Politics
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #301
Date: 12/24/25 @ 12:07 AM
Trump’s new battleship plan could transform the US Navy – or sink it
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/us/trump-new-battleships-analysis-intl-hnk-ml
“Trump-class” battleships
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #302
Date: 12/24/25 @ 12:58 AM
The cavalry should go back to horses
From: hobowillie #303
Date: 12/24/25 @ 5:03 AM
Battleships were obsolete the second engineers figured out how to make a plane fly quickly with torpedoes or bombs. It just took until WW2 for politicians to realize carriers were far stronger than battleships could ever be. Even more so in the modern era of drones and missiles. Ukraine has sank how many Russian navy assets while not having a navy themselves?
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #304
Date: 12/24/25 @ 4:30 PM
i hate to be that guy, but I am starting to get really upset about how much Epstein is mentioned in the Trump files.
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #305
Date: 12/26/25 @ 2:25 AM
Women’s rights are on a sharp decline in Israel. Advocates blame Netanyahu’s far-right government
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/24/middleeast/israel-womens-rights-netanyahu-intl-cmd
Three years later, what the government dismissed as theatrical exaggeration is increasingly viewed as prescient foreshadowing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, which relies upon the support of ultra-Orthodox parties, is moving Israel toward a more religious and conservative future.
I wonder what other countries are moving toward a more religious and conservative future.
From: katfude - straight up "jorkin it" #306
Date: 12/26/25 @ 2:40 AM
Donny Dumpster strikes ISIS in Nigeria

I was told ISIS was defeated in 2019
From: Space Cat - please delete this account #307
Date: 12/26/25 @ 2:46 AM
Linda took care of that shit a long time ago.
From: Teharteest #308
Date: 12/26/25 @ 2:48 AM
Biden gave them a fleet of solar pickups if they started back up
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #309
Date: 12/26/25 @ 7:10 PM
Insurer to Catholic Archdiocese of New York: We don’t cover cover-ups
Decades of concealed clergy abuse are coming back to haunt the Archdiocese of New York
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/insurer-to-catholic-archdiocese-of?
You know things are bad for you when an insurance company is the voice of moral reason.
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #310
Date: 12/26/25 @ 7:21 PM
The great unchurching of America
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/26/great-unchurching-america-religiously-unaffiliated
An unprecedented 15,000 churches are expected to shut their doors this year, far more than the few thousand expected to open, according to denominational reports and church consultants.
What's a church consultant?
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #311
Date: 12/26/25 @ 7:28 PM
Picture "Phil from marketing, but catering to the tax-exempt.
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #312
Date: 12/26/25 @ 7:32 PM
"See, reverend, you've got to think bigger! You are in the English-speaking American Jesus business.
You sell his glory, and how are you supposed to do that in 2026 without pyrotechnics, jumbotrons and a food court."
From: Monkopotamus #313
Date: 12/26/25 @ 7:52 PM
Jesus turned snakes and sparklers, a PSP with torrented movies, and a pocket of half wrapped Werther's Originals INTO pyrotechnics, jumbotrons, and a food court for all.
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #314
Date: 12/26/25 @ 11:15 PM
Medicare's prior authorization has doctors on edge
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/23/medicare-ai-pre-treatment-review-prior-authorization-tool-doctors?
Medicare in January will begin AI-powered pre-treatment reviews for select health services in a major policy change that's aimed at rooting out unnecessary care — but alarming providers.

Why it matters: While the change covers only 17 treatments or procedures in a handful of states, it marks a major shift for a program that's historically required very little prior authorization.
How it works: Starting Jan. 1, doctors in New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and Washington will have to get extra approval before Medicare pays them for certain outpatient services and procedures.
"The more you deny, the more you get reimbursed," David Introcaso, a longtime health policy consultant, told Stat last month. "I mean, a third grader could see how that's a problem."
AI all of the things
From: phapster #315
Date: 12/27/25 @ 5:50 PM

Dense Fog Advisory is in effect

Arizona GOP lawmaker proposes study on ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
From: butterknife - calcium depraved #316
Date: 12/27/25 @ 5:56 PM
i think that's my sleep paralysis demon
From: chobbler - - - - - - billy bumpkin here - #317
Date: 12/27/25 @ 6:05 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janae_Shamp

These people are caricatures.
From: slimwhitem #318
Date: 12/27/25 @ 6:12 PM
is it a coincidence forrest gump is an anagram of donald trump? i think not
From: butterknife - calcium depraved #319
Date: 12/27/25 @ 6:13 PM
ticks every single box of the mentalpolitical illnesses du jour
From: butterknife - calcium depraved #320
Date: 12/27/25 @ 6:15 PM
slimwhitem said:

is it a coincidence forrest gump is an anagram of donald trump? i think not

it's even crazier when you watch the movie again and realize what he means when he says " i may not be a smart man but I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?"
From: slimwhitem #321
Date: 12/27/25 @ 6:27 PM
butterknife said:

ticks every single box of the mentalpolitical illnesses du jour

dont think you can just walk in here and impress me with big foreign words
From: butterknife - calcium depraved #322
Date: 12/27/25 @ 10:28 PM
aykshually moonwalked in here so
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #323
Date: 12/28/25 @ 7:21 PM
Hegseth on windmills:

...they are giants that the wicked sage Frestón transformed
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #324
Date: 12/29/25 @ 5:49 PM
https://oaklandside.org/2025/12/28/best-oaklandside-reads-2025-sword-wielding-man-kicks-out-squatters/
“I’d much rather make a squatter homeless than have a landlord lose property,” he said in an interview.
In a series of text messages, Jacobs wrote that the poor treatment of property owners whose buildings have been occupied is a real estate injustice scandal akin to: “Black codes, Jim Crow Segregation, deed restrictions, HOLC residential security maps, the California Alien Land Laws, Dawes Act, the Chinese Exclusion Act, and many more!”
On the one hand squatters suck, on the other hand...
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #325
Date: 12/29/25 @ 9:39 PM
Trump’s Mystery Bruise Spreads to His Other Hand
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-79-now-weird-bruises-142326842.html

perfect bigly health
From: LadyAlthea #326
Date: 12/29/25 @ 10:00 PM
IV lines for the blood of the innocents
or keith richards
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #327
Date: 12/30/25 @ 1:31 AM
Samuel Alito keeps getting his way. So why does he seem so unhappy?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/politics/samuel-alito-winning-but-unhappy
In the courtroom, even the little things can visibly irk Alito. He often grimaces and rolls his eyes.
Lol this article is hilarious
in a sad kind of way
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #328
Date: 12/30/25 @ 1:35 AM
Trump Netanyahu meeting in Mar A Lagoo said:
Netanyahu said he had a "very, very productive meeting" with the president, and he thanked him for his partnership. He told reporters Mr. Trump would receive the Israel Prize, the most prestigious award in Israel, for his work on the peace negotiations.
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #329
Date: 12/30/25 @ 2:43 AM
https://trumpkennedycenter.org

ring in the new year
From: Bamboozled - Babe #330
Date: 12/30/25 @ 3:15 AM
He's winning some sort of prize in Venezuela too
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #331
Date: 12/30/25 @ 8:57 PM
Bankruptcy success rate for student loan borrowers jumps to 87%, study finds
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/29/bankruptcy-student-loan-borrowers.html?
In 2017, the success rate for education debt holders in bankruptcy was 61%, and in 2007, it was 40%, Iuliano found.
The improved outcomes for student loan borrowers in bankruptcy stem, in large part, from updated bankruptcy guidelines the Biden administration issued. In November 2022, the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Justice rolled out a policy that experts say treats student loans more like other types of debt in bankruptcy court. Borrowers can fill out a 15-page attestation form, detailing their financial struggles and making their case for a mulligan.

The Trump administration has not rescinded that guidance. An Education Department spokesperson told CNBC the agency has no current plans to change the approach.
I'm surprised Trump isn't trying to stick it to loan recipients again
From: Bamboozled - Babe #332
Date: 12/31/25 @ 7:13 AM
Grade inflation is out of control
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #333
Date: 01/01/26 @ 3:24 AM
Anatomy of destruction
How Israel’s multi-ton truck bombs ripped through Gaza City
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/DEMOLITION/jnvwkkxdlvw/
In the weeks before the ceasefire on October 10, Israel widely deployed a new weapon: M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed to carry between 1 and 3 tons of explosives, Reuters found.
From: have patience - weeblin' and wobblin' goddammi #334
Date: 01/01/26 @ 3:44 AM
GoonGoonington said:

i hate to be that guy, but I am starting to get really upset about how much Epstein is mentioned in the Trump files.

i can't believe you're still worked up about pizzagate
From: Bamboozled - Babe #335
Date: 01/01/26 @ 1:14 PM
Apparently NYC swears in their mayors after midnight...
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c4glvg5yrlyo
At least it wasnt at Times Square
Poor Bernie Sanders wasnt allowed to sleep through midnight
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #336
Date: 01/02/26 @ 1:03 AM
...Fuck, it's multiplying
From: toadylox #337
Date: 01/02/26 @ 1:48 AM
ELON!
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #338
Date: 01/02/26 @ 1:52 AM
Or...or....

Just hear me out.

What if that kid comes out browner than his mother?
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #339
Date: 01/02/26 @ 1:53 AM
his/her or even better... The kid comes out intersex.
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #340
Date: 01/02/26 @ 1:56 AM
An Angel.com take on Rosemary's Baby.

Just shave Kirk Cameron and you have a hit.
From: LadyAlthea #341
Date: 01/02/26 @ 12:45 PM
lol
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #342
Date: 01/02/26 @ 4:53 PM
She has a nightmare dream sequence in which we see Mandani's kind, soulful eyes.
From: phapster #343
Date: 01/02/26 @ 4:54 PM
is that fucker dead yet?
if not, why not?
From: GoonGoonington - Straight Panic, Gay Excellence #344
Date: 01/02/26 @ 4:57 PM
Mamdani is alive, just got a new gig.

Kirk Cameron is still alive, and still pitching his Banana Jesus gospel.
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #345
Date: 01/02/26 @ 9:33 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Trump threatening troops in Iran ‘everything we voted against in ’24’
From: myusername - bought & paid for by BigPharma #346
Date: 01/02/26 @ 10:47 PM
Shorter meetings ordered at the White House as aides cope with Trump dozing off: report
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-sleeping-2674841196/

lol
dozy don strikes again
From: butterknife - calcium depraved #347
Date: 01/02/26 @ 10:54 PM
lol pathetic
eat shit scum
From: phapster #348
Date: 01/02/26 @ 10:57 PM
Felon47 said:
I'll just close. It's very relaxing to me. Sometimes they'll take a picture of me wanking, wanking, and they'll catch me with the wank.
From: WayGroovy #349
Date: 01/03/26 @ 3:40 PM
I'm having to watch news on the attack and capture if the Venezuelan president on BBC as noone local is covering it. The clips I watched on Reddit when I first woke have already disappeared.
From: Bamboozled - Babe #350
Date: 01/03/26 @ 6:40 PM
I too saw CNN was slow to report this morning
Almost like they were not sure how to spin

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