Donald leaned over, fingers steepled, lips pursed, a look of concentration on his face as the hat outlined the plan on a whiteboard.
âSo we rename both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, âAmerica,ââ the hat said, swelling with pride.
âWouldnât that be confusing?â the hair asked, nearly choking.
âNo, stupid, it wouldnât, weâd call one of them American Ocean West and American Ocean East.â
âI see,â Donald said, nodding. âAnd where do we put all the sweaty handsome men?â
âAmerican Ocean West,â the hat said. âAmerica Ocean East is full of Browns.â
âAlways with the Browns,â the hair said.
âThere are some Blacks too,â the hat said defensively. âBut they donât swim very well, so are less of a concern.â
âUsha is a Brown, you know,â the hair said.
âYou fucking take that back!â the hat screeched.
âShe smells nice,â Donald said. âLike flowers and breast milk.â
âAnd if you circle the globe, West becomes East and East becomes West,â the hair said.
âSounds like a buncha hippie nonsense to me,â the hat said.
âThe cardinal points of the compass are not âhippie nonsense,ââ the hair said, doing the deep-breathing exercises his therapist told him to try.
âCompasses are lame and gay,â the hat said, âreal men donât get lost.â
âLegs like tree trunks, splashing as they run through Ocean America,â Donald said. âAsses blazing as the sunsets behind them.â
ââAmerican Oceanâ polls better,â the hat said.
âLike you took polls,â the hair sneered.
âIâm sorry, did the descendant of a scrofulous merkin have something to contribute? No? Nothing else?â
âYou haberdashered deviant!â
âHis lips were like steelâŠâ Donald said. âCollege football hero. The kind of White I can get behind.â
âUmâŠâ the hair began.
âThereâs nothing wrong with finding men attractive,â the hat said.
âA bottom for heads would say that!â
They went for each other, rolling around like cats⊠angry, horny cats.
âNo fighting. All we have are each other,â Donald said, scooping the hat and the hair off his desk. He hugged them tight as the hat screamed âGay! Gay! Help! Heâs doing a gay on me!â
Thanks SF
Glad I got here early, still an hour before lunch.
Scrofulous merkin? That’s harsh.
Poetry.
They went for each other, rolling around like cats⊠angry, horny cats.
Hate sex is not unique to humans.
You’ve never experienced hate sex like the exquisite dance of two Firsters competing for the ultimate First.
Firsting is the greatest aphrodisiac.
The thought of sex with you is enough to fill anyone with hate.
If hate sex is the only kind of sex you can get…
âGay! Gay! Help! Heâs doing a gay on me!â
*thunderous applause*
Bro First?
Speaking of gay…
Historians say the revolution was where the modern-day French tradition of civic engagement as a duty was born. The idea is that voting is not the only way to drive change; demonstration is considered a bedrock value, a way to make elites hear the populace and to defend freedoms. The moment a child becomes an activist is seen as a generations-old rite of passage. The right to protest is even constitutionally protected.
*Cont’d from AM
The AP must have brought in a pinch hitter from Jacobin to pen that excrescence. They certainly couldn’t be trying to give our own domestic activists a bit of the old wink and a nod, could they?
The tree of equity must be from time to time watered with the blood of capitalists, you know.
Now do J6.
No no, only the correct useful idiots can demonstrate.
Otherwise they might ask questions about the ditch behind them.
I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of activities I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description “insurrection”, and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it.
But I know it when I see it.
So political pr0n. Poly pr0n?
The freedom to have free shit seems to be the only one they’re interested in.
And proper ventilation in their schools.
Macron couldn’t help but gaslight about how “French” are the ones doing this. He’d rather make his people look like shit than just admit it’s the non-French his ilk has flooded the country with doing the damage.
And painting the destruction as 100% in the spirit of French democracy? It’s like saying that Somalians are as American as apple pie man!
Not to mention the freedom from the existence of Jews.
Marx was a kraut, the frogs really ought to hate him.
âFor young people from the suburbs, the riot is one of the traditional forms of collective expression,â he said.
It’s just another rite of passage. Everyone remembers their first molotov cocktail.
Rite of Passage: Like knife fights in the hood among certain youths.
The real rite of passage for gangsters is taking their first dick at a Diddy-inspired party.
Rioting is just another word for nothing left to lose.
…and that’s all Macron left me…
Well feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when the immigrants sang the blues
I don’t think that suburban culture is going to mesh well with the Yinzers and Cajuns that will be in Paris for the NFL game Sunday. I would guess that there’s already some getting into town now, with most arriving tomorrow.
Meanwhile in the paywalled NYT.
San Francisco now offers free child care to families of four earning up to $235,000 a year, including Mr. Marman and Ms. Makiyama. The city pays half the cost of child care for families making up to $325,000 a year, an eye-popping level that is more than 3.5 times the countryâs median household income.</em.
Golly, why is SF so unaffordable?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/san-francisco-cost-living-affordable-housing.html
Anyone remember the Obamacare article from the SFtimes where they quoted some yuppie couple making six figures who said they knew that SOMEONE would have to pay for the ACA…they just didn’t think it would be them?
ugh
At what point is it just cheaper for one parent to stay home and take care of the kids?
Putting women in the workforce/feminism is the greatest trick the capitalist class ever played. This dipshit women out here ranting about the capitalistic patriarchy have been hoodwinked to such a degree that it’s one of the craziest things you’ll see in all of human history.
Capitalism and capitalism alone not only enabled women in the workforce, but provided the actual incentives and reasoning for it. The men at the top were licking their chops over the prospect of doubling the work force in short order. But good luck convincing any feminists of that.
Or, you know, plan ahead before reproducing so you know you will be able to afford it instead of making me pay for it.
Call it “planned parenthood”.
Woh woh woh now…
We cannot hold women accountable for their choices like that bud. They don’t choose to engage in behavior that produces pregnancy. They are impregnated by the man and the man alone made that choice.
My body, my choice.
Your wallet, my choice.
You see in the old days children were a source of labor and source of care for you in your old age in return for your investment in them.
In modern western social paradises they are an expensive luxury good.
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/20/children-status-wealth-federal-reserve
Somehow omitted is the Axios hit piece are the single moms on public assistance. Although I guess that qualifies as source of labor and care for your retirement…
In modern western social paradises they are an expensive luxury good.
The premium models are trans so you can show them off in the highest social circles.
I just heard ten million Reddit brats cry out as one, “I NEVER ASKED TO BE BORN!!!!!”
When you subtract all the costs of working (commute, clothes, childcare, etc.) from the actual take-home pay, for many couples the financial hit from the lower-earning spouse (almost always the woman, because hypergamy) is minimal to nonexistent.
The ROI on one parent staying home and homeschooling, cooking (saves money), not drivig to work and buying work clothes for us is about $45,000 before taxes.
The added bonus is your kids arenât going to be taught to be gay race communists since the age of three months.
Thus the push to have the government raise your children for you. Everyone wins!
Just what a Russian collaborator would say
Musk held multiple conversations with administration officials leading up to the order, the sources said. He wanted clarity on the president’s thinking on the matter. Musk has expressed distaste with his company being seen as profiting from the continued war between Russia and Ukraine.
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“Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS,” Musk, the world’s richest person, wrote on X.
Daddy Warbucks is playing favorites, no matter what he says. He’ll end up owning Ukraine.
Musk want Ukraine so he can build an enormous water park.
Note how CBS has pivoted to “Space X’s satellite network” versus specifying Starlink or Starshield.
https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-starlink-elon-musk-trump-dbc49193?st=AmrQXs&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
So in the full piece you can basically read between the lines. Musk and Trump had a call. Trump suggested it would be nice if SpaceX applied some pressure, but wasn’t telling him he needed to do something. Musk complied. This gave both parties plausible deniability.
It accomplished its purpose of reminding the Ukraine that it was beholding to both. I’m not that it is going to be effective, but here we are.
Apparently the Secretary of Commerce is a Trump clone.
The Japanese Consul General looks like an anime character. Definitely Bowieish screwed-down hairdo.
But boy could he play guitar!
He played it left hand But made it too far.
The Japanese Consul General looks like an anime character. Definitely Bowieish screwed-down hairdo.
Are the Japanese dignitaries wearing top hats and tails?
Pinstripe suits. Unusually large number of lapel pins though.
What do you have against flair?
Paywalled unfortunately.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/02/23/issues/badges-honor-japans-legal-lapel-pins-really-mean/
Japanese male jewelry.
Comrade of Cheese?
It’s Japan. You shouldn’t be surprised.
https://www.cheese-professional.com/info/about_about_en.php
But “Comrade” is too communistic a title for something so noble as cheese.
Of course the Japanese would have a training seminar on the proper technique to cut the cheese.
Why did the word “autistic” need to be invented?
Accompanying graphic
I prefer “American Indian Ocean”.
âCompasses are lame and gay,â the hat said, âreal men donât get lost.â
I dont need no stinkin compass.
We’re not lost, private. We’re in America.
The hair has a therapistâŠ
I am tired of political ads in-general (oddly enough while we were in Chicago last week there was a reprieve, but Iowa is a nightmare) – but the EPSTEIN BS is over the top. Thanks, Massie.
I am thankful I haven’t been bombarded with that. I get “affordability” from politicians that passed policies that increased my rates.
Chicago doesn’t need ads. Everybody knows who is going to win every race.
Exactly…
I am in the midst of shitty candidates on all sides. All the way from Acton/Vivek down to Poindexter/Miller.
but the EPSTEIN BS is over the top. Thanks, Massie.
Never forget!
Have they tied Epstein to Cornell yet?
Only via the Billionaire Donors – I hope Cornell gives back that trust fund!
I hope the first thing Cornell threatens to cut is the PILOT paid to the City of Ithaca.
The Donald turning gay? Wut?
The premium models are trans so you can show them off in the highest social circles.
You can customize them!
WHEN NOT RENAMING OCEANS YOU BASTARDS ARE RIPPING OFF POOR ROMANIAN TOURISTS!!!!!
Well, if there were Eurorich, we’d rip them off instead.
So, when are you coming back for a longer visit?
well i am not that inclined right now
Too upright? Drink some more and you’ll lean towards a time.
18 dollars canadian goddamnit
âThe root cause is unknown, however in certain high-voltage batteries within the affected vehicle population, certain charging profiles combined with a state of charge over 80% may trigger thermal propagation within the high-voltage battery,â VWâs recall report said.
Thermal propagation is the reason that VW is going to nerf 20% of your battery regardless if you consent or not. Got it.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/vw-will-remotely-cap-id-4-charging-at-80-amid-battery-fire-recall
https://x.com/hunterbiden/status/2112846775073882333
Please please please please do drugs.
the comments are glorious.
I thought he was broke and owed a bunch of lawyers a zillion dollars.
Thermal propagation is why you park outside, at a safe distance from structures and flammable objects.
Also why you park ford products outside, ABS hot on
đ„ł happy for now.
2nd Circuit injunction in 3… 2…
Sorry, I always mix up when to use stay and injunction when romping through appeals. The 2nd will stay the district court’s injunction. Then we get to see if SCOTUS grants cert after that.
Come on in the water is fine!
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2026/08/04/nj-assault-weapons-ban-supreme-court/
It’s going to be 18 months or more before I can uncripple my magazines.
It’d probably be cheaper to buy new ungimped magazines.
But if it’s a matter of principle, that I understand.
score one for the good guys
I just reread the law. What is banned is the purchase of armor, sale of armor, or wearing armor in the commission of a violent felony.
So, possession isn’t banned. So I didn’t have to lose mine in that boat accident?
If you had bought UHMWPE, it would have floated.
I don’t know what was used in the manufacture. I’d have to check Spartan’s site.
The judge did it his way.
Absurd. And it shouldn’t have anything to do with the 2nd. It’s an article of clothing FFS.
It is your duty as a citizen to be as easy to kill as possible. Otherwise, you’re harming police.
Will a body armor vest still be available for your dog?
Never underestimate Francis Fukuyama
Hat tip to Iowahawk.
https://x.com/iowahawkblog/status/2112955995039125831?s=20
How is it even possible to underestimate that overeducated moron?
Left-Hegelian
Someone, somewhere must still be taking him seriously but I can’t imagine how brain dead they would have to be.
The money pit calls to me . . . . .
I could save this until tomorrow’s lunch time post, but it’s on my mind now.
I have started writing the 3rd article in the series listing all the parts I have been acquiring. Wheels, which is a problematic topic, is interesting because I basically bought no-name, mid-tier wheels for the bike which will be the “lowest quality” components I use.
I had a moment at lunch and decided to check ebay for pricing on top-tier components for building wheels that would be more worthy of the resurrected bike. That was a mistake. For a mere 330 (NOS hubs), 350 (NOS rims), and a couple hundred in local parts and labor, I could have period-accurate top-tier racing wheels.
Perfect for a guy that will be doing casual touring on the weekends.
Someone save me from my self. đ
No saving will be had from me. Iâm the X factor in my household.
You need custom guns with Timpkin tapers in them. https://m.youtube.com/shorts/uNgiI8p93Js
Sorry I can’t help. I’m currently to occupied dumping dumb amount of cash into my new Glock I just bought.
I just realized that coincidentally shops are running Glocktober specials however…
Shooting sports with that gun are a glockenspiel.
Don’t forget about GSSF matches! They have an indoor league now too.
https://gssf.pro/
Very first match I won a door prize of a new Glock.
GSSF is a very good way to get your feet wet in competition.
It is threads like these that make me appreciate my husband all the more – he suffers from serious buyer’s remorse with almost any purchase.
There is a mental side to this as well.
We are both going through the “this is the last time I will buy this kind of thing again” phase of life.
We now own 5 used vehicles, all in the excellent shape. I never intend to buy another vehicle the rest of my life (hopefully another 20-25 years or so; it would be greedy to hope for beyond that).
So, yeah this is the “I buy/build this bike, and it’s the last bike I buy”. This is limited by “how long can I safely ride a two-wheel bike”. I could come to a time where I was forced to buy a trike (like I got for my wife).
The money pit won. At least it eliminated one of the concerns I had about the new wheels I bought.
Standard risk management process . . . spend lots of money to avoid risks (well, that’s not actually the best answer).
At least only only have to undo a little bit of stuff I wrote late last night.
The Hair mounts the Hat.
Which is usually reversed. But when in the normal position, the Hair is INSIDE the Hat.
Make it make sense.
+1 scrofulous
+! haberdashered
One doesn’t run into those words just everyday, you know.
For a mere 330 (NOS hubs), 350 (NOS rims), and a couple hundred in local parts and labor, I could have period-accurate top-tier racing wheels.
Build them yourself and true them with a dial indicator.
If I had tools and jigs and experience, then yeah that would be a option.
On the other hand, I do have all winter . . . . .
If I had tools and jigs and experience, then yeah that would be a option.
That’s part of the process. It’ll be fun.
another hobby; another project . . . .
STOP IT, you’re not helping.
Never underestimate Francis Fukuyama
More than anything, I’m mildly surprised he’s still around.
Maryville, Tennessee–(Newsfile Corp. – October 21, 2026) – Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select: SWBI), a U.S.-based leader in firearm manufacturing and design (“Smith & Wesson”), today announced that it has acquired the Savage Arms business (“Savage Arms” or “Savage”) by merger from an indirect subsidiary of JDH Capital I, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “JDH”). Savage has been producing firearms for more than 130 years and is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of hunting, competition and target shooting centerfire and rimfire rifles and shotguns.
All arms are savage and should be banned
Map of the findspots of 50,711 vases produced in Athens between 625â300 BC.
Even before the Mediterranean world was unified under Rome, Athenian vases could be found anywhere from Iran to Spain and from Egypt to Germany, showing how commercially important Classical Athens was.
https://x.com/lefineder/status/2112968933892313226
Are they counting amphorae as ‘vases’? Because amphorae were basically disposable shipping containers. Once you used the wine or oil, you chucked the thing.
There’s a literal hill outside rome made up of nothing but broken amphorae fragments discarded over the centuries.
Are they counting amphorae as âvasesâ? – i dont think so
Then that distribution makes no sense.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/21/us-news/man-watches-porn-masturbates-in-first-class-on-california-flight
Scott Kirby delivers a true first class experience.
Airline service has gone down. You shouldn’t have to masturbate in first-class.
Time honored tradition
California state workers began a one-day strike Wednesday, urging Gov. Gavin Newsomâs administration to agree to a new contract that increases workersâ pay, ensures affordable healthcare access and allows more flexibility for remote work.
SEIU Local 1000, the largest union for California government workers which represents more than 100,000 employees, including auditors, nurses and counselors, hit the picket lines in cities across the state for the first time since the unionâs founding in 2004. Members overwhelmingly voted to authorize the strike earlier this month, accusing the state of failing to bargain in good faith after their contract expired in June.
âWe are going on strike because we know the Newsom administration can and must do better,â Anica Walls, the unionâs president, said in a statement. âThey must return to the table and bargain in good faith toward a contract that allows state workers to afford groceries, childcare, rent and other necessities.â
The strike follows an order by Newsom requiring state workers to return to the office four days a week by July 1. Newsom, whoâs preparing to leave office in January and eyeing a 2028 presidential run, argued that the mandate would improve workplace collaboration and innovation, which will help government better serve the public. He vetoed a bill backed by the union last month that would have required state agencies to provide a written justification for requiring workers to report to the office.
The job only exists for the benefit of the worker.
Remember Pat Buchanan? Remember how he was the isolationist nut-job who everyone mocked when he warned of foreign adventurism?
Well, this dude on X remembers. And Pat was on to something. See if this doesnt sound prescient.
Pat Buchanan, 1999:
âBy moving NATO onto Russiaâs front porch, we have scheduled a twenty-first century confrontation. ⊠America will face a hellish dilemma: risk confrontation with a nuclear-armed Russia determined to recreate its old sphere of influence, or renege on solemn commitments and see NATO collapse.â
Therefore, he said, âOffering NATO memberships to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and, as some urge, Ukraine is rashness bordering on madness.â Referring to maps the Clinton team must have ignored, Buchanan warned, âThis would put the Russian base at Kaliningrad behind NATO lines and bring into a U.S.-led alliance three nations with huge Russian minorities.â Foreseeing future conflict, he observed that âLatvia is almost half Russian; eastern Ukraine, almost entirely Russian. America could neither defend nor liberate these nations without the risk of nuclear war.â
https://x.com/scotthortonshow/status/2112184606828978518
Is the U.S. a threat to the Russian people? Is Russia a threat to the people in its “former sphere of influence?” Which “gangster state” would you choose to be ruled by?
The union is also pushing for the state to raise workersâ salaries by 20% over the next three years and increase the state contribution toward employeesâ healthcare costs.
State workers are fighting for a better future, said Josh Guile, who works for the secretary of stateâs office and leads a labor council within the union.
âToday weâre out here to say enough is enough,â Guile said at a rally in Sacramento. âWe deserve a fair contract.â
Selfless service to the greater good sounds nice, in theory, but you gots to grab for everything you can.
make it 30 why not
My beloved Ranger has officially succumbed to the 4.0L death rattle. I will need to spend time or treasure to replace all of the shitty plastic timing chain guides (4 timing chains and guides). One is on the back of the engine and will require it to be pulled from the trans to access it. No good options, but I will likely get the job done along with the clutch and any other easily accessible wear item like the rear main seal. I would do this work myself but it requires a engine hoist, specialized tools, and lots of time I don’t have anymore.
Looks like I picked a bad time to put $1K work of tires on a 20 year old truck.
Timing set on the back of the engine?!
https://www.therangerstation.com/tech/ford-ranger-4-0l-sohc-v6/#gsc.tab=0
Terrifying
Californiaâs climate-change-and-El Niño-intensified extreme weather siege may only be beginning.
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In an October 12 post at weatherwest.com, climate scientist Daniel Swain shared alarming odds of a record-wet winter for California. He analyzed the winter forecasts from 10 different seasonal forecast models; eight of them gave at least 10% odds that one or more months from January through March 2027 would be the wettest on record in Southern California, Central California, or both.
âIn a few locations along the Central Coast, the odds are depicted as being as high as 40-50%,â Swain wrote. âTechnically, a dry winter is still possible, though it is very unlikely (in my estimate, 5-10% or less).â
The latest run of the European Copernicus climate service (C3S) October 14 outlook, which combines 10 seasonal forecast models from nine weather agencies, concurred with Swainâs analysis: About 13% of the 454 model ensemble members explicitly predicted Californiaâs wettest winter on record; only 8% showed a drier-than-average December through February period statewide.
Omigod reversion to the mean. That rain and snow you’ve been begging for might be on the way.
How awful.
The upcoming COP will blame America and demand policy changes.
And the next Dem administration will eagerly comply.
Isn’t “average” more or less semi-arid much of the year…?
My beloved Ranger has officially succumbed to the 4.0L death rattle. I will need to spend time or treasure to replace all of the shitty plastic timing chain guides (4 timing chains and guides).
Too bad you can’t use this as an excuse to “just” slide a 302 in there.
* I was told it’s not a straightforward swap; I wanted to upgrade the Explorer.
Timing set on the back of the engine?!
It’s not even an Audi.
Three timing chains are used, one from the crank to the jackshaft, one in the front of the engine to drive the cam for the left bank, and one on the back of the engine to drive the cam for the right bank.
I kind of remember hearing about that, now. It sounds like Ford not wanting to cast separate left and right hand heads.
Maybe a 302 would bolt up to that bellhousing. My Explorer was an early ’90s OHV V6.