This cannot stand.
An unprovoked attack on America and its most treasured institutions cannot be left without response. Costco is a national treasure. A business model based upon on a simple premise: allow people to save money buying in bulk via a paid membership.
Its genius!
Anyone willing to take up arms against such an institution should prepare for the full wrath of American military might. Willing to take up arms, or allow others to do so. Therefore I am in full support of an invasion of Mexico, up to and including a full conquest of their government. We will liberate Mexico, because all Mexicans deserve to live in FREEDOM.
¡enalces!
I will point out that Costco in Puerto Vallarta being burned down is in dispute, however there were several other grocers in locations throughout Mexico that did get burned down. Mostly OXXO. Then again, I don’t trust the press in this country, let alone Mexico.
El Presidenté Mujer has opinions on El Mencho killing.
Despite her opinions, someone in her government deployed a few troops in response and did the fascism thing.
State Department advises American tourists to shelter in place. Great advice, guys.
In truly alarming news…this is actually going to hurt me the most.
Elsewhere in Latin America..I think they made a Black Mirror episode about this.
Here’s a tune. I don’t think I linked them before but why not?
Costco stopped carrying the 2.5 lb bags of whole bean Starbucks French Roast.
It was me.
I burned it down.
Costco stopped carrying my favorite meat log. Now I have to pay the same price for half as much meat to the Sconnies.
STEVE SMITH CARRY FAVORITE MEAT LOG!
Yeah but no one likes the suppository version.
The coffee comes out to almost three times the price.
And the Kirkland replacement they are pushing is likely crap.
I haven’t tried it yet but I’m guessing it appeals to the ‘McDonald’s and Duncan have coffee that good compared to that burnt crap Starbucks roasts!’ Redditor crowd that dosent like coffee at all.
I liked Starbucks until they switched to the brew on demand crap. Just like Pilot/Flying J. I won’t drink their crap now.
Dunkin’ has been meh but McDonalds has good coffee, almost always brewed right, and is drinkable black. 99¢ price in the app is cherry on top. I think I’ll pick one up this afternoon.
The brew on demand is better than the Pike St roast that they used to have after 10 am.
That stuff is as weak and flavorless as McDonald’s. It’s like the crap coffee out of a can my grandma used to make.
I only drink the dark roasts at Starbucks, black: Italian, French, Sumatra, Yukon
Yukon was my longtime go to for whole bean until they changed teh sourcing twenty years ago. Now they basically ended the Reserve coffees except in the Roasteries. Fuck Starbucks and their latest parachute ceo.
Pete’s for me, and they either have it on sale, or completely out of stock. I have 10 bags now sitting in my pantry.
They used to carry a Kona blend that was delicious. I still go there though.
They stopped selling the Polish Dog at the counter.
And ended sour kraut.
The local store got rid of about 2/3 of the books and all of the DVD titles they sold mountains of.
Too many skews I was told.
Bean counters that think having a large number of items on hand need to be made to clean the grease trap before they are fired.
That was one of my jobs as a dish dog at a YMCA summer camp. I can still remember the smell…
I’m guessing it appeals to the ‘McDonald’s and Duncan have coffee that good compared to that burnt crap Starbucks roasts!’ Redditor crowd that dosent like coffee at all.
I’ll admit to hating the Starbucks coffee, but I’m a reformed tea guy and don’t like dark roast. I buy Tim Hortons whole bean from Sam’s Club.
Canadian coffee?!
Traitor!!!!
Road trip!
¡EL FWEEDOM!
Bienvenido a Costco, te quiero.
Well played, Taco Bell.
Well. Played.
Remember the Costco!
From the bins of tomatillos
To the frozen dairy…
The COSTCO fiasco was a diversion away from the OXXO incendiaries.
Good move. Some arsonists are worth it.
True
Surrender needs to be played when we are talking about the French.
Still seemed appropriate
That’s cool.
I just like poking the French.
You know who else liked to poke the French?
Marlon Brando in “Last Tango in Paris”?
Ethan Hawke?
I wouldn’t want to be stranded there either.
Oh wow, Bodø scored against the run of play.
I think I can hearing the whistling of the Inter fans at their team.
Legalize drugs and the cartels have to move on to something else. Most would probably morph, like Joe Kennedy did, into some family dynasty that would be “legitimate” in a couple generations. Michael Corleone’s grandkids aren’t putting horse heads in Hollywood moguls’ beds nor are they burning down American icons like Costco.
No, they are making movies about Bill Murray blowing his chances with ScoJo.
I seem to recall that one of the big northern cartels basically owns the avocado business in Mexico. There are other ones that handle transshipment of home appliances, refrigerators and microwaves and such, from the US into Mexico.
Criminals are gonna go where there’s profit to be made.
Yes. I now have to make sure I am not buying conflict avocados.
If you get guacamole on your burrito, you’re supporting terrorism!
I never thought I’d feel sorry for stoners, but here we are…
If you are putting guacamole on anything, you are the terrorist!
Live near Fallbrook, CA.
Now I have the “Avocados from Mexico” jinglet as an earworm. 🥑
You watch PBS cooking shows too, GT?
Trump needs to put a 200% tariff on fentanyl. It’s the only way to make those so inclined to understand the rules of Trump’s game. Pass it on to the sellers.
Here’s an article from last year on their movement into the Avocado industry.
Supposedly, they got involved with Limes as well, but I’m not sure about that fact.
They’ll move on to smuggling something else just as bad as drugs.
The libertarian ideal of “just legalize it and the cartels will rue the day!” is as stupid as it is dumb.
And it’s not like it would ever happen. People look at places where drugs are “more” legal than here and say, “Nope.”
I was wondering, after seeing Mexican soldiers wearing those snappy uniforms, how much US foreign aid goes to the Mexican military.
duckai says (grain of salt and all that):
An part of that summary reads:
Obligated? Interesting choice of words.
Link to USGAO that the AI answer is based on.
I can only imagine all the worthy uses that money is put to. 🙄
Honestly, I’m surprised it is as little as $0.25B. Caveat, that was 2024.
How much US aid is going directly to the Cartels?
Mexican drug trafficking organizations generate an estimated $13.6 to $49.4 billion annually in wholesale earnings from illegal drug sales in the U.S.. Mexico is a major supplier of heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, and cocaine, with profits reaching into the tens of billions of dollars. These organizations dominate the supply chain.
The government cost is chumpo chango.
I think Landman had the number right. Oil – King. Cartels – annoying but growing knight wanting to topple the King.
Anything skimmed off the top is pennies to them
I doubt they’re buying their automatic weapons from American FFLs despite the liberals attempting to to insinuate that.
It’s not like the Mexican police and military don’t have plenty of US-sourced weapons to fall out of the truck…
Pepperidge Farm remembers when the Obama ATF was organizing straw sales to send tens of thousands of guns to Mexico.
We will liberate Mexico
And we can cut out the middlemen of the drug trade, the cartels!!!
Can we restore the Habsburgs?
After what happened last time I don’t think any remaining members of the family want any parts of that country.
I would laugh my ass off if we legalized the hard stuff, and the Zetas and CJNG just pivoted to selling cocaine base and morphine directly to Pfizer and GSK…
“We aim to have Topo Chico Mineral Water back later this year,” the spokesperson continued. “This change only involves Topo Chico Mineral Water. Other Topo Chico drinks remain available in the United States.”
Just keep making the grapefruit variety for my Palomas.
Two of those and I’m on Topo the world.
Jarritos. Enough said. That way, as long as you have a couple of shooters of tequila in your glove box, you can always make yourself a Paloma at the taco truck.
Unflavored for me, just add a lime wedge to keep anyone from being able to recycle the glass bottle.
Look like inferior La Croix for you for a while.
Pellegrino? Gerolsteiner?
Give Mineral Wells, TX water a shot. https://drinkcrazywater.com
Why do people like grapefruit juice?
All of a sudden I see Paloma everywhere.
We might see a pivot from Mexico and Iran to the Ukraine in the relatively near future:
(1) An oil transfer station supplying Slovakia and Hungary was damaged in a attack.
(2) the EU is going to stop buying oil from Russia a few days after the Hungarian elections in an attempt try to panic voters to vote against Orban. From my limited experienced with Magyars that ain’t gonna work.
If they’re trying to burn down the world to keep the war with Russia going, they’re giving it a pretty good shot.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/02/24/ukraine-eu-strikes-russian-oil-pumping-station-that-transmits-oil-into-hungary-and-slovakia/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/02/24/eu-schedules-permanent-ban-on-russian-import-oil-for-three-days-after-hungarian-election/
How long before the EU breaks up?
Now that would be ironic – so desperate to displace Putin that they end up losing their mighty union.
Now that would be ironic… Like Ukraine on your wedding day?
Look at how long it took England to leave.
And the fools are still cutting checks to Brussels last I heard.
How is it they are even still importing anything at all from Russia Russia Russia? I thought Putin was their most existential enemy or something.
Could it be that most of their blathering is for show??
Or, now that the precedent has been set with the Brits, will Hungary and Slovakia take a good hard look at the balance sheet, and decide whether continued EU membership is a viable strategy?
Or even a little bit desirable?
“Called “Gaitana” ( named after a legendary cacique) it is aiming for one seat reserved for indigenous communities.”
They get one seat and it’s been taken by AI. Most 2026 headline so far.
I love it.
Oxxo (and Guadalajara Pharmacy) were apparently targeted because they’re not cartel owned unlike the “independent” pharmacias*, Oxxo has ties to the Mexican government, and they provide a lot of services (like Japanese conbini) beyond medical drugs to ordinary people.
*Oxxo is a franchise and some of the franchises are owned by narcos. Guess which ones weren’t burned down?
One of the big reasons that northern Cancun used to be a lovely place to visit, was because that was where the cartel higher-ups parked their money, and often their families. They didn’t put up with any bullshit in those neighborhoods, whether from cops, unaffiliated street hoods, or drunk frat boys on spring break.
Sadly, I understand that most of that money has been moved elswehere in recent years.
PV was (and is) safe because the one dominant cartel, vs Acapulco and its decline due to multiple weaker cartels. I’m sure CNG was involved in pretty much every aspect of the PV tourist industry in some way.
Note that the only retaliatory deaths were Mexican military. All of the cars stopped and burned allowed occupants to exit first.
Is that why there are so man farmacias in Mexico? They are just money laundering operations?
Well there is legitimate demand for meds in Mexico.
True, but it seems like there are two or three on every block. Maybe the older tourists really are buying that many boner pills.
I’ve occasionally made use of Mexican farmacias to stock up on antibiotics and pain meds. You have to shop around a bit to avoid getting suckered with counterfeits, but it’s not hard to find trustworthy establishments with a bit of research.
¡Necesito mi Retin-A!
Fun!
Not.
I never had a problem, rhy. But it has been a while.
In honor of the cartels I am making some ancho/adobo chili braised tachos with some guac, pickled red onyions and cojtia cheese
I feel like I need a decoder ring around here sometimes.
I was trying my American speak
ON-yons? Do you gua-ron-TEE? ⚜️
tachos
Afraid of over-revving?
I am sitting through an hour and a half presentation on labor relations. And I gave up alcohol for Lent.
Amuse yourself by suggesting contractual prima nocta.
This is horrible. And about to end thankfully.
Thats my problem too.
On a business trip and no alcohol allowed.
You picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
Count Dankula is covering the Mexican boogaloo.
I think its amusing that this made it across the pond.
If the cartels are kidnapping Americans, I wonder what OMB is going to do?
Move south killing everything that looks like it might shoot back until the land gets really narrow then go back home?
I haven’t heard anything about Americans getting kidnapped.
I would be very surprised to hear this myself.
These guys are brutal but they’re not stupid, and pissing off the gringos is all risk and no benefit.
Apparently one of my nephews and his wife are currently somewhere in the vicinity of Puerta Vallarta.
Honest
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will terminate Anthropic’s $200 million contract with the military by Friday unless the artificial intelligence lab agrees to loosen its safety standards.
Now that’s how you journalism.
If only the correct Party were in power so NPR didn’t have to express any fake concern for civil liberties.
Ugh, I have to vent a little. My wife has a close friend from roller derby. The friend hasn’t been around a lot lately, and today we found out it’s because she’s joined an ICE Watch group. Her husband is of Mexican descent (his whole family is here legally). He is now carrying his gun all the time, and his birth certificate. They are terrified because “ICE is coming to Indiana”. Spoiler alert, they were here a few months ago for like a week. Mrs. TOK tried to explain that there are people making people afraid on purpose, but the reply was “You don’t have to worry because your last name isn’t Mexican”.
The whole thing makes me sick. My parents are terrified of Trump as well. I really just want to punch the assholes who are doing this to our country.
The one thing they could do, turn off the TV, is something they won’t.
And get off Facebook…
1000% both.
I’m my world FB deleted me.
Jan 6 was an insurrection and people supporting invading foreign nationals aren’t traitors.
My wife was freaking out too.
It’s exactly what you said, people trying to scare others for political ends. Sigh
It’s affecting families and friendships. And now people are getting killed. It’s sick.
It’s exactly what Democrats want. They will ride the fear and chaos all the way back to the White House and they don’t give a flying fuck about you, your family, or your friends.
My naturalized bil carries his US passport now. ICE arresting and detaining US citizens as suspected illegals for hours to days isn’t helping.
The narrative of “they’re kidnapping everyone and murdering people in cold blood!” has really taken hold just as intended. It should be criminal to purposefully turn a country on itself, but those responsible will get re-elected or a Pulitzer.
The Law Brothers have information that would lead to the arrest and conviction of Hilary Clinton.
Paging Vince Foster.