Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:


Hilarious, but what’s the backstory on this?

Loomer announced the other day that a "high government official" was implicated in advertising in swinger publications and other such debauchery.  Ali, or some rational reposter said that conventional journalism had been on the trail of similar information for quite some time.

Apologies for the shitasses in the video, but it's the first thing that came up.

Edited by TwiceHorn
Posted
12 hours ago, Bateshorn said:

No.  We've had a couple of teen meet ups that have turned violent, particularily in the neighborhood that a lot of Trump staffers live in (Navy Yard).   The criminal code is a fucking disaster (both too harsh and too lenient at the same time).  In all fairness, Biden's US Attorney for DC refused to bring anything to trial for most of his presidency, leading to a car jacking crisis, but that was dealt with in 2023.  Crime has been plummeting over the last 18 months.  Really is just the teen issue, which is mostly just minor property crime and, for the lack of a better word, malicious loitering. 

 

The Big Balls thing happened at 4 AM. Nothing about it ads up at all. He was probably coming back from a local gay club, but nobody knows, but just like Dirty 6th....what the fuck were you doing out at 4 AM. 

Fox News has been ginning up a group altercation in Cincinnati the last week or so, which I think is really marinating in Trump's mind. 

Trump prolly thinks DC stands for "district of Cincinnati "

Posted

Is anyone else having trouble getting into the start of football season while staring down the barrel of all of this fascist shit? I just can't get excited even with the team and #1 ranking.  Just feels hollow planning anything for football season while also planning for how to get my family out of the country in a day's notice if needed. 

  • Hook 'Em 5
  • Rage+1 3
Posted
4 hours ago, Hermanator said:

Is anyone else having trouble getting into the start of football season while staring down the barrel of all of this fascist shit? I just can't get excited even with the team and #1 ranking.  Just feels hollow planning anything for football season while also planning for how to get my family out of the country in a day's notice if needed. 

Planning will go out the window when the night of the long knives arrives.

Posted
40 minutes ago, Chopper said:

image.thumb.png.d360c0013baf35152150c700df369807.png

See also complaining about graffiti. Republicans are so fragile. 

Someone should tell this dumbass that if you want to see the cherry blossoms you ride on the GW Parkway on the Virginia side to see them.

  • Hook 'Em 1
Posted

The ATV and dirtbike rides are in fact bullshit, they’re dangerous and disrupt traffic and that is the entire goal.  It’s OK to point out that dozens of kids on dirtbikes or ATVs shouldn’t be clogging major thoroughfares. 

As @Bateshorn has pointed out, DC genuinely does have a “teen” disorder problem that regularly metastasizes into real-life consequences for regular people. It’s been a conscious choice by local authorities not to deal with it. That doesn’t mean that deploying the guard is needed, but at the same time people get tired of “just live with it” as a response to stuff that is a real quality of life issue that can be solved. 

  • Hook 'Em 3
Posted
5 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

The ATV and dirtbike rides are in fact bullshit, they’re dangerous and disrupt traffic and that is the entire goal.  It’s OK to point out that dozens of kids on dirtbikes or ATVs shouldn’t be clogging major thoroughfares. 

As @Bateshorn has pointed out, DC genuinely does have a “teen” disorder problem that regularly metastasizes into real-life consequences for regular people. It’s been a conscious choice by local authorities not to deal with it. That doesn’t mean that deploying the guard is needed, but at the same time people get tired of “just live with it” as a response to stuff that is a real quality of life issue that can be solved. 

True enough.  But pointing it out as a "we live in a dystopian hellscape!" reason is pussified insanity.  Again, I've seen shitheels pulling such stuff in Possum Peter, USA.  Nobody is calling in the national guard to tackle their shithead kids and meth-addled trailer trash.  Nor should they.  Because we're not the United States of Scared Pearl-clutching Pussies.  Or, at least, I didn't think we were.  Guess I was 100% wrong about that.

And don't get me started on those negroes and their jazz music and marihuana cigarettes corrupting our pure white women.

  • Hook 'Em 3
Posted
16 minutes ago, VABuckeye said:

Someone should tell this dumbass that if you want to see the cherry blossoms you ride on the GW Parkway on the Virginia side to see them.

This is the most Virginia post I've ever seen "Why would you take the Metro to Tidal Basin when you can GET IN YOUR CAR!!!!!"

7 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

The ATV and dirtbike rides are in fact bullshit, they’re dangerous and disrupt traffic and that is the entire goal.  It’s OK to point out that dozens of kids on dirtbikes or ATVs shouldn’t be clogging major thoroughfares. 

As @Bateshorn has pointed out, DC genuinely does have a “teen” disorder problem that regularly metastasizes into real-life consequences for regular people. It’s been a conscious choice by local authorities not to deal with it. That doesn’t mean that deploying the guard is needed, but at the same time people get tired of “just live with it” as a response to stuff that is a real quality of life issue that can be solved. 

The Dirt Bike thing is annoying as fuck. 

@956 Worldwide is right. Certain elements of the DC City Council (*cough* Charles Allen *cough*) have continued to advocate for lax criminal enforcement in the name of criminal justice reform long after it's become apparent to everyone involved that DC has a teen crime problem, that will require both increased enforcement in conjunction with reforming and rethinking DC's criminal code and general approach to crime. 

  • Hook 'Em 2
  • Like 1
  • Haha 2
Posted


“Groceries” such an outdated term that people are using more and more. Before Trump I don’t think anyone used the word. Groceries and rising costs got Trump elected. Welp in the words of a former governor/head of the department of energy:

Oops

  • Hook 'Em 2
Posted

Trump is a just a dim witted, mob boss, with the power of the United States at his fingertips to make threats against anyone that doesn't slurp down whatever nonsense he's spewing.

 

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his call for the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower benchmark rates, and cited "a major lawsuit" against Fed Chair Jerome Powell over renovations of the central bank's buildings.

"Jerome 'Too Late' Powell must NOW lower the rate," Trump wrote on his social media platform. "I am, though, considering allowing a major lawsuit against Powell to proceed because of the horrible, and grossly incompetent, job he has done in managing the construction of the Fed Buildings."

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-cites-major-lawsuit-against-feds-powell-again-urges-rate-cut-2025-08-12/

  • Rage+1 2
Posted
23 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

This is the most Virginia post I've ever seen "Why would you take the Metro to Tidal Basin when you can GET IN YOUR CAR!!!!!"

The Dirt Bike thing is annoying as fuck. 

@956 Worldwide is right. Certain elements of the DC City Council (*cough* Charles Allen *cough*) have continued to advocate for lax criminal enforcement in the name of criminal justice reform long after it's become apparent to everyone involved that DC has a teen crime problem, that will require both increased enforcement in conjunction with reforming and rethinking DC's criminal code and general approach to crime. 

The YRA is some wild stuff. You’ve got 24 year olds with multiple felonies getting “youth rehabilitated” and records sealed.  Sorry, at that point the rehab failed. 

Posted
15 hours ago, Chopper said:

I mean "concentrated on the left" isn't quite the same thing as an "echo chamber" where they're discussing the Epstein files non-stop, but okay.

Good to see Surly has its picking nits in midsession form before we even get to week 1. It’s an exaggeration, and you missed the point with this silly side argument. I’m sure the Epstein scandal will take down Dotard any day now. 

Posted
7 hours ago, Hermanator said:

Is anyone else having trouble getting into the start of football season while staring down the barrel of all of this fascist shit? I just can't get excited even with the team and #1 ranking.  Just feels hollow planning anything for football season while also planning for how to get my family out of the country in a day's notice if needed. 

Maybe get off and stay off the internet/news for a while? Unless you are going to do something about it personally or are involved in a way that you can't extricate yourself.

  • Drool 1
Posted
9 minutes ago, gernblansten said:

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his call for the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower benchmark rates, and cited "a major lawsuit" against Fed Chair Jerome Powell over renovations of the central bank's buildings.

"Jerome 'Too Late' Powell must NOW lower the rate," Trump wrote on his social media platform. "I am, though, considering allowing a major lawsuit against Powell to proceed because of the horrible, and grossly incompetent, job he has done in managing the construction of the Fed Buildings."

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-cites-major-lawsuit-against-feds-powell-again-urges-rate-cut-2025-08-12/

Not that Trump ever needed legitimate grounds to file a lawsuit, but wouldn't Powell have some level of official immunity to any claim for money damages?  

Posted
7 hours ago, Hermanator said:

Is anyone else having trouble getting into the start of football season while staring down the barrel of all of this fascist shit? I just can't get excited even with the team and #1 ranking.  Just feels hollow planning anything for football season while also planning for how to get my family out of the country in a day's notice if needed. 

Yep. I was messaging with a friend yesterday that we’re #1 in both AP and Coaches poll and I’m not that excited about this season. I’m sure once we get to the OSU game I’ll be good to go. But everything is just fucked 

  • Hook 'Em 3
Posted
Just now, South Austin said:

Not that Trump ever needed legitimate grounds to file a lawsuit, but wouldn't Powell have some level of official immunity to any claim for money damages?  

In normal times, you would think that would be obvious. However, I think these days "Trump has complete immunity to do absolutely anything and the Fed Chair's immunity for official acts is voluntarily waived when he fails to do Trump's bidding and has assumed the role of general contractor regarding renovations of the fed building." At least, I imagine that's what the Robert's gang could craft. 

  • Hook 'Em 2
Posted

So much #winning

https://www.newsweek.com/us-hits-highest-layoffs-since-covid-2111794

US layoffs surged in July to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In July, there were 62,075 job cuts announced, according to a report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That's a 29 percent jump from June and 140 percent higher than the 25,885 announced in July 2024.

The July figure is well above the post-pandemic average for the month (23,584 between 2021 and 2024) and slightly higher than the past decade's July average of 60,398. It pushes the 2025 total to 806,383 layoffs—a 75 percent increase compared with the same period last year and already 6 percent higher than all of 2024. It's the highest January-to-July figure since 2020, when pandemic shutdowns drove layoffs above 1.8 million.

The surge in layoffs in 2025 is due to a mix of government downsizing, corporate restructuring and the growing effects of artificial intelligence. Public agencies, tech firms and retailers are leading the cuts.

"We are seeing the federal budget cuts implemented by DOGE impact nonprofits and health care in addition to the government. AI was cited for over 10,000 cuts last month, and tariff concerns have impacted nearly 6,000 jobs this year," said Andrew Challenger, a senior vice president and labor expert at Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

  • Fuck Around and Find Out 2
Posted
3 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

So much #winning

https://www.newsweek.com/us-hits-highest-layoffs-since-covid-2111794

US layoffs surged in July to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In July, there were 62,075 job cuts announced, according to a report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That's a 29 percent jump from June and 140 percent higher than the 25,885 announced in July 2024.

The July figure is well above the post-pandemic average for the month (23,584 between 2021 and 2024) and slightly higher than the past decade's July average of 60,398. It pushes the 2025 total to 806,383 layoffs—a 75 percent increase compared with the same period last year and already 6 percent higher than all of 2024. It's the highest January-to-July figure since 2020, when pandemic shutdowns drove layoffs above 1.8 million.

The surge in layoffs in 2025 is due to a mix of government downsizing, corporate restructuring and the growing effects of artificial intelligence. Public agencies, tech firms and retailers are leading the cuts.

"We are seeing the federal budget cuts implemented by DOGE impact nonprofits and health care in addition to the government. AI was cited for over 10,000 cuts last month, and tariff concerns have impacted nearly 6,000 jobs this year," said Andrew Challenger, a senior vice president and labor expert at Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

The golden age of America!

  • Hook 'Em 1
Posted
9 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

So much #winning

https://www.newsweek.com/us-hits-highest-layoffs-since-covid-2111794

US layoffs surged in July to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In July, there were 62,075 job cuts announced, according to a report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That's a 29 percent jump from June and 140 percent higher than the 25,885 announced in July 2024.

The July figure is well above the post-pandemic average for the month (23,584 between 2021 and 2024) and slightly higher than the past decade's July average of 60,398. It pushes the 2025 total to 806,383 layoffs—a 75 percent increase compared with the same period last year and already 6 percent higher than all of 2024. It's the highest January-to-July figure since 2020, when pandemic shutdowns drove layoffs above 1.8 million.

The surge in layoffs in 2025 is due to a mix of government downsizing, corporate restructuring and the growing effects of artificial intelligence. Public agencies, tech firms and retailers are leading the cuts.

"We are seeing the federal budget cuts implemented by DOGE impact nonprofits and health care in addition to the government. AI was cited for over 10,000 cuts last month, and tariff concerns have impacted nearly 6,000 jobs this year," said Andrew Challenger, a senior vice president and labor expert at Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

"#FAKEnewsweek!!!! It hasn't been relevant in Decades! I know the REAL Job numbers and people are saying more Jobs have been created in my terms than any in History! In my family alone, my kids have gained 17 NEW Jobs in the last month! Sitting on Boards, Licensing Agreements, and Sales! Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!"

  • Hook 'Em 2
Posted
14 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

So much #winning

https://www.newsweek.com/us-hits-highest-layoffs-since-covid-2111794

US layoffs surged in July to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In July, there were 62,075 job cuts announced, according to a report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That's a 29 percent jump from June and 140 percent higher than the 25,885 announced in July 2024.

The July figure is well above the post-pandemic average for the month (23,584 between 2021 and 2024) and slightly higher than the past decade's July average of 60,398. It pushes the 2025 total to 806,383 layoffs—a 75 percent increase compared with the same period last year and already 6 percent higher than all of 2024. It's the highest January-to-July figure since 2020, when pandemic shutdowns drove layoffs above 1.8 million.

The surge in layoffs in 2025 is due to a mix of government downsizing, corporate restructuring and the growing effects of artificial intelligence. Public agencies, tech firms and retailers are leading the cuts.

"We are seeing the federal budget cuts implemented by DOGE impact nonprofits and health care in addition to the government. AI was cited for over 10,000 cuts last month, and tariff concerns have impacted nearly 6,000 jobs this year," said Andrew Challenger, a senior vice president and labor expert at Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

i'm sure this guy will get right on it

 

GKK0ysVXgAA7hgZ.png.9978e1309d0de8754cf1b3eb2ec60f7a.png

  • Haha 5
Posted
22 minutes ago, immamac said:

Maybe get off and stay off the internet/news for a while? Unless you are going to do something about it personally or are involved in a way that you can't extricate yourself.

Don't really have the luxury of that. I have to keep an eye on things to get a sense for when to pull the trigger and get them out quickly, in anticipation of the shit about to pop off. Waiting until it does is too late. I'll still watch and enjoy the season, but this will be the first one in years I don't spend a single dollar on it. I'm trying to distract myself with it, but it's not working. And the shit happening here in Texas with the authoritarian takeover, combined with the national level fascist overreach, makes this threat all too real. 

21 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Yep. I was messaging with a friend yesterday that we’re #1 in both AP and Coaches poll and I’m not that excited about this season. I’m sure once we get to the OSU game I’ll be good to go. But everything is just fucked 

I don't think it's a coincidence both you and my family belong to the 2 main persecuted classes of this fascist regime. We just don't have the luxury of whistling past the graveyard at this time. 

  • Hook 'Em 3
  • Like 1
Posted
8 hours ago, Hermanator said:

Is anyone else having trouble getting into the start of football season while staring down the barrel of all of this fascist shit? I just can't get excited even with the team and #1 ranking.  Just feels hollow planning anything for football season while also planning for how to get my family out of the country in a day's notice if needed. 

John Candy No GIF by Laff

  • Haha 2
Posted
1 minute ago, Hermanator said:

Don't really have the luxury of that. I have to keep an eye on things to get a sense for when to pull the trigger and get them out quickly, in anticipation of the shit about to pop off. Waiting until it does is too late. I'll still watch and enjoy the season, but this will be the first one in years I don't spend a single dollar on it. I'm trying to distract myself with it, but it's not working. And the shit happening here in Texas with the authoritarian takeover, combined with the national level fascist overreach, makes this threat all too real. 

I don't think it's a coincidence both you and my family belong to the 2 main persecuted classes of this fascist regime. We just don't have the luxury of whistling past the graveyard at this time. 

Then just leave now. If you are so miserable you can't enjoy historic levels of hype that's a you problem. 

  • Fuck You 1
  • Drool 1
Posted

CNBC Headline from yesterday: Wall Street  is concerned about the reliability of government inflation data

Today: Did someone say that we didn’t want to fellate this man at every turn? Weird.  

  • Hook 'Em 1
Posted
1 minute ago, Hermanator said:

Don't really have the luxury of that. I have to keep an eye on things to get a sense for when to pull the trigger and get them out quickly, in anticipation of the shit about to pop off. Waiting until it does is too late. I'll still watch and enjoy the season, but this will be the first one in years I don't spend a single dollar on it. I'm trying to distract myself with it, but it's not working. And the shit happening here in Texas with the authoritarian takeover, combined with the national level fascist overreach, makes this threat all too real. 

I don't think it's a coincidence both you and my family belong to the 2 main persecuted classes of this fascist regime. We just don't have the luxury of whistling past the graveyard at this time. 

It’s hard to have fun when my marriage is being threatened or when my government makes it no secret that they don’t consider me a citizen. But yay! We’re #1!

  • Hook 'Em 2
  • Like 4
  • Rage+1 2
Posted (edited)
4 hours ago, immamac said:

Then just leave now. If you are so miserable you can't enjoy historic levels of hype that's a you problem. 

The Aggy in you is bubbling up.  True colors. Not everyone in Texas wants to or can leave Texas.  

Edited by Im_smarter_then_you
  • Hook 'Em 4
Posted (edited)
40 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

So much #winning

https://www.newsweek.com/us-hits-highest-layoffs-since-covid-2111794

US layoffs surged in July to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In July, there were 62,075 job cuts announced, according to a report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That's a 29 percent jump from June and 140 percent higher than the 25,885 announced in July 2024.

The July figure is well above the post-pandemic average for the month (23,584 between 2021 and 2024) and slightly higher than the past decade's July average of 60,398. It pushes the 2025 total to 806,383 layoffs—a 75 percent increase compared with the same period last year and already 6 percent higher than all of 2024. It's the highest January-to-July figure since 2020, when pandemic shutdowns drove layoffs above 1.8 million.

The surge in layoffs in 2025 is due to a mix of government downsizing, corporate restructuring and the growing effects of artificial intelligence. Public agencies, tech firms and retailers are leading the cuts.

"We are seeing the federal budget cuts implemented by DOGE impact nonprofits and health care in addition to the government. AI was cited for over 10,000 cuts last month, and tariff concerns have impacted nearly 6,000 jobs this year," said Andrew Challenger, a senior vice president and labor expert at Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

 

36 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

The golden age of America!

I've used this analogy before, but the MAGATs claim vindication and the genius of Trump's moves because America didn't burst into flames the instant after he implemented his dogshit batshit insane policies.  

The answer to that is "of course it didn't, because that's not how shit works.  It takes time for the effects to manifest, both because of lags and economic planning by participants (like stockpiling goods to blunt the impact of tariffs in the short term)."

Instead, it works like blowing the dam in Force 10 from Navarone worked.  The Brit commando set the charges inside the dam.  Then, when they were clear of the dam, he set them off, big booms.  Americans observing say "It didn't work!  Nothing happened!  The dam is still there!"

Brit officer sits there smoking a pipe.  Says "wait."

hqdefault.jpg

The cracks the blast put in the dam start to grow.  And open wider.  And open some more.  Water starts to push through.  Cracks get bigger, more water pushes them even bigger, until....

wwSt4fPGpvJDRfh9Kn8TXE2wbhopedhY5D0KFpvy

Trump has set off the charges.  The damage is done.  Now, we just sit on the hillside, smoke our pipe, and watch the inevitable unfold over the coming months.

Edited by Brisketexan
  • Hook 'Em 4
  • Fuck Around and Find Out 1


×
×
  • Create New...