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Friday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 8/8/25, 7:44 am

Still on va-ca but you guys have a chat

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  1. 1

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:06 am

    • Ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

    • Ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand.

    • Politics
    Trump set to announce initial deal to end conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia

    Any president not named Trump would be a shoo-in for the Nobel.

  2. 2

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:10 am

    Obama got one for far, far less.

    Cambodia PM says he has nominated Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

    (Reuters) — Cambodia’s prime minister said on Thursday he has nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, lauding his “extraordinary statesmanship” in halting a border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand.

    Hun Manet made the announcement in a Facebook post late on Thursday, accompanied by a letter he said had been sent to the Norwegian Nobel Committee hailing Trump’s intervention as an example of his “exceptional achievements in de-escalating tensions in some of the world’s most volatile regions”.

    “This timely intervention, which averted a potentially devastating conflict, was vital in preventing a great loss of lives and paved the way towards the restoration of peace,” the Cambodian leader wrote in the letter.

  3. 3

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:11 am

    In today’s world impeachment is a greater honor than the Nobel.

    What TDS hath wrought.

  4. 4

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:15 am

    Pakistan said in June that it would recommend Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping to resolve a conflict with India, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month he had nominated Trump for the award.

    Give the tariffs levied against India a couple of months and Russia might capitulate. Then it will be Volodymyr’s turn to pen a nomination letter.

  5. 5

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:18 am

    Why on earth does the Nazi Fucktard continue to support, promote, and enable child sex trafficking by wealthy elites and their pals?

  6. 6

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:20 am

    India tariffs in place, and India responds by backing out of its purchases of Russian crude. Not all of it is being absorbed elsewhere.

    • Prompt supplies of Russia’s Urals crude are being offered to Chinese buyers at cheaper prices, garnering interest from state and private refiners.
    • Chinese imports of Urals are not typically part of processors’ regular appetite due to geographical distance and high freight costs, but China is seen as a viable alternative market.
    • Jianan Sun, an analyst with Energy Aspects, said China will unlikely be able to absorb all Russian barrels backed out from India, as Urals is not a base-load grade for Chinese state-owned refineries.

    Wait until DJT47 raises tariffs on China for buying Russian oil.

  7. 7

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:26 am

    @ 5

    … continue to support, promote, and enable child sex trafficking by wealthy elites and their pals?

    Having just last week decided that Bill Clinton should be punished for his fornication with minor girls provided by Epstein and Maxwell, QoS McHillbilly is now behaving as obnoxiously as a just-saved Christian proselytizing to anyone who will listen.

    Sell crazy someplace else. We’re all stocked up here.

  8. 8

    Reality spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:35 am

    @1

    Gaza leveled mass starvation, genocide nods in approval and congratulate the war criminal for colonizing the beach.

    Launched an illegal attack on Iran.

    Send the Marines to his own cities

    Any president not named Trump would’ve been forced from office by congressional oversight

  9. 9

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:37 am

    By this time in 2027, after the GOP gains seven House seats (two by Democrat defections) and another Senate seat, QoS McHillbilly will drop a dime on Barack in his effort to stop the Orange Juggernaut.

  10. 10

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:47 am

    Democrats hoping to recover from the three disastrous nominees in the last decade need to jettison Hair Gel sooner rather than later. Before he ensures JD Vance’s election.

    Denise Aguilar
    @InformedMama209

    NGO run by Gavin Newoms’ wife gets millions in taxpayer dollars which is then sent to her ‘for profit’ organization – giving the Newsom family a benefit of ~$1.5 million from nonprofit salary + ~$1.7 million from film sales/licenses. The Representation Project (Jennifer Newsom’s nonprofit organization) receives millions of dollars from the State of California. That project has paid nearly $2 million to Jennifer Newsoms’ for profit since 2021, including a $150,000 annual contracting fee since 2018. Many are now accusing Newsom of funnelling taxpayer dollars through his wife’s NGO to her ‘for profit’ organization and are calling for a federal investigation.
    Jennifer Newsom Is a filmmaker and advocate for gender equity. She founded The Representation Project in 2011 and serves as its CEO. She also owns Girls Club Entertainment, LLC, her for-profit film production company.The Representation Project is A 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on “gender justice” through films and icenses documentaries Jennifer Newsom is paid about $150,000 from the nonprofit in salary.
    Girls Club Entertainment, Inc is Jennifer Newsom’s for-profit company, which produces the films licensed by her nonprofit ‘The Representation Project’ which is funded by the state. Meaning taxpayer dollars fund Jennifer’s non-profit, which pays Jennifer a salary then contracts Jennifer’s for profit to produce all the films that have been licenced by her non-profit.
    IRS Form 990 filings show The Representation Project has paid Girls Club Entertainment $1.64 million since 2012 for film production and licensing rights. These payments are disclosed as related-party transactions because Jennifer Siebel Newsom controls both entities. The Representation Project has earned about $1.48 million in licensing fees from public schools (taxpayer dollars) nationwide since 2012 California schools have paid an average of $270 per license for films and curricula, used in gender equity and mental health programs. Over 5,000 schools have licensed materials, with critics arguing this creates a conflict, as the Newsom’s are allegedly benefiting from state funds.California school districts use portions of their budgets to license films and curricula from the nonprofit. This has generated ~$1.48 million in revenue for the nonprofit from public schools.The nonprofit pays Jennifer Newsom’s for-profit company for producing and licensing the films.This includes ~$150,000 annual fees since 2018, totaling $1.64 million. These are reported as “program service expenses” in IRS 990 forms. In addition to the for-profit payments, she receives a salary from the nonprofit and profits from Girls Club Total family benefit: ~$1.5 million from nonprofit salary + ~$1.7 million from film sales/licenses since 2012.
    @ChristinaNewstv

    1:26 PM · Aug 7, 2025

    There is nothing True Gretch or The PA Jew have done that comes anywhere close to the numerous misbehaviors Hair Gel and his wives have committed.
    ·

  11. 11

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:49 am

    @ 8 needs you to believe that Congress chooses the Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

  12. 12

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 9:04 am

    Boston-area sheriff indicted by the DOJ for extortion.

    It seems unethical and is clearly sleazy but I’m not sure it’s illegal.

    It is alleged that Tompkins pressured Individual A for stock, reminding Individual A that Tompkins had helped Company A in its Boston licensing efforts. It is alleged that Individual A believed and feared that Tompkins would use his official position as Sheriff to jeopardize Company A’s partnership with the SCSD and thus imperil both the dispensary license for Company A, as well as the timing of the IPO. In fact, in October 2020, Company A asked Tompkins for an updated partnership letter to submit to the CCC for its yearly renewal of Company A’s Boston license. Within one month of signing the October 2020 SCSD partnership letter with Company A, and after increased pressure on Individual A, Tompkins allegedly obtained a pre-IPO interest in Company A stock after Individual A relented to Tompkins’s demands.
    …
    In May 2022, Company A stock decreased in value such that Tompkins’s equity interest in Company A stock was worth several thousand dollars less than the $50,000 he originally invested. However, Tompkins demanded a refund of $50,000 and, despite the decrease in the value of Tompkins’s investment, Individual A agreed to Tompkins’s demands for full repayment of $50,000.

    Subsequently, from approximately May 2022 to July 2023, Individual A refunded Tompkins $50,000 investment by issuing Tompkins five checks. Allegedly in accordance with Tompkins’s wishes, Individual A wrote memos on certain checks that read “loan repayment” and “[company] expense” to disguise the nature of some of the payments…

    Maybe it’s because Massachusetts has zero Republicans in the House of Representatives.

  13. 13

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 9:07 am

    @ 12

    What could possibly be wrong with the sheriff of the county in which Boston, MA is incorporated purchasing friends and family shares in a cannibis company just after signing off on its licensing?

    This is right up there with Clintonian cattle futures investing.

  14. 14

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 9:12 am

    Too bad, really, that Biden didn’t move on this.

    Parker Thayer
    @ParkerThayer

    NEW: The mystery of the disappearing court packers.

    For four years, “nonpartisan” ethics experts assured us that expanding the Supreme Court by four seats was the only way to save Democracy.

    Then they vanished.

    Where did they go, any why? I investigated.

    12:52 PM · Aug 7, 2025

    I say too bad not because I want to see the Court packed. I say too bad because I want to see the flip-flopping Democrats would have to do when it becomes clear that they’ve pulled a Harry Reid on themselves.
    ·

  15. 15

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 9:18 am

    Tesla Takedown update:

    Tesla Inc
    TSLA:NASDAQ

    RT Quote | Last NASDAQ LS, VOL From CTA | USD
    Last | 12:17 PM EDT
    331.57
    quote price arrow up+9.30 (+2.89%)

    Been a lotta “arrow up” days since QoS McHillbilly pronounced TSLA dead when the shares were at $238.

  16. 16

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 9:43 am

    It’s been a long time since Tina Brown was The Shit.

    MELANIA TRUMP
    @MELANIATRUMP

    Daily Beast Apologies and Retracts Article Alleging a Melania Trump-Jeffrey Epstein Link
    From nypost.com

    7:07 AM · Aug 1, 2025
    ·

  17. 17

    G spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 9:51 am

    Thoughts and Prayers.

    Hope Dumpy puts them out of business.

    https://abcnews.go.com/Business/michigan-manufacturer-warns-trump-tariffs-threaten-small-business/story?id=124446294

    I don’t wear a fucking skirt.

  18. 18

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 9:59 am

    7,
    Why on earth does the Nazi Fucktard continue to support, promote, and enable child sex trafficking by wealthy elites and their pals?

  19. 19

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:01 am

    BREAKING NBC:

    Trump’s Justice Department is in the early stages of an investigation into the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James — who brought the civil fraud case against Trump.

    The Stupid, phony “mortgage fraud” investigation couldn’t make it out of the starting gate. So now they have to try something else.

  20. 20

    G spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:02 am

    Why would Vance want to pick up the mess that will be left by Dumpy? It is a Cult – but at that time why would anyone even vote for a failed 4 years. These are opportunists that all said that Dumpy is a Fuckwad, the majority of them are cringing at what the dictator is doing.

    And that is if whether Dumpy, the aspiring Dictator, even wants to leave. He never did and he never will want to leave.

  21. 21

    G spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:03 am

    Why on earth does the Nazi Fucktard continue to support, promote, and enable child sex trafficking by wealthy elites and their pals?

    He also supports cop killers, or at least selectively when it suits him.

  22. 22

    G spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:06 am

    What could possibly be wrong with the sheriff of the county in which Boston, MA is incorporated purchasing friends and family shares in a cannibis company just after signing off on its licensing?

    This is right up there with Clintonian cattle futures investing.

    You spelled Cannabis wrong.

    Seems like such low level corruption compared to the Trump Crime Syndicate

  23. 23

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:06 am

    I’ll use Elmo’s Xitler site when it suits the truth:
    https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1953092308183740661

    Massie is now under attack from MAGAturds like the Nazi Fucktard who have no other choice but to support, promote, and enable child sex trafficking by wealthy elites and their pals.

  24. 24

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:10 am

    @ 17

    I don’t wear a fucking skirt.

    It’s leather chaps and nothing else, isn’t that right, Boy Butter?

  25. 25

    War Inc spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:11 am

    @6

    He’s blathering about a move that would spike the global price of crude..

    That’s just fantasy anyway.

    And it’s fucking with OUR business.

    India open to reducing oil imports from Russia: sources

    New Delhi “pauses” plans to buy US arms after Trump’s tariff hike

  26. 26

    Many are asking spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:12 am

    Why is it Dumbfuck’s juiciest corruption bits come from a rando on the Twatter?

  27. 27

    La Migra spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:19 am

    The owner of Trump Burgers in Houston is an illegal alien.

    KHOU reporting

    Roland Bianchi, owner of Trump Burger came to the US on a temporary work visa in 2019. That expired in February ‘24.

    The normal procedure is to apply for another Visa well ahead of expiration. If granted the person must visit an embassy outside the US (Leave by the date of the current visa) and return with the new one. It is not clear if Bianchi applied and was denied or if he just overstayed intentionally. Bottom line, he has no legal ability to be in the United States.

    ICE “We don’t care about Olive Oil brown we’re cracking down on refried bean brown.”

    Confidential to Kristy Noem,

    3410 Chimney Rock Rd
    Houston, TX 77057

  28. 28

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:23 am

    Any stupid MAGA jackass dumb enough to name his own restaraunt after Fat Hitler should consider it an honor and a privilege to be deported for his God-Emperor Orange FatGuy.

    https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/08/08/trump-burger-owner-faces-deportation-after-ice-arrest-in-houston/

    Where the fuck is this guy’s gratitude?

  29. 29

    lmao spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:28 am

    @10 translation: the Newsoms are so small time..

    shoulda started a meme coin..

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/04/trumps-first-100-days-crypto-coin-profits/83323189007/

    And host crypto scammers at the gov’s mansion.. like the surreal players do who babble “that’s pants shitter just being pants shitter”..

    yawwwn..

  30. 30

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:31 am

    I think I might join ICE so I can get in on some of the fun while it’s still available.

    This has me a bit worried:
    https://www.dhs.gov/medialibrary/assets/video/56835

  31. 31

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:44 am

    Two and one half minutes of griding teeth and shoving goons:

    https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3lvtqv6unlk2f

    Fat Hitler is in Epstein’s Files.

  32. 32

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:49 am

    What if Rep. Jasmine Crockett also happened to be a Black Hebrew Israelite?
    Would that be at all a “thing”?

    https://premierchristian.news/us/news/article/pete-hegseth-attends-church-christian-nationalist

    https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/05/23/doug-wilson-new-right-pastor-hegseth-trump-officials-00355376

  33. 33

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:50 am

    After reading this, Robinhood Dumbfuck Rabbit waddled to the icebox in search of his missing erectile potency.

    Body of man missing for 28 years found in melting glacier

  34. 34

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 10:54 am

    @ 32

    What if Rep. Jasmine Crockett also happened to be a Black Hebrew Israelite?
    Would that be at all a “thing”?

    Pretty sure the bar was raised above that level when Twin Cities Democrats elected a brother-marrying Israel-hating terrorist sympathizer to represent them in Congress.

  35. 35

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 11:00 am

    @ 27, 28

    Boxcheck Momala and Second Wife-Beater have announced their newest venture: a Kamala Harris-themed seafood restaurant.

    They’re naming it Tuna Twat.

  36. 36

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 11:06 am

    The DNC’s worst nightmare is watching their voters realize that life can be fun rather than oppressive.

    Darth Powell
    @VladTheInflator

    This is the most American shit I’ve ever seen.

    This is Americana.

    Last edited
    10:50 PM · Aug 7, 2025

    Welfare Queen YLB’s greatest fear is what her fucked kids might discover if they are ever able to leave her basement.

  37. 37

    Vicious Troll spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 11:18 am

    Team Biden did not treat Anita Dunn very well.

    Yesterday she got her revenge.

    Politics
    Trusted Biden aide testifies ex-prez skipped Super Bowl interview due to bombshell ‘classified records’ report: sources

    “She told the committee President Biden’s team decided against doing a Super Bowl interview last year because they thought the main coverage would be about what he did with classified records and not about the president’s policy decisions,” a source close to Dunn told The Post.

    “She testified they decided this before the Hur report had come out.”

    A second source familiar with Dunn’s transcribed interview said she testified that “Biden’s team decided against doing a Super Bowl interview due to information contained in the Hur report.”

    By February of last year it was clear to everyone except HA libbies that The Biden Crime Family was dirtier than the Clintons.

    During her roughly five-hour interview with the Oversight panel, Dunn recalled how the former president’s team decided against him taking a cognitive test.

    “Ms. Dunn revealed that President Biden’s inner circle came to a consensus he should not take a cognitive test, concluding it would offer no political benefit,” the source explained.

    None of them held out the slightest hope that Biden could pass it.

  38. 38

    Sue ‘Four Rings Bitch” Bird spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 11:19 am

    @30

    Speaking of MemeCoins

    That MAGA bros have been tossing green dildos onto the court in several NBA Arenas during games to promote their meme coin launch (and a Dumbfuck posting about how funny it is) makes one think maybe they don’t care about female athletes’ safety after all.

  39. 39

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 11:30 am

    maybe they don’t care about female athletes’ safety after all.

    They begin to lose interest in them around age 14 or 15.

    Before that they really only care about “protecting” the “hot blondes” by “helping them meet people who can help them out”.

    Usually by putting things inside of them.

  40. 40

    lmao spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 11:33 am

    She told the committee President Biden’s team decided against doing a Super Bowl interview last year because they thought the main coverage would be about what he did with classified records

    Uhhh are we talking about these classified records???

    https://images.app.goo.gl/iEtgEw7ZkZWCr5ke6

    Guess not… yawwwn…

  41. 41

    lmao spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 11:38 am

    Vanguard says buy more bonds than stocks over the next decade. Top Wall Street banks are already on board.

    yabut S&P 500, tariffs filling treasury and happy sawmill..

    what do fucking Buffet, Vanguard, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley know?? Must be a derp state klownspiracy..

    didn’t bonzo called them “chicken littles”?

  42. 42

    lmao spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 11:44 am

    they are ever able to leave her basement.

    dream on dumbfuck.. our elderly tenant is happy as all get out in her well appointed 1400 sq ft, two bedroom, 1 1/4 bath adu basement apartment and only too happy to pay market rate rent in Seattle..

    get a clue dumbfuck.. the kids have flown the nest… but no worries.. everyone here knows you’re denser than spent uranium.

  43. 43

    Very severe conservative spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 11:51 am

    Im not poor or brown. Why is Trump not being recognized as the great man he is.

  44. 44

    Harvey Weinstein spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 12:24 pm

    Why is Ghislaine Maxwell now at a minimum security prison? A level of security that by Federal Bureau of Prisons regulations an inmate with Sexual Crime Conviction is not eligible for?

    Who made the decision to transfer her there?

    Some people are saying it’s a reward for lying about what she knows about current and former Presidents and other titans of industry and finance.

  45. 45

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 12:39 pm

    44,
    You think that’s weird?
    Fat Hitler’s Labor Secretary Alexader Acosta when he prosecuted the original federal case in Palm Beach arranged for Epstein, a known child sex trafficker to be sentenced to a year of what was basically home confinement. He got to go to his own office suite each day to conduct his “business” and receive female guests – “and many of them are on the younger side”.

    Fat Hitler is in the Epstein File.

  46. 46

    RedReformed spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 12:40 pm

    Trump’s name is all over the Epstein files.

  47. 47

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 1:04 pm

    It is absolutely, perfectly true that Sec Def Whiskey Pete Hegseth is a member of an extremist Christian sect that preaches authoritarian Christian Theo-Nationalism, allowing only men to vote, sentencing women to the death penalty for abortion, forbidding a wife to decline sex with her husband, and forcing non-Christian children to recite Christian prayers in school.

    It is of course absolutely untrue, and little more than a fevered fantasy conjured up by weird little guys in basements, that Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother or has ever called for the destruction of the State of Israel.

  48. 48

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 1:06 pm

    The last time the Giddy Nazi Fucktard was this bouyant about TSLA it had managed a brief surge all the way up to 370.

  49. 49

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 1:21 pm

    Seven months in, Trump is now on his 7th IRS acting/commissioner, but at least he got rid of the pandemic relief fraudster with no tax experience.

  50. 50

    G spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 1:35 pm

    It’s leather chaps and nothing else, isn’t that right, Boy Butter?

    For once you make sense. You must be feeling a bit foolish or girlish in your cheerleader’s skirt.

  51. 51

    The Stupid is Killing People spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 1:39 pm

    Not only did he say it he twatted. Video of himself saying it.

    RFK Jr: “We’re developing a universal vaccine at NIH which is a vaccine that addresses the entire phylum of viruses.”

    “It’s a vaccine that mimics natural immunity and it is effective against any kind of mutation.”
    “We believe it’s gonna be effective against not only coronaviruses but also flu.”

    “And it’s gonna be a much safer and a much more effective vaccine.”

    And then we’ll have Jet Packs, cold fusion, perpetual motion machines, Wonka’s Everlasting Gobstopper, a bear cub in every pot….

  52. 52

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:03 pm

    Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) was always a POS, and now he’s an even bigger piece of shit, but character is a very low priority for Republican voters.

    Mills, who’s married, denied being in a relationship with a beauty queen and claimed the press fabricated the story (while, incidentally, beating her up), then threatened her with revenge porn (and threatened violence against future boyfriends).

    But in his defense, he can try to justify his mistress by arguing he’s separated from his wife, who’s suing for divorce; she can’t stand him either, tho no word on whether he also beat her.

    In his personal and business life, he’s a deadbeat who can’t pay his business debts or back rent on his $20K-a-month luxury apartment, has conflicts of interest, and has been penalized for not paying worker’s comp premiums.

    None of this deters GOP voters, because I guess they like candidates who hand out dummy grenades.

  53. 53

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:15 pm

    @1 “Trump set to announce initial deal to end conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Any president not named Trump would be a shoo-in for the Nobel.”

    Yeah, that deal was reached in March, before Trump got involved, and they don’t hand out Nobels for limelight stealing.

  54. 54

    EvergreenRailfan spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:22 pm

    53)I heard Armenia is even open to talks with Turkey, if true, must have put aside demands for Turkey to apologize.

  55. 55

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:23 pm

    @1 Mush Morton, a famous WW2 American sub commander, allegedly was denied the Medal of Honor because he ordered the machine gunning of survivors from a torpedoed Japanese transport who turned out to be mostly Indian Army POWs.

    Following similar reasoning, there may be a similar character bar to awarding a Nobel Prize to someone who has committed reprehensible acts.

    Ask yourself, does the Nobel Prize Committee really want to associate the Peace Prize with a notorious liar, womanizer, racist, and convicted criminal who even cheats at golf?

  56. 56

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:23 pm

    @2 Mush Morton, a famous WW2 American sub commander, allegedly was denied a Medal of Honor because he ordered the machine gunning of survivors from a torpedoed Japanese transport who turned out to be mostly Indian Army POWs.

    Following similar reasoning, might there not be a character test involved in awarding Nobel Prizes?

    Ask yourself, does the Norwegian Nobel Committee really want to bring the Peace Prize into further disrepute by awarding it to a notorious liar, womanizer, racist, and convicted criminal who even cheats at golf? Especially given their previous flubs?

    But I guess if they can give it to Yasser Arafat and Henry Kissinger, even Trump might get considered. However, I personally think Greta Thunberg should be in line ahead of him.

  57. 57

    EvergreenRailfan spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:29 pm

    55)Seen that story in my Facebook feed, and too many times, comments tell people to shut up about the massacre, it was war. They think the POW part was a lie.

  58. 58

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:32 pm

    @3 “Honor” and “impeachment” don’t belong in the same sentence. Neither do “honor” and “Trump.” The only “honor” he deserves is wrist and ankle bracelets and an orange jumpsuit.

  59. 59

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:33 pm

    @5 Because he’s a pervert like them.

  60. 60

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:36 pm

    @6 What can Trump do to China he hasn’t already done? This reminds me of a popular saying in Vietnam: “What can they do to you, draft you into the army, and send you to Vietnam?” Sometimes you have limited options for bending others to your will.

  61. 61

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:46 pm

    @11 wants you to believe that Trump has even more sway over the Norwegian parliament than over Congress.

  62. 62

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:50 pm

    @12 What exactly do Massachusetts congressmen and women have to do with a corrupt Boston sheriff? Does Congress impeach county sheriffs?

  63. 63

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 3:50 pm

    The Whidbee Dumbfuck has all his trolling lines in the water today.

  64. 64

    EvergreenRailfan spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 4:10 pm

    King County Elections ballot drop, Wilson now at 50.15%.

    https://election-results-01.kingcounty.gov/results.pdf

  65. 65

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 4:42 pm

    @24 I assume you don’t wear anything when fucking the horse.

  66. 66

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 4:44 pm

    @30 Don’t worry, they’re desperate, and will take anybody, even immigrants from other planets.

  67. 67

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 4:48 pm

    @33 If you fell into a glacier, nobody would be able to drink the meltwater for 1,000 years.

  68. 68

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 4:51 pm

    @34 That would be terrible even if only partly true. The difference between the parties is Democrats can tell wild stories about Republicans without making up any of the facts.

  69. 69

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 4:54 pm

    @36 With voters like these, it’s not surprising we get a president like Trump. The only big difference between you and them is the size of outboard motor you can afford.

  70. 70

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 4:57 pm

    @39 “They begin to lose interest in them around age 14 or 15.”

    Exactly! When they turn 16, they’re shipped off Epstein Island back to where they came from.

  71. 71

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 5:01 pm

    @57 Even in war, massacring a bunch of people, only to find out later they were on your side, is considered bad form.

  72. 72

    Elijah Dominic McDotcom spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 5:20 pm

    68,
    Try not to overlook the plain fact that nobody at all, Democrat, Republican, or Independent, has ever cast one single vote at all for Whiskey Pete Hegseth. Cult Leader Fat Hitler waives his scepter and all the idiots drop to their bloodied knees, open their pie holes and beg for “His” blessings.

    Omar, of course, never did any of the things that the Nazi Fucktard, or her genocidal Zionist attackers claim. But even if she had, that’s between her and her district constituents. That is in fact how we get, and have to somehow tolerate, actual degenerate freaks like Matt Gaetz, who I wish now to point out the Nazi Fucktard always supported.

    But a cabinet secretary ought to be better than Matt Gaetz. And now the giddy, girlishly heart-stung Nazi Fucktard is openly admitting that Whiskey Pete is not.

  73. 73

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 5:28 pm

    @72 Trump voters may not have known they were getting Whiskey Pete, but they knew damn well they would get the kind of people the Mar-a-Lago Don appoints. And they all look pretty much the same.

  74. 74

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 5:33 pm

    It’s not only red states:

    Imports plunge at Seattle, Tacoma ports as tariffs take toll

    A sharp drop in shipping volume threatens local businesses that rely on steady two-way trade.

    International imports through the ports of Seattle and Tacoma dropped by about a quarter last week, raising alarms among trade and business leaders about cascading impacts for Washington consumers and small businesses. …

    Less import traffic means fewer outbound shipping options for Washington exporters, he said, and retaliatory tariffs are squeezing already-thin profit margins.

    “The real money maker for the shipping companies is all those containerized consumer good imports — the TVs and clothing and that kind of stuff that we import,” Calkins said. “When those are no longer moving, it’s harder to export the agricultural goods that we specialize here in Washington.”

    Calkins warned that tariffs will push prices up by as much as 20% for many goods. “It’s not paid by a Chinese company that makes TVs or a Brazilian company that exports bananas. It’s paid by us,” he said. …

    Seattle’s chief economist voiced similar concerns earlier this week, calling new tariffs from the Trump administration the city’s most pressing economic threat. … Chief Economist Jan Duras projected a $143 million revenue shortfall, citing the duties alongside slowing sales tax growth, reduced demand for office space, a construction slowdown and a projected 27% drop in international visitors.

    https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/imports-plunge-seattle-tacoma-ports-tariffs/281-72df8025-ffb0-4108-bad1-7974ff17d646

    Red state voters deserve what happens to them, but it’s questionable whether Seattleites do. But as in 1930s Germany, when some vote for fascism, all get caught up in its waves.

  75. 75

    EvergreenRailfan spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 5:41 pm

    71)Especially when other subs, when they found out the people were Allied POWs, rescued them. Remember hearing a little about it when touring the Pampanito.

  76. 76

    G spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 5:44 pm

    Hi Bob! It’s Justin!

    https://www.startribune.com/ex-sen-justin-eichorn-asks-judge-to-identify-undercover-cop-who-posed-for-sex-ad-leading-to-arrest/601450522

  77. 77

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 6:08 pm

    Vaccine conspiracy theories can have serious consequences.

    What we’re covering

    • Happening now: A police officer was killed during an active shooter incident on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, authorities said tonight. The shooter is also dead, according to authorities.

    • Targeting the CDC: Police are operating under the theory that the shooter was either sick or believed that he was sick and blamed the illness on the Covid-19 vaccine, a law enforcement official told CNN. An employee at the CDC, which is near Emory, told CNN he saw a man approach agency’s HQ and shoot at the building.

    https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/active-shooter-emory-university

  78. 78

    Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 6:12 pm

    Forensic investigators have identified three more 9/11/2001 victims. One identity wasn’t disclosed at the family’s request. One was a currency trader in the North Tower, another a passenger on the hijacked jet; I’m surprised anything at all was left of her.

    https://www.foxla.com/news/9-11-victims-3-more-people-identified-decades-after-attack

  79. 79

    Daddy cam I be the Mayor Too spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 6:31 pm

    Hi, I’m the NepoBaby in this race.

    Andrew Cuomo
    @andrewcuomo

    In case you forgot, l’m Andrew Cuomo, son of Mario, grandson of Andrea.
    Welcome to the heavyweight bout, @ZohranKMamdani
    This is a two man race. You look tired already. It’s just the second round.
    5:40 PM • Aug 8, 2025 • 16.1K Views

  80. 80

    J Edgar Hoover spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:04 pm

    Again, they are determined to lose as many lawsuits as possible.

    Head of FBI Las Vegas Field Office was just fired. Spencer Evans served 21 years with the bureau with no scandals EXCEPT he followed the Biden Administration’s orders to enforce mandatory vaccination as the Covid-19 Pandemic killed 350 Americans a week.

    According to his attorney the justification for termination is ‘Constitutional Authority.’

    Judgement: Full reinstatement with back pay and half a million?

  81. 81

    EvergreenRailfan spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 8:10 pm

    78)Sometimes something of the body survives impact. Like the pilot of the Kamikaze that hit the Missouri. There were crewmen to their dying days that were still bitter over, not just the attack, but Captain Callaghan ordering them to give the pilot a funeral. Unlike the WTC, the Missouri shrugged off getting hit.
    Although wouldn’t have given the terrorists who were at the controls of those 757s and 767s the same.

  82. 82

    Clyde Tolson spews:

    Friday, 8/8/25 at 9:40 pm

    80

    Nope. No half million. Not even fifty cents.

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