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Pat Flood (@rebarcock) passed away 9/21/25. Pat played a huge role in encouraging the devolopmemt of this site and donated the very first dollar to get it started. Check the thread at the top of the board for the obituary and please feel free to pay your respects there. I am going to get all the content from that thread over to his family so they can see how many people really cared for Pat outside of what they ever knew. Pat loved to tell stories and always wanted everyone else to tell stories. I think a great way we can honor Pat is to tell a story in his thread (also pinned at the top of the board).
Master Thread Dance Your Cares Away/Fraggle/Law Abiding Citizens
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Reagan was right
Robert De Niro thinks New York should give him a "huge discount" on his taxes because he's "given so much to the city."
He's upset after learning that anyone worth more than $10 million will pay a 4 percent "public wealth tax" to the Big Apple's coffers.
This is what you endorsed and voted for, Bob. Own it.
Robert De Niro thinks New York should give him a "huge discount" on his taxes because he's "given so much to the city."
He's upset after learning that anyone worth more than $10 million will pay a 4 percent "public wealth tax" to the Big Apple's coffers.
This is what you endorsed and voted for, Bob. Own it.
US Breaking Spotlight
The Calls For Deportation Have Escalated From Rhetoric To A Legal Roar As Representative Ilhan Omar Finds Herself Ensnared In A Humiliating Financial Scandal. Wɑtchdogs hɑve officiɑlly tɑgged the Congresswomɑn with “guilt” over ɑ serious frɑud scheme involving defɑulted student loɑns, demɑnding the House of Representɑtives tɑke the unprecedented step of gɑrnishing her congressionɑl sɑlɑry. This isn’t just ɑbout unpɑid bills; it’s being frɑmed ɑs ɑ flɑgrɑnt violɑtion of the public trust by ɑ lɑwmɑker who legislɑtes on the very funds she ɑllegedly refuses to repɑy. With the “frɑud” lɑbel sticking, opponents ɑre seizing the moment to push for the ultimɑte penɑlty: stripping her of her seɑt ɑnd her stɑtus
The Calls For Deportation Have Escalated From Rhetoric To A Legal Roar As Representative Ilhan Omar Finds Herself Ensnared In A Humiliating Financial Scandal. Wɑtchdogs hɑve officiɑlly tɑgged the Congresswomɑn with “guilt” over ɑ serious frɑud scheme involving defɑulted student loɑns, demɑnding the House of Representɑtives tɑke the unprecedented step of gɑrnishing her congressionɑl sɑlɑry. This isn’t just ɑbout unpɑid bills; it’s being frɑmed ɑs ɑ flɑgrɑnt violɑtion of the public trust by ɑ lɑwmɑker who legislɑtes on the very funds she ɑllegedly refuses to repɑy. With the “frɑud” lɑbel sticking, opponents ɑre seizing the moment to push for the ultimɑte penɑlty: stripping her of her seɑt ɑnd her stɑtus
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What , if anything, is known about the suspect(s)?
She's lucky she's alive to bitch. Start shooting with real bullets and a lot of this stops. Also, tell it to F-Off.
In 5 years it will be common knowledge that: Vaccines cause autism.
COVID was biochemical warfare.
Gender affirming care was child abuse of the most horrific kind, putting Mengele and Frankenstein to shame.
SSRIs and the majority of psychiatry was a cold and dystopian medical experiment that destroyed millions.
Statins, among many pharmacological interventions, were based solely on lies and caused massive morbidity.
I am looking forward to that.
latest I've seen. At first, I thought it was probably Muslim, but with them saying it may have been people shooting at each other, well we know. Plus, there doesn't seem to be much out there.
Bill Maher, Donna Brazile blast Michelle Obama’s claim that US isn’t ready for female president: ‘It’s bulls–t’
“She was in the news this week, Michelle Obama. She has a book out. A coffee table book,” Maher said during his “Real Time” season finale on Friday. “Her statement, I …
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Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro detained by police, lawyer says
Bolsonaro was identified as the leader and main beneficiary of a scheme to prevent Lula from taking office in 2023.
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Congress is wasting time on stupidity — and GOPers will suffer if little gets done
The carnival of foolishness in Washington this week is a good reminder that the best part of a government shutdown is the way it makes Congress shut up and get out of Dodge.
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Exclusive | Zohran Mamdani’s stance during first Trump meeting shows he wants to be ‘good little boy:’ body language expert
“It seems as though someone may have diffused laughing gas into the meeting they just had, because both President Trump and Mayor Mamdani seemed almost giddy.”
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hope the same for some of our news gatherers
A Billion Pounds Lost – And a Nation Walking Away
The BBC has just confessed to losing more than a billion pounds in a single year. Millions of households have cancelled their licence fees. Two million enforcement visits yielded almost nothing. The public isn't forgetting to pay – it's walking away. That's the story behind the numbers, and it's far more serious than anything the BBC will admit.
Because there comes a moment when a nation stops arguing with an institution and simply withdraws its consent. Britain has reached that point. You don't lose that kind of money through clerical mishaps; you lose it because trust has died. And trust, once spent, does not return because the BBC sends more officers to knock on doors.
The BBC can blame "evasion" all it likes. It can scold the public about fairness, brag about audits, and pretend its enforcement is "efficient, fair and proportionate." None of it matters. A broadcaster that once held the country together now finds itself shut out – literally – by millions who no longer want to hear its voice. The harder it pushes, the clearer the truth becomes: people aren't opting out of the license fee. They're opting out of the BBC.
This is a moral reckoning. A state-backed institution that doctored a President's speech, amplified Hamas propaganda, edited reality to fit an agenda, and buried stories that clashed with its ideology has forfeited the right to call itself impartial. It behaves like a political NGO with a broadcast licence – preaching, filtering, choosing sides – then acts wounded when the public rejects the sermon. Bias wasn't a glitch. It became the culture. And that rot hollowed the BBC from within.
The numbers are the verdict. Younger viewers have vanished. Older viewers feel dumped in favour of TikTok gimmicks and ideological posturing. The leadership has collapsed. The scandals keep coming. And the funding model – the sacred cow of the establishment – is now bleeding out in front of them.
The BBC still clings to "universality," but universality cannot be enforced. It has to be earned. A broadcaster that treats half the country as a problem to be handled cannot claim to speak for the whole. A broadcaster that demands loyalty while showing none has no future. The licence fee rested on a covenant: we fund you; you tell the truth without fear or favour. The BBC broke that bargain. The country is now breaking the license fee in return.
This isn't decline. It's consequence. A once-trusted national institution, captured by an ideological caste, has finally met a public that refuses to be captured with it. The BBC can call it evasion. The Government can call it reform. But the truth is plain: the public has delivered its verdict, and it rings louder than anything the BBC can broadcast.
The age of deference is over. And the BBC, for the first time in its history, is being forced to live in the country it helped create.
"This is a moral reckoning. A state-backed institution that doctored a President's speech, amplified Hamas propaganda, edited reality to fit an agenda, and buried stories that clashed with its ideology has forfeited the right to call itself impartial."
A Billion Pounds Lost – And a Nation Walking Away
The BBC has just confessed to losing more than a billion pounds in a single year. Millions of households have cancelled their licence fees. Two million enforcement visits yielded almost nothing. The public isn't forgetting to pay – it's walking away. That's the story behind the numbers, and it's far more serious than anything the BBC will admit.
Because there comes a moment when a nation stops arguing with an institution and simply withdraws its consent. Britain has reached that point. You don't lose that kind of money through clerical mishaps; you lose it because trust has died. And trust, once spent, does not return because the BBC sends more officers to knock on doors.
The BBC can blame "evasion" all it likes. It can scold the public about fairness, brag about audits, and pretend its enforcement is "efficient, fair and proportionate." None of it matters. A broadcaster that once held the country together now finds itself shut out – literally – by millions who no longer want to hear its voice. The harder it pushes, the clearer the truth becomes: people aren't opting out of the license fee. They're opting out of the BBC.
This is a moral reckoning. A state-backed institution that doctored a President's speech, amplified Hamas propaganda, edited reality to fit an agenda, and buried stories that clashed with its ideology has forfeited the right to call itself impartial. It behaves like a political NGO with a broadcast licence – preaching, filtering, choosing sides – then acts wounded when the public rejects the sermon. Bias wasn't a glitch. It became the culture. And that rot hollowed the BBC from within.
The numbers are the verdict. Younger viewers have vanished. Older viewers feel dumped in favour of TikTok gimmicks and ideological posturing. The leadership has collapsed. The scandals keep coming. And the funding model – the sacred cow of the establishment – is now bleeding out in front of them.
The BBC still clings to "universality," but universality cannot be enforced. It has to be earned. A broadcaster that treats half the country as a problem to be handled cannot claim to speak for the whole. A broadcaster that demands loyalty while showing none has no future. The licence fee rested on a covenant: we fund you; you tell the truth without fear or favour. The BBC broke that bargain. The country is now breaking the license fee in return.
This isn't decline. It's consequence. A once-trusted national institution, captured by an ideological caste, has finally met a public that refuses to be captured with it. The BBC can call it evasion. The Government can call it reform. But the truth is plain: the public has delivered its verdict, and it rings louder than anything the BBC can broadcast.
The age of deference is over. And the BBC, for the first time in its history, is being forced to live in the country it helped create.
"This is a moral reckoning. A state-backed institution that doctored a President's speech, amplified Hamas propaganda, edited reality to fit an agenda, and buried stories that clashed with its ideology has forfeited the right to call itself impartial."
The Russian–Ukrainian war has brought Europe to a historic turning point. President @realDonaldTrump has not given up on bringing peace to Ukraine.
Europe now faces two paths.
We can turn back from this dead end and finally unite behind President Trump’s peace initiative, including the Brusselian bureaucrats. This would require the pro-war leaders to face the fact that over the past 3.5 years they have wasted the hard-earned money of Europeans on a war that cannot be won on the battlefield.
The other path leads straight into war. If Europe’s pro-war leaders continue to pour money and weapons into Ukraine without the support of the United States, they will pave the way for a European–Russian conflict. Europe knows all too well where that road leads, and the consequences have been tragic.
There is no question which path Hungary chooses: the path of peace. This is the mandate given to us by the Hungarian people, and it is what morality and common sense demand. Today, I am sending a letter to the President of the European Commission in this spirit.
I’m all for sweatpants. Ban yoga pants on anyone over 200 lbs.
Isn’t that a few hours drive? We all know you want a side piece
Btw she is spot on with the h1b and visa issue. Trump really missed the mark and obviously the tech oligarchs have his ear.
Muslims are now specifically targeting California to run for office and take over the government
“We want to make sure we activate California Muslims in so we can shape the rest of the country, because we can shape California. We need you to run for office.
Muslims. We will build a network of activists at every masjid, every mosque, to ensure that every eligible Muslim, every eligible person is registered to vote, that every elected official at every level engages with the Muslim community, that more American Muslims run for office — And we want to make sure that we activate California Muslims in so we can shape the rest of the country, because we can shape California.
We need you to run for office, and I want to salute the dozens and dozens of American Muslims who were, who had the courage and the commitment and the resolve to run for office. Dozens of them won, others did not. They will win next time.
What Allah promises is guaranteed 100%.”
“How many phone calls have you made? How many protests have you tried to attend? Have you met or called your elected officials, your member of Congress? Have you gone to call the White House? Have you joined the efforts, the political efforts happening in every city to organize the Muslim votes as we deal with elections? Ask yourself, where am I in the equation? Because until there is a critical mass, Allah is withholding what he has promised us, because we haven't fulfilled our part of the deal”“
Mahmoud Saifi in Redlands. Dr. Asif Mahmud, running for Congress. Fatima Eqbal Zubair in LA for Assembly, and many others. But as important as running is, it is equally important to build the power of the grassroots at the grassroots level. This year, we've established the Muslim Community Action Network, we know it as MCAN, which aims to train activists as community organizers who can inform and mobilize their local community, set up candidate forums, engage with local politicians, and advocate for local, state, and national issues of importance to our community.“
