Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed's Mother Was an Active Member of the Muslim Brotherhood In College

Abdul El-Sayed's mother--whom the left-wing Michigan Senate candidate has described as "smart, warm, charismatic" and whom he called on camera in a May campaign video--was active in the Muslim Brotherhood while in college in Egypt, a revelation that further contradicts El-Sayed's recent claims that neither he nor his family have ties to the radical Islamist group.
Eman Abdelhadi, a University of Chicago professor and El-Sayed's half-sister, wrote about her mother and other family members' ties to the Muslim Brotherhood in social media posts in June 2012, just after Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi was elected president of Egypt.
"Had an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 70s while she was in college," wrote Abdelhadi, who is five years younger than El-Sayed and has a different father.
Their mother, Fatten Elkomy, is a nurse in Missouri who attended Alexandria University, one of the largest universities in Egypt. The school was known as a hub of Muslim Brotherhood activity in the 1970s, according to a 2012 report from the Brookings Institution, which noted that "the Muslim Brothers dominated the Islamic Group at Alexandria University" at the time.
El-Sayed himself recounted his mother's campus activism in his book, Healing Politics, writing that she was a "leader on campus" but omitting any mention of the Muslim Brotherhood. A 2012 Columbia Medicine Magazine alumni profile of El-Sayed notes that El-Sayed's mother "studied medicine" in "Alexandria, Egypt" and was an outspoken opponent of military rule in the country, which was briefly interrupted by the election of Morsi. El-Sayed signed a 2012 statement identifying himself as part of a group of "Morsi Supporters in America," the Washington Free Beacon reported.

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The revelation of Elkomy's role as a Muslim Brotherhood campus activist comes as El-Sayed denies any ties to the Islamist group, which spawned Hamas in Gaza in the 1980s. In a Sunday Meet the Press appearance, El-Sayed said neither he nor his family have connections to the Brotherhood. "You don't have any ties, and your family doesn't?" NBC's Kristen Welker asked. "No," El-Sayed said twice.

She did not ask any follow-ups. She did not read his sister's words to him, in which his sister identified his mother as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

But Abdelhadi, who was arrested for assaulting a police officer during an anti-ICE rally in Chicago last year, has repeatedly discussed her family's ties to the Brotherhood, the Free Beacon reported.
"My family has long been MB," she wrote on June 24, 2012. "I have had family jailed for being a part of it," she wrote on July 3, 2013. "Praying for all my family that supports the #MB in Egypt. Lie low, stay safe" she said.
El-Sayed has faced intense scrutiny over his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood from his Republican opponent, former congressman Mike Rogers.

His father seems to be Muslim Brotherhood, too, although no one is on record saying so:

It is unclear whether El-Sayed's father, Mohamed, has any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. According to El-Sayed, his father studied and taught at Alexandria University until leaving the school in 1978. El-Sayed wrote that his dad "had to leave" Egypt over his "political agitation" against Egyptian military rule. El-Sayed has also said his father left Egypt because he believed "he could express his religion in America better than he could in Egypt at the time."

Kristin Welker did not question Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed's deep family connections to the Muslim Brotherhood. She did instead what all left-wing "journalistic" activists do, give him an easy opportunity to deny the facts without any push-back that might cause him discomfort.

NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker asked El-Sayed about allegations his family has connections to the Islamic group. El-Sayed denied any such connections twice in the interview with one-word responses. Welker asked no follow-up questions on the issue and moved on to other issues.

She was allowed to "moderate" presidential debates.

Meanwhile, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed's terrorist and communist wingman Hasan Piker has a long history of attacking the very idea of democracy, instead favoring sharia law and communist tyranny, left-wing liberal Jonathan Chait reports.

As I prepared for the interview by researching his commentary, I realized that Piker is right to complain that the handful of frequently repeated controversial statements fail to accurately represent his worldview. In fact, it's much worse than those quotes suggest.
The most important problem with inviting Piker to join the pro-democracy coalition is that, by any reasonable definition of the term, he does not believe in democracy.
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Piker declared at a debate this year, "I say we put the power back in the hands of the many rather than the power in the hands of the few. If a dictatorship is inevitable, I'd rather have it be a dictatorship of the proletariat than one that is designed around the needs of the bourgeois class." On his Twitch stream he has said: "I love Lenin. I love Fidel Castro. And I love Che Guevara. They are genuinely fucking heroes."
When asked to cite an example of socialism that he admires, Piker replied, "China is probably the closest," while conceding that "there are still plenty of failures within the Chinese system." Although he cites China's economic model, rather than its single-party Communist regime, as the source of his admiration, other countries have exhibited the same rapid industrialization without attracting Piker's fawning praise.
He has dismissed Mao's campaign of mass terror as mere mistakes. "Do I believe that it was intentional? No, I don't believe that it was intentional." In fact, as the Brookings scholar Kenneth Lieberthal, who has taught a course on China under communism at the University of Michigan, told me, "Mao never shied away from violence among Chinese civilians to achieve his goals, and he never expressed regret for any deaths that occurred as a result of his initiatives."
Piker has extensively praised economic development in North Korea, a country that he has acknowledged engages in repression, while maintaining that "it's certainly not as bad as the way that Western media presents it." In one segment marveling at economic development in the Stalinist kingdom, where even the slightest acts of dissent are met with confinement and torture, he said, "It is fucking mind-boggling to me that a country so fucking poor and so distraught, a country that withstood a fucking genocide, could get to this level, dude. Like, how does this not make you mad as an American citizen? How does this not fucking piss you off, where you look at this shit and you're like, if they can do it, why the fuck can't we?" Piker concluded by saying that North Korea's achievement "shows you that a better future is possible for all of us."
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In one especially revealing episode, he attacked a refugee from Vietnam. Piker's stream typically includes snippets of videos that he and his audience watch together, interspersed with his own commentary. As the video showed the refugee saying "We have endured suffering under the Communist regime," he threw back his head in disbelief and began to rant: "Okay, fuck you, dude. I mean seriously, fuck you, old lady. Shut the fuck up, you stupid fucking idiotic old lady with your stupid fucking gamer headest. Who has fucked you harder, America or fuckin' Ho Chi Minh? Suck my dick, old lady. Goddamn, dude. Fuck this refugee."

A black female comedienne -- I think -- embarrassed Piker by asking him about his Champagne Socialism. Worth the watch.

Ziwe grills Hasan Piker over his champagne socialism https://t.co/72GUZsPB7Y
— yeet (@Awk20000) October 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:20 PM

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1 New

Posted by: Beartooth at October 13, 2026 06:19 PM (KWbVO)

2 Let's try again

Posted by: Beartooth at October 13, 2026 06:21 PM (KWbVO)

3 De-bladed

Posted by: Halfhand at October 13, 2026 06:21 PM (RhaPD)

4 Taqiyya. Lot's of taqiyya from all of them.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 13, 2026 06:23 PM (l26NL)

5 Its not just mom, its the whole family according to her. "We've always been Muslim Brotherhood" his sister said, repeatedly on social media (posts now being sanitized but have been saved in screen caps)

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 06:25 PM (nIKjK)

6 This is the most important in history.

Posted by: Eromero at October 13, 2026 06:26 PM (UYYJi)

7 The 120 Voice Actors for Palestine are either doubling down on the support or running way.

These woketards are trying to raise donations for Operation Olive Branch which is not a legit charity - they have problems like a $200k hole in donations - and has worked with one of Hamas' partners in the past.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:26 PM (2GVsD)

8 Mike Rogers is going to beat this guy like a redheaded rented stepmule right? Right?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 13, 2026 06:26 PM (B2jNU)

9 Terrorist whores are nothing new.
Or laudable.
Even if Park Chan-Wook disagrees.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 13, 2026 06:26 PM (s1VwS)

10 Muslim Brotherhood or Muslim, makes no difference to me--both are disqualifiers to even be in this country, much less hold public office.

Posted by: Crusader at October 13, 2026 06:26 PM (TN0g+)

11 Whoops; Family wants to watch film a little later.

And I am in a total swoon about Hasan Puker, eh, Piker. Every third word has some version of "fu**"
In it . He's like the Muslim version of urbane Cary Grant with the soaring intellect of C.S. Lewis.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 13, 2026 06:27 PM (JrHfD)

12 Are men and women so different, that about the least restrictive thing for men to wear is (I'd say) basketball shorts, which hardly show any form and the least restrictive thing for women to wear is almost-all revealing yoga pants?!

Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 06:27 PM (Fi81e)

13 There was a kick-ass Rogers commercial yesterday. A mother says her children were at school when there was a 'terrorist attack.'

El-Sayed's response was 'Hurt people hurt people.' She continues 'I'm a Democrat voting for Mike Rogers. El-Sayed should NEVER represent us.'

Lol. Just had 3 El-Sayed commercials as I'm typing.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 06:27 PM (Sco7b)

14 It's a good thing Piker is so incredibly stupid, ignorant and dumb. He actually believes the mind-thoughts scurrying around in his head-skull.

Posted by: Minuteman at October 13, 2026 06:27 PM (47/pr)

15 He doesn't look embarassed to me.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 13, 2026 06:27 PM (Cqx++)

16 Islamic politician lying?

So how is that different from any other Democrat politician?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:28 PM (2GVsD)

17 Willowed but …

If you ‘sexualize yourself for yourself’ aren’t you still a whore? Youre just not getting paid.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 13, 2026 06:28 PM (hxrdJ)

18 It looks like, outside of Japan, China, and Singapore, there is no government prepared to defend it's citizens, culture, and power from Islam.

Team, it is up to us as individuals to do that.

Until a super villain with a Siberian lab makes Islamic-specific birth control diseases.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:28 PM (u82oZ)

19 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at October 13, 2026 06:28 PM (amcLV)

20 Hasan Piker, the grifter that keeps grifting stupidly.

Free Kaya.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:29 PM (2GVsD)

21 NaCly, Ben Had said that I should catch up with you and/or AOP re: a ride from the airport.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 06:29 PM (amcLV)

22 Hasan Piker, the Temu Kneel DeGrassy Tysun.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:31 PM (2GVsD)

23 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Which airport? And when?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:32 PM (u82oZ)

24 Should we bother with 'what if a GOP candidate did it?' or nah?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2026 06:32 PM (nEUC6)

25 News

Pope cancer
Six Flags guy
Guilfoyle out
Selma Blair
Trump in Alaska
OpenAi spying
Cornell
Americans paycheck to paycheck - not during Biden

All 3 leading with the Pope.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)

26 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Which airport? And when?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:32 PM (u82oZ)
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DFW on Thursday. Should be landing between 1130 and 1200.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 06:33 PM (amcLV)

27 If you have to flee Egypt over 'political agitation,' you are either a Communist or part of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:33 PM (2GVsD)

28 bonhomme,
Sorry about the monkey pox...🤣😂

Posted by: lin-duh at October 13, 2026 06:33 PM (VCgbV)

29 I'm still marveling at Willie Brown's Brown Willie Warmer from a couple posts ago. That's going to stay with me a while.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 13, 2026 06:34 PM (QaH55)

30 Americans paycheck to paycheck - not during Biden

LOL it wasn't that long ago, during 9% inflation Americans certainly were check to check. Most have been since the 90s

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 06:35 PM (nIKjK)

31 Isn't DFW larger than Rhode Island?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:35 PM (2GVsD)

32 >>>29 I'm still marveling at Willie Brown's Brown Willie Warmer from a couple posts ago. That's going to stay with me a while.

i was pretty surprised when I realized no one had said that before.

Posted by: ace at October 13, 2026 06:35 PM (1wjle)

33 Should we bother with 'what if a GOP candidate did it?' or nah?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2026 06:32 PM (nEUC6)
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We saw what happened with the KKK-member turned Republican (forgot his name) vs. former organizer and Grand Kleagle, Robert Byrd.

Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 06:35 PM (Fi81e)

34 Isn't DFW larger than Rhode Island?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:35 PM (2GVsD)
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It sure seems like it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 06:35 PM (amcLV)

35 Hasan Piker wearing his Mao Suit with his Quadafy Glasses.

You can take the Dancing Boy out of Turkey...but you can't make him straight.

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 06:35 PM (GHE5A)

36 Kimberly Guilfoyle apparently hit the wall.

Posted by: Crusader at October 13, 2026 06:36 PM (TN0g+)

37 "Isn't DFW larger than Rhode Island?"

No, but San Diego County is.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 06:36 PM (LOvBA)

38 Hasan Piker-The Voice of the Democrat Party! I look forward to him speaking in prime time at the Democrat convention! SPEAK TROOF TO POWAH, HASAN!!

youtu.be/5Ioiag30eAI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 13, 2026 06:36 PM (sAmhv)

39 Elric

What I don’t get is why men are allowing themselves to be bullied by these hos. I think if a guy knows there’s going to be some chick dressed like that in the gym, turnabout if fair play and he should wear a wrestling suit with tube socks jammed in the crotch. And film the girls when they stare.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 06:36 PM (6QeR0)

40 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

I fly into DFW around 1:30. From Manhattan, Kansas.

I pick up the car at 2:30.

Are you staying in Corsicana?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:36 PM (u82oZ)

41 LOL it wasn't that long ago, during 9% inflation Americans certainly were check to check. Most have been since the 90s

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 06:35 PM (nIKjK)

As mid-terms get closer and closer, more and more stories like this. And gas prices.

Fortunately, most of their viewers are shut-ins.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 06:36 PM (Sco7b)

42 @31 my county , Ulster, is bigger than Rhode Island

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 06:37 PM (V2IGM)

43 El-Sayed is just another lying Muslim.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 06:37 PM (LOvBA)

44 The Mao look makes Hasan look like he has a pinhead.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:37 PM (2GVsD)

45 nurse ratched

Left you a comment at the end of the last thread.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:37 PM (u82oZ)

46 I'm totally a republican woman who is voting for Talafreako because he went to ACL and some musician I've never heard of put on a t-shirt with his name on it. ///

Posted by: lin-duh at October 13, 2026 06:37 PM (VCgbV)

47 Are you staying in Corsicana?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:36 PM (u82oZ)
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Yes, at the Quality Inn as usual.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 06:37 PM (amcLV)

48 Deport them all.

In the meantime...

off-topic:

I was at Kroger and they had all of the Starbucks Holiday Coffee already for sale at $5 off.

Peppermint Mocha, etc, etc.

So, weird. Waaaaayyyy too early.

Do they know something we don't?

Is SMOD coming?

Russian Lab Flu Epidemic?

Talarico winning in Texas and the universe collapses?

What is going on?

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 06:38 PM (YSUhf)

49 Wait... why would you do this??

https://tinyurl.com/CentralHorses

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 06:38 PM (nIKjK)

50 >>The Mao look makes Hasan look like he has a pinhead.

It's funny that the Destiny Meme is to make his head bigger in every picture and the Hasan Meme is to make his head progressively smaller in each picture.

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 06:38 PM (GHE5A)

51 I can't believe you're attacking his mother!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 13, 2026 06:38 PM (3cUTc)

52 "Isn't DFW larger than Rhode Island?"

No, but San Diego County is.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 06:36 PM (LOvBA)
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Lassen County is three times the size of Rhode Island.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 06:38 PM (amcLV)

53 When did North Korea get genocided?

Posted by: huerfano at October 13, 2026 06:39 PM (2Xqig)

54 36 Kimberly Guilfoyle apparently hit the wall.
Posted by: Crusader at October 13, 2026 06:36 PM (TN0g+) Paywall. OF. Hit it, Kimmy.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 13, 2026 06:39 PM (QaH55)

55 El-Sayed is like 5' 3".

How can they possibly believe they can run a manlet like that for office?

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 06:39 PM (GHE5A)

56 And Rev's glasses keep getting bigger.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:39 PM (2GVsD)

57 > Sorry about the monkey pox

Heh. No problem.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 06:40 PM (mkw2N)

58 If you were to say something complimentary about Birth of a Nation as a film, you would be racist.

Meanwhile, you just get shrugs if you mention that Woodrow Wilson featured it in the White House theater.

Problem is is that their people follow them through all the blow-offs and manipulation.

In fact, from experience, it seems that if a Dem was not impressed by the above Wilson factoid this week. He probably wouldn't remember it next week. Just because they blow something off, doesn't mean they will remember that you ever told them that.

Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 06:40 PM (Fi81e)

59 We saw what happened with the KKK-member turned Republican (forgot his name) vs. former organizer and Grand Kleagle, Robert Byrd.
Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 06:35 PM (Fi81e

Duke ran for LA governor as a Republican but he's been on the Democrat's side before and after that failed attempt. It was likely a sabotage effort. He hates Jews more than blacks.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 06:40 PM (KC5Lt)

60 Saw two Muslims arguing that non Muslims are wrong about taqqiya. I don't believe them because they can lie to a kaffar yo further or protect Islam

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 13, 2026 06:40 PM (V2IGM)

61 How can they possibly believe they can run a manlet like that for office?

"I am sure I don't know what you are talking about"
--Jeb!!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 06:40 PM (nIKjK)

62 >>And Rev's glasses keep getting bigger.

I forgot about that one. I think Shondo pulled that gag with her Bow, once.

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 06:40 PM (GHE5A)

63 Americans paycheck to paycheck - not during Biden

Seems most Americans have been paycheck to paycheck for a very long time. Sometimes it's outside circumstances. Mostly, IMO, its poor budgeting skills. That needs to be taught.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 13, 2026 06:41 PM (sAmhv)

64 > Kimberly Guilfoyle apparently hit the wall.

She's supposedly worth something like $24 million. Why would you blow an Ambassadorship to Greece over $100K? It's so dumb.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 06:41 PM (mkw2N)

65 Captain Obvious

I could drive you, then. If you were willing to wait.

I got a room in Waco, because I booked late.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:42 PM (u82oZ)

66 >>Seems most Americans have been paycheck to paycheck for a very long time. Sometimes it's outside circumstances. Mostly, IMO, its poor budgeting skills. That needs to be taught.

Savings Rates of .1-.3% will do that to a populus.

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 06:42 PM (GHE5A)

67 bonhomme

Lack of liquid assets?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:42 PM (u82oZ)

68 El-Sayed is like 5' 3".

How can they possibly believe they can run a manlet like that for office?

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 06:39 PM (GHE5A)

Finally!

Someone Tom Cruise can just beat the hell out of.

Do it, Tom!

Do it and all is forgiven for "Digger"!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 13, 2026 06:43 PM (YSUhf)

69 Captain Obvious

Still have my cell number?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:43 PM (u82oZ)

70 I'd rather have it be a dictatorship of the proletariat than one that is designed around the needs of the bourgeois class

Do you think that these people think that the bourgeoisie are the upper classes?

Or do they know the bourgeoisie are the middle class and call for its destruction anyway?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 13, 2026 06:43 PM (vJrRc)

71 Captain Obvious

I could drive you, then. If you were willing to wait.

I got a room in Waco, because I booked late.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:42 PM (u82oZ)
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That will be fine. I'll grab lunch during that time. Is your phone number the same as it was in 2022?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 06:43 PM (amcLV)

72
6 degrees of Al-Sayed.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 13, 2026 06:44 PM (OkYzo)

73 El-Sayed is like 5' 3".

How can they possibly believe they can run a manlet like that for office?

Posted by: garrett at October 13, 2026 06:39 PM (GHE5A)

Finally!

Someone Tom Cruise can just beat the hell out of.

Do it, Tom!

Do it and all is forgiven for "Digger"!!!!
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That's a celebrity boxing match I'd watch.

But I won't watch "Digger". You have to draw the line somewhere.

Posted by: Crusader at October 13, 2026 06:44 PM (TN0g+)

74 > Lack of liquid assets?

I guess.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 06:44 PM (mkw2N)

75 Or do they know the bourgeoisie are the middle class and call for its destruction anyway?

You expect them to know history, that is so 200 years ago.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:44 PM (2GVsD)

76 NaCly Dog,
There were rooms at the Best Western in Mexia which is closer.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 13, 2026 06:45 PM (VCgbV)

77 Lack of liquid assets?

Her bewbs hardened?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:45 PM (2GVsD)

78 Vance is a homophobe!

Townhall.com
@townhallcom
Supporter: "I love you!"

JD Vance: "I love you too, sir. In a totally platonic way, to be clear."

"I'm the vice president, not James Talarico."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at October 13, 2026 06:45 PM (a4M/a)

79 She's supposedly worth something like $24 million. Why would you blow an Ambassadorship to Greece over $100K? It's so dumb.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 06:41 PM (mkw2N)

You don't get rich in Washington by spending your money. You get rich by spending other people's money?

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 13, 2026 06:45 PM (QaH55)

80 66:Savings Rates of .1-.3% will do that to a populus.
Posted by: Garrett

True.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 13, 2026 06:47 PM (sAmhv)

81 Captain Obvious

Yes. Please text me to confirm. We last texted at last year's MoMeet.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:47 PM (u82oZ)

82 Duke ran for LA governor as a Republican but he's been on the Democrat's side before and after that failed attempt. It was likely a sabotage effort. He hates Jews more than blacks.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 06:40 PM (KC5Lt)
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Doesn't matter if my memory holds up. And one time he denounced the Klan and his former involvement in it. So he had publicly the same stance as Byrd.

With Duke, Dems were still saying "Once KKK, always KKK". Even with Byrd already accepted.

Democrats are far more likely to be atheists. Atheists tend to be sloppy thinkers. (Not that traditionals aren't, but most traditionals aren't promoting the idea that the pinnacle of human progress is to unmoor from anything I don't personally understand.)

Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 06:47 PM (Fi81e)

83
According to El-Sayed, his father studied and taught at Alexandria University until leaving the school in 1978.

Hmmmm, what else happened in 1978? Oh yeah, the Camp David Accords. Which freaked out the Palesimians and Arabs so much that they tried to isolate Egypt from the rest of the Arab/mohammedan world. And eventually the MB talked the Islamic Jihad organization savages into assassinating Anwar Sadat a few years later specifically because he made peace with the Jews.

Fuck this asshole and his MB butt-buddies right up the squeekhole with a flaming sideways pineapple.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 13, 2026 06:47 PM (y9nCu)

84 She's supposedly worth something like $24 million. Why would you blow an Ambassadorship to Greece over $100K? It's so dumb.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 06:41 PM (mkw2N)

She had a very good 'resignation' post and ended with a strong denial of the allegations which she said she would fight. And the request to pay her A/E came before she was confirmed ambassador and she said it was related to expenses.

It may all be as bad as being reported but the Wall Street journal is who is doing the reporting and seem to be after her.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 06:47 PM (KC5Lt)

85 Talefreako has now become the butt of many jokes.

Is that Jamie's kink?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:47 PM (2GVsD)

86 Yeah but Republicans want to kill gays and bring back slavery. So we have no choice but to vote for him.

Plus he’ll give us all sorts oft free shit. Bonus!

Posted by: Michigan Voters at October 13, 2026 06:48 PM (k3anH)

87 Captain Obvious

Still have my cell number?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:43 PM (u82oZ)
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Yes, it it's the same as from 2022.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 06:48 PM (amcLV)

88 Oof. Did you see this chick? No raping going on there. I see where Abba Dabba Douchebag got his looks, a goat and this thing.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 13, 2026 06:48 PM (m4bfL)

89 Do you think the WSJ is embarrassed saying that Paxton is in trouble? Lol. Yeah ok.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 13, 2026 06:48 PM (m4bfL)

90 Ill Tempered Cur

See my #27

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:49 PM (2GVsD)

91 @73

>> But I won't watch "Digger". You have to draw the line somewhere.

I’ll watch it out of sheer curiosity to see how bad it really is.

Knowing what the twists are is going to take away a bit of the, this is bullsh*t factor, I’m compelled to watch it as a train wreck demands to be watched.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 13, 2026 06:49 PM (Y6aLA)

92 Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 06:47 PM (Fi81e)

That is all true.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 06:49 PM (KC5Lt)

93 Jonah Goldberg beclowned himself again.

Cincinnati News reported:
US-owned steel plant with a plant in Middletown OH begins mass layoffs amid Trump tariffs:

In a memo sent by Cleveland-Cliffs to workers, the company explicitly linked the move to Trump's steel tariffs on Canada, which it said had "significantly shrunk the market" for its products.

Goldberg obviously only read the tweet and responded:
Maybe the tariffs were stupid all along?

If he'd read the story, he would have discovered the company is shutting down a Canadian plant and expanding operations in the US.

http://tiny.cc/0q0c101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 06:49 PM (mkw2N)

94 Something very weird I'm seeing:

On X, several accounts are going through the early vote data in OH, PA, etc.

And in many of them, they are saying EV is down for both parties, but more down for Dems.
Especially in the 18-35 group, the most heavy Dem group.

yet, almost daily I see news articles saying exactly the opposite.

Someone is lying.
A lot

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 13, 2026 06:49 PM (3cUTc)

95 I was at Kroger and they had all of the Starbucks Holiday Coffee already for sale at $5 off.

What is going on?
Posted by: naturalfake

Last year's stock. They have to make room for this year's fresh stock.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 13, 2026 06:49 PM (vJrRc)

96 I’ll watch it out of sheer curiosity to see how bad it really is.

Probably on the pirate website by now

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 06:50 PM (nIKjK)

97 Cincinnati News reported:
US-owned steel plant with a plant in Middletown OH begins mass layoffs amid Trump tariffs:

"You don't hate the media enough" exhibit 982596

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 13, 2026 06:50 PM (vJrRc)

98 lin-duh

I had a plan to meet my brother in Waco. Now that plan is kaput.

Only a 51 min drive to the ranch. That's a chip shot for me. Better than an 11 hour drive down.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:50 PM (u82oZ)

99 People will watch Digger over Rachel Zegler in Snow White.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:51 PM (2GVsD)

100 Ms. Guilfoyle was married to Gavin Newsom. It’s obvious her decision making skills are awful.

Still teh hawt though.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 13, 2026 06:51 PM (k3anH)

101 Omar supporter - why do these women all look the same?

https://tinyurl.com/bdhz59uk

Posted by: beckster at October 13, 2026 06:51 PM (kX27y)

102 "Ms. Guilfoyle was married to Gavin Newsom. It’s obvious her decision making skills are awful.

Still teh hawt though.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez"

She looks like Steven Tyler and Steven Tyler had a child.

Posted by: fd at October 13, 2026 06:52 PM (MWfyi)

103 This has to stop. Each post this morning is reminding me of a song
- Willie warmer won't go -- Little Willie Willie Won't, go Home -- Sweet
- Cenu Uygur -- Midnight Special -- CCR (bc movie midnight express)
- Shane Gillis -- Kookie, lend me your comb (I think the theme to dobie gillis or maybe just used in the show?)
- And now, Abul Abdullu Emir - I think sung by Gary Cooper in some old movie. Maybe it was Peck. He was an engineer in Europe after the war.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 13, 2026 06:52 PM (o3oju)

104 Tee-hee. Who let them in here? Oh, that's right, you did. Now you deal with them. Thanks for that.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 13, 2026 06:52 PM (cJOax)

105 > People will watch Digger over Rachel Zegler in Snow White.

*Wiggles jaw at you.*

*Waggles eyebrows.*

Posted by: Rachel "Hollywood Baby" Zegler at October 13, 2026 06:53 PM (mkw2N)

106 THE Muslim Brotherhood whose chapters were designated Foreign Terror Organizations?

I am flummoxed.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (dK+Kv)

107 She looks like Steven Tyler and Steven Tyler had a child.
Posted by: fd

Hey, she's had a LOT of plastic surgery to look like that! I mean A LOT!!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (sAmhv)

108 Read a report that Omar Brotherbride fled her house in her new Lexus before the FBI raided her house and has not been seen again yet.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (nIKjK)

109 @96

>> Probably on the pirate website by now

Probably, but those will be shaky cam videos.

Once it hits streaming, I’m acquire it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (Y6aLA)

110 I watched Hail Mary Project last night. Cute but have to suspend a lot of belief. Science dude was Shanghied with no training but was an expert pilot?

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (KC5Lt)

111 El-Sayed is like 5' 3".
How can they possibly believe they can run a manlet like that for office?
Posted by: garrett

Would you vote for him if he was 6'9"?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (nEUC6)

112 88 Oof. Did you see this chick? No raping going on there. I see where Abba Dabba Douchebag got his looks, a goat and this thing.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 13, 2026 06:48 PM (m4bfL)

Masturbatin' Pete.
We have today's challenge.
Think of Hilary and power through.

Oh, they just had that terrorist ad. A guy that wanted to kill kids and El-Sayed understood. Damn, I hope that airs 24-7.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (Sco7b)

113 Ms. Guilfoyle was married to Gavin Newsom. It’s obvious her decision making skills are awful.

Still teh hawt though.
-----

Check the recent pictures--I think she has a fetish for Dunkin Donuts.

Posted by: Crusader at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (TN0g+)

114 110 I watched Hail Mary Project last night. Cute but have to suspend a lot of belief. Science dude was Shanghied with no training but was an expert pilot?
Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (KC5Lt)

What *can't* Ryan Gosling do though?

Posted by: Thrawn at October 13, 2026 06:55 PM (n56vZ)

115 "El-Sayed is like 5' 3".
How can they possibly believe they can run a manlet like that for office?
Posted by: garrett

Would you vote for him if he was 6'9"?
Posted by: weft cut-loop "

He's a 666.

Posted by: fd at October 13, 2026 06:56 PM (MWfyi)

116 My disbelief for Project Hail Mary started with - you are sending just one person out into space?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:56 PM (2GVsD)

117 Read a report that Omar Brotherbride fled her house in her new Lexus before the FBI raided her house and has not been seen again yet.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (nIKjK)
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If the FBI found documents linking her to one H. R. Clinton, she might never be seen again...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 13, 2026 06:56 PM (FZ29D)

118 The date doesn't fall far from the palm.

Posted by: torabora at October 13, 2026 06:56 PM (Wt1Rs)

119 My disbelief for Project Hail Mary started with - you are sending just one person out into space?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:56 PM (2GVsD)
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Well -- the other crew members died in transit.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 13, 2026 06:57 PM (amcLV)

120 Read a report that Omar Brotherbride fled her house in her new Lexus before the FBI raided her house and has not been seen again yet.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (nIKjK)
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If the FBI found documents linking her to one H. R. Clinton, she might never be seen again...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 13, 2026 06:56 PM (FZ29D)

Tease.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 13, 2026 06:57 PM (dK+Kv)

121 If the FBI found documents linking her to one H. R. Clinton, she might never be seen again...

We could thank Hillary for something then? That is not on the bingo card if true.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:57 PM (2GVsD)

122 heh

fedaykin reepicheep

Shane Gillis got every single woman who wears slutty clothes to the gym to post pictures of herself in her slutty outfits. He’s a modern Brer Rabbit. It’s incredible.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 06:57 PM (nIKjK)

123 y disbelief for Project Hail Mary started with - you are sending just one person out into space?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 06:56 PM (2GVsD

To be fair they sent 3 and 2 died.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 06:57 PM (KC5Lt)

124 "The date doesn't fall far from the palm.
Posted by: torabora "

What if you are dating your palm?

Posted by: Pawl at October 13, 2026 06:58 PM (MWfyi)

125 She looks like Steven Tyler and Steven Tyler had a child.

Posted by: fd at October 13, 2026 06:52 PM (MWfyi)
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* snort *

One dude looking more like a lady.

Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 06:58 PM (Fi81e)

126 > I watched Hail Mary Project last night. Cute but have to suspend a lot of belief. Science dude was Shanghied with no training but was an expert pilot?

I don't think they presented him as an expert pilot. They showed him having to figure things out.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 06:58 PM (mkw2N)

127 Ilhan can run but she can't hide from the Flock cameras. Plus LE has their own license plate readers.

Posted by: torabora at October 13, 2026 06:58 PM (Wt1Rs)

128 Thrawn & polynikes

I marveled at the operational plot holes in that movie. You could drive a Death Star through them.

Piloting the spacecraft with an AI subroutine was the answer I came up with.

Clearly made to get middle-school science teachers to show in class.

One of the widows I walk with paid my way, so I didn't complain too much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:59 PM (u82oZ)

129 Just read hackers in France turned up the heat in many supermarkets destroying millions of foor .

WTF are refrigerators hooked on-line?
You turn it on or off

Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2026 06:59 PM (Ia/+0)

130 I mean, anyone with a brain reading the headline would question it as crazy.

How could limiting imports of foreign steal cause shutdown of US plant?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 13, 2026 06:59 PM (o3oju)

131 122, lol!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 06:59 PM (VyBeY)

132 Fatten?

Posted by: LASue at October 13, 2026 06:59 PM (lCppi)

133 The date doesn't fall far from the palm.

Mmmm I love dates. I mean, not the ones from that old guy's shop in Cairo.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 07:00 PM (nIKjK)

134 Ilhan can run but she can't hide from the Flock cameras. Plus LE has their own license plate readers.

Posted by: torabora at October 13, 2026 06:58 PM (Wt1Rs)

Running is the international sign of guilt. I almost wish she would just flee than risk acquittal.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 13, 2026 07:00 PM (dK+Kv)

135 Would you vote for him if he was 6'9"?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 13, 2026 06:54 PM (nEUC6)
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Like Hillary Clinton, if he doesn't win, you can chalk it all up to a lack of a "penis and balls".

Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 07:00 PM (Fi81e)

136 Nary a word was spoken about the other crew in the trailers.

Then the stuff killing the sun will fuel your spaceship.

Once in space you encounter a friendly alien with the same problem.

If I want that kind of improbability, I would hitch a ride on the Heart of Gold.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 07:00 PM (2GVsD)

137 Fatten?

Posted by: LASue at October 13, 2026 06:59 PM (lCppi)

Yeah.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 13, 2026 07:00 PM (dK+Kv)

138 You have to suspend your disbelief for human space flight generally speaking.

So I’m ok with the issues with PHM.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 13, 2026 07:01 PM (q2svT)

139 pretty sure omar got tipped off by a fellow traveler somewhere in fedgov.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 07:01 PM (VyBeY)

140 Okay?

Viruses are eating our sun didn't require suspension of disbelief?

Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 07:02 PM (Fi81e)

141 Once in space you encounter a friendly alien with the same problem.

I think the alien was specifically looking for humans because they have the same problem.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 07:02 PM (nIKjK)

142 polynikes

They only had enough resources to build one. Right.
Me: You build a spare module after each one is finished to launch a spare 6 months later.

The entire human race and only one rescue spaceship. Hollywood. Sigh.

We learned nothing from the Iran Hostage crisis. Need 5 helicopters? Send 10.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:02 PM (u82oZ)

143 One of the widows I walk with paid my way, so I didn't complain too much.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 06:59 PM

We expect you to uphold the reputation of the United States Navy. Godspeed, and quality midrats during the unrep.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2026 07:03 PM (0sNs1)

144 You have to think the DOJ has so many Leftists moles in to give out information

Posted by: Skip at October 13, 2026 07:03 PM (Ia/+0)

145 If there are space aliens here I think it's just for their own entertainment.

Posted by: fd at October 13, 2026 07:04 PM (MWfyi)

146 WTF are refrigerators hooked on-line?
You turn it on or off

There are legitimate reasons to have them online.

Remote temp monitoring and adjustment across many stores. Scheduling defrost. Diagnostics. Predictive maintenance. Centralized info for technicians.

If you have a refrigerator that's having temp swings, you can dispatch a tech. In an old school on or off system, you'd have to rely on a product stocker or store employee to notice the problem. Good luck getting that info in a timely manner.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 13, 2026 07:04 PM (mkw2N)

147 It did make me think of space time dilation . If going close to the speed of light makes an object 11 light years away seem like only 4 years to the person traveling there then wouldn't light we see from stars also be subject to time dilation and the info we gather from the light / microwave/radio waves have to be evaluated based on this time dilation?

No I haven't been smoking the ganja.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 07:04 PM (KC5Lt)

148 29 I'm still marveling at Willie Brown's Brown Willie Warmer from a couple posts ago. That's going to stay with me a while.

i was pretty surprised when I realized no one had said that before.
Posted by: ace at October 13, 2026 06:35 PM (1wjle)

It's definitely top 10 Poetic Sayings by Ace.

Posted by: LASue at October 13, 2026 07:04 PM (lCppi)

149 There is an old DAW science fiction novel in which the main plot point is aliens are miniaturizing the Sun and three Humans are sent to thwart the plot.

I think that is more believable as a story.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 07:04 PM (2GVsD)

150 39, good point, nurse; I was thinking something like that earlier today. fair is fair, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 13, 2026 07:05 PM (VyBeY)

151 Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed's Mother Was an Active Member of the Muslim Brotherhood In College

This is just coming out now? Where is the rnc and their opposition research team? Sorry rhetorical question.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2026 07:05 PM (I43vL)

152 Thanks for covering the El Sayed terrorism connection Ace.

I am hoping his electoral defeat will be a social and political turning point.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 07:05 PM (RIvkX)

153 other countries have exhibited the same rapid industrialization without attracting Piker's fawning praise.

You don't say.

Posted by: Francisco Franco at October 13, 2026 07:06 PM (88C+u)

154 Anna Puma

The Dark Heart of the Sun by Colin Kapp.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:06 PM (u82oZ)

155 Muslims have shitloads of taxpayer dollars to campaign for chaos and mayhem. Welcome to our humble hamlet. Would you like some apple pie?

https://shorturl.at/PAM38

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 13, 2026 07:07 PM (cJOax)

156 Remote temp monitoring and adjustment across many stores. Scheduling defrost. Diagnostics. Predictive maintenance. Centralized info for technicians.

When you go check your freezer and refrigerator regularly at work, you never have to worry about someone hack it and shut it off.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 07:07 PM (nIKjK)

157 Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

You wait until the voters pay attention to open the surprise box.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:07 PM (u82oZ)

158 Forget letting this guy into the Senate, his family should have never been let into the COUNTRY.

Posted by: pookysgirl at October 13, 2026 07:08 PM (Wt5PA)

159 I think the alien was specifically looking for humans because they have the same problem.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 07:02 PM (nIKjK)

They both were going to the same star /planet which somehow was avoiding the effects of the astrophlange or whatever was eating the sun.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 07:08 PM (KC5Lt)

160 >>>There are legitimate reasons to have them online.

And at least one legitimate reason to not have them online.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 13, 2026 07:09 PM (dK+Kv)

161 What if you are dating your palm?
Posted by: Pawl at October 13, 2026 06:58 PM (MWfyi)

Rosie and her sisters.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 13, 2026 07:09 PM (QaH55)

162 Where is the rnc and their opposition research team? Sorry rhetorical question.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 13, 2026 07:05 PM (I43vL)

RNC are trying to throw this election. The only ad I can recall from them is that ad against young white men relying on Medicaid.
Luckily many of these races are getting funded by outsiders like Musk. I think he's thrown a lot of money at Paxton in particular. Musk doesn't need a DSA Congress ripping SpaceX to shreds.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 13, 2026 07:09 PM (88C+u)

163 Can we deport them, too?

I am in a deportation mood.

I'm also never going to feel good again; and if I do I will be very happy. I guess I have a virus vs a sinus deal going on as it's eternity.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 13, 2026 07:10 PM (hzuYO)

164 Okay?

Viruses are eating our sun didn't require suspension of disbelief?
Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 07:02 PM (Fi81e)

That's a SciFi premise.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 07:10 PM (KC5Lt)

165 Since we need a new one, I vote for Olivia Newton-John, the OG of Grease ambassadors.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 13, 2026 07:10 PM (0sNs1)

166 Forget letting this guy into the Senate, his family should have never been let into the COUNTRY.

Posted by: pookysgirl at October 13, 2026 07:08 PM (Wt5PA)

There should be a law that you cannot enter if you have more than three 'A's in your name.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 13, 2026 07:10 PM (dK+Kv)

167 Salty Dawg, not sure if that is the title. Read the story many yarins ago.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 07:11 PM (2GVsD)

168 I am hoping his electoral defeat will be a social and political turning point.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 07:05 PM (RIvkX)

Lord, let it be so.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 13, 2026 07:11 PM (zYpTz)

169 Duncanthrax

Her being dead is so on brand for Democrats.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 13, 2026 07:11 PM (u82oZ)

170 8 Mike Rogers is going to beat this guy like a redheaded rented stepmule right? Right?
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 13, 2026 06:26 PM (B2jNU)
_________________

I admire your optimism. However, revelations like this one make, absolutely, no difference. The Progressive Left does not vote for THEIR candidate. They vote AGAINST the opposition. That's why it's a "scandal" if Rogers burps in public. It's not an issue if Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed was found out to have co-signed on Mohammad Atta's flying lessons.

Posted by: Orson at October 13, 2026 07:12 PM (dIske)

171 Viruses are eating our sun didn't require suspension of disbelief?
Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 07:02 PM (Fi81e)

That's a SciFi premise.
Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 07:10 PM (KC5Lt)
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I thought it was pretty original, myself. But since somebody mentioned a novel about aliens shrinking our sun, it could be argued to be a wrinkle on that.

All the same, there are plenty of premises that are sort of on-boarded onto a SF story as a package.

It could be FTL and it could be Cryo-sleep. The only other thing would be Near Space for a space-flung SF.

Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 07:14 PM (Fi81e)

172 Once you see a premise enough times in SF, it becomes a feature of a modular package of sorts.

(Sorry, I'm still kinda' doing software in my head

)

Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 07:15 PM (Fi81e)

173 The Media Are Trying to Will a Blue Wave Into Existence. Reality Is Being a Stubborn Bastard.

Posted by: SMOD at October 13, 2026 07:15 PM (AFudc)

174 The Media Are Trying to Will a Blue Wave Into Existence. Reality Is Being a Stubborn Bastard.

Posted by: SMOD at October 13, 2026 07:15 PM (AFudc)
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Anything they can do to dishearten conservative voters, they know they must try.

Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 07:16 PM (Fi81e)

175 If I want that kind of improbability, I would hitch a ride on the Heart of Gold.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 07:00 PM (2GVsD)
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It was saccharine.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 13, 2026 07:17 PM (RIvkX)

176 If Talarico wins I may have to consider moving out of Texas. He better not get close.

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 07:17 PM (KC5Lt)

177 Just like losing control of a black hole.

The Hole Man by Larry Niven.

Starfisher Trilogy by Glenn Cook.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 07:17 PM (2GVsD)

178 Their mother, Fatten Elkomy
-----

The jokes write themselves.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 13, 2026 07:18 PM (XeU6L)

179 There should be a law that you cannot enter if you have more than three 'A's in your name.

"aw man..."
--Aaron Alan Adams

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 07:18 PM (nIKjK)

180 If Talarico wins I may have to consider moving out of Texas. He better not get close.
Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 07:17 PM

He needs to win to teach those Republican voters a lesson they'll never forget.

Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at October 13, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)

181 Astrophages. Like in "The Hail Mary Project."

Caprophages, like in "The Camp of the Saints."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 13, 2026 07:19 PM (LOvBA)

182 "The Media Are Trying to Will a Blue Wave Into Existence."

Fox "News" radio today predicting blue wave, Dems take the house.
Would I be surprised? No. Will I still vote? Yes.

Posted by: fd at October 13, 2026 07:19 PM (MWfyi)

183 Chrstopher R. Taylor, did some tinkering and also changed out the colors to pink and gold.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 13, 2026 07:19 PM (2GVsD)

184 There should be a law that you cannot enter if you have more than three 'A's in your name.

"aw man..."
--Aaron Alan Adams

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 07:18 PM (nIKjK)

Clear terrorist.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 13, 2026 07:19 PM (dK+Kv)

185 LOL

"Canada, alongside Australia, France and the United Kingdom, expresses deep regret over the postponement of Palestinian elections until September 2027. Nearly two decades have passed since the last Palestinian Legislative Council elections"

regret. Uh huh.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 13, 2026 07:20 PM (nIKjK)

186 Reality Is Being a Stubborn Bastard.
Posted by: SMOD at October 13, 2026 07:15 PM (AFudc)

I voted already.
Straight ticket Republican except for Governor, who won't win anyway because he sucks, so I gave that one to Constitution.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 13, 2026 07:20 PM (88C+u)

187 Clue. Do you people have it?

Posted by: Colonel Mustard at October 13, 2026 07:21 PM (0sNs1)

188 "There should be a law that you cannot enter if you have more than three 'A's in your name."

Whut?

Posted by: Adam Ant at October 13, 2026 07:21 PM (MWfyi)

189
We do realize these are all resume enhancers for many Michiganders?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 13, 2026 07:21 PM (mmrXZ)

190 I thought a number of Red States re-drew congressional districts to add some Red seats? What happened to that?

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 07:22 PM (KC5Lt)

191 Posted by: 88C+u at October 13, 2026 07:20 PM (88C+u)

What state?

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 07:23 PM (KC5Lt)

192 I thought a number of Red States re-drew congressional districts to add some Red seats? What happened to that?
Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 07:22 PM

* buffs nails *

Posted by: Hawai'ian Judge #7 at October 13, 2026 07:24 PM (0sNs1)

193 Some of the redrawing of Congressional districts failed because of RINOs in Utah and SC ("too small to be a country, too large to be an asylum"). Indiana also had a RINO infestation.
But also, some districts are genuinely turning against the GOP because muh data centers. As if server farms (as they used to be called) are new. As if fucking Loudoun County doesn't have them too.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 13, 2026 07:26 PM (88C+u)

194 When the Muslims take over, I think the only upside is that, as a Christian, I'll have to wear a blue turban. Little do they know, that's my favorite color!

Posted by: Paco at October 13, 2026 07:26 PM (2L+MU)

195 94 Something very weird I'm seeing:

On X, several accounts are going through the early vote data in OH, PA, etc.

And in many of them, they are saying EV is down for both parties, but more down for Dems.
Especially in the 18-35 group, the most heavy Dem group.

yet, almost daily I see news articles saying exactly the opposite.

Someone is lying.
A lot
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 13, 2026 06:49 PM (3cUTc)

I don't know if someone already mentioned this, but what squared the circle for me was the detail that Democrats were only ahead of Republicans on Day 1, with a big drop-off. So they efficiently mobilized to produce numbers for the Democrat Activists With Bylines to dutifully tout, but it was a mirage caused by front-loading their early voters, not producing new ones.

Posted by: SciVo at October 13, 2026 07:27 PM (ke3zm)

196 If I have to wear blue, I'm declaring my race as African American.

Posted by: Berbers are the real Africans at October 13, 2026 07:28 PM (88C+u)

197 Nood cafe

Posted by: SciVo at October 13, 2026 07:28 PM (ke3zm)

198 If you have a refrigerator that's having temp swings, you can dispatch a tech. In an old school on or off system, you'd have to rely on a product stocker or store employee to notice the problem. Good luck getting that info in a timely manner.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Rather a moot point when your systems can be controlled by hostile hackers. A local, simple control/alarm system seems adequate to control things. Has worked for 100 years.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 13, 2026 07:29 PM (XeU6L)

199 Early voting allows the democrats to know exactly how many ballots they need to find after the polls close on Election Day.

One day. Counted same day. Resulted same day.

Done.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 13, 2026 07:30 PM (Aw8VT)

200 Posted by: 88C+u at October 13, 2026 07:26 PM (88C+u)

The campaign against data centers is definitely a CCP assisted operation .

Posted by: polynikes at October 13, 2026 07:30 PM (KC5Lt)

201 Remote temp monitoring and adjustment across many stores.
Posted by: bonhomme

You left out regulations. I remember when all store fridges and freezers had a clipboard next to them and an employee had to write down the temperature several times a day.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 13, 2026 07:30 PM (o3oju)

202 There should be a law that you cannot enter if you have more than three 'A's in your name.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 13, 2026 07:10 PM (dK+Kv)

Are we talking first or whole names? Cuz I wouldn't be allowed with my married name if it was the latter.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 13, 2026 07:34 PM (Wt5PA)

203 He needs to win to teach those Republican voters a lesson they'll never forget.

Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at October 13, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)
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To bite down on the leather strap?

Posted by: Axeman at October 13, 2026 07:45 PM (Fi81e)

204 Fucking Hasan fucking Piker cannot fucking talk about his fucking political fucking philosophy without fucking saying fucking every five fucking seconds.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 13, 2026 08:13 PM (1UOiF)

205 It is better for half the people to die so that the other half can eat their fill.

Posted by: Mao at October 13, 2026 08:15 PM (1UOiF)

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