GDP Growth Surges to Strong 3.4%

There's been some good economic news lately, despite the half-as-high-as-Biden-and-therefore-apocalyptic inflation.

October 1: Unemployment applications fell to the lowest level since July.

The four-week moving average was 200,000, a decrease of 2,500 from the previous week's revised average, the department also said.
Unemployment claims are a proxy indicator for layoffs, and they signal to economists where the job market is headed. So far this year, claims have remained below 220,000, which is a historic low.

American paychecks grew faster than the rate of inflation, which was totally not the case under Biden. So obviously Trump is a disaster.

American households have seen the buying power of their paychecks grow under President Trump, a welcome change from years of watching real compensation fall thanks to runaway inflation.
The average private-sector paycheck has grown faster than prices since President Trump took office, Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show. And in recent months, real pay is growing even faster.
From January 2025, the month Trump was inaugurated, through August 2026, average weekly earnings of all employees on private payrolls rose from $1,222.14 to $1,298.94, a gain of 6.3 percent. The Consumer Price Index rose 4.8 percent over those 19 months. Adjusted for inflation, the weekly paycheck was up 1.5 percent. In January 2025 dollars, that is a gain of about $18 a week, from $1,222 to $1,240.
The most recent three months were stronger. From May to August, the average paycheck rose from $1,285.91 to $1,298.94, or 1.0 percent, while prices were essentially unchanged, up 0.05 percent. Real weekly pay rose 1.0 percent in that span, about $12 a week. August is the latest month for which both earnings and prices are available. The September price index is scheduled for October 14.
Over the four years of the Biden administration, the paycheck shrank after inflation. From January 2021 to January 2025, average weekly earnings rose from $1,047.55 to $1,222.14, a gain of 16.7 percent. Prices rose 21.4 percent. Real weekly pay fell 3.9 percent. In the dollars of January 2025, the paycheck went from about $1,272 at the start of that administration to $1,222 at the end, a loss of about $50 a week.

The service industry grew at its fastest pace in five years. And exports grew, and hiring accelerated.

U.S. service-sector activity expanded in September at the fastest pace in more than five years, with technology businesses leading a broad advance as stronger demand encouraged companies to increase hiring, according to a survey released Monday by S&P Global.
The Services PMI Business Activity Index rose to 58.8 from 56.5 in August, marking its fourth consecutive monthly increase and the strongest expansion since July 2021. Readings above 50 indicate growth compared with the previous month.
Activity increased across all five broad services sectors covered by the survey for the first time in ten months. Information and communication businesses reported by far the strongest expansion, while transportation and storage returned to growth.
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Export orders also increased for a second consecutive month, although their growth was much slower than the rise in total new business. The pace of export-order growth matched August's 20-month high.
Companies responded to rising workloads by adding workers for a third consecutive month. The pace of services job creation was the strongest since June 2022. Some businesses reported that they had been able to fill previously vacant positions.

The latest advanced estimate for the growth: a high 3.4% increase in the nation's gross domestic product.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.4 percent in the third quarter of 2026 (July, August, and September), according to the advance estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In the second quarter, real GDP increased 2.2 percent.
...
Compared to the second quarter, the acceleration in real GDP in the third quarter primarily reflected an acceleration in investment and an upturn in government spending that were partly offset by a downturn in exports. Imports increased more in the third quarter than in the second quarter.
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The price index for gross domestic purchases increased 3.0 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 5.6 percent in the second quarter. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased 2.1 percent, compared with an increase of 5.0 percent, and the PCE price index, excluding food and energy increased 2.5 percent, compared with an increase of 3.3 percent.

The conventional wisdom is that voters form their opinions about the state of the economy six months before an election. They do not update their opinions with late-coming information.

So this will not help us in the midterms. I guess maybe we could guess that people felt this growth before it was officially reported, but Gallup says economic confidence is low and has been for a long while.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

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1 I'll take it

Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 05:22 PM (+gK6I)

2 GDP Number Go Up isn't the comfort to wagies as it was back in the Reagan Years.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 05:24 PM (88C+u)

3 Yea But .................................

Trump combs his hair funny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (ENxVw)

4
Willowed

The EU is looking at the reality of sponsoring the Ukraine war all by themselves.

____________

Where do they think this is going to end? Is Ukraine going to get its territory back? "On to Moscow"? A huge number of lives have been lost already. How many more are the EU willing to see die?

I don't know if Trump is right or wrong, but at least he's trying to stop two countries from grinding each other to powder. Don't see the geniuses in the EU trying out any ideas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (eRlcH)

5 Adjusted for inflation, the weekly paycheck was up 1.5 percent. In January 2025 dollars, that is a gain of about $18 a week, from $1,222 to $1,240.

^^ this is the key sentence

Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (88C+u)

6 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 05:27 PM (r2Icn)

7 5 Adjusted for inflation, the weekly paycheck was up 1.5 percent. In January 2025 dollars, that is a gain of about $18 a week, from $1,222 to $1,240.

^^ this is the key sentence
Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (88C+u)

which equates to a single meal at McDonalds now.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2026 05:28 PM (mP0Kj)

8 McJobs?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:28 PM (Cqx++)

9 checkin' in

Posted by: DanMan at October 30, 2026 05:29 PM (8uzBS)

10 HOPE and CHANGE People .....

HOPE and CHANGE People .....

This is the only thing that will save us from .......

THE EVIL TRUMP DASDARDLY POLICIES ......
REMEMBER "It's FOR THE CHILDREN" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 30, 2026 05:32 PM (ENxVw)

11 still getting more than 10 spams a day and of course the bleg messages keep rolling in...I enjoy the responses to the blegs where I ask why we still put ethanol in gas

Posted by: DanMan at October 30, 2026 05:32 PM (8uzBS)

12
Where do they think this is going to end? Is Ukraine going to get its territory back? "On to Moscow"? A huge number of lives have been lost already. How many more are the EU willing to see die?

I don't know if Trump is right or wrong, but at least he's trying to stop two countries from grinding each other to powder. Don't see the geniuses in the EU trying out any ideas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 05:25 PM (eRlcH)

I believe it's become an existential thing for the left in Europe to maintain Russia as the enemy, along with Trump.

They know they are becoming more and more unpopular because of the effects of immigration and having an external enemy to point to as a threat that only they can confront is the basis of many a political system.

Even Poland which doesn't have the immigration problem that Western Europe has is still caught up in it because their PM is a far-left EU butt-boy and will do anything he can to complete their takeover of the most important Eastern European country.

They need somebody to point to and blame and Putin and to a lesser extent, Trump, are the targets.

If that means war, so be it.
They can rule over the ashes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)

13
https://youtu.be/UJOjTNuuEVw&t=17

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:32 PM (pMmVV)

14 Willowed:

The Green Savant enters at 2:30.

Wow, letting her vote is about the same as finding the dumbest retard in the Sudan and letting him vote in American elections.

I literally could feel my brain shrinking in abject horror as she spoke.

Cute but dumb as a rock. However, you can't fuck rocks so I guess she wins that contest.
Great work Greeny McSpoinkbrain!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 05:33 PM (YSUhf)

15 It’s not unusual….

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 30, 2026 05:34 PM (6H1rq)

16 Please remind me. When did the Democrats predict the inevitable Trumpcession will begin?

Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 05:34 PM (5rh/l)

17 Who is the Green Savant?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 05:35 PM (JrHfD)

18 America's 2026 Mid-terms
"Measuring the Rot"

Sad but true.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 05:35 PM (Sco7b)

19
Please remind me. When did the Democrats predict the inevitable Trumpcession will begin?
Posted by: Gref at October 30, 2026 05:34 PM (5rh/l)

_________

January 21, 2025

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 05:35 PM (eRlcH)

20 The coup attempt in Poland; do we (deepState) have a hand in this
or is it MI6? Tusk couldn't have pulled this off on his own.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:36 PM (pMmVV)

21 Even Poland which doesn't have the immigration problem that Western Europe has is still caught up in it because their PM is a far-left EU butt-boy and will do anything he can to complete their takeover of the most important Eastern European country.

They need somebody to point to and blame and Putin and to a lesser extent, Trump, are the targets.

If that means war, so be it.
They can rule over the ashes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)

I see he's staged a coup in Poland and has taken over the courts and the legislature....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 05:36 PM (+gK6I)

22 wait,

in the last thread, Abdul al shithead said Hegseth's mom was the type to wear her son's jersey to a game.

I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)

23 The Republican establishment has said nothing about this. You'd think they'd be beating the drum about how great the economy is doing and that gas prices will start decreasing once the war is over. But nooooo

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (f8snw)

24 Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40% . They would also have to think we are in an economic depression and people are all on the verge of bankruptcy and being homeless.

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (Ti9vn)

25 Thanks for the nood.

Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (SwyyQ)

26 I noticed something interesting in my area. There are three different large grocery stores. The first two have relatively similar prices. The third, which just happens to have a major distribution center about five miles away has prices about 15% to 20% below the other two. I think this is partially due to diesel costs on trucking. But, it, also, likely is related to overstock and over shipping stock that gets sent to the nearest retail at reduced prices (especially if it is perishable).

My advice is to do a little research on your grocery providers. See who has the closest distribution center and shop there.

Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (dIske)

27
Who is the Green Savant?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 05:35 PM (JrHfD)

She's in the last video on the previous thread.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (YSUhf)

28 20 The coup attempt in Poland; do we (deepState) have a hand in this
or is it MI6? Tusk couldn't have pulled this off on his own.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:36 PM (pMmVV)

If we is the deep State and CIA , maybe... Trump wouldn't be happy with this left winger I don't think....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 05:38 PM (+gK6I)

29 25 Thanks for the nood.
Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (SwyyQ)

I NOODED

Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (+gK6I)

30
I believe it's become an existential thing for the left in Europe to maintain Russia as the enemy, along with Trump.

If Putin declares himself to be communist will they love Russia again?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)

31 They know they are becoming more and more unpopular because of the effects of immigration and having an external enemy to point to as a threat that only they can confront is the basis of many a political system.

See also: Canada

Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (SwyyQ)

32 The Left needs a Trump loss on Tuesday.
The place I work hires whomever they can find. The Navy, NASA and Virginia Space are going nutz not to mention their private partners.

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (yVEo1)

33 Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40%...
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And if American commercials are to be believed, they do a lot of boating and they all own new SUVs.

Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:40 PM (TN0g+)

34 donna, that was not sarcasm, LOL

Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 05:40 PM (SwyyQ)

35 23 The Republican establishment has said nothing about this. You'd think they'd be beating the drum about how great the economy is doing and that gas prices will start decreasing once the war is over. But nooooo

Posted by: Smell the Glove
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They aren't putting election money out to help Trump candidates.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:40 PM (pMmVV)

36
Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40% . They would also have to think we are in an economic depression and people are all on the verge of bankruptcy and being homeless.
Posted by: polynikes

And GAY!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:41 PM (Cqx++)

37 Sports moms are a major thing; shows how out of touch every Dem really is.

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:41 PM (yVEo1)

38 36
Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40% . They would also have to think we are in an economic depression and people are all on the verge of bankruptcy and being homeless.
Posted by: polynikes

And GAY!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:41 PM (Cqx++)

And we take an awful lot of medications

Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 05:42 PM (+gK6I)

39 I always believe that Ukraine was a great opportunity for grifting and that once in motion it reached nearly unstoppable status.

Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:42 PM (TN0g+)

40 The Ukraine Russia war will stop when the US stops funding it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:43 PM (W2Pud)

41 Every ad on WAVY10 is Kiggans and Luria or Buckhout and Davis. Endless.

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:43 PM (yVEo1)

42 If Putin declares himself to be communist will they love Russia again?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)

It doesn't matter if he's a communist or a fascist tycoon.
He's Russian, and Europe has been playing with the Russians like this for 500 years.

They're doing a science project, and Putin is the current reason to take the experiment to the next level.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:43 PM (6ydKt)

43
Who is the Green Savant?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

One of Spiderman's enemies.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:44 PM (Cqx++)

44 And if American commercials are to be believed, they do a lot of boating and they all own new SUVs.

Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:40 PM (TN0g+)

And we tend to sing and dance a lot when a new weight-loss drug comes out.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:45 PM (6ydKt)

45 There a lot of ways a US Russia alliance would be bad for communism.

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:45 PM (yVEo1)

46 Gist of the current putsch by Tusk

MJ
@Real_Politik101
·
1h
Coup underway as Tusk tries to remove the President and Vice President of the Constitutional Court + nullify all of PiS appointees. Sending the police to block court officials from entering as well while this process is underway.
None of Tusk’s appointees were recognized by the President which means they’re illegitimate yet the PM is trying to ram it through. Nawrocki is returning to Poland from his flight to Senegal to intervene. He’s the most popular politician in Poland. Hoping this backfires and destroys KO in the next election. Insane stuff

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:45 PM (E4rtv)

47 >>
They're doing a science project, and Putin is the current reason to take the experiment to the next level.

Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Putin is the wrong person to play, 'experiment the leader' with.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:45 PM (pMmVV)

48

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

Who is the good Pole and who is the bad Pole?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (Cqx++)

49 39 I always believe that Ukraine was a great opportunity for grifting and that once in motion it reached nearly unstoppable status.
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:42 PM (TN0g+)
—-

That and the EU has stolen (or wants to steal) all the hundreds of billions in “frozen” Russian assets. Something like $275 billion (with a ‘b’

. The end of the war will require some accounting of these assets. The EU cannot let that happen.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (Xr1vn)

50 24 Just like a European who watches American TV thinking the US black population is at least 40% .
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (Ti9vn)

____________________

Oh, that's hogwash. Why...we haven't had a black person in our commercials in decades.

Sincerely,
ADT Security Systems.

Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (dIske)

51 I believe it's become an existential thing for the left in Europe to maintain Russia as the enemy, along with Trump.

If Putin declares himself to be communist will they love Russia again?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)

There's a rumor a major hate causer vs Putin is his cutting off child adoptions to gay parents in the west because of the abuses they suffered.

It's not just the left. Everyone in the UK's deep state has a major fascination in taking the Crimea like its the Crimean war is on again. They spent huge efforts trying to blow a bridge that barely carries any military traffic like idiots. Even sent an admiral there to coordinate efforts. No boats though, they don't have any.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)

52 Going to the Trump Rally Sunday in Salina.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 30, 2026 05:47 PM (u82oZ)

53 Oh, that's hogwash. Why...we haven't had a black person in our commercials in decades.

Sincerely,
ADT Security Systems.

Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (dIske)

See also: COPS

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 30, 2026 05:47 PM (PSEDc)

54 Putin is the wrong person to play, 'experiment the leader' with.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:45 PM (pMmVV)

I'm just waiting for Europe's new Napoleon to show up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:48 PM (6ydKt)

55 Well, the layoff monster got me last month. Not a great time of year to find a new job. Being 67 doesn't help, of course.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at October 30, 2026 05:48 PM (D+4vV)

56 If Putin declares himself to be communist will they love Russia again?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:39 PM (Cqx++)

Putin could be given all of Ukraine, and a Nobel Prize, simply for posting, "Dear Gays, Russian children are back on the menu."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 05:48 PM (ExV1e)

57 —-

That and the EU has stolen (or wants to steal) all the hundreds of billions in “frozen” Russian assets. Something like $275 billion (with a ‘b’. The end of the war will require some accounting of these assets. The EU cannot let that happen.

Posted by: Elric the Blade
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They are super jiggery about that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:49 PM (pMmVV)

58 Tusk wasn't my favorite album.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 05:49 PM (Cqx++)

59 I'm just waiting for Europe's new Napoleon to show up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:48 PM (6ydKt)

Macron wanted to be, when he wasn't the new Jupiter.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (uhVAy)

60 39 I always believe that Ukraine was a great opportunity for grifting and that once in motion it reached nearly unstoppable status.
Posted by: Crusader

WWI by 1917 was at this point as well. The elites of all the warring powers had come to the end of their support from the common people and losing or even negotiating over losing would result in regime implosions.

EU is desperate to keep those hundreds of billions in Russian frozen assets and ending the war would require sending them back never to return to the EU, ditto for the UK. LaGardes strange resignation speech from teh EU Central Bank is also a tell. My guess, banks in Europe start imploding if the war ends in Ukraine and that stolen money has to be returned.

So they would gladly drag the US and their own countries into the abyss to fight a ruinous war with Russia in order to save their worthless skins.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)

61
It's like the AOS comments have turned into Zero Hedge.

Putin is not your friend.

Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (Y8DZL)

62 Well, not a dinosaur but still pretty cool.

https://tinyurl.com/2eyhav6t

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (ndZc7)

63 I'm hoping our turnout will get Paxton over the line but however it turns out the Dems were dumb to run someone like Talarico or Crockett. I think a moderate Hispanic Texas democrat would have beaten Paxton easily.

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (Ti9vn)

64
There's a rumor a major hate causer vs Putin is his cutting off child adoptions to gay parents in the west because of the abuses they suffered.

It's not just the left. Everyone in the UK's deep state has a major fascination in taking the Crimea like its the Crimean war is on again. They spent huge efforts trying to blow a bridge that barely carries any military traffic like idiots. Even sent an admiral there to coordinate efforts. No boats though, they don't have any.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)

I don't even think it's that complicated.
The EU is pissed off that Putin invaded Ukraine when they told him not to.

They are arrogant and feel insulted.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)

65 VFW & DAV employees donate 91% to Dems.

Translation:
They hate the Veterans.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (/+uur)

66 It's like the AOS comments have turned into Zero Hedge.

Putin is not your friend.
Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (Y8DZL)

Zelensky is a worse friend

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 05:51 PM (Ti9vn)

67 At X and apparently Townhall there is a story that Talarico was on something called Fling a sex site, looking for fetish and group sex. If true it should have been brought up earlier. Better late than never I guess

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 05:51 PM (f8snw)

68 Have you been following the developments in Haiti?

El Salvador had four aviation techs working with the Gang Suppression Force, which is backed by the UN. A gang ambushed them and took the techs hostage.

Bukele put thousands of soldiers on commercial flights over to Haiti. Haiti doesn't have a military, so nobody stopped this. Bukele has reassured the people of Haiti he's just there to kick some gang butt and doesn't want anything from them. Trump has given his blessing.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 05:51 PM (mkw2N)

69 I believe it's become an existential thing for the left in Europe to maintain Russia as the enemy, along with Trump"

Trump is the enemy. Russia will be our best buds about 30 seconds after the next dim resident is installed.

It's been June 23 again...

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (pfXMo)

70 Yes, blacks on commercials camp, hike, boat, swim in huge numbers. The reality is that most never walk on a non-paved surface. There are country blacks around here who might grill in their backyard, maybe fish once in a while, but their numbers are small.
In the 54 year history of The Price Is Right, maybe one black person was happy they won a boat.

Posted by: Redneck Ron Cheep Thrills at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (vFcoN)

71 49, I forgot about the money. Add a zero or two to the Minnesota numbers.

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (yVEo1)

72 America will be a much better place when Rove has a pudding cup

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (/+uur)

73 I don't even think it's that complicated.
The EU is pissed off that Putin invaded Ukraine when they told him not to.

They are arrogant and feel insulted.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)

it's much much older than that, a century at least. They didn't even tell him not first, he moved before they thought they would while they were moving artillery up to shell the Donbas cities.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:52 PM (uhVAy)

74 >>Putin is not your friend.

No, not really.

Do you think Putin thinks we've been friendly toward him?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (viF8m)

75 We should totally elect Democrats. They will fix this.

I mean they did last time, right? The Biden years aren’t that far in the past.

Posted by: LIV at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (pkv3v)

76 They are super jiggery about that.

Posted by: Braenyard
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They are using that as a facade to hide their deteriorating banks financials. Same as City of London. Trump ending the bleeding of dollars via trade imbalances to the EU is also part of it. Thus a pivot to authoritarianism where inconvenient national politicians are dispensed with like Orban, banned from taking office like in Romania, preventing political parties from taking office like in Germany and France, and riots by Muslims in the streets are allowed so that the implicit threat is the state is the only thing preventing them from taking over.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

77 Tusk wasn't my favorite album.
-----

Why won't you tell me what's going on?
Why won't you tell me who's on the phone?

Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (TN0g+)

78 ZH comments are a parody site. It is Bluesky for autistics and libertarians. Absolutely fucking mental.

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (yVEo1)

79 Putin is not your friend."

And not my enemy either.

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (pfXMo)

80 Bukele put thousands of soldiers on commercial flights over to Haiti. Haiti doesn't have a military, so nobody stopped this. Bukele has reassured the people of Haiti he's just there to kick some gang butt and doesn't want anything from them. Trump has given his blessing.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 30, 2026 05:51 PM (mkw2N)

Now Bukele has a better rapid response army than the EU or any member state. They could only get a few dozen people into Greenland to stop us.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy)

81 A lot of math in that post.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 05:55 PM (RIvkX)

82 The EU & UK participated with StateDept in creating the color
revolution in Ukraine. It was a mutual effort.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:56 PM (pMmVV)

83 Ironic that illegals are blocked from going to work by anti-ice protesters?

Can't make this shit up.

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 05:56 PM (Ti9vn)

84 >>Putin is not your friend.

No, not really.

Do you think Putin thinks we've been friendly toward him?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (viF8m)

We have teams of people talking to the Russians daily since Trump came into office, and he speaks to Putin on the regular. Putin doesn't need friends, he needs adults on the other end of the line.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:56 PM (uhVAy)

85 Willowed from the previous thread:

" The first shipment of Russia-sourced diesel oil, all 300,000 barrels of it graded ultra-low-sulphur, will be arriving in a US port around November 7."

Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 05:57 PM (rj6Yv)

86 https://www.youtube.com/live/czaomyqNjnM

TOUSI on Poland ... he's been live for about 10 minutes.

Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 30, 2026 05:57 PM (mtytl)

87 but Gallup says economic confidence is low and has been for a long while.

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

It has been established for some time now that polls are not to inform but to influence a position.

Posted by: Decaf at October 30, 2026 05:57 PM (vB6Pf)

88 VFW & DAV employees donate 91% to Dems.

Translation:
They hate the Veterans.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 05:57 PM (I43vL)

89 Because I missed the last thread...

Read a newer novel recently where the main character is an obviously liberal woman. So she hates the New York Post, she considers them conservative, but she openly admits in the novel that they write the best newspaper headlines in the business. Like the "headless body in topless bar," or whatever the phrasing of that famous headline is.

That "bad bromance" headline deserves to go on the listing some of the best. Maybe not of all time, but the last ten years at least. Bless the New York post.

Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 05:57 PM (s1aVp)

90 Lies lies lies
All lies!!!
Trump is fudging the numbers.
Real growth is -1000%

Posted by: Reddit at October 30, 2026 05:58 PM (zyHX6)

91 A lot of people are pissed that prices aren't going down. You aren't going to un-inflate the money that was inflated by printing trillions to pay for Build-Back-Better (Biden's Bureaucratic Buglary) without destroying some printed money (aint going to happen) or having massive GDP growth (aint going to happen over night)

Remember when they used all that BBB money to fix all the roads and bridges and stuff....

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 05:59 PM (tB7nu)

92 3.4% and to be revised upward, no doubt.

Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 05:59 PM (Qugny)

93 The EU & UK participated with StateDept in creating the color
revolution in Ukraine. It was a mutual effort.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 05:56 PM (pMmVV)

one of the celebrations was burning 25 ethnic Russians alive in Odessa.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:59 PM (uhVAy)

94 65 VFW & DAV employees donate 91% to Dems.

Translation:
They hate the Veterans.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 05:50 PM
Ditto on the American Legion (50 year member), at least the publication anyway.

Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 05:59 PM (LHPAg)

95 Now Bukele has a better rapid response army than the EU or any member state. They could only get a few dozen people into Greenland to stop us.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy)

They sent a few dozen people as a propaganda show because they knew they didn't need them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)

96 diesel oil"

What is that?

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (pfXMo)

97 The Europeans have benefited from Pax Americana and engaged in every arrogant stupid political idea that's come along. Their own governments are collapsing and they are screaming at US that we are abandoning Ukraine.
Get your houses in order and then maybe we'll listen to you

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (f8snw)

98 Putin is not your friend.
Posted by: Auspex

Well, he's no comedian.

https://tinyurl.com/3yj3tw6d

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (ndZc7)

99 "Business confidence" would be affected by the GOP getting off their asses and making the business environment better with changes to laws and regulations. Industries can't make 10-year and 50-year investments into huge projects IF they're scarred to death that every 2 years we run the risk of a massively fraudulent election leads to the hostile overturn of the country's rules.

Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (TN0g+)

100 The Ukraine business is an op to keep the US and Russia apart. Where would China and the EU go? To Canada? To Iran?
The North Pacific would be run by three countries: Russia and Japan in the east and the US in the west.
California becomes the most important place in the world.

Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (NeFn5)

101
Breitbart..

France prepares for very high violence as it braces for Halloween riots.

Posted by: four seasons at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (/QHx4)

102 A lot of people are pissed that prices aren't going down

So, what have the Dems said they would do to bring prices down ? Bueller......

Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (+gK6I)

103 Now Bukele has a better rapid response army than the EU or any member state. They could only get a few dozen people into Greenland to stop us.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy)

They sent a few dozen people as a propaganda show because they knew they didn't need them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)

Yeah, the US is totally blocked from Greenland forever. Nice op.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)

104 I really wish Trump would have floated a Tax Rebate scheme for increased fuel costs for this year.

At the very least for businesses that rely heavily on Gas / Diesel.

It would have been such an easy W.

Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (Qugny)

105 >>>It is Bluesky for autistics
---

Blue skies smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do I see

Blue birds singing a song
Nothing but blue skies from now on

Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right

Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly

Blue days, all of them gone
Nothing but blue skies from now on

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (pMmVV)

106 Do you think Putin thinks we've been friendly toward him?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (viF8m)

Putin has wanted Russia aligned with the west since he came to power but he's always been rebuffed. I wonder if he sees that as a blessing now.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (ExV1e)

107 Get your houses in order and then maybe we'll listen to you"

Heh.

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (pfXMo)

108 84 >>Putin is not your friend.

No, not really.

Do you think Putin thinks we've been friendly toward him?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 05:53 PM (viF8m)
_________________________

A nice little wake-up call showed itself a couple of weeks ago when Ukraine slammed some of the Russian Data Centers and took them out for a day and a half.

Remarkably, about 70% of all pro-Palestinian jabbering on "X" just disappeared for that time frame. Russia was/ is hosting that contingency or maybe even just botting the hell out of "X" on the subject.

Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (dIske)

109 Breitbart..

France prepares for very high violence as it braces for Halloween riots.

Posted by: four seasons at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (/QHx4)

Can't wait for the Christmas riots and Hanukah riots...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (+gK6I)

110 in the last thread, Abdul al shithead said Hegseth's mom was the type to wear her son's jersey to a game.

I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)
=====

Yes like he thinks asking him about Islamic terrorism is somehow really an attack on "the way I pray."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)

111 France prepares for very high violence as it braces for Halloween riots.
----

I might have to join them--its been way too long since there was a new entrant to the "Halloween" movie franchise.

Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (TN0g+)

112 If all these jackasses want lower gas prices, why in hell have they locked up Alaska exploration and drilling for the past 14 years? They don't care about gas prices. After all, electricity comes out of the wall, so they can just get an electric vehicle and call it good.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (5WPt1)

113 The Ukraine business is an op to keep the US and Russia apart. Where would China and the EU go? To Canada? To Iran?
The North Pacific would be run by three countries: Russia and Japan in the east and the US in the west.
California becomes the most important place in the world.
Posted by: Accomack at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM (NeFn5)

The dumb part is it drove China and Russia together. Not a great plan. And there is nobody for them to turn to.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (uhVAy)

114 89-Lizzy , The NY Post really roasted Weiner:

https://tinyurl.com/243ztcpa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (xz+xK)

115 Yes like he thinks asking him about Islamic terrorism is somehow really an attack on "the way I pray."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)

To be fair, when he prays, he prays that his kinsman will obliterate the US, so there's that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (5WPt1)

116 >>We have teams of people talking to the Russians daily since Trump came into office, and he speaks to Putin on the regular. Putin doesn't need friends, he needs adults on the other end of the line.

Adults realize countries don't have friends. Don't have permanent allies either. They do things for their countries interests and react when other countries make moves they deem not in their countries interests.

NATO pledged to Russia over and over since it's founding it would not move further eastward. NATO lied. Repeatedly. Putin warned he viewed it as an aggressive infringement on his sphere of influence much as we did when Russia tried to put missiles in Cuba. That almost caused WWIII.

Doesn't get mentioned much because it hurts the narrative but prior to the war the Ukrainian government killed thousands of ethnic men, women and children in the Donbas region. Putin was obviously not happy about that. He became he less happy when the west ran a coup in Ukraine and took down an elected leader that favored Russia over the west and installed a puppet government. He got even angrier when the west tried the same thing in Kazakhstan. He sent in troops to stop that one.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (viF8m)

117 Can't wait for the Christmas riots and Hanukah riots..."

Wait till those Mennonites get into the non pasteurized milk...

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (pfXMo)

118 Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (dIske)

So all those 100,000 or more protesters carrying Pali flags are a Russian op also?

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (Ti9vn)

119 like in Germany and France, and riots by Muslims in the streets are allowed so that the implicit threat is the state is the only thing preventing them from taking over.
- Whig
And they won't be able to stop them from taking over.

Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (LHPAg)

120 >> France prepares for very high violence as it braces for Halloween Student Riots.

You forgot the 'Student'.

Almost as important as the 'Mostly Peaceful'.

Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (Qugny)

121 Wow.

Polish President Nawrocki ordered his plane to turn around and return to Poland.

Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (rj6Yv)

122 Damn right wing extremist!

https://tinyurl.com/mr3a4s4z

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (ndZc7)

123 If all these jackasses want lower gas prices, why in hell have they locked up Alaska exploration and drilling for the past 14 years? They don't care about gas prices. After all, electricity comes out of the wall, so they can just get an electric vehicle and call it good.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (5WPt1)

Repeat that line for North Sea oil, pipelines from Nigeria to the Meds, and dozens of other projects the EU has messed up.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

124 Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (dIske)

Who blew up the pipeline? Funny how that story went away.

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (Ti9vn)

125 So all those 100,000 or more protesters carrying Pali flags are a Russian op also?
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (Ti9vn)

____________________

No, those are retarded yutes. I call them ribbon wearers.

Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (dIske)

126 112 If all these jackasses want lower gas prices, why in hell have they locked up Alaska exploration and drilling for the past 14 years? They don't care about gas prices. After all, electricity comes out of the wall, so they can just get an electric vehicle and call it good.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:03 PM (5WPt1)

They don't want any gas cars and probably no electric cars.. They want no vehicles that are privately owned.. Public transit for all and public housing.. It is their ultimate plan

Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (+gK6I)

127 111 France prepares for very high violence as it braces for Halloween riots.

That'd be sweet.
Let it be massive and bloody.
And impossible to not cover.
for the mid-terms.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 06:06 PM (Sco7b)

128 I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)

Hockey mom here, but yes, that's what we do. After millions of hours spent sitting on a cold bench for practice after practice, I would think it fair to get one hockey sweater to wear to games. And if people don't like it, they can self deport to somewhere they like better.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:06 PM (5WPt1)

129 when the west ran a coup in Ukraine"

You misspelled "The US State Department"

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:06 PM (pfXMo)

130 They don't want any gas cars and probably no electric cars.. They want no vehicles that are privately owned.. Public transit for all and public housing.. It is their ultimate plan
Posted by: It's me donna at October 30, 2026 06:05 PM (+gK6I)

But most of them want a big car with a driver so they don't have to mix with the hoi polloi. They just want US on the bus.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:07 PM (5WPt1)

131 I really wish Trump would have floated a Tax Rebate scheme for increased fuel costs for this year.

At the very least for businesses that rely heavily on Gas / Diesel.

It would have been such an easy W.

Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:01 PM

There is no way that would ever make it through the senate. The democrats would frame it as a tax credit for billionaires and big businesses and never vote for it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 06:07 PM (I43vL)

132 @129 more specifically Victoria Nuland

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 06:07 PM (f8snw)

133 102 A lot of people are pissed that prices aren't going down

So, what have the Dems said they would do to bring prices down ? Bueller......

Posted by: It's me donna
---

Only time prices come down is during a depression. We don't want
that. When inflation stops or diminished, as Trump cut in half, a
new float level is created. That's a best case scenario.
Democrat remedies to 'bring down prices' can only be inflationary
hopeum.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:07 PM (pMmVV)

134 Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Unfortunately true, FEC reports of employers. These are not the rank and file but the hq

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (E4rtv)

135 So all those 100,000 or more protesters carrying Pali flags are a Russian op also?
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (Ti9vn)

I saw some crap about how the Pali flags really just signal that the flag flyers are upset about something, anything, and that is the current signal.

Bullshit, but that's what they are selling.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (5WPt1)

136 I don't get why these odd people ( in the previous thread clip) can't identify what "non binary"
means. It assume it means they don't identify as a male or a female. Sometimes they're one and sometimes they're the other . It's all about "feelz" whatever their sexual organs are.
And NO, I am not non binary.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (xz+xK)

137 >>There is no way that would ever make it through the senate. The democrats would frame it as a tax credit for billionaires and big businesses and never vote for it.

It doesn't have to.
All he has to do is force the Vote on it to be seen as trying to mitigate the negative effects of the Iran actions.

Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (Qugny)

138 more specifically Victoria Nuland"

Indeed.

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:09 PM (pfXMo)

139 121 Wow.

Polish President Nawrocki ordered his plane to turn around and return to Poland.
Posted by: mrp
=======
From my understanding about thirty minutes ago on X, a post claimed Nawrocki is on the ground now in Poland but security does not want him around the Con. Court building. Who knows if it is true.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (E4rtv)

140 I wonder if we'll see something from the DSA this weekend ...

Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (mtytl)

141 Unfortunately true, FEC reports of employers. These are not the rank and file but the hq
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (E4rtv)

The Left love to run ' non-profits' .

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (Ti9vn)

142 Putin is not our friend. His actions go well beyond the ebb and flow of established military and intelligence. His conquest of other countries is more an expression of his aspirations than anything else. Putins Russia is currently supporting a fair degree of the divisive nefarious activity taking place on our soil. His actions are overall offensive, not defensive when it comes to our country. Much of it is about his personal prestige, as it is with people of his stripe. We saw it first hand in places like Syria where we ran up against his mercs and SF. He wants conflict. He needs conflict. Don’t make the mistake of underestimating that and seeing everything through the eyes of Ukraine. Nor should you believe his view is shared by all in Russian leadership. Russia is a great product country and there are a lot of decent people there in leadership.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (rxwdW)

143 136 I don't get why these odd people ( in the previous thread clip) can't identify what "non binary"
means. It assume it means they don't identify as a male or a female. Sometimes they're one and sometimes they're the other . It's all about "feelz" whatever their sexual organs are.
And NO, I am not non binary.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (xz+xK)

As far as I can figure, "I'm non-binary" just means "You're not the boss of me!"

It is a nonsense statement, but it demands that you pay attention and give uptwinkles.

Best to be ignored.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (5WPt1)

144 Doesn't get mentioned much because it hurts the narrative but prior to the war the Ukrainian government killed thousands of ethnic men, women and children in the Donbas region. Putin was obviously not happy about that. He became he less happy when the west ran a coup in Ukraine and took down an elected leader that favored Russia over the west and installed a puppet government. He got even angrier when the west tried the same thing in Kazakhstan. He sent in troops to stop that one.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:04 PM (viF8m)

Plus they started a war with the dissident Donbas lands in 2014-5. Not sure what assistance Russia gave but they did not use troops. The Donbas forces surrounded the Ukraine troops and Ukraine sued for a ceasefire. Germany and France signed an agreement to guarantee for talks to settle the issues, and admitted a few years back they never intended to do so. Russia tends to be a stickler about that. These Minsk accords stalled all the way to the outbreak of the war.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (uhVAy)

145 >>You misspelled "The US State Department"

And Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain and Lyndsey Graham.

There were other countries involved, it wasn't just the US. But our foreign policy establishment has been doing stupid shit for decades and then blaming the fallout on others, like Russia in this case. Remember, it was an internet video that caused the attack on the US embassy in Libya.

uh huh

No, Putin is not an angel. Anyone who thinks our previously permanent foreign policy establishment is blameless is smoking much better stuff than I ever could've afforded.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (viF8m)

146 110 in the last thread, Abdul al shithead said Hegseth's mom was the type to wear her son's jersey to a game.

I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)
=====

Yes like he thinks asking him about Islamic terrorism is somehow really an attack on "the way I pray."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)

It's not real bright.
Abdul needs those suburban soccer moms who wear their son't jerseys to their games.

That's one of his target demos.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (6ydKt)

147 Interesting that Murdoch's spawn seems to have imploded Fox ratings for the globalist team.
=======
SCW
@SCWOFTX
·
6h
This is what happens when you abandon those that made FOX number One

Fox News is suffering one of its most dramatic ratings collapses in years, losing nearly one-third of its audience in key demographics just days before the critical midterm elections.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (E4rtv)

148 Putin is not your friend.
Posted by: Auspex

He’s also not my enemy. I’ve never heard Putin say he wants me in internment camps. I’ve heard many Democrats say it though.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (zyHX6)

149
Who blew up the pipeline? Funny how that story went away.

----

"We blew up their pipeline"
-Joe Biden

"shut the fuck up Joe"
-The Deep State

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (tB7nu)

150 I saw some crap about how the Pali flags really just signal that the flag flyers are upset about something, anything, and that is the current signal.

Bullshit, but that's what they are selling.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (5WPt1)
___________________________

A lot of truth in that. Think about what makes up the left. They don't have the luxury of universal positions. They are a rag tag collection of "one issue" facets. That's how you end up with gays supporting Muslims despite the fact that both factions are diametrically opposed to each other. It's an unwritten agreement that this group will support the other group, because the act will be reciprocated. There is no reference to substantive quality. There is every reference to superficial quantity.

Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (dIske)

151 increased fuel costs for this year"

The domestic industry was going to raise prices anyway. Supply is constrained, demand increased, and what's left of the petroleum club hates Trump. Bigly.

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (pfXMo)

152 Globalists are hell bent on starting war with Russia. Coup attempt in Poland reeks of desperation. I hope Rubio comes out soon with some hard truth telling.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (Dv3i1)

153 Best to be ignored.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:11 PM (5WPt1)

Thankfully , I have never had anybody tell me they are non binary, but that's probably because I don't hang out in leftist circles.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (JrHfD)

154 Nor should you believe his view is shared by all in Russian leadership. Russia is a great product country and there are a lot of decent people there in leadership.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (rxwdW)

Putin is the moderate in the leadership vis a vis dealing with Europe. Much much more people want them to piss up the nearest rope.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (uhVAy)

155
Putin has wanted Russia aligned with the west since he came to power but he's always been rebuffed. I wonder if he sees that as a blessing now.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
---

I watched his interview with Schmucker, (is there another one?).
What he said about Yeltsin's attempts to align Russia with the
US matched what I witnessed and thought about events at the
time. The US behaved shamefully. Putin understandably has feeling
about the way we treated Yeltsin and Russia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (pMmVV)

156 The Left love to run ' non-profits' .
Posted by: polynikes
======
Run them into the ground for grift which is typical of those that like to firmly plant their butts in a swivel chair and do little all day. And then whine about being underpaid.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (E4rtv)

157 But most of them want a big car with a driver so they don't have to mix with the hoi polloi. They just want US on the bus.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:07 PM (5WPt1)
====

Don't forget the restricted traffic lanes reserved for "special" vehicles.

Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (rj6Yv)

158 Putin is not our friend"

And I don't care.

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (pfXMo)

159 I still very much believe that Ukraine was the aggressor, wanting to join NATO, and being held up by the US, so that we could continue laundering Biden cash and working on chemical and biological weapons there. If I were Putin, I'd probably object to that as well. Simply blaming everything on Putin because Putin is a bit of a psychopath doesn't actually address the problems at hand. I suspect that ending the war will come with promises by Ukraine to abandon NATO, give up the money laundering and laboratories. As far as Russia is concerned, if the Ukraine had taken all the money we gave them and built a wall, things would be less stabby and miserable all around.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:14 PM (5WPt1)

160 >>The domestic industry was going to raise prices anyway. Supply is constrained, demand increased, and what's left of the petroleum club hates Trump. Bigly.

Sure. He reclaimed the Venezuelan Oil Fields, pretty much killed OPEC and the Petroleum Lobby now hates his guts.

You seem really informed.

Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:14 PM (Qugny)

161 Thankfully , I have never had anybody tell me they are non binary, but that's probably because I don't hang out in leftist circles.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (JrHfD)

A lot of it now is the youth, who use it to "join" the alphabet community without having to do anything perverted. Asexual also works if you want them to leave you alone.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)

162 I wore my son's football jersey to his games. Is that supposed to be an insult? That's kinda what moms do. At least the ones I associated with.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 30, 2026 05:37 PM (W2Pud)

That's exactly what moms do.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 06:15 PM (r2Icn)

163 It doesn't have to.
All he has to do is force the Vote on it to be seen as trying to mitigate the negative effects of the Iran actions.

Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:08 PM (Qugny)
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None of that "WE FORCED THEM TO VOTE AGAINST IT!!!!11" nonsense has moved the needle with normies for at least 30 years.

Nobody. Fucking. Cares.

Posted by: Johnny from Georgia at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (oqH4h)

164
It's possible to dislike both Putin and Zelinsky.

Like Saddam and Khomeini.

Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (Y8DZL)

165 Seems to be confirmed now, Nawrocki is back in Poland with video.

Inevitable West
@Inevitablewest
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35m
🚨BREAKING: President Karol Nawrocki has just ARRIVED at the Presidential Palace in Polish capital Warsaw

He has to urgently deploy the army! 🇵🇱

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)

166 Oh yeah have you seen the price of eggs?

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (MWfyi)

167 86 https://www.youtube.com/live/czaomyqNjnM

TOUSI on Poland ...

He's been replaying video from on the ground. He has something in English right now (about 8 minutes before the "live" point).

Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (mtytl)

168 Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (rxwdW)

But we are talking about the Ukraine. And what Russian major military action has taken place outside of the former USSR states? Putin is no angel but i don't rank him close as our #1 adversary .

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (Ti9vn)

169 Yes like he thinks asking him about Islamic terrorism is somehow really an attack on "the way I pray."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 30, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)

To be fair, Abdul prays that his compatriots will rise up and destroy the US, so there's that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:17 PM (5WPt1)

170 Oh yeah have you seen the price of eggs?
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I'm giving those up, and bananas too...so we can keep the bombs dropping on Gaza!

Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:17 PM (TN0g+)

171 reclaimed the Venezuelan Oil Fields, pretty much killed OPEC"

And that means what to domestic production constraints?

Let me know when XOM breaks new ground for refining/supply.

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:17 PM (pfXMo)

172 Under a Republican, even if ghe economy is doing great the press makes people think it's not.

Rush once talked about a survey during the Bush administration when the economy was going gangbusters. It asked people "How are you doing financially?" and "How do you think your neighbors are doing financially?"

Most people said their finances were doing great but they thought their neighbors were struggling. So, they thought the economy was in the crapper and they were just lucky.

The MSM was just that powerful.

Posted by: 29Victor at October 30, 2026 06:17 PM (0MjtC)

173 al-Sayed is just upset his mom couldn't wear a jersey over her burkha

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 06:18 PM (f8snw)

174 More right wing extremism.

https://tinyurl.com/y4322n5f

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:18 PM (ndZc7)

175 A lot of it now is the youth, who use it to "join" the alphabet community without having to do anything perverted. Asexual also works if you want them to leave you alone.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)

_____________________________

I'd love to be an observer in public schools these days when the English teacher lectures on pronouns. I'm sure it is now nuanced. Or maybe not, because I keep seeing youths claim to identify as they/them, and in the very next sentence refer to themselves with a first person singular pronoun like "I." Maybe they are skipping that curriculum altogether to avoid conflict.

Posted by: Orson at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske)

176 Who blew up the pipeline? Funny how that story went away.

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"We blew up their pipeline"
-Joe Biden

"shut the fuck up Joe"
-The Deep State
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 06:12 PM (tB7nu)

There was even a little US naval force in the area at the time doing maneuvers. I can't see anyone else doing it. Russia could just turn off the spigot if they wanted to cut Europe off, so it was not them. Biden's boys did it, there were even several "prediction" leaks beforehand by insiders.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (uhVAy)

177 The US behaved shamefully. Putin understandably has feeling
about the way we treated Yeltsin and Russia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 30, 2026 06:13 PM (pMmVV)

We could have done better by them, possibly.
It was a chaotic situation and nobody had ever tried to de-transition a communist economy on that scale.

But Yeltsin is not entirely blameless here, either, the big, jovial, drunk, bear got himself into his own trouble without our help.
Yeltsin essentially sold off the biggest sectors of the economy to the oligarchs, and that's probably what Putin was most angry about.

Putin wants Russia to be treated as an equal by the U.S., and the west, but Russia has been too untrustworthy too many times for that to happen immediately.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (6ydKt)

178 >>al-Sayed is just upset his mom couldn't wear a jersey over her burkha

He doesn't want his Mom wearing his uniform because it is a Suicide Vest.

Posted by: garrett at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (Qugny)

179 And this now

1h
Translated from Polish
Pan_komentator
@PanP23929

Translated from Polish
The presidential convoy of Karol Nawrocki is heading to the Presidential Palace.

A meeting will take place in the Palace between the president, the president of the Constitutional Tribunal Bogdan Święczkowski, and the president of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Kapiński.

Poland is waking up.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (E4rtv)

180 The MSM was just that powerful."

People can be gullible.

Wanna buy some tulips?

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (pfXMo)

181 Zelenskyy is a grifter, a poser, and a loser. Why in hell we support his bony ass I do not fathom. He now owns several mansions in several different countries, paid for by us, and can bug out any time, but if he keeps the war going, he will get richer with every minute of it.

He needs to leave.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (5WPt1)

182 Putin has made it clear he wants conquest in Europe. I can’t blame the EU for pushing back on that. They see Ukraine, et al, and they see their potential future. They need to get their own shit together militarily. And countries like Germany are. That isn’t necessarily what Putin thought would happen, and he’s actively trying to subvert it. He’s getting embarrassed in Ukraine and the EU is providing a lot of the weapons that are helping do that. So he’s actively testing the wire, and that creates a very tenuous situation. But he could stop that any time by settling in Ukraine. He’s the only one keeping that from happening. It’s his battlefield.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (rxwdW)

183 For the last 25 years or so of self employment I have paid myself $1000 a week. If the money was there. Sometimes I would have to catch up later. If there was any money left over after everything else was paid for I get to keep that.

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (MWfyi)

184 Who should I be rooting for in the coup in Poland?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (+UCFu)

185 🚨BREAKING: President Karol Nawrocki has just ARRIVED at the Presidential Palace in Polish capital Warsaw

He has to urgently deploy the army! 🇵🇱
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)
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Brussels ain't gonna like that - the EU's "security" depends on Tusk's control of the most powerful European conventional military force in the continent.

Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (rj6Yv)

186 Oh yeah have you seen the price of eggs?
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I'm giving those up, and bananas too...so we can keep the bombs dropping on Gaza!
Posted by: Crusader at October 30, 2026 06:17 PM (TN0g+)

Down to about a quarter of what they were here in CA.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (uhVAy)

187 Bogdan Święczkowski, and the president of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Kapiński."

That's a lot of consonants...

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (pfXMo)

188 Poland is waking up.
Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (E4rtv)

We have several troop emplacements and forward "bases" in Poland. Have for many years. I suspect Putin should tread lightly in that endeavor.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (5WPt1)

189 Remember when Hillary went to Russia with that idiotic and misspelled "Reset" button? That's when the media told us Putin was our friend.

And now they are our mortal enemy because western powers fucked around in the most corrupt country in western Europe that happens to sit on Russia's border?

Oh, ok.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (viF8m)

190 Who should I be rooting for in the coup in Poland?
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 30, 2026 06:20 PM (+UCFu)

Not Donald Tusk. He's Grima Wormtongue.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:21 PM (uhVAy)

191 He needs to leave."

Yep.

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:21 PM (pfXMo)

192 164
It's possible to dislike both Putin and Zelinsky.

Like Saddam and Khomeini.
Posted by: Auspex
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All of the above destroyed or are destroying their own countries to scratch their itches for power to the grave.

They hate their opponents because it is a reflection of themselves. See Mustache Man and Stalin as well.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:22 PM (E4rtv)

193 There were some fun historic podcasts recently that reexplored the pretty much debunked, but still fascinating and compelling, "White Horse prophecy" of the Mormon church. I decided to do some digging on the "original" text and read it for myself.

It gets things wrong, as false prophecies do. But what's fascinating is that during the period it talks about, it predicts there will be a period when the constitution will "hang by a thread," and it also says Russia will be our great enemy. This is from the 1800s.

Not exactly wrong there...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_V-669GlIY&ra=m

Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 06:22 PM (9jlvI)

194 I didn't even know the Poles were concerned about class size.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:22 PM (ndZc7)

195 Would be funny if there was a Polish military counter revolution...with free helicopter rides.

Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 06:22 PM (SwyyQ)

196 That's a lot of consonants...
Posted by: man
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Could be worse, the crisis could have involved Wales.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:22 PM (E4rtv)

197 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (r2Icn)

198 Somebody should start a campaign, "Bananas For Gaza".

Posted by: fd at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (MWfyi)

199 >>Putin is no angel but i don't rank him close as our #1 adversary .

No China is. And a lot of people in Russia don’t like the appearance of subservience to them.

But Putins Russia is a close second. His ideological rigidity is stunning in its ignorance of the fact that people like Trump see Russia as a great country who is above a lot of this nonsense and is being dragged down by it.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (rxwdW)

200 I didn't even know the Poles were concerned about class size"

It's the lack of air conditioning.

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (pfXMo)

201 Putin has made it clear ....
Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (rxwdW)

Who the fuck wants Europe? Putin isn't an idiot.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (uhVAy)

202 Crime Free NOOD

Posted by: Max Power at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (SwyyQ)

203 Putin is your standard Russian autocrat. Zelensky and Ukraine are corrupt entities. Neither is our friend. They've been fighting over boundaries in that area since before the USA existed. Our interest is not seeing it spread , Biden and the leftist one worlders interest was grift.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (f8snw)

204 nood crime!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 30, 2026 06:23 PM (NnhvP)

205
No doubt Xi is our biggest enemy and concern.

The worst enemy of Russia is Russia.

Posted by: Auspex at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (Y8DZL)

206 173 al-Sayed is just upset his mom couldn't wear a jersey over her burkha

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they don't issue jerseys to the guy that collects the jock straps

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (tB7nu)

207 The presidential convoy of Karol Nawrocki is heading to the Presidential Palace.

A meeting will take place in the Palace between the president, the president of the Constitutional Tribunal Bogdan Święczkowski, and the president of the Supreme Court Zbigniew Kapiński.

Poland is waking up.
Posted by: whig

I worry instead that they'll all be arrested for the crime of being right-wing and insufficiently pro-immigrant and anti-Russia. Tusk will get full support on this from the EU.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (Dv3i1)

208 Putin has made it clear he wants conquest in Europe. I can’t blame the EU for pushing back on that. They see Ukraine, et al, and they see their potential future. They need to get their own shit together militarily. And countries like Germany are. That isn’t necessarily what Putin thought would happen, and he’s actively trying to subvert it. He’s getting embarrassed in Ukraine and the EU is providing a lot of the weapons that are helping do that. So he’s actively testing the wire, and that creates a very tenuous situation. But he could stop that any time by settling in Ukraine. He’s the only one keeping that from happening. It’s his battlefield.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM

Fortunately for europe putin has about a -1000% chance of acting on his dreams of conquest and they know it or they should know it. His army is gone, his navy longer exists and his air force has been reduced to next to nothing in the war in ukraine.

The only thing he has left is oil and nukes. And if he starts popping off nukes in europe the fallout literally drifts back to his country. putin is being used as a boogey man to scare europe.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 30, 2026 06:25 PM (I43vL)

209 Separation of church and state.

https://tinyurl.com/yc3jusnh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now [/] at October 30, 2026 06:25 PM (ndZc7)

210 Take this for what it is worth. 3rd hand but easy to check details.

Ranty Man
@RanTeeThree
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1h
My Polish friend says Tusk has cancelled major infrastructure projects because they compete with Germany - New port to compete with Hamburg - cancelled. New Airport to compete with Frankfurt - cancelled. New nuclear power station - cancelled. loads of other projects cancelled.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)

211 While the CCP is doing all it can to destroy our AI industry through propaganda, Canada’s govt (China’s puppet) is investing $1.6B in Canadian AI company Cohere.

Gee I wonder if this is all somehow related.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 30, 2026 06:28 PM (zyHX6)

212 Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:10 PM (rxwdW)

But we are talking about the Ukraine. And what Russian major military action has taken place outside of the former USSR states? Putin is no angel but i don't rank him close as our #1 adversary .

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM (Ti9vn)

There was a little encouragement of the locals in Niger and similar West African states to push out the French. When I heard what they were paying for Uranium from the locals shocked even my colonialist soul - pennies on the dollar when they could use every dime for infrastructure and development so we could get more resources out.

But screwing the French is just a little kidding around and teasing, not real politics.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:28 PM (uhVAy)

213 I worry instead that they'll all be arrested for the crime of being right-wing and insufficiently pro-immigrant and anti-Russia. Tusk will get full support on this from the EU.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Problem for the EU is they have no army and NATO is not going to get involved as an organization and it depends on US assets for logistics.

Something is causing the whole globalist party to move into maximum overdrive NOW. Too many crises and institutions being wrecked like Canada's implosion, Brazil moving to criminal fascism, now this simultaneously.

By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked this way comes.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:29 PM (E4rtv)

214 I worry instead that they'll all be arrested for the crime of being right-wing and insufficiently pro-immigrant and anti-Russia. Tusk will get full support on this from the EU.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 30, 2026 06:24 PM (Dv3i1)

They will send in the EU Army!!!! Oh wait, there isn't one. And the US Army has a few brigades there now.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2026 06:30 PM (uhVAy)

215 Something is causing the whole globalist party to move into maximum overdrive NOW.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 06:29 PM (E4rtv)

Trump is close to a tipping point if you believe Tom Luongo.

Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 30, 2026 06:33 PM (mtytl)

216 Putin has made it clear he wants conquest in Europe. I can’t blame the EU for pushing back on that. They see Ukraine, et al, and they see their potential future. They need to get their own shit together militarily. And countries like Germany are.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 30, 2026 06:19 PM (rxwdW)

I've never seen Putin threaten to conquer Europe.
He's threatened the West only when we encroached on what they feel is their sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and Asia. Georgia, and Ukraine (Crimea) especially, are important to Russia's defensive strategies, and Putin does not want to give those up to US & EU adventurism.

I am not a big Putin fan, but I am a realist when it comes to world affairs. Putin warned the West for a decade that if they kept encroaching on Russia by enlarging NATO they would respond. And that's exactly what he did when Ukraine moved towards joining the EU and NATO.

Russia is in no position to invade anybody else for the foreseeable future. This was Putin's last stand, and he's going to end it when he's ready and Russia's control of, and access to, Crimea and the Donbass is guaranteed.

Why would he want to invade Europe at this point?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 06:36 PM (6ydKt)

217 Seeing this thing in Poland always gets my globalist conspiracy metered. Makes me wonder about shenanigans in our election.

That said, Poland is weird. I don't understand countries with a PM and a President. Pick one!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2026 06:37 PM (n5tGW)

218 But we are talking about the Ukraine. And what Russian major military action has taken place outside of the former USSR states? Putin is no angel but i don't rank him close as our #1 adversary .

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 06:16 PM
Our number enemy is islam, no matter where.

Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 06:46 PM (LHPAg)

219 The result lists the username “mohawk787” and an account creation timestamp of December 26, 2010, at 20:56:49. The profile’s interests field lists “FETISH,” “GROUPSEX,” “SEXUAL RELATIONS,” “ONLINE FLIRTING,” and “OTHER.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 30, 2026 06:46 PM (/+uur)

220 "Other"????? you had me at fetish, you didn't need to sell me!

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 30, 2026 09:30 PM (jrgJz)

221 Russia is in no position to invade anybody else for the foreseeable future. This was Putin's last stand, and he's going to end it when he's ready and Russia's control of, and access to, Crimea and the Donbass is guaranteed.

Why would he want to invade Europe at this point?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 30, 2026 06:36 PM (6ydKt)
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He's been offered that. Wants Odessa as well. He can stop anytime. Zelenskyy knows he can't push them back, and we have no intention of doing it for him. His domestic political situation means he knows times up. Putin faces an even bigger problem. His military has been shown to be inept and no longer first world. He has spent lots of time, treasure and blood. He was supposed to get Ukraine as a buffer. He feels he can't stop.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 30, 2026 10:35 PM (8uHt+)

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