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13 ఏప్రిల్, 2026

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Dave Begley చెప్పారు...: TDS is the most serious mental health and political problem in this country since the Civil War. The only thing comparable was when the South thought slavery was a good idea.

The NYT’s Thomas Friedman said today that he wants to see the US lose the war because it will help Trump politically. A Jew said that.

I’ve seen the amount of revenue that Iran will lose daily because of the blockade. Something like $135m per day.

The war is over. Iran won’t be able to pay its soldiers real soon. The regular army will kill the IRGC. Expect an unconditional surrender of the USS Abraham Lincoln or USS Gerald R. Ford.; 13-04-26 7:34 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: No 3

Flathead earns his name

He came up with hamas rules as a compliment

He got the shatila story wrong; 13-04-26 7:37 PM
Narr చెప్పారు...: #3 is best.

This comment could have gone in the Maher/Dick thread or the Lena Dunham one.

Speaking of white powder, I gave the Count of Monte Cristo show one more chance, but despite the high production values for sets and costumes--and someone was paid to compose and perform the anachronistic pseudo-Handelian (out of Schoenberg) opera aria--it just goes from bad to worse.

When the Count started snorting coke, I thought, wait a dagblamed minute! The Wikipedia entry for the novel makes no mention of Bolivian marching powder, and I'm pretty sure the biddies and schoolmarms who pushed the book on unsuspecting kids wouldn't have done so if nose-candy had been a feature.; 13-04-26 7:38 PM
David Begley చెప్పారు...: Correction. $435m per day.; 13-04-26 7:39 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: I must have missed that

https://www.theblaze.com/return/victor-glover-return-speech-god?utm_source=theblaze-; 13-04-26 7:42 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 13-04-26 7:42 PM
imTay చెప్పారు...: If you want a high level game theory view of this war, rather than the rah rah stuff, and a look at how it might fit into a "MAGA" template of America First, here is a professor of game theory talking to a history professor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_DHMUdOVdo

Of course, even if Trump's supposed plan to destroy the Persian Gulf as a rival to Western Hemisphere oil, Canada, US, Venezuela, reviving the petrodollar by forcing China, for example, to buy energy from us, he is still cooked. Schumer outplayed him, this war is very unpopular, and even though Schumer got his war, Trump will get the blame, and the globalists will have won in the form of the Democrats, who support this war, just not out loud.

Anyway, if you prefer to think outside of the moment, and look at events in the perspective of the sweep of history and geo-strategic dynamics, it's time well spent.; 13-04-26 7:43 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: But the plausibility of dantes disguise strains credulity; 13-04-26 7:44 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: During the second world war we bombed the ploesti oil fields to keep them out of the hands of the germans all the way fron wheelus in libya; 13-04-26 7:47 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 13-04-26 7:47 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: https://youtu.be/w7PuGwY4-_8?si=S468NNtrtDhiiC9y; 13-04-26 7:53 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: A new series by drinker; 13-04-26 8:10 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: imTay said...

Of course, even if Trump's supposed plan to destroy the Persian Gulf as a rival to Western Hemisphere oil, Canada, US, Venezuela, reviving the petrodollar by forcing China, for example, to buy energy from us, he is still cooked. Schumer outplayed him, this war is very unpopular, and even though Schumer got his war, Trump will get the blame, and the globalists will have won in the form of the Democrats, who support this war, just not out loud.

You can keep hope alive Tim.

But the US is winning in every way right now and your globalist heroes in Europe and China are losing.

You should move to China or Europe. You belong in a shit hole country with shit hole people.; 13-04-26 8:12 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: From Columbus to Jamestown: America's Messy Origins | The American Story | Ep 1 | The Glenn Beck Program | Podcasts on Audible | Audible.com https://share.google/qvhSuBMZiXZrVCZxL; 13-04-26 8:15 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Yes hes not worth debating; 13-04-26 8:17 PM
Narr చెప్పారు...: narciso, the Ploesti complex was bombed -because- it was in the hands of the Germans.; 13-04-26 8:30 PM
Mason G చెప్పారు...: "You belong in a shit hole country with shit hole people."

Unfortunately, the shit hole people from shit hole countries all seem to want to come here. And once they get here, they start bitching about what a terrible place this is, but they never seem to go home.; 13-04-26 8:31 PM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: Facebook Marketplace was covered up today with resale Masters gear. The tournament does an annual ‘gnome’ figurine that has become very popular and is a limited edition - whatever that means. They sell for $50 on site and, apparently, for $650 on the Monday after. lol

Lots of hats and shirts available, too. They’re around $40 at the tournament, and one guy was selling his sparkling-new assortment of a dozen caps for $125 each. And that helps to explain how the tournament sells around $70M of merchandise during the week.

When I’m not there, I do the Taste of the Masters delivery, where they ship you their official pimento cheese, chips, Masters Moonpies, plus cups and stuff. Very fun!!

Last year I got a bottle of their official club cocktail - not surprisingly called the Azalea - and those were good, too! Although not as good as the ones I’ve had in the Augusta National clubhouse during the tournament…

And, yes, that was a humble brag. Neener, neener, neener.; 13-04-26 8:39 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: "20 people were invited to see a video that exposes Palestinian propaganda."

"Every single one had the same response: “I feel like a moron.”"; 13-04-26 9:06 PM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: "I am no longer supporting Eric. F***ing tell everyone I'm a libertarian. F*** you, Democrat Party. I'm a libertarian now."
He added, "I'm going to change my G*****n party affiliation, because I cannot stand this Democratic Party at all. I am done. Finito."
- Stephen Cloobeck, billionaire and (former) donor to the Democrat Party.; 13-04-26 9:28 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: "The NYT’s Thomas Friedman said today that he wants to see the US lose the war because it will help Trump politically. A Jew said that."

Yeah because all the damage to Iran has been done. Now, that its a done deal, we killed Iranian leaders, bombed their nuclear faciliites, and are still demanding absolute zero chance of Iranian nukes, Friedman can now come out and say Trump needs to lose.

He can have his cake, and eat it too.; 13-04-26 9:34 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: How we can "Lose to Iran" is a mystery. We're not at war. Iran isn't a threat to us. There is no Iranian Navy or Air Force and they're 5000 miles away as the crow flies. We launched an unprovoked sneak attack on them while pretending to negotiate. We killed 2000 civilians and assassinated their leaders.

Its not a football game.; 13-04-26 9:36 PM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: President Trump’s realignment of U.S. priorities toward our own hemisphere is nothing short of brilliant. It seems obvious as he lays it out, yet it was invisible beforehand.; 13-04-26 9:38 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Original Mike said...

"20 people were invited to see a video that exposes Palestinian propaganda."

"Every single one had the same response: “I feel like a moron.”"

That isn't Palestinian propaganda.

That is globalist propaganda.

The same people running Europe and telling them to protect Iran and are fighting to keep Oil cheaper for India and Iran are putting out Palestinian propaganda.

Really the Palestinians are tools. They are dumb violent tools but their should be some pity for them.

They need to join another tribe.; 13-04-26 9:47 PM
Jersey Fled చెప్పారు...: Fun fact of the day:

As of the market close on April 13, 2026, the S&P 500 has posted a return of approximately 27.6% over the preceding 12-month period.

Leftie spinmeisters hardest hit.; 13-04-26 9:48 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: RCOCEAN II said...

How we can "Lose to Iran" is a mystery. We're not at war. Iran isn't a threat to us. There is no Iranian Navy or Air Force and they're 5000 miles away as the crow flies. We launched an unprovoked sneak attack on them while pretending to negotiate. We killed 2000 civilians and assassinated their leaders.

Its not a football game.

Yup. The United States is an evil country controlled by the joooos and we murder innocent shia mullahs and their militias who are no threat to us at all. We are evil terrible people and those poor muslims working with china and india are victims of a terrible fate they had no control over.

You should leave and go to a better country. We are too terrible for someone as good and noble as you.; 13-04-26 9:56 PM
DINKY DAU 45 చెప్పారు...: THE USUAL DELUSIONS UP N HERE...trump brilliant, that's a beauty! Praise Allah! Catholicism moved to the back of the line Looks like trump been listening to OZZY( 1971 Master of reality BLACK SABBATH)" would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope do you think he's a fool." Looks like just one fool to me...DTS=DERANGED TRUMP SYNDROME a terrible illness, NO CURE; 13-04-26 9:56 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: It is quite remarkable that we could go from a situation where Saudi Arabia is protected by a nuclear-armed United States that is very friendly to Israel, to Saudi Arabia being protected by a nuclear armed Pakistan that has a good working relationship with Iran, but is not especially friendly to Israel.

Pakistan in recent years has also shifted towards China with respect to the supply of weapons systems. Presumably any Pakistani deal with Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries would also have the practical result of deepening ties with China.

We aren't even two months into this situation and the Trump--Netanyahu War already looks like the biggest "own goal" in the history of geo-politics. Hard to think of another situation where things unraveled as quickly as they have here, and the costs aren't even close to being fully tallied.; 13-04-26 10:10 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: Note to self: Stop reading Achilles - he's a loser.; 13-04-26 10:15 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Achilles mews: "But the US is winning in every way right now and your globalist heroes in Europe and China are losing."

'Benjamin Netanyahu said that JD Vance personally relayed the details of the peace talks to him on way back from Islamabad: “He reported to me in detail, as members of this administration do every day.”'

Interesting to see who reports to whom.

Meanwhile Chinese Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun has said:
"We have trade and energy agreements with Iran; we expect others not to interfere in our affairs. The Strait of Hormuz is open to us."

It says a lot about the current conflict that we can't believe a single word that comes out of the Trump admin. Not one single word.

Vance and the two real estate developers/Crypto Bros ,who are pretending to be diplomats, turned up to Islamabad with nothing other than the American proposal. Zero preparation. Despite Trump having said that he would agree to use the Iranian 10-point proposal as a starting point, Vance presented America's 15 point maximalist demands. The Iranians turned up with four people with engineering Phd's, having done a great deal of preliminary work, setting out a framework for negotiations. Vance, Kushner & Witkoff are vulgar in the way that only Americans can do.

The Trump admin is operating gunboat diplomacy using New Jersey hoodlums and have absolutely no interest in listening to what the Iranians are saying. The problem for Trump is that the Iranians hold all the cards.

The other problem with gunboat diplomacy in this situation is that the gunboats are 500 mi off the shore and can't go any closer for fear of being destroyed by Iranian missiles.

The Trump admin cannot hold technical talks, they have managed to get rid of all the specialists and those who were familiar with the issue. This is why the US negotiating team in Islamabad was a trio of incompetent amateurs and property developers. The mendacity, corruption, incompetence, hubris, and stupidity that is on display is almost beyond description.; 13-04-26 10:26 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Little Excursion™️ said...

It is quite remarkable that we could go from a situation where Saudi Arabia is protected by a nuclear-armed United States that is very friendly to Israel, to Saudi Arabia being protected by a nuclear armed Pakistan that has a good working relationship with Iran, but is not especially friendly to Israel.

Pakistan in recent years has also shifted towards China with respect to the supply of weapons systems. Presumably any Pakistani deal with Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries would also have the practical result of deepening ties with China.

We aren't even two months into this situation and the Trump--Netanyahu War already looks like the biggest "own goal" in the history of geo-politics. Hard to think of another situation where things unraveled as quickly as they have here, and the costs aren't even close to being fully tallied.

So the United States united every country in the middle east against Iran including a coalition that includes pakistan and saudi arabia and israel but somehow the United States messed up.

You really are just a retard. The fun part is watching Europe get knelt. Europe really is run by some despicable people.

If you keep saying stuff like this though you are going to confuse RCOCEAN and make him cry. jooos and arabs aren't supposed to work together.; 13-04-26 10:28 PM
William చెప్పారు...: There was an interesting article about a CIA spy in the 4/6 issue of The New Yorker. Kevin Chalker worked for the CIA around the time of the Stuxnet affair. He said that he would attend various conferences and approach Iranian officials and scientists. He said he had a success rate of 75% in recruiting the scientists. The Israelis were at that time actively hunting down and killing Iranian nuclear scientists. This may account for some of his success, but it remains a fact that if you have an advanced degree in nuclear physics, you're probably not too enamored with the Mullahs and the kind of government they offer. Anyway, according to the article there was a period when we were very well informed about Iran's nuclear program and knew how to sabotage it........I believe that a fair number of the population of Iran are comparable to the tribesmen in Afghanistan. They'll hold on forever......However, I don't think that the educated people there are in any way committed to the regime.......The United States as it turns out is far more cohesive and on point than Iran. You might find the odd gender studies professor at Columbia who will profess solidarity with the Mullahs, but I don't think anyone in our government or military or scientific establishment who will pass along useful information to them. I don't think that's true of Iran.; 13-04-26 10:28 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Little Excursion™️ said...

Meanwhile Chinese Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun has said:
"We have trade and energy agreements with Iran; we expect others not to interfere in our affairs. The Strait of Hormuz is open to us."

That's cute.

Maybe you can go jump on one of their ships and tell the US Navy to let you past.; 13-04-26 10:34 PM
Iman చెప్పారు...: Hang in there, Ocean. I can see you’re having a rough time coming to grips with the fact that you’ve been exposed as a true anti-Semitic rat fucker.; 13-04-26 10:36 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Iran hasn’t called. Iran knows how this ends. Iran can survive a Stone Age for longer than one of our political cycles. Also Iran knows exactly what we will look like when they sink one of our aircraft carriers, which they stand a fairly good chance of doing. Iran knows it will get its toll system and be left alone when this is all over. Iran is in no hurry.

This is classic David and Goliath stuff, even if Goliath believes he is Jesus.; 13-04-26 10:37 PM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: How do you fuck a rat? Is this one of those small penis insults you boys are so fond of?; 13-04-26 10:45 PM
Iman చెప్పారు...: C’mon, Eva Marie! Nothing of the kind.

It signifies the lowest of the low. If I wanted to insult the lad in that manner, I’d use “needle-dick bug fucker”.; 13-04-26 11:59 PM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: lol, I really don’t think RC believes anything he writes. He’s just trying to stir things up.; 14-04-26 12:11 AM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: When the internet was young, everyone used to do that.; 14-04-26 12:11 AM
Jupiter చెప్పారు...: An anti-semite is a gentile who views Jews the way Jews view gentiles.; 14-04-26 12:58 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: I don't know if I would drive this truck afterwards.

But the work is legit. In flip flops... The welder did some good work. In flip flops...; 14-04-26 12:58 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Jupiter said...

An anti-semite is a gentile who views Jews the way Jews view gentiles.

The world is a more honest place when you just hate everyone but you get along with the ones that aren't completely worthless.; 14-04-26 1:03 AM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: rat fuckers

“"I do not have direct knowledge of private comments or communications by the President,” the alleged whistleblower, who claimed Trump improperly tried to pressure Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Hunter Biden, admitted in his initial August 2019 intake form."

"That stunning line on the limitations of the whistleblower's knowledge was not included in the nine-page letter then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., released in late summer 2019 that touched off a months-long political maelstrom and led to Trump's impeachment by a Democrat-led House and his eventual acquittal in the Senate."; 14-04-26 1:14 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: great article at the Hill about Katie Porter; 14-04-26 3:22 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: You people who don't know that Jesus is Jewish, it is so crazy. Go to church!; 14-04-26 3:23 AM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: RCOCEAN II said...

Note to self: Stop reading Achilles - he's a loser.

This must surely set some sort of record in the category of un-self-awareness that may never be broken.; 14-04-26 3:24 AM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: I posted Stephen Cloobeck’s comments about leaving the Democrat Party. Not a good judge of character. A little more about him:
“Stephen Cloobeck, an eccentric, lefty billionaire who's burned more than $1 million supporting Rep. Eric Swalwell's run for California governor, is engaged to a Penthouse Pet and Israeli OnlyFans model who's facing a string of criminal charges for allegedly burglarizing the homes of rich old men in Los Angeles.
The Post can reveal that Swalwell's campaign benefactor recently became engaged to Adva Lavie, who also goes by the name Shoshana and has been accused of posing as a romantic partner or travel companion before stealing cash, gold, and high-end designer goods.
In an exclusive interview, Cloobeck told The Post that his new fiancée - whom he started dating just eight months ago - is not a "menace to society" but rather a victim like himself.”; 14-04-26 3:34 AM
wendybar చెప్పారు...: Mike LaChance
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Wait until she hears what Obama did to the Little Sisters of the Poor.
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The President of the United States attacking the Pope. You can’t make this up. x.com/ap/status/2043…

https://x.com/MikeLaChance33/status/2043705371143950533?s=20; 14-04-26 4:02 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: That editorial at the Hill (link at 3:22 am) is a guest essay by Robby Soave of Reason magazine. Big libertarian.

Numerous figures are calling on Swalwell to drop out of the governors race or even out of Congress altogether, and I understand that. But I’m surprised that no one is pointing out a very basic fact: Katie Porter has also previously been accused of some pretty bad behavior, by her then-husband during their contentious divorce.

He claimed she dumped a bowl of scalding hot mashed potatoes on his head, and also threw things at him. Now to be clear, I don’t think we should take at face value everything that gets said by embittered parties during a divorce. But I’m also frankly a bit skeptical of MeToo-type allegations that emerge years and years later, concerning sexual behavior that might have been unwise or involved infidelity but was plausibly consensual and is now being reimagined as non-consensual. One of Swalwell’s accusers said he kissed her without getting explicit permission first. Is that a crime?; 14-04-26 4:07 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 14-04-26 4:08 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 14-04-26 4:11 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: LOL, Eva Marie at 10:45; 14-04-26 4:13 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: Cloobeck is interesting, Eva Marie. Apparently, Swallow was staying in his mansion?

Dem Star Kicked Out of Billionaire's Mansion

Now I want to know if his wife kicked him out of the house. And he's been staying with his buddy for a couple of days.

Or have he and his wife been living at the billionaire's mansion for years? That would mean he kicked them both out.

I swear, that article makes it seem like the billionaire pretty much owned a Congressman.

AI says,

Yes, according to reports in April 2026, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell was staying in a $26 million Beverly Hills mansion owned by billionaire donor Stephen Cloobeck while in the midst of a political crisis

that sounds sketchy to me!; 14-04-26 4:34 AM
MadTownGuy చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 14-04-26 4:48 AM
MadTownGuy చెప్పారు...: I had a typo in the first try at posting this. Fixed now.

Regarding the Islamic World's History of Slavery, a NYT Book Review Tries to Be Nice and Understanding (¡No Pasarán!)

"As The New York Times reviews Justin Marozzi's CAPTIVES AND COMPANIONS: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World, America's "paper of record" in no way resorts to the same kind of common depictions reserved for slavery in the United States as a country or region flagrantly condemnable (what am I saying? Damnable!) and abhorrent while ranting about the (ridiculous) concept of America's "original sin."

No, it turns out that NYT reviewer Thomas Meaney wants to be tolerant, contextualize, and put things into perspective, condemning Western "myths" and "lazy generalizations" while drawing comparisons (or contrasts) with abominable Westerners such as George W Bush, Belgium's King Leopold II (his case can hardly be denied), and… the patriarch Abraham.

...As … the British journalist Justin Marozzi … showcases the many types of enslaved people — eunuchs, harem women, mercenaries, unpaid laborers — who populated a region that stretches across modern-day Libya, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Oman and Saudi Arabia, all the while demonstrating how the realities of bondage in these places differed from the more familiar chattel slavery of the West.

… Marozzi refers to his scope of interest as the “Islamic world,” apparently because slavery, like so many other iniquities, was justified by the existence of rules found in religious codes. The Prophet Muhammad, like Abraham, was an untroubled owner of slaves, and “the legitimacy of the slavery, as pronounced upon by the Quran, is not up for debate,” Marozzi writes.

… Most enslaved people over the span of the centuries were held in bondage for life, and treated inhumanely by their owners.

How significant was racism in the practice of slavery by Muslims? Marozzi suggests that the advent of racial prejudice in the Middle East might have preceded the rise of modern European racism by several centuries."

More at the link.; 14-04-26 4:50 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: Washington Free Beacon: Porter is violent and abusive

"Can't you read the fucking directions?" And she poured a bowl of scalding mashed potatoes on his head. It was an incident that left his scalp burned.

It doesn't sound like he filed a police report, or went to the hospital. But they definitely got a divorce, and he's still hostile as shit, 20 years later.; 14-04-26 4:50 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: Porter's office has one of the highest turnover rates in the House of Representatives.; 14-04-26 4:52 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: In 1984, Iron Maiden's new album was called Powerslave. The title track was sung from the point of view of a dying Egyptian pharoah, with the chorus including "And in my last hour/I'm a slave to the power/of Death!" The album art was all Egyptology, with their undead mascot Eddie as a mummy (which he kind of looked like anyway). Pretty standard heavy metal stuff.

Anyway, the tour in support of the album was called the World Slavery Tour. They got so much crap for this.

That's around the time the Left started blaming all Europeans for all slavery. CC, JSM; 14-04-26 4:59 AM
Enigma చెప్పారు...: We need a new concept to handle global political bickering:

"Ignorance is Bliss"(tm) morality.

Anything I don't like is wrong, terrible, evil, and the worst thing ever when I happen to know about it. But if I don't know about it, It didn't happen and doesn't matter. This strategy works for infants so it'll work for today's Truth, Justice, and the Selfish Way Generation.; 14-04-26 6:10 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: Sam Morril cracks me up. Funny stand-up, a lot of it is complete improv. He interacts with drunk people in his audience. Sometimes he does a face-off with another comic.

Here's a pretty good one.; 14-04-26 6:29 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: I've never even heard of George Chuvalo. This youtube clip says he had two fights with Muhammad Ali. Apparently, Chuvalo was incredibly tough. Nobody could knock him down. Before the fight, Ali swore he would knock him down. And Chuvalo swore he would knock Ali out.

At one point, after he got hit hard, Ali went Rocky mad. He stayed in the corner and motioned for Chuvalo to hit him again and again. (Stallone probably built that scene in Rocky 3 off of this fight!)

Anyway, neither fighter could do what they promised. Ali could not knock Chuvalo to the canvas. And Chuvalo could not get the k.o. that he promised. So Ali won on points.

Interesting to me. Everybody knows Frazier and Foreman. Chuvalo?

You might assume he's a Mexican, but he was actually Canadian. He was a five-time Canadian champion, and fought the American champ twice. Lost both of them to Ali, I'm guessing, or I would know his name.

93 professional fights, and nobody ever knocked him down. Not Ali, not Foreman, not Frazier, nobody.

"He's the toughest guy I ever fought," Ali supposedly said.; 14-04-26 6:46 AM
Breezy చెప్పారు...: Another very funny stand-up is Matt Rife. Completely irreverent but with love, imho…;).; 14-04-26 6:49 AM
Saint Croix చెప్పారు...: Matt Rife. I never heard of him! He's pretty funny. And another master of crowd work.

Cool breeze, thanks.; 14-04-26 7:04 AM
Bob Boyd చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 14-04-26 7:06 AM
Howard చెప్పారు...: Gemini AI says: As of April 14, 2026, multiple Chinese-linked vessels have successfully navigated the Strait of Hormuz following the U.S. blockade. Three Chinese vessels recently transited, and specifically, the U.S.-sanctioned Chinese-owned tanker Rich Starry recently exited the Gulf. Earlier, two COSCO container ships successfully exited, marking a significant passage amid the heightened tensions.; 14-04-26 7:47 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: https://donsurber.substack.com/p/rooting-for-iran; 14-04-26 8:10 AM
Rustygrommet చెప్పారు...: All the world needs to do, Tim is build more windmills and solar panels and that will defeat America.; 14-04-26 8:13 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Actually the rich starry turned back; 14-04-26 8:22 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: So their data is faulty; 14-04-26 8:34 AM
Jamie చెప్పారు...: Most enslaved people over the span of the centuries were held in bondage for life, and treated inhumanely by their owners.

I am given to understand that in many, perhaps most, places where African were imported into slavery, the "owners" didn't stir themselves very much to keep them alive (Brazil, for instance - they were consumable). In that context, "chattel slavery," in which children of slaves are born into slavery themselves and essentially there's a breeding program for more slaves so "owners" don't have to buy more, takes on a new character - or maybe not that; it's not a lot less abhorrent to think you own people and can treat them as valuable livestock than it is to think you own people and use them up like fertilizer. But if the practice is slavery for life but life ends before enslaved people can have children, there goes all hope of eventual freedom, even for future generations (since there aren't any).; 14-04-26 8:40 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: "As of April 14, 2026, multiple Chinese-linked vessels have successfully navigated the Strait of Hormuz following the U.S. blockade."

Too early to say, the only US ships that could stop the tanker are another 600 miles away, so it'll be a while yet before we see what is going on.

If I were piloting that ship I'd be hugging the coast line and be unambiguously in Pakistan and Indian waters for a while.; 14-04-26 8:52 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: The problem is that Iran’s current stockpile of highly enriched uranium exists largely because Trump unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA. Similarly, Iran’s leverage over the Strait of Hormuz stems from Trump’s decision to pursue a regime-change policy toward Iran.

If Trump is now offering a renewed JCPOA in exchange for Iran charging tolls on shipping through the Strait, that is a deal Tehran should be willing to accept — the recent assassinations of its supreme leader and key political/military figures notwithstanding.

The current blockade combined with a ceasefire represents a clear climbdown from last week’s posture. The second round of talks in Islamabad suggests Trump is actively looking for an off-ramp.The Iranians appear happy to continue negotiations as long as the ceasefire holds. They are more likely to compromise on nuclear enrichment levels than on their influence over the Strait — which seems to align with Trump’s current priorities.; 14-04-26 9:03 AM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi చెప్పారు...: According to what I’ve read, the Chinese ship allowed to pass was from the UAE. Blockade only applies on ships to/from Iran.; 14-04-26 9:21 AM
wendybar చెప్పారు...: Not a biscuit 🇺🇸
@NotaBiscuit2
·
16h
Replying to
@NiohBerg
and
@RepSwalwell
After Fang Fang, he stuck his Wang Wang, in someone's Thang Thang, and they said wait a Dang Dang minute here, and they went to the DA and Sang Sang!

https://x.com/NotaBiscuit2/status/2043809025918128182?s=20; 14-04-26 9:38 AM
Narr చెప్పారు...: "How do you fuck a rat?"

There are videos on Youtube.

I first encountered the term back in the days of Bush the Lesser, from the mouths or pens of lib-left critics. (I may have heard it earlier--in relation, say, to Teh Contract with America, remember that?--but wouldn't swear to it.); 14-04-26 9:48 AM
Lazarus చెప్పారు...: THAT KIND OF DENIAL PRETTY MUCH NEVER HAPPENS: Indiana U. professor says he was denied emeritus status after posting about male IQ.

As Ann Althouse says, it’s perfectly fine to talk about inherent sex differences, but you must always do so in a way that portrays women as superior.

Posted at 10:30 am by Glenn Reynolds; 14-04-26 10:31 AM
Rustygrommet చెప్పారు...: "How do you fuck a rat?"
Ask Richs' wife.

Saint Croix said...
"You people who don't know that Jesus is Jewish, "
Oy vey!

The last two photo are good compositions. They draw you in.; 14-04-26 10:33 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: There’s the old borscht belt joke: a Jewish father goes to shul and prays: “God help me! My son went to Jerusalem and came back a Christian!”

God replies: “Oy, don’t remind me….” CC, JSM; 14-04-26 11:31 AM
Michael McNeil చెప్పారు...: Brought forward…
Why does Mars not have any water now? It used to. Why is the atmosphere there so thin? It used to be thicker.

Those are good questions you're asking, and yes, the answers to those sorts of questions are important to our understanding of earth.

But the first of your quoted questions above is a misunderstanding, while to the extent that it's true (no liquid water), that depends on the second (thinness of the atmosphere).

But beyond the liquid part, we now know there's lots of (frozen) water on Mars—right on (or near) the surface. To itemize it:

1) There are the martian polar ice caps. The southern is huge too, but more diffuse and mixed in with CO2 ice and thus harder to estimate; but the northern (water) ice cap is about half the size of the (enormous) earthly Greenland ice cap.

2) Then, too, there are the ice “mound” craters of Mars' far north (around 70° N latitude)—e.g., crater Korolev—containing thousands of cubic km of water ice.

3) Finally, in the martian mid-latitudes (±30-60°) north and south, there are vast quantities of near-surface water-ice, together with (on the surface) great numbers of visible glaciers, oftentimes looking much like earthly glaciers (lightly covered with dust and debris forestalling sublimation). Musk already plans to land Starship (when Mars ready) near one of those sites.

4) Lower (than 30°) latitudes on Mars look to be essentially dry, though there does appear to be reason to think there's (non visible) water in places down on the floor of the great canyon system Valles Marineris.

5) Buried deeply, and thus hard to get to, there appears to be vast quantities of water all over Mars—but that's hard to get to. The foregoing is right at or near the surface.; 14-04-26 11:56 AM
Narr చెప్పారు...: Good place for another joke--

On their wedding night, right after consummation, the new groom says, "Honey, I think we should start out being completely open and honest about our sexual histories."

Bride: OK.

Groom: Am the first man you've had sex with?

Bride: You might be--the face is familiar.; 14-04-26 12:47 PM
Jersey Fled చెప్పారు...: With Venezuela and Iran less and less viable as suppliers of oil to China, Mexico’s prospects are looking better and better. A fortunate consequence of this recentering of the world oil trade that is not getting enough attention. Aside from their own reserves, they are in close proximity to the world’s biggest supplier.

Dias felices; 14-04-26 8:02 PM

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