So it says at the official USDA website, quoted in "USDA blames Democrats for potential SNAP benefits lapse in new message: 'The well has run dry'/The federal agency's website features a banner that says no benefits will be issued on Nov. 1" (NBC News).
Gender mutilation procedures! The Democrats say that what they are fighting for is to keep health insurance premiums from doubling. It's a shame the issues are so confusing. We're talking about millions of ordinary people — 43 million — facing loss of food stamps. That's so much raw anxiety. So elemental. How are they supposed to begin to think about complicated politics? By getting upset about transgender people and immigrants taking their money?!
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 271 of 271Big Mike and Wolfie Mike and Original Mike ought to compete for inga's hand. This is getting ridiculous. Go make out somewhere else, boomers?
If the USMC was using a firing range under I-5, then how did a cop car above I-5 get hit by a rock. It is almost like they make up a story and never check to see if it is even plausible.
“If the USMC was using a firing range under I-5, then how did a cop car above I-5 get hit by a rock.”
On THAT day they went over the freeway, that’s why it was such a notable event. Usually they had live fire exercises that went under the freeway.
“Got a link for that?”
No. I’ll let the anti AI commenters who deny that the Marines fired beneath the freeway in the past find it in their huge brains, or break down and do some research.
It doesn't make any sense. How does firing under the freeway provide training for shells that are to follow a ballistic trajectory?
Short answer: It doesn't.
Ok, I did the research for you, try not to be so lazy.
https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2025/10/18/i-5-to-close-saturday-for-camp-pendleton-live-fire-exercise/
“San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond, a Republican, also weighed in, saying there is “zero reason” to close the freeway, while blaming Newsom.
“The Marines at Camp Pendleton have been firing live rounds and training beneath I-5 for over 50 years, without closing the freeway. There is zero reason for this sudden shutdown,” Desmond posted on X. “This isn’t just an inconvenience – it’s going to cause medical emergencies to be delayed, workers to miss shifts, and families to have their plans and events ruined.”
A bit of research suggests that total US governments food assistance is roughly 170 billion, going to roughly 85 million individuals. That's $2000 per person per year for food assist.
"We're talking about millions of ordinary people — 43 million — facing loss of food stamps. That's so much raw anxiety. So elemental. How are they supposed to begin to think about complicated politics? By getting upset about transgender people and immigrants taking their money?!"
"Taking their money"? That was taken from others? Does the 43 million ever think or get upset about that?
This is unlikely to be independent information. AI probably got its material from this statement. And it doesn't make any sense. What are you practicing by firing under the freeway?
See what I mean. She has serious subject-predicate issues. That “and” is doing ALL the work in her quote. Y’all can disassemble that for her. LOL
My AI says:
"There is no evidence that the military fires live rounds under I-5 during training at Camp Pendleton; all documented incidents and official reports relate to live-fire exercises conducted over I-5 (above the freeway), not beneath it. The October 2025 live-fire event involved artillery shells being fired over the freeway during both a rehearsal and the formal demonstration, with shrapnel falling from an overhead explosion, but there are no reports, guidelines, or official statements indicating that military training involves firing live ammunition under the I-5 roadway or its bridges.
Routine training at Camp Pendleton is conducted in designated impact areas east of I-5, and any firing in proximity to I-5 involves trajectories that pass above the freeway, not underneath it. Safety protocols and incident reports reveal no instances of live munitions being discharged under Interstate 5 at Camp Pendleton, and such an activity would be highly unusual and contrary to standard military and public safety practices."
So there.
Temujin, " While at the same time cutting down the number of food producing farms around the country?"
As a lawyer, I'm working to stop about 5,000 acres of Nebraska farmland from being converted from efficient food production to inefficient electricity production.
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Illegal migrants are not eligible for SNAP unless they are refugees or seeking asylum which is practically all of them.
Inga is right that the only useful answer now is to support the food banks either by volunteering or donating - IF, IF, IF the Dems continue to insist on funding healthcare for migrants and trans. And even if the Dems are forced to reconsider after Nov. 1 , the defunding machine will roll on for awhile. I totally support the Republican elected majority not allowing the Dems to achieve the Dem party goals by the Dems taking veterans and babies hostage. But the veterans and working poor that depended on the Dems caring about them must be fed in this emergency including by Republicans by supporting food banks. I agree there has been a ratchet. But I'm not going to be Nurse Ratchet. If that's feminization's inconsistency at work, so be it.
Original Mike.
Re: Your question yesterday
I read a story that Evers had funded WIC and Food Share (aka SNAP) in Wisconsin and posted that. But then that story disappeared (how does that happen?) so I then posted that actually Evers had not funded Food Share. I think you missed that post.
Don’t worry Big Mike,
Igna’s meds will kick in soon and she will go to bed.
She does seem a bit manic lately. Probably needs to talk to her psychiatrist about her meds.
Susan Van @SusanVanD
“Every dollar spent on food stamps creates $1.50 in economic activity.
Only the economically illiterate want to cut food stamps.”
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Lee (Greater) @shortmagsmle
Actually, obligatory:
Two economists are walking in a forest when they come across a pile of shit.
The first economist says to the other “I’ll pay you $100 to eat that pile of shit.”
The second economist takes the $100 and eats the pile of shit.
They continue walking until they come across a second pile of shit.
The second economist turns to the first and says “I’ll pay you $100 to eat that pile of shit.”
The first economist takes the $100 and eats a pile of shit.
Walking a little more, the first economist looks at the second and says, "You know, I gave you $100 to eat shit, then you gave me back the same $100 to eat shit. I can't help but feel like we both just ate shit for nothing."
"That's not true", responded the second economist. "We increased the GDP by $200!"
I was over under and he was under dunn…
Huh?
Yah we spent a dollar for .50 of activity. Not a good investment…
Carbon and charitable backups are neither a green nor novel deal.
It only takes five millionaire senators to ensure that a poor child will have food on the table this November.
Senator Baldwin, how much of your personal fortune have you donated to Wisconsin’s food banks?
AI says that the largest federal employees' union has told the Democrats to vote for the continuing resolution and end the shutdown. If Schumer has lost them, who's actually supporting him?
They were using the firing range under I-5, but that day, that they were using the firing range under I-5, they were shooting over I-5? I guess they don’t call it artificial for nothing.
Maynard will be busy molesting his wife’s daughter for the next several hours.
“This is unlikely to be independent information. AI probably got its material from this statement. And it doesn't make any sense. What are you practicing by firing under the freeway?”
This wasn’t from AI. It was a direct quote from the timesofsandiego.com
https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2025/10/18/i-5-to-close-saturday-for-camp-pendleton-live-fire-exercise/
“San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond, a Republican, also weighed in, saying there is “zero reason” to close the freeway, while blaming Newsom.
“The Marines at Camp Pendleton have been firing live rounds and training beneath I-5 for over 50 years, without closing the freeway. There is zero reason for this sudden shutdown,” Desmond posted on X. “This isn’t just an inconvenience – it’s going to cause medical emergencies to be delayed, workers to miss shifts, and families to have their plans and events ruined.”
Wildswan,
It’s Republicans that are using the poor and working poor as pawns, not Democrats. When the ACA extended subsidies go away, even more people will be using food banks, because they their grocery budget will be going to pay for their health care premium.
"This wasn’t from AI. It was a direct quote from the timesofsandiego.com"
Which, dollars to donuts, is AI's source, thus not independent.
"That's not true", responded the second economist. "We increased the GDP by $200!"
And created two new jobs!
@wildswan 1:53pm
Thanks for the update. I only see about 30% of what happens here. Not enough hours in the day.
"The Marines at Camp Pendleton have been firing live rounds and training beneath I-5 for over 50 years, without closing the freeway."
Does anyone suppose it's possible for this sentence to mean:
“The Marines at Camp Pendleton have been
A) firing live rounds
and
B) training beneath I-5
for over 50 years, without closing the freeway."
where A is one thing and B is a different thing? If not, why not?
Good lord. Get a life, woman. Go for a walk. Read a book. DO something.
“The Marines at Camp Pendleton have been firing live rounds and training beneath I-5 for over 50 years — without closing the freeway”
✅ 100% accurate and factually supported.
The freeway was designed and built around active training ranges, with safety protocols in place since the 1940s”
Grok
"The freeway was designed and built around active training ranges, with safety protocols in place since the 1940s"
So- Gavin Newsom (D) was lying, then:
"The President is putting his ego over responsibility with this disregard for public safety. Firing live rounds over a busy highway isn’t just wrong – it’s dangerous," Newsom said in a statement.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/18/interstate-5-marine-event-vance-newsom/86768732007/
“Good lord. Get a life, woman. Go for a walk. Read a book. DO something.”
Jim, I’m doing many different things as I’m reading and posting on Althouse. I was a nurse for over 35 years and learned how to multi task. I’ve baked banana bread, made a roast chicken with fixings already today, talked to my granddaughter and a friend, what have YOU done? Why don’t you start by minding your own damn business and quit pretending you know what commenters here are spending their day doing? That is weird.
Mason, firing OVER a freeway is different than firing UNDER a freeway, much more dangerous. We saw what happened to one of the shells misfiring early and dropping shrapnel onto the freeway below.
You just got done posting "The freeway was designed and built around active training ranges, with safety protocols in place since the 1940s” and now, you're saying "Mason, firing OVER a freeway is different than firing UNDER a freeway, much more dangerous."
Do you even read what you post?
Had to laugh at all the losertarians and Business Republicans on this thread. Yeah, the Republicans should run on a platform of "No more free food for Poor Kids". Those damn lazy kids. Let'em go work for their Cheerios and pop tarts. I see a massive win in 2026.
Once again…
“The Marines at Camp Pendleton have been firing live rounds and training beneath I-5 for over 50 years- without closing the freeway”
✅ 100% accurate and factually supported.
The freeway was designed and built around active training ranges, with safety protocols in place since the 1940s
Grok
What don’t you understand about “BENEATH” and OVER? The query to grok specifically said “BENEATH”. I suggest you read more carefully.
And Mason, Oct 18th was the first and only time they fired OVER THE I-5 FREEWAY.
There is no evidence that Camp Pendleton has fired munitions over Interstate 5 (I-5) before October 18, 2025. Multiple sources, including official statements from the California state government and the California Highway Patrol (CHP), confirm that the state has no records of any such over-freeway live-fire activity prior to this event. The October 18 incident—part of a Marine Corps 250th anniversary demonstration—was described as “highly unusual,” “extremely rare,” and unprecedented, with no formal provisions in Camp Pendleton’s artillery procedures for firing over the freeway.
Take your meds Igna. Those manic episodes can be dangerous to you and those around you.
We don’t want you to off yourself. Then we would lose our favorite lefty buffoon.
What. A. Head. Case.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/27/congress/johnson-backs-trumps-plans-not-to-tap-contingency-dollars-for-food-aid-ahead-of-funding-cliff-00623672
“Speaker Mike Johnson is siding with the Trump administration’s decision not to tap emergency funds to avert a lapse in food aid for 42 million Americans.
Johnson said Monday a SNAP contingency fund, which currently contains $5 billion, is “not legally available to cover the benefits right now” because they represent “a finite source of funds.” Democrats, and privately some Republicans, have argued the administration always has the legal authority to tap those funds in an emergency.”
Oh yeah, SNAP recipients will care about the legal ramifications of Trump’s withholding of the emergency funds. Republicans will own SNAP being shut down for the first time EVER. People won’t forget, Venezuela gets $ 20 billion, SNAP recipients get crumbs.
Inga, how does one shot under a freeway?
Stop molesting your wife’s daughter Maynard.
“Inga, how does one shot under a freeway?”
I don’t know, go ask the San Diego County Supervisor, Jim Desmond.
Perhaps he misspoke. Perhaps he was misquoted.
On the OT.... Could it be that below and above I-5 refers to the terrain? The beach, where the artillery was, is below I-5. Firing into the hills would be above I-5.
All I know for sure is that the shells were firing over the freeway.
@Milwaukie guy - yeah, maybe.
Inga said...
Ok, I did the research for you, try not to be so lazy.
https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2025/10/18/i-5-to-close-saturday-for-camp-pendleton-live-fire-exercise/
“San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond, a Republican, also weighed in, saying there is “zero reason” to close the freeway, while blaming Newsom.
“The Marines at Camp Pendleton have been firing live rounds and training beneath I-5 for over 50 years, without closing the freeway. There is zero reason for this sudden shutdown,” Desmond posted on X. “This isn’t just an inconvenience – it’s going to cause medical emergencies to be delayed, workers to miss shifts, and families to have their plans and events ruined.”
LOL. The retard believes AI when it says the Marines do live fire underneath I-5.
And she believes it because it referenced some rando tweet that she probably only knew every other words of.
Howard said...
If you're not using AI, you're like a contractor that refuses to use cordless power tools and laser levels.
He is right.
But AI is only going to help the people who have the ability to understand how words are actually used in multiple contexts.
AI in the hands of an idiot like Inga will just mean fewer misspellings and more words that don't mean anything applicable.
You have to be able to understand all of the ways the words in a prompt can be used to know when you got output that does not match what you intended.
Also understanding the way that AI/LLMs build context will keep you in the game longer. But it wont matter really.
After a few more years 95% of the people in the world are not going to be able to keep up with the rate of change.
Ann, Multiple reports from 2024 and 2025 document the widening gap in birth rates between conservatives and progressives in the United States, linking the divergence to differences in values, economic factors, and cultural views on family life. Research also shows that this is a relatively new trend, with fertility rates between the two groups having been similar until the 1990s. We conservatives aren’t having the fertility problem. It’s the leftists who aren’t reproducing. Would you care to speculate as to why?
Ann, it’s the leftists who aren’t reproducing. Would anyone care to speculate as to why?
Let me help… testosterone levels in the lefty male population have been the lowest ever recorded - each year worse than the last - since recording of this began.
The difference between below and under.
Which probably highlights Achilles' point- you have to be able to read deeply anything that is written. Perhaps Inga' AI really does understand the distinction between below and under in certain contexts which would mean Milwaukee guy is correct. However, the point remains- anyone who thinks the Navy has been firing artillery underneath I-5 is a complete and utter moron.
And just to illustrate- you will often read "Below the Mason-Dixon line", not "Under the Mason-Dixon line". Or, "The grubs were under the rock" and not "The grubs were below the rock."
Two out of three of those are most decidedly NOT Republican-voting areas.
We’re working to make it 3 out of 3 that are are solid Republican.
Go to Google Maps at these coordinates:
33°17'54.0"N 117°27'54.4"W
This is the interchange between Interstate 5 and Las Pulgas Road near where the CHP was staging. Go to Street View at that location. It is physically impossible to shoot artillery from the beach - any beach - and hit the target range. Many of the live fire exercises come from ships, and by necessity would have to pass over the highway. It is even more impossible for a shell fired under the overpass to drop debris on vehicles parked above it.
I'll still reserve judgment until USMC has completed its investigation. Even though live fire was clearly going above I-5 in the exercise, damage from a shell that detonated prematurely would have come down with such force that it would have penetrated sheet metal and window glass. It also would have been moving with a great deal of forward momentum and the likelihood of falling straight down is slim to none.
"What do you think the human author of a book is doing? Do more research."
Which is why you read more than one book on the subject and use your critical thinking skills to winnow out the bullshit.
AI does not replace reading for knowledge.
Inga: AI is demonstrably just a cheaper version of CNN and MSNBC.
Not that you are capable of understanding that.
Wow all fucking day she flogged that horse, never even a clue that “and” was separating two very independent clauses. One cannot find outside that poorly written sentence she clings to like grim death any reference anywhere to the Marines firing any ordnance under I-5. That a crazy person would fixate on such a detail and insist on it is amazing.
No wonder she supports socialist democrats.
Brylinski said...
Ann, it’s the leftists who aren’t reproducing. Would anyone care to speculate as to why?
That's easy.
Liberal girl bosses think they can do what men do and they are going to prove it. They will get an HR or government job and sit in air conditioning and get paid more than the AC techs that keep the building livable for their fat asses and that chair swiveling.
This means building their "career" instead of having children.
Society gets to pay these women to do bullshit jobs while they whore themselves out to tell pretty men for their childbearing years.
If Ann was serious she would renounce Feminism.
Inga said...
"And then you have the true retards who think everyone else is a retard because they are too retarded to see the truth. Sad."
Let us know when you find it.
"Beneath I-5" can mean two things. That the Marines are physically on the west side, the ocean side, of I-5 and are live firing into the ocean. The other is that for some reason there is a hole under I-5 and the Marines are on the east side of of I-5 and are firing artillery through that hole. You can go to Google Maps and see that there is very little of the Marine Corps on the west side of I-5. Certainly no artillery parks.
The conclusion I draw is that the artillery is located somewhere east of I-5 and the rounds are fired over I-5 into the ocean. Tell me if you don't think this is a reasonable conclusion to make.
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