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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 4/8/26, 8:19 am

Guys, I’m exhausted. Biking to Drinking Liberally and back is great. But! Sometimes I get an adrenaline rush, especially if I take a different route because of all of the construction on Eastlake. And so I got home at a reasonable time, but didn’t get to sleep for a while. I don’t know. I’m going to ride my bike more now that it’s nice out.

I don’t know, it’s much nicer than a car and quicker than the bus in many cases. Maybe it’s time to get an e-bike?

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  1. The Midterms spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 8:50 am

    Abdul El Sayid, probably not going to be the MI Senate primary winner but more of this now from all y’all

    I’m about to pay my taxes. I don’t pay taxes so another country gets a bomb or a tank.

    I PAY TAXES SO OUR KIDS GET SCHOOLS AND HEALTHCARE!

  2. Politically Incorrect spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 8:57 am

    Trump’s main concern is Trump. Netanyahu talked him up a tree, and now he’s going to get some payback. Still, it won’t matter much, because he will lose control of the House in November, and the impeachment process will start again. Whether it’s the 25th or regular impeachment, he will be removed from office.

  3. Happy Meal Duce spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 8:59 am

    I DEMAND YOU COVER ME BETTER! I AM THE LORD THY GOD! I ONCE BANGED THREE AT A TIME NO ONE COULD GET A DRINK AT THE TABLES.

    Donald J. Trump
    @realDonald Trump

    The alleged Statement put out by CNN
    World News is a FRAUD, as CNN well knows. The false Statement was linked to a Fake News site (from Nigeria) and, of course, immediately picked up by CNN, and blared out as a “legitimate” headline. The Official Statement by Iran was just released, and posted on TRUTH, below. Authorities are looking to determine whether or not a crime was committed on the issuance of the Fake CNN World Statement, or was it a sick rogue player? CNN is being ordered to immediately withdraw this Statement with full apologies for their, as usual, terrible “reporting.” Results of the investigation will be announced in the near future. President
    DONALD J. TRUMP

  4. THANK YOU ON THIS MATTER spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 9:27 am

    I’m so glad were able to make PEACE with Iran!

    But if them fucking TOWELHEADS don’t give me what I want then I’LL FUCKING KILL THEM ALL, AGAIN.

  5. The Spin Room spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 9:33 am

    GranOldPedos in public: we held MGTs seat. We’re back,

    GrandOldPedos in private. Marge won it by 29pts and we got 14 this time.

    Also Trump won Wisconsin by one and they elected a dirty commie to the Supreme Court by 20. We’re so fucked. Ron Johnson with an eye on 2028 is a vote to impeach.

  6. CNN - he doesn't own us yet spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 9:38 am

    @3,

    Threaten away, lunatic. The statement is authentic. We got it from the original source, confirmed. As usual, you’re full of it.
    Investigate this:

    🖕

  7. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 9:42 am

    5,
    The Insane Failing Cult Leader won that district by 37 points.

  8. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 9:51 am

    Iran is now left with more than 50% of its pre-war ballistic missile capacity, all of its stockpiles of enriched uranium, authority to proceed with uranium enrichment, removal of all international economic sanctions, military authority to control the Strait of Hormuz, and a brand new income in foreign denominated currency surpassing its entire annual national budget.

    Israel and Saudi Arabia are absolutely fucked in the ass by this.

    They partnered with Republicans. And this is what they get.

  9. Everyone watches women’s sports spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 9:58 am

    Thank you for you attention in this matter.

    In the two days since it was announced that Chicago had Traded Angel Reese to the Atlanta Dream for Atlanta’s 2027&28 first round picks and the 2028 second round pick if higher than Chicago’s (likely) predatory scalper website StubBub says tickets for all 2026 Atlanta Dream games went from $173 average to $255.

    Reese goes from a bottom dwelling badly mid-managed franchise to a contender.

  10. Donald J Trump spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:00 am

    @8

    We WON.

    USA!

  11. Donald J Trump spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:03 am

    @6

    It’s from Nigeria. Those ni&$@4s are always up to something to tear me down, rip off our country and lie about the greatest president of the world.

    Too bad we can’t just enslave them again. They’re all monkeys.

  12. FIFA Peace Prize spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:07 am

    You’re doing a heckuva job Donnie.

    The heads of hotel associations in three World Cup host cities—New York City, Philadelphia and San Francisco—told Forbes they have not seen a World Cup surge in demand so far.

    In recent weeks, FIFA cancelled tens of thousands of reserved rooms in host cities across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

  13. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:27 am

    Megyn Kelly today: “I don’t know about you, but I am sick of this shit. Can’t Trump just behave like a normal human? “3-D chess.” Shut up about that shit. We are talking about threatening to wipe out innocent civilians casually in a social media post. This is completely irresponsible and disgusting”

    Ms. Kelly actively campaigned for Trump in 2024. Very aggressively. As recently as this same week she rejected calls to remove him from office over war crimes. And she implied that she would not have supported removing him from office had he gone through with his threats of genocide.

    BOLO: MAGA cult chuds are going to begin leaving the cult. As they do so they will be attempting to retcon their own histories of racism, misogyny, bigotry, and violent rhetoric. I’m as open to the potential for redemption as anyone.

    But redemption is not a process that society as a whole performs on its individuals. Redemption is a process that individuals perform on themselves. Nobody receives redemption. They construct it in their own lives. If that’s something people like Megyn Kelly want for themselves they need to get to work. But it’s far more likely that all these people want is a fucking hall pass so they can remain free to crank up their White Supremacy Machine again once the coast is clear.

  14. USA USA USA spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:28 am

    Gather round kids…

    Kkkaroline is about to take the podium and claim that Donald totally got the long straw.

  15. G spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:36 am

    Except Iran closed the Gay of Hormuz again, due to Isreal continued bombing in Lebanon.

    Good. If Iran can put pressure on Isreal from stopping to kill innocent people, I think all of humanity can agree.

    Isreal is the problem – killing innocent people to steal the land.

  16. Not so fast, dickhead! spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:38 am

    @13

    Their idea of “redemption” is likely to be very different from yours. They are not going to be interested in any liberal progressive agenda or other socialist ideology.

  17. G spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:39 am

    Fuck FIFA!

    Most corrupt and racist non-government entity.

  18. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:39 am

    ‪Elizabeth Warren‬ ‪@warren.senate.gov‬ · 59m

    NEW: Since Donald Trump waged war on Iran, Americans have paid over $8 BILLION MORE for gas.

    BbBuT oBuMmEr GgAvE a PaLlEt Of CaSh To IrAn!!!!!!!

  19. G spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:40 am

    @16 that’s all in your anus brain. We know you racist, bigot.

  20. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:42 am

    16,
    Sounds like you’ve got your work cut out for you.

    Good luck. Check back in from time to time and let us all know how that’s going.

    We can always use a good laugh.

  21. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:51 am

    Let’s all try to keep in mind that 13 US service members (that we know of) gave their lives to this… whatever the fuck it is.

    And the lying troll, and every other MAGA cult chud, repeatedly made it clear that they were very much in favor of that sacrifice.

    It was always about content. Something for them to masturbate to while eating Flaturin.

  22. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 11:12 am

    Olivia Reingold of The Free Press: “Does Israel have a right to exist as a Jewish state?”

    Abdul el Sayed, a (real) physician running for Senate in MI: “What do you mean by a Jewish state?”

    *crickets*

    Abdul el Sayed: “If you can’t define the question, I’m not gonna answer it.”

    This is how this question should always be answered by anyone, anywhere.

  23. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 11:21 am

    Bombs continuing to fall in Tehran tonight.

    I know. Shocking, right?

    Look on the bright side: only nine months until the next Christmas Bombing Campaign.

  24. G spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 12:36 pm

    That was long lived.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/ceasefire-iran-war-lebanon.html

    Wall Street tanks again tomorrow or few days. This is just market manipulation by the Drumpf Administration.

  25. G spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 12:38 pm

    @18

    April 15th, – when the last of the last oil tankers make their way to US destinations. Then the spigot goes dry.

  26. G spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 12:41 pm

    Let’s all try to keep in mind that 13 US service members (that we know of) gave their lives to this… whatever the fuck it is.

    And the lying troll, and every other MAGA cult chud, repeatedly made it clear that they were very much in favor of that sacrifice.

    They’ve forgotten about those 13 lives, after celebrating the rescue of the 2 that were in the shot down plane.

    Meghan Kelly says that she’s ok with Drumpf dropping nuclear bombs, because liberals figuratively do that every day to America with liberal policies. What a deplorable.

  27. EvergreenRailfan spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 1:27 pm

    25)Oil Futures markets say otherwise.

  28. Diplomacy spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 1:37 pm

    Donnie: It’s brilliant. I gave Iran more than Barack Hussein Obama ever dreamed of and now there’s peace. He wasn’t going to get them ANY enriched uranium and I got it for them so it’s a good deal for everyone.

    Bibi: Nah (bombs Lebanon)

    Iran: Strait’s closed again

    Donnie: BUT WE STILL HAVE A DEAL

    KKKaroline: Lebanon isn’t part of the deal and if Israel wants to bomb Lebanon let them bomb Lebanon.

  29. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 1:52 pm

    24,
    There was never any agreement reached, formal or otherwise.

    The Insane Failing Cult Leader just really needed an off-ramp.

    So he made one up.

    Also, he lies in negotiations all the time. That’s just a normal thing for him. So nothing you hear from this administration can be relied upon. And sadly the markets are just going to keep right on learning this the hard way over and over again. Because the markets are not smart. And they are not rational.

  30. Vicious Troll spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 2:11 pm

    @ 1

    Abdul El Sayid, probably not going to be the MI Senate primary winner but more of this now from all y’all

    Politics
    Leaked audio reveals Michigan Dem urged silence on Khamenei’s death because of ‘sad’ voters

    WASHINGTON — Shocking leaked audio showed a lefty Democratic hopeful for Michigan Senate telling campaign staffers he wanted to avoid taking a position on the death of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because many voters were distraught over it.

    Abdul El-Sayed warned staffers that “there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad” about Khamenei’s death…

    Best not to cause a local jihad by saying the wrong thing about the death of Iran’s #1 global terrorist.

    Such bravery from the left.

  31. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 2:23 pm

    @29 I expect that the practical-minded Iranians will be willing to say Trump won the war to get him to sign their terms. But they’ll stop short of sharing Hormuz Strait tolls with him.

  32. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 3:03 pm

    @2 You seem not to know how impeachment works. It takes a two-thirds Senate supermajority to remove someone from office, be it a judge, cabinet member, or president. Even if the Democrats have an optimistic 53 Senate seats after the election, and two or three GOP senators defect, where are you going to get the other 11 or 12 votes?

  33. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 3:06 pm

    @8 Anyone who partners with Republicans deserves what they get.

  34. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 3:10 pm

    @13 She also said she would never vote for a Democrat in any circumstances.

    When I read that yesterday, my first thought was she shouldn’t ever moderate a presidential debate again, because she’s not a journalist, she’s a Republican operative.

    That being so, probably the only thing she’s really upset about is the prospect of her party getting wiped out at the polls this fall.

  35. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 3:12 pm

    @16 All we want is for them to stop being awful human beings.

  36. Cool StoryBro spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 3:30 pm

    @30

    Another case of not reading the article.

    To sum up, “I’d rather not talk about the death of a 78 year old Imam when I can talk about the Pedophile using war to distract us from talking about him and his child raping. Some people living her are Shia while I as an Egyptian am Sunni so let’s not poke that centuries old bear.”

    Shocking

    What effect does the New York Post have on a Michigan primary?

  37. Religious persecution spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 3:33 pm

    @37

    Shocking is demanding the Vatican Ambassador come so you can yell at him about the Pope preaching the word of Jesus about love compassion and peace and not placing Trump at the right hand of God.

  38. Vicious Troll spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 3:51 pm

    @ 32

    @2 You seem not to know how impeachment works. It takes a two-thirds Senate supermajority to remove someone from office, be it a judge, cabinet member, or president.

    You seem not to know how impeachment works, either. Impeachment is a House procedure. Once impeached, the officer is put on trial by the Senate, which may or may not (see Mayorkas, Alejandro) elect to do so.

    Yet you claim you were once an attorney.

  39. EvergreenRailfan spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 4:45 pm

    Alberta Seperatists claim they have the signatures for their referendum, which of passed may or may not require a Constitutional Amendment (Canadian Constitution isn’t clear on if required, or if such amendment requires ratification by 7 Provinces representing 50% of the population, or ratification with yes votes in all 10 provinces), but after the current state of the CPC , they might get more. First it was two Conservatives defecting to the Liberals during the high stakes budget vote(that would have forced a new election had it failed), then another who was going to resign , changed his mind and parties. Another defected today, and next week are three by-elections, two in normally safe Liberal seats, the third in a marginal usually won by the Bloc. Before today’s drama, a Liberal sweep of all three would put them on the threshold of a majority. Speculation is more floor crossings coming. Probably wouldn’t have happened if the Conservative leadership review had dumped Pollievre .

  40. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇲🐸🇺🇲🌊 spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 6:44 pm

    37,

    Fantastic!
    More pedantic proof reading. When all else fails I guess. Right?

    What would we do without the girls in the steno pool. This one’s a real peach.

    Gives great head too.

  41. Small Government Right spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 7:26 pm

    It’s totally OK to keep a running registry of all American kids as long as it doesn’t have anything to do with guns.

    Eligible men will automatically be registered into the military draft pool by December as part of an effort to streamline the previous process of self-registration and save money.
    The Selective Service System (SSS) — the government agency that maintains a database of men to be called up to serve in the case of a national emergency — submitted a proposed rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on March 30, according to the office’s website.

  42. Stable Genius spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 7:46 pm

    Grampy McFuckstick fresh of declaring victory in Iran is back to demanding NATO give him Greenland ‘That big poorly run chunk of ice.’

  43. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 8:14 pm

    @38 You’re having reading comprehension problems again. I was responding to the last phrase of the last sentence of #2. Go back and read the whole comment, instead of the first sentences, and then writing a kneejerk comment. We all know, even you and PI, that the Democrats would have to flip the House for articles of impeachment to reach the Senate. PI apparently doesn’t understand that the House impeaching and the Senate removing are two different things with different voting thresholds, and I was addressing that. You are as big a moron as he is, maybe bigger.

  44. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 8:20 pm

    @41 A conservative estimate of how long it takes to conscript, train, and deploy a force of draftees is at least half a year, although that could be reduced by eliminating most of the training that keeps them alive in combat.

    @42 At this point Denmark probably is rooting for him to send all our combat-ready ground troops to Iran, so he’ll have nobody to invade Greenland with.

  45. Bill and Ted spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 9:35 pm

    When we are in agreement with Rachel Maddow and Ana Kasparian on this latest optional war in the Middle East,

    STRANGE THINGS ARE AFOOT AT THE CIRCLE-K!

  46. EvergreenRailfan spews:

    Wednesday, 4/8/26 at 10:08 pm

    43)Seeing on Social Media people freaking out about Germany requiring military age males to register with the government if they are out of the country for more than 90 months. They aren’t reinstating some law from that despicable regime from 1933-45, but the Postwar Federal Republic’s law that was suspended in 2011 when Merkel accepted the Free Democratic Party into her 2nd Coalition. They haven’t returned to the pre-2011 system of compulsory National Service (which found something for those unable to serve in the Bundeswehr), but more like US Style Selective Service Regitration.

  47. EvergreenRailfan spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 12:05 am

    If this guy had been a Medal of Honor recipient, Trump probably would have pardoned the guy. A Victoria Cross for Australia recipient has been arrested on war crimes charges for actions in Afghanistan involving deaths of detainees. Will be interesting if convicted, as unlike the former Imperial VC before Australia created its own, it can be revoked. The original Royal Warrant around the Imperial VC had a clause allowing the VC to be revoked if recipient brought it into ill repute. That was changed by George V, and the saying was, back when the UK had Capital Punishment, a recipient convicted could be executed wearing it. There actually is debate whether that change by George V applies to all medals and honors, specifically the South Atlantic Campaign Medal awarded to a certain ex-Royal for service during the Falklands.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/ben-roberts-smith-war-crimes-allegations-arrest/106537668?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

    Some of the charges seem to look like he allegedly tried to revive Rule 303. Still some in Australia pushing for a Pardon on that one.(Good luck, it’s complex on who would be doing the pardoning. An Australian in service with the British Army, in Boer War South Africa, before Australia was a country).

    The Victoria Cross for Australia is relatively recent with most recipients for actions in Afghanistan, one for Vietnam, and one for WW2. If Roberts-Smith is convicted, will be ironic. The WW2 recipient of the medal, was posthumously awarded the VCA for action continuing to fire an Antiaircraft gun aboard HMAS Armidale as she was sinking . His fire, caused Japanese aircraft strafing survivors to aboard their attacks. The gunner may have only had the rank of Ordinary Seaman, UTA’s he wasn’t anything but ordinary that day.

  48. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 3:24 am

    @46 If this illegal immigrant was alive today, he’d probably be rotting in an ICE prison.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvestre_S._Herrera

  49. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇲🐸🇺🇲🌊 spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 6:41 am

    Q4 2025 GDP growth 0.5%

    https://www.bea.gov/news/2026/gdp-third-estimate-industries-corporate-profits-state-gdp-and-state-personal-income-4thw

  50. USCCB spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 6:50 am

    Hmmmmmmm..:.

    “Vice President JD Vance has a new book coming out that will explore his religious faith and his conversion to Catholicism as an adult.

    “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith” comes out June 16” – National Catholic Reporter

    ‪Christopher Hale‬
    ‪@christopherjhale.bsky.social‬

    UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Leo shelved plans to visit America.

    Some officials saw their reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

    Just wondering if any American Cardinals are going to order withholding of communion? It was fashionable to do so in 2021.

  51. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇲🐸🇺🇲🌊 spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 6:56 am

    US oil exports will hit new records this month.

    That’s not great for a country that uses as much oil as we do. But it’s what happens when GOP MAGA starts a Holy Sport War that cuts off 20% of global supply.

    It’s a global market.

  52. This Post is Antisemitic spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 7:34 am

    Congratulation Bibi. You killed it.

    Pew
    37% Americans view Israel favorably, 60% un (55F-45Un 2022).

    57% of Republicans under 50 are unfavorable.

  53. Abolish ICE spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 7:50 am

    Did we want to talk about Kristy and the ‘attacked with shovels?’

    Now that video is out showing the attackers putting the shovels aside and never swinging them at all? And shots fired when suspect was clear and running away?

    The charges DHS had to drop.

    Where DHS agent signed sworn statement he was attacked and that’s why he shot someone?

    The press release about the violent attack by a guy ‘released by Joe Biden’ is still up. It’s quite the story they tell there. Attempted murder.

    https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/15/dhs-releases-more-details-about-three-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-who-violently

  54. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇲🐸🇺🇲🌊 spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 8:02 am

    53,
    At least that DHS agent is now facing criminal charges.

    Any time any government official swears a false statement it should result in criminal charges. That was the way it worked before MAGA.

  55. G spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 9:38 am

    @50

    Are the 10 Commandments listed on the Preface?

    How about the back cover?

    No? I thought so.

  56. G spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 9:46 am

    Hetero Neanderthal Virus

    https://apnews.com/article/brian-lynette-hooker-bahamas-missing-45286ea11334d6f62821133dddc5d0e4

    What do you think?

  57. G spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 9:49 am

    Just like this one. Lots, and Lots, and Lots of the Virus. Nobody has ever thought about doing something with this Virus. Aside from locking the door and throwing away the key, there is no discussion or remedy or solutions.

    You can’t even ban a book for Christ’s sake.

    https://apnews.com/article/rex-heuermann-guilty-pleas-gilgo-beach-killings-a7f4b1013f1f9fd085a390a26e62fd97

    What do you think – do you think things will improve or get worse by treating woman such manly demands.

  58. G spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 9:53 am

    We all know the perfect person to fix this.

    https://apnews.com/photo-essay/electricity-utility-bills-40b3fc4dc36fbf9f0c9d278b4a9c5d0a

    JAYDEE to the RESCUE!

    I pay $18 per month for electricity. heheheh…I have been for the last 3-4 years…..$200 per year!

    Fuck the Dumbfucks!

  59. G spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 9:56 am

    I wonder if the shit stain had a talking to Bibi.

    He says he’ll negotiate with the Lebanese.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-iran-war-ceasefire-trump-hormuz-israel-lebanon-rcna267390

    For a washed-up country, Iran poses some powerful tactics.

  60. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 10:52 am

    “Attention all ships… From now on, all navigating through the Strait of Hormuz is forbidden. No ship in every side is not allowed to pass from the Strait of Hormuz until next notice.”

    GOP MAGA “art of the deal”.

    They can’t even surrender effectively.

  61. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 10:55 am

    Israel has figured out that bombing the shit out of residential areas is a much more effective way of assassinating journalists.

    https://cpj.org/2026/04/lebanese-radio-presenter-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-her-home/

  62. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 11:09 am

    Isn’t it just a gas to think that the “backward”, “terrorist” “animals” running things in Iran immediately grasped that their leverage in this war was the Strait of Hormuz, while the “galaxy brains” running things here in the U.S. like the drunk Whiskey Pete and the Insane Failing Cult Leader actually admit that they never even thought about the Strait before this?

    Nobody should have to live in an authoritarian state where they execute the citizens in public. But I mean, we do.

    At least the people in Iran are being ruled over by competent dictators.

  63. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 12:59 pm

    @50 Hegseth could contemplate a decapitation strike against the Vatican. Grabbing the Pope would be easy if he visited America.

  64. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 1:06 pm

    @54

    ICE: Death to Americans!

    Who does that remind you of? Yeah, Iran.

  65. Steve spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 1:30 pm

    Are you guys ready to lynch a Nazi traitor?

    Imagine how good it’d feel.

  66. G spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 1:33 pm

    Wall Street is a Ponzi scheme. It’s all bullshit.

  67. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 2:13 pm

    @66 I disagree. In a Ponzi scheme, investors are paid with money from other investors, not from investment income. Stocks and bonds pay investors from income generated by business operations (in the case of corporate stocks and bonds), or taxes and/or user fees (in the case of Treasury, state, and municipal bonds). Wall Street functions as an intermediary between investors and entities seeking capital.

    Is America’s capitalist system a scam? Yes, because of the gross maldistribution of economic output (60% to capital, only 40% to labor), and an exploitive tax system that overtaxes workers and undertaxes capitalists. This maldistribution and exploitation results from co-option of the political process by concentrated wealth.

  68. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 2:23 pm

    What the history of U.S. interventions in Central and South America instructs is that if you want to be a dictator in this hemisphere, you should be a rightwing dictator, because the U.S. government will go after socialist dictators but will leave alone fascists who throw people out of helicopters.

  69. G spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 3:18 pm

    @67

    Well I think it’s speculative gambling.

    Insider trading wouldn’t be possible if was real. Not every investment is a sure thing based on reality.

  70. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 3:45 pm

    @69 If it was just gambling, making money from it would be sheer luck, which isn’t the case. If you’re a bond investor, you’re lending money. If you’re a stock investor, you share in corporate profits. There is some knowledge and skill involved in picking stocks; it isn’t throwing darts or rolling dice. Importantly, it’s not a zero-sum game, and your gain doesn’t come from someone else’s loss, but from profit growth.

    In general, the stock market trends up because the economy grows, and the economy grows partly because of population growth. There are hiccups along the way, but you do best by playing the long game, and ignoring the swings or using them as buying opportunities.

    In a system where 60% of the fruits of economic activity go to the capitalist and financier classes, and only 40% to the workers whose labor creates all of the wealth, it’s the capitalists not the wage earners who get rich. Therefore, it’s a game you can’t afford not to play.

  71. Vicious Troll spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 6:28 pm

    Sorry.

    I can’t talk right now.

    It’s just not a good time

  72. G spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 7:01 pm

    @70

    I suppose that you are right.

    But I see the yo-yo that’s it’s been in the past weeks and to me it seems that it’s more speculative short term based and manipulated. It goes up and then there is some excuse that cause the drop, just for the big guys to buy.

    Bubbles.

  73. G spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 7:12 pm

    The Army announced last month it would raise the maximum age for eligible recruits to 42, while removing obstacles for recruits who had single marijuana or drug paraphernalia convictions. The change takes effect April 20, 2026, the Army memo states. The upper limit of the Army’s previous allowable enlistment age was 35.

    Hhhmmmm, what? Not enough white supremacists under 35. Noon more older and criminals?

  74. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 7:56 pm

    DOJ whiffs again. Their hitting is worse than Cal Raleigh’s this season.

    A California philosophy lecturer accused of assaulting federal agents after removing a tear gas canister from a crowd … that a U.S. Border Patrol agent had thrown at protesters … was found not guilty by a jury on Thursday. … The verdict is the latest blow to the Trump administration, which has thrown baseless assault charges at people who protest its mass deportation operations — but has repeatedly failed to secure convictions.

    All the guy did was pick it up and throw it back way over their heads.

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jonathan-caravello-not-guilty_n_69d801e6e4b048dba44c0d5f?origin=home-latest-news-unit

  75. Pars Dominae Foetidae spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 9:43 pm

    Why did Melania Trump make a statement about Epstein? Could it be that Epstein had some serious dirt on Trump (at the direction of Israeli intelligence)? Who else has been acting naughty in those files? Let’s expose them all, no matter who they are.

  76. American Exceptionalism spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 9:55 pm

    He finally found one who was stupid enough to NOT listen to NSA/CIA/FBI and agree they were two weeks from having a nuclear bomb.

    Kerry: I was part of the any number of conversations with Netanyahu.

    Psaki: Pitching the US strike Iran?

    Kerry: Yes, he wanted us to strike. He came to President Obama. He made a presentation to ask to strike. President Obama refused. President Biden refused. President Bush refused.

  77. Cease Fire spews:

    Thursday, 4/9/26 at 10:29 pm

    @73

    ‘We’re getting record numbers of recruits. Joe Biden decimated the Army and now we have made it the hottest job in toe world. Everyone wants to follow our great Uber General Pete Hegseth. And who knows. With the way things are going with our powerful military victories Ho Chi Minh’s days are numbered. Then we’ll get Australia. Noriega will give us the canal or he’s toast.”

  78. Emilia Phillips spews:

    Friday, 4/10/26 at 5:02 am

    ‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌This post brings up some interesting points, reminds me of what I found at https://calculateur-de-bareme-fiscal-des-so.vercel.app/

  79. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇲🐸🇺🇲🌊 spews:

    Friday, 4/10/26 at 6:50 am

    75,

    She’s throwing her corrupt, disgusting rapist husband under the bus. The Queen Rat is is abandoning the broken, failing, sinking ship of MAGA pedo-fools.

  80. Your Tax Dollars spews:

    Friday, 4/10/26 at 8:03 am

    The tale of Professor Caravello, Cal State Channel Islands.

    Picking up a tear gas canaster launched by ICE at peaceful protestors and throwing it 15-20 yards to the side away from the crowd, Pam and Kristy, the fired failures tried him on felony assault of a Federal office charge.

    Yesterday a jury took 12 minutes of deliberation to acquit the professor.

    Video was extensively shown at trial and now the professor can set about seeking a huge monetary settlement against DHS for prosecuting under false official reports signed and sworn by officers.

    Man, it’s almost like rapidly hiring amateurs to do a job requiring an advance amount of training is more expensive than doing nothing.

  81. Elijah Dominic McDotcom 🇺🇸🐸🇺🇸 🌊 spews:

    Friday, 4/10/26 at 10:27 am

    80,
    I suspect that down the road a piece the grand jury transcripts of these indictments may lead to prosecutions.

    It’s against the law to lie under oath. It’s against the law to mislead a grand jury. Only one of these is a crime of intent.

  82. Roger Rabbit spews:

    Friday, 4/10/26 at 3:03 pm

    @80 now the professor can set about seeking a huge monetary settlement against DHS for prosecuting under false official reports signed and sworn by officers

    Probably not. Federal officers not only have qualified immunity, they have blanket sovereign immunity. See, for example, the Japanese-Americans interned in World War 2, who despite being deprived of their liberty, homes, businesses, and property, couldn’t sue and had no recourse except the token compensation authorized by Congress some 40 years later.

    If a federal officer, while on duty and operating a government vehicle, runs a red light and t-bones you, then you can file a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). In essence, Congress has waived sovereign immunity for negligent acts of federal employees. You cannot pursue a claim under the FTCA for deliberate acts of federal officers and agents, nor can you sue them, because the federal government via Congress has not agreed to be sued for such acts.

    This goes a long way to explain why ICE and CPB agents act like people who are immune from lawsuits.

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