172 Comments

  1. Rat on a train

    #KamalaGropedMe

    • UnCivilServant

      That is how she got her start in politics.

  2. rhywun

    Who is running the country?

    Same people who were running the country six months ago or six years ago.

    • juris imprudent

      The assumption that the president actually does anything, let alone anything useful.

      • Tundra

        Chief executives are not actually running anything, really. Which is fine, particularly if they are good at being the visible and competent-seeming leader when dealing with those powerful interests outside the organization.

        I can’t recall the last time I saw one of them in the wild.

      • UnCivilServant

        Early on in my time with the state, the agency commissioner (top person in theory, political appointee) decided to go walkabout in the office. She was surprised when my response to her showing up by my cube was “Who are you?”

      • Fourscore

        My boss asked me the same question.

      • The Last American Hero

        That’s probably why there hasn’t been any policy differences over the last 30 years, why we’ve had no change in the border influx at all no change in tax policy over the last 40 years, didn’t leave Afghanistan (albeit way too late), saw men on women’s sports teams going back over a century, and metoo and DEI was totally the same thing in 2019 that it was in 1993.

  3. Rat on a train

    Will Boeing be stupid enough to give in to the union and restore pensions?

    • UnCivilServant

      “Dear Union Members – we are officially broke. We can’t give you any pensions because we have no money. Also, don’t come into work monday, we can’t afford to pay you.”

    • Grumbletarian

      Or will the NLRB force Boeing to bring them back under the guise of ‘bargaining in good faith’?

      • slumbrew

        This guy gets it.

      • DrOtto

        Depends, did Boeing’s union give or withhold an endorsement this election?

    • DEG

      It’ll be their problem, which means our problem.

    • The Last American Hero

      They should. They pay the ransom and get their company back. When it goes bankrupt the taxpayers bail them out. It’s a win-win.

  4. Tonio

    Archived version of ET SCOTUS article (bypasses pay/registration walls):

    https://archive.fo/Nz5X4

    • R.J.

      Interesting. My bet is the Supreme Court kicks it back to the states, potentially nullifies some federal regs. Mostly because this has nothing to do with discrimination and everything to do with paying for somebody else’s healthcare.

      • UnCivilServant

        Healthcare? It’s child abuse and medical malpractice.

    • DEG

      The federal government has suggested that “transgender persons” should be considered a “quasi-suspect” class; in other words, one that receives heightened legal protection under the equal protection clause.

      “Quasi-suspect”? Well, they are mentally ill.

      • NoDakMat

        They get extra protection in the name of equal protection.

        Makes perfect sense.

  5. SDF-7

    ‘First Hand Account’: Kamala Harris Says Joe Biden Remains ‘Capable’ of Being President

    I can fully understand her position that he’s just as capable as she would be.

  6. Rat on a train

    The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument on Dec. 4 in a major case that could alter how courts apply the Constitution and view legal disputes over social issues involving gender.
    In U.S. v. Skrmetti, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is asking the court to end Tennessee’s prohibition on so-called “gender-affirming care,” such as puberty blockers and surgical procedures, for minors.

    It’s no more a social issue than laws prohibiting pedophilia.

  7. Tonio

    We already have an immigration policy with a pathway to citizenship; it requires playing by the rules and waiting one’s turn.

    • SDF-7

      “I believe in a proper border — but it is only humane to let everyone in!”

      • UnCivilServant

        Are you crazy? This racist, sexist, bigoted hellscape isn’t safe for foreigners. Keeping them out is for their own good.

    • Fourscore

      ” it requires playing by the rules and waiting one’s turn.”

      It’s my citizenship and I want it now! /sarc

      Other than voting are there any other benefits denied to non-citizens?

      • UnCivilServant

        In theory, they can be removed to their country of citizenship and denied re-entry.

        They’re also not supposed to hold certain jobs.

      • rhywun

        They are not supposed to get welfare or other cash benefits, either.

        That ship sailed.

    • rhywun

      I remember when “a pathway to citizenship” (and voting – wink wink) for illegals was just a wingnut conspiracy theory. I guess her openly admitting it is some sort of progress.

    • slumbrew

      TBF, our legal immigration system sucks balls. That does not however, mean it’s ok to try to bypass it.

      Enforce the border, simplify the immigration system.

      Higher walls, wider gates.

      • R C Dean

        I would go with high walls, closed gates for a period of time, until we clean out the current lot of illegals and figure out just what immigration policy is beneficial for American citizens.

      • trshmnstr

        I’m on board with Dean’s idea. We’re not homo economicus. Culture matters. Flooding this country with 10s of millions of people who haven’t yet assimilated is eroding the shared culture, and the damage needs to be stopped and assessed before we open the floodgates even wider.

      • slumbrew

        Mine is a preferred destination – I don’t disagree that it would require a messy clean-up period.

      • UnCivilServant

        I’m still in the “Higher walls, closed gates, helicopter rides for commies” camp.

      • juris imprudent

        beneficial for American citizens.

        That right there is the problem.

  8. rhywun

    Supreme Court Headed Toward Potentially Game-Changing Decision Over Gender Disputes

    Must be why my state is trying to change its constitution to make the current insanity surrounding these issues permanent.

    • Fourscore

      Is insanity reversible?

      There are lots of opinions…

  9. PieInTheSky

    Harris: We Need a ‘Humane Immigration Policy’ Including a ‘Pathway to Citizenship’

    I say start small by giving Romanians visa waivers

    • UnCivilServant

      They missed a branding opportunity when they didn’t call the Visa waiver agreements “American Express”

      • bacon-magic

        “What’s in your Passport?” – Kevin Pedo Spacey

    • The Last American Hero

      “Invite them in??!!!” Seriously, not inviting them in is rule number one in keeping the undead from taking over the country?

  10. PieInTheSky

    Scientist Buried Study Of Puberty Blockers For Kids Because She Didn’t Like The Results

    In the end the result is an omelette and kids are sort of like eggs if you look from the right angle

    • DrOtto

      And sometimes, literally scrambled eggs.

  11. Tundra

    Good morning Banjos and crew!

    I’m very much enjoying the drug-fueled cartoons with a Misfits soundtrack, so thanks for that!

    Tulsi Gabbard Announces She’s Joining GOP at Trump Rally

    Why? Isn’t being an independent or a libertarian cooler? Also, was there some sort of baptism?

    • UnCivilServant

      I misread that as “Drug-filled Cratons” and wondered how such large geologic formations got filled up so easily.

    • PieInTheSky

      Also, was there some sort of baptism? – was she naked? are there pictures? questions questions…

      • The Other Kevin

        It was in the Pacific Ocean and she wore a tasteful white bikini.

    • Grummun

      Why?

      It doesn’t seem to get her much immediately, but maybe she’s setting herself up for another run for office in the future. Although if Trump loses, everybody associated with his campaign is going to be the subject of never-ending lawfare.

      • The Other Kevin

        Being in the party gives her access to funds and media and such. I hope she’s planning on running for something. We could use another Senator or Rep who hates the political establishment.

    • Grumbletarian

      Meh. Is Tulsi still gun-grabby? Green New Deal-adjacent? As I recall, her only appealing policy position from a libertarian standpoint was that of not sticking our dicks in every hornet’s nest in the world.

      Given how Team Blue has abused her over the years (RuSsIaN sToOgE accusation from Hilldawg, sticking her on a TSA terror watch list, etc.) I can see her motivation to stick a thumb in the eyes of the donkeys, but otherwise… meh.

      • Tundra

        She has walked back most of that foolishness. She even used the word “wrong” regarding guns. How sincere she is I have no idea but having her close to power worries me less than most of the swamp creatures.

      • R C Dean

        I think she’s sincere about her conversion to gun rights. I was skeptical at first, but she competes in those “tactical games” run-n-gun events (and not just as photo ops), and I don’t think you would do that unless you were serious.

      • The Other Kevin

        Agree with RC, and I would also say getting abused by the Dems has made her a big defender of the First Amendment as well. If all she does is protect free speech, oppose wars, and fuck with the Dems, that’s fine by me.

    • Rat on a train

      They can have Cheney. It’s a good trade for Republicans.

      • DrOtto

        2 Cheney’s for 1 Gabbard is still a bargain.

      • Sensei

        DrOtto – good line!

      • Rat on a train

        Throw in Kinzinger for a six pack. It doesn’t have to be cold.

      • The Other Kevin

        Supposedly Liz Cheney, who lost her primary by 40 points and whose dad engineered wars that killed millions, was promised some sort of foreign policy position by Kamala. Lord help us.

    • The Last American Hero

      I would have preferred she make the announcement more like Hulk Hogan.

    • Rat on a train

      So a mix of public access and commercials for 900 numbers.

  12. Fourscore

    I have a lot of time to ponder. What would I do, if I could, to change two things to make life more free, better? YMMV

    1. Eliminate minimum wage laws

    2. Eliminate compulsory school/government education.

    • rhywun

      3. Eliminate zoning laws

      • Rat on a train

        man-to-man it is then

      • Tundra

        I think a hybrid d is the way to go. Keeps everyone guessing.

  13. Sensei

    Which is more useless the UN or the ICC?

    Israel-bashing is a reliable way to divert attention and pressure. For Mr. Khan it brought acclaim from the left, which dominates international legal circles. The ICC kept quiet about the harassment allegation for more than five months until an anonymous Twitter account brought it to light last week.

    https://www.wsj.com/opinion/international-criminal-court-karim-ahmad-khan-whistleblower-israel-4934bf60?st=jVtFuQ&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

    • rhywun

      I guess I thought the ICC was part of the UN.

      But yeah, equally useless. I wouldn’t pay a second’s attention to either of those hives of scum and villainy.

    • DrOtto

      Isn’t Dick Cheney a convicted war criminal under the ICC limiting where he can travel without fear of getting scooped up? They’ve done some good over the years.

  14. Tundra

    joy will be mandatory

    many of you, like me, have inhabited a sort of middle or orthogonal axis as libertarians or anarcho-capitalists or constitutionalists. my own experience here has been stark:

    i honestly cannot recall ever losing a conservative friend for being pro drugs, pro abortion (within reason), anti-empire, anti-tariff, or pro (unsubsidized) immigration.

    but i have lost a whole pile of liberal friends who have exploded into wild rages and literally been unable to speak to me anymore for my distrust of covid vaccines, refutation of climate change fear narratives, or for saying “i think abortion should be banned after about 13 weeks or so.” i’ve had so called “feminists” go wild and banish me over the idea that dudes in dresses should not be able to play women’s sports.

    My experience is the same as bad kitty’s. I can have knock-down, drag out fights with my conservative pals and nothing else happens. I make one little heretical comment to a proggy and the world ends.

    • rhywun

      I can have glibbish, one-on-one conversations with one of my best friends. But when his wife is around, forgeddabout it. He becomes a different person.

      • UnCivilServant

        I don’t blame him. Over the years, I have perfected the art of masking those opinions I know will be met with disapproval by the people around me for the sake of not having to deal with the mess.

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        I too have a friend like that. Super liberal, lives in SF, we could drink beer and talk about this stuff for days. But he just moved in with a new girlfriend, so…

      • Grummun

        perfected the art of masking those opinions

        A couple weeks ago I had to complete a nominally anonymous (and hopefully anonymous in fact) employee satisfaction survey. One of the questions was “can you be your authentic self at work” or similar. HA HA HA no I cannot.

      • UnCivilServant

        If I were my authentic self at work – things would not go well for anyone.

      • trshmnstr

        One of the questions was “can you be your authentic self at work” or similar. HA HA HA no I cannot.

        Answering yes gets you more of the same. Answering no gets you more DEI. A catch 22

      • dbleagle

        UCS gets it. Work is work they wouldn’t like my authentic self, nor would I like theirs. We are here to get a task done.

        I have had disagreements and multiple conversations, over years, with GOP friends over issues. They continue to be friends.

        Lefties drop “friendship” over stepping off of the rez at the drop of a hat.

    • juris imprudent

      Dissent was once patriotic, now it is heresy.

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        Get with the program or move to Russia.

    • DrOtto

      I had a friend who passed about a year ago who was a raging socialist progressive. We used to chop it up and he had as much fun with it as I did. One of the last laughs we had together was when I said it looks like his cousin is coming around when I pointed out his cousin’s license plate was MAGA adjacent because it started with “FJB”. There are still some people civil, even if wrong, about politics.

      • slumbrew

        I’d wager that the numbers dropping over time are just a function of maturity and not generational cohort thing.

        I.e., I’d expect Gen Z Liberals to stop being such dicks about it as they mature.

        But maybe the damage is too great.

      • Sensei

        Interesting point.

        I can only speak personally when I was the age of Gen Z in the last century I didn’t care what the politics of my friends were.

      • PutridMeat

        I’d wager that the numbers dropping over time are just a function of maturity and not generational cohort thing.

        Probably. Interestingly, the ratio stays almost constant at 0.5 through all cohorts. So liberals are twice as likely to be dicks in all age groups, even the absolute number of dicks, to Mrs. Garrisons chagrin, falls.

      • kinnath

        I don’t think the drop off is strictly related to aging/maturity. I can’t remember any other time in my life when political disagreement led to such extreme responses (note that the vietnam war time might be close).

        Young liberals are completely off their rockers at this point.

    • R.J.

      Same here. Libs go crazy if you have different views. Yet they can never defend their own. I only had one liberal friend who engaged me in food faith and debates.

      • trshmnstr

        Holy Guacamole!

      • R.J.

        I’ll say it again, the Devil hides in autocorrect.

      • bacon-magic

        Pineapple is delicious on pizza.

      • UnCivilServant

        Pineapple is too sweet and becomes a napalm bomb due to the high moisture content – which also causes problems with the neighboring parts of the dish. It just doesn’t play well with others.

    • The Other Kevin

      I’m going with Scott Adams. This is no longer a disagreement about politics, it’s mental illness.

      • R.J.

        I remember during the end of Obama’s term, when the riots started. There was a mindset if “You agree with us, or you are the enemy” which began right around then. It was articulated by DEI pushers.

      • trshmnstr

        Yep, that’s around when it shifted from “you agree with me or you’re a redneck moron” to “you agree with me or youre the enemy”.

      • rhywun

        Yup, Obama played a huge part in deliberately stirring up this shit. He learned how at the feet of his Marxist heroes.

      • Not Adahn

        If you disagree with Obama, you’re not just wrong, you’re a racist. And racism is the greatest most unforgivable of all sins.

    • The Last American Hero

      Likely your conservative friends believe in God. Your proggy friends have adopted politics as their religion, so a disagreement isn’t just a disagreement but heresy.

  15. db

    ‘First Hand Account’: Kamala Harris Says Joe Biden Remains ‘Capable’ of Being President 

    I first read that as:

    ‘First Hand Account’: Kamala Harris Says Joe Biden’s Remains ‘Capable’ of Being President 

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      President of the local Shriner’s chapter maybe…

    • SDF-7

      :chortle:

    • slumbrew

      *golf clap*

    • UnCivilServant

      Wait, the US had slavery?

      • Stinky Wizzleteats

        Yeah but I think we were the only one. I mean, if someone like say Turkey for instance had slavery there’d be a lot of black people there, right?

      • UnCivilServant

        The Arab and Turkish slave trade was a funny beast. Brutal towards the ‘Zanj’, but white critisan balkin slaves were told to run the country while women from the caucuses were the mothers of the next sultans. The part that makes it even funnier is that the empire began to fall apart when they stopped giving the government to the brightest of the balkin boys and started divvying it up among those born muslim.

      • SarumanTheGreat

        The US Invented slavery. In 1619. And forced all other countries and peoples in the world to start the practice in order to provide cover. Every Bible, every document written before that time that now mentions slavery has been retconned, the previous editions destroyed. They were very thorough in their memory-holing.

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        Don’t forget the whole history of the Janissaries and Mameluke Beys, in Turkey and Egypt respectively. Slave armies that were more trusted than family, at least until the Mameluke’s were slaughtered in mass during a power play in Egypt pre-France takeover (and probably disarmed them enough to enable that.

      • UnCivilServant

        The Balkin boys I referenced were those, Zwak.

      • kinnath

        That was hilarious

    • KSuellington

      I’m an absolute and total information junkie and it wasn’t until I was in my late 30’s that I saw that about 10% of the African Atlantic slave trade went to the United States with most of the rest going to Brazil and the Caribbean. I also learned that slavery wasn’t made officially illegal in much of the Arab world until the 1950’s and 60’s, and Mauritania in the 80’s. Also that over 1 million Europeans were taken as slaves to North African markets in the late 1700’s to early 1800’s.

      • slumbrew

        Funny how they glossed over that during our mandatory schooling.

      • Drake

        Also funny how there are no black people in Saudi Arabian or neighboring countries despite millions of African slaves being sold there.

      • KSuellington

        Funny indeed. I’d guess that the percentage of Americans who would know those facts would be well less than one percent. Slavery is very much presented as a (literal) black and white issue that happened almost exclusively in one place and for one time period. Thinking back on what set me off on reading more about slavery was a small section in Sowell’s “Basic Econonics” in which he talks about the etymology of the world “slave” and why.

      • UnCivilServant

        Pay no attention to all those slavic peoples in chains.

    • The Other Kevin

      We have far too much division in our country, let’s lower the temperature and enjoy both T & A together.

      • slumbrew

        A position we can all get behind.

        TOK 2024!

      • The Other Kevin

        Don’t get too excited, my friend wrote me in for school board yesterday but in Indiana you have to file a paper as a write-in candidate. Who knew running for public office involved paperwork?

  16. Sensei

    The editorials editor for the Los Angeles Times stepped down Wednesday after the newspaper’s billionaire owner stopped the publication’s expected endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.

    Mariel Garza is leaving her post at the Times because she wants “to make it clear that I am not OK with us being silent” after biotech entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong scrapped the paper’s endorsement for president.

    Because without the LAT’s official endorsement there is no way Harris will win CA.

    https://nypost.com/2024/10/23/media/la-times-editorial-editor-resigns-after-patrick-soon-shiong-scraps-harris-endorsement/

  17. Common Tater

    “In 2017, Cuyahoga County DCFS was one of four social services agencies nationwide chosen to research, develop and evaluate transgender ideology-based child welfare interventions that suggest parents and caregivers who do not affirm a child’s sexual orientation or gender confusion are unsafe and may need to have their children removed from their home. Members of the Biden-Harris administration called the Cuyahoga County group “trailblazers” and wanted to nationalize their model. The Cuyahoga County DCFS team influenced the recently finalized Biden-Harris rule which requires child welfare systems to validate and support gender confusion.”

    https://dailycaller.com/2024/10/23/exclusive-child-services-dept-working-with-biden-harris-admin-tracked-trans-kids-on-secret-database/

    LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE!!

    • Nephilium

      Fucking Cuyahoga county assholes!

      Wait a second…

    • The Other Kevin

      Damn even trans kids are on a secret list. No wonder big tech wants nuclear power. How else would our government manage all these lists?

    • rhywun

      Madness.

      • Tundra

        Wood chipper worthy.

  18. Sensei

    The voice from my youth. Naturally she wants a piece of the pie.

    Her voice is famous on a New Jersey boardwalk. She wants to be paid for it.
    Floss Stingel sued the city of Wildwood for allegedly using her voice on its iconic tram for decades without paying her.

    Stingel first captured her rendition of “Watch the tram car, please” on a tape recorder in 1971 at the request of her boyfriend at the time, who worked for the family that owned the tram cars, according to her lawsuit.

    https://archive.fo/c29mS#selection-847.0-847.219

    • trshmnstr

      Laches?

      • Sensei

        Why yes.

        “Stingel, a longtime North Wildwood resident, told The Washington Post she appreciated her place in the boardwalk’s history and hadn’t thought to question the city’s usage of her recording, which she provided without signing a contract or obtaining copyright. But last year, she visited the boardwalk gift store and saw plush tram toys on sale that played her voice.”

  19. SarumanTheGreat

    From the dead thread:

    Evan from Evansville on October 23, 2024 at 9:09 pm
    “Hey, Saruman: I was born in Bluefield, WV,”

    My dad was born in Beckley, WV. Raleigh County. One of twelve (seven survived infancy).

  20. The Late P Brooks

    A couple weeks ago I had to complete a nominally anonymous (and hopefully anonymous in fact) employee satisfaction survey. One of the questions was “can you be your authentic self at work” or similar. HA HA HA no I cannot.

    That only counts if being your authentic self involves Shirley Temple role play.

  21. Sensei

    I posted about the LI shop a while ago. Again, why?

    Jimmy John’s Picklewich was likely inspired by the pickle sandwich from the Long Island store Seven Brothers Gourmet Food Market that went viral on TikTok over the summer. That sandwich also featured a scooped-out pickle filled with deli meat, cheese, bacon, and some additional toppings.

    https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jimmy-johns-releasing-first-kind-100000863.html

    • UnCivilServant

      Your flavor ratios are going to be off, and the pickle is either going to introduce far too much liquid, or be too dried out to eat.

      Plus, I worry they’re going to use pickled whole cucumber, where the skin keeps the pickling liquid from getting inside and flavoring it. Spears are the best pickle shape for flavor and crispness.

    • Not Adahn

      Carbs are bad?

      • Sean

        Yes. 😛

      • R.J.

        There is that. But shirts covered with hard to remove pickle juice stains are also bad.

      • The Last American Hero

        Yes. Electronic Fuel Injection or GTFO.

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        Quad Weber twin barrel downdrafts laugh at your puny fuel injection.

  22. WTF

    “The Atlantic” Writer Behind “Suckers and Losers” Hoax Is Out With a New Hit Piece – And It Got Debunked Instantly

    I would think this latest by Goldberg has got to meet the standard of “Actual Malice”, especially given his history.

  23. The Late P Brooks

    “Scientist”

  24. The Late P Brooks

    Smells like journalism

    In a post on the social media platform X that did not directly mention the resignation, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong said the board was asked to do a factual analysis of the policies of Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump during their time at the White House.

    Additionally, “The board was asked to provide (its) understanding of the policies and plans enunciated by the candidates during this campaign and its potential effect on the nation in the next four years,” he wrote. “In this way, with this clear and non-partisan information side-by-side, our readers could decide who would be worthy of being president for the next four years.”

    What a preposterous suggestion. No wonder she quit.

    • Grumbletarian

      a factual analysis of the policies of Harris

      A factual analysis reveals that Harris’ policies change depending on the audience to whom she is cackling.

  25. The Late P Brooks

    The LA Times Guild Unit Council & Bargaining Committee said it was “deeply concerned about our owner’s decision to block a planned endorsement in the presidential race.”

    “We are even more concerned that he is now unfairly assigning blame to Editorial Board members for his decision not to endorse,” the guild said in a statement. “We are still pressing for answers from newsroom management on behalf of our members.”

    The fleas pretend they run the circus.

    • Gustave Lytton

      They imagine they’re Jedediah Leland writing a review.

  26. KK, Plump & Unfiltered

    If Trump successfully kills both the Dem Party and the OGOP, that alone will be worth voting for him

    • The Other Kevin

      That’s a wish list hope of mine too. The Democratic party is a shit show right now, and with all the harm they’ve done it will be nice to see things fall apart for them.

      • The Other Kevin

        And also the MSM, who decided to go full propaganda mode. They’ll go right over the cliff too.

  27. The Late P Brooks

    Demeaning democracy

    “We are aware of nothing like this in modern political history,” the officials wrote in the letter obtained by The Washington Post.

    They noted that the DOJ has long held that “anything having monetary value,” including a lottery, could be considered a prohibited payment for voter registration.

    “We recognize that they are framed as payments for signing a petition, or for referring voters who sign,” the letter reads. “But many of the payments are restricted to registered voters, so anyone who wishes to get paid must first register.”

    If Mark Zuckerberg was doing this, they would cheerfully wave any objections away by saying not everybody who registers gets paid.

    • R.J.

      Wasn’t Zuckerbucks a similar context?

      • trshmnstr

        I thought zuckerbux went to leftist NGOs

      • rhywun

        Yeah, it went to setting up ballot harvesting operations.

  28. The Late P Brooks

    Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) also described the sweepstakes as “deeply concerning” and suggested that it “raises serious questions that folks may want to take a look at.”

    “I think there are real questions with how he is spending money in this race. How the dark money is flowing, not just into Pennsylvania but apparently now into the pockets of Pennsylvanians,” Shapiro said Sunday on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.”

    Where’s my cut?

    • UnCivilServant

      Youre not a Keystoner.

    • rhywun

      Meanwhile Kamala has laundered who knows how many hundreds of millions of dollars through ActBlue but let’s not talk about that.

      • The Other Kevin

        And how much “dark money” came from people named Soros?

  29. Sensei

    I get this is unfair of me to suggest, since VW doesn’t even really have a hybrid drivetrain in production, but it’s hard not to think that the Buzz would have been a lot better as a series-hybrid or an EV with a range extender.

    I think that would have been really interesting. It would give you lots of electric for camping and the like and the range that you need to take this on trips. They could have also used a much smaller, cheaper and lighter battery. This is a case where the complexity of a hybrid has some real benefit.

    https://www.theautopian.com/the-volkswagen-id-buzz-i-wanted-was-doomed-from-the-start/

    It’s also one of the more critical and detailed reviews I’ve read on the Buzz.

  30. kinnath

    According to the NY Times (via google news), Harris dropped the F-bomb during her town hall. I can access the Times article.

    So was she showing her strong female character? Or was this just a dumb-shit moment in the middle of a word salad?

    • The Other Kevin

      The way she’s coming off the rails about Trump is validating anyone who actually is opposing her because they’re sexist.

  31. The Late P Brooks

    Humorless retards

    On Tuesday evening, Musk reshared a fake image on X that showed an article from the magazine reading “Trump Is Literally Hitler.” The article was never written for or published by The Atlantic, but Musk appeared to take the image as truth, commenting, “They are literally foaming at the mouth 😂.”

    The day after Musk posted the message, which had amassed over 20 million views, The Atlantic said in a statement that it did not publish an article with that headline.

    The statement did not mention Musk by name. In a statement to NBC News, a spokesperson for The Atlantic condemned sharing fake images like the one Musk reposted, saying, “The images are harmful and irresponsible, they misinform and manipulate people who encounter them, often using our own writers’ actual bylines.”

    Satire is hard.

    • The Other Kevin

      Someone put two and two together yesterday about Kamala’s crazy Hitler speech and those Atlantic articles. The Atlantic’s editor (?) is Steve Jobs’ widow, and she’s BFF’s with Kamala. So those two are coordinating the revival of the Trump as Hitler strategy.

    • Suthenboy

      One good thing about getting sent to the camps – we will get to meet in person some very interesting people. I want to meet some of the BB staff.

    • cyto

      Wait…. it is a white male… so they have to go with a strong woman of color as the lead..

      That is going to be … so problematic

    • UnCivilServant

      Stop. Think. Don’t Remake.

  32. The Late P Brooks

    It is the latest in a string of recent incidents in which Musk has shared false information leading up to the election and inspired public pushback and fact-checking. According to The Atlantic, it is one of several notable instances in the last several years in which faked images of articles from the magazine have gone viral.

    Signs your magazine is a laughingstock…

  33. The Late P Brooks

    One less camwhore

    A famous grizzly bear beloved for decades by countless tourists, biologists and professional wildlife photographers in Grand Teton National Park is dead after being struck by a vehicle in western Wyoming.

    Grizzly No. 399 died Tuesday night on a highway in Snake River Canyon south of Jackson, park officials said in a statement Wednesday, adding the driver was unhurt. A yearling cub was with the grizzly when she was struck and though not believed to have been hurt, its whereabouts were unknown, according to the statement.

    The circumstances of the crash were unclear. Grand Teton and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials said they had no further information to release about it.

    That’s not the sort of thing you just buff out.