Mid-Morning Art Thread

Out There
Robert Cocke

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 09:30 AM (7Ne0P)

2 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 09:30 AM (r2Icn)

3 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at November 04, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

4
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2026 09:31 AM (eRlcH)

5
Very nice.

Posted by: four seasons at November 04, 2026 09:31 AM (/QHx4)

6 Nood'd

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 09:31 AM (r2Icn)

7 The clouds were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at November 04, 2026 09:31 AM (RDhJX)

8
They're the alien ships.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2026 09:31 AM (eRlcH)

9 Multiple ceilings.

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2026 09:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

10 Alien spaceship invasion?

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 04, 2026 09:32 AM (wVcYX)

11 No boobs. No dog.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 04, 2026 09:32 AM (K78tD)

12 Kinda surreal. Fitting for today.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2026 09:33 AM (bFu5X)

13 Sky boobs

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at November 04, 2026 09:33 AM (x3+1h)

14 I like the Mama Cloud with all the Baby Clouds trailing behind her.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2026 09:33 AM (amcLV)

15 Did this painting fall flat? No thanks. You can keep this one.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at November 04, 2026 09:33 AM (5Op5D)

16 Flat bottomed clouds make the landscape world go round.

Posted by: Queen at November 04, 2026 09:33 AM (RDhJX)

17 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 09:33 AM (7Ne0P)

18 Oh, this is nice. I'm fascinated by clouds and there's good use of light here, very pleasant.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 04, 2026 09:34 AM (s1VwS)

19 100 comment rule. Hold the Line!!

Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 09:34 AM (Gqar8)

20 They're the alien ships.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And dey coming for the blue-eyed devils.

Posted by: Louis Farrahkhan at November 04, 2026 09:34 AM (r2Icn)

21 Interesting....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 09:35 AM (+gK6I)

22 Very pretty, if vaguely threatening.

Some of those clouds do resemble alien spacecraft.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 04, 2026 09:35 AM (s2iZv)

23 Let's don't go off half cocke-ed.

Posted by: Oh, no... at November 04, 2026 09:35 AM (RDhJX)

24 You don't want to fly through that piss layer in the sky.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 04, 2026 09:36 AM (bmMEr)

25 I like Cocke.

Posted by: Your sexually frustrated high school art teacher at November 04, 2026 09:36 AM (RDhJX)

26 He sort of eviscerated the Rule of Thirds.

Posted by: muldoon at November 04, 2026 09:37 AM (qgHp7)

27 Oddly pleasant.

The type of scene you see on a Western road trip.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 04, 2026 09:37 AM (rOKnE)

28 POV is a nice vantage point from which to witness the MIRV warhead detonate over the city on the horizon.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 04, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)

29 Oddly pleasant.

The type of scene you see on a Western road trip.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 04, 2026 09:37 AM (rOKnE)
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Saw a fair amount on the flight down to Texas.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2026 09:38 AM (amcLV)

30 Interesting painting.

Posted by: dantesed at November 04, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

31 Flat Bottomed Clouds they make the rockin’ world go round.

Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 09:38 AM (Gqar8)

32
That one looks like a tranny molesting a chicken. Oh, and that one is the shape of despair! Hey, look at that one -- it's a cathedral with one side collapsed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 09:38 AM (mmrXZ)

33 I like Cocke.
Posted by: Your sexually frustrated high school art teacher

What a lie. Wait, unless teach is a dude...

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 04, 2026 09:38 AM (bmMEr)

34 I see Barad-dûr on the horizon.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at November 04, 2026 09:38 AM (FP+pD)

35 Blue skies, nothing but blue skies ... do I see.

Posted by: SH at November 04, 2026 09:38 AM (qCV5n)

36 What is that building/buildings on the far horizon?

Albuquerque?

Posted by: muldoon at November 04, 2026 09:39 AM (qgHp7)

37 I see Barad-dûr on the horizon.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at November 04, 2026 09:38 AM (FP+pD)

It is a deceptively odd painting.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 09:39 AM (k5CNB)

38 Reminds me of the wallpaper in Toy Story, kind of. And the default Windows XP desktop.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 09:39 AM (2ocoG)

39
Art that makes you stop and think and then think about where your thinking takes you.

Posted by: Auspex at November 04, 2026 09:39 AM (Y8DZL)

40 39 What is that building/buildings on the far horizon?

Albuquerque?
Posted by: muldoon at November 04, 2026 09:39 AM (qgHp7)

They call it Weathertop, Frodo.

Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 09:40 AM (Gqar8)

41 What is that building/buildings on the far horizon?

Albuquerque?
Posted by: muldoon at November 04, 2026 09:39 AM (qgHp7)
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Don't miss that left toin!

Posted by: Bugs Bunny at November 04, 2026 09:40 AM (amcLV)

42 There are survivors in the rubble. Let’s try to save them.

Posted by: Eromero at November 04, 2026 09:40 AM (LHPAg)

43 42 Art that makes you stop and think and then think about where your thinking takes you.
Posted by: Auspex

Jeez, I've contracted word-salad syndrome!

Posted by: Auspex at November 04, 2026 09:41 AM (Y8DZL)

44 39 What is that building/buildings on the far horizon?

Albuquerque?
Posted by: muldoon at November 04, 2026 09:39 AM
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Abilene.

Posted by: And we're on the bus at November 04, 2026 09:41 AM (RDhJX)

45 I can see the Lear jet at the top of that Thunderhead cloud

Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 04, 2026 09:41 AM (affD0)

46 I can see the Lear jet at the top of that Thunderhead cloud

Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 04, 2026 09:41 AM (affD0)

Ouch.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 09:42 AM (k5CNB)

47 You rarely see Albuquerque used in a limerick...

Posted by: Limerick Lover at November 04, 2026 09:43 AM (RDhJX)

48 You don't want to fly through that piss layer in the sky.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 04, 2026 09:36 AM

Meh...could be worse.

Posted by: A Lear Jet at November 04, 2026 09:43 AM (bFu5X)

49 flat bottom clouds they make the painting world go round!

Posted by: A random guy on the net at November 04, 2026 09:43 AM (5Op5D)

50 Those aren't clouds. They are our Zimtok-5ing invasion fleet!

Posted by: Blor Utar, from Zimtok-5 at November 04, 2026 09:43 AM (lwGZg)

51 Interesting art.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

52 Painting clouds is the easiest thing to paint that look the most realistic and hardest to paint.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 09:43 AM (Ti9vn)

53 You rarely see Albuquerque used in a limerick...
Posted by: Limerick Lover at November 04, 2026 09:43 AM (RDhJX)
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Muldoon? I think you're up.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2026 09:43 AM (amcLV)

54 That's kind of pretty.
I was prepared for a Yoko nude.

But, yeah, we didn't do anything wrong.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 04, 2026 09:44 AM (Sco7b)

55 Truly a great job on those clouds

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 09:44 AM (4WM7K)

56 Rene Magritte would like a word

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 09:44 AM (RIvkX)

57 Posted by: deepelemblues at November 04, 2026 09:43 AM (qoJuw)

F' off... This is an art thread

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 09:45 AM (4WM7K)

58 hahahahahaha, I saw that

Posted by: deepelemblues at November 04, 2026 09:45 AM (qoJuw)

59 But, yeah, we didn't do anything wrong.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 04, 2026 09:44 AM (Sco7b)

We know what we did.

Posted by: Louis Farrahkhan at November 04, 2026 09:45 AM (r2Icn)

60 We got clouds but where is the old man?

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at November 04, 2026 09:45 AM (eGzf1)

61 Rene Magritte would like a word
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 09:44 AM (RIvkX)
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Funny, I also thought "Magritte" when I saw the art.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2026 09:45 AM (amcLV)

62 I've looked at clouds from both sides now.

Posted by: Joni Mitchell at November 04, 2026 09:46 AM (RDhJX)

63 That one looks like a tranny molesting a chicken. Oh, and that one is the shape of despair! Hey, look at that one -- it's a cathedral with one side collapsed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 09:38 AM (mmrXZ)
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The large one on the upper right side almost looks like there's a cherubic angel sitting on a throne...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 04, 2026 09:46 AM (s2iZv)

64 Rene Magritte would like a word

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 09:44 AM (RIvkX)

Some of his cloud paintings are excellent!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 09:46 AM (k5CNB)

65 No, the Learjet is in the thunder cloud, not on top opf it...for just a moment, anyway.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 04, 2026 09:47 AM (J4Dwc)

66 Cocke obviously has talent enough to paint just what he wants just as he wants to. And what he paints is interesting in an eye catching way. But the image calls for a lot of guessing and possible interpretations and I have to be in the mood to do so.

Sorry, CBD. After the voting last night I just don't have the heart or energy to delve into something like this. If I look at art today, it will be some Dutch Golden Age still life paintings: ebullient, colorful, and a joy to look at.

Posted by: JTB at November 04, 2026 09:47 AM (yTvNw)

67 Scenery out West is spectacular, of course.

But the Clouds (and the Stars!) are the icing on the cake. “What are you doIng?

“Oh, just watching the Clouds go by”; this isn’t a bad thing, or waste of time actually. Beats watching TV anyhow

Posted by: Common Tater at November 04, 2026 09:47 AM (QZlK3)

68
*sings*

Oh, bury me not
On the lone prairie
Where the coyotes howl
And the wind blows free
...

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 09:47 AM (YSUhf)

69 Funny, I also thought "Magritte" when I saw the art.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2026 09:45 AM (amcLV)
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*sniffs*
*adjusts beret*

Zis work eet ees mmm derivative.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

70 Cloud cities?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2026 09:48 AM (56Qyq)

71 But I really don't know them.

Posted by: Joni at November 04, 2026 09:49 AM (RDhJX)

72 *sniffs*
*adjusts beret*

Zis work eet ees mmm derivative.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 09:48 AM

*flicks ash from Gauloise*

*shrugs*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2026 09:49 AM (bFu5X)

73 Pretty and serene, even while feeling unnatural. May we all find some kind of balance like that today despite recent events.

I'm enjoying reading what you think the clouds look like!

Thanks CBD.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 09:50 AM (Toos7)

74 Its called Out There and it is suspicious looking clouds...is this supposed to be about UFOs?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm)

75
Too Many Q's - a limerick

This painting's a little bit quirky
The sky is all muddy and murky
And there on the horizon
A gleaming city risin'
The shimmering casitas of ~~Alberqu...~~ er
...~~Alburkurk...~~ ...oh screw it...
...Santa Fe!

Posted by: muldoon at November 04, 2026 09:51 AM (qgHp7)

76 Robert Cocke? I love Robert's Cock!

Posted by: Pete Bootyjizz at November 04, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm)

77 62 I've looked at clouds from both sides now.
Posted by: Joni Mitchell at November 04, 2026 09:46 AM

I once had some in my coffee.

Posted by: Carly Simon at November 04, 2026 09:52 AM (RDhJX)

78
Looks very similar to driving back back summer vacation in El Paso when I was a wee lad before all the DFW build-up.

I wonder if one of those buildings has the Mobil Pegasus above it.

It used to be the sign you were coming home in the way back when.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 09:52 AM (YSUhf)

79 Some of his cloud paintings are excellent!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 09:46 AM (k5CNB)

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Yes they appear extensively.
Cit. False Mirror, Castle in the Pyrenees

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 09:52 AM (RIvkX)

80 Tourism ad for Bespin? Or is it supposed to represent that we live in Cloud Cuckoo Land?

Posted by: PabloD at November 04, 2026 09:52 AM (mXZsC)

81 Thanks CBD.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 09:50 AM (Toos7)

My pleasure!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 09:52 AM (k5CNB)

82 Posted by: muldoon at November 04, 2026 09:51 AM (qgHp7)

Hah! Excellent!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 09:53 AM (k5CNB)

83 Bravo!
Love it.
Thanks, muldoon.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at November 04, 2026 09:54 AM (RDhJX)

84 Outlook: cloudy.

Posted by: RI Red at November 04, 2026 09:54 AM (HdjQ+)

85 When I was doing Centering back in the 70s, my self-identity was High, Free Cloud.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

86 Scenery out West is spectacular, of course.

But the Clouds (and the Stars!) are the icing on the cake. “What are you doIng?

“Oh, just watching the Clouds go by”; this isn’t a bad thing, or waste of time actually. Beats watching TV anyhow
Posted by: Common Tater

Similar to kicking back, opening a beer & tossing an unbaited hook into the water.
Don't want anything interrupting your peace.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 09:54 AM (7Ne0P)

87 ‘Hey, didn’t I write books about this?’

— James Blish

Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 04, 2026 09:55 AM (YSu2G)

88 I like how the little clouds in the middle look kinda like warships on the ocean.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

89 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Crappy picture. Odd perspective.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2026 09:56 AM (2WIwB)

90 Visually confusing, but all-in-all, not too bad. It's the two differing cloud levels and treatment of them that gives it a bit of the old 'built-in wonky' look … but, not too shabby. Perfect selection for post-election viewing …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 09:57 AM (ayRl+)

91 Those clouds are neither happy nor little!

Posted by: Bob Ross at November 04, 2026 09:57 AM (2ocoG)

92 flicks ash from Gauloise*

*shrugs*

I see you've been to Pairee...

Posted by: man at November 04, 2026 09:58 AM (pfXMo)

93 I see a bunny.

Posted by: This counts toward the 100 at November 04, 2026 09:58 AM (skR0U)

94
That might not be a painting of Texas, but-

it sure looks like Texas summers during my childhood.

Thunderheads moving lazy across clear endless blue skies, far horizon...

Texas felt big in tangible ways.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 09:59 AM (YSUhf)

95 Ruv you rong time!
Later:
You been here foah hour! You go now!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 04, 2026 09:59 AM (K78tD)

96 The Joni lyrics for clouds and Both Sides Now actually fit really well the modern climate.

Oh, but now, old friends, they're acting strange
And they shake their heads, and they tell me that I've changed
Well, something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day
Oh, I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions, I recall
I really don't know life at all

I've been told I've changed politically. Less of a declaration than a vitriolic accusation. Fiddlesticks. I've stayed the same... maybe gotten more of a spine and take less of other people's crap. It's everyone else that's gone barmy.

This song is used perfectly in the movie CODA. Though I winced when the music teacher says it's a "classical" piece she's using for her audition. But the ending where she signs it to her family during the audition? Tears.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 09:59 AM (Toos7)

97 I wonder if one of those buildings has the Mobil Pegasus above it."

One is in front of The Omni hotel...

Posted by: man at November 04, 2026 09:59 AM (pfXMo)

98 I see my favorite Drag Queen!

Posted by: Senator-Elect James Talarico at November 04, 2026 10:00 AM (skR0U)

99 Start walking if you want to get to town before sundown.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 04, 2026 10:00 AM (RORbl)

100 Sunsets, the spectacular-ness of them are hard to judge beforehand. Of course clouds are required, but the altitude, type, dispersion mix plays a factor.

Sometimes the most beautiful things only last for seconds

Posted by: Common Tater at November 04, 2026 10:00 AM (QZlK3)

101 Out There, 2011, in the Smithsonian.
Robert Cocke

Nice colors, cheerful in a sense.

Good for a teenage girl's bedroom or even more so for decorating the home of the Gavin Newsom family.

Wikipedia, Robert D. Cocke (born 1950) is an American painter based in Arizona, known for enigmatic invented landscapes and still lifes.[1][2][3] He emerged in the 1980s, producing expressionistic figurative paintings with a socio-critical dimension that drew on Chicago Imagism, Funk art and surrealism.[1][4][5] In the 1990s, he turned to unpopulated, panoramic vistas combining classical painting technique and surreal features, which critics have described as hyperreal, hallucinatory and otherworldly.[6][7][1] Curator Julie Sasse has written that despite dramatic changes in style and subject matter, his work has asserted "a consistent desire to address not only human relationships, but also the relationships between humankind and the natural world."[8]

Would pass hanging today's selection, but learned something of the artist, Cocke.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 04, 2026 10:01 AM (NFX2v)

102 The right cloud looks like a fat gargoyle blowing a fart.

Posted by: Please be over 100 at November 04, 2026 10:01 AM (r2Icn)

103 That might not be a painting of Texas, but-

it sure looks like Texas summers during my childhood.

Thunderheads moving lazy across clear endless blue skies, far horizon...

Texas felt big in tangible ways.
Posted by: naturalfake

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Nighttime would find me in Rosa's Cantina
Music would play and Feleena would whirl

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:02 AM (7Ne0P)

104 ‘Hey, didn’t I write books about this?’

— James Blish
Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 04, 2026

***
Larry Niven's The Magic Goes Away has a scene where the Warlock and two of his colleagues call up enough mana to make a cloud pillowy but solid, and they all travel atop the cloud. Worrying all along that they'd hit a patch dead to magic, their spells would fail, and they'd all be trying to learn how to fly. But it's faster than traveling overland on horses.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2026 10:02 AM (56Qyq)

105 One of my better cloud rendering paintings. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:02 AM (Ti9vn)

106 Ay El Bee Yew Cue You Eeee Are Cue You Eeee

...spells M-O-O-N

Posted by: muldoon at November 04, 2026 10:02 AM (qgHp7)

107 "Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets. We can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde."

Posted by: G.K. Chesterton at November 04, 2026 10:02 AM (RDhJX)

108 Posted by: L - No nic... at November 04, 2026 10:01 AM (NFX2v)

Thanks for the explanation

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 10:02 AM (4WM7K)

109 The right cloud looks like a fat gargoyle blowing a fart."

Is that a shart below that?

Posted by: man at November 04, 2026 10:03 AM (pfXMo)

110 Out There - $20, same as in town.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 04, 2026 10:03 AM (4zCQt)

111 Ok, waiting for the dam to burst.

Posted by: RI Red at November 04, 2026 10:03 AM (HdjQ+)

112 Sometimes the most beautiful things only last for seconds

Posted by: Common Tater at November 04, 2026 10:00 AM (QZlK3)

I have tried that line and it doesn't work

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:03 AM (i+GzW)

113 Cornyn is ecstatic about Talarico winning. As Denny Green said, he is who we thought he was.

Posted by: Bob Ross at November 04, 2026 10:04 AM (2ocoG)

114 Sometimes the most beautiful things only last for seconds

True, but try convincing the ladies.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:05 AM (2ocoG)

115 109. Thanks for the explanation
Posted by: It's me donna

👍🏻

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 04, 2026 10:05 AM (NFX2v)

116 childhood's end

Posted by: cmeat at November 04, 2026 10:05 AM (Bep7s)

117 Out there... Thunder clouds are building.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 04, 2026 10:06 AM (QaH55)

118 The Joni lyrics for clouds and Both Sides Now actually fit really well the modern climate.
———-

This is something I observed quite a while ago. The 60’s “protest” tunes are much, MUCH better calibrated for what the leftists have actually wrought.

They are the “Man”. The Establishment. And far worse in government than anything they bitcher about in the 60.. The “peace love dope” hippies were just useful idiots, played like a fiddle by the spooks and commies.

“Well it worked, didn’t it?”

Groovy

Posted by: Common Tater at November 04, 2026 10:06 AM (QZlK3)

119 This painting reminds me of the illustrations in the old "Golden Science Guide" to weather from 1964.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2026 10:06 AM (qRla/)

120 Stock markets up 1100 points.. They're thrilled to welcome their new overlords

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 10:06 AM (4WM7K)

121 He emerged in the 1980s, producing expressionistic figurative paintings with a socio-critical dimension that drew on Chicago Imagism, Funk art and surrealism.

"Funk art"? He's done a painting of George Clinton?

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:06 AM (2ocoG)

122 The background music should be Peter, Paul, and Mary's version of 'Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?'. Well, that or Duane Allman doing 'One Way Out'. They both work … just … diff'rently.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:07 AM (ayRl+)

123 Sometimes the most beautiful things only last for seconds

Right?

Posted by: The BLADE, WHO ALWAYS GETS THERE FIRST! at November 04, 2026 10:07 AM (yKhjs)

124
This painting reminds me of the illustrations in the old "Golden Science Guide" to weather from 1964.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2026 10:06 AM (qRla/)

__________

Those Golden Science Guides remain super excellent. I still have a few.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2026 10:07 AM (eRlcH)

125 I see a bunny.
Posted by: This counts toward the 100 at November 04, 2026 09:58 AM

That's no ordinary rabbit!

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at November 04, 2026 10:07 AM (bFu5X)

126 I expected the GOP to lose yesterday. I did not expect them to lose so bigly.

I'm waiting with grim amusement for the first judge to tell Trump that he has no power to veto any legislation.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2026 10:07 AM (qRla/)

127 "Sometimes the most beautiful things only last for seconds."

Used to date her.

Posted by: Guys everywhere at November 04, 2026 10:07 AM (RDhJX)

128
A friend sent this. Good advice for today.

As we enter this season of lengthening shadows, where the natural world turns toward darkness, coldness, and harshness, it is easy for our hearts to feel the weight of a shifting world. When the outcomes of human systems leave us dismayed and shaken, we are reminded that our ultimate hope has never rested in the kingdoms of this earth.
Let us avoid the temptation to consume our souls with the anxieties of this world. The Holy Spirit invites us to focus internally. Just as winter calls us to seek the warmth of the hearth, this season invites us to anchor ourselves deeply in what nurtures our soul - our faith, our family and our friendships.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 10:07 AM (YSUhf)

129 Stock markets up 1100 points.. They're thrilled to welcome their new overlords

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 10:06 AM (4WM7K)

This baffles me. They're already talking about nationalizing SpaceX. How are markets up?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 04, 2026 10:08 AM (yKhjs)

130 Sometimes the most beautiful things only last for seconds

Approved!

Posted by: The 4 pump chump at November 04, 2026 10:08 AM (r2Icn)

131
I once had some in my coffee.
Posted by: Carly Simon

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Ya learn something every day. I always thought that was "grounds in my coffee."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:09 AM (mmrXZ)

132 I didn't understand the phrase "purple mountain majesties" until I moved out west. The blue of the evening light mingles with the red of the sun on the mountains and they turn purple at sunset. It's like magic.

And I swear the clouds are bigger in Montana. I don't know what they put in them, but they are jumbo sized up there.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 10:09 AM (Toos7)

133 119 I loved the Golden Nature Guides when I was a kid. I still have several of them.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

134 I've never visited truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump before, but looking at it now, I see he has not posted in ten hours. Isn't that unusual for him?

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2026 10:09 AM (Jr5Lq)

135 This baffles me. They're already talking about nationalizing SpaceX. How are markets up?

Multiple Democrat Congressmen and women are already talking about seizing all of Silicon Valley.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:09 AM (2ocoG)

136 This baffles me. They're already talking about nationalizing SpaceX. How are markets up?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

*Elon with his finger poised over the "Delete All, Format F" button.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:10 AM (7Ne0P)

137 Multiple Democrat Congressmen and women are already talking about seizing all of Silicon Valley.
Posted by: Ian S.

I hope they do. Fuck California.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:10 AM (7Ne0P)

138 @ 129 Stock markets up 1100 points.. They're thrilled to welcome their new overlords Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 10:06 AM (4WM7K)

This baffles me. They're already talking about nationalizing SpaceX. How are markets up? Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 04, 2026 10:08 AM (yKhjs)
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They will make the successful pay. Remember the 1930s and the 'Night of the Long Knives' … ? This will not be a good time to be rich, successful, patriotic, and conservative.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:11 AM (ayRl+)

139
I hope they do. Fuck California.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:10 AM (7Ne0P)

I'm here and they can have it

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 10:11 AM (4WM7K)

140 Stock markets up 1100 points.. They're thrilled to welcome their new overlords

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 10:06 AM (4WM7K)

Markets like gridlock.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 10:11 AM (k5CNB)

141
I'm married. I'm never right about anything, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2026 10:11 AM (eRlcH)

142 Markets like gridlock.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 10:11 AM (k5CNB)

True.. And they are gonna get it good and hard

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 10:12 AM (4WM7K)

143 I'm waiting for the bullshit -"We won and we should be seated".

Posted by: The 4 pump chump at November 04, 2026 10:12 AM (r2Icn)

144 WTI crude is down around 7% in the past three days.

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2026 10:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

145 Off sock

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 10:13 AM (r2Icn)

146 This baffles me. They're already talking about nationalizing SpaceX. How are markets up?

***************

Markets thrive on certainty, knowing there will be gridlock and that fuck all will change for 2 years lifts markets more than who is in power

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 10:13 AM (fapp/)

147 Isn't this about the time people go down to the crossroads in all the blues tunes from the '30s … ? Let me ask Mr. Clapton …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:13 AM (ayRl+)

148 This will not be a good time to be rich, successful, patriotic, and conservative.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:11 AM (ayRl+)

Well... I'm only half of those things. I wonder how long it will take them to work their way down to me?

I plan on having two full years to get ready for what's next and I mean to commit myself fully to it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 04, 2026 10:14 AM (yKhjs)

149 They will make the successful pay. Remember the 1930s and the 'Night of the Long Knives' … ? This will not be a good time to be rich, successful, patriotic, and conservative.

They'll settle for going after anyone who's just one of those things. Rich lefties who aren't Party apparatchiks will be just as effed.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:14 AM (2ocoG)

150 WTI crude is down around 7% in the past three days.

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How convenient. Don't tell me the arabs had nothing to do with oil prices being higher than normal, even though the oil was flowing freely.

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 10:14 AM (AKptf)

151 Oh, they're going to fix shit alright.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 10:14 AM (r2Icn)

152 131
I once had some in my coffee.
Posted by: Carly Simon

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Ya learn something every day. I always thought that was "grounds in my coffee."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:09 AM

From Lyrics Genius:
"It came from an airplane flight that I took with Billy Mernit, who was my friend and piano player at the time. As I got my coffee, there were clouds outside the window of the airplane and you could see the reflection in the cup of coffee. Billy said to me, ‘Look at the clouds in your coffee’. "

Posted by: The More You Know at November 04, 2026 10:14 AM (RDhJX)

153 All the people who retardedly appeared here to say 2020 proved them right, and then somehow looked even more extra retarded dumb in 2024 - are back to say that 2026 has extra super duper proved them right.

Hilarious. But I'm glad some people are happy.

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:15 AM (i+GzW)

154 Oh, they're going to fix shit alright.

Some of them are talking about mandatory transing. "Comrade, report to Dicksaw Facility 439-Alpha at 1:30 PM".

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:15 AM (2ocoG)

155 To paraphrase Ace: His cocke-shaped mouth is shaped like a cocke

Posted by: 496 at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM (GR8fn)

156 Mrrrrr. Trump said no new wars and then he attacked Iran!

You brainless cucks don’t understand that if you want to end foreign entanglements, you first have to lance the festering boil that is driving the need for foreign entanglements.

You want to end foreign aid to Israel, you first have to dispatch the suicide regime causing all of the fuckery.

I didn’t realize how sizable of a portion of the gop had a room temperature IQ on these things.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM (qq+pS)

157
Multiple Democrat Congressmen and women are already talking about seizing all of Silicon Valley.
Posted by: Ian S.

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I would actually love this. Well, not the seizure, but the threat and the fight. The fight would be glorious.

Get it good and hard.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM (mmrXZ)

158 >Markets like gridlock.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 10:11 AM (k5CNB)

Precisely. Which means the next 2 years are somewhat predictable. Happy to make lemonade out of lemons for now.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM (vr4To)

159 154 If the Republicans won last night, you would all be talking about how the electorate endorsed the Iran War.

But after getting your butts whipped at the ballot box, it has nothing to do with the Iran War.

Must be nice to never be wrong about anything, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.

Posted by: The Fairness Doctrine at November 04, 2026 10:15 AM (g2GoA)

Clearly this is a massive endorsement of the Ukraine war over the Iran war. We're just not sending enough money to the Z-man. /s

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM (okun6)

160 Well.

Oh well.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM (algQV)

161 They'll settle for going after anyone who's just one of those things. Rich lefties who aren't Party apparatchiks will be just as effed.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:14 AM (2ocoG)

Always remember they hate other commies even more than they hate kulaks and wreckers. So that'll be fun.

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM (i+GzW)

162 I remember a time when after an election the winners and losers would at least acknowledge each other and try to find ways to work together.
Not anymore. So far I tread nothing but "payback" "going after Trump and his supporters" "nationalize private companies"and "getting even."
Well...ok. Go ahead socialists. Come get us.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM (2WIwB)

163 Maybe we should put this one on the old phone-o-graph (you may remember it): "This ain't no party / This ain't no disco / This ain't no foolin' around" … no, it sure as shit ain't.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM (ayRl+)

164 From Lyrics Genius:
"It came from an airplane flight that I took with Billy Mernit, who was my friend and piano player at the time. As I got my coffee, there were clouds outside the window of the airplane and you could see the reflection in the cup of coffee. Billy said to me, ‘Look at the clouds in your coffee’. "
Posted by: The More You Know at November 04, 2026 10:14 AM (RDhJX)
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Huh. Here I thought it was from what it looks like when you pour milk into coffee. I am now wiser.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM (amcLV)

165
Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Moronville—mighty Trump has struck out.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM (VPx+q)

166 105 ... "One of my better cloud rendering paintings."

polynikes,
Thanks for the link. Your painting is gorgeous. Not just the clouds, although I can see why you would be pleased, but the entire work. It's clearly a fairway but could easily be a pasture leading to trees holding some secret. (Possibly elves but more likely my Titleist golf ball.)

Posted by: JTB at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM (yTvNw)

167 I didn’t realize how sizable of a portion of the gop had a room temperature IQ on these things.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM

To paraphrase a former commenter, people are stupid and should be beaten with tire irons.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM (bFu5X)

168 All the people who retardedly appeared here to say 2020 proved them right, and then somehow looked even more extra retarded dumb in 2024 - are back to say that 2026 has extra super duper proved them right.

Hilarious. But I'm glad some people are happy.

I'm just bored with Masturbatin' Pete VPNing furiously to tell us it's the Jooooos.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM (2ocoG)

169 Thinking about, how did we so badly misjudge the data center issue?

41 moratoriums and all passed easily.

I mean, sure some was China propaganda.
But also there has to be, it was proxy to hate Musk?
Or was it more discomfort with the suggestion they're used to spy on us?

No matter, the facts never had a chance in that debate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM (/Ki2A)

170 There won't be a gridlock. The Dems won enough seats that they will be able to pass everything and only a veto can stop them . They may be able to even override the vetoes.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (Ti9vn)

171 NASA created.
NASA works.
Government Ruins NASA.
SpaceX created.
SpaceX works.
Government seizes SpaceX
?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (Y/06r)

172 "Which means the next 2 years are somewhat predictable"
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Oh, you sweet summer child.

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (i+GzW)

173 I've probably been wrong more than I've been right over the last decade when discussing politics. I cling to historical patterns. I want to believe the best.

I don't know what's going on.

I know nothing.

Everyone who hated me for being an insufferable know it all was correct to do so.

I am humbled.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (IGotw)

174 >>> They will make the successful pay. Remember the 1930s and the 'Night of the Long Knives' … ? This will not be a good time to be rich, successful, patriotic, and conservative.
Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:11 AM (ayRl+)

I'm only two of those things, it's gonna be rough.

I've felt we are in a Weimar Republic for a while, à la Cabaret, with the decadence, corruption, malaise of the middle class, and degenerate stuff happening. History has shown a Weimar Republic overcorrects with a strong hand. But this time the strong hand says allahu ackbar instead of seig heil.

And the Nazi youth singing "tomorrow belongs to me!" Now has purple hair and listens to Hasan Piker.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (Toos7)

175 If they thought Gen X was quietly quitting before, watch shit fall the fuck apart in slow motion now.

Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 10:19 AM (enNUy)

176 I remember a time when after an election the winners and losers would at least acknowledge each other and try to find ways to work together.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM (2WIwB)

President Trump, late last night: "I look forward to working with them. They've already called. We'll probably be able to work something out."

Democrats last last night: "Lawyer up."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 04, 2026 10:19 AM (yKhjs)

177 Always remember they hate other commies even more than they hate kulaks and wreckers. So that'll be fun.

One of the things that makes me smile is the fact that guys like Jake Tapper and Tater Stelter don't know yet that they're Trotsky.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:19 AM (2ocoG)

178 I remember a time when after an election the winners and losers would at least acknowledge each other and try to find ways to work together.

That is only when republicans take the house and senate during a Donk administration.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 04, 2026 10:19 AM (qq+pS)

179 Anti Data center issue was a pure CCP operation.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:19 AM (Ti9vn)

180 Dow ^2.1%

Posted by: torabora at November 04, 2026 10:19 AM (Wt1Rs)

181
Posted by: The More You Know at November 04, 2026 10:14 AM (RDhJX)

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I've never thought much of that song to tell the truth. Rhyming "yacht" with "apricot" (especially by forcing the rhythm with the inefficient "your scarf it was apricot) is not good poetry.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:19 AM (mmrXZ)

182 174 >>> They will make the successful pay. Remember the 1930s and the 'Night of the Long Knives' … ? This will not be a good time to be rich, successful, patriotic, and conservative.
Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:11 AM (ayRl+)

I'm only two of those things, it's gonna be rough.

I've felt we are in a Weimar Republic for a while, à la Cabaret, with the decadence, corruption, malaise of the middle class, and degenerate stuff happening. History has shown a Weimar Republic overcorrects with a strong hand. But this time the strong hand says allahu ackbar instead of seig heil.

And the Nazi youth singing "tomorrow belongs to me!" Now has purple hair and listens to Hasan Piker.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (Toos7)

We're more likely to turn into LatAm than the Middle East. We'll have some Middle East going on but there's a pretty big regional element to it.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 04, 2026 10:19 AM (okun6)

183 I wonder if there is going to be a challenger for Thune.

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 10:20 AM (AKptf)

184 And the Nazi youth singing "tomorrow belongs to me!" Now has purple hair and listens to Hasan Piker.

"KAYA! PLACE!" *BZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!*

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:20 AM (2ocoG)

185 I still wanna know what’s going to keep the Dems from impeaching and removing Trump and Vance and giving us President Jeffries?

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

186 Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 10:19 AM (enNUy)

Super astute as usual nck

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:20 AM (i+GzW)

187 Everyone who hated me for being an insufferable know it all was correct to do so.

I am humbled.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (IGotw)

Buck up, Buttercup.

Half time is over.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 04, 2026 10:20 AM (Y/06r)

188 Everyone who hated me for being an insufferable know it all was correct to do so.

I am humbled.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (IGotw)

You were wrong. Blindingly, catastrophically, biblically wrong.

Just. Like. Me.

This morning, I was talking about how all my follow-on assumptions were vaporized, too. Like Crockett saying "I TOLD YOU!" and forcing Kamala through to the nomination.

Now I'd look for President AOC with a Dem congress and Dem SCOTUS.

You have two years to get ready.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 04, 2026 10:21 AM (yKhjs)

189
I still wanna know what’s going to keep the Dems from impeaching and removing Trump and Vance and giving us President Jeffries?
Posted by: Bulg

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The "and removing" part, I think.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:21 AM (mmrXZ)

190 Very orderly clouds
Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 04, 2026 10:21 AM (8VNAp)

191 >Oh, you sweet summer child.

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (i+GzW)

From a market perspective - it's as predictable as it's going to get. After the '28 presidential election, it's anybody's guess.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 04, 2026 10:22 AM (vr4To)

192 Well hopefully the Democrats will use their newfound majorities to govern with the best interests of the country at heart, incorporating some common ground from the other side to really move the country forwa.....ahahhhahahahaaha nah they're not gonna do any of that shit. It will be a retarded flaming clown car of show trials and public recriminations of anyone that's ever been in the same city block as Bad Orange Man.

We're fucked.

I'm really proud of all the mouth-breathing smoothbrains in my state of Texas that decided to cut our nose off to spite our face. Democrat governance from top to bottom and Talafreako with a 6-year hitch in the Senate. Fuck's sake.

Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 10:22 AM (oqH4h)

193 I still wanna know what’s going to keep the Dems from impeaching and removing Trump and Vance and giving us President Jeffries?

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

Eleven Republican Senators. The remaining Republican Senators are far more pro-Trump as a group than were the last group of Republican Senators.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 04, 2026 10:22 AM (yKhjs)

194 TJM, you may be an insufferable know it all, but your OUR insufferable know it all!

Posted by: Morons everywhere at November 04, 2026 10:23 AM (RDhJX)

195 "Everyone who hated me for being an insufferable know it all was correct to do so."

I truly admired your ability to instantly marshal facts to support your positions, even when I disagreed with you. I didn't hate you; I actually feared your ability to debate, and so I rarely engaged.

I could say a lot about the election, but it would not change any minds, and people are definitely not in a mood to hear it, and I want friends here, not enemies, so I shall keep my own counsel.

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2026 10:23 AM (Jr5Lq)

196
Aah, forget about it TheJamesMadison. Last night I was thinking of you a lot and without a shred of negativity, anger, disappointment, etc. Let's link arms and march.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:23 AM (mmrXZ)

197 TJM, you may be an insufferable know it all, but your OUR insufferable know it all!
Posted by: Morons everywhere at November 04, 2026 10:23 AM (RDhJX)
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I don't get it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2026 10:23 AM (amcLV)

198 I still wanna know what’s going to keep the Dems from impeaching and removing Trump and Vance and giving us President Jeffries?
Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

The Constitution of the US that says you need 2/3 of Senate to convict and remove ?

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 10:24 AM (AKptf)

199
I know nothing.

Everyone who hated me for being an insufferable know it all was correct to do so.

I am humbled.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (IGotw)

Obviously none of us knew anything... I appreciate that you were a positive among all the negatives

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 10:24 AM (4WM7K)

200 Yes, Class, today’s word is - you guessed it: Overreach!

And tomorrow’s will be: Blowback!

Posted by: RI Red at November 04, 2026 10:24 AM (HdjQ+)

201 TJM, as I recall, Elric was pretty optimistic, too.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

202 From a market perspective - it's as predictable as it's going to get. After the '28 presidential election, it's anybody's guess.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 04, 2026 10:22 AM (vr4To)

Yeah I didn't want you to think I was mocking you. I wasn't.

I think the DNC-DSA op, which has unfortunately moved a lot faster than I initially even feared is going to bring a LOT of unpredictability.

I am waiting for the media to talk up how the DSA helped usher 8n last night's result but I don't listen to the media so I will wait for it to be reported here. Gonna be interesting to watch going forward. And by interesting I mean terrifying. But I have Jesus and they don't - so there's that.

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:25 AM (i+GzW)

203 @ 176 remember a time when after an election the winners and losers would at least acknowledge each other and try to find ways to work together. Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2026 10:16 AM (2WIwB)

President Trump, late last night: "I look forward to working with them. They've already called. We'll probably be able to work something out." Democrats last last night: "Lawyer up." Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 04, 2026 10:19 AM (yKhjs)
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If Trump actually made the statement that he looks forward to "working with them", he clearly fails to appreciate what exactly happened yesterday. What a fucking disappointment. Now he can go back to telling tales about how he used to "… grab 'em by the pu**y". All things - people included - have a built-in expiration date issued at birth … some come sooner than others.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:25 AM (ayRl+)

204 The Constitution of the US that says you need 2/3 of Senate to convict and remove ?
Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 10:24 AM (AKptf)

They got quite a few seats... All it takes is a couple of RINO's

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 10:25 AM (4WM7K)

205 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (IGotw)

You've got to defend your position like it's a certainty or you're only hurting that position if you express any doubt.

Confidence breeds supporters. But yeah being wrong can erode future support.

I didn't have a problem but you do need to scale back on your movie criticism arrogance. 😀

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:25 AM (Ti9vn)

206 I've probably been wrong more than I've been right over the last decade when discussing politics. I cling to historical patterns. I want to believe the best.

I don't know what's going on.

I know nothing.

Everyone who hated me for being an insufferable know it all was correct to do so.

I am humbled.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (IGotw)

TJM, the basics still apply. You just need to know which ones!

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 10:25 AM (AKptf)

207 On an unrelated note, Ken Russell's The Devils is really something, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 10:25 AM (IGotw)

208 And now, the Senate maps and re-election schedule means that barring something absolutely wild happening in 2028 or 2030, the GOP has no chance to take the Senate back until 2032.

I hope Alito and Thomas are hitting the gym and regularly seeing their physicians. They've got 6 years to hang on.

Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 10:25 AM (oqH4h)

209 I'm just bored with Masturbatin' Pete VPNing furiously to tell us it's the Jooooos.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM

It's kind of in his name. The circle jerk is baked in, as it were.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 04, 2026 10:26 AM (bFu5X)

210
Now I'd look for President AOC with a Dem congress and Dem SCOTUS.

You have two years to get ready.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

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These are the times of unexpectedness.

The Dems were shocked in 2016 and 2024.

We were shocked in 2020 and 2026.

(How did Texas swing so far in so short a time, we ask?)

We don't know what's in store for 2028 -- why not another Dem shock? Why won't Hispanic males come out like mad for Rubio instead of AOC?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:26 AM (mmrXZ)

211 205 I didn't have a problem but you do need to scale back on your movie criticism arrogance. 😀

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:25 AM (Ti9vn)

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It's funny, but movies are where I think I'm least arrogant.

"Well, I liked it," is what I tend to go with. I'll explain, but I can't remember the last time I was antagonistic against someone for liking a movie I didn't or vice versa.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 10:26 AM (IGotw)

212 175 If they thought Gen X was quietly quitting before, watch shit fall the fuck apart in slow motion now.
Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 10:19 AM (enNUy)

Gen Xer here. Yeah, I wouldn't call myself a political junkie or anything, but I think I'm done with all this shite. We're not rich, but we have achieved escape velocity financially, so we're as safe as we can be. If people want the world to burn, let it. My days of fighting fires are over.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 04, 2026 10:27 AM (QaH55)

213 Thanks CBD, and thanks Muldoon. I needed a laugh today. Pray, hope, don't worry, and have a plan.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at November 04, 2026 10:28 AM (z6ONu)

214 Worse, this all but guarantees the 2030 Census will be performed by the Quality Learing Center.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:28 AM (3cXfB)

215 "169 Thinking about, how did we so badly misjudge the data center issue?

41 moratoriums and all passed easily.

I mean, sure some was China propaganda.
But also there has to be, it was proxy to hate Musk?
Or was it more discomfort with the suggestion they're used to spy on us?

No matter, the facts never had a chance in that debate.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM (/Ki2A)"

It isn't about Musk. The other AI ceos are wildly unpopular on account of their own creepy ass behavior, the PC parts shortages, and - horde may not grasp this, being all over 29 - how WILDLY enraged the under 40 crowd is at having their job apps filtered by AI, and even their job interviews run by AI.

It is not a good time to be a younger American looking for work in many fields.

Posted by: heya at November 04, 2026 10:28 AM (G5zYf)

216
If Trump actually made the statement that he looks forward to "working with them", he clearly fails to appreciate what exactly happened yesterday. What a fucking disappointment.

Posted by: Dr_No

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He made the conventional and correct remark.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:29 AM (mmrXZ)

217 Two words: Buy. Ammo.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:29 AM (ayRl+)

218 205 Now do your attitude toward Nickelback fans.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

219 If the Republicans won last night, you would all be talking about how the electorate endorsed the Iran War.

But after getting your butts whipped at the ballot box, it has nothing to do with the Iran War.

The "war," insofar as it had anything to do with the election, was only a talking point for the left. Its effect at the pump, however, was IMO what helped to cause last night's crash. I predicted that the midterms would turn on the pocketbook and I believe I was right.

I also believe that when the economy, in the next two years, finally shows the results of Trump, the Dems will take all the credit and a credulous, ignorant electorate will believe them.

And I suspect that this morning Thune has the biggest hard-on he's had since Charlie Kirk was murdered.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 04, 2026 10:29 AM (qRla/)

220 The Constitution of the US that says you need 2/3 of Senate to convict and remove ?

True, I'm a lazy POS for the stuff you want, but I can get enough of the caucus to cross over and vote with the Dems if they need me to. They don't even need to ask.
-Sen. Thune

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 04, 2026 10:29 AM (4zCQt)

221 The artwork looks like the glass factory in Corsicana as seen from Interstate 45.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at November 04, 2026 10:30 AM (jl6TJ)

222 215 "169 Thinking about, how did we so badly misjudge the data center issue?

41 moratoriums and all passed easily.

I mean, sure some was China propaganda.
But also there has to be, it was proxy to hate Musk?
Or was it more discomfort with the suggestion they're used to spy on us?

No matter, the facts never had a chance in that debate.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM (/Ki2A)"

It isn't about Musk. The other AI ceos are wildly unpopular on account of their own creepy ass behavior, the PC parts shortages, and - horde may not grasp this, being all over 29 - how WILDLY enraged the under 40 crowd is at having their job apps filtered by AI, and even their job interviews run by AI.

It is not a good time to be a younger American looking for work in many fields.

Posted by: heya at November 04, 2026 10:28 AM (G5zYf)

The natural response is to put their political allies in congress apparently? This is very good for Anthropic and OpenAI.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 04, 2026 10:30 AM (okun6)

223 >>> Thinking about, how did we so badly misjudge the data center issue?
41 moratoriums and all passed easily.

"We?" I have been saying for a while that the data centers have made both MAGA and Marxists mad. It's one of the few things the average voter unites on.

You cannot trample on people's clean air, water, electric needs while building data centers to "beat China." Ranchers and farmers and the middle class don't care about China, they care that the data centers are destroying their communities and leaders are so greedy they just approve them.

They want to put a data center larger than Manhattan next to the great salt lake. It was supposed to be 3x larger than Manhattan, but the people screamed about it, and voted out the county commissioners, they wised up. Put a giant data center in a desert next to a lake? This was always stupid.

Add to that the governor of Utah's dad runs the largest fiber optic company in Utah. Who do you think will get the bid to run cable to the data center? There is corruption and Backrooms deals and it's making voters mad. Rightfully so.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 10:30 AM (Toos7)

224 (How did Texas swing so far in so short a time, we ask?)

We don't know what's in store for 2028 -- why not another Dem shock? Why won't Hispanic males come out like mad for Rubio instead of AOC?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:26 AM (mmrXZ)
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Demographic shifts, and yes Californians coming here and voting like they did in California.

Also, as I have mentioned several several times, Paxton was a historically bad candidate and he ran a historically bad campaign. Not saying that Cornyn wasn't a useless turd that deserved to get thrown out, but Paxton sucks. Nobody here likes him. He's got the retail political skills of Hillary and is only slightly more likeable.

I don't like that people vote based on the "likeability" of a candidate, but the fact is, they do. Hard.

Abbott is a lazy faggot who has been resting on his laurels for years and thought he didn't need to campaign. Whoops.

Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 10:31 AM (oqH4h)

225 Let's face it, it was the female vote that killed the GOP. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:31 AM (Ti9vn)

226 I am going to call the 2028 Dem ticket right now.

Buttedge/Bottoms.

Bookmark it.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 04, 2026 10:32 AM (qq+pS)

227 "Well, I liked it," is what I tend to go with. I'll explain, but I can't remember the last time I was antagonistic against someone for liking a movie I didn't or vice versa.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 10:26 AM

"Freddy Got Fingered" and "Prometheus" were not that bad. I watched them both in one night.

But Hollywood turned so crappy, they look like Shakespeare.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 04, 2026 10:32 AM (Sco7b)

228 Think how happy Neville Singham is right now though

Posted by: 496 at November 04, 2026 10:32 AM (svJkb)

229 I wouldn't say none of us knew anything. Some knew things or more importantly had other opinions, and were shouted down, condescended to or otherwise.

There is nothing wrong with positivity - I try not to doom too much because that's not what we're here for and there's plenty of doom and gloom to be found elsewhere.

I staked my reputation that I have even an inkling of what is going on around us on one single "prediction" because predicting outcomes is fucking hard. And I will stand behind what I see in the unfortunate DNC-DSA op that I believe we will now fully marinate in.

But for some, not just one, it would be better all around to embrace humility and run with the fucker instead of acting like a dickhead or a jerk.

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:32 AM (i+GzW)

230 Let's face it, it was the female vote that killed the GOP. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

****************************

American Karens very badly want the right to kill children, born and unborn

Also Karens: war is evil and kills innocent people

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 10:33 AM (fapp/)

231 Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 10:31 AM (oqH4h)

I never saw a Hinojosa ad.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:33 AM (Ti9vn)

232 Everyone who hated me for being an insufferable know it all was correct to do so.

I am humbled.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (IGotw)

Nah. Don't worry about it. Confidence in trends, past events, facts, and logic is fine especially. when most of the opposition was arguing feelz.

Your cockiness was justified in my opinion.

It was that bastard Reality that let you down.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 10:33 AM (YSUhf)

233 225 Let's face it, it was the female vote that killed the GOP. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: polynikes

Trump did say pussy once, makes sense.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 04, 2026 10:33 AM (4zCQt)

234 Add to that the governor of Utah's dad runs the largest fiber optic company in Utah. Who do you think will get the bid to run cable to the data center? There is corruption and Backrooms deals and it's making voters mad. Rightfully so.

==

As more date is being analizyd, I am now reading "corruption" was the deciding issue across the country, perception of rich getting richer at your expense. This is the environment where kinder gentler Ds win. Because their brand is "for the common folk".

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 10:33 AM (AKptf)

235 *data not date

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 10:34 AM (AKptf)

236 Whelp, Kali went all D for all higher offices...AGAIN. Almost all races where it was D vs R went D by around 64% to 36%...
Proposition-wise, votes tallied almost all went for terrible results with a few exceptions.
AND, of course, illegal votes were counted, like they were last time, with practices that allow it previously enshrined by state laws signed by a ( D )-bag Gov.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 10:34 AM (l3cgK)

237 TJM, forget about it. Move on. Same for everyone here. Don’t get overly emotionally invested in matters you cannot control. You vote yesterday? You did your part. We can order our personal lives to the best of our ability.

Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 10:34 AM (Gqar8)

238 I remember. It's wasn't very long ago. It's when I, as a retired commercial pilot, stated that the Denzel Washington movie about him being an alcoholic airline captain had some hilariously stupid flightdeck scenes.

I got the standard, smug, condescending response.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 04, 2026 10:34 AM (J4Dwc)

239 I am humbled. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 10:18 AM (IGotw)

*********************

You had the sunny disposition of Reagan, that's nothing to apologize for

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 10:34 AM (fapp/)

240 "The natural response is to put their political allies in congress apparently? This is very good for Anthropic and OpenAI.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 04, 2026 10:30 AM (okun6)"

I didn't say they weren't retarded.

Lot of zoomers gonna learn how you can vote in socialism, but can't vote it out

Posted by: heya at November 04, 2026 10:34 AM (G5zYf)

241 You all believe talarico got hundreds of thousands of more votes than kamala?

The election is not real.

Posted by: Duncan at November 04, 2026 10:34 AM (hlxNh)

242 233 225 Let's face it, it was the female vote that killed the GOP. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: polynikes

Trump did say pussy once, makes sense.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 04, 2026 10:33 AM (4zCQt)

That's okay...Talarico will grab 'em by the dick (and insert it in himself one hole or another)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 10:35 AM (l3cgK)

243
As a BONUS! from last night, our scientific knowledge increased.

Apparently, human memory apparently can't recall conditions, facts, and governance from, two years ago.

A great day!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 10:35 AM (YSUhf)

244 Oh, and Desantis was one of the few republican leaders to read the room right on how the people feel about AI. He wanted to put in a people's bill of rights to curb AI to protect people. That in the case of a power or water shortage, the PEOPLE, not the data centers, get priority. It was genius.

>>> how WILDLY enraged the under 40 crowd is at having their job apps filtered by AI, and even their job interviews run by AI.

Forget jobs, my last doctor's visit was run with AI! He recorded our convo to make transcribing his notes easier, but asked permission first. One day they won't ask permission. It'll just always be there, watching, recording.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 10:35 AM (Toos7)

245 sunny disposition of Reagan, that's nothing to apologize for

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 10:34 AM (fapp/)
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"Read one too many Billy Mumphries stories if you ask me"

Posted by: 496 at November 04, 2026 10:35 AM (svJkb)

246 "When the sun goes down / On Afghanistan's plains / And the women come out / To cut up what remains / Just roll to your rifle / And blow out your brains / And go to your God / Like a soldier."

'Tommy' - by Rudyard Kipling

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:35 AM (ayRl+)

247 "and were shouted down, condescended to or otherwise."

That's a perennial problem here.

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2026 10:35 AM (Jr5Lq)

248 230 Let's face it, it was the female vote that killed the GOP. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

****************************

American Karens very badly want the right to kill children, born and unborn

Also Karens: war is evil and kills innocent people

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 10:33 AM (fapp/)

Look at the Ukraine war, Karen does not care about war killing people. She loves the Ukraine war.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 04, 2026 10:36 AM (okun6)

249 241 You all believe talarico got hundreds of thousands of more votes than kamala?

The election is not real.

Posted by: Duncan at November 04, 2026 10:34 AM (hlxNh)

I blame the Bushes of Texas and all the other sniveling Reps who hate normies.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 10:36 AM (l3cgK)

250 If we can learn from history (it does rhyme, if not repeat), the next step is the rise of a Strong Man.
Could be a Strong Woman; doesn’t matter.

So niceties like conviction and removal may be minor speed bumps.

Posted by: RI Red at November 04, 2026 10:36 AM (HdjQ+)

251 241 You all believe talarico got hundreds of thousands of more votes than kamala?

The election is not real.
Posted by: Duncan at November 04, 2026 10:34 AM (hlxNh)

You may be right. But it does not matter, practically speaking.

Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 10:36 AM (Gqar8)

252 I like the trees and the bottom background more than the clouds.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2026 10:36 AM (JrHfD)

253 Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 10:30 AM (Toos7)

What data center has caused an environmental problem or water shortage so far? What town hasn't benefited so far ?

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:36 AM (Ti9vn)

254 I have a new conspiracy theory.
So there's that.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 04, 2026 10:37 AM (Sco7b)

255 Gen Xer here. Yeah, I wouldn't call myself a political junkie or anything, but I think I'm done with all this shite. We're not rich, but we have achieved escape velocity financially, so we're as safe as we can be. If people want the world to burn, let it. My days of fighting fires are over.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 04, 2026 10:27 AM (QaH55)

Born in 1980. I think that makes me a Gen Xer. And same. I'll take care of me and mine, but I'm done with helping those outside of my orbit.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 04, 2026 10:37 AM (yKhjs)

256 You're a good man, TJM, and will always be one. Unfortunately, it wasn't our night.

We'll rub some dirt in the wound and be stronger for having gone through with this. The next few years will be hard, but we're up to the challenge.

Posted by: Blor Utar, from Zimtok-5 at November 04, 2026 10:37 AM (Tz5qx)

257 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 04, 2026 10:36 AM (okun6)

'Republican' wars.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:37 AM (Ti9vn)

258 Off tyrannical space alien sock!

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 04, 2026 10:38 AM (Tz5qx)

259 re: TX, natural consequnce of masses of H1bs and little real progress on vote security.

How many thousands gotmturned away over the ballot sizing?

Flip.side, how many idiots let themselves be turned away for being unable to plan their daily scehdule ecfectively?

Posted by: heya at November 04, 2026 10:38 AM (G5zYf)

260 scale back on your gladiator movie criticism arrogance.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 04, 2026 10:38 AM (WE5Gl)

261 243
As a BONUS! from last night, our scientific knowledge increased.

Apparently, human memory apparently can't recall conditions, facts, and governance from, two years ago.

A great day!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 10:35 AM (YSUhf)

As a whole, and that only puts out the LONGEST that can be remembered...it might only be ONE YEAR or less...
It's also helpful to remember the propagandists of the MSM (including P-BS) continually feed the masses mis-, dis-, and malinformation...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 10:38 AM (l3cgK)

262 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:26 AM (mmrXZ)

Elections are about feels. Do we have anyone on our side that gets it?

Over the last year the Democrats yoinked strength, youth, energy and masculinity out from under us. It's all phony and underhanded but they did it. Kamala represented NONE of those things and they believed, perhaps correctly, that it's how Trump beat her. Yes youth. A schoolmarm is not youth.

Voters generally like those four things. How do we get it back? We need a party that is willing to embrace a leader that isn't cucked, not to mention their own voters, and I'm not seeing it.

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:38 AM (i+GzW)

263 'Feel' about AI.

That about wraps it up.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:39 AM (Ti9vn)

264 255 Gen Xer here. Yeah, I wouldn't call myself a political junkie or anything, but I think I'm done with all this shite. We're not rich, but we have achieved escape velocity financially, so we're as safe as we can be. If people want the world to burn, let it. My days of fighting fires are over.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 04, 2026 10:27 AM (QaH55)

Born in 1980. I think that makes me a Gen Xer. And same. I'll take care of me and mine, but I'm done with helping those outside of my orbit.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 04, 2026 10:37 AM (yKhjs)

I don’t fight Generation Wars. They are futile. Bad ideas are always around, and they don’t care about someone’s age.

Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 10:39 AM (Gqar8)

265 On a happy note, Grammie Winger was on the MR thread this morning.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

266 257 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 04, 2026 10:36 AM (okun6)

'Republican' wars.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:37 AM (Ti9vn)

An "issue" that is only a problem when the other guys does it is not an actual issue. It doesn't drive behavioral changes nor is it something you can win people over about.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 04, 2026 10:39 AM (okun6)

267 And this artist is still alive. I don't think we get that too often. He has some interesting works of art.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2026 10:39 AM (JrHfD)

268 So...nation status: cooked. Talarico? Seriously?

Posted by: in the modern vernacular at November 04, 2026 10:39 AM (odiuV)

269 265 On a happy note, Grammie Winger was on the MR thread this morning.
Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

That is good

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 10:40 AM (4WM7K)

270 131 i thought it was clowns for years.

Posted by: cmeat at November 04, 2026 10:40 AM (Bep7s)

271 Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ

Great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2026 10:40 AM (JrHfD)

272 226 I am going to call the 2028 Dem ticket right now.

Buttedge/Bottoms.

Bookmark it.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Can you win with two bottoms on the ticket? Maybe.

Actually it doesn't matter who on the Dem side wins. We've seen with Biden (and probably Obama) that there is a cadre of insiders who know how to run things. Harris, Butt-boy, Newscum, Charismatic dunce to be named later, it doesn't matter, they are mere figureheads.

Same goes for all the new Dem govs, they'll aal follow the Slotkin, Spanberger model, they have a playbook and experts ready to run it in each state.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 04, 2026 10:40 AM (4zCQt)

273 255 Gen Xer here. Yeah, I wouldn't call myself a political junkie or anything, but I think I'm done with all this shite. We're not rich, but we have achieved escape velocity financially, so we're as safe as we can be. If people want the world to burn, let it. My days of fighting fires are over.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 04, 2026 10:27 AM (QaH55)

Born in 1980. I think that makes me a Gen Xer. And same. I'll take care of me and mine, but I'm done with helping those outside of my orbit.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 04, 2026 10:37 AM (yKhjs)

I'm a late-1960's Gen Xer, and mostly these days I don't want phone calls, want folks to leave my door bell alone, and want people to stay off my lawn...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 10:40 AM (l3cgK)

274 Music for general confusion, King Crimson:
youtube.com/watch?v=-cNwf-lifIw

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2026 10:40 AM (Jr5Lq)

275
I'm really proud of all the mouth-breathing smoothbrains in my state of Texas that decided to cut our nose off to spite our face. Democrat governance from top to bottom and Talafreako with a 6-year hitch in the Senate. Fuck's sake.
Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 10:22 AM (oqH4h)

I don't believe for a minute that Texas totally flipped blue without someone dumping an anvil on the scale. Especially not for that degenerate homo Tallywhacker. Not that the remaining Bushites will do anything about it. And we won't hear about what really happened in our lifetime.

Ah well, it was nice while it lasted. 250 years is a pretty good run.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 04, 2026 10:40 AM (iqcvy)

276 225 Let's face it, it was the female vote that killed the GOP. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:31 AM

I think we've moved deep into Feelings Over Facts territory.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 04, 2026 10:41 AM (RDhJX)

277 "Born in 1980. I think that makes me a Gen Xer. And same. I'll take care of me and mine, but I'm done with helping those outside of my orbit.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 04, 2026 10:37 AM (yKhjs)"

Similar boat. I have told the horde many times the last decade that if they don't have a plan to gtfo, they at least need to move some place where they're surrounded by actual Americans and dig in.

We have been working for years on a plan B for our kids to get them out of the country. Spanish Civil War 2.0 is not gonna be fun.

Posted by: heya at November 04, 2026 10:41 AM (G5zYf)

278 Can't wait until the goat humpers start teaching the Alphabet how to fly.

Ima take a page from the koran.
"Achmed! Achmed! There's a liberal over here hiding behind this tree!"

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:41 AM (7Ne0P)

279 209 I'm just bored with Masturbatin' Pete VPNing furiously to tell us it's the Jooooos.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM

It's kind of in his name. The circle jerk is baked in, as it were.

assume a circular penis?

Posted by: anachronda at November 04, 2026 10:41 AM (oY6Yp)

280 Put on your special 'see-the-future' glasses and tell us what our nation will look like two years from now. Bonus points if you can pick who the two 'candidates' for 'President' will be then. Until yesterday, we only thought we knew what a shit-show looks like. Wait …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:41 AM (ayRl+)

281 Demographic shifts, and yes Californians coming here and voting like they did in California.

Also, as I have mentioned several several times, Paxton was a historically bad candidate and he ran a historically bad campaign. Not saying that Cornyn wasn't a useless turd that deserved to get thrown out, but Paxton sucks. Nobody here likes him. He's got the retail political skills of Hillary and is only slightly more likeable.
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R's in TX got smoked up and down the ballot.
A lot of long-time, multi-office winners getting donkey kicked into the Gulf of America.
That's not "candidate quality."
That's a complete, utter repudiation of the entire R brand.

I don't know what the cause(s) were, but I do know that Rove et. al will have the exact wrong prescription.
And they will be the loudest, firstest voices hawking their "Election Cure-all Elixir" the finest mixture of moderate, centrist and just plain common sense ingredients.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2026 10:41 AM (/Ki2A)

282 I'm amazed by how some trolls here sing the same tune. Well, that's mostly from playing with beef flutes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 10:42 AM (l3cgK)

283 280 209 I'm just bored with Masturbatin' Pete VPNing furiously to tell us it's the Jooooos.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM

It's kind of in his name. The circle jerk is baked in, as it were.

assume a circular penis?
Posted by: anachronda at November 04, 2026 10:41 AM (oY6Yp)

Perfectly spherical

Posted by: And a truly free market at November 04, 2026 10:42 AM (odiuV)

284 Look at the Ukraine war, Karen does not care about war killing people. She loves the Ukraine war

***********************

Karen thinks only Russia is killing people so Ukraine has to kill them back to stop killing because killing is bad

thats the tiktok logic you'll find with karens as they selfie themselves while in the waiting room at planned parenthood to decapitate a fetus

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 10:42 AM (fapp/)

285 280 209 I'm just bored with Masturbatin' Pete VPNing furiously to tell us it's the Jooooos.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:17 AM

It's kind of in his name. The circle jerk is baked in, as it were.

assume a circular penis?

Posted by: anachronda at November 04, 2026 10:41 AM (oY6Yp)

Or a spherical one.

Posted by: Physicist who Imagines Everthing is Spherical at November 04, 2026 10:42 AM (l3cgK)

286 I'm a late-1960's Gen Xer, and mostly these days I don't want phone calls, want folks to leave my door bell alone, and want people to stay off my lawn...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 10:40 AM (l3cgK)
___

Same here.

I'm pretty much a hermit in the Ozarks.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 04, 2026 10:43 AM (TJRes)

287 I'm a late-1960's Gen Xer, and mostly these days I don't want phone calls, want folks to leave my door bell alone, and want people to stay off my lawn...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Early '60's boomer and I'm with you.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:43 AM (7Ne0P)

288 Texas was one of the most successful states in the country and they voted out the people who created it. I don't care what party was in charge in that scenario, that's insanity.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:43 AM (Ti9vn)

289 I don't know what the cause(s) were, but I do know that Rove et. al will have the exact wrong prescription.
And they will be the loudest, firstest voices hawking their "Election Cure-all Elixir" the finest mixture of moderate, centrist and just plain common sense ingredients.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2026 10:41 AM (/Ki2A)

The patient is anemic! Quick! Bring in the leeches and blood-letting devices! We have to purge the bad humors!

Posted by: Karl Rove at November 04, 2026 10:44 AM (l3cgK)

290 287 I'm a late-1960's Gen Xer, and mostly these days I don't want phone calls, want folks to leave my door bell alone, and want people to stay off my lawn...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 10:40 AM (l3cgK)
___

Same here.

I'm pretty much a hermit in the Ozarks.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 04, 2026 10:43 AM (TJRes)

Hey SMH. Well my county and nearby stayed reliably Red last night. KC, Columbia, and St Louis though. Pushed through abortion.

Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 10:44 AM (Gqar8)

291
I am going to call the 2028 Dem ticket right now.

Buttedge/Bottoms.

Bookmark it.

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Ha, I bet Buttigieg runs harder than ever after last night. It's anyone's game now!

And I bet Graham Platner is kicking himself for dropping out. He could have beat Collins.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:45 AM (mmrXZ)

292 @ 288 I'm a late-1960's Gen Xer, and mostly these days I don't want phone calls, want folks to leave my door bell alone, and want people to stay off my lawn ...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) — Early '60's boomer and I'm with you. Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:43 AM (7Ne0P)
________________________

I'm a '40s 'war baby' … glad you joined our club.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:45 AM (ayRl+)

293 "285 Look at the Ukraine war, Karen does not care about war killing people. She loves the Ukraine war

***********************

Karen thinks only Russia is killing people so Ukraine has to kill them back to stop killing because killing is bad

thats the tiktok logic you'll find with karens as they selfie themselves while in the waiting room at planned parenthood to decapitate a fetus
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 10:42 AM (fapp/)"

Karen doesn't think. She parrots what social media or TV tells her to, because thats what people aill applaud her for doing.

Posted by: heya at November 04, 2026 10:45 AM (G5zYf)

294 291 Texas makes no sense. How does a weirdo get over 5 million votes, way more than Kamala.
Posted by: Vengeance at November 04, 2026 10:44 AM (EJWxb)

The votes were given affirmation surgery.

Posted by: Shoring it up at November 04, 2026 10:45 AM (odiuV)

295
Lot of zoomers gonna learn how you can vote in socialism, but can't vote it out
Posted by: heya

And in 60 years there will be a rise of hard men solving difficult problems. Happy knowing I won't be around to see the peak socialism in another twenty or so years.

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 04, 2026 10:45 AM (x74bY)

296 Forget jobs, my last doctor's visit was run with AI! He recorded our convo to make transcribing his notes easier, but asked permission first. One day they won't ask permission. It'll just always be there, watching, recording.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 10:35 AM (Toos7)

I had a similar experience last month.

It is a perfect example of wonderful new technology that has real-world applications, but also has a significant chance of being misused...catastrophically.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 10:46 AM (k5CNB)

297 Posted by: Vengeance at November 04, 2026 10:44 AM (EJWxb)

Maybe the "Christian" thing worked and maybe that's what they were banking on with it. Maybe.

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:46 AM (i+GzW)

298
'Tommy' - by Rudyard Kipling
Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:35 AM (ayRl+)
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Nope. "The Young British Soldier."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2026 10:46 AM (amcLV)

299 Texas was one of the most successful states in the country and they voted out the people who created it. I don't care what party was in charge in that scenario, that's insanity.
Posted by: polynikes

They now own it and the measure will be transparent. When they blow the rainy day fund and crash the economy, it will be apparent. There will be no hiding from it.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:47 AM (7Ne0P)

300 I've been a hermit since Sep 2019, when the Dems began the "Republicans are terrorists; it's OK to kill them now" op.

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2026 10:47 AM (Jr5Lq)

301 has a significant chance of being misused...catastrophically.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 10:46 AM (k5CNB)

I would let Karen Gillan circa 2010 misuse me catastrophically. Sorry tmi

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:47 AM (i+GzW)

302
We have been working for years on a plan B for our kids to get them out of the country. Spanish Civil War 2.0 is not gonna be fun.
Posted by: heya

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I'm here to fight Spanish Civil War 2.0.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:47 AM (mmrXZ)

303 "289 Texas was one of the most successful states in the country and they voted out the people who created it. I don't care what party was in charge in that scenario, that's insanity.
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:43 AM (Ti9vn)"

It's a matter of perspective. Nothing the Dems do in TX will be worse than where the H1bs and the border hopping parents of birth right voters came from.

They just want more free shit and more relatives imported.

Posted by: heya at November 04, 2026 10:48 AM (G5zYf)

304 Blacks will never not vote Democrat
The South of 2026 is no longer the South of 2000
Trump is hated by a solid majority of the country

Posted by: Hard Truths Conservatives Need T Learn at November 04, 2026 10:48 AM (sP+bx)

305 I'm here to fight Spanish Civil War 2.0.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:47 AM (mmrXZ)

I'm here for the memes. Tired boss

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:48 AM (i+GzW)

306 @ 298 'Tommy' - by Rudyard Kipling
Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:35 AM (ayRl+)
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Nope. "The Young British Soldier." Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2026 10:46 AM (amcLV)
________________________

Aye, laddie … you're right. My error.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:48 AM (ayRl+)

307 >>>What data center has caused an environmental problem or water shortage so far? What town hasn't benefited so far ?
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:36 AM (Ti9vn)

There are plenty, I'd have to look them up. But in states like TX and GA, new data centers messed with the water people got in their homes. They're taps slowed to a trickle. Texas supposedly used around 50 billion gallons of water cooling data centers. Do they just have an extra 50 billion gallons? Guess who suffers for that?

You cannot build data centers unless you build more dams. You need the water collection and the hydroelectric. Good luck getting that passed today!
And you need more nuclear.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 10:48 AM (Toos7)

308 "I'm here to fight Spanish Civil War 2.0.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:47 AM (mmrXZ)"

Yeah I said the kids for a reason, we are ready

Posted by: heya at November 04, 2026 10:49 AM (G5zYf)

309 Texas was one of the most successful states in the country and they voted out the people who created it. I don't care what party was in charge in that scenario, that's insanity.
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Dustin Burrows, "R" speaker of the TX house, made the same deal his predecessor, Dan Phelen:
Accept the vote of Dems for speaker in exchange for letting the Dems basically control the agenda.

And there wasn't a single constitutional amendment or proposition on the ballot this year in TX to drive conservative voters.
But they sure spent months playing slap-ass over banning mj.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2026 10:49 AM (/Ki2A)

310 Hey SMH. Well my county and nearby stayed reliably Red last night. KC, Columbia, and St Louis though. Pushed through abortion.
Posted by: tubal

St. Louis was dem when we left in '79.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:49 AM (7Ne0P)

311 BBL. Things to do. Even more so, now.

Posted by: RI Red at November 04, 2026 10:49 AM (Y1pub)

312 Hey SMH. Well my county and nearby stayed reliably Red last night. KC, Columbia, and St Louis though. Pushed through abortion.
Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 10:44 AM (Gqar

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Yep, I kinda figured the urban AOs in MO would vote no on that amendment.

Hub and I voted yesterday, and it was a decent turnout at our polling place.

Our county is still red, so there's that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 04, 2026 10:49 AM (TJRes)

313 TJM spent the last year marshalling "facts" about Iran and the War that neither he nor the finest spies money could buy could possibly ascertain to be the truth.

The gullibility with which his horseshit was swallowed indicates an appetite for it.

Posted by: Common Sense at November 04, 2026 10:49 AM (SlD2N)

314 Meanwhile in Virginia:
1) Kill your baby anytime you want.
2) Marry whoever you want.
3) You've committed a felony? Sure, you can vote.

Posted by: Trying to become New Jersey at November 04, 2026 10:50 AM (RDhJX)

315 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 10:46 AM (k5CNB)

AI will advance medical science multiple factors faster than without it.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:50 AM (Ti9vn)

316 And there wasn't a single constitutional amendment or proposition on the ballot this year in TX to drive conservative voters.
But they sure spent months playing slap-ass over banning mj.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

And they just lost that. Dems will push mary jane toot sweet.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:50 AM (7Ne0P)

317 312 Hey SMH. Well my county and nearby stayed reliably Red last night. KC, Columbia, and St Louis though. Pushed through abortion.
Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 10:44 AM (Gqar
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Yep, I kinda figured the urban AOs in MO would vote no on that amendment.

Hub and I voted yesterday, and it was a decent turnout at our polling place.

Our county is still red, so there's that.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 04, 2026 10:49 AM (TJRes)

Good for us to live in an area which is beneath being noticed by the city elites, right?

Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 10:51 AM (Gqar8)

318 R's in TX got smoked up and down the ballot.
A lot of long-time, multi-office winners getting donkey kicked into the Gulf of America.
That's not "candidate quality."
That's a complete, utter repudiation of the entire R brand.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2026 10:41 AM (/Ki2A)
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Yes, because the GOP Brand here sucks. Paxton is just a symptom of it. The TX GOP is ascendent in all of the worst aspects of the overall republican brand and diminished in the ones that make it good.

Moral busybodies, Bushies, Dallas Social Climbers, and hypercapitalists that are incapable of expressing anything vaguely resembling empathy for Texans.

Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 10:51 AM (oqH4h)

319 Posted by: Common Sense at November 04, 2026 10:49 AM (SlD2N)

And you know what he presented was wrong how?

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:51 AM (Ti9vn)

320 Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 10:51 AM (oqH4

More fucking feelings.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:52 AM (Ti9vn)

321 Good for us to live in an area which is beneath being noticed by the city elites, right?
Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 10:51 AM (Gqar

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Sadly, those city elites, after they mess up the cities, move to places like the Ozarks, drive up housing prices, and make everything else more expensive.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 04, 2026 10:52 AM (TJRes)

322 AI will advance medical science multiple factors faster than without it.
Posted by: polynikes

When AI posts a picture of an 1858 Remington and calls it an 1873 Colt SAA, I want that SoB to stay the hell out of my body.
I don't feel like losing a kidney because AI thought it was a gall bladder.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:52 AM (7Ne0P)

323
Moral busybodies, Bushies, Dallas Social Climbers, and hypercapitalists that are incapable of expressing anything vaguely resembling empathy for Texans.
Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 10:51 AM (oqH4h)

Lets just see how much "empathy" their new Dem reps have

Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 10:53 AM (4WM7K)

324 Texas was one of the most successful states in the country and they voted out the people who created it. I don't care what party was in charge in that scenario, that's insanity.

I think Texas in particular is going to have some, uhh, unique features in the final ballot data. The cheat is firmly installed everywhere except Florida now.

I'm not saying this was *all* the cheat, but there was a cheat and it's gonna turn out to be bigger than people thought. Too many, including Trump, let their guard down on it after he won 2024. Even the SAVE Act wouldn't have addressed the actual problems.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:53 AM (2ocoG)

325
I've seen "data centers in space" discussed here.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:53 AM (mmrXZ)

326 Aren't votes against data centers really just a vote against Big Tech? Yes, it is something that everyone uses, but no one really likes how big tech has changed our lives. We can't live without our iphones, but we sure do long for a time before iphones. Voting against data centers is just a way of saying I really don't want things to change.

Posted by: SH at November 04, 2026 10:53 AM (qCV5n)

327 Because a man sitting in front of a computer 3000 miles away from a conflict can know nothing about it but propaganda.

This was obvious to anyone reading his "facts."

Posted by: Common Sense at November 04, 2026 10:53 AM (SlD2N)

328 Hey folks, been a while.

Gotta admit, the dems have played the long game perfectly. They have cobbled together a coalition of mutts and placed them exactly where they need to be now.

Forget everything you thought you knew. This is a new world.

America, a third-world nation with first-world amenities.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 04, 2026 10:54 AM (KbCG3)

329 296 291 Texas makes no sense. How does a weirdo get over 5 million votes, way more than Kamala.
Posted by: Vengeance at November 04, 2026 10:44 AM (EJWxb)

The votes were given affirmation surgery.

Posted by: Shoring it up at November 04, 2026 10:45 AM (odiuV)

Have you looked to see which counties had Red/Blue results? Big cities like Austin/Dallas/Houston/San Antonio/El Paso...and the Mexican border (at least in the house races).

https://tinyurl.com/mtcuyhz6

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 10:54 AM (l3cgK)

330 Yes, because the GOP Brand here sucks. Paxton is just a symptom of it. The TX GOP is ascendent in all of the worst aspects of the overall republican brand and diminished in the ones that make it good.

Moral busybodies, Bushies, Dallas Social Climbers, and hypercapitalists that are incapable of expressing anything vaguely resembling empathy for Texans.
--
y/n?

DeSantis was right about needing Trumpism without Trump.
And no R dared take that challenge up after he lost the nomination.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2026 10:55 AM (/Ki2A)

331 People believed that data centers would use tons of water and cause their electric bills to skyrocket.
Water in AZ is a big deal.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at November 04, 2026 10:55 AM (x3+1h)

332 300 I've been a hermit since Sep 2019, when the Dems began the "Republicans are terrorists; it's OK to kill them now" op.

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2026 10:47 AM (Jr5Lq)

And hopefully increasing your supply of essentials, like ammo...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 10:55 AM (l3cgK)

333 But in states like TX and GA, new data centers messed with the water people got in their homes.

That was largely debunked (it was recycled anti-fracking propaganda), it's less water than a golf course uses, and the new data centers being built now only need to be filled once (like the water coolers in higher-end PCs).

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 10:55 AM (2ocoG)

334
Yeah I said the kids for a reason, we are ready
Posted by: heya

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I noticed, but look around. Where are you going to go? I knew some folks who had picked out Ireland, but that place is a mess now, too.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 10:56 AM (mmrXZ)

335 It is very helpful to go to a service of morning prayer service the day after an election. I expect there were people at the early Catholic Mass as well. Whatever is happening in the world you get great words of scripture such as Psalm 98:7-"
But the Lord shall endure forever he hath also prepared his seat for judgement" , or from Psalm 100: "For the Lord is gracious , his mercy is everlasting : and his truth endured from generation to generation." Even the closing song was nice "Then Hear, O gracious Savior, accept the love we bring, that we who know your favor may serve you as our King; and whether our tomorrows be filled with good or ill, we'll triumph through our sorrows and rise to bless you still : to marvel at your beauty and glory in your ways, and make a joyful duty our sacrifice of praise."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2026 10:56 AM (JrHfD)

336 Yep. Texas is getting recreational weed. Gotta throw a bone to the dumbfucks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 10:56 AM (r2Icn)

337 >>> It is a perfect example of wonderful new technology that has real-world applications, but also has a significant chance of being misused...catastrophically.

That is said so perfectly, CBD.

I actually love all the benefits AI has brought to my life. To the parts of my life I CHOOSE it to be in. But I also want my energy and water needs prioritized over a data center. I don't trust the people in power who are over eager to thrust AI into every aspect of my life. And I don't appreciate the psyops that if I have doubts about data centers, I'm a secret shill for China.

Posted by: LizLem at November 04, 2026 10:57 AM (Toos7)

338 Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:52 AM (7Ne0P)

You know there are different AI levels and applications. Of course you do. Either you want America to be the leader in AI or you're willing to let our adversaries lead.

Because it's not going away.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:57 AM (Ti9vn)

339 I think one of the worst things about AI is the way it let's an average imbecile ask a bajillion questions, some relevant, many not, by clicking a single button.

So you get these reddit threads now (for example) with 20 bolded headings and 3 sub questions per heading. 60 questions in a single post. No one is gonna read that shit. But anyone who wants to has to ferret through it all.

We're all going to need AI "readers" and eventually no one real will be participating in anything because it takes minimal effort to do so.

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 10:57 AM (i+GzW)

340 315 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 10:46 AM (k5CNB)

AI will advance medical science multiple factors faster than without it.

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:50 AM (Ti9vn)

Dependent upon what data is fed into it. GIGO, as the saying goes ( Gabage in, Garbage out ). Feed it good data, your results will improve.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 10:58 AM (l3cgK)

341 The Dems will fight a lot.
Start investigations in Congress and make accusations of corruption and white supremacy.
They'll continuously make asses out of themselves for two straight years with, I expect, a few attempts at impeachment from the cabinet and the president.
They'll do the same thing they did in 2019-2021.
When they absolutely lost their minds and went full tyrant for a year.
I believe the only thing that saved the Dems in 2020 was COVID & George Floyd.

Trump needs to get it together and get things done in the next few months because it's going to be a long two years.
Let's hope we're feeling a lot better on this day in 2028.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 04, 2026 10:58 AM (6ydKt)

342 More fucking feelings.
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 10:52 AM (Ti9vn)
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People vote with their feelings dude, I'm not sure how this isn't glaringly fucking obvious to you at this point.

Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 10:58 AM (oqH4h)

343 Oh to be an unfeeling, infallibly logical Vulcan that never lets his emotions influence his vote.

Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 10:59 AM (oqH4h)

344 And here comes free tuition for state schools. That'll be a fucking money pit. But never their fault.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 10:59 AM (r2Icn)

345 @ 326 Aren't votes against data centers really just a vote against Big Tech? Yes, it is something that everyone uses, but no one really likes how big tech has changed our lives. We can't live without our iphones, but we sure do long for a time before iphones. Voting against data centers is just a way of saying I really don't want things to change. — Posted by: SH at November 04, 2026 10:53 AM (qCV5n)
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We may not like many of the ways 'big tech' has changed our lives, but consider one simple scenario that was once common in the '50s: You're on a quiet yet somehow deserted back-country road that's a 2-lane blacktop with a faded yellow line you can hardly see separating the lanes. BAM! You have a flat. Your spare (if you had one) is also flat. You have no compressor to plug into the cigarette lighter. You're miles from a pay phone. In the question asked by the old commercial: "What do you do? What DO you do?". I likes me my iPhone - and my compressor.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 04, 2026 10:59 AM (ayRl+)

346 I actually love all the benefits AI has brought to my life.
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My fave is how it's killing Google ad revenue since users no longer have to click to get the info they searched.

Second is how it's killing Redditt, as it was giving them massive traffic (for their ad revenue), and they're going to log-in only, locking AI out.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2026 11:00 AM (/Ki2A)

347 322 AI will advance medical science multiple factors faster than without it.
Posted by: polynikes

When AI posts a picture of an 1858 Remington and calls it an 1873 Colt SAA, I want that SoB to stay the hell out of my body.
I don't feel like losing a kidney because AI thought it was a gall bladder.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 10:52 AM (7Ne0P)

At least it wasn't your liver, like that poor guy in Florida who went in for a splenectomy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 11:00 AM (l3cgK)

348 I actually love all the benefits AI has brought to my life.

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

I could probably benefit more from it, but there are times I do not want to use it because of the type of information I would be asking it to review.

But to CBDs point, yes recording doctor conversations likely make things better because it may spot something that a doctor would overlook. But a cautious and maybe more conspiratorial type person may think it would be used by insurance to deny funding, so why be fully truthful.

Posted by: SH at November 04, 2026 11:00 AM (qCV5n)

349 330 Yes, because the GOP Brand here sucks. Paxton is just a symptom of it. The TX GOP is ascendent in all of the worst aspects of the overall republican brand and diminished in the ones that make it good.

Moral busybodies, Bushies, Dallas Social Climbers, and hypercapitalists that are incapable of expressing anything vaguely resembling empathy for Texans.
--
y/n?

DeSantis was right about needing Trumpism without Trump.
And no R dared take that challenge up after he lost the nomination.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2026 10:55 AM (/Ki2A)

We've run hundreds of candidates across three cycles without Trump on the ballot and none of them have recreated his coalition. It's not replicable (largely the uncollected white working class voters). Aim for a different coalition.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 04, 2026 11:00 AM (okun6)

350 Huh. Every single county in Texas went bluer this election. Seems odd.

https://tinyurl.com/3crjpr5c

Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2026 11:01 AM (viF8m)

351
It's funny, you'd think our new Indian and other third world engineering voters would have carried data centers.

While I'm trying to figure that out, I'll just reflect that Big Tech is about to get Red Guarded by its own children. Apple might have nowhere to go -- the old speculation was that it would move to Texas. Cornered animals gonna fight?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 11:01 AM (mmrXZ)

352 h to be an unfeeling, infallibly logical Vulcan that never lets his emotions influence his vote.
Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 10:59 AM (oqH4h)

Reductio ad absurdum

Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 11:01 AM (Ti9vn)

353 Dems fought deportations violently and changed the public perception and approval of it.
They convinced people Iran and tarrifs were why everything was so expensive.
The AI center issue didn't help.
The local dems ran tons of ads on the economy and people fell for it.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at November 04, 2026 11:02 AM (x3+1h)

354 Any thoughts on this painting's quality and quantity of bushes?

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at November 04, 2026 11:02 AM (0sNs1)

355 Posted by: The James Madison at November 04, 2026 10:58 AM (SlD2N)

What a terrible hash...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 11:02 AM (l3cgK)

356 My bad, that was the Kansas map. Texas did similar.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2026 11:02 AM (viF8m)

357 355 Any thoughts on this painting's quality and quantity of bushes?

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at November 04, 2026 11:02 AM (0sNs1)

the Bushes suck.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 11:02 AM (l3cgK)

358 U nas yest’ NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2026 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

359 NOOD Monkey

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 04, 2026 11:03 AM (l3cgK)

360 DeSantis was right about needing Trumpism without Trump.
And no R dared take that challenge up after he lost the nomination.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2026 10:55 AM (/Ki2A)

Like trying to catch a rainbow. It doesn't exist and can't exist.

Trump found a way to embrace GOP voters AND spread the common sense of our beliefs to the wider populace. Without fear or shame. GOP is afraid of us and ashamed of us and just wants to be able to parade "fiscal responsibility" in front of voters like they give a fuck.

Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 11:03 AM (i+GzW)

361
Reductio ad absurdum
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 11:01 AM (Ti9vn)
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Again you can sit here and pretend that people don't vote on feels.

But that's what you're doing. Pretending. Like a dude in a party city wig pretending he's Marilyn Monroe.

Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 11:03 AM (oqH4h)

362 Apple might have nowhere to go -- the old speculation was that it would move to Texas.

Apple's been quietly expanding their Austin campus for years. I think they have more people there now than at the spaceship in Cupertino.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 11:03 AM (2ocoG)

363 And I would not be surprised if JD Vance decided not to run for president.

He has given a hint and I think he may decide not to put his family through it.

We'll see.
But if Vance decides not to run I believe it will be between Rubio and Desantis, maybe Rand Paul and Ted Cruz will run, and many more.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 04, 2026 11:04 AM (6ydKt)

364 Monkey is NOOD.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at November 04, 2026 11:05 AM (2CeDH)

365 It lost us the midterms.
Posted by: The James Madison at November 04, 2026 10:58 AM

You're happy about 'my precious' losing us the midterms?

;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 04, 2026 11:05 AM (0sNs1)

366 Trolls need to be super banned.

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 11:06 AM (AKptf)

367 TJM you have nothing to apologize for.

The history, common sense, and available facts didn't (and don't) support anything remotely close to these results.

TX? KS? MS?!! IA, AK?!!

In many cases with Dem candidates who were laughably bad, historically bad. With no agenda that I could/can descry.

This is 1980, but with objective conditions ranking in the upper third of any person's lifetime, and an opposition party with no stated agenda and only in the headlines, for years, with the most histrionic and often repugnant antics seen in modern times, STILL in service to the wrong side of 80/20 issues.

I suppose I'm dying to see good data on who voted/who didn't. But it's amazing.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2026 11:07 AM (U/Byj)

368 Like a dude in a party city wig pretending he's Marilyn Monroe.
Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 11:03 AM

You say that like it's a Bad Thing.

Posted by: Adm. Levine at November 04, 2026 11:07 AM (0sNs1)

369 Let's face it, it was the female vote that killed the GOP. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: polynikes

I'm waiting for the lamentations of the women in MI and MN when they get their appointment cards for their free burka fittings and clitorectomies.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at November 04, 2026 11:07 AM (tEqKM)

370 Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2026 11:07 AM (U/Byj)

it was not TJM, it was a troll mocking him and doing something super bannable, using his nic

Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 11:08 AM (AKptf)

371 The more Washington DC is tied up with politics and Congress does not have the 2/3 majority in both houses to override a presidential veto the more gridlock we will have. This coupled with President Trump’s lack of a political future after 2008 means, hopefully, little will be done. The less Washington gets done the better it is for us and the country as a whole.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at November 04, 2026 11:08 AM (4rXfh)

372 Precursor to the aliens coming to save us from ourselves?

Posted by: Piper at November 04, 2026 11:50 AM (ZdaMQ)

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