The Morning Rant: Chris Murphy...Retard!

Look up the term "Useful Idiot" in the dictionary, and it is illustrated with a photograph of Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut.

Normally I would assume malign motives when a politician is so doctrinaire and so willing to spout the tedious and predictable progressive cant that can be summarized in a few sentences by any college sophomore, bong in hand, on a Saturday night in the dorms.

And I have no doubt that Chris Murphy is indeed an evil prick, but he is also in the running for the United States Senate Booby Prize for dumbest senator. How he plans to achieve the goal that even Cuba, China, and the UK struggle with is beyond me, but that doesn't stop him from babbling this incoherent nonsense!

Chris Murphy calls for 'regulating the internet' so people won't fall for a 'demagogue like Donald Trump'

"That's why regulating the internet so that you're spending less time alone on Instagram should be an important government project," he said. "And if people are feeling more powerful and less lonely, then they are going to be less likely to fall for a bulls--- demagogue like Donald Trump. And what I say in the book is that if you really think about the things that make you more connected and make you more powerful, they're not actually super partisan."

"...they're not actually super partisan." Obviously the transcript left off the "dude" at the end of the sentence. What exactly is Senator Retard proposing? AI monitoring of everyone's social media usage, with preprogrammed cutoffs in the event anybody reaches a predetermined number of views of right-of-center videos or reels or TikToks or whatever?

Why...Yes! That's exactly what he is proposing! And of course he and his other knuckle-dragging, booger-eating retard buddies in the Senate would pass "sensible" legislation mandating this.

That's not authoritarian...that is full-blown dictatorship, and little Chrissy of the small brain is all for it. These are the people who love FLOCK cameras and shouting down speakers on university campuses and dropping the charges against arsonists because they were "mostly peaceful" and cheering on the maniacs who saw Charlie Kirk's murder and shouted, "MORE!"

Our rights protecting us from government overreach are not negotiable, and pushing back against the constant encroachment by all government entities is a noble and necessary activity. Freedom and liberty are, by definition, messy in comparison to the locked-down society that these little Stalins crave.

As the saying goes..."The 1st Amendment is protected by the 2nd Amendment." That's not hyperbole...that is reality!

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Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 1st?

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

2 I hope we don't actually end up having to shoot our way out of socialism. The 2nd amendment does protect the 1st but let's hope we really never have to use it.

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at September 22, 2026 11:01 AM (ilHZO)

3 Yesss!! I'll cull the otters.

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

4 Otter status: Culled.

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

5 2 I hope we don't actually end up having to shoot our way out of socialism. The 2nd amendment does protect the 1st but let's hope we really never have to use it.
Posted by: Drunken Yoda
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Si vis pacem, para bellum

Posted by: whig at September 22, 2026 11:03 AM (E4rtv)

6 Chris Murphy is retarded.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2026 11:04 AM (2Cry5)

7 I hope we don't actually end up having to shoot our way out of socialism. The 2nd amendment does protect the 1st but let's hope we really never have to use it.
Posted by: Drunken Yoda
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Si vis pacem, para bellum

Indeed.

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at September 22, 2026 11:04 AM (ilHZO)

8 Patty Murray is always in the running for dumbest Senator, but Murphy is near the top of the list.

Posted by: Rate-A-Retard, LLC. at September 22, 2026 11:04 AM (Fn+3X)

9 Si vis pacem, para .45 ACP

FIFY

Posted by: man at September 22, 2026 11:04 AM (pfXMo)

10 8 Patty Murray is always in the running for dumbest Senator, but Murphy is near the top of the list.
Posted by: Rate-A-Retard, LLC. at September 22, 2026 11:04 AM (Fn+3X)

Sadly, the list of candidates for dumbest senator is long and distinguished.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 22, 2026 11:05 AM (N39Ws)

11 Like I said over at JJs this morning...

We are at war, and our nation has become a thousand battlegrounds.

'This war will not happen on some distant battlefield, but amongst us. Amongst our homes. Our children will learn of it with their own eyes. And the innocent will die with the rest of us.'

What's coming is more The Balkans and less US Civil War.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 22, 2026 11:05 AM (gLYp7)

12 The last thread should be nuked.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 22, 2026 11:05 AM (rujGJ)

13 Who regulates the Regulators?

Posted by: Lucas, Prince Of Darkness at September 22, 2026 11:05 AM (Fn+3X)

14 10 8 Patty Murray is always in the running for dumbest Senator, but Murphy is near the top of the list.
Posted by: Rate-A-Retard, LLC. at September 22, 2026 11:04 AM (Fn+3X)

Hey !

Posted by: Mazie Hirono at September 22, 2026 11:06 AM (+gK6I)

15 What's coming is more The Balkans"

So, typical human history...

Posted by: man at September 22, 2026 11:07 AM (pfXMo)

16 hope we don't actually end up having to shoot our way out of socialism. The 2nd amendment does protect the 1st but let's hope we really never have to use it.
Posted by: Drunken Yoda at September 22, 2026 11:01 AM (ilHZO)

IMHO, we're very close to passing the time when the 2nd amendment would be the most effective. If (when) they gain control again, it'll be too late.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 22, 2026 11:07 AM (g8Ew8)

17 12 The last thread should be nuked.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Who peed in your Wheaties?

Posted by: Cap'n Crunch at September 22, 2026 11:07 AM (Fn+3X)

18 The last thread should be nuked.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

What do you have against urinals?

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

19 Murphy saw the statements come out of the German Chancellors clamhatch piehole and thought yeah that seems good.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 22, 2026 11:07 AM (n5tGW)

20 As the saying goes..."The 1st Amendment is protected by the 2nd Amendment." That's not hyperbole...that is reality!
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I know people like to say this...but when was the last time this actually happened--where people used the 2nd Amendment to push back against encroachments on the 1st Amendment?

It seems like the 1st Amendment is eroding a little bit at a time and no one ever seems to do anything about it other than try to tie things up in the court system.

What will be the straw that breaks the camel's back?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2026 11:07 AM (FZ29D)

21
If by "dumb" you mean smiling and staring ahead without a word, I think you all know who the winner is...

Posted by: Auspex at September 22, 2026 11:08 AM (Y8DZL)

22 The falling barometer invigorates me for some reason. Ai knows what I'm about to type sometimes. Uncanny.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:09 AM (fcCLB)

23 From the linked article: "...Murphy discussed his book "Crisis of the Common Good," ..."

Oh. You're money laundering.

Got it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 22, 2026 11:09 AM (2Ez/1)

24 Sorry, already taken.

Posted by: Murphy's Law at September 22, 2026 11:10 AM (w9Wax)

25 What will be the straw that breaks the camel's back?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2026 11:07 AM (FZ29D

When they kill someone for disagreeing with them.

Oh....wait.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2026 11:10 AM (CdaaV)

26 >Sadly, the list of candidates for dumbest senator is long and distinguished.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 22, 2026 11:05 AM (N39Ws)

*waves*

Posted by: Maizy Hirano at September 22, 2026 11:10 AM (GTqXr)

27 How can anyone complain about us aping our European and Russian and Chinese betters?!
/sarc

What a fascist putz.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 22, 2026 11:11 AM (aJQbY)

28 Anytime some water walking asshole like Chris Murphy wants to regulate or ban or censor or whatever the proper response to a so called do-gooder asshole like him is to regulate, ban and censor his ass first and see how that works.

Posted by: Carrot Bottom at September 22, 2026 11:12 AM (ALGqY)

29 Tim Kaine is a VERY dumb man. Came close to being a VERY dumb Vice President.

Posted by: Do Better, Virginia at September 22, 2026 11:12 AM (Fn+3X)

30 > What's coming is more The Balkans and less US Civil War.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung
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In some respects, it's already happening.

Blue shitholes
Red enclaves

One side has clearly decided it's war while the other hasn't acknowledged it yet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2026 11:12 AM (2Cry5)

31 BOING!

Dark times indeed!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2026 11:13 AM (y1wyK)

32 Tim Kaine is a VERY dumb man. Came close to being a VERY dumb Vice President.
Posted by: Do Better, Virginia

Hey, I'm right here.

Posted by: Joey B. at September 22, 2026 11:14 AM (tmYdE)

33 Most of the "elite" know what they are pushing is a lie.

They aren't the useful idiots. The are the manipulators.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 11:15 AM (N1DT3)

34 I'm so old I remember when Democrats screamed they weren't working with social media companies to censor conservatives. The literally kicked the POTUS off social media but he's the demagogue?

You really have to wonder how much of their bullshit they believe and much is them just not caring that they are lying because nobody on the left ever challenges them.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 22, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)

35 There are a few true believers among the "elite" and most of them are the young ones who have been winning.

They are FAR more dangerous.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 11:16 AM (N1DT3)

36 Chris Murphy calls for 'regulating the internet' so people won't fall for a 'demagogue like Donald Trump'

Chancellor Merz in Germany is saying the same thing.

The internet shouldn't provide misinformation, you see, and the government will determine what is and isn't misinformation.

"Our Democracy".

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 22, 2026 11:16 AM (aD4fx)

37 Mr. Murphy is also the Senator who wanted the government to arrange play dates for adults due to the dangers of loneliness. I wonder if this BS ties in somehow.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 22, 2026 11:16 AM (vupS9)

38 Si vis pacem, para .45 ACP

FIFY
Posted by: man at September 22, 2026 11:04 AM (pfXMo)

If I'm preparing for war, I'm preparing more than a handgun, thank you.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 11:17 AM (N1DT3)

39 In some respects, it's already happening.

Blue shitholes
Red enclaves

Which just lets blue shitholes govern everything statewide by having a monopoly over the biggest population centers and committing fraud to the nth degree. Separation is not a solution for the right.

Posted by: Balkanization without war is surrender at September 22, 2026 11:18 AM (5HtUQ)

40 I know people like to say this...but when was the last time this actually happened--where people used the 2nd Amendment to push back against encroachments on the 1st Amendment?

It seems like the 1st Amendment is eroding a little bit at a time and no one ever seems to do anything about it other than try to tie things up in the court system.

What will be the straw that breaks the camel's back?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2026 11:07 AM (FZ29D)

Look up "The Battle of Athens". It has happened.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 11:18 AM (N1DT3)

41 I continue to suffer from what my son calls Boomer Optimism, the belief that the system can be saved. My boy maintains that it is best to accept that the old Republic is dead and to work to shape what comes after.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 22, 2026 11:19 AM (4NO2D)

42 Furry NCIS background check incoming.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:19 AM (fcCLB)

43 Sometimes federal laws pre-empt state laws and multi-state corporations like that because it can be complicated to comply with the laws of multiple states.

While there is no one-world government that pre-empts national sovereignty (yet), if nations get together to demand corporations like instagram, meta, etc., provide "guardrails" on their products or face large fines or market exclusion, they will comply. The easiest way to comply is to make one model that is universally compliant. Voila!

Posted by: Oglebay at September 22, 2026 11:19 AM (2ap+5)

44 Remember when things were messed up and the government swooped in and made it all better?

Me neither.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 22, 2026 11:19 AM (NR6c1)

45 One side has clearly decided it's war while the other hasn't acknowledged it yet.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 22, 2026 11:12 AM (2Cry5)

They should be praying we don't acknowledge their dumb ass. If they keep pushing us to accept their stupid war... They will lose. They will be crying and begging on their knees for us to stop. We have homes, families, jobs, lives that we love. We don't want to risk it all because someone else wants attention. But when we are pushed hard enough.... We don't shove back. We shoot. We destroy that which seeks to destroy what we love. Push a weak man and he will fold. Push a strong one and he kills.
Tale as old as time.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2026 11:20 AM (CdaaV)

46 Look up "The Battle of Athens". It has happened.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

That's the first thing that came to my mind, too.

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:20 AM (77rzZ)

47 14 10 8 Patty Murray is always in the running for dumbest Senator, but Murphy is near the top of the list.
Posted by: Rate-A-Retard, LLC. at September 22, 2026 11:04 AM

—————

I wish Tailhook would have never happened.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at September 22, 2026 11:20 AM (A6RcJ)

48 Tim Kaine is a VERY dumb man. Came close to being a VERY dumb Vice President.
Posted by: Do Better, Virginia at September 22, 2026 11:12 AM (Fn+3X)

Sadly, the dumbest seems to be a competition, because we've been getting worse and worse since 1980.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 11:20 AM (N1DT3)

49 ----
I know people like to say this...but when was the last time this actually happened--where people used the 2nd Amendment to push back against encroachments on the 1st Amendment?

It seems like the 1st Amendment is eroding a little bit at a time and no one ever seems to do anything about it other than try to tie things up in the court system.

What will be the straw that breaks the camel's back?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2026 11:07 AM (FZ29D)

The 2nd protects the 1st but if that line is crossed no one knows where it will end up. But the capacity is there.

Unlike in Canada where people are realizing too late that the Canadian Charter of Privileges is worthless and there is little recourse left to the people.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 22, 2026 11:20 AM (vupS9)

50 We're from the Government and we're here to help.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:20 AM (fcCLB)

51 Sadly, the dumbest seems to be a competition, because we've been getting worse and worse since 1980.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 11:20 AM (N1DT3)

(And I only stopped there because my offhand, personal knowledge doesn't go back before that.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 11:21 AM (N1DT3)

52 Not to self-promote(much), but over at my site, there is a young lady by the name of Emily who is teaching pioneer school children the Enumerated Powers and the Bill of Rights.
She just finished up several posts about the 2d Amendment.
And when she is not in 1888, she spends some time in swimsuits.

Posted by: RI Red at September 22, 2026 11:21 AM (20TOz)

53 You to chicken to post links?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:22 AM (fcCLB)

54 My boy maintains that it is best to accept that the old Republic is dead and to work to shape what comes after.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Dates of deaths: 1861, 1912, 1933, 1965, 2008.

Posted by: Auspex at September 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Y8DZL)

55 much is them just not caring that they are lying because nobody has ever challenged them"

Fixed...

Posted by: man at September 22, 2026 11:23 AM (pfXMo)

56 Tale as old as time.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2026 11:20 AM (CdaaV)

Nobody fights as hard as the man who just wanted to be left alone.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 22, 2026 11:23 AM (gLYp7)

57 Nobody fights as hard as the man who just wanted to be left alone.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 22, 2026 11:23 AM (gLYp7)

Marvin Heemeyer nods.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 22, 2026 11:24 AM (2ap+5)

58 I wish Tailhook would have never happened."

The proper response to the activists should have been "bite me".

Or similar

Posted by: man at September 22, 2026 11:24 AM (pfXMo)

59 >>I continue to suffer from what my son calls Boomer Optimism, the belief that the system can be saved. My boy maintains that it is best to accept that the old Republic is dead and to work to shape what comes after.

Eh, we did have a civil war in this country and came back from that. Seems like that was a bit more partisan given the hundreds of thousands of deaths.

We've been on this path with the left infiltrating all walks of life both in and out of the government for a long time and only recently starting really fighting back. I'm not ready to give up on the republic just yet.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 22, 2026 11:24 AM (viF8m)

60 Test

Posted by: Don Black at September 22, 2026 11:25 AM (ZxPkt)

61 We will know how it turns out depending on whether the New Dollar has Reagan or Obama on it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 22, 2026 11:27 AM (4NO2D)

62 I have the flu. 0/10. Would not recommend.

Posted by: Piper at September 22, 2026 11:27 AM (ZdaMQ)

63 Chris Murphy makes Mazie Hirono sound smart.

Posted by: Roy at September 22, 2026 11:28 AM (qwype)

64 Oh Piper, hope you feel better soon!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2026 11:28 AM (CdaaV)

65 I have the flu. 0/10. Would not recommend.
Posted by: Piper

Dead people get the flu?

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

66 My boy maintains that it is best to accept that the old Republic is dead and to work to shape what comes after.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Dates of deaths: 1861, 1912, 1933, 1965, 2008.
Posted by: Auspex at September 22, 2026 11:22 AM (Y8DZL)

An explosion of laws and regulations suggests a people no longer capable of governing themselves. (Or, not allowed to.)

In 1850, a congressional district had less than 100,000 people. Today it's over 700,000. That a MASSIVE loss of representation.

I don't care if it makes congress unworkable (that would be a benefit, actually), we need to increase the size of the house to over 2,000.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 11:28 AM (N1DT3)

67 Ha, ha, ha! You're rocking and rolling on this 1st day of Fall.

Against ICE, for the former Bipartisan Border Bill, called the U.S. Supreme Court "politicians" after the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

Murphy is gutless in 'Democrat' theaters, a male equivalent of an AWFL on the streets. While he dodges labels & not quite endorses democratic socialism, he also argues the party should focus on "common good capitalism," (Like Vietnam's?) addressing economic grievances through higher minimum wages and strong unions—rather than relying on defensive incrementalism.

NY Post, 'MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski blast Sen. Chris Murphy for not denouncing Mamdani-backed NYC radical' June 2026.

What's worse, there are many more like him.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 22, 2026 11:29 AM (NFX2v)

68 I had a horrible cold and flu a couple of weeks ago. Inflamed tonsils and fluid in the lungs. Yeech.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:29 AM (fcCLB)

69 62 I have the flu. 0/10. Would not recommend.
Posted by: Piper at September 22, 2026 11:27 AM (ZdaMQ)

M wife is not feeling well either. Is it unacceptable to hope this bug doesn't affect men?

Posted by: Oglebay at September 22, 2026 11:29 AM (2ap+5)

70 "...if you really think about the things that make you more connected and make you more powerful, they're not actually super partisan."
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Oh, they SHOULDN'T be "super partisan", but they in fact are because the left has abandoned any embrace of individual rights, the family, the church, and free enterprise.

Posted by: Crusader at September 22, 2026 11:29 AM (TN0g+)

71 Chicken soup.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 22, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)

72 I have the flu. 0/10. Would not recommend.
Posted by: Piper

Dead people get the flu?
Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

They catch it at polling stations.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 11:30 AM (N1DT3)

73 https://katnapfever.com/

If it isn’t under my nic.

Posted by: RI Red at September 22, 2026 11:30 AM (20TOz)

74 Chris Murphy makes Mazie Hirono sound smart.
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Let's not go crazy here.

Posted by: Crusader at September 22, 2026 11:30 AM (TN0g+)

75 I wonder if an incoming real ID will be enough.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:31 AM (fcCLB)

76 And I have no doubt that Chris Murphy is indeed an evil prick, but he is also in the running for the United States Senate Booby Prize for dumbest senator.
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I don't think Mazie will give up the crown.

And he's got Booker in the running. There is stiff competition for the dumbest Senator. And I'm not even including the odoriferous Schiff.

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 11:31 AM (Fi81e)

77 On my phone. Sorry. This high tech sh*t.

Posted by: RI Red at September 22, 2026 11:32 AM (20TOz)

78 2 I hope we don't actually end up having to shoot our way out of socialism. The 2nd amendment does protect the 1st but let's hope we really never have to use it.
Posted by: Drunken Yoda

Nah. It just keeps wrapping around like a boa.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 22, 2026 11:32 AM (NFX2v)

79 Remember when things were messed up and the government swooped in and made it all better?
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I have post-Helene stories of dealing with FEMA that you would not believe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2026 11:32 AM (XeU6L)

80 Murphy discussed his book "Crisis of the Common Good,"
----

Cuz what we all needed was a lecture from a retard on the common good.

Posted by: Crusader at September 22, 2026 11:32 AM (TN0g+)

81 Chicken soup.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 22, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)
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Teach him to cross that road!

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 11:32 AM (Fi81e)

82 Thnx.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:33 AM (fcCLB)

83 https://katnapfever.com/

If it isn’t under my nic.
Posted by: RI Red

Purple hair and no pronounced hooterage in those swimsuit pics.

She should stick with the 19th-century schoolmarm look.

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

84 64 Oh Piper, hope you feel better soon!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September

Thank you. I rarely get sick. Hope this is short lived.

Posted by: Piper at September 22, 2026 11:33 AM (ZdaMQ)

85 81 Chicken soup.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 22, 2026 11:29 AM
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Teach him to cross that road!
Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 11:32 AM

To get to Piper.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 22, 2026 11:33 AM (2Ez/1)

86 41 I continue to suffer from what my son calls Boomer Optimism, the belief that the system can be saved. My boy maintains that it is best to accept that the old Republic is dead and to work to shape what comes after.
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 22, 2026 11:19 AM (4NO2D)

Then he has submitted. Sad.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 22, 2026 11:34 AM (g8Ew8)

87 The militia consisted of ESD as we used to say in the Army.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:34 AM (fcCLB)

88 "That's why regulating the internet so that you're spending less time alone on Instagram should be an important government project," he said.
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Don't know how you're going to do that since "Congress shall make no law".

Another un-Constitutional independent regulatory agency?!

That would still be Congress passing a law.

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 11:34 AM (Fi81e)

89 Chicken soup.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

And ginger ale. Nothing's better than ginger ale when you have a cold.

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)

90 Bernie has an AI consumer protection bill that actually gives a MONOPOLY to Tech Oligarchs.

Because he hates him some Oligarchy. For $ure!

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at September 22, 2026 11:35 AM (0HXsR)

91 Little House on the Prairie fashion.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:36 AM (fcCLB)

92 Here in my part of Indiana, we had unbearable heat and humidity for weeks. Last week the high temps were 94° for 4 days in a row.

Yesterday the temp didn't get above70° and today it is currently 60° and cloudy with a sturdy breeze.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2026 11:36 AM (CdaaV)

93 And Trump's the fascist one, supposedly. OK.

88 - since when has what the Constitution says ever stopped a politician from passing a illegal law? They don't care. Except for power, I mean.

Posted by: Gaff at September 22, 2026 11:36 AM (EqzMw)

94 M wife is not feeling well either. Is it unacceptable to hope this bug doesn't affect men?
Posted by: Oglebay at September 22, 2026

Pretty sure J gave it to me. But I hope you get spared!

Posted by: Piper at September 22, 2026 11:37 AM (ZdaMQ)

95 More rain tonight.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:38 AM (fcCLB)

96 Remember when social media was completely ok, like when the Democrats would dictate who platforms need to remove?

Before a person with any conservative leanings bought a social media company?

You can start by banning Tiktok, though.

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 11:38 AM (Fi81e)

97 Deleting Tik Tok is the first thing I do on a new Samsung.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:39 AM (fcCLB)

98 Murphy discussed his book "Crisis of the Common Good,"
----

Cuz what we all needed was a lecture from a retard on the common good.
Posted by: Crusader at September 22, 2026 11:32 AM (TN0g+)

That's the expression, "common good", that was used the most in Atlas Shrugged. It's actually a brilliant two-word communist manifesto.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 22, 2026 11:39 AM (g8Ew8)

99 It's cold. Time to plant grass and carve pumpkins.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 22, 2026 11:40 AM (2ap+5)

100 And Trump's the fascist one, supposedly. OK.

88 - since when has what the Constitution says ever stopped a politician from passing a illegal law? They don't care. Except for power, I mean.
Posted by: Gaff at September 22, 2026 11:36 AM (EqzMw)
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Nope. As much as I hate all the campaign commercials, the "good idea" that was McCain-Feingold, was still a law Congress wasn't supposed to make. But that was rightly depowered by the Citizens United decision.

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 11:40 AM (Fi81e)

101 ...he also argues the party should focus on "common good capitalism,"...addressing economic grievances through higher minimum wages and strong unions...
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Higher minimum wages reduce employment and unions cause prices for affected products and services to rise.

Posted by: Crusader at September 22, 2026 11:41 AM (TN0g+)

102 We've been on this path with the left infiltrating all walks of life both in and out of the government for a long time and only recently starting really fighting back. I'm not ready to give up on the republic just yet.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I will again plug the book, 'A Conservative History of the American Left'. It's a real eye-opener, well documented. Here's a hardback copy on Ebay, $4.96, free shipping. https://shorturl.at/QTyVh

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2026 11:41 AM (XeU6L)

103 The White House needs a bouncer.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:41 AM (fcCLB)

104 Unions suck and the real minimum wage is $0.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2026 11:42 AM (CdaaV)

105 I'm so old I remember when you were supposed to wear a mask for the "common good."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 22, 2026 11:42 AM (2Ez/1)

106 That's the expression, "common good", that was used the most in Atlas Shrugged. It's actually a brilliant two-word communist manifesto.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 22, 2026 11:39 AM (g8Ew

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It's also a principle of non-heredity authoritarian structures of government, i.e., representative authoritarianism, whose most popular form is fascism.

That's why the government is given all power and decisions, to promote what the government has determined is the primary common good.

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 11:42 AM (Fi81e)

107 If only they had had paper masks in 1919.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:43 AM (fcCLB)

108 So Murphy is dumb and Kale makes you sick. Learned a lot today!

Posted by: Knowledge is Good! at September 22, 2026 11:43 AM (Fn+3X)

109 The state is showing its a**. Spengler thought the Faustian West would last until about 2100, but he did not take into account American impatience.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 22, 2026 11:44 AM (2ap+5)

110 Bob Ross on the Create channel now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 22, 2026 11:44 AM (rujGJ)

111 I wonder if an incoming real ID will be enough.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:31 AM (fcCLB)

Real ID is only as good as the honesty, and effort, of the people issuing them, which is to say, zero.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 22, 2026 11:44 AM (ExV1e)

112 Now the trees.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 22, 2026 11:45 AM (rujGJ)

113 Trying to get an NCIS III background check.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:45 AM (fcCLB)

114 I will again plug the book, 'A Conservative History of the American Left'. It's a real eye-opener, well documented. Here's a hardback copy on Ebay, $4.96, free shipping.

https://shorturl.at/QTyVh
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2026 11:41 AM (XeU6L)
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Absolute recommend. Been plugging that for at least a decade, when I thought of it. Love that book. Flynn does good work.

If you don't know who Robert Owen is, you don't know a lot about the history of the American left. Marx adopted Owen's "socialism" as his theory of progress, and Marx's "communism" refers to Owen's communes (it ain't fuckin' Bolshevism, or the "Dictatorship (In the Name) of the Proletariat".)

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 11:46 AM (Fi81e)

115 Now the trees.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 22, 2026 11:45 AM (rujGJ)

Are they the happy little ones or the almighty ones?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2026 11:47 AM (CdaaV)

116 I straining to understand how Trump is demagogue at any level of analysis.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 22, 2026 11:47 AM (XV/Pl)

117 Trying to get an NCIS III background check.
Posted by: Boss Moss

YYYEAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

Posted by: Roger Daltrey at September 22, 2026 11:47 AM (rujGJ)

118 >>>The White House needs a bouncer.
~~~~~

I'm right here.

Posted by: Little Marco at September 22, 2026 11:48 AM (3ImbR)

119 Anyone watch Trump's UN speech?

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ)

120 Are they the happy little ones or the almighty ones?
Posted by: Madamemayhem

Almighty. Looks like ponderosa pines.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 22, 2026 11:48 AM (rujGJ)

121

Remember during Covid

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern once said, "We will continue to be your single source of truth," and that, "Unless you hear it from us, it is not the truth."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2026 11:49 AM (Cqx++)

122 No. Is it good? Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:49 AM (fcCLB)

123 I straining to understand how Trump is demagogue at any level of analysis.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 22, 2026 11:47 AM (XV/Pl)

If he actually wanted to be one, he'd be the best.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 22, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew8)

124 OT - I did not realize that Todd Beamer's family ( The "let's roll" guy was originally from Flint, MI. His father did an ad against Al- Sayed. Powerful ad. "Legal Insurrection" site:

https://tinyurl.com/ycycf23x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2026 11:50 AM (JrHfD)

125 I straining to understand how Trump is demagogue at any level of analysis.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 22, 2026 11:47 AM (XV/Pl)
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It's because Trump appeals to a broad range of people, and they have to find some bad word that suggests that he should not be doing that.... because he works against their will.

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 11:50 AM (Fi81e)

126 >>>Trying to get an NCIS III background check.
~~~~~

Gimme a call. I can probably help.

Posted by: Mark Harmon at September 22, 2026 11:50 AM (3ImbR)

127 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern once said, "We will continue to be your single source of truth," and that, "Unless you hear it from us, it is not the truth."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2026 11:49 AM (Cqx++)

But please do nothing till you hear from me
And you never will.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 22, 2026 11:50 AM (2ap+5)

128 Sigh.

My company just cut 25% of its US based workforce and 100% of its UK.

All getting shipped off to India.

Posted by: Defenestratus at September 22, 2026 11:50 AM (WYStd)

129 I straining to understand how Trump is demagogue at any level of analysis.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 22, 2026 11:47 AM (XV/Pl)

If he actually wanted to be one, he'd be the best.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 22, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew

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World class, just the best, some people say: better than Hitler. They do. Can you imagine that? Better than Hitler. That's something.

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 11:51 AM (Fi81e)

130 There's a cabin now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 22, 2026 11:51 AM (rujGJ)

131 Paul in India is going to be busy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:52 AM (fcCLB)

132 Posted by: Mark Harmon at September 22, 2026 11:50 AM (3ImbR)

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Loved you in Summer School

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 22, 2026 11:53 AM (2UnvF)

133 While there is no one-world government that pre-empts national sovereignty (yet), if nations get together to demand corporations like instagram, meta, etc., provide "guardrails" on their products or face large fines or market exclusion, they will comply. The easiest way to comply is to make one model that is universally compliant. Voila!
Posted by: Oglebay

You mean like how California's emissions laws define how Ford builds cars for every state?

That'll never happen.

/s

Posted by: mikeski at September 22, 2026 11:54 AM (VHUov)

134 Hubbymayhem and I are going to D.C. for a few days next month. We will be wandering the National Mall.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2026 11:54 AM (CdaaV)

135 >>New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern once said, "We will continue to be your single source of truth," and that, "Unless you hear it from us, it is not the truth."

And then she and her whole family moved to Australia.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 22, 2026 11:54 AM (viF8m)

136 I straining to understand how Trump is demagogue at any level of analysis.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 22, 2026 11:47 AM (XV/Pl)

Because, unlike most of our fake politicians, he knows how to talk to the average American. He connects with people in a very effective manner. Best presidential communicator since Reagan.

And our fake and gay political class hates him for it. Thus, "demagogue."

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

137 They should build all California cars in California.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:55 AM (fcCLB)

138 Before I escaped the shithole that is Connecticut, Murphy and Da Nang Dick Blumenthal were my Senators. A dumber and more moronic pair of idiots have never existed. Just listening to them speak will erode your IQ by at least 15 points.

Posted by: USMCMGB at September 22, 2026 11:56 AM (PyMCh)

139 https://tinyurl.com/ycycf23x
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2026 11:50 AM (JrHfD)

And the "Legal Insurrection" site in the comments has a transcript of Todd Beamer's call to the operator. They were heroes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2026 11:56 AM (JrHfD)

140 Crikey.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 11:56 AM (fcCLB)

141 Jucinda Adern did such a great job as prime minister of New Zealand that she has moved to Australia.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 22, 2026 11:56 AM (2ap+5)

142 207. If only they had had paper masks in 1919.

If only we did.

During the 1918 Spanish Flu, cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland enacted strict ordinances requiring citizens to wear gauze or cheesecloth face coverings in public, with violators facing fines or imprisonment.

NY Times, The Mask Slackers of 1918
Pfizer, Flashback: Spanish Flu Mask

They knew, they always knew. Yet we were told to make our own masks for how long? Allegedly, the recommendation to make homemade cloth masks in 2020 was a direct result of unprecedented global supply chain failures and a critical shortage of medical-grade Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Hmm.

But not for control & obedience training?

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 22, 2026 11:56 AM (NFX2v)

143 That's not authoritarian...that is full-blown dictatorship

Dictators have to be dicks...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 22, 2026 11:56 AM (l3cgK)

144 Hubbymayhem and I are going to D.C. for a few days next month. We will be wandering the National Mall.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Cool.

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:57 AM (77rzZ)

145 144 Hubbymayhem and I are going to D.C. for a few days next month. We will be wandering the National Mall.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Cool.

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 11:57 AM (77rzZ)

I seem to remember one Senator Harry Reid had some rather pungent words about that...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 22, 2026 11:58 AM (l3cgK)

146
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 22, 2026 11:58 AM (y9nCu)

147 143 That's not authoritarian...that is full-blown dictatorship

Dictators have to be dicks...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 22, 2026 11:56 AM (l3cgK)

With the brains of taters.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 22, 2026 11:59 AM (l3cgK)

148 Demagoguery has long been a staple of the Dems. As usual, they accuse others of doing what they themselves are.

Posted by: fd at September 22, 2026 11:59 AM (HDKvF)

149 148 Demagoguery has long been a staple of the Dems. As usual, they accuse others of doing what they themselves are.

Posted by: fd at September 22, 2026 11:59 AM (HDKvF)

Gog.
Magog.
Demagogue.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 22, 2026 12:00 PM (l3cgK)

150 Was that Biden speech in front of Independence Hall, bathed in red, demagoguery or elder statesmanship in defense of democracy by any means necessary?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:01 PM (X57hR)

151 I'm cold. My hip hurts like hell. I'm gonna skip the house cleaning an just go have a hot shower and put on something warm cozy.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at September 22, 2026 12:01 PM (CdaaV)

152 Was that Biden speech in front of Independence Hall, bathed in red, demagoguery or elder statesmanship in defense of democracy by any means necessary?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:01 PM

It was brilliant rhetorical skill, peon!

- The Media

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 22, 2026 12:01 PM (P6lWH)

153 150 Was that Biden speech in front of Independence Hall, bathed in red, demagoguery or elder statesmanship in defense of democracy by any means necessary?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:01 PM (X57hR)

Authoritarianism is the best way to save Democracy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 22, 2026 12:01 PM (l3cgK)

154 152 Was that Biden speech in front of Independence Hall, bathed in red, demagoguery or elder statesmanship in defense of democracy by any means necessary?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:01 PM

It was brilliant rhetorical skill, peon!

- The Media

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 22, 2026 12:01 PM (P6lWH)

=====

Hard to tell The Media from Bill Kristol these days.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:02 PM (X57hR)

155 Posted by: Mark Harmon at September 22, 2026 11:50 AM (3ImbR)

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Loved you in Summer School
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Yeah, under-rated for sure. About that same time wasn't there some movie about a driving school that had some great moments?

Posted by: Crusader at September 22, 2026 12:03 PM (TN0g+)

156 69 degree high today. 56 degree low tonight. Free air conditioning.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 12:03 PM (fcCLB)

157 153 150 Was that Biden speech in front of Independence Hall, bathed in red, demagoguery or elder statesmanship in defense of democracy by any means necessary?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:01 PM (X57hR)

Authoritarianism is the best way to save Democracy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 22, 2026 12:01 PM (l3cgK)

========

The only way for democracy to work is to give full power of information and entrance into the legal, financial, and political system to a powerful elite who cannot be questioned by the people who make up democracy.

It's science.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:03 PM (X57hR)

158 Hard to tell The Media from Bill Kristol these days.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:02 PM

The Venn Diagram of their respective views would be a circle. With a puckered circumference...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 22, 2026 12:03 PM (P6lWH)

159 As somewhat of a Searcher, why does the Orthodox Church insist on iconography? Why take chances? I just don't understand why icons were worth fighting for.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 22, 2026 12:03 PM (2ap+5)

160 If only they had had paper masks in 1919.

If only we did.

During the 1918 Spanish Flu, cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland enacted strict ordinances requiring citizens to wear gauze or cheesecloth face coverings in public, with violators facing fines or imprisonment.

NY Times, The Mask Slackers of 1918
_________

They probably would have been more attuned to masks in 1919, what with all troops returning from gas warfare, and the news around it.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 22, 2026 12:05 PM (XvL8K)

161 38 Si vis pacem, para .45 ACP

FIFY
Posted by: man at September 22, 2026 11:04 AM (pfXMo)

If I'm preparing for war, I'm preparing more than a handgun, thank you.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 11:17 AM (N1DT3)

What's a Tommy gun, chopped liver?

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at September 22, 2026 12:05 PM (lfNXu)

162 Was that Biden speech in front of Independence Hall, bathed in red, demagoguery or elder statesmanship in defense of democracy by any means necessary?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:01 PM (X57hR)
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Ah, the warnings against national enemies and threats was classic.

It's part of the gaslighting that the Dems did fascism so much better than the "right" ever did.

But it's only on the right.

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 12:06 PM (Fi81e)

163 I just don't understand why icons were worth fighting for.
Posted by: Oglebay

The Iconoclasm controversy in Byzantium was way overblown, and largely the creation of the iconodules (those who venerated icons).

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 12:06 PM (77rzZ)

164 161
What's a Tommy gun, chopped liver?

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at September 22, 2026 12:05 PM (lfNXu)

=======

"Terrible at chopping liver. It didn't chop. It obliterated. 0/5 stars. Would not recommend."
-Amazon review

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:06 PM (X57hR)

165 Who's face with be one the $250 Federal Reserve Note?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 22, 2026 12:06 PM (36x1j)

166 That's not 'RETARD', Ace. That's "he knows full well what he's saying, how he's saying it, to whom it's addressed, and it was delivered as intended".

No 'Retard' there and we should stop pretending so.

Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at September 22, 2026 12:07 PM (V87Oy)

167
The Iconoclasm controversy in Byzantium was way overblown, and largely the creation of the iconodules (those who venerated icons).
Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 12:06 PM (77rzZ)

I really want to like the Orthodox, but the icon issue is a bridge too far, I'm afraid.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 22, 2026 12:07 PM (2ap+5)

168 The only way for democracy to work is to give full power of information and entrance into the legal, financial, and political system to a powerful elite who cannot be questioned by the people who make up democracy.

It's science.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:03 PM (X57hR)
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Anyone spreading the idea that this is not the best idea is dangerous. They are the very threat to our happiness under the benefits of such a system.

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 12:07 PM (Fi81e)

169 "Who's face with be one the $250 Federal Reserve Note?"

I vote for Punk Monkey!

Posted by: fd at September 22, 2026 12:08 PM (HDKvF)

170 166 That's not 'RETARD', Ace. That's "he knows full well what he's saying, how he's saying it, to whom it's addressed, and it was delivered as intended".

No 'Retard' there and we should stop pretending so.

Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at September 22, 2026 12:07 PM (V87Oy)

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Saying ace wrote the post is retarded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:08 PM (X57hR)

171 Most of the "elite" know what they are pushing is a lie.

They aren't the useful idiots. The are the manipulators
==
Of course they are manipulators.

Someone pointed out the obvious stupidity of the democratic ticket - Joe Biden - so obviously incompetent he had to withdraw. Then replaced by Kamela Harris and Tim What's his name. Complete drooling idiots.

There's no "there" there. The game is completely obvious.

Posted by: For the edification of the distaff crowd at September 22, 2026 12:08 PM (anL5R)

172 Greenland Backs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 12:08 PM (fcCLB)

173 168 The only way for democracy to work is to give full power of information and entrance into the legal, financial, and political system to a powerful elite who cannot be questioned by the people who make up democracy.

It's science.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:03 PM (X57hR)
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Anyone spreading the idea that this is not the best idea is dangerous. They are the very threat to our happiness under the benefits of such a system.

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 12:07 PM (Fi81e)

=========

Gulags for everyone!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:08 PM (X57hR)

174 159 As somewhat of a Searcher, why does the Orthodox Church insist on iconography? Why take chances? I just don't understand why icons were worth fighting for.
Posted by: Oglebay

Every church is now apostate. The church age is over.

Posted by: Come Out Of Her, My People at September 22, 2026 12:09 PM (Fn+3X)

175 Thx CBD
Connecticut has Murphy and Blumenthal
Massachusetts has Markey and Warren
NY has Schumer and Gillibrand.
Any surprise those states are effed?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 22, 2026 12:09 PM (taL2t)

176 Shoulda gone with $500.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 12:09 PM (fcCLB)

177 I really want to like the Orthodox, but the icon issue is a bridge too far, I'm afraid.
Posted by: Oglebay

There was a period when I was really into Russian icons, as artistic works. As a lifelong Protestant, I don't endow them with any religious significance, but they can be very beautiful as art.

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)

178 The Orthodox Church seems rather unorthodox.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2026 12:11 PM (fcCLB)

179 Then he has submitted. Sad.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 22, 2026 11:34 AM

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 22, 2026 12:11 PM (4NO2D)

180 What's a Tommy gun, chopped liver?
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at September 22, 2026 12:05 PM (lfNXu)

Compared to a battle rifle? Yes.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 12:12 PM (N1DT3)

181 Defenestratus, best wishes that you find something faster than me!

In six months the India shop that picks up the jobs will probably be subcontracting back to the US... at half the rate you were getting paid.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 22, 2026 12:12 PM (aJQbY)

182 Reuters: "As Resistance Mounts, Trump Turns to a Familiar Shield: National Security!"

Resistance to what, Reuters? America?

This is what the US press has dissolved into at last, an insurrection cheerleader in childish defiance to America and all things American.

Posted by: Does anyone concur with Boswell? at September 22, 2026 12:14 PM (NTVPI)

183 Reportedly, Philly socialists ("working families") have prepared a 40 page affordability study and are looking for Mamdani markets to be established.

City unions are also planning for higher salaries and benefits - 10% - in just a year!

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 22, 2026 12:14 PM (NFX2v)

184 The only way for democracy to work is to give full power of information and entrance into the legal, financial, and political system to a powerful elite who cannot be questioned by the people who make up democracy.

It's science.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:03 PM (X57hR)
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Anyone spreading the idea that this is not the best idea is dangerous. They are the very threat to our happiness under the benefits of such a system.

Posted by: Axeman at September 22, 2026 12:07 PM (Fi81e)

=========

Gulags for everyone!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 22, 2026 12:08 PM (X57hR)

Trump's biggest sin is that he has increased the welfare of the working class who have seen nothing but stagnation for 50 years.

They are supposed to suffer while the elites suck all the benefits they can!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 12:15 PM (N1DT3)

185 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 12:16 PM (77rzZ)

186 Morning, CBD and Horde. I am alive and well, but my ISP has shit the bed. They just up and decommissioned the 4G tower that I had been using for years. With no advance warning. At. All.

I am in a local cafe, using their wifi. Just spoke with a neighbor, and he had exactly the same experience. "Oh, we sent you an email, two months ago, but it bounced back. Within their OWN FUCKING SYSTEM.

I am going to be looking at Starlink. And my email will be closed down in a few days. That I have used for years and years. I'm going to have to get a new primary email address, and then notify everybody on my contact list.

Fuckety, fuck, fuck, fuck.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2026 12:16 PM (ElWmm)

187 Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 22, 2026 12:16 PM (4NO2D)

188 There was a period when I was really into Russian icons, as artistic works. As a lifelong Protestant, I don't endow them with any religious significance, but they can be very beautiful as art.
Posted by: Bulg at September 22, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)

Yes, I think this is correct. They are beautiful, and can focus the mind on the good. But as lovely as they are, it seem silly to me to fight over them. Is the second commandment absolute? Why would I find icons so important that I would place a bet on this?

Posted by: Oglebay at September 22, 2026 12:16 PM (2ap+5)

189 Ogle at. I am not familiar with the "fighting for icons " as in war, but here is an interesting article on their importance of icons from an Eastern Orthodox site:

https://tinyurl.com/yjkrcdpy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2026 12:20 PM (JrHfD)

190 189. Sorry about the typo on your handle, Oglebay.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 22, 2026 12:21 PM (JrHfD)

191 160. They probably would have been more attuned to masks in 1919, what with all troops returning from gas warfare, and the news around it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Indeed.

When the flu hit, cities like San Francisco applied this wartime mentality to public health, labeling people who refused to wear gauze masks as "mask slackers."
In late 1918, compliance was incredibly high due to this lingering wartime discipline.

By 1919, "pandemic fatigue" had set in. Once the armistice was signed, the public's willingness to tolerate restrictions plummeted, leading to the rise of groups like the Anti-Mask League.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 22, 2026 12:21 PM (NFX2v)

192 I don't care if it makes congress unworkable (that would be a benefit, actually), we need to increase the size of the house to over 2,000.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 22, 2026 11:28 AM (N1DT3)

Only if the Capitol is not expanded to accommodate 2000 reps. The UK House of Commons, for instance, cannot seat all 650 members at once.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 22, 2026 02:35 PM (vupS9)

193 Without Murphy's tie or no tie and beard, stubble, or shaved visual clues I don't know how seriously the PR girlfriend expects me to take this.

Posted by: BenMSYS at September 22, 2026 03:02 PM (Yo9jg)

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