doctor we see has a different opinion/take from the last one, across specialties. The surgeon wanted to do surgery, the oncologist said no, chemo, the radiologist says the radiation will do these things, but when we got a second opinion on the whole case, the other radiologist said no, radiation will not do this for him, it will only do that.

Hard to know who to trust and what to do.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2026 08:09 AM (FGA9/)

82 F*ck cancer.

F*ck the DSA.

F*ck Gavin Newsom

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:09 AM (ccf/V)

83 Vengeance, Thank you for the early morning laugh.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:10 AM (FHoaH)

84 If Talarico wins Texas I will stand naked in Pioneer plaza and sing Texas, our Texas in falsetto.

I’m not worried btw.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 24, 2026 08:10 AM (UEhSw)

85 Hard to know who to trust and what to do.
Posted by: TecumsehTea

Lock all the doctors in one room with a knife and tell them you will go with what the victor suggests.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 08:10 AM (OPGS/)

86 @33 Comey's trial is in Raleigh, NC. Federal Eastern District.

Seriously, the jury can convict Comey for violating a specific statute over threatening the life of the President. Comey's novel gives the prosecutors the proof of the hardest part of the case. Enough to survive appeal.

It'll come down to jury selection. And nearly everyone hates a crooked cop.

You couldn't make this up.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 24, 2026 08:11 AM (dtajH)

87 The killer in Sweden was identified as a "Swedish Sweden". Doubt they would call a killer a " Muslim Swede'

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 08:11 AM (rp63B)

88 Today starts my husband's 10 days of radiation treatments.

What type of cancer?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

89 That's why trolls like the above only look stupid. Their words do nothing to affect the outcome. Nothing they say will happen.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2026 08:02 AM (1Ff7Z)

Karl Rove and the rest of the Bush Family machine in Texas bet their entire future careers on the ascendancy of George P. Bush. Paxton ended that, and all they have left is an endless quest for Revenge.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2026 08:11 AM (o3ajz)

90 82 F*ck cancer.
F*ck the DSA.
F*ck Gavin Newsom
Posted by: Sponge

Eloquent, and inspiring.

Posted by: Auspex at August 24, 2026 08:11 AM (Y8DZL)

91 Karmelo Anthony's Dream Team is already in Mississippi for the Nolan Wells case. There's still money there to grift.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:06 AM (+tGb6)

Who're they going to defend? The only black person involved is the deceased.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

His parents. Trying to prove crackers lynched Nolan. Send money!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:12 AM (+tGb6)

92 Partly. Mostly I think it's an effort to allow the media to continue to claim that Anthony was unfairly convicted due to his race and to try and get blacks and AWFLs stirred up before the midterms.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)

This.

Posted by: Emmie at August 24, 2026 08:12 AM (OlzlW)

93 Plain not plane

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 08:12 AM (rp63B)

94 Mazel tov Hadrian and Her Majesty

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

95 I hope the dems keep shoving money at Talarico. 25% of the vote ought to be worth 100 million.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:13 AM (FHoaH)

96 Yonder Horde.

With the Karmello situation and the media... there's always the need for a story hook to keep the eyeballs and clicks coming... which equates to $.

It's the same story with the mid-terms, Comey's imminent incarceration, Iran, etc. The media today is full of horseshit. Just like the polls. And the DSA. And...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2026 08:13 AM (2Cry5)

97 88

adenocarcinoma in the bowel

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2026 08:13 AM (FGA9/)

98 Evidence Sponge needs some life adjustment........

Top 10 commenters:
1 [773 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer' [109.79 posts/day]
2 [396 comments] 'Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ '
3 [324 comments] 'Oldcat'
4 [310 comments] 'Bulg'
5 [300 comments] 'whig'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:13 AM (ccf/V)

99 {{{TecumsehTea}}}

The gold standard seems to be kill the biggest part of the cancer with radiation or surgery, then rev up his immune system to go after the leakers in other organs. But not a doctor.

My Mom went with surgery and some chemo, and lived a lot longer. Techniques are more advanced now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 08:13 AM (u82oZ)

100 81 Today starts my husband's 10 days of radiation treatments. He is anxious about it. The appointment is at 3, if anyone is inclined to pray for him. Thanks.

Nothing about this has been clear. Every doctor we see has a different opinion/take from the last one, across specialties. The surgeon wanted to do surgery, the oncologist said no, chemo, the radiologist says the radiation will do these things, but when we got a second opinion on the whole case, the other radiologist said no, radiation will not do this for him, it will only do that.

Hard to know who to trust and what to do.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2026 08:09 AM (FGA9/)

Cancer treatment is a dart board as they find each person's case is different (you hear this all the time for blood cancers). So, treatment is more an art than a science (and a business in getting insurance to pay).

If you aren't with an expert in his type of colon cancer, I'd find one. It will make you more relaxed in the decisions.

Also, join healthunlocked or other health specific non-Facebook social media boards full of patients, docs, pharmacists, nurses, and care givers. They keep it real for a lot of what you may experience/

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2026 08:13 AM (tOcjL)

101 With the Karmello situation and the media... there's always the need for a story hook to keep the eyeballs and clicks coming... which equates to $.

It's the same story with the mid-terms, Comey's imminent incarceration, Iran, etc. The media today is full of horseshit. Just like the polls. And the DSA. And...
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Lindsay Clancy case.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:14 AM (+tGb6)

102
Eloquent, and inspiring.
Posted by: Auspex at August 24, 2026 08:11 AM (Y8DZL)

I help where I can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:14 AM (ccf/V)

103 >I’m not worried btw.

Posted by: Vengeance
---

saw on X that he refers to women as 'neighbors with uteruses'

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:14 AM (ZxPkt)

104 Plain not plane
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 08:12 AM (rp63B)

Was not was.

https://youtu.be/zYKupOsaJmk

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

105 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I get that this is a respite from your lived Saga.

Is your daughter driving again, or at least on a better path?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)

106 The new 'evidence' that's come out in the Karmello Anthony case is really quite disturbing.

What I'm now finding out about the Metcalf family.......BOTH sets of parents should be put on trial.

Holy crap.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:15 AM (ccf/V)

107 We are hoping so, NaCly, thanks for the encouragement.
His attitude is overall very positive, and lots of people are praying for him.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2026 08:15 AM (FGA9/)

108 TecumsehTea

Praying for you both.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

109
Is your daughter driving again, or at least on a better path?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)

She appears to be on a better path. Her license was activated last Monday, but she does not have her car yet. We will deliver that likely Labor Day weekend. LOTS of conversation will be had before she actually takes the keys.

I need some piece of mind or I will literally go insane with worry........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:17 AM (ccf/V)

110 Thank you, NovaLocal
I will look into that. Adenocarcinoma is the most common bowel cancer.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2026 08:17 AM (FGA9/)

111 We shall fight them in the ledger books.
We shall fight them in the spreadsheets.
We shall fight them in the pivot tables.
We shall fight them in the shoe boxes of cash register receipts!

Posted by: PM of Green Eye Shades at August 24, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

112 Wonderful editorial and collection of links. Just wanted to add a remembrance of Shelley Fabares, who died over the weekend age 82.

Posted by: Child Star, Movie Star, TV Star at August 24, 2026 08:17 AM (JM9I6)

113 I talked to a friend of mine in Michigan. He’s usually an eyeore about these races. But he really believes with all the people lining up behind Rogers, that if people show up at the polls, he will win.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 24, 2026 08:17 AM (UEhSw)

114 F&F broadcasting CCP propaganda right now.

Sickening.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

115 [{NaCly}]

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2026 08:18 AM (FGA9/)

116 I need some piece of mind or I will literally go insane with worry........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I would lend you a piece of my mind, but I need what little I have.

Posted by: Fugitive From Board of Mental Health at August 24, 2026 08:19 AM (JM9I6)

117 Talarico's latest:

God is not Christian.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:19 AM (ccf/V)

118 Nova Local, it's been 4 years since mine and I'm thankful I got it done.

Posted by: Auspex at August 24, 2026 08:19 AM (Y8DZL)

119 It's why I won't live in Florida...well, that, and there's no season for bug die off, and yet there is a season for wild weather (which I also don't do)...

I should knock on wood before saying this… but my first hurricane season in Florida appears as though it will be incredibly mild. Apparently, wind shear created by an El Niño is killing storms in the cradle… September is peak hurricane season but so far so good

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:19 AM (THwi4)

120 Newsom Signs the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ into Law, a Blow to Investigative Reporting Say Critics

--

Hey, I'm no Constitutional scholar, but how is this...constitutional in any way?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 24, 2026 08:20 AM (qBdHI)

121 * throws prophet token on the table* A gain of 5 in the House and 2 in the Senate.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:20 AM (FHoaH)

122 Martini Farmer

One reason I am happy is I watch no news and have no TV connections. I treat reports with skepticism as I correlate other information, looking for holes in the logic and background.

The Morning Report and a few similar trusted sites suffice.

I do have other reasons for happiness.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

123 Hard to know who to trust and what to do.
Posted by: TecumsehTea

Prayers to you & your husband.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:20 AM (+tGb6)

124 I think people have also had enough of the muslims telling us how to live our lives, and how we should bow down to their crap. They’re all extremist, taxpayer sucking frauds bent on conquest. Ain’t nobody rolling over for these people.

Don’t like the way things are run in America? Plenty of places for you to go. Bye.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 24, 2026 08:21 AM (UEhSw)

125 * throws prophet token on the table* A gain of 5 in the House and 2 in the Senate.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:20 AM (FHoaH)

From your keyboard to God's monitor.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)

126 I need some piece of mind or I will literally go insane with worry........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:17 AM (ccf/V)

You could have her text when she arrives and departs with her car til she has 12 months of clean driving and/or her points fall off her license (that's what my 2nd one is doing - she has 6 more weeks of this til she's free)...it's a good lesson to not have mom and dad over the shoulder and to drive safer next time...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2026 08:21 AM (tOcjL)

127 Yeah…. That 36.6 million number is startling. Don’t people feel an obligation to feed themselves??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 07:39 AM (THwi4)

No. No, they don't.

This is partly why responsibility for charity should be returned to churches and community food banks. There is a modicum of shame when you look people in the eye and take what you need. It makes you want to do better so you don't have to subject yourself to humility.

SNAP and EBT are nameless, faceless, electronic transactions. After the initial hassle of application, you just continue to receive without having to look at who is supporting you.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2026 08:21 AM (h7ZuX)

128
Hard to know who to trust and what to do.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2026 08:09 AM (FGA9/)

Prayers that the final decision is the best one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:21 AM (ccf/V)

129 117 Talarico's latest:

God is not Christian.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:19 AM (ccf/V)

That guy needs a good, old fashioned US Army blanket party… or a Gitmo code red

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:21 AM (THwi4)

130 114 F&F broadcasting CCP propaganda right now.

Sickening.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:17 AM

Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: The OFF button at August 24, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)

131
You could have her text when she arrives and departs with her car til she has 12 months of clean driving and/or her points fall off her license (that's what my 2nd one is doing - she has 6 more weeks of this til she's free)...it's a good lesson to not have mom and dad over the shoulder and to drive safer next time...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2026 08:21 AM (tOcjL)

I will mention this to the First Lady.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:22 AM (ccf/V)

132 This Guy/2028

@CaseyKrol
Greek Minister of Immigration called for shooting migrants, sinking boats with refugees, and urged denying them food and water.

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:22 AM (ZxPkt)

133 Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2026 08:09 AM (FGA9/)

====
A prayer for his complete and speedy recovery.

Also a prayer for peace in your house.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

134 Good morning JJ and horde
California first goes after 2nd Amendment, then starts going after the 1st.
What will be next?

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 08:22 AM (P8K5M)

135
Finally starting to see some ads about Benson and the SPLC.

Meanwhile the vote rigging preparation is going on in plain site with her destroying records.

Posted by: Auspex at August 24, 2026 08:22 AM (Y8DZL)

136 "with all the people lining up behind Rogers, that if people show up at the polls, he will win."

True for many races. We have huge advantages in numbers if our side just shows up.

I believe they will, and polls will miss increased Turnout badly.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 24, 2026 08:22 AM (dtajH)

137 110 Thank you, NovaLocal
I will look into that. Adenocarcinoma is the most common bowel cancer.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2026 08:17 AM (FGA9/)

The place I posted is a British run board, created b/c the NHS was so bad (and Brits wanted to know what was available worldwide for treatments), but it has probably more Americans now than Brits and you can join for your type of cancer...they have tons of boards...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2026 08:23 AM (tOcjL)

138
Hey, I'm no Constitutional scholar, but how is this...constitutional in any way?
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 24, 2026 08:20 AM (qBdHI)

Since it doesn't take effect until after Newsom is out of office, he cares not. That's someone else's battle to fight.

What, him worry?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:23 AM (ccf/V)

139 Yeah, I think the Bush clan and people associated with them are mostly dead. They largely got wiped out of the Texas legislature. Their new con is trying to work behind the scenes with Democrats.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 24, 2026 08:23 AM (UEhSw)

140 I know we have some commenters from the Lone Star State

so what exactly is going on down there? we hear that muslims and AWFLs and leftwing lunatics are near to critical mass in Tejas

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:24 AM (ZxPkt)

141 Now F&F is selling the grifter Trey Gowdy's book.

Sickening.

That fvck did jack sh*t is entire time in office. Truly a pustule on the body politic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:25 AM (RIvkX)

142 I really does crack me up that Gavin Newsom is trailing the retard word salader badly in all dem primary polls. I do so hope he runs; it would be very amusing to watch him get crushed by a retard past proven loser who can’t string two coherent thoughts together to save her life

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:26 AM (THwi4)

143 Hard to know who to trust and what to do.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2026 08:09 AM (FGA9/)

Prayers up. When in doubt, we'll trust in God. I'll pray that He makes the answers clear to you.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2026 08:26 AM (h7ZuX)

144 I talked to a friend of mine in Michigan. He’s usually an eyeore about these races. But he really believes with all the people lining up behind Rogers, that if people show up at the polls, he will win.

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As someone who votes in all elections, primaries, runoffs, generals, it astounds me that so many people are too lazy to get out and vote. I can't wrap my head around it. Much of the apathy of voters, or laziness, has contributed so strongly to our toilet swirling as a country. All of the "we're not voting our way out of this" could've been sharply decreased and/or avoided if people would just get out and vote!

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 24, 2026 08:26 AM (qBdHI)

145 Trying to prove crackers lynched Nolan. Send money!
Posted by: rickb223

I've already seen "Blacks don't hang themselves" on a friend's FB page.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 08:26 AM (OPGS/)

146 Now F&F is selling the grifter Trey Gowdy's book.

Sickening.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:25 AM (RIvkX)
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Farts & Foibles?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 08:27 AM (ebJJx)

147
The place I posted is a British run board, created b/c the NHS was so bad (and Brits wanted to know what was available worldwide for treatments)

You are not permitted to say the NHS is bad. It is the Pride of the UK. Free, universal healthcare. Like a civilized country has. If it is peccant (of course, in any minor way) then it's the fault of the Thatcher government starving it of funds.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 08:27 AM (O0L8i)

148 >That fvck did jack sh*t is entire time in office. Truly a pustule on the body politic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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he was very entertaining during House hearings

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:27 AM (ZxPkt)

149 I've always hoped that Hillary would die first. They're both criminals and belong in the slammer, but she is somehow even more wretched and unlikable. Three weeks until the 10th anniversary Bollard Moment.

Posted by: Sidewalks Of NY at August 24, 2026 08:28 AM (JM9I6)

150 That's why trolls like the above only look stupid. Their words do nothing to affect the outcome. Nothing they say will happen.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2026 08:02 AM (1Ff7Z)

Getting involved with the Nolan swells your investigation is further proof, as if any were needed, that they’re just slick con game players out to rake in a lot of money for doing nothing but talking crap. Candace as well as others has paved the way, showing how easy this is to do.

Facts: Nolan Wells went to a party on a small island in the gulf with friends. They took a boat home, Nolan stayed behind to talk to a girl. Then Nolan, by himself, drank too much, went swimming, and drowned. It’s sad, but there’s no crime that was committed by anyone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2026 08:28 AM (o3ajz)

151 142 I really does crack me up that Gavin Newsom is trailing the retard word salader badly in all dem primary polls....

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:26 AM
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Yeah, let's talk about polls.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 24, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)

152 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s controversial “Stop Nick Shirley Act” into law Saturday, which critics say will suppress investigative journalism in the state.

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Clearest case of 1st Amendment Rights violation I've seen in years! Decades!

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 08:28 AM (g47mK)

153
so what exactly is going on down there? we hear that muslims and AWFLs and leftwing lunatics are near to critical mass in Tejas
Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:24 AM (ZxPkt)

Paxton and Abbott are thwarting many of the attempted powergrabs by the islhamic terrorist faction. EPIC city is on indefinate hold for fraud investigations. The foot washing station at DFW has been deemed illegal and isn't moving forward.

AWFL's are everywhere and, like roaches, hard to get rid of. It's rumored that money is about to start pouring in for Paxton to combat the likely illegal war chest Talarico has amassed lately. Still, I've only seen 3 yard signs and one window sticker for the freak around these parts.

The biggest issue in Tx is the blue shitholes, just as it is in every other state in the union.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:29 AM (ccf/V)

154 Today Is National Waffle Day. 🧇

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2026 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

155 ...in the last 100 years!!

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 08:29 AM (g47mK)

156 What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at August 24, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

157 It's not like Gavin is a world-class orator. He's not Joe Biden bad, but he's sounds every bit the empty suit he is.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 24, 2026 08:29 AM (Fv808)

158 A gain of 5 in the House and 2 in the Senate.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:20 AM (FHoaH)
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This.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)

159 If loyal American's don't get off their cabooses to vote this coming mid-term election, they will have to get off of them to either kill Marxist anarchists or be murdered themselves.

My word as a Biden!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 08:29 AM (ebJJx)

160 Today Is National Waffle Day. 🧇
Posted by: redridinghood

I think I'll have pancakes, but I'm not sure.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 24, 2026 08:30 AM (Fv808)

161 Don’t like the way things are run in America? Plenty of places for you to go. Bye.
Posted by: Vengeance

"But the weather is nicer here!"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 08:30 AM (OPGS/)

162 Today Is National Waffle Day. 🧇

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2026 08:29 AM (NpAcC)
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Totally meaningless for folks who live off the griddle.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 08:30 AM (ebJJx)

163 > Now F&F is selling the grifter Trey Gowdy's book.
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He was on one of the weekend broadcasts. Dude is one goofy looking MF'er. But this is FOX doing FOX things with people who once, or still, periodically show up for a paycheck and get free facetime on the tube to sell the rubes their book or whatever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2026 08:30 AM (2Cry5)

164 >Today Is National Waffle Day. 🧇

Posted by: redridinghood
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ah, I don't know
not so sure...

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:30 AM (ZxPkt)

165 Posted by: The OFF button at August 24, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)
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I'm taking the hit to keep all you morons informed!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

166 159: Why can't we do both?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 08:31 AM (OPGS/)

167 That fvck did jack sh*t is entire time in office. Truly a pustule on the body politic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Trey upped the profile and sales of Dixie Peach Pomade, though.

Posted by: Give Him That, At Least at August 24, 2026 08:31 AM (JM9I6)

168 >That fvck did jack sh*t is entire time in office. Truly a pustule on the body politic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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he was very entertaining during House hearings
Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:27 AM (ZxPkt)

His hair alone has entertainment value. But for me he’s not as entertaining as Jim Jordan when he rolls up those sleeves and issues letters

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:32 AM (THwi4)

169 If 36 million people are still receiving SNAP benefits, that's more than ten percent of the population.

Posted by: Person who owns a calculator at August 24, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

170 What, him worry?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:23 AM (ccf/V)
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That is his entire philosophy of governance.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

171 If 36 million people are still receiving SNAP benefits, that's more than ten percent of the population.

Posted by: Person who owns a calculator at August 24, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)
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HQ math violation!

Bring down the Hammer of Ban!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 08:33 AM (ebJJx)

172 Public service notice...

If you are planning on attending the MoMe in October, make your hotel reservations. A lot of places are suspiciously unavailable for those two specific days.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

173 >He was on one of the weekend broadcasts. Dude is one goofy looking MF'er.
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he has an oddly-shaped skull

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:33 AM (ZxPkt)

174 I think I'll have pancakes, but I'm not sure.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal

You are SO cruel!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie Fan Club at August 24, 2026 08:33 AM (JM9I6)

175 Hey, I'd do Fox appearances for a paycheck.... I'd learn to blink 'everything is a lie' in morse code.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 24, 2026 08:34 AM (aJQbY)

176 he His hairwas very entertaining during House hearings
Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:27 AM (ZxPkt)
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FIFY

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

177
If you are planning on attending the MoMe in October, make your hotel reservations. A lot of places are suspiciously unavailable for those two specific days.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

If there are other attendees you can tolerate, maybe band together and find an area VRBO or Air B&B.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:34 AM (ccf/V)

178 I know we have some commenters from the Lone Star State

so what exactly is going on down there? we hear that muslims and AWFLs and leftwing lunatics are near to critical mass in Tejas
Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:24 AM (ZxPkt)

They're not. The Voice of Sauron wants people to feel hopeless.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

179 If 36 million people are still receiving SNAP benefits, that's more than ten percent of the population.

Posted by: Person who owns a calculator at August 24, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)
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HQ math violation!

Bring down the Hammer of Ban!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 08:33 AM (ebJJx)

That’s more than 10 million x pi!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:35 AM (THwi4)

180 I'd give my left nut for 42 degrees. Currently it's 79.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026
*
Amen, brother! When I left north Texas for Florida I didn’t realize that somewhere else could beat the Texas heat…. But Florida wins the “prize” not for raw high temps… but factor in the tropical humidity and… it “wins” ugh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026

***
One of the many reasons I'm fleeing northward.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 08:35 AM (wzUl9)

181 Side note: I'm a little surprised the Doof ONT didn't provide a summary of his concert attendance over the weekend.........

And he missed the obvious comment of the week all time contender.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:36 AM (ccf/V)

182 That’s more than 10 million x pi!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:35 AM (THwi4)
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You're safe. We can always have pi.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 08:36 AM (ebJJx)

183 Hillary would have beaten Trump in '16 if she had been The Widow Clinton.

and she knows it

Posted by: davidt at August 24, 2026 08:36 AM (Q+gd/)

184 One of the many reasons I'm fleeing northward.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 08:35 AM (wzUl9)

I'm going northeast, but staying in Texas. I love it here and the summers only bother me when the electric bill arrives.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:36 AM (ccf/V)

185 Talarico's latest:

God is not Christian.

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IMHO, G*d does not label himself. He is simply "I am." He's not on any church denomination roster.

That said, Talarico calls himself a Christian. It's derived from Christ, and as Christians believe G*d sent his only son Jesus Christ to earth to die for our sins, those that believe G*d sent him to die for our salvation call themselves Christian. See how 2 + 2 makes 4? So, I highly doubt Talarico's claim that he is, in fact, any sort of Christian.

Of course, YMMV.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 24, 2026 08:37 AM (qBdHI)

186
so what exactly is going on down there? we hear that muslims and AWFLs and leftwing lunatics are near to critical mass in Tejas
Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:24 AM (ZxPkt)

It's the blue counterpart to the AoSHQ quadrennial exclamations that "New York is in play!" in presidential elections. Then we get crushed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 08:37 AM (O0L8i)

187 I have seen two Annie Andrews signs. The commie running against Norman or Graham.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2026 08:37 AM (teh/r)

188 If you are planning on attending the MoMe in October, make your hotel reservations. A lot of places are suspiciously unavailable for those two specific days.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

What are the days?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:37 AM (+tGb6)

189 Don’t sneer and mock, but I’m glad football season is almost here. This weekend we get college football and the football week NFL season starts. I’ll finally have something to watch on TV….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:38 AM (THwi4)

190 I've fitted Stirling into his carrier. He required only a gentle nudge to get him to walk in -- completely unlike other cats, who hid when the carrier came out, or struggled when I tried to load them into it. Little Dagny came right over too and would have walked in herself if I hadn't held her back.

He's sitting quietly, and Dagny is perched atop the carrier as if she wants to go along.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 08:38 AM (wzUl9)

191 Still, I've only seen 3 yard signs and one window sticker for the freak around these parts.

I saw my first one last week but I was out in Westlake, outside of Austin, so it wasn't THAT surprising.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

192 I used to have a different nic, I have found alternative lodging for people.

Contact me for details.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:38 AM (FHoaH)

193 If there are other attendees you can tolerate, maybe band together and find an area VRBO or Air B&B.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Whoa, that could turn into "Teen Takeover" type hijinks. Squeals tires, pops off rounds....

Posted by: Pees In Pool at August 24, 2026 08:38 AM (JM9I6)

194 It's also,
National Peach Pie Day. 🍑

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2026 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

195 So, I highly doubt Talarico's claim that he is, in fact, any sort of Christian.

Of course, YMMV.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 24, 2026 08:37 AM (qBdHI)

But, he's on TV sitting with his PawPaw, a Baptist preacher!!!! (I've found Baptist preachers to be highly hypocritical, to say the least)

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:38 AM (ccf/V)

196 The list of new Canada tariffs is as long as my arm. 5% of total Canadian imports my ass. Work is going to be fun today I tell you what.

Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 08:39 AM (2Drhq)

197 That said, Talarico calls himself a Christian. It's derived from Christ, and as Christians believe G*d sent his only son Jesus Christ to earth to die for our sins, those that believe G*d sent him to die for our salvation call themselves Christian. See how 2 + 2 makes 4? So, I highly doubt Talarico's claim that he is, in fact, any sort of Christian.

Of course, YMMV.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 24, 2026 08:37 AM (qBdHI)

Talarico is a heretic… by his own words

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:39 AM (THwi4)

198 Totally meaningless for folks who live off the griddle.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 08:30 AM (ebJJx)

*snort

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2026 08:39 AM (h7ZuX)

199
Talarico is a heretic… by his own words
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:39 AM (THwi4)

He is. He reminds me of the old dude that knocks on the door in Poltergeist II (Not eleven).

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:40 AM (ccf/V)

200 I’ll finally have something to watch on TV….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:38 AM (THwi4)

Football is the only reason I even own a TV.

Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 08:40 AM (2Drhq)

201 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 08:40 AM (77rzZ)

202 I'm going northeast, but staying in Texas. I love it here and the summers only bother me when the electric bill arrives.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026

***
I like the people (though not the numbers of them) and the roads in TX. But long brutal summers? Noooo.

As for winters, I can handle them: I'm going to be indoors, not living in a tent or on a park bench. The bills will no doubt be disturbing, but the early darkness and the occasional snow will liven things up . . . and then I'll welcome warmer weather instead of dreading it as I do now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 08:40 AM (wzUl9)

203 189 Don’t sneer and mock, but I’m glad football season is almost here. This weekend we get college football and the football week NFL season starts. I’ll finally have something to watch on TV….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:38 AM (THwi4)

Yup, keeps my youngest engaged and occupied. He plays flag football (linebacker/defense) on Saturday and then gets to watch football Sundays (as a Ravens fanatic - see his flag football position

...so, he's very happy when September rolls around...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2026 08:40 AM (tOcjL)

204 > Don’t sneer and mock, but I’m glad football season is almost here.....
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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OK, that makes two of us so far...

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2026 08:40 AM (ZxPkt)

205 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at August 24, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

206 I used to have a different nic, I have found alternative lodging for people.

Contact me for details.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:38 AM (FHoaH)

I got a room at the Holiday Inn. I usually stay at Hampton cuz I have a Hilton membership but those two days were no-go. Presumably due to the air show.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

207 What are the days?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:37 AM (+tGb6)

October 16-17.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

208
Don’t sneer and mock

*fluty mid-Atlantic woman's voice*

Oh, Charles! Do look at the silly boy!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 08:41 AM (O0L8i)

209 Remember:

Real capitalism has never been tried.
Not in modern times.
Maybe not ever.

But the same people who support marxism will be the first to tell you of the evils and ills of capitalism.
Like a drug dealer telling you going clean is a bad idea.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 08:42 AM (3cUTc)

210
Whoa, that could turn into "Teen Takeover" type hijinks. Squeals tires, pops off rounds....
Posted by: Pees In Pool at August 24, 2026 08:38 AM (JM9I6)

Have you read about the new 'tiktok challenge' in the immigrant circles? "The Brown Challenge" where immigrants in Spain (thus far) bring a baggie full of their own excrement they release into public pools and water parks, causing a full shutdown and decontamination.........

Yeah, keep importing the 3rd world, elitists.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:42 AM (ccf/V)

211 Greek Minister of Immigration called for shooting migrants, sinking boats with refugees, and urged denying them food and water.

This is the way. Do this a few times and you won't see anymore "migrants".

Posted by: Migrants My Ass at August 24, 2026 08:42 AM (XcBiu)

212 I used to have a different nic, I will email you later today.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:42 AM (FHoaH)

213 Muslims are currently about 1.9% of the Texas population. Now Texas is big enough that that’s about 400,000 people, give or take, so they can make a big noise.
But still, 1.9%.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 24, 2026 08:42 AM (o3ajz)

214 The list of new Canada tariffs is as long as my arm. 5% of total Canadian imports my ass. Work is going to be fun today I tell you what.
Posted by: Delurker

No fooling. I already have four emails from Livingston International. (Our cross border freight forwarder)

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:42 AM (+tGb6)

215 October 16-17.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Thank you.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:43 AM (+tGb6)

216 October 16-17.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 08:41 AM

Which is like, less than two months away.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2026 08:43 AM (2Ez/1)

217 Just saw on X that power's been out in Gary, Indiana for 12 days now because the local Wakandans keep shooting at the power company linemen. Residents claim it's racism that the power isn't back on.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 08:44 AM (QZThv)

218 The bills will no doubt be disturbing, but the early darkness and the occasional snow will liven things up . . . and then I'll welcome warmer weather instead of dreading it as I do now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 08:40 AM (wzUl9)

Having lived through the blizzard of '78, or was it '79.....I find snow much better when you can just visit it and leave.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:44 AM (ccf/V)

219 No fooling. I already have four emails from Livingston International. (Our cross border freight forwarder)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:42 AM (+tGb6)

I worked for them briefly (customs brokerage, not freight forwarding) after they semi-hostile-y took over the company I worked for then. I'm with a much smaller company now and all the happier for that.

Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 08:44 AM (2Drhq)

220 Ken Paxton needs to get out there and start campaigning. Governor Greg Abbott has been running ads on television and even on YouTube same with Talarico..

The left thinks they can take this senate seat and flip it because Ken Paxton's personality is a little bit on the dull side.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2026 08:45 AM (NpAcC)

221
No fooling. I already have four emails from Livingston International. (Our cross border freight forwarder)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:42 AM (+tGb6)

I work for a global freight company (top 5 in the world). Wonder if we should talk business some time........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)

222 Every institution has been corrupted, but none more than feetsball. I gave it up decades ago. Thugs, dreads, paying "students" millions. How can you stand it? NFL is even worse. The rise of sports gambling is icing on the guano cake.

Posted by: Flees In Terror at August 24, 2026 08:46 AM (JM9I6)

223 Having lived through the blizzard of '78, or was it '79.....I find snow much better when you can just visit it and leave.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:44 AM (ccf/V)

I'll take a blizzard any day over 100 degree+ for weeks on end.

And fire ants.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 24, 2026 08:46 AM (k5CNB)

224 Don’t sneer and mock, but I’m glad football season is almost here.....
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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OK, that makes two of us so far...
Posted by: Don Black
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I'll be glad until Glass Joe Burrow gets injured in week 2 and I then turn into a fair weather fan.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2026 08:46 AM (XvL8K)

225 Having lived through the blizzard of '78, or was it '79.....I find snow much better when you can just visit it and leave.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026

***
Well, I'll see. Snow didn't happen much when I lived in Denver, and was rarely the kind of disaster a hurricane is. And southern IN is reputed to be a bit warmer than the northern half and to get less snow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 08:46 AM (wzUl9)

226 "Let them play! Let them play!"

-- William Devane

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 24, 2026 08:47 AM (SuPJ8)

227 Residents claim it's racism that the power isn't back on.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 08:44 AM (QZThv)
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They are 100% correct. Just not the "racism" they think is racism.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

228 I worked for them briefly (customs brokerage, not freight forwarding) after they semi-hostile-y took over the company I worked for then. I'm with a much smaller company now and all the happier for that.
Posted by: Delurker

Yeah. They're our Customs Broker also for simple US to Canada

Affiliated?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:47 AM (+tGb6)

229 And snow does not come inside your car and ruin the electronics like floods do. It can bury your car; but I will have a garage.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 08:47 AM (wzUl9)

230 Ravens fanatic - see his flag football position...so, he's very happy when September rolls around...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2026 08:40 AM (tOcjL)

Just don't let him become an unrepentant accessory to double murder like some other famous Ravens linebacker.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:48 AM (ccf/V)

231
Having Du'quan Watson going back to college football after the Browns let him go this week was a watershed:

The NCAA is now officially the minors for the NFL.

Posted by: Auspex at August 24, 2026 08:48 AM (Y8DZL)

232 Having lived through the blizzard of '78, or was it '79.....I find snow much better when you can just visit it and leave.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

'79. We had just moved to Texas in August. Then winter hit. It was like we hadn't left St. Louis.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 08:49 AM (+tGb6)

233 117 Talarico's latest:

God is not Christian.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:19 AM (ccf/V)

A desperate attempt to get every musselman in Texas to get out and vote for him? Along with every Indian (dot), Indian (feather), Zoroastrian, and Jew? That would mean he loses to Paxton by 11.9%, not 12%.

Posted by: Gref at August 24, 2026 08:49 AM (5rh/l)

234
I'll take a blizzard any day over 100 degree+ for weeks on end.

And fire ants.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 24, 2026 08:46 AM (k5CNB)

This is actually the first summer in quite a few years we've had many days over 100.

Supposed to reach near 110 this week. Hadn't seen that in a LONG time.

Global warming is a bitch sometimes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:49 AM (ccf/V)

235 It's the blue counterpart to the AoSHQ quadrennial exclamations that "New York is in play!" in presidential elections. Then we get crushed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 08:37 AM (O0L8i)

I especially like being told that NJ is in play.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 24, 2026 08:50 AM (k5CNB)

236 218 Snow is awesome. There should be some snow on the ground all the time from Thanksgiving to Valentine’s Day.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

237 Football has become like SNL. If there's anything worth watching you'll see someone post a link to the actual watchable few moments the next day. You can enjoy it at your leisure and then get on with your life. It's as if we have this nationwide crowd sourced DVR. Thanks patriarchy!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)

238 236 218 Snow is awesome. There should be some snow on the ground all the time from Thanksgiving to Valentine’s Day.
Posted by: Bulg

There's no mopin' when you're in and open sleigh-Hey!

Posted by: jingle Balls at August 24, 2026 08:52 AM (JM9I6)

239
Still in the shelter after Carney declared war on the U.S. over the weekend.

Canadian Geese carry a hell of a bomb load.

Posted by: Auspex at August 24, 2026 08:52 AM (Y8DZL)

240 Today Is National Waffle Day. 🧇

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2026 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

Make sure to avoid the blue ones.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 24, 2026 08:52 AM (PGK1w)

241 Snow is awesome. There should be some snow on the ground all the time from Thanksgiving to Valentine’s Day.
Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 08:50 AM (77rzZ)

Snow sucks unless you're doing sporting events on it.......Skiing, sledding, snowmobiling.......

The only time I will tolerate snow is Christmas Day. Any other time, it sucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:53 AM (ccf/V)

242 Make sure to avoid the blue ones.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 24, 2026 08:52 AM (PGK1w)

eeegad.....I just threw up....everywhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:53 AM (ccf/V)

243 Having lived through the blizzard of '78, or was it '79.....I find snow much better when you can just visit it and leave.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026

I was a paperboy in Illinois for that epic winter. Still wondering how I survived. Snowdrifts up to roofs was not uncommon; neither were below zero temps

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:53 AM (THwi4)

244 Canada geese are asshoe.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

245
Snow sucks unless you're doing sporting events on it.......Skiing, sledding, snowmobiling.......

The only time I will tolerate snow is Christmas Day. Any other time, it sucks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:53 AM (ccf/V)

I love looking at snow but I don't like trying to get around in it...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 08:54 AM (+gK6I)

246 224 I'll be glad until Glass Joe Burrow gets injured in week 2 and I then turn into a fair weather fan.

I'm a Bills fan but a big Burrow admirer. I think he's the best QB in football if only he could stay in one piece.

Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 08:54 AM (2Drhq)

247 Football has become like SNL. If there's anything worth watching you'll see someone post a link to the actual watchable few moments the next day. You can enjoy it at your leisure and then get on with your life. It's as if we have this nationwide crowd sourced DVR. Thanks patriarchy!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
________

Snap to whistle, there's about ten minutes of actual play in an NFL game. I watch the plays in extreme slo mo and then fast forward to the next.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2026 08:54 AM (XvL8K)

248 Having lived through the blizzard of '78, or was it '79.....I find snow much better when you can just visit it and leave.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

January '79 I think. Being in 6th grade, it remains, and shall always be, a glorious memory of snow forts, tunnels, hot chocolate, and no school.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 24, 2026 08:55 AM (Fv808)

249 I'll take a blizzard any day over 100 degree+ for weeks on end.

And fire ants.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 24, 2026 08:46 AM

Preach it, CBD. This is why my happy ass is headed for NH eventually.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 08:55 AM (bFu5X)

250 Sayed is acting like a Chosen Man. God I hope I'm wrong and they beat this fucker. Maybe win the election in the meantime.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 08:55 AM (3R4hO)

251 At least you don't have to shovel me.

Posted by: Humidity at August 24, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

252 Muslims are currently about 1.9% of the Texas population. Now Texas is big enough that that’s about 400,000 people, give or take, so they can make a big noise.
But still, 1.9%.

Got to nip them in the bud...nip it, nip it, nip it.

Moslems are dirty, nasty and violent and have no business living in the US anywhere.

Posted by: Zombie Barney Fife at August 24, 2026 08:56 AM (XcBiu)

253
I was a paperboy in Illinois for that epic winter. Still wondering how I survived. Snowdrifts up to roofs was not uncommon; neither were below zero temps
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 08:53 AM (THwi4)

Yeah man. 20+ ft drifts meant the snow plows couldn't run because there was nowhere to throw the snow. We were stuck in the house for over a week. Being a kid, however, meant that we had a pretty elaborate tunnel network in the neighborhood.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:56 AM (ccf/V)

254 January '79 I think. Being in 6th grade, it remains, and shall always be, a glorious memory of snow forts, tunnels, hot chocolate, and no school.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 24, 2026 08:55 AM

February 1978. And yeah...for a kid it was fantastic. For my dad who had to shovel that crap, not so much.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 08:56 AM (bFu5X)

255 Sayed is acting like a Chosen Man. God I hope I'm wrong and they beat this fucker. Maybe win the election in the meantime.
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 08:55 AM (3R4hO)
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Pride...fall...some assembly required.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 08:57 AM (FZ29D)

256 January '79 I think. Being in 6th grade, it remains, and shall always be, a glorious memory of snow forts, tunnels, hot chocolate, and no school.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 24, 2026 08:55 AM (Fv80

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I walked all the way (maybe a mile) to school and was pissed off the teachers were too lame to show up.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX)

257 246 224 I'll be glad until Glass Joe Burrow gets injured in week 2 and I then turn into a fair weather fan.

I'm a Bills fan but a big Burrow admirer. I think he's the best QB in football if only he could stay in one piece.
Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 08:54 AM (2Drhq)

I'm an Eagles, and son being so into football got me back into it...we keep hoping for the Ravens/Eagles Super Bowl, which should have happened by now...but as I tell the son, sometimes you don't have a QB that shines in the spotlight of the playoffs...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2026 08:57 AM (tOcjL)

258
Preach it, CBD. This is why my happy ass is headed for NH eventually.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 08:55 AM (bFu5X)

Fire ants are easily controllable with Orthene.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:57 AM (ccf/V)

259 At least you don't have to shovel me.
Posted by: Humidity at August 24, 2026 08:56 AM

Yes, but when we can cut you with a knife, it's just as bad.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 08:57 AM (bFu5X)

260 CNN and MS Now had segments all upset about $40 TRILLION dollars. Nice of them to finally take notice. Only because it's politically expedient.

There was NO complaining when zero and biden were running it up.

And hey!! Great news!! We found TONS of fraud so we can start bandaging the bleeding.

You know what there response would be.
Again - political expediency.

It brings me great joy that they only have about 700,000 and 1.7 million viewers. Mostly people incarcerated in jails or airports.

Everyone have a happy week!
Back to work.

Oh, NBC Nightly News yesterday told their elderly shut-in viewers that tariffs on Canada would affect the prices of - I'm not making this up - "Refrigerators, paper plates, hockey sticks, liquors."

LOL. Be afraid. And stock up.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (Sco7b)

261 That's the great thing about America. There is something for everybody.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (FHoaH)

262 255 Sayed is acting like a Chosen Man. God I hope I'm wrong and they beat this fucker. Maybe win the election in the meantime.
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 08:55 AM (3R4hO)

Can you imagine him and that Nixon woman from FL as Senators ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (+gK6I)

263 I know Alex the Chick was somewhat of a favorite around here.

But my gosh is she vitriolic and caustic on X.
She can't disagree without being unpleasant.
It's such a tiring act.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (3cUTc)

264 I walked all the way (maybe a mile) to school and was pissed off the teachers were too lame to show up.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:57 AM

Uphill both ways.

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (2Ez/1)

265 Cool weather beats out hot weather anytime for me. I can’t stand anything over 85 degrees.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

266 Eagles fan - dang accidental delete...better than a typo, I guess...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (tOcjL)

267

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
MAJOR BREAKING: I can now confirm that Ayden Langevin has been ARRESTED by the FBI early this morning, less than 24-hours after we made them aware of these threats to President Trump

He is OFF the streets and is NOT a threat to our President now!

FAFO

https://tinyurl.com/bdnvacfz

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)

268 I grew up skiing and rode snowmobiles. I have zero desire to do either now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (teh/r)

269
I walked all the way (maybe a mile) to school and was pissed off the teachers were too lame to show up.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX)

I went to a Catholic School at that time. I can only remember a hand full of snow days. That blizzard was most of them. We actually made it to the school one day and the nun standing outside waving us on as school was closed was a shocker.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:59 AM (ccf/V)

270 And the 1979 storm was amazing as all of you covered.

It was when I was in Ohio, but Ontario got his with an ice storm that collapsed tons of power lines and did massive amounts of damage.

That was a gift that kept on giving.

Back to it.
Thanks for the break.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 24, 2026 09:00 AM (Sco7b)

271
He is OFF the streets and is NOT a threat to our President now!

FAFO

https://tinyurl.com/bdnvacfz
Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)

He sounds vaccinated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:00 AM (ccf/V)

272 Fire ants are easily controllable with Orthene.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:57 AM (ccf/V)
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Despite the name, I believe they are also vulnerable to fire...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 09:00 AM (FZ29D)

273 I know Alex the Chick was somewhat of a favorite around here.

But my gosh is she vitriolic and caustic on X.
She can't disagree without being unpleasant.
It's such a tiring act.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (3cUTc)

I find her held in WAY too high regard around these parts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:01 AM (ccf/V)

274 262 255 Sayed is acting like a Chosen Man. God I hope I'm wrong and they beat this fucker. Maybe win the election in the meantime.
Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 08:55 AM (3R4hO)

Can you imagine him and that Nixon woman from FL as Senators ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (+gK6I)

There was speculation that the trade war with Canada may hurt the Michigan economy and Mike Rogers.

So everyone may just vote for the guy that wants them dead. Good plan.

Closing tab.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 24, 2026 09:02 AM (Sco7b)

275 Despite the name, I believe they are also vulnerable to fire...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 09:00 AM (FZ29D)

Yes. Gasoline is effective, just don't use too much and blow up your yard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:02 AM (ccf/V)

276 Being a paperboy really does prepare you for adult life. Gotta get up every day at 5am and go out and deliver those papers rain or shine or snow, whether you feel like it or not. No excuses

And some days (especially summer) it’s like glorious freedom just cycling around the neighborhood throwing beautifully placed papers right exactly where you want them to land on porches house after house. You feel like a finely oiled machine…. Then you accidentally launch one onto a roof….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 09:02 AM (THwi4)

277 Getting up early to watch the crawl at the bottom of the screen to see if you're school system had declared a Snow Day.

Posted by: Good times, good times at August 24, 2026 09:02 AM (2Ez/1)

278 277 Getting up early to watch the crawl at the bottom of the screen to see if you're school system had declared a Snow Day.
Posted by: Good times, good times at August 24, 2026 09:02 AM (2Ez/1)

Don't you have to make those days up in the Spring/Summer?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:04 AM (+gK6I)

279 Getting up early to watch the crawl at the bottom of the screen to see if you're school system had declared a Snow Day.
Posted by: Good times, good times at August 24, 2026 09:02 AM (2Ez/1)

Texas uses the weatherman to determine closures days in advance.

The only time I was glad he was usually way f*cking wrong and schools were closed for no reason.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:04 AM (ccf/V)

280
Don't you have to make those days up in the Spring/Summer?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:04 AM (+gK6I)

They usually bake at least 5 snow days into the schedule.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:05 AM (ccf/V)

281 *grabs a donut and a seat*

Sup

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:05 AM (SlCzS)

282 Yes. Gasoline is effective, just don't use too much and blow up your yard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:02 AM (ccf/V)

Spoken like a man with a learning experience? Haha

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 09:05 AM (THwi4)

283 281 *grabs a donut and a seat*

Sup
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:05 AM (SlCzS)

Long time no see !

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:05 AM (+gK6I)

284
Spoken like a man with a learning experience? Haha
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 09:05 AM (THwi4)

Nah.....I've seen the videos on line. I was much more controlled than that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:06 AM (ccf/V)

285 Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:05 AM (SlCzS)

BLAST from the PAST!!!!!

How goes it, stranger?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:06 AM (ccf/V)

286 Dave_in_Fla

Huzzah! Welcome back.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)

287 Wow, I go off to one little gym session and the horde runs up the posting total to near 300 comments. All that Monday morning energy!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (tAo8j)

288 Does paper delivery even exist anymore? Seems like there'd be too few customers to warrant the cost.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (XvL8K)

289 He sounds vaccinated.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:00 AM (ccf/V)
*******
They need to make a TDS vaccine.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

290 Don't you have to make those days up in the Spring/Summer?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:04 AM (+gK6I)

They usually bake at least 5 snow days into the schedule.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:05 AM

Whatever happened to Zoom School?
It was good enough for like a year and a half.
Can't you just use it for snow days?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)

291 Saw a guy on X doing the question of if it was ok to hate a religion. Muslims, and Buddhism was bad, hating Christianity and Christians was understandable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (rp63B)

292 Does paper delivery even exist anymore? Seems like there'd be too few customers to warrant the cost.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (XvL8K)

Now that you mention it, I haven't seen the free thing they used to fling in my yard once a week in a while.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (ccf/V)

293 Yes. Gasoline is effective, just don't use too much and blow up your yard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:02 AM

Lots of molten aluminum can result in dead ants and modern sculpture.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (bFu5X)

294 I see Hippo and I have the same ATC opinion.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:08 AM (SlCzS)

295 Congratulations to Her Majesty and Hadrian! Wonderful news.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 24, 2026 09:08 AM (yTvNw)

296
Whatever happened to Zoom School?
It was good enough for like a year and a half.
Can't you just use it for snow days?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)

Don't know as I only have a Sr. in College. They don't care whether you show up or not, usually, as long as you turn in assignments and pass tests.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:09 AM (ccf/V)

297 277 Getting up early to watch the crawl at the bottom of the screen to see if you're school system had declared a Snow Day.
Posted by: Good times, good times at August 24, 2026 09:02 AM (2Ez/1)

Ha! I didn't even bother getting out of bed, just turned on the radio and listened hopefully, in the dark.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2026 09:09 AM (h7ZuX)

298 *grabs a donut and a seat*

Sup
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:05 AM

*raises coffee mug in the manner of Winston Wolf*

Welcome back, stranger.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 09:09 AM (bFu5X)

299 Yeah, warm climates have way too many venomous critters. Screw that shit.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 09:09 AM (77rzZ)

300 We had snow in January. Fair amount of it. Then freezing rain on top of that. Then rain. Then it all froze solid for about 2 weeks.

You didn't shovel it. You chipped at it until tired and defeated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2026 09:09 AM (2Cry5)

301 I see Hippo and I have the same ATC opinion.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:08 AM (SlCzS)

Final straw was when she shit on us and flounced........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:10 AM (ccf/V)

302 298 *grabs a donut and a seat*

Sup
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:05 AM

Just in time for the poll wars

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:10 AM (+gK6I)

303 Lots of molten aluminum can result in dead ants and modern sculpture.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (bFu5X)

I found the number of cans required to get a feasible amount and the heat required to melt them way more effort than it was worth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:11 AM (ccf/V)

304 It's my first full week in my new position where I can carry a phone with me.

Thought I'd peek in and say Hi 😊

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:11 AM (SlCzS)

305 Just in time for the poll wars
Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:10 AM

Begun, the poll wars have?

Posted by: Yoda at August 24, 2026 09:11 AM (bFu5X)

306 Whatever happened to Zoom School?
It was good enough for like a year and a half.
Can't you just use it for snow days?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)

I assume that they realize, rightly, that it'd be an enormous shitshow to try and do that 2-3 days per year, maybe, and have decided that it isn't worth the effort and expense. Also, the education industrial complex is still dealing the with the fallout of parents learning the shit that goes on in the classroom from the last time they did that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 09:11 AM (ExV1e)

307 The WSJ is stating that Democrats will retake the senate. Their pathway? They’re going to win TX, NC, GA, AK, ME and MI.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 24, 2026 08:05 AM (UEhSw)
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This is false, and yet you keep saying it. As far as Grok can tell, the Journal said no such thing. Why repeat this comment?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2026 09:12 AM (tAo8j)

308
Congratulations to Her Majesty and Hadrian! Wonderful news.
Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 24, 2026 09:08 AM (yTvNw)

Thank you. It was the first BIS The Big Dummy's Ohio mom has ever had. She was nearly hysterical with happiness when Her Majesty called to tell her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 09:12 AM (O0L8i)

309
Thought I'd peek in and say Hi 😊
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:11 AM (SlCzS)

Good to see you, sir. Hopefully you can become more of a regular again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:12 AM (ccf/V)

310 I found the number of cans required to get a feasible amount and the heat required to melt them way more effort than it was worth.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:11 AM

Don't think of it as effort. Think of it as art. Lethal, satisfying art.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 09:12 AM (bFu5X)

311 I find her held in WAY too high regard around these parts.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

The mind that alters-alters all.

Posted by: Michael Savage 1998 at August 24, 2026 09:13 AM (JM9I6)

312 I assume that they realize, rightly, that it'd be an enormous shitshow to try and do that 2-3 days per year, maybe, and have decided that it isn't worth the effort and expense. Also, the education industrial complex is still dealing the with the fallout of parents learning the shit that goes on in the classroom from the last time they did that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 09:11 AM (ExV1e)

It's just way too much effort to expect from your local hero teachers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:13 AM (ccf/V)

313 Fire ants are easily controllable with Orthene.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:57 AM (ccf/V)
----
Despite the name, I believe they are also vulnerable to fire...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Ethyl.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 09:13 AM (+tGb6)

314 Just in time for the poll wars
Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:10 AM (+gK6I)

Candy is flanking Mercedes while Porsche and Sapphire are just taking pot shots at each other.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)

315 Haha Donna

Not going to have much useful to say about polls this year. They are all crap.

Absolutely no clue what is going to happen this cycle.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:14 AM (SlCzS)

316 Whatever happened to Zoom School?
It was good enough for like a year and a half.
Can't you just use it for snow days?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)
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Dunno about K-12, but at the college level that's exactly what we do.

Professors can't cancel class for bad weather unless they have some sort of technology issue (e.g., a winter storm knocks out power in their neighborhood).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 09:14 AM (FZ29D)

317 Don't think of it as effort. Think of it as art. Lethal, satisfying art.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 09:12 AM (bFu5X)

I may have to revisit it in our future home.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:14 AM (ccf/V)

318 If you're looking for an alternative to football, check this out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ckT4DxMB0

#1 South Africa played #2 New Zealand on Saturday

Rugby has twice the action in half the time.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 24, 2026 09:14 AM (dtajH)

319 The WSJ says a lot of things.

Posted by: Just ignore it at August 24, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)

320 311 I find her held in WAY too high regard around these parts.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I never interacted much with her.. I didn't even know she was gay/ Bi or whatever she is... Not that that matters

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:14 AM (+gK6I)

321 So the strippers are going to war with each other? Where can I watch the action?

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 09:14 AM (77rzZ)

322 Lots of molten aluminum can result in dead ants and modern sculpture.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 09:07 AM (bFu5X)

I found the number of cans required to get a feasible amount and the heat required to melt them way more effort than it was worth.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:11 AM (ccf/V)

You can still buy flamethrowers on Amazon.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e)

323
Absolutely no clue what is going to happen this cycle.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:14 AM (SlCzS)

Crazy isn't it...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:15 AM (+gK6I)

324 Fire ants are easily controllable with Orthene.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 08:57 AM (ccf/V)
+++
Seems like all fire ant treatment is temporary. I can treat my yard and they just go over and hang out in my neighbour's yard for a few months.
Then they are right back again.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 24, 2026 09:15 AM (Lo97M)

325
I find her held in WAY too high regard around these parts.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

"High" is not an applicable term in this case.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 09:15 AM (O0L8i)

326 *Not going to have much useful to say about polls this year. They are all crap.*

What makes you say that?

Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 24, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)

327
I never interacted much with her.. I didn't even know she was gay/ Bi or whatever she is... Not that that matters
Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:14 AM (+gK6I)

No one really cared until she got pissed off at some opinions and flounced. She needed to protect 'her people' from us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:16 AM (ccf/V)

328 Mia Bonta, the author of the Stop Nick Shirley Act, is married to the California AG, the same guy who is driving the Hollywood studios out of the state and suing Meta to extract a big check.

What a family!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 24, 2026 09:16 AM (tAo8j)

329 I'm gong to try Sponge, going to try. Really missed the comments section for 2 years.

I've been able to read JJs posts, but work computer was blocking the comments section.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:16 AM (SlCzS)

330 Does paper delivery even exist anymore? Seems like there'd be too few customers to warrant the cost.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Does in small towns. However, it DOES read like a newspaper from Mayberry.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 09:17 AM (+tGb6)

331 If you think you've got it bad, at least 30 people were killed when a dump collapsed in Guinea.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 09:17 AM (rp63B)

332
"High" is not an applicable term in this case.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 09:15 AM (O0L8i)

What she lacked in stature was made up by the high pedestal she was placed on by some.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:17 AM (ccf/V)

333 Rugby has twice the action in half the time.
Posted by: Ignoramus
_________

But no forward pass.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2026 09:18 AM (XvL8K)

334
RNC Research
@RNCResearch

Georgia Governor candidate, Democrat Keisha Lance-Bottoms BRAGS about protecting criminal illegal aliens:

“When I was Mayor of Atlanta… I made the decision to end our multiyear multimillion dollar agreement with ICE.”

https://tinyurl.com/4x43fbh2

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2026 09:18 AM (NpAcC)

335 What she lacked in stature was made up by the high pedestal she was placed on by some.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:17 AM

That and the stepstool.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 09:18 AM (bFu5X)

336 What she lacked in stature was made up by the high pedestal she was placed on by some.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:17 AM (ccf/V)

In before someone points out that she has big tits.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

337 I'm gong to try Sponge, going to try. Really missed the comments section for 2 years.

I've been able to read JJs posts, but work computer was blocking the comments section.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:16 AM (SlCzS)

I get that. It's harder to post from work, but I manage.

Hope you're able to. You've been missed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:18 AM (ccf/V)

338
Georgia Governor candidate, Democrat Keisha Lance-Bottoms BRAGS about protecting criminal illegal aliens:

I thought she went to jail ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:19 AM (+gK6I)

339 In before someone points out that she has big tits.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 09:18 AM

Stealing Bulg's thunder?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 09:19 AM (bFu5X)

340 I never got the AtC thing, either.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

341
What she lacked in stature was made up by the high pedestal she was placed on by some.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:17 AM (ccf/V)

It's never a good idea to place anyone on a pedestal. Inevitably, they'll be a disappointment to you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2026 09:19 AM (O0L8i)

342 What's funny is "Usha get out" has been a DNC meme for two years. Even their insults are scripted unoriginal bs.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 09:19 AM (vE0+H)

343 Stealing Bulg's thunder?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 09:19 AM (bFu5X)

No. I'm a fan of a more moderate bosom and don't excuse anyone their failings on the basis of mammaries.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 09:20 AM (ExV1e)

344
105* yesterday.

Supposed to be 105* today.

But, AC is working just fine!

Good AC! Good boy! *pats fan grating*

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2026 09:20 AM (iJfKG)

345 Seems like all fire ant treatment is temporary. I can treat my yard and they just go over and hang out in my neighbour's yard for a few months.
Then they are right back again.
Posted by: Florida Peasant

Everything you can see is temporary. You don't get a haircut once or eat once, mow the lawn once, exercise once.

Posted by: The Daily Grind at August 24, 2026 09:21 AM (JM9I6)

346 No. I'm a fan of a more moderate bosom and don't excuse anyone their failings on the basis of mammaries.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 09:20 AM

*nods sagely*

There are some things even a great rack can't excuse.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 09:21 AM (bFu5X)

347
But, AC is working just fine!

Good AC! Good boy! *pats fan grating*

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2026 09:20 AM (iJfKG)

My 28 year old unit is doing all she can. Too small from the get go, but she's plugging right along. Cycles in the morning, kicks on and stays on from about 2 PM on till after midnight. Just doesn't move enough air to keep the house cool.

I'm expecting 78 in the house during those above 100 degree days as we've been seeing for weeks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:22 AM (ccf/V)

348 @231 White Fragility of the morning so far:
"The NCAA is now officially the minors for the NFL."

Yes, I noticed that you got the name wrong on both ends.
This proves how superior your fake name is to his. Honk on.

But Moron, what this proves is the opposite.
The Browns are a minor league for the SEC. Numbnuts.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 24, 2026 09:23 AM (zdLoL)

349
There are some things even a great rack can't excuse.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2026 09:21 AM (bFu5X)

A fact of life that's just hard to fathom sometimes........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:23 AM (ccf/V)

350 What's funny is "Usha get out" has been a DNC meme for two years. Even their insults are scripted unoriginal bs.

Democrats despise happy marriages because theirs are alll business transactions for power / electability. And they double-despise happy interracial marriages, just ask Clarence Thomas.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 09:23 AM (3ha+O)

351 I'm still following ATC on X, though probably not much longer.

She's currently on an anti-data center crusade 🤷‍♂️

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:23 AM (SlCzS)

352 I don’t understand the angst on our side regarding the midterms. The Dems are nominating a bunch of loons. I don’t have a crystal ball but I’ll honestly be surprised if the Dems get the house. I’d be absolutely shocked if they get the senate. I mean are actual voters gonna go for DSA nuts and creeps like Talarico and El-Sayad? I don’t think so, Tim

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 09:24 AM (THwi4)

353 She's currently on an anti-data center crusade 🤷‍♂️
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:23 AM (SlCzS)

Oh FFS.

Yeah, America should fall way behind in the tech landscape to China and every other country because of largely made up bullshit about datacenters..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:24 AM (ccf/V)

354 She's currently on an anti-data center crusade 🤷‍♂️
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:23 AM (SlCzS)

Yeah, what's with that ? Why all the hysteria over them ? China is smiling

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:24 AM (+gK6I)

355
Georgia Governor candidate, Democrat Keisha Lance-Bottoms???

Soooo, Keisha is the Pegging Fancier's Candidate of choice?

Democrats....yeeesh.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2026 09:25 AM (iJfKG)

356 Old Southern tip - Malt o meal kills fire ants.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at August 24, 2026 09:25 AM (2Xrky)

357 No. I'm a fan of a more moderate bosom and don't excuse anyone their failings on the basis of mammaries.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 09:20 AM (ExV1e)

We live in a mammo-centric society — Alan Harper coinage

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 24, 2026 09:26 AM (THwi4)

358 I’m sorry, I hate freaking data centers, too. They’re damned ugly and, I suspect, tools of the panopticon state.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 09:26 AM (77rzZ)

359 Old Southern tip - Malt o meal kills fire ants.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at August 24, 2026 09:25 AM (2Xrky)

Studies by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and other researchers have confirmed that instant grits, Malt-O-Meal, cornmeal, and other cereals fail to control imported fire ant mounds.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 09:26 AM (ExV1e)

360 She's currently on an anti-data center crusade 🤷‍♂️

Her position is a bit more nuanced than that - she wonders why data centers in the US are important but none of the raw materials going into them are. Which is a fair point, but also borderline straw man because I don't think anyone building them has a preference for CHY-NUH.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 09:27 AM (3ha+O)

361 There are some things even a great rack can't excuse.

I don't understand those words in that order.

Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 24, 2026 09:27 AM (IVr15)

362 Studies by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension...That's nice. Worked for me and it was pet safe.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at August 24, 2026 09:28 AM (2Xrky)

363 Yeah, what's with that ? Why all the hysteria over them ? China is smiling

China is openly funding the opposition to them. It worked for the Saudis in the 70s and 80s to kill nuclear power, it almost worked for the Saudis again to stop fracking in the 2000s, and they think it can work again.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 09:28 AM (3ha+O)

364 Happy Monday

Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2026 09:28 AM (X8xt3)

365 I used to have a different nic

ATC was great friends with Bandersnatch. His death may have soured her more than usual.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 09:28 AM (u82oZ)

366 Datacenters pay for their own energy, and sometimes are REQUIRED to build and maintain their own power plants.

Most water cooling requirements are made up for by using the same method as coal plants used to.......cycle lake water, keeping the lakes warm year round, yet losing very little to evaporation, as it would in nature anyway.

Other systems are sealed, so the water used at the forefront is the only water used for lengthy periods of time.

MOST of the hysteria about datacenters is made up bullshit forced upon us from China and competing countries that have no goal other than to DESTROY AMERICA.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:29 AM (ccf/V)

367 I’m sorry, I hate freaking data centers, too. They’re damned ugly and, I suspect, tools of the panopticon state.
Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 09:26 AM (77rzZ)

My only objection to data centers is that the coming AI shakeout will make many redundant and the increasing unreliability of cloud computing will increase that number. Then you have large numbers of specialized buildings all over the place which serve no purpose.

I wouldn't try to stop them though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 24, 2026 09:29 AM (ExV1e)

368 354 She's currently on an anti-data center crusade 🤷‍♂️
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:23 AM (SlCzS)

Yeah, what's with that ? Why all the hysteria over them ? China is smiling

Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:24 AM (+gK6I)

The Left constantly needs new bad guys and their victims. To keep the outrage going. Climate change is not scaring enough people anymore. Trans-insanity is waning as a Leftist outrage factory. The race card lost its impact.

Posted by: Gref at August 24, 2026 09:29 AM (5rh/l)

369 I don’t worry about China. They’re incompetent at making anything good. Even the stuff they steal from us they screw up. That damn they built is going to fail eventually, and then the show’s over for them anyway.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)

370 Linus - pretty much my take as well.

There is a cool guy I follow on X who makes a good case that it doesn't matter if the Dems take the house.

But using polls to try and figure out a direction this year is pretty useless. There used to be a couple that could be trusted, but all the good ones crashed out last year, and the response data is just bad.

Massive misses in polls because white working class and rural are not being sampled.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at August 24, 2026 09:29 AM (SlCzS)

371 It worked for the Saudis in the 70s and 80s to kill nuclear power, it almost worked for the Saudis again to stop fracking in the 2000s, and they think it can work again.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 09:28 AM (3ha+O)/i]

LOOK AT ALL THE POLLUTION!!!!!!!!!

.....Um......that's steam.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

372 There's creamy data-in my pants!

Posted by: Scranton Joe With Squirts at August 24, 2026 09:30 AM (JM9I6)

373 There should be a fast track procedure to the SC for these obvious unconstitutional laws passed by States.

Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2026 09:30 AM (KC5Lt)

374 Art up

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2026 09:30 AM (+tGb6)

375 I thought she went to jail ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 24, 2026 09:19 AM (+gK6I)
*****
You might be thinking of Fani Willis

Posted by: redridinghood at August 24, 2026 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

376 >>What's funny is "Usha get out" has been a DNC meme for two years. Even their insults are scripted unoriginal bs.

Weird!

or "Weird!"

Posted by: Lizzy at August 24, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)

377 Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 24, 2026 09:27 AM (IVr15)

I wanted to start a garage band and name it Buck Farack.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 24, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

378

My only objection to data centers is that the coming AI shakeout will make many redundant and the increasing unreliability of cloud computing will increase that number. Then you have large numbers of specialized buildings all over the place which serve no purpose.

That's okay.

At that point they all become Bowling alleys and Dave&Buster's.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 24, 2026 09:32 AM (iJfKG)

379 Large, specialized buildings that serve no purpose?

Posted by: Describing Every Skool at August 24, 2026 09:32 AM (JM9I6)

380 So the Canada trade deal has brought out the most hilarious delusions of the frostbacks.

They really, really think they are a 1st world country, an equal to the US.

And even after their own state-news said Carney lied about the French language issue, they still are all "elbows up!"

Mentally deranged.

It's amazing and horrifying watching the 65+ cohort gutting out their entire economy--after looting it for 40+ years, then importing millions to prop up their retirement welfare--all out of spite over Trump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 24, 2026 09:33 AM (3cUTc)

381 “I don’t worry about China. They’re incompetent at making anything good”
——-
You typed this on a Chinese laptop, or PC, or Smartphone. Right?

Is it possible too, you know, they might get better over time and improve? Japanese manufacturing, for their part, at one time was not known particularly for high precision or quality. It is now.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2026 09:37 AM (0ass6)

382 Large, specialized buildings that serve no purpose?

I've seen enough schools and churches converted to houses or apartments to believe any building can be made to do anything, within reason.

I also don't think data center demand will shrink significantly in the wake of any bubble popping. The internet ended in 2002 when the dot-com bubble popped, right? Nobody has any cloud services or server farms, right?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 09:41 AM (2ocoG)

383 Is it possible too, you know, they might get better over time and improve? Japanese manufacturing, for their part, at one time was not known particularly for high precision or quality. It is now.

The difference is that Chinese manufacturing is good only when closely supervised by the Americans/Europeans/Japanese. That was Tim Cook's breakthrough idea at Apple. When left to their own devices, the Chinese revert to fast and cheap and not that good. Nearly all of their domestic stuff is awful bordering on scary in many cases.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 24, 2026 09:43 AM (2ocoG)

384 "Japanese manufacturing, for their part, at one time was not known particularly for high precision or quality. It is now."

Post WWII the Japanese were early adopters of quality control methods as preached by Edward Deming, a prophet ignored in his own land -- the US.

Detroit especially missed this and paid for it as Americans turned away from US-made cars in the 70s.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 24, 2026 09:53 AM (dtajH)

385 Newsome is retahhaded.

Posted by: Duh at August 24, 2026 10:00 AM (bXsD6)

386 AB 2624 is an attempt by the California state government to hide crimes, including federal crimes. As such, every member of the California government who helped this pass as possibly party to a conspiracy to obstruct justice, as well as, conspiracy to deny civil rights.

Posted by: SMOD at August 24, 2026 10:08 AM (yH8/G)

387 The reality is uncomfortable for the political class: the real crime of 2008 was not a failure of capitalism, but a catastrophic failure of central planning.

The subprime crisis was deliberately engineered in Washington. Through affordable housing quotas managed by HUD, progressive policymakers systematically weaponized government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. To meet arbitrary, politically-motivated homeownership targets, these institutions were forced to aggressively buy up low-quality, high-risk mortgages.

Posted by: Neo at August 24, 2026 10:25 AM (RHGPo)

388 I walked all the way (maybe a mile) to school and was pissed off the teachers were too lame to show up.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 08:57 AM

Uphill both ways.
Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at August 24, 2026 08:58 AM (2Ez/1)

into the wind. I DID grow up in eastern North Dakota. Cold, windy yeah. Minus 35 for a week at a time.

Posted by: free tibet at August 24, 2026 11:29 AM (iNp3L)

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