Real history

What was peculiar about the West was not that it participated in the worldwide evil of slavery, but that it later abolished that evil, not only in Western societies but also in other societies subject to Western control or influence.
This was possible only because the anti-slavery movement coincided with an era in which Western power and hegemony were at their zenith, so that it was essentially European imperialism which ended slavery. This idea might seem shocking, not because it does not fit the facts, but because it does not fit the prevailing vision of our time.

~ Thomas Sowell, Black Rednecks and White Liberals (2005)

Why aren't these books in your local "frequently banned books" display?

Which of these have you read?

The "1619 Project" has been in the news again. Why not this book?

Is it because the "1619 Project" has failed again and the book above has no such provocative record of failure?

They tried to totally obliterate this one from the market. FOR ADULTS

For the kids:

Back on September 25, Ace wrote: Cambridge University: We Have Cancelled Our Promised Investigation Into How Unqualified Fabulist Jason Arday Was Hired. Instead We Will Investigate How We Failed to "Support" Him and Other DEI Incompetents and Plagiarists.

Better idea? Or is Cambridge cooked?

Founding Fathers

A Daily Dose of the American Rev
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“No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.”

In June 1776, fifteen years before the ratification of the Bill of Rights, Virginia adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights -- "the basis and foundation of government" in Virginia. The importance of this document to the emergence of liberal democracy in the United States and around the world cannot be overstated. George Mason, principal author of the Declaration, died on this day in 1792.
Below is the Declaration in full.

A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government.

Section 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.

Section 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants and at all times amenable to them.

Section 3. That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration. And that, when any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community has an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.

Section 4. None of mankind is entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which, not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge to be hereditary.

Section 5. That the legislative and executive powers of the state should be separate and distinct from the judiciary; and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burdens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections, in which all, or any part, of the former members, to be again eligible, or ineligible, as the laws shall direct.

Section 6. That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses without their own consent or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented for the public good.

Section 7. That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.

Section 8. That in all capital or criminal prosecutions a man has a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of twelve men of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.

Section 9. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Section 10. That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, or whose offense is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive and ought not to be granted.

Section 11. That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other and ought to be held sacred.

Section 12. That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

Section 13. That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.

Section 14. That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate from or independent of the government of Virginia ought to be erected or established within the limits thereof.

Section 15. That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.

Section 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other.

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On October 6, 1776, a Connecticut captain sat down and wrote a letter to his wife. He was exhausted and most of his men were sick. The campaign was not going well.

But the first thing he wanted Priscilla to know was this: “you must not think that Distance & long Absence has weaned in the least degree my Affections from you & my family.”

His name was Jonathan Birge.

Unlike many of the names we remember from 1776, Birge was just an ordinary man who heard the call of liberty and answered. A husband from Bolton, Connecticut, and father of six children, Birge was made captain of a company raised from his neighbors and friends.

When George Washington called for reinforcements in 1776, Birge marched south with Connecticut troops to help defend New York.

The British had already taken Long Island, the Continentals were retreating northward. And nobody knew whether the Revolution itself could survive the year.
From camp at Harlem Heights, Birge wrote home, and the picture he painted was not heroic.

"I never saw a worse place to be sick in for we have not one doctor to our whole Brigade in camp…Our people are some what sickly in camp yet."
The living conditions were miserable. He’d lost his pack in the retreat and asked Priscilla for two blankets. The army had finally obtained tents and straw to sleep on, but Birge admitted: “we fare considerably like hogs.”
And yet he refused to pity himself. After describing sickness, shortages, and hardship, he wrote: “I desire not to complain For I am alive & why should a living man complain."

Birge wanted his wife and children to understand why he remained anyway. It wasn’t money, fame, or glory. “It is not all the commissions or pay...it is for the cause of freedom & love to posterity."

A few paragraphs later, he tried to reassure Priscilla that he was healthy and still performing his duties: “I am the only Cpt in the Regiment that is well."
Three weeks later, he was wounded at the Battle of White Plains. An enemy musket ball went into his shoulder. Jonathan Birge died on November 10, 1776, at age forty-two.

A week after Birge's death, three fellow soldiers wrote to Priscilla to tell her that her husband was gone. They regretted his loss deeply.
On October 6, 1776 a father and husband wrote a simple confession that still stirs hearts, 250 years later. He was just an ordinary American who knew exactly what he was risking “for the cause of freedom…”
Five weeks later, his family learned the price.
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I believe history matters because legacy matters. The choices we make, the faith that sustains us, and the families we leave behind all become part of a story larger than ourselves. If you enjoy discovering the people behind the history, follow along as we explore the stories, struggles, and legacies that helped shape America.

A Daily Dose of the American Rev

With the resolution for independence about to voted upon in the Congressional Congress, Delaware delegate Thomas McKean was very concerned. Although he strongly favored independence, his fellow Delawarean George Read was opposed. McKean wanted the states to vote for independence unanimously, and he certainly did not want Delaware to have the dishonor (as he saw it) of being the lone holdout. So, on the evening before the crucial vote, McKean dispatched a courier to Dover, 80 miles away, with a crucial message for Caesar Rodney—get to Philadelphia as fast as you can.

Rodney was Delaware’s third delegate, but he was also a brigadier general of the state’s militia and had been forced to return to Delaware to help put down a Loyalist uprising there. He was also in poor health, suffering from asthma and painful facial cancer. But when McKean’s message arrived, Rodney set out for Philadelphia immediately, riding all night through a powerful thunderstorm. After one of the most famous rides in American history, he arrived at what would come to called Independence Hall in the nick of time, “booted and spurred,” exhausted, and mud-covered, to cast the tiebreaking vote in the Delaware delegation. “As I believe the voice of my constituents and of all sensible and honest men is in favor of independence,” he declared, a green scarf covering his cancer-ravaged face, “my own judgment concurs with them. I vote for independence.”

Caesar Rodney is best remembered for his famous ride, but he served Delaware and the Patriot cause in numerous ways during his life: as a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, as a general in the state’s militia, as a delegate to the Continental Congress, as a state Supreme Court justice, and as President (chief executive) of Delaware. Even as his health deteriorated, forcing him to cover his face with bandages and rendering him unable to travel, Rodney was elected to the Delaware General Assembly and was chosen Speaker of the upper house. Knowing that he was unable leave his home, in a gesture of respect and honor the Assembly voted to convene in his house, which they did in April 1784, just weeks before his death at age 55.

Today is the birthday of Delaware Founding Father Caesar Rodney, who was born 298 years ago today.

A Daily Dose of the American Rev
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In taking up the Patriot cause, at a time when many fellow wealthy South Carolinians were remaining loyal to the crown, Henry Laurens risked both his life and his substantial fortune. Widely respected across America, he was chosen President of the Continental Congress in November 1777, the highest-ranking executive position under the Articles of Confederation.

Laurens was appointed American minister to the Netherlands after his term ended and in August 1780, he was dispatched to Amsterdam about the packet ship Mercury, charged with negotiating a loan to help finance the war effort. Off the coast of Newfoundland, the Mercury was intercepted by the HMS Vestal, a British man of war. When Laurens realized his capture was imminent, he tossed overboard the trunk containing his diplomatic papers.

A sixteen-year-old new recruit aboard the Vestal saw something tumble into the water off the deck of the Mercury. Believing a man had fallen overboard he called out an alarm. Another British sailor aboard the Vestal immediately dived into the water. But what he discovered was not an unfortunate man in need of rescue, but rather Lauren’s trunk, which had not had time to sink. Taken aboard the Vestal and opened, the trunk was found to contain Lauren’s commission to negotiate the Dutch loan, as well as a draft treaty between the United States and the Netherlands. Laurens was carried to England and placed in the Tower of London, charged with high treason, and Great Britain declared war on the Netherlands.

During Lauren’s first day in the Tower, a band outside his cell taunted him with “Yankee Doodle.” Lauren’s later recalled, “The tune played I suppose in derision of me filled my mind with a sublime contempt and rather made me cheerful.”

Laurens remained confined in the Tower for 15 months, refusing numerous offers of release in exchange for renouncing the American cause and requesting a pardon. “Imprisonment and even death…shall not shake me,” Laurens wrote, rejecting one of the offers. “My conscience acquits me, is serene & undisturbed; if I die, let me die in my integrity.”

General Washington sent both Colonel John Laurens (Henry’s son) and the Viscount Noailles (Lafayette’s brother-in-law) to London to attempt to negotiate Laurens’ release, but their efforts were fruitless. Congress offered to exchange General John Burgoyne (who was a paroled prisoner of war captured at Saratoga) for Laurens, but the British refused, saying that Laurens was a prisoner of state not a prisoner of war and therefore ineligible for exchange. But the truth was that the British authorities had no great desire to see Burgoyne released from parole. Their position dramatically reversed when General Cornwallis was taken prisoner at Yorktown. On December 31, 1781, Laurens was finally released, in exchange for a promise to effect the release of Cornwallis from parole.
After his release from the Tower, Laurens finished his much-delayed journey to Holland and there he negotiated the terms of a desperately needed loan. He would go on to be one of the American commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Paris, the peace treaty that ended the Revolutionary War and secured American independence.

Henry Laurens was imprisoned in the Tower of London on October 6, 1780, two hundred forty-six years ago today.

The image is a portrait made while he was being held in the Tower.

WEEKEND

The Week in Pictures: Electile Dysfunction Edition

So Secretary of State Marco Rubio outraged the Woke Industrial Complex by standing up for Western Civilization (gasp!). If he keeps this up, he might be president someday. Meanwhile, in fake news, Missouri’s department of prisons is thinking of hiring some Canadian doctors from Canada’s MAID Service to conduct future death row executions, while Cornell and other universities are thinking about ending their “sex week” offerings that greenlight “consensual” orgies at frat houses. And behold the irony that while South America is turning almost uniformly right-wing in recent elections, American voters seem poised in three weeks to transform the country in to a banana republic. Talk about being “blue-pilled”!

Music

Yankee Doodle

Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Last week's thread, Barbarians gonna barbarian

UPDATE: There are rumors that the health education folks at Cornell are thinking about ending their practice of encouraging fun group sex among students.

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

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1 Where be everyone?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 10, 2026 11:09 AM (JzUSu)

2 I’m over the tranny shit. It’s a left wing thing. Leftist parents chopping body parts off their left wing kids. Whatever. Have at it. Not my problem.

Same with blacks. Succeed, don’t succeed whatever. You keep voting for people who want me dead so I give less than zero fucks about your well being.

I’m done caring about the well being of any group that hates me. Kill yourselves, mutilate yourselves, live in poverty. My give a fuck meter is pegged at 0.0 for all of it.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 10, 2026 11:09 AM (qoHuP)

3 Interesting that right to bear arms was number 13 on that list but moved up to number 2 in the bill of rights.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 10, 2026 11:12 AM (qoHuP)

4 George Mason attended my church, along with George Washington and George Fairfax. The first two are pretty impressive, but GF became a loyalist before the Revolution, and absconded to England. You can't win them all.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

5 Where be everyone?

Reading the copious content?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

6 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2026 11:16 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Morning! Missed the prayer thread cuz I was at Wally World getting the oil changed in the car.

Didn't sleep well. Might go back to bed after lunch, being Saturday and all.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 10, 2026 11:18 AM (aJQbY)

8 Those leftist narratives certainly are persistent.

Posted by: Jay at October 10, 2026 11:19 AM (zhWvq)

9 And behold the irony that while South America is turning almost uniformly right-wing in recent elections, American voters seem poised in three weeks to transform the country in to a banana republic.

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Geez, that's quite a downer. I hope this is wrong.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 10, 2026 11:19 AM (qBdHI)

10 Many still today are held in slavery, here and around the world.

Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2026 11:21 AM (Ia/+0)

11 Where be everyone?

Reading the copious content?
Posted by: Archimedes
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That it is. Downright girthy.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 10, 2026 11:21 AM (JzUSu)

12 Another problem with the tranny shit is "therapists" get ahold of young men and women over 18 and convince them that they are autistic and in the wrong body, like that will fix everything, instead of actually helping them deal with life.

Posted by: fd at October 10, 2026 11:21 AM (MWfyi)

13 " Where be everyone?"

I just washed one car and now will do a truck. It's easier when it's been raining.

Posted by: fd at October 10, 2026 11:23 AM (MWfyi)

14 4 George Mason attended my church, along with George Washington and George Fairfax.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

You're not really 29, are you?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 10, 2026 11:23 AM (OlzlW)

15 Look, Fat, that Rodney guy was a fine Delawarean,but he didn't get 81 Million votes and he didn't have a Corvette and Top Secret documents in his garage!

Posted by: Scranton Joe, Standing In A Puddle at October 10, 2026 11:24 AM (EdP2u)

16 What a great thread with all kinds of interesting links. Thanks so much. K.T!I didn't know that there was a response to "The 1619 Project." I'll have to look for that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2026 11:24 AM (JrHfD)

17 Our friends have a grandson (sorta, the woman had him with previous husband before marrying current husband). He is probably 12, and they all delight in him dressing in women's clothes and generally being, IDK? Gay? He's been doing it for years, I guess.

They are rabid Trump-hating lefties, so of course this is all A-OK with them. In the interest of maintaining our friendship, I have resisted telling the boy to stop being a fag, for his own good, but I suspect he'll find that out the hard way.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 10, 2026 11:27 AM (QaH55)

18 That is a few good articles KT

Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2026 11:27 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Where be everyone?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 10, 2026 11:09 AM (JzUSu)

I was here just after KT posted it. Just didn't have anything to say. Shoot, looking at the old sock, I didn't even participate on the site yesterday. Guess I'm just losing interest in posting.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 10, 2026 11:28 AM (1Ff7Z)

20 Look, Fat, that Rodney guy was a fine Delawarean,but he didn't get 81 Million votes and he didn't have a Corvette and Top Secret documents in his garage!

Posted by: Scranton Joe, Standing In A Puddle

They had Biden "give a speech" at some function a few months back. AFAIK, there has not been a repeat. It's a mystery why.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

21 “No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.”

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So you're saying we're f*cked?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 10, 2026 11:29 AM (ndZc7)

22 He is probably 12, and they all delight in him dressing in women's clothes and generally being, IDK? Gay? He's been doing it for years, I guess.

They are rabid Trump-hating lefties, so of course this is all A-OK with them.

Don't believe it. They hate that he does it, but they know the socially correct response, and the penalties for not falling in to line.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

23 9 And behold the irony that while South America is turning almost uniformly right-wing in recent elections, American voters seem poised in three weeks to transform the country in to a banana republic.

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Geez, that's quite a downer. I hope this is wrong.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 10, 2026 11:19 AM (qBdHI)

The word seem is doing a lot of work in that sentence.

While the media have been uniformly against broadcasting any news that benefits Trump, I firmly believe that the people of this country still remember what a disaster the Dems were when Biden was POTUS less than two years ago, and that the Dems have absolutely no plan for how to fix the supposed problems that Trump has saddled us with.

Ben Had says we're increasing our hold on the legislative branch, and I'm with her on that one.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 10, 2026 11:31 AM (0CU3H)

24 Thanks for the reminders KT.

Good morning Horde.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2026 11:31 AM (NnhvP)

25 Hi everyone! Everyone on the gulf safe and sound? We got power back at 530 this morning, and had to pull quite a few limbs out of the pool, but all is well here. It’s a chilly 74, however.

Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2026 11:32 AM (ZdaMQ)

26 The word seem is doing a lot of work in that sentence.

While the media have been uniformly against broadcasting any news that benefits Trump, I firmly believe that the people of this country still remember what a disaster the Dems were when Biden was POTUS less than two years ago, and that the Dems have absolutely no plan for how to fix the supposed problems that Trump has saddled us with.

Ben Had says we're increasing our hold on the legislative branch, and I'm with her on that one.

I'm worried about jinxing it, but that is my opinion as well.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

27 There is, in addition, the TX Declaration of Independence from 1836…just sayin…

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2026 11:33 AM (ekZzx)

28 Henry Laurens certainly ought to be better known than he is. As an aside, Laurens, SC is named in his honor.

A footnote: His oldest son, John Laurens, was an aide-de-camp to George Washington and a colonel in the Continental Army.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 10, 2026 11:33 AM (XeU6L)

29 17 Our friends have a grandson (sorta, the woman had him with previous husband before marrying current husband). He is probably 12, and they all delight in him dressing in women's clothes and generally being, IDK? Gay?
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 10, 2026 11:27 AM (QaH55

I've seen this multiple times -- it appears to be a way to torture the ex-husband.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 10, 2026 11:33 AM (OlzlW)

30 Frugality? What on Earth is that? The Frug went out with The Watusi in 1965!

Posted by: Unamerican Bandstand at October 10, 2026 11:33 AM (EdP2u)

31 “American voters seem poised in three weeks to transform the country in to a banana republic.”

Nonsense.
All the polls are wrong.
TJM is right.
Everyone loves Trump.
Unskew the polls.
Onward to victory!

Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 10, 2026 11:33 AM (I/RqB)

32 None of mankind is entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which, not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge to be hereditary.

The entire (D) party is made up of people that 100% disagree with this statement and in fact their life is spent trying to overrule these basic ideas.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 10, 2026 11:33 AM (/+uur)

33 Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2026 11:32 AM (ZdaMQ)

Glad to hear that the power is back on and you and yours are doing o.k., Piper.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2026 11:34 AM (JrHfD)

34 33 Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2026 11:32 AM (ZdaMQ)

Glad to hear that the power is back on and you and yours are doing o.k., Piper.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2026 11:34 AM (JrHfD

Thank you! Destin got the brunt of it, we need to pray for them.

Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2026 11:36 AM (ZdaMQ)

35 25 Hi everyone! Everyone on the gulf safe and sound? We got power back at 530 this morning, and had to pull quite a few limbs out of the pool, but all is well here. It’s a chilly 74, however.
Posted by: Piper

Good to hear! Any word on your place of bidness?

Posted by: Sweatin' to the Oldies Here at October 10, 2026 11:36 AM (EdP2u)

36 George Mason was the author of the Fairfax Resolves and the Virginia Declaration of Rights, but did NOT sign the Constitution, despite being one of the authors, because it didn't originally include a Bill of Rights.

Madison didn't really want a BofR, claiming it was unnecessary, but promised one for the period after the signing. I don't really know why he bothered opposing it. If I'd have been him, I'd have said "Fine, it's not necessary, but I'll give you one. It can't hurt." Perhaps he was worried it would become yet another bone of contention in a Congress that already had plenty.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

37
Ben Had says we're increasing our hold on the legislative branch, and I'm with her on that one.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

My prayers are with your endeavors.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2026 11:37 AM (NnhvP)

38 Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2026 11:36 AM

I will do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2026 11:37 AM (JrHfD)

39 It’s a chilly 74, however.
Posted by: Piper

Hope you can find your heavy wool coats!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 10, 2026 11:38 AM (NnhvP)

40 Texas

When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived, and for the advancement of whose happiness it was instituted, and so far from being a guarantee for the enjoyment of those inestimable and inalienable rights, becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers for their oppression.

100% of the Biden Administration set up to destroy these ideas and make the "people" poor, powerless, and oppressed.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 10, 2026 11:38 AM (/+uur)

41 Hurricanes that hit after dark are much scarier than daytime storms. Been through more than my share, living on the NC Coast since 1988.

Posted by: Currituck Chuck at October 10, 2026 11:40 AM (EdP2u)

42 I have un skewed the polls.

Some random precinct in rural Texas increased its early vote by 1%. This is proof all polling is wrong and Texas will go red by 9%.

Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 10, 2026 11:40 AM (I/RqB)

43 they know the socially correct response, and the penalties for not falling in to line.
Posted by: Archimedescredit?

I never heard of her but . . .

Country music singer Ella Langley is facing an online backlash. But it’s not about political statements, as is the case with many celebrities. It’s not even about her music.
People are incensed at her because she posted pictures of herself posing with deer she hunted. Now, people on social media are all in a tizzy because she enjoys the same activities as many male country singers.
. . . .
Country Chord documented people calling her an "industry plant" and saying she was basically MAGA. In the screenshots circulating online, the language gets uglier still: "trailer trash," "b*tch."

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On the other hand, Lindsay Clancy is more a victim of a cold, cruel world.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 10, 2026 11:41 AM (ndZc7)

44 Good to hear! Any word on your place of bidness?
Posted by: Sweatin' to the Oldies Here at October 10, 2026

The building is fine! I am headed there to turn everything back on in a little bit. We will hold classes as normal tomorrow, but are closed today.

Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2026 11:41 AM (ZdaMQ)

45 I saw a car with a window sticker for a Republican. This proves all polling is wrong. Final senate will be 71 Republicans, House will be 351 Republicans.

The polls have been un skewed.

Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 10, 2026 11:45 AM (I/RqB)

46 39 It’s a chilly 74, however.
Posted by: Piper

Best to drain the pool pump and filter before it freezes solid and busts wide open!

Posted by: Prudence Dictates at October 10, 2026 11:45 AM (EdP2u)

47
Value of Nobel Prizes:

Solid: Chemistry, Physics
Good, if flawed: Medicine
Complete jokes: Literature, Peace

I missed out on the Chemistry prize this year. Again.

*kicks rock*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2026 11:46 AM (eRlcH)

48 NPR explains it all.

The Atlantic season's first hurricane, Isaias, is spinning up in the Gulf of Mexico. Even as El Niño limited this year's Atlantic storms, climate change is making hurricanes more intense.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 10, 2026 11:46 AM (ndZc7)

49 The polls have been un skewed.
Posted by: A0S C0pe

You, Sir, or Madam, or Something in between, are an inane Drone!

Posted by: Worthy Of Scorn at October 10, 2026 11:47 AM (EdP2u)

50 Pokémon is not pretty.

Pokémon VGC champion says another player's BO caused him to vomit

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 10, 2026 11:48 AM (ndZc7)

51 Outstanding post K.T. Thank you very much.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at October 10, 2026 11:48 AM (cDs67)

52 In June 1776, fifteen years before the ratification of the Bill of Rights, Virginia adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights -- "the basis and foundation of government" in Virginia.

I could live under this.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 10, 2026 11:49 AM (4NO2D)

53 The polls have been un skewed.
Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 10, 2026 11:45 AM


Senate R+3 House R+8.

Book it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 10, 2026 11:50 AM (4NO2D)

54 I've always admired Caesar Rodney for his determination in very difficult circumstances. Thanks for your including him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2026 11:50 AM (JrHfD)

55 I'm going through the aging boomer decluttering phase. I've learned that nobody wants: 1) books, 2) our old "brown furniture," and 3) antiques and "collectibles."

So if you're looking for any of that stuff, rejoice! There will be a massive glut of it, selling very very cheap, very very soon.

Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 11:51 AM (Jr5Lq)

56 Section 2. That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants and at all times amenable to them.


As my dear mother, bhdds, would say, "First, we kill the judges".

Posted by: From about That Time at October 10, 2026 11:53 AM (sl73Y)

57 Don't believe it. They hate that he does it, but they know the socially correct response, and the penalties for not falling in to line.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

I think you underestimate the fervor of the true believers.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 10, 2026 11:53 AM (QaH55)

58 I'm going through the aging boomer decluttering phase. I've learned that nobody wants: 1) books, 2) our old "brown furniture," and 3) antiques and "collectibles."

So if you're looking for any of that stuff, rejoice! There will be a massive glut of it, selling very very cheap, very very soon.
Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 11:51 AM

Dealing with my parent's estate I can say that this is 100% true. Add Silverware and Fine China to the kids don't want it list.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 10, 2026 11:53 AM (4NO2D)

59 And quite the content. Thanks.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 10, 2026 11:54 AM (sl73Y)

60 This post is Girthy, Meaty, Beaty, Big, and Bouncy. Kudos to K.T. for delivering excellence on a Saturday morning. Even if it is my busy day!

Posted by: Shabbos Goy at October 10, 2026 11:54 AM (EdP2u)

61 48 NPR explains it all.

The Atlantic season's first hurricane, Isaias, is spinning up in the Gulf of Mexico. Even as El Niño limited this year's Atlantic storms, climate change is making hurricanes more intense.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 10, 2026 11:46 AM (ndZc7)

Climate has always changed, and always will change.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2026 11:55 AM (ekZzx)

62
3) antiques and "collectibles."

___________

Her Majesty is off-loading several tons of Borzoi collectibles as trophies and prizes for specialties. Last weekend, not only did she judge the Borzoi Club of Greater Omaha specialty, she also donated every trophy awarded.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2026 11:56 AM (eRlcH)

63 >>>>>Ben Had says we're increasing our hold on the legislative branch, and I'm with her on that one.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

My prayers are with your endeavors.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
---------
In 2016 and 2024 we gave the Republicans hold over the Congress along with the greatest POTUS ever to work with yet the still wavered.
Will this time be different?

Posted by: Cosda at October 10, 2026 11:57 AM (Vbk8C)

64 Baloney! Beanie Babies are fully funding my lucrative retirement!

Posted by: Savvy Investor at October 10, 2026 11:57 AM (EdP2u)

65 I moved most of my vehicles out to open public parking lots in preparation for the hurricane. Now I have to get my walking miles in bringing them back.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 10, 2026 11:57 AM (4NO2D)

66 "Add Silverware and Fine China to the kids don't want it list."

Silver plated stuff is worthless, but make sure to check for solid sterling marks on stuff before discarding. In my garage saling days, I picked up a lot of precious metals really cheap.

I gave a couple hundred (pretty good) books to the Salvation Army a few weeks ago, and today I visited their retail store, and see that they don't even shelve or sell them anymore. They probably go straight to pulpers or dumpsters.

Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 11:57 AM (Jr5Lq)

67 Psssh, England didn't abolish the transatlantic slave trade until 1807, and it took until 1834 to abolish slavery in its colonies.

They can piss off.

Posted by: McLurkerson at October 10, 2026 11:58 AM (AZDyS)

68
HM has also given away no small number of rosettes and ribbons she's won for repurposing. Both clubs and superintendents are grateful

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2026 12:00 PM (eRlcH)

69 Value of Nobel Prizes:

Solid: Chemistry, Physics
Good, if flawed: Medicine
Complete jokes: Literature, Peace

I missed out on the Chemistry prize this year. Again.

*kicks rock*

You too?
*kicks an even bigger rock*

Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

70 When did the DU fluffers start limping in here on Saturday mornings?

Posted by: McLurkerson at October 10, 2026 12:01 PM (AZDyS)

71 In 2016 and 2024 we gave the Republicans hold over the Congress along with the greatest POTUS ever to work with yet the still wavered.
Will this time be different?

Think about who is no longer going to be there in January. Yes, things will be different. Not different enough to please me completely, but certainly different.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 12:02 PM (Riz8t)

72 Saw a fun stat: Ukraine blew up a Russian datacenter belonging to Yandex the other day, and 50% of bot traffic on X stopped immediately.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2026 12:03 PM (QZThv)

73
When did the DU fluffers start limping in here on Saturday mornings?
Posted by: McLurkerson at October 10, 2026 12:01 PM (AZDyS)

__________

When did they start waking up this early?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2026 12:03 PM (eRlcH)

74 In 2016 and 2024 we gave the Republicans hold over the Congress along with the greatest POTUS ever to work with yet the still wavered.
Will this time be different?
Posted by: Cosda at October 10, 2026 11:57 AM (Vbk8C)

In the Senate Mr. Tills and Mr. Cornyn are out.

If that is any indication…it just might.

Better lean ou your Reps and Sens just in case though.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2026 12:03 PM (ekZzx)

75 "When did the DU fluffers start limping in here on Saturday mornings?"

Intrepid left them for reddit. They feel a bit dissed is all and just want to let us know they are still around.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 10, 2026 12:03 PM (dCMJG)

76 On a more positive note, and in re. to the founding of the country, I was doing some genealogy work a number of years ago on my family. We go back to pre-revolutionary times, but when I was a kid, we were one step up from poor white trash, and most of the people around us were poor white trash.

Funny thing was, in doing the research, and reading all sorts of "History of this County," historic land ownership records, and the like, I started seeing all these familiar family names. Turns out most of the poor white trash around us also went back to revolutionary times. Most, if not all, of my peers were ignorant of the fact. Most, I'm sure, would not have cared, but I always wondered that if they did, would it change their outlook on things? IDK.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 10, 2026 12:03 PM (QaH55)

77 >>> Posted by: A0S D0pe at October 10, 2026 11:33 AM (I/RqB)

Oh look, Faggot Pete is here.

Gosh, I wonder if Faggot Pete will show up on Novemeber 4th.

Fag.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2026 12:04 PM (3mtzY)

78 Even as El Niño limited this year's Atlantic storms, climate change is making hurricanes more intense.

The current hurricane is a cat 3. That's not exactly "more intense".

Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2026 12:05 PM (QZThv)

79 25 Hi everyone! Everyone on the gulf safe and sound? We got power back at 530 this morning, and had to pull quite a few limbs out of the pool, but all is well here. It’s a chilly 74, however.

Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2026 11:32 AM (ZdaMQ)

Was wondering how you fared. Glad to hear you did OK.

Also glad this one missed NOLA. When we got home, post Katrina, our pool was emerald green and was shimmering with mosquito larva. A couple of shots of wasp spray did the trick on the larva.

Posted by: javems at October 10, 2026 12:05 PM (vAXS5)

80 In the Senate Mr. Tills and Mr. Cornyn are out.

If that is any indication…it just might.

Better lean ou your Reps and Sens just in case though.

Also McConnell, Ernst, and Graham.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

81 Oh look, Faggot Pete is here.

Is he aka Masturbatin' Pete?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)

82 Vote for Barry Goldwater on November 3rd!

Posted by: AUH20 at October 10, 2026 12:08 PM (EdP2u)

83
The same people who believe/are influenced by any of these lame-ass trolls are the same people sending their bank acc't numbers to Nigerian Princes.

All we need to do is to do our part, show up and vote, and we'll see if the polls were accurate or not.

Reality is the proof. Not faggy, fake takes from trolls.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 10, 2026 12:08 PM (YSUhf)

84 All we need to do is to do our part, show up and vote, and we'll see if the polls were accurate or not.

Reality is the proof. Not faggy, fake takes from trolls.


The troll says we're going to lose, so I'm staying home in despair.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 10, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)

85 Also glad this one missed NOLA. When we got home, post Katrina, our pool was emerald green and was shimmering with mosquito larva. A couple of shots of wasp spray did the trick on the larva.
Posted by: javems

Green algae is pretty easy to kill. Yellow algae takes a fortune in chemicals to exterminate.

Posted by: I Was In The Pool! at October 10, 2026 12:11 PM (EdP2u)

86 And that was a very touching story about Jonathan Birge. Thanks so much for your including it, K.T.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2026 12:12 PM (JrHfD)

87 There was an era, roughly between 'Antiques Roadshow' and 'Storage Wars,' when lots of folks like me would flip stuff we found at garage sales on eBay, and we did pretty good. That era is over, killed by lack of demand for old junk, and ridiculous high shipping costs.

My gf had a real eye for what would sell, in categories like dolls and art. I had an eye for tools, scientific instruments, jewelry. It was fun and marginally profitable, but it's over now.

Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 12:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

88
I'm afraid all I can do is vote for Abbott, Paxton, Randy Weber and Mayes Middleton. The rest I have to leave in the hands of the Lord.

O my God, were You to give me fullest choice of asking all I wish, and were You to swear to me by Yourself that You would grant my petition in all things, I would neither desire nor ask anything else than that Your Will may be perfectly done in me and in every creature of Yours, according to Your supreme and faultless good pleasure. Wherefore, in union with that resignation with which Jesus committed Himself wholly to Your will in the Garden of Olives, and in union with His affection and His intention, I say from His heart and in His words:

Not my will, but Yours be done, O most holy Father, in time and in eternity.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2026 12:13 PM (eRlcH)

89 Here in KY we have an added incentive to vote...

McConnell isn't on the ticket. A couple Reps are.. fairly, maybe, safe (R) seats. None of the county seats up for grabs are either party and the nearby town's vote for mayor doesn't apply to us.

It'll take us longer to get a ballot than it will to actually vote.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2026 12:14 PM (RORbl)

90 Dave in Florida says it’s a lock. Rs will win everything.

Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 10, 2026 12:16 PM (odUFg)

91 KY is such a funny abbreviation for a state!

Posted by: Astrolube andy at October 10, 2026 12:16 PM (EdP2u)

92
Frugality? What on Earth is that? The Frug went out with The Watusi in 1965!
Posted by: Unamerican Bandstand

Kick your feet up, swing your arms up too
Move your head both ways, like you see me do
Then jump three feet to the swinging beat
Do the Freddie

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2026 12:17 PM (Cqx++)

93 I'll vote straight Republican on election day. FWIW, the only guiding principle I have left to rely upon is 'Republicans suck canal water, but the Democrats are far worse.'

https://tinyurl.com/4kfdr25a

Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 12:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

94 Instant street justice clips narrated by Steve Inman. I recall when Steve Inman clips were a regular feature on ASHQ:

https://tinyurl.com/yusnkh3k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 10, 2026 12:22 PM (JrHfD)

95 I listened to the Rubio speech he gave in Greece. To say I am impressed is a vast understatement. I'll say more on the book thread but that speech led to thoughts of C S Lewis' "Abolition of Man", Plutarch's Lives, and parts of Plato. It is inexcusable that a defense of Western culture is needed but Rubio's speech was a good start.

Posted by: JTB at October 10, 2026 12:23 PM (yTvNw)

96 Drunk-driving Chief Judge bodycam. Always amusing:
youtube.com/watch?v=Js1_VbfJmE0

Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 12:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

97 88
I'm afraid all I can do is vote for Abbott, Paxton, Randy Weber and Mayes Middleton. The rest I have to leave in the hands of the Lord.

O my God, were You to give me fullest choice of asking all I wish, and were You to swear to me by Yourself that You would grant my petition in all things, I would neither desire nor ask anything else than that Your Will may be perfectly done in me and in every creature of Yours, according to Your supreme and faultless good pleasure. Wherefore, in union with that resignation with which Jesus committed Himself wholly to Your will in the Garden of Olives, and in union with His affection and His intention, I say from His heart and in His words:

Not my will, but Yours be done, O most holy Father, in time and in eternity.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2026 12:13 PM (eRlcH)

I will vote for Tom Sell with little enthusiasm.

Bo French will be fully traumatized in one month as RR Commissioner. Nate Sheets is a bored trust fund baby looking for relevancy so he decided to run for Ag Commissioner. I look forward to him screwing that up like P did the Land Office. (But at least our school lunches will be CLEAN!!!)

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2026 12:25 PM (ekZzx)

98 90 Dave in Florida says it’s a lock. Rs will win everything.

Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 10, 2026 12:16 PM (odUFg)

Let’s hold the election anyway. Just because.

Posted by: Jim Rome at October 10, 2026 12:27 PM (ekZzx)

99 KT,
Thanks for so many quotes from Thomas Sowell. With Walter Williams gone, sadly, I believe Sowell represents about 70% of the intelligence in this country. (And a higher percentage in any other country.)

Posted by: JTB at October 10, 2026 12:27 PM (yTvNw)

100 Hurricane's over.

Piper and toby928 have both checked in.

Still need to hear from man and one hour sober.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 10, 2026 12:27 PM (QGaXH)

101 I’m hoping Libertarians run against French, Sheets, and my worthless State rep, Ken King, so I can safely vote against them.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2026 12:29 PM (ekZzx)

102 More apropos for the pet thread BUT, we had the blessing of the animals on the Feast of St Francis of Assisi this past week.

Additionally, Father Dan also held the Blessing of the Stuffies for some of the kids that are allergic to (real) animals.

"Dear Lord, we thank you for the gift of stuffed animals and cuddly toys, for time to play, and for someone to hold us when times are sad or scary. As we hug our stuffed animals, we remember that you are always with us. Bless these children and the creatures they hold dear. Amen."

Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2026 12:29 PM (N5iuz)

103 No man is an island, entire of itself
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.

Posted by: John Dunne at October 10, 2026 12:30 PM (H88Wh)

104 Vote for Barry Goldwater on November 3rd!
Posted by: AUH20 at

First guy I campaigned for, after I couldn't get Alfred E. Newman through the primaries.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 10, 2026 12:30 PM (sl73Y)

105 Our founders weren't perfect; quite a few were slaveholders, like Washington and Jefferson. While Liberals are fast to point to the 3/5ths clause ("See! Black slaves were considered worth less than a whole person!"--no, they weren't), the fact is the seeds for the elimination of slavery in the United States was planted in the Constitution, and some knew that slavery would be a major issue in the future.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2026 12:31 PM (l3cgK)

106 I have asthma now

@yoursnandieni
Tooter is an Indian alternative to Twitter (X).

American companies like X will fall if Americans continue to mistreat us. India has a huge audience, and if we start using our own apps, we can generate massive revenue for Indian companies.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2026 12:32 PM (nEUC6)

107 10 Many still today are held in slavery, here and around the world.

Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2026 11:21 AM (Ia/+0)

This is very true, and many are held in Muzzie countries at that. When it comes to sexual slavery, that exists in the underground communities around the world, and as for State-Sponsored slavery, Commie countries are very good at that when it comes to "undesirables"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2026 12:33 PM (l3cgK)

108 Fen posting Inman justice clips???
Strnge times we live in.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 10, 2026 12:34 PM (sl73Y)

109
American companies like X will fall if Americans continue to mistreat us. India has a huge audience, and if we start using our own apps, we can generate massive revenue for Indian companies.

_________

You sound like the Europeans. And what have they done?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2026 12:35 PM (eRlcH)

110 Tooter is an Indian alternative to Twitter (X).

American companies like X will fall if Americans continue to mistreat us. India has a huge audience, and if we start using our own apps, we can generate massive revenue for Indian companies.

Yes, because Twitter alternatives have all done amazingly. Bluesky is in a death spiral, Threads never lived in the first place, and Mastodon continues to be *the* place for socially awkward nerds who want a free Palestine, with purchase of equal or lesser value.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 10, 2026 12:36 PM (QZThv)

111 93 I'll vote straight Republican on election day. FWIW, the only guiding principle I have left to rely upon is 'Republicans suck canal water, but the Democrats are far worse.'

https://tinyurl.com/4kfdr25a
Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 12:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

I've been voting since the '70's. I have never voted for a D. Never will. They wanted to send me to Vietnam. Nixon (R) got it stopped before I was 18.

D's wanted to take my livelihood away or curtail it via DEI/Affirmative Action my entire adult working life and have actively worked to make me and other white males less employable/promotable. Ditto with public safety.

Before you say I'm rayyycisssss, take a look at any college scholarship book (if they still exist). See how many scholarships are specifically reserved for minorities/females.Now try to find one reserved for 'white males only'.

I'll wait.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 10, 2026 12:37 PM (QGaXH)

112 102 ... "Additionally, Father Dan also held the Blessing of the Stuffies for some of the kids that are allergic to (real) animals."

Tonypete,

Thanks for posting that. The image, and the thought behind it, will make me smile all day.

Posted by: JTB at October 10, 2026 12:37 PM (yTvNw)

113 If we lobby and clamor hard enough Ace will have to post Inman in the Cafe more frequently. Being a pain in the ass pays off!

Some of you are too polite. As I always say-Nice guys finish last!

Posted by: Leo The Lip Durocher at October 10, 2026 12:38 PM (EdP2u)

114 113 If we lobby and clamor hard enough Ace will have to post Inman in the Cafe more frequently. Being a pain in the ass pays off!

Some of you are too polite. As I always say-Nice guys finish last!

Posted by: Leo The Lip Durocher at October 10, 2026 12:38 PM (EdP2u)

the wife appreciated that fact.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2026 12:39 PM (l3cgK)

115 111 Well stated.

Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 12:40 PM (Jr5Lq)

116 That Dan fella outright refused to bless our stuffies!

Posted by: The Poofters of Hormuz at October 10, 2026 12:40 PM (EdP2u)

117 Not my will, but Yours be done, O most holy Father, in time and in eternity.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2026 12:13 PM (eRlcH)
___

Amen.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 10, 2026 12:46 PM (dkM11)

118 Leo Durocher was married to actress Laraine Day. She studied baseball to become knowledgeable about it. She was the earliest lady sportscaster. Had a 15 minute pregame show called Day With The Giants. She was known as The First Lady Of Baseball.

Posted by: Leo the Lip at October 10, 2026 12:46 PM (EdP2u)

119 115 111 Well stated.
Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 12:40 PM (Jr5Lq)

Thank You.

At the risk of encouraging the Paolo: Every once in a while I manage to get a little wood on the ball, as they say....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 10, 2026 12:46 PM (QGaXH)

120 Dems prioritize:

Noncitizens over citizens.
Criminals over the law-abiding.
Every other 'sexuality' over heterosexuality.
Every other race over whites.
The profane over the sublime.
Perversity over chastity.
Dogmatic nonsense over true scholarship.

They despise Legacy America, its history, and its people. They seek to destroy it by any means necessary. We have many decades of evidence to show it.

Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 12:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

121 Regarding Section 5 of the Virginia Declaration of Rights ...members of the two first ...should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, And bringing to it Article V from the Articles of Confederation ...no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years (delegate's terms were all for one year), Congressional Term Limits were contemplated under the formation of our government, and it is a grave oversight in our Founding that the Constitutional Convention did not include them in the final document.

Notice, too, how the Articles of Confederation did not forbid a person from serving again after being "term limited" out of office, thereby providing response to the argument against term limits of "you should not tell us who is to be our representative." Such a term limited individual is well eligible to hold office again; he needs merely to requalify himself.

I wish the proposals (which I've seen) for a term limiting amendment under an Article V Convention would include something like that.

Posted by: NeighSayer at October 10, 2026 12:49 PM (bufu1)

122
Dogmatic nonsense over true scholarship.

Power over service.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2026 12:50 PM (eRlcH)

123 Term limits (6 terms for reps, 2 terms for sens) are meaningless without limits for aides and high-level G class employees. 12 years for anyone is more than enough feeding at the trough, so take your connections and go home.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 10, 2026 12:53 PM (qGmRV)

124 I dropped all poll beliefs since Hillary was going to become President

Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2026 12:53 PM (Ia/+0)

125
Here's the new trailer for the upcoming movie

"The Exorcist: Martyrs"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9trle6su7U


Actually looks pretty good, if not totally original.
Seems like a mash-up of Exorcist # and Fallen.

But we'll see.

BONUS! Looks like ScarJo's been on Ozaempic and got some face work done. No, she doesn't look bad but doesn't really look like herself.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 10, 2026 12:54 PM (YSUhf)

126
Exorcist # = Exorcist 3

Posted by: naturalfake at October 10, 2026 12:55 PM (YSUhf)

127 Dealing with my parent's estate I can say that this is 100% true. Add Silverware and Fine China to the kids don't want it list.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 10, 2026 11:53 AM (4NO2D)

I have my parents china and it is one of my prized possessions. I also have both sets of grandparents silver tea sets, and it kills me I don’t have them out right now. When we do the kitchen mini reno, I am getting cabinets to the ceiling with glass fronts added so I can have them out. I will not be responsible for this southern tradition dying! I know my kids want these things when I go, and my middle one wants my pristine mid mod bedroom set that is currently in storage because I refuse to part with it.

If the silverware is real, I would absolutely buy it from you. My mom gave her set to my brother (my sister got the crystal), but I would have loved to have gotten that, too.

Posted by: Piper at October 10, 2026 12:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

128 98 90 Dave in Florida says it’s a lock. Rs will win everything.

Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 10, 2026 12:16 PM (odUFg)

Let’s hold the election anyway. Just because.
Posted by: Jim Rome at October 10, 2026 12:27 PM (ekZzx)

FWIW I've seen hundreds of ads from Dems asking me for money and maybe three for Republicans. I'm a registered independent with zero history of donations. Not sure if that means Rs are asleep at the switch or what, but I have a hard time seeing how it bodes well for Ds.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 10, 2026 12:59 PM (r7+Q7)

129 Neighsayer, so as to not have to go recalculating everything, shall we say "no more than 12 years out of 20" (to allow for 2 terms as Senator), then if their terms were consecutive, they have to wait at least 8 to run for any office, even if it's a different one? (If they did 6, skipped four, ran for the other senate seat and won, then they only have to wait four years before running for governor or president or whatever).

Posted by: RandomDave at October 10, 2026 01:00 PM (aJQbY)

130 Regarding the discussion in the previous thread about Adolf Hitler's real name. Yes, his father (nee Schicklgruber) legally changed his name, ten years before fathering Adolf, to a made-up name: Hitler. But that name is really a legal fiction. Legal, yes, but not real. Genealogically speaking, dear Adolf was a Schicklgruber (and whatever his Granny's anonymous sperm donor was).

And AOS Cope is a funny name for a deranged faggot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 10, 2026 01:02 PM (quk5M)

131 128 98 90 Dave in Florida says it’s a lock. Rs will win everything.

Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 10, 2026 12:16 PM (odUFg)

Let’s hold the election anyway. Just because.
Posted by: Jim Rome at October 10, 2026 12:27 PM (ekZzx)

FWIW I've seen hundreds of ads from Dems asking me for money and maybe three for Republicans. I'm a registered independent with zero history of donations. Not sure if that means Rs are asleep at the switch or what, but I have a hard time seeing how it bodes well for Ds.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 10, 2026 12:59 PM (r7+Q7)

I get texts and mailings from every politician I've donated to in the past who is still active. I get texts from a legion of politicians and causes I haven't. The other day, I got three messages purportedly from the same candidate (that I don't even know); I deleted and blocked the number, another number with same message which I deleted and blocked the number, and finally on the third I told them "STOP"...
What's will using all these phone numbers to spam people with political texts‽ ( Yes, I just used an interrobang here )

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2026 01:03 PM (l3cgK)

132 Sadly its not over until all votes, real and fraud they can call real are counted

Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2026 01:08 PM (Ia/+0)

133 Thomas Sowell for the Medal OF Freedom and the Medal for Science.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 10, 2026 01:09 PM (u82oZ)

134 123 Term limits (6 terms for reps, 2 terms for sens) are meaningless without limits for aides and high-level G class employees. 12 years for anyone is more than enough feeding at the trough, so take your connections and go home.
Posted by: mustbequantum at October 10, 2026 12:53 PM (qGmRV)

The real problem is electoral laziness. The system expects and demands citizen participation but citizens do not want to do that, because it’s too hard and “why should I?”

Term limits are simply a lazy solution for the lazy, by the lazy, which results in the electorate being MORE lazy. Which makes things worse.

(1000% agree on staff running the show. Which could be mitigated with actual mass electoral participation)

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2026 01:10 PM (ekZzx)

135 What's will = What's with

I just dunno what goes on with my fingers, my brain, and my consciousness...I seem to lose the argument sometimes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2026 01:10 PM (l3cgK)

136 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 10, 2026 01:02 PM (quk5M)

Less than 10 days to go! How’s it looking in AB on Oct 19?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2026 01:11 PM (ekZzx)

137 77 >>> Posted by: A0S D0pe at October 10, 2026 11:33 AM (I/RqB)

Oh look, Faggot Pete is here.

Gosh, I wonder if Faggot Pete will show up on Novemeber 4th.

Fag.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2026 12:04 PM (3mtzY)

And here I thought they were just somebody being funny....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 10, 2026 01:12 PM (QGaXH)

138 Tenure among our "elected" officials won't likely change anytime soon. It's a lifelong profession for most. Sometimes that tenure extends into the afterlife.

*shrugs*

It's a problem. But so's the same compulsion among aids and staffers who latch onto someone's office and as long as it remains (R) or (D) they remain employed. And many have an agenda of their own that may, or may not jive with the Congress member they "work for."

They also exert undue influence on the weak minded in Congress (which is significantly under reported.) McConnell's absence, yet no real public push back from anyone other than the media and Democrats demonstrates staffers influence on Congress.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 10, 2026 01:13 PM (RORbl)

139 The blessing of the stuffies happens around the table all the time in Rhode Island.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 10, 2026 01:19 PM (sl73Y)

140 The real problem is electoral laziness.

No. No a thousand times. The real problem is what it's always been. The two-party system.

It's a UniParty. A one-party system. Set up to make sure their little American Aristocracy survives. By making sure it's only two parties in name only.

People here always bitch. Why do those stupid Kentuckians always send McConnell ? Because they have no other choice. Literally.

Its the same everywhere. Why does California not elect a decent Republican ? Its not just vote-fraud. The California GOP conveniently never really digs in and fights to get a win.

Posted by: Spoiler Alert at October 10, 2026 01:20 PM (iDTlP)

141 The real problem is electoral laziness.

No. No a thousand times. The real problem is what it's always been. The two-party system.

It's a UniParty. A one-party system. Set up to make sure their little American Aristocracy survives. By making sure it's only two parties in name only.

It's a combination of things. These 2 are in the mix.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 10, 2026 01:24 PM (zcI95)

142 I was going to put my two cents in but due to Biden's inflation it's worth less than one cent now. I'll have to go see if I have any pfennigs left from when I was in Germany.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 10, 2026 01:25 PM (DSbeM)

143 Cow Demon

No reduction in actual Nation Debt, no money for any staffer.

We have a Spending & Fraud problem, not a tax intake problem.

Constitution 2.0.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 10, 2026 01:26 PM (u82oZ)

144 142 I was going to put my two cents in but due to Biden's inflation it's worth less than one cent now. I'll have to go see if I have any pfennigs left from when I was in Germany.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 10, 2026 01:25 PM (DSbeM)

Will you take Iranian rials?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)

145 Less than 10 days to go! How’s it looking in AB on Oct 19?
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 10, 2026 01:11 PM (ekZzx)

I have seen "Vote No" signs suddenly springing up in the last few days, while the pro-independence signs and banners have been out for a long time. I don't know if this can be taken as a sign of panic on the Federales' part or not.

I think it will be a close vote, either way. The issue will not go away. I plan to vote in an advance poll on the 13th.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 10, 2026 01:26 PM (quk5M)

146 It's a combination of things. These 2 are in the mix.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 10, 2026 01:24 PM (zcI95)

It is not. Americans voted, in HUGE numbers, twice recently.

The Tea Party Movement. The GOP response to House, Senate, and White House control was to cede the House to Nancy Pelosi.

So voters did it again. Trump 2016.

Over 50 GOP House members retired to make sure they didn't have the House, Senate, and GOP again.

These are just facts.

Posted by: Spoiler Alert at October 10, 2026 01:27 PM (iDTlP)

147 Will you take Iranian rials?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)


Heh. Nope.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 10, 2026 01:28 PM (DSbeM)

148 Spoiler Alert

The answer is to run yourself. I was a reelected politician. Lowered my slice of the mill levee each of my first three years in Office. Because I can manage and not take.

Going for a stealth write-in vote this time. I should win.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 10, 2026 01:28 PM (u82oZ)

149 Spoiler Alert

'If I can overcome my shyness, anyone can.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 10, 2026 01:29 PM (u82oZ)

150 Don't expect spending reductions or any fiscal responsibility from either party. We'll have a $2T deficit this year, with a Republican Prez, House, and Senate.

Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 01:30 PM (Jr5Lq)

151 Spoiler Alert

The answer is to run yourself.

I'd rather tie my own noose than spend a day acting like one of those bastards.

Posted by: Spoiler Alert at October 10, 2026 01:30 PM (iDTlP)

152 Don't expect spending reductions or any fiscal responsibility from either party. We'll have a $2T deficit this year, with a Republican Prez, House, and Senate.

Well shit, what do you expect ? They only control the White House, Senate, House, and appointed five of the nine Supremes ?

Posted by: Spoiler Alert at October 10, 2026 01:32 PM (iDTlP)

153 Spoiler Alert

The trick is to not act like the grafting, inbred, self-important, unmoored from reality people in office already.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 10, 2026 01:32 PM (u82oZ)

154 "12 Another problem with the tranny shit is "therapists" get ahold of young men and women over 18 and convince them that they are autistic and in the wrong body, like that will fix everything, instead of actually helping them deal with life.

Posted by: fd at October 10, 2026 11:21 AM (MWfyi) "

"autism". that reminds me of a book I saw the other day; "Asperger's Children". Asperger was the inventor of autism, which was used as a pretext (one of many) for eugenic murder by the nazi government.
I tell you, that book was ... unspeakable. the blood runs cold to read that stuff, I read bits of it, and put it back on the library shelf.
do. not. want. to. read. the. whole. thing.

just sayin' ... how many other social ills are rooted in that thinking?
drugging young people to make them compliant, for instance.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 10, 2026 01:33 PM (VyBeY)

155 I see they awarded the Nobel peace prize to some South African woman who is connected to the UN and is a Jew hater.... Needless to say Trump was pissed but I wish he hadn't mentioned it... Looks petty

Posted by: It's me donna at October 10, 2026 01:41 PM (a7sNn)

156 Asperger was the inventor of autism, which was used as a pretext (one of many) for eugenic murder by the nazi government.

Which is really odd, in and of itself.

Because every really "smart" person you'll ever meet is a bit Autistic. Part of the trick is to figure out how to ride it, manage it, and be as high-functioning as you can with it.

Same for every good artist and musician (same word for two different mediums). Same for most every truly high-functioning person that makes it in their field.

It takes crazy to do the crazy to make it. And I would have thought the Nazi's, of all people, would have appreciated that. Because a bunch of them fuckers were indeed Autistic-Crazy.

Just look at German Art, Architecture, Music, and Home Decor. The Autistic ain't went away. Normal people don't do an entire room in Chrome and Black Leather at all right angles.

Posted by: Spoiler Alert at October 10, 2026 01:42 PM (iDTlP)

157 En fuego!

Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" at October 10, 2026 01:43 PM (0sNs1)

158 nood

Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 01:44 PM (Jr5Lq)

159 connected to the UN and is a Jew hater.... Needless to say Trump was pissed but I wish he hadn't mentioned it... Looks petty
Posted by: It's me donna

I don't agree. Any thinking person knows the the Nobel Committee and the UN are scoundrels and schmucks of the first degree. Calling them out is all you can do.

Posted by: Screw Them Guys/Gals/What's Its at October 10, 2026 01:45 PM (EdP2u)

160 Normal people don't do an entire room in Chrome and Black Leather at all right angles.
Posted by: Spoiler Alert at October 10, 2026 01:42 PM

So say we all.

Posted by: IKEA at October 10, 2026 01:45 PM (0sNs1)

161 Add Silverware and Fine China to the kids don't want it list.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 10, 2026 11:53 AM (4NO2D

I'm keeping an eye out for Wedgwood White bone china. It's "fine" but not fancy. I started a set and then the pattern was discontinued and replacements are $20 apiece, which is more than what I paid for new.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 10, 2026 01:46 PM (OlzlW)

162 GARDEN THREAD IS BLOOMING NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 10, 2026 01:46 PM (Ia/+0)

163 Yes, I just used an interrobang here )
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2026 01:03 PM (l3cgK)
~~~~~

I LOVE interrobangs!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 10, 2026 01:46 PM (3ImbR)

164 To get the interrobang accepted into the Unicode character set, much blood was shed. Punc Wars > Punic Wars.

Posted by: gp at October 10, 2026 01:53 PM (Jr5Lq)

165

Yemen's Houthis have once again pummeled Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport in Ryiadh with a volley of ballistic missiles. A major emergency response has ensued with dozens of ambulances at the scene, and a total evacuation of the major flight hub.

In this fresh instance, which comes after multiple attacks on the kingdom's civilian aviation hubs stretching back at least a week, there appears to be mass casualties as a result.

https://t.ly/5xR48

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 10, 2026 01:55 PM (Cqx++)

166 Elisha Weisel - only son of Eli Weisel also condemned the awarding of the peace prize to the anti semetic nut:

https://tinyurl.com/3jx2sssh

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