Nick Shirley Exposes How Bums Sell Taxpayer-Funded Food Stamps to Scammers -- Often "Foreign" -- for Cash to Buy Drugs. <br>The Homeless Bums Chase Him Down the Street for Exposing the Scam.

Nick Shirley Exposes How Bums Sell Taxpayer-Funded Food Stamps to Scammers -- Often "Foreign" -- for Cash to Buy Drugs.
The Homeless Bums Chase Him Down the Street for Exposing the Scam.

That all came after a wild investigation which showed how street hoods trade their SNAP funds for cash -- or fentanyl, oftentimes. Shirley likened it to swapping Pokemon cards, only this was for pennies on the dollar; he asked a man who said he had $306 on his food stamp card how much he was willing to deal it for, and the man said he was willing to sell it for $120.
Shirley then linked up with a middle-aged woman from Vietnam who said she could make a deal with him. She ushered him over to a seafood market where the cashier rang them up for $120 for a can of spam and one plate of sushi; Shirley -- who was donning a Seahawks beanie and face mask as he tried to hide his identity -- said it was clear the woman was part of a "mafia-style ring," where she was getting a kickback from the store for funneling bogus food stamp deals to them.

I assume the woman would then "refund" him like $60, taking $120 in a "sale" of one can of spam (which taxpayers pay for) and then giving the guy presenting the card half of that back in cash.

After leaving the store together, Shirley and his crew confronted the woman.
"You're committing fraud. Food stamp fraud. It's against the law," Shirley told her.
The woman took it in stride. "I know, yeah." She then started ratting other people out on the street who were apparently running the same scheme.
Shirley then returned to the seafood market to ask why they were allowing the fraud to take place. While there, all hell broke loose on the sidewalks outside, with one of the security guards trading blows with a "homeless individual" -- which led to his gun falling out in a crowd of suspected fentanyl addicts. The security guy then started punching other guys around him when no one would return his gun.
Once he was filled in as he was leaving the store, Shirley and the other members of his crew started running for safety. A homeless suspected drug addict tried to join their getaway, but he apparently couldn't keep up.
"I'm on fenty, I can't run!" the man yelled as Shirley skirted off.

Nick shirley
@nickshirleyy
🚨 1 can of Spam for $120.
Food stamps have become the new ATM for fraudsters as they partner with local businesses to commit the fraud as they trade SNAP cards like Pokémon cards on the streets.
Across America food stamp fraud is happening everywhere. It has become a billion dollar fraudulent industry as taxpayers fund the $100 billion program.
We caught a fraudster on the streets of Seattle as she attempted to buy a can of spam and sushi for $120 in a food stamp for cash exchange, it's a billion dollar fraudulent scheme stealing from the poor and hungry. This is a must watch and is happening everywhere.
EXPOSE AND SHUT IT ALL DOWN.

🚨 1 can of Spam for $120.
Food stamps have become the new ATM for fraudsters as they partner with local businesses to commit the fraud as they trade SNAP cards like Pokémon cards on the streets.
Across America food stamp fraud is happening everywhere. It has become a billion dollar fraudulent industry as taxpayers fund the $100 billion program.
We caught a fraudster on the streets of Seattle as she attempted to buy a can of spam and sushi for $120 in a food stamp for cash exchange, it’s a billion dollar fraudulent scheme stealing from the poor and hungry. This is a must watch and is happening everywhere.
EXPOSE AND SHUT IT ALL DOWN.
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) October 7, 2026

Update: They're trying to just kill conservative journalists.

WOW. Additional video from the attack on @TheMaineWire reporter Joe Sokol appears to show a preliminary attempt by driver Ryan Hayward to hit Sokol with his car.
You can see Hayward divert his car at the last second as a cop passed by.
INSANE
https://t.co/GIUq8um4SW
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 7, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:25 PM

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1 My God, it's full of link.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 07, 2026 04:25 PM (zZu0s)

2 What?

Posted by: Accomack at October 07, 2026 04:25 PM (4c58h)

3 Voight yanked that guy just in time

Posted by: Accomack at October 07, 2026 04:26 PM (4c58h)

4 IT'S FULL OF RED

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:28 PM (odBC9)

5 REDRUM REDRUM

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:29 PM (odBC9)

6 Better read than dead.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:29 PM (XeU6L)

7 You youngsters must not know this has been going on since I was a kid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:29 PM (RIvkX)

8 But it was GOOD Spam?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 04:29 PM (Cqx++)

9 https://tinyurl.com/2dmn4a6z

obigatory government cheese

Posted by: torabora at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (Wt1Rs)

10 My God, it's full of link.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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One giant sausage!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (XeU6L)

11 Nood. Link.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

I am not surprised, because I'm pretty sure Ace Does Not Video Game, but am still slightly disappointed that this has nothing to do with Legend of Zelda.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (vJrRc)

12 I'm with Fenty.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (Cqx++)

13 8 But it was GOOD Spam?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 04:29 PM (Cqx++)

5 Stars in Oahu!!!

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (Gqar8)

14 I was disappointed BBB didnt do more on food stamps. I remember welfare reform in the 90s where at least theoretically it was capped at a certain amount of years.

It should be the same with food stamps.

But bring back soup kitchens, this gift card nonsense needs to stop. Just about every fast food place has a "we accept EBT"

Posted by: Leupold at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (YZ84N)

15 I'm on fenty, so I can't read the content.

Posted by: Halfhand at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (90f8g)

16 You youngsters must not know this has been going on since I was a kid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Was even "easier" then. Just sold the stamps
For cash.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

17 I saw Homeless Bums open for Death Cab for Cutie at the Hollywood Bowl in '86.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (guGkK)

18
Leftists don't care about helping the poor. They care about the smoosh they can extract from programs for the poor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (eRlcH)

19 "I'm on fenty, I can't run!" the man yelled as Shirley skirted off.

We used to be a serious country.
Now we’re a skit in a satirical comedy show.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

20 18
Leftists don't care about helping the poor. They care about the smoosh they can extract from programs for the poor.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (eRlcH)

This, 1000%.

They also rarely ever personally donate to the poor b/c that's someone else's job...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)

21
I remember watching the bums buy huge grocery cart loads of bottled water, take it outside the store and dump it all out. Walk the empty bottles back in and turn it in for the 5 cent deposits and buy a tall boy beer.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (OkYzo)

22 You can't make a decent pizza without $120 Spam.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (guGkK)

23 I'm on fenty, I can't run!" the man yelled as Shirley skirted off.

========

He should by a music stand from Charlie Kelly.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

24 I’m on Fenty so I can’t clean my room.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (Gqar8)

25
This is the kind of journalism that scares the left into passing laws against it.

Posted by: Auspex at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (Y8DZL)

26 21 I remember watching the bums buy huge grocery cart loads of bottled water, take it outside the store and dump it all out. Walk the empty bottles back in and turn it in for the 5 cent deposits and buy a tall boy beer.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (OkYzo)

That would be infuriating.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:33 PM (odBC9)

27 First you get the underlines, then you get the red font, then you get the women.

Posted by: Tony "Ace" Montana at October 07, 2026 04:33 PM (90f8g)

28 The red typeface merely emphasizes the red ink being spilled all across the fruited plain by ths egregoius fraud. The noted auteur, going under the whimsical moniker of "Ace of Spades", frequently dabbles in such off kilter tag as "centering" text for extended periods of time, thereby disorienting the viewers and posters, in mock-deprecation known as "morons." The avant guarde has never been prouder.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 07, 2026 04:33 PM (sFNX2)

29 There needs to be a hard RESET.

All existing accounts closed.
Every current recipient must reapply in person, show valid ID and prove citizenship.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 04:34 PM (4KUe5)

30 I remember watching the bums buy huge grocery cart loads of bottled water, take it outside the store and dump it all out. Walk the empty bottles back in and turn it in for the 5 cent deposits and buy a tall boy beer.

It's almost as irrational as taking a functioning automobile and pouring sand into the crankcase.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 04:34 PM (guGkK)

31 They hit government paid for asthma inhaler after each cigarette. Get sick lame crazy pay for cash to buy cigs.

Posted by: torabora at October 07, 2026 04:34 PM (Wt1Rs)

32 Spam Scam. Had no idea. How do Hawaiians stay so fat then?

Posted by: Poi Poi Platter? at October 07, 2026 04:34 PM (EdP2u)

33 Is the fenty guy a flearf?

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:35 PM (odBC9)

34 We used to be a serious country.
Now we’re a skit in a satirical comedy show.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
---------

Lightfoot:
'Pride of Man'
https://shorturl.at/Oh8ad

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:35 PM (XeU6L)

35 "I'm on fenty, I can't run!"

Soon to be sampled on a Kanye track.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at October 07, 2026 04:35 PM (CwhoI)

36 God bless Nick Shirley.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (4KUe5)

37 I'm on fenty, I can't do HTML.

Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)

38 Nothing new under the sun. Years ago, when I was walkin' through Mamfis, a local denizen approached and asked if I wanted to buy some food stamps. I declined.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (sFNX2)

39 The EBT scams have been going on forever, too.

Remember the stories of jugs of Tide detergent being used to barter for drugs?
They can buy Tide with EBT, everybody needs detergent, so bottles of Tide became currency in some places.

Like American whiskey amd cigarettes were as good as gold during WWII and the occupation.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (6ydKt)

40 37 I'm on fenty, I can't do HTML.
Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)

This checks out.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:37 PM (6ydKt)

41 I was gonna fraud, but then I got high..

Posted by: Fenty Bum at October 07, 2026 04:37 PM (4NO2D)

42 Was even "easier" then. Just sold the stamps
For cash.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Heh and that's the reason for EBT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:37 PM (RIvkX)

43
Black cherry float. Good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:37 PM (eRlcH)

44 We used to be a serious country.
Now we’re a skit in a satirical comedy show.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards. - Psalm 69:12

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (XeU6L)

45 I do all my washin' in Tide.

Posted by: Too Damn Cold Out-Tide at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (EdP2u)

46 This is what I voted for.

Posted by: democrats everywhere at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (Ll78X)

47 Hershey bars got a lot of guys laid in the WW2.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (CwhoI)

48 Phew! I missed the red.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (l3cgK)

49 We could probably balance the federal budget if we could just eliminate fraud. But that won't be easy to do.

Posted by: Ralph at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (8WZD4)

50 I think there's no way to determine for sure but I'll bet better than 50% of the economy of these large blue cities are built on fraud.

Cause it's not just the direct fraud, but the whole ecosystem of administrators and NGOs that are funded because of the fraud.

And then the second and 3rd order, the businesses and such all funded all or mostly by the fraud.
E.g., one of the sob stories before Congress on the new SNAP rules was a local convenience store that had to shut down because soda was no longer eligible.
Just how large a part of your business was soda sales?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (3cUTc)

51 Shirley, he can't be serious!

Posted by: Don't Call Me Shirley! at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (EdP2u)

52 They just need that feynt for their family.

-AOC

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (YZ0Fo)

53 see update -- they tried to run down a Daily Wire reporter with a car.

Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (1wjle)

54 Cicero, that’s on par with causing tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage to strip copper for pennies per pound.

Unfathomable cost of allowing the homeless hordes run wild, off-limits from normal Regan’s laws.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (4KUe5)

55 We call it the “Fent Fold.”

I so want To see one of those bums fall on their faces, but they never do.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (W2Pud)

56 Monday. First day of the work week, which is rarely fun to experience.

And, here's ACE going full throttle with five straight posts (ON A MONDAY) that raise blood pressure, challenge your ability to display human decency, and make you question your own grasp on reality.

I'm guessing the sixth post will be about some Nigerian drop kicking infants in a corral of rabid dogs.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (dIske)

57 "I'm on fenty, I can't run!"

Soon to be sampled on a Kanye track.
----

I was listening to Lionel Ritchie's "All Night Long" on Yacht Rock Radio, and when they got to the part of the song where there are party people voices in the background I found myself thinking that if the song were recorded today and were accurate there would be the sound of gunfire mixed in along with the voices.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (TN0g+)

58 Lightfoot:
'Pride of Man'
https://shorturl.at/Oh8ad
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:35 PM (XeU6L)

New to me, but it fits.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (6ydKt)

59 I don't even know how you'd begin to prosecute this.

I guess reducing food support and deporting foreign nationals who are facilitating it will help, but...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (vJrRc)

60 45 I do all my washin' in Tide.

Posted by: Too Damn Cold Out-Tide at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (EdP2u)

You can do yer washin' in Tide, but you shouldn't in a red tide...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (l3cgK)

61 In gaming news, the defilers and despoilers can't help themselves from being vandals.

Shub-Niggurath in Call of Cthulhu is being renamed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (2GVsD)

62 Time zone issue on the Monday reference...I live on Neptune.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (dIske)

63 Black cherry float. Good.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:37 PM (eRlcH)
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Wut? Is that cherry soda or cherry ice cream or both?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (RIvkX)

64 Geez...maybe I should lower my food costs by buying up EBT cards. /sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (l3cgK)

65 They also rarely ever personally donate to the poor b/c that's someone else's job...
Posted by: Nova Local
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Those who agitate re homelessness, generally have an empty spare bedroom.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (XeU6L)

66

Years ago I volunteered at a church who provided "free" food to needy families.

The complaint we would get because they would call the church was "we don't want white people food."

I never figured out what was white people food.

Okay, *ucking starve.

Posted by: four seasons at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (/QHx4)

67 It's a bottomless pit of fraud. Just layer and layer.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (viF8m)

68 62 Time zone issue on the Monday reference...I live on Neptune.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (dIske)

That's awfully close to the orbit of Uranus...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (l3cgK)

69
I don't even know how you'd begin to prosecute this.

I guess reducing food support and deporting foreign nationals who are facilitating it will help, but...
Posted by: FeatherBlade

==============

That's been one of my broken-record posts. This can't be ended by some linear process of prosecutions. It has to be torn down and rebuilt from scratch.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (XJ22o)

70 Nylons and silk stockings make great barter.

Posted by: Leggy Pharma Rep In High Heels at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (EdP2u)

71 I think the government should simply issue hard drugs to these addicts and let nature take its course. You want to live on the street, with no responsibilities, and get high all the damned time? Go for it. And here's some extra potent ketamine, heroin, or fentanyl to do so with. No reason at all to prolong their misery with drugs that don't kill them outright. Let's get to it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (GYqb1)

72 I like programs that sort of outsmart these people, similar to handing an illegal a free plane ticket out of here. Way cheaper than actually deporting.

What about you have a choice, an EBT card if you qualify or just like a $100 monthly Visa gift card, no questions asked. I bet at least half would take the $100.

Posted by: Leupold at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (YZ84N)

73 Monday. First day of the work week, which is rarely fun to experience.

And, here's ACE going full throttle with five straight posts (ON A MONDAY) that raise blood pressure, challenge your ability to display human decency, and make you question your own grasp on reality.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM

Mein Fuhrer ...

Posted by: toby928(c) tugs collar at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (4NO2D)

74 37 I'm on fenty, I can't do HTML.
Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (odBC9)

75 66

Years ago I volunteered at a church who provided "free" food to needy families.

The complaint we would get because they would call the church was "we don't want white people food."

I never figured out what was white people food.

Okay, *ucking starve.

Posted by: four seasons at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (/QHx4)

Homeless kid asking for money for food. Asked him what he wanted to eat; he said Chicken McNuggets. Told him I'd buy him REAL food, not that crap...he refused.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (l3cgK)

76 Shub-Niggurath in Call of Cthulhu is being renamed.
Posted by: Anna Puma

To what? Shub-Afrimericath?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (vJrRc)

77
Wut? Is that cherry soda or cherry ice cream or both?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (RIvkX)

_________

Vanilla ice cream, black cherry soda.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (eRlcH)

78 Nick Shirley is suing in Federal court the AG and Sec of State of California, the offices, over the recently passed Stop Nick Shirley Act.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (2GVsD)

79 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
OMG. Deranged man just tried to run over a @TheMaineWire reporter with his car.

The man claims the reporter was "invading people's privacy" by filming a story in public.

This is attempted M*RDER.

There are few things more dangerous than a self-righteous, drunk yankee on a mission to save the union,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (6ydKt)

80 Shub-Niggurath in Call of Cthulhu is being renamed.
Posted by: Anna Puma

They've gone full retard.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (q7PvL)

81 Years ago there was an illegal alien from Jamaica who crashed into a truck in Boston (caused a mess), and she had ~ 25 different EBT cards . She was arrested, while telling police she could many more, laughed about it.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (4KUe5)

82 Time zone issue on the Monday reference...I live on Neptune.
Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM

How to tell us you're retired without telling us you're retired.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (4NO2D)

83 74 37 I'm on fenty, I can't do HTML.
Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (odBC9)

How many EBT cards did the fent cost ya?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (l3cgK)

84 I think there's no way to determine for sure but I'll bet better than 50% of the economy of these large blue cities are built on fraud.
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I fully believe that 70% or more of every state and federal tax dollar collected in the last 20 years has ended up somewhere OTHER than its stated reason for spending. Sure, some office somewhere got a desk for a civil servant, and some constituent got a bag of food, and maybe a street sign was erected, but a TON of money was siphoned away into people's pockets who weren't mentioned at all in the bills that authorized the spending.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (TN0g+)

85 Years ago I volunteered at a church who provided "free" food to needy families.
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We had to stop. 'Incidents' were occuring. Two of our security people quit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (XeU6L)

86 33 Is the fenty guy a flearf?
Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:35 PM (odBC9)

I think that should be:
Is the fenty guy a flearfer?

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (odBC9)

87 Put ricin in the fentanyl. End of problem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (t9883)

88
Years ago I volunteered at a church who provided "free" food to needy families.

The complaint we would get because they would call the church was "we don't want white people food."

Posted by: four seasons

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Kinda of OT, but there were no complaints from one of my former roommates who worked full-time and made enough money to buy his own food but knew where to score free canned goods, Kraft macaroni, etc. He'd come in grinning with bags of free groceries once a week.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (XJ22o)

89 Shub-Gorrath

In other words, they totally butcher the Sumerian Lovecraft originally base the name on: Shub-Niggur.

Talk about whitewashing and colonizing another culture.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (2GVsD)

90 There are few things more dangerous than a self-righteous, drunk yankee on a mission to save the union,
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We said that about Ulysses Grant for years and nobody listened!

Posted by: Victims of The War of Northern Aggression at October 07, 2026 04:45 PM (TN0g+)

91 Fenty vs Clippy: Who would win?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:45 PM (l3cgK)

92 87 Put ricin in the fentanyl. End of problem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (t9883)

The fent often does a good enough job all by itself...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (l3cgK)

93 Shub-Niggurath in Call of Cthulhu is being renamed.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (2GVsD)

I am going to take a wild guess on what the problem could possibly be and keep it to myself.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (6ydKt)

94 "The Homeless Bums Chase Him Down the Street for Exposing the Scam."

Lead them into a dead end alley, hobo jerky time.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (I43vL)

95 87 Put ricin in the fentanyl. End of problem
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (t9883)

Yeah, no.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (odBC9)

96 90 There are few things more dangerous than a self-righteous, drunk yankee on a mission to save the union,
----

We said that about Ulysses Grant for years and nobody listened!
Posted by: Victims of The War of Northern Aggression at October 07, 2026 04:45 PM (TN0g+)

Ass, handed to.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (Gqar8)

97 I DECIDE WHAT DAYS ARE MONDAYS!

Posted by: Goering at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (RIvkX)

98 Lead them into a dead end alley, hobo jerky time.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly

Make sure to get ace's recipe.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (YZ0Fo)

99 Anytime the government is giving shit away, somebody is making a dollar off of it. It is out of control.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (2WIwB)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (odBC9)

101 I fully believe that 70% or more of every state and federal tax dollar collected in the last 20 years has ended up somewhere OTHER than its stated reason for spending. Sure, some office somewhere got a desk for a civil servant, and some constituent got a bag of food, and maybe a street sign was erected, but a TON of money was siphoned away into people's pockets who weren't mentioned at all in the bills that authorized the spending.
Posted by: Crusader

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You can't win because these EBT cards were a form of privatization, like not having "government cheese" like they used to, because it the cost goes up 10x if the government makes anything.

But the reality is just handing people credit cards is not "feeding" the poor, it's just another form of welfare.

And now you have big food corporations fighting to keep EBT dollars flowing.

And you can't just hand it to the states to manage because big blue states brag about the fraud and get their cut.

You just have to end these programs.

Posted by: Leupold at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (YZ84N)

102 Put ricin in the fentanyl

and shake it all up.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (4NO2D)

103 The complaint we would get because they would call the church was "we don't want white people food."

Posted by: four seasons

What the don't want is food they actually have to cook. Too lazy to work, too lazy to cook, and their houses are a gawd-awful mess.

DH's office "sponsored" a family at Christmas. Took them all sorts of cool things, including a big screen TV. They complained that it was too small. Last time they did that little exercise.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 04:48 PM (GYqb1)

104 Then there is the low-level but "everybody knows" fraud of selling plates of food.

Buy the food with their EBT, cook it, put in take-out boxes and sell.
While claiming they need EBT b/c they can't work.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 04:48 PM (3cUTc)

105
Homeless kid asking for money for food. Asked him what he wanted to eat; he said Chicken McNuggets. Told him I'd buy him REAL food, not that crap...he refused.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

===============

He was probably fed Chicken McNuggets for the first 5 years of his life.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 04:48 PM (XJ22o)

106 23 I'm on fenty, I can't run!" the man yelled as Shirley skirted off.

========

He should by a music stand from Charlie Kelly.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

I laughed. Great business idea.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 07, 2026 04:49 PM (9ZFZd)

107 104 Then there is the low-level but "everybody knows" fraud of selling plates of food.

Buy the food with their EBT, cook it, put in take-out boxes and sell.
While claiming they need EBT b/c they can't work.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 04:48 PM (3cUTc)

The Birth of Food Trucks?

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:49 PM (Gqar8)

108 Fraud going on with SNAP funds?? I shan't believe it. I simply shannot!

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 07, 2026 04:49 PM (V362x)

109 > I don't even know how you'd begin to prosecute this.

Same way they prosecute stores selling booze to underage patrons. Send in undercover buyers. If they sell you something on EBT and give you cash, bust the hell out of them. Big fines. Remove their ability to process EBT.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (mkw2N)

110 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
More than 2 hours and a roundabout trip to get home

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (Ia/+0)

111 Maybe we should outlaw Narcan.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (4NO2D)

112
A century ago, charity was local, provided by churches and local groups. Not only did those groups see to it that the need was genuine, most people then would have preferred to die rather than accept it.

Now? It's just a bunch of government money blowing around. Nobody is responsible for it and nobody cares what happens to it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (eRlcH)

113 96 90 There are few things more dangerous than a self-righteous, drunk yankee on a mission to save the union,
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We said that about Ulysses Grant for years and nobody listened!
Posted by: Victims of The War of Northern Aggression at October 07, 2026 04:45 PM (TN0g+)

Ass, handed to.
Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (Gqar

See, my observation holds up to scrutiny.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (6ydKt)

114 I'm on fenty, I can't run!" the man yelled as Shirley skirted off.

========

He should by a music stand from Charlie Kelly.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

I laughed. Great business idea.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS

Don't forget the prototype!

-Frank Reynolds

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

115 93 Shub-Niggurath in Call of Cthulhu is being renamed.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (2GVsD)

I am going to take a wild guess on what the problem could possibly be and keep it to myself.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (6ydKt)

Cats can be VERY racist...
https://youtube.com/shorts/yGTnSoGVlVs
https://youtube.com/shorts/hnudJpWQpTk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (l3cgK)

116 He should by a music stand from Charlie Kelly.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

I laughed. Great business idea.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti

Million dollar idea for sure!

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (q7PvL)

117 Homeless kid asking for money for food. Asked him what he wanted to eat; he said Chicken McNuggets. Told him I'd buy him REAL food, not that crap...he refused.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

The bums in my little.town all share the same sad sack dog to lay at their feet while they hold up HOMELESS. ANYTHING HELPS sign.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (2WIwB)

118 Food stamps have become the new ATM for fraudsters
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! That's funny!

No, they have not.

They have BEEN an ATM for something like 40 years! (Maybe longer.) Welcome to the club, kid!

Posted by: GWB at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (kU0PQ)

119 The Birth of Food Trucks?
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I like how Food Trucks are granted a virtual free pass while local brick/mortar restaurants have to sweat bullets on when the next inspection by the health department will be conducted.

But hey! Buffy and Biff get to enjoy their trendy food truck lunch, so all's well!

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (TN0g+)

120 Homeless kid asking for money for food. Asked him what he wanted to eat; he said Chicken McNuggets. Told him I'd buy him REAL food, not that crap...he refused.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM

members of Our Bible study group years ago started carrying little snack packs of food for the homeless. A can of tuna/Crackers/Mayo with bottled water to hand out. Next week we got together to see how it went for everyone. The guy with bandage on his forehead and bruise on his eyebrow said "I suggest we don't include canned food. They hurt when they throw them at you".

Ungreatful bums don't want food. They want money.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (OkYzo)

121 There hasnt been someone that's actually died of starvation since like the Great Depression. Its obesity that's the big problem now. And here's your medicaid to buy Ozempic because of all teh junk food you eat that we pay for.

Its just sickening.

Posted by: Leupold at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (YZ84N)

122 I am going to take a wild guess on what the problem could possibly be and keep it to myself.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

That people are stupid, ignorant, and enjoy forcing other people to cater to their particular stupid ignorant hang-ups?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (vJrRc)

123 Now? It's just a bunch of government money blowing around. Nobody is responsible for it and nobody cares what happens to it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (eRlcH)

Local food banks might care, but yeah if the government is involved in any way it’s all “free” so who cares?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (6ydKt)

124 Homeless kid asking for money for food. Asked him what he wanted to eat; he said Chicken McNuggets. Told him I'd buy him REAL food, not that crap...he refused.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (l3cgK)

No one in the hood cooks anymore. It's all fast food, processed food or some sketchy chinese buffet.

Which is why Shameeka is so fat.

Posted by: Amos N Andy at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (Ll78X)

125 89 Shub-Gorrath

In other words, they totally butcher the Sumerian Lovecraft originally base the name on: Shub-Niggur.

Talk about whitewashing and colonizing another culture.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (2GVsD)

Oh dang, you were serious? Almost as bad as portraying orcs as Mexican cowboys.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (9ZFZd)

126 During the Biden inflation, I often lamented, "how are the poor making it?"
As I knew how hard it was for me to pay bills and buy food.

I mean, I knew they all had welfare.

I just never knew how much.

At least 20% of this country is completely insulated from any economic difficulty.

Because I'm fucking paying for them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 04:53 PM (3cUTc)

127 Fenty me gently.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 04:53 PM (Cqx++)

128 Every program from Governments is a looting set up

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 04:53 PM (Ia/+0)

129 39 The EBT scams have been going on forever, too.

Remember the stories of jugs of Tide detergent being used to barter for drugs?
They can buy Tide with EBT, everybody needs detergent, so bottles of Tide became currency in some places.

Like American whiskey amd cigarettes were as good as gold during WWII and the occupation.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (6ydKt)

Their was an article about how a crack house was full of Tide and it confused the Police why.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 07, 2026 04:53 PM (gnaDX)

130 No one in the hood cooks anymore. It's all fast food, processed food or some sketchy chinese buffet.

Which is why Shameeka is so fat.
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Shameeka so fat when she sits around the house she sits...around...the...house!

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (TN0g+)

131
Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

132 You'll never guess how he beat the rap.

@nypost 5m
Elderly Portland train passenger cleared of attempted murder for shooting crazed flasher

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (nEUC6)

133 What the don't want is food they actually have to cook. Too lazy to work, too lazy to cook, and their houses are a gawd-awful mess.

DH's office "sponsored" a family at Christmas. Took them all sorts of cool things, including a big screen TV. They complained that it was too small. Last time they did that little exercise.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 04:48 PM (GYqb1)

This is why I've been selective about my Christmas giving. I pick the kids whose parents are in jail, so they are getting fostered. The kids also have to not be illegal (yes, there are programs that do not include illegals). I figure no matter how well off they might be in foster care, it still helps to get a little something from someone else.

I also refuse to do the gift card requests. That's just another form of resale by parents for drugs/alcohol/bad habits in most cases with nothing going to the kids.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (tOcjL)

134 That people are stupid, ignorant, and enjoy forcing other people to cater to their particular stupid ignorant hang-ups?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (vJrRc)

That too, but basically the problem is any word with the letter ‘N’ followed by two ‘G’s somewhere down the line.

The risk being that somebody somewhere might mentally combine and fill in missing letters somewhere and thus commit a thoughtcrime.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (6ydKt)

135 Their was an article about how a crack house was full of Tide and it confused the Police why.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

They wanted to skim the cash and the drugs. Gallon of tide just ain't the same.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (YZ0Fo)

136 131
Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

The Gov't diligently drops tons of powdered milk into the ocean to keep milk prices propped up...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (l3cgK)

137 Yes, a bunch of the "less regulated" street food vendors are selling product they bought with their EBT.

Funded by the taxes on the restaurants they compete with.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (3cUTc)

138 No one in the hood cooks anymore. It's all fast food, processed food or some sketchy chinese buffet.

Which is why Shameeka is so fat.
Posted by: Amos N Andy at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (Ll78X)

It ain't so much that she eats processed food, but that she eats so damn much of it while sitting on her lazy ass.

Posted by: GWB at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (kU0PQ)

139 Shut it all down.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 07, 2026 04:56 PM (dK+Kv)

140 I don't even know how you'd begin to prosecute this.

I guess reducing food support and deporting foreign nationals who are facilitating it will help, but...
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Are you kidding? this is the easiest crime in the world to stop

- Put bounty on convictions.
- Use tracking of people, and what cards they get, and what they spend
- use tracking of purchases.
require biometric id for all purchases with snap
- deport any non-naturally born involved
- CLAW BACK from stores treble damages of any fraud found

There are a hundred tools that can be used, but the government doesn't give a shit because it is not their money, and local governments see it as a revenue source. They are all in a competition to steal the most from the feds so they can stay "ahead".

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 04:56 PM (TSNP/)

141
Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

__________

C rations. Ham and lima beans for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:56 PM (eRlcH)

142 The vast majority of "poor" people make poor decisions and have poor habits. There are very good reasons that they are "poor." Very few are total victims of circumstance. Even people with little money or struggles will eventually overcome with help, hard work, and perseverance. imho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:57 PM (RIvkX)

143 Reparations by another name.

I periodically get served content where well-meaning people go find homeless people and buy them some new clothes and give them a place to shower and sleep for a night. Noble enough, but about half the time the guy asks what they need and it's "my phone broke, can you help me get a new phone?"

Bitch fucking please. You can't put a roof over your head but you have an iphone with data plan? I think I've identified the first of your many self-made problems.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 04:57 PM (oqH4h)

144
Last two times I saw begger sign that I gave money to:

"please support the Uganda Space Program"

"Lazy. Like beer. God bless"

Posted by: Auspex at October 07, 2026 04:57 PM (Y8DZL)

145 You should hear this cat's accent...
https://youtu.be/kkwiQmGWK4c

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:58 PM (l3cgK)

146 For starters, you have accountants go undercover and attempt fraud at stores. If they commit any fraud, you just shut down their SNAP privileges for that store (and this is important) any family members of owners. This will wipe this whole thing clean in months.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 04:58 PM (TSNP/)

147 They will try to kill you if you expose their malfeasance.

See also: Trump; Butler PA

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 07, 2026 04:59 PM (9UHVp)

148 Shut it all down.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 07, 2026 04:56 PM (dK+Kv)

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

I'm old enough to remember Trump saying, in his 2019 SOTU speech, that "America will never be a socialist country."

And me, sadly, saying: "Too late ..."

Posted by: ShainS at October 07, 2026 05:00 PM (WqelK)

149 Comrade Flounder I'm in favor of that

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:00 PM (Ia/+0)

150 142 The vast majority of "poor" people make poor decisions and have poor habits. There are very good reasons that they are "poor." Very few are total victims of circumstance. Even people with little money or struggles will eventually overcome with help, hard work, and perseverance. imho
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:57 PM (RIvkX)
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I volunteered at a food bank some years ago. You could always tell the people/families that genuinely got cornholed by life through little to no fault of their own and temporarily needed a hand versus the regulars who treated the food bank like it's part of their weekly grocery shopping, because it was.

I found other ways to volunteer because having my generosity (and that of others) blatantly abused was not doing anything but pissing me off weekly.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 05:00 PM (oqH4h)

151 Long term, you set up work houses.

You want food? well, you gotta live here. Food is gruel. Doors close at 8pm and open at 6am. Only allowed to leave to work. ... Oh forget it, just read Little Dorrit for details on how it works.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 05:00 PM (TSNP/)

152 145 You should hear this cat's accent...
https://youtu.be/kkwiQmGWK4c
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:58 PM (l3cgK)

Sounds kinda like Red Foxx after a bender.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

153 One particular spot for the beggars around here is at the median at the first traffic signal out of the mall. It must be a cash cow. Apparently someone asked one of them about that spot and the bum said they have a schedule and take turns because it is the most wanted site. And I do use that route about twice a day. Sure enough, I see people all of the time handing out money from their cars.

Posted by: washrivergal at October 07, 2026 05:01 PM (cmRvr)

154 146 For starters, you have accountants go undercover and attempt fraud at stores. If they commit any fraud, you just shut down their SNAP privileges for that store (and this is important) any family members of owners. This will wipe this whole thing clean in months.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 04:58 PM (TSNP/)
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That sounds suspiciously like RAYCISSMMMM

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 05:01 PM (oqH4h)

155 For starters, you have accountants go undercover and attempt fraud at stores. If they commit any fraud, you just shut down their SNAP privileges for that store (and this is important) any family members of owners. This will wipe this whole thing clean in months.
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Yeah, you have (in midwestern "normal" states) convenience stores where they won't sell you a 6-pack of beer if you left your wallet/ID in the car even though I'm almost 3 times the minimum age to buy the product. BUT, I'm supposed to believe that government can't put the same fear of God/government into stores who willingly participate in SNAP fraud?

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:01 PM (TN0g+)

156 The folks I knew that got Reagan cheese just used it. It was just a 5 pound block of cheese and not much used for trading. I do know that they used to keep adding to your EBT while you were in prison. One guy we knew was in a couple of months and had $400 on the card when he got out.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 07, 2026 05:03 PM (apFY6)

157 I don't even know how you'd begin to prosecute this.

Same way they prosecute stores selling booze to underage patrons. Send in undercover buyers. If they sell you something on EBT and give you cash, bust the hell out of them. Big fines. Remove their ability to process EBT.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM

Problem with that approach is the majority of states do not want to catch these people. And yes that includes some red states like Kentucky.

If you aren't busy look up the food stamp Kentucky pop train, it was/is a huge ebt scam. People go to walmart when the ebt cards get loaded and buy up every case of soda that they can. Then they drive to lexington or frankfort and sell that soda to a big buyer for 50 cents on the dollar for cash.

At the first of the month walmart would shove pallets of cokes to the front of the store to help these customers. Everyone knows it is going on, the fed says it is a state problem and the state says it is a fed problem.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 07, 2026 05:03 PM (I43vL)

158 The vast majority of "poor" people make poor decisions and have poor habits. There are very good reasons that they are "poor." Very few are total victims of circumstance. Even people with little money or struggles will eventually overcome with help, hard work, and perseverance. imho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:57 PM (RIvkX)

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

"You get more of what you subsidize & reward -- and less of what you tax & penalize."

-- Econ 101, Day One

Posted by: ShainS at October 07, 2026 05:03 PM (WqelK)

159
Another scam is free school lunches. The whole school gets free lunch now, no matter the income of the parents/families. So a lot of these low income families kids get breakfast/lunch 5 days a week. They only have to supply food weekends and evenings. But that's too much for them, as they have internet, cigarettes, 3 cell phones, multiple cars, and government subsidized rent. Some schools actually pack food for the kids to take home on the weekends.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 05:03 PM (OkYzo)

160 >>Long term, you set up work houses.

Soylent Green Energy.

Solving the World's Energy Problems...with People!

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:03 PM (9n8wX)

161 This is not great music, but at least it's infuriating. I mean, she was trying to call attention to EBT abuse in Los Angeles in 2011:

Chapter Jackson - It's Free Swipe Yo EBT (Official Music Video)
***Explicit*** https://youtu.be/NzspsovNvII

Chapter Jackson - It's Free Swipe Yo EBT (Clean) [2012 VEVO]
https://youtu.be/lWDhFc6nN1Q

Posted by: SciVo at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (ke3zm)

162 We used to drink generic beer in our poverty days. Literally a black and white can that said BEER.

It tasted like Schlitz.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (4NO2D)

163 Hasn't Morning Joe and Mika informed us that this never happens?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (0sNs1)

164 >>Another scam is free school lunches. The whole school gets free lunch now, no matter the income of the parents/families. So a lot of these low income families kids get breakfast/lunch 5 days a week. They only have to supply food weekends and evenings.

They also get fed through the Summer AND on Holdiays.

It's a total shitshow.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (9n8wX)

165 There's plenty of video out there of what appear to be recent immigrants loading up shopping carts with gallon jugs of milk. I don't think they drink it all. Do Hindus even drink milk?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (9UHVp)

166 Some schools actually pack food for the kids to take home on the weekends.
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That needs to end.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (TN0g+)

167 Like I said, the problem is that the local governments love the fraud.

They really see it as GDP for the city, it makes their supporters with money (the store owner) rich, and it keeps their voters (the addicts) drunk and happy. There is no downside to them, as they live in the nice parts of the city.

Their goal - (CA, NY, Mass, ...) is to figure out how to steal more of this money than the other states.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 05:05 PM (TSNP/)

168 The corporate wing of the GOPe doesn't want to end EBT fraud either because it's a massive cash cow for Walmart and other megacorp retailers that keep their campaign coffers full.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 05:06 PM (oqH4h)

169 Like I said, the problem is that the local governments love the fraud.

They really see it as GDP for the city, it makes their supporters with money (the store owner) rich, and it keeps their voters (the addicts) drunk and happy. There is no downside to them, as they live in the nice parts of the city.

Their goal - (CA, NY, Mass, ...) is to figure out how to steal more of this money than the other states.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus

Fraud IS the system.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 05:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

170 >>There's plenty of video out there of what appear to be recent immigrants loading up shopping carts with gallon jugs of milk. I don't think they drink it all. Do Hindus even drink milk?

Oh, they also use SNAP to buy product for businesses like cafes and restaurants.

The REAL suckers are the ones paying their Taxes.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:06 PM (9n8wX)

171 The thing is, if you start cracking down on stores that defraud EBT programs then a lot of these marginal stores and bodegas will stop dealing with EBT completely because it isn’t worth it if they can’t skim some profit.

Then the community groups start complaining about ‘food deserts’, the media picks up on it and does a five-alarm whine, and the Dems come in to save the day by lowering requirements/audits again.

We’ve all seen this movie before.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

172 @ toby928

Me too. BERE. It was brewed by Falstaff.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 07, 2026 05:07 PM (J4Dwc)

173 Verily, is the third world, mon, come us. We now a turd world country.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 07, 2026 05:07 PM (QaH55)

174 37 I'm on fenty, I can't do HTML.
Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)

Ace is morphing into Cricket

https://youtu.be/uR3iWewO4Mo?si=w0d5zxKe86ltX2xR

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at October 07, 2026 05:07 PM (k1E2D)

175 * BEER

fuk

Posted by: one hour sober at October 07, 2026 05:07 PM (J4Dwc)

176 The REAL suckers are the ones paying their Taxes.
----

There's a saying "Anything that can't go on forever...won't."

DOGE woke up a lot of people even on "our" side that the game of government is rigged against those who follow the rules.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:07 PM (TN0g+)

177 OT - what a putz:

Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
·
1h
Grateful for the swift and professional action to keep Minnesotans safe. This is exactly the kind of threat we need federal law enforcement working to prevent, and the kind of work that should remain a priority as we navigate a more dangerous world.
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ABC News
@ABC
·
3h
BREAKING: The FBI arrested and charged an 18-year-old for allegedly planning a mass casualty attack in support of ISIS at the Mall of America, U.S. attorney for Minnesota Dan Rosen said. https://abcnews.link/vO0u2uK

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (kX27y)

178 So the (drunk?) driver attempted murderer ... gave a clear view of his face, THEN decided to go ahead and attempt the murder. And victim got his plate. And all is on video clear as day.

I can't wait to hear about the arrest.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (vbXSk)

179 136 131 Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

The Gov't diligently drops tons of powdered milk into the ocean to keep milk prices propped up...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (l3cgK)

Is this a real thing?

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (odBC9)

180 >>@ toby928

I remember being so poor, we just forgot that things like Soda and Beer were an option for people.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (9n8wX)

181 The complaint we would get because they would call the church was "we don't want white people food."

Posted by: four seasons at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (/QHx4

"Fine, call Oprah or barack."

I don't think any free money can flow even with the best of intentions before corruption sets in. People abuse the system. Or the guy running it feels he's doing so much good and deserves a 3 week Carribean vacation complete with 3 hookers and coke.

5pm

Fox - The Five - Emily! - Madmani is a retard

CBC - MAID - the government won't expand it.

CNN - Russia plague. We're all going to die. And CNN is on the USS Lincoln! They care so much.

MSNow - Trump evil, helping pro-Russian parties in Europe.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 07, 2026 05:09 PM (Sco7b)

182 See Imam Mamdani today clams Israel for genocide

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:09 PM (Ia/+0)

183 CNN - Russia plague. We're all going to die. And CNN is on the USS Lincoln!
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Push them overboard.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:10 PM (TN0g+)

184 Even people with little money or struggles will eventually overcome with help, hard work, and perseverance.

But people should not be forced to adopt such tactics in a nation as rich as ours!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 05:11 PM (guGkK)

185 >>Grateful for the swift and professional action to keep Minnesotans safe. This is exactly the kind of threat we need federal law enforcement working to prevent, and the kind of work that should remain a priority as we navigate a more dangerous world.

No mention of the fact that this terrorist was given birthright citizenship because his Somali parents were citizens when he was born.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 05:12 PM (viF8m)

186 Jessica Tarlov on The Five is just thrilled with Mamdani, thinks he is so charming he has Trump eating out of his hand. I take it she also agrees with Mamdani's attitude to Hamas. You can put a Democrat on Fox but you can't take the terrorist sympathizer out of her.

Posted by: Decaf at October 07, 2026 05:14 PM (5BOLF)

187 179 136 131 Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

The Gov't diligently drops tons of powdered milk into the ocean to keep milk prices propped up...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (l3cgK)

Is this a real thing?

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (odBC9)

Intertubes say it's not true...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 05:14 PM (l3cgK)

188 Interesting that the UK Media is speculating that the 5 guys that were caught near the RAF base might have had Diplomatic Immunity thus why they got bail

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 07, 2026 05:14 PM (gnaDX)

189 187 179 136 131 Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

The Gov't diligently drops tons of powdered milk into the ocean to keep milk prices propped up...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (l3cgK)

Is this a real thing?

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (odBC9)

Intertubes say it's not true...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 05:14 PM (l3cgK)

Yay!

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:16 PM (odBC9)

190
The vast majority of "poor" people make poor decisions and have poor habits. There are very good reasons that they are "poor." Very few are total victims of circumstance.

___________

"In my work, I've had a great deal of experience with cheap people. I don't expect much of them. As far as I'm given grace to, I try to love them, since in God's sight they are precious. I do what I can for them. It isn't much because there is usually little to work on. Many of them seem to be simply bad stock, bad blood - just what those things really are doesn’t matter... They have no chance because they are no good."

James Gould Cozzens, Men and Brethren (1936). The narrator is an inner-city minister.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 05:17 PM (eRlcH)

191 Interesting that the UK Media is speculating that the 5 guys that were caught near the RAF base might have had Diplomatic Immunity thus why they got bail
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

In the newest season of Lioness they caught up to part of the group that kidnapped Jo (main character) in a hangar. They all said they had diplomatic immunity so the dude from Jo's just shot em. Seems this woulda worked here as well.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 05:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

192 I do recall reading about the powdered milk dumping, but alas, I can no longer find it on the intertubes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 05:17 PM (l3cgK)

193 My now deceased brother in law was on the EBT, and when he got his funds, he'd have someone give him a shopping list and then head off to Walmart or Kroger and buy a shitload of meats. The person would give him about 50 cents on the dollar for it, and then he would buy his drugs.

As for his food, every Saturday he would get a couple of boxes of food at one of the local food banks to eat while he sat around getting high. Worked great for him and the person giving him money and the store. Store got full price sale, he got drugs, money person got half priced beef.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at October 07, 2026 05:18 PM (k1E2D)

194 188 Interesting that the UK Media is speculating that the 5 guys that were caught near the RAF base might have had Diplomatic Immunity thus why they got bail
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 07, 2026 05:14 PM (gn

I was guessing they let them go in order to track them back to their dens.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:18 PM (odBC9)

195 Interesting that the UK Media is speculating that the 5 guys that were caught near the RAF base might have had Diplomatic Immunity thus why they got bail
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

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Foreign nationals out of uniform performing acts of sabotage on your soil may be shot as spies.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 07, 2026 05:20 PM (2UnvF)

196 >>Jessica Tarlov on The Five is just thrilled with Mamdani, thinks he is so charming he has Trump eating out of his hand. I take it she also agrees with Mamdani's attitude to Hamas. You can put a Democrat on Fox but you can't take the terrorist sympathizer out of her.

And she's Jewish.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 05:20 PM (viF8m)

197 I was guessing they let them go in order to track them back to their dens.
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I'm still guessing they let them go because the UK is corrupt as hell and those running it no longer believe in anything of any worth.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:21 PM (TN0g+)

198 In her defense, Jessica Tarlov is very dumb.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 07, 2026 05:22 PM (2UnvF)

199 nood somali engineer

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)

200 200

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:23 PM (odBC9)

201 198 In her defense, Jessica Tarlov is very dumb.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 07, 2026 05:22 PM (2UnvF)

heh

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:23 PM (odBC9)

202
CNN - Russia plague. We're all going to die. And CNN is on the USS Lincoln!
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Push them overboard.
Posted by: Crusader

Sharp turn to starboard. Oops!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 05:24 PM (Cqx++)

203
In her defense, Jessica Tarlov is very dumb.

She just signed a three year contract.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 05:25 PM (Cqx++)

204 Tarlov was born wealthy, married wealthy and appears to believe she floats above all of the troubles that Mamdani may unleash. She's in for a shock

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 05:28 PM (t9883)

205 Rich enough don't get bothered by less fortunate

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:44 PM (Ia/+0)

206 Then why are we still here?

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

207 I met an old vet that gets $120/month of food stamps. He's white and when he has a latina or black checker they are surly with him. A couple even said those are for us not whites.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 07, 2026 05:50 PM (xvV+O)

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Nick Shirley Exposes How Bums Sell Taxpayer-Funded Food Stamps to Scammers -- Often "Foreign" -- for Cash to Buy Drugs. The Homeless Bums Chase Him Down the Street for Exposing the Scam.

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Nick Shirley Exposes How Bums Sell Taxpayer-Funded Food Stamps to Scammers -- Often "Foreign" -- for Cash to Buy Drugs.
The Homeless Bums Chase Him Down the Street for Exposing the Scam.